Poker Reviews
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A poker hand played for the ante only, without additional bets or raises. It is almost a pure gamble. Except for carding knowledge in draw or substitution forms, the expert has no advantage over the poor player. Any dialer’s choice game can be put on a Showdown basis, but beat your neighbor is the most popular form. Poker Cards
Poker Game Jacks
The mechanics of the deal and the basic strategy for this game are identical to Jacks. The opening requirements vary, however, if the pot is not opened on the first round. On the second round (following a new deal and usually an additional ante), it takes queens or better to open. On the third round, kings or better. On the fourth round, aces or better. Then back to kings and on back down to jacks. Poker Game Jacks |
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Texas Holdem Hurricane
This fast game is usually played high-low. Each player ends up with only two cards, so that a pair of aces is the best possible high hand and an A-2 is the best possible low hand. Sometimes deuces are played wild, in which case A-2 swings. Clearly, an ace (or a deuce in the wild card variation) gives one a decided advantage. Holdem Hurricane |
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| Follow the queen in Poker
A Seven-Card Stud game in which the card (and all like it) that falls immediately after a queen is wild. If two or more queens are dealt up, the card following the last queen is the wild one. Thus, it is not uncommon for the wild card to change once or twice in the course of a hand. Also, it is entirely possible that no queen will show, in which case there is no wild card. Follow the Queen is rather unstable, so that high triplets make the only really good playing hand on the go. In loose play, most players will stay on any high pair until they see the first queen and subsequent wild card.
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Poker Promotions
One of the most common promotions is a bonus on four-of-a-kind (quads). How much would be added to a regular Jacks-or-Better game if a casino offers to pay an additional 100 coins on any quads? "The Payoff Schedule - Jacks-or-Better" shows that the regular 125-coin payoff for quads yields 5.91 % of the payback. With no strategy changes, adding 100 coins to the payoff would add 100/125 of 5.91 %, or 4.73%, bringing the total payback to 104.25%. Perhaps more significantly, even the short-term payback (excluding the royal and straight flush) becomes 101.7%. Poker Promotions
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