Roulette tutorials - types of bets and odds

Although roulette is a game of chance, players can still improve their percentage of winning by knowing odds and understanding the different types of bets. The roulette board allows players to make various bets. Each bet a player can make is associated with an odd and a payout ratio. The higher the payout ratio is [...]

An easy guide to Caribbean Stud Poker

For those of you who have never played Caribbean Stud Poker, this article might serve as a fast learning guide.
Caribbean stud poker is a casino table game, played with a deck of 52 cards, with rules similar to five card stud poker and is a fun game to play, especially in a brick and [...]

Better late than never - 75-year old sets new poker record

Cayetano Garcia set a remarkable European record at the Spanish Poker tournament in Valencia this past weekend by becoming the oldest person ever to win a major poker tournament in Europe.
On Sunday, July 20, Garcia, aged 75, wrote another page in poker history by taking the crown at the final table of the Spanish Poker [...]

Baccarat, an easy card game

Many players think that Baccarat is highly sophisticated or complicated. But playing Baccarat is almost as simple as betting on the toss of a coin.
Baccarat is a casino card game that has been traced to 1490, when the Italian baccara was introduced into France, where it was a favorite of nobles during the reign of [...]

Interesting aspects of Five-card stud

Popularity
During the American Civil War, Five-card stud enjoyed a wide popularity. But the once famous table game has seen a gradual decline in its popularity. Despite this drop in status, Five-card stud is still enjoyed by many players worldwide.
Major tournaments
Five-card stud was one of the preliminary events in the World Series of Poker in 1971, [...]

A five-step guide to Five-card stud poker

Five-card stud is the earliest form of the card game, stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games - clear from its absence from the World Series of Poker. It is still a popular game in parts of the world, especially in [...]

Five-card draw, the oldest form of poker

Five-card draw is the oldest form of poker and often the first variant learned by most players, the game they grew up playing around the kitchen table. Five-card draw is the game you must have seen in numerous poker scenes in old westerns. It is common in home games although it is rare in casino [...]

A brief introduction to Backgammon

Backgammon is a board game for two players in which the playing pieces, called checkers, are moved according to the roll of dice. A backgammon set consists of a board, two sets of 15 checkers, two pairs of dice, a doubling cube, and dice cups. A player wins by removing all of his checkers from [...]

Famous roulette gamblers: Charles Wells

Charles Wells (1841-1926), one of the most famous gamblers in history, is one of the men who broke the bank at Monte Carlo, made famous by the song composed by Fred Gilbert. Although the first famous gambler to get publicity in 1873 was Joseph Jagger, the above mentioned song, “The Man Who Broke the Bank [...]

A brief introduction to Omaha Poker

Omaha hold ‘em (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game (often referred to as a “flop game”) similar to Texas hold ‘em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards. The exact [...]

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