Posts Tagged ‘Casinos’

Caribbeans Stud Poker

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Riza asked:


You need to play with strategy and out beat your opponent’s thinking in order to win. There is a lot of bluffing and deception involved in poker. You need to toy with your opponent’s psyche and make him fold even when his hand is better than yours. This is why poker is very popular in casinos worldwide. There are several types of poker games; here are a few popular types of poker normally played in casinos:

? Seven Card Stud

? Five Card Draw

? Texas Holdem

? Caribbean Stud

Out of these, the Caribbean Stud is played with a dealer and not with opponents like the other poker games. This type of poker is straightforward, as there is no bluffing or deception involved.

To begin playing Caribbean Stud poker you need to place your initial bet, or ante, in the specified place at the table. Once all the players finish placing their antes in their respective specified places the dealer distributes five cards to each player and to himself. All the cards are dealt face down. At this point in Caribbean Stud you are allowed to view your cards without showing it to the other players, and you have an option to either play or fold. If you are confident that you have a strong hand and if you choose to play, you need to place twice the amount of your initial bet, in the specified place. If you choose to fold, you lose your ante, and the game continues with the remaining players. Payout is based on the strength of the hand of each player. Once the dealer reveals his hole cards he compares it with the players’ cards, one at a time, from right to left. A player having the strongest hand wins and the remaining players lose both their ante and their bets. A lot of people assume that their hand is strong, or simply depend on their luck, and bet without analyzing their card strength, losing a lot of money in the process.

Tip: Observe the reactions of other players carefully when they view their cards as it can give you some helpful clues about their card strengths.

Like all poker games, the Caribbean Stud too has strict rules that you must follow:

? Each player is allowed just one hand to play. You cannot play and bet on multiple hands.

? Once the dealer starts to deal the cards you are not allowed to talk to other players or look at their cards.

? After you examine your cards and put it face down on the table to indicate that you are folding, you are not allowed to touch it again.

? You are not allowed to place any more bets after the dealer announces No More Bets.



Matthew

How to Play 7 Card Stud Poker

Sunday, January 18th, 2009
PKR Poker asked:


Many people sit around and play stud poker in their homes and in casinos. However, if you are mainly an at home player you may not be playing by the rules that you will see at an online poker room or in a casino. This could be very bad, if you start playing and make a big mistake that can hurt your pocketbook. The best way to ensure you are ready to play is by learning the rules of stud poker. All casinos offline and online use the same basic rules of play. This article will give you the basics for playing 7-card stud poker, even though there are other varieties such as 5-card stud poker.

The way in which the game of 7 card Stud Poker is played is that each player begins by putting the ante in the center of the table. This is normally a predetermined amount of money set by the casino or online poker room.

Once everyone has anted the dealer begins with the player on his or her left and deals two cards down and one card face up to each player. The player that has the lowest card face up begins the betting, known as the “bring in”. The betting goes around the table in clockwise fashion until every player has made their bet with each player either calling, raising the bet, or folding.

After this round of betting, the dealer deals the fourth card to every player that is still in the game, meaning they have not folded. Now, the player with the best hand showing begins the betting. Then the betting goes around the table again with players once again calling, raising, or folding.

The next card or fifth card is dealt to each player face up with another round of betting as before. Then the sixth card is dealt face up with a round of betting. The last card or seventh card is dealt by the dealer to each player that has not folded face down.

The players after this have another round of betting and then show their hand, known as the showdown. The winner is the one with the best 5-card hand. Each card that is dealt is also referred as street such as Fourth Street instead of the fourth card and so on until reaching Seventh Street or the seventh card.

Of course, this is just the basic game play, in order to play poker well, you must learn all about the rankings and what hands beat which hands. You may think that you have a great hand just because you have 2 pair, however, if another player has 3 of a kind or a full house, you will loose. The better you are at learning the rankings and the way in which to play the various types of poker games, the more likely you are to bring in some winnings.



Floyd