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What are the Secret Formula of Black Jack Winners - Find Out Here

When someone plays a game, they play to win. One of the many simple games at the casino is Blackjack. For those who don't know how to play the game, it's always best to start by learning the basics.

When playing Blackjack the most important feature to remember is that there are four times as many cards that have a value of 10 (10, J,Q,K) as any other value. With this information, one must always assume that the next card to be drawn from the deck has a value of 10.

By keeping this in mind, one may realize that if one has any hand that has a value over 12 one will likely lose or in blackjack terms bust (go over 21). Likewise if the dealer's card is a 2-6 it is likely to draw a 10 card which means he will have to draw again, likely causing him to bust.

Another way to make the odds more favorable to the player than the dealer is by counting cards. This of course requires many pages and charts that must be memorized. Having a professionally written guide is very helpful and there are many different authors that have different styles and different counting systems. It's always best to get more than one opinion to find out which style works best.

Practice makes perfect. By investing time and money with online training software learning the game, it will eventually pay off at the casino.

Upon entering the casino, one must choose the right table to play at. When one observes that the players at a table seem to be winning a lot, it is a good time to join in the action. Likewise, if you notice the dealer has a lot of chips and the players seem to be doing more losing than winning, then look for a better table.

Reward the dealer by tipping when one is winning. If the dealer knows he will be tipped when the players wins, he may begin rooting and actually do subtle things to help such as performing less thorough shuffles and penetrating deeper into the shoe before he re-shuffles thus allowing the player to get a more accurate count of the cards.

Though if the dealer starts losing too much money for the casino the pit boss will likely change dealers.

Although it may be impossible to find the perfect game, one should be familiar with how certain house rules affect the player.

Keep in mind that as a rule of thumb, the fewer decks the casino uses the more advantageous it is for the player.

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Rules of Caribbean Stud Poker

Aside from poker, Caribbean Stud Poker is one of the faster growing casino games. It used to be hard to find a place to play, but most casinos today have it. And you'll always find it at any decent online casino.

I think the game exploded, because it's a snap to learn and it's a fun social game. Playing it alone is fun too, but there's nothing quite like a full and rowdy table of Caribbean Stud Poker players.

Okay, let's jump into the game and go over some of the rules. If you don't know how to play and you want to start at the beginning, we've got another article on this site that does this.

First, you need to Ante up. Let's imagine that you've just put $5 down. After you get your cards, you need to evaluate them and decide if you want to stay in the hand. Here's the big decision of the game. If you want to quit, you fold. If not, you need to double your Ante and push this amount to the Bet area. So, in our example, we had a $5 Ante. The Bet would be $10 and we'd end up with $15 on the table.

How you win money

You're playing against the dealer only. If the dealer has a hand rank of Ace-King or better, it's game on. If not, your Ante bet is paid even money and your Bet wager is pushed back to you.

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If the dealer qualifies, and you beat the dealer's hand, your Ante is paid even money, but your Bet wager is paid according to your hand rank. Here's the pay chart:

One Pair or nothing: even money

Two Pair: 2:1

Three of a Kind: 3:1

Straight: 4:1

Flush: 5:1

Full House: 7:1

Four of a Kind: 20:1

Straight Flush: 50:1

Royal Flush: 100:1

Remember, the "odds" are paid to your Bet wager only. If you played the $1 progressive, you'll receive even money for a Flush or better.

And don't forget that the dealer must qualify or your beautiful hand gets paid nothing but the even money on the Ante wager. That's why I love to play the progressive always.

Example Hand

Okay, let's run through a quick example. First, you place a $10 wager on the table and $1 in the progressive-it's always just a buck. You get your cards and you have a flush. Obviously, you want to stay in this hand, so you place the $20 Bet wager to stay in.

Let me point out that your Bet wager is always 2x the Ante. You can't bet more or less ever.

The dealer turns the hand over and has two pair-you win. Your Ante wager is paid $10 and your Bet wager is paid $100 (5:1), for a total of $110 won on the hand. But wait! You played the progressive, so you'll be paid that bonus too.

The progressive bonus varies and we'll talk about it in another article.

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