Category Archives: playing cards

How to win a hand in poker

Also everyone but you folding, the only way to win a hand is in a showdown. The five best cards are used out of the five community cards and each player’s hole cards, which can lead to some interesting situations. … Continue reading

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Observing the Game in Action

Keeping a close eye on all the cards as well as the size of the pot is a very important part of playing poker and takes a conscious effort to do. The goal when observing the cards is to determine … Continue reading

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Observing the Other Players

Memorize that in poker you are playing against the other players at the table as opposed to the house, so the more information, patterns, and habits you can detect by observing the other players the better the likelihood that you … Continue reading

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Blackjack Splitting Strategy

When a player’s first two dealt cards are of equal rank then he is entitled to immediately make a special move, which is known as ‘split’. As the name suggests the player can split his hand into two hands and … Continue reading

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Blackjack Surrender Strategy

A few online blackjack variants allow the player to make a move that is known as “surrender”. This move functions in the following way. The player is dealt his two cards and the dealer is dealt one card face up … Continue reading

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Draw Poker

To begin, two players at the table make a small bet, or blind wager, before receiving any cards. Each player seated in the game takes a turn at placing such a wager. Players first receive five cards dealt face down. … Continue reading

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Blackjack Variations

The majority casino games have variations and blackjack has more variations than others. Europeans have different rules from Americans and even in America Vegas rules differ from those in Atlantic City. In land-based casinos the basic structure of the game … Continue reading

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Game Selection Is Critical Now In Online Poker !

Back in the good old days of online poker, if you had a good sound technical game then you were going to make money…..a lot of money. There were fish a plenty and especially in games that were not popular … Continue reading

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Blackjack Doubling Strategy

The frequent moves allowed to a player in blackjack are hit and stand. There are four other moves that players are allowed to make. These are double, split, insure and surrender. This lesson discusses the strategies that dictate when a … Continue reading

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Blackjack Card Counting

Essential blackjack strategy assumes that all cards have equal chance of being drawn. Still this is not true. As cards are used in the play they are placed in a discard tray and these cards cannot be dealt to the … Continue reading

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