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Begining casino poker games |
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beauty of casino poker games is that on the
surface it is a game of utter simplicity,
yet beneath the surface it is profound, rich,
and full of subtlety. Because its basic rules
are so simple, anyone can learn casino poker
games in a few minutes, and novice players
may even think they're pretty good after a
few hours. From the expert's point of view,
the veneer of simplicity that deludes so many
players into thinking they're good is the
profitable side of the games's beauty. It
doesn't take long for pool players or golfers
to realize they're outclassed and to demand
that a match be handicapped, but losers in
casino poker games return to the table over
and over again, donating their money and blaming
their losses on bad luck, not bad play.
It's true that in any given session the best
of players can get unlucky. Going into the
final day of the 1981 world championship of
casino poker games, Bobby Baldwin of Tulsa,
Oklahoma, had a substantial lead over the
eight other surviving players. Within a couple
of hours he had two hands beat when his opponents
outdrew him on the final card on 21-to-1 shots.
Suddenly he was out of the tournament. Coincidentally,
in both hands Baldwin's opponent needed one
of the two remaining queens among the 44 unseen
cards, and he got it.
However, it is more likely for a good player
like Baldwin to suffer these bad beats, as
they are called, than for an average player
or a weak player to suffer them. "you've
heard good players complain to me about how
they get drawn out on all the time,"
Baldwin said after the 1981 tournament. "But
if they want to better their games and better
their emotional state while playing, they
should realize it's a mirage. If you are an
excellent player, people are going to draw
out on you a lot more than you're going to
draw out on them because they're simply going
to have the worst hand against you a lot more
times than you have the worst hand against
them. There's no way you're going to draw
out on anybody if you don't get all your money
in there on the worst hand." |
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Poker Games - Texas Hold'em |
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Each player receives five cards face down.
There is a round of betting, starting with
the player to the dealer's left. Ordinarily
the rules require that the player to the dealer's
left bet blind.
After that betting round, players may draw
up to five cards. Following the draw, there
is a final round of betting. Usually the rules
of play require a 7 low or better to bet in
order to win any money put into the pot after
the draw.
The lowest ranking hand in the showdown wins
the pot. In standard lowball, straights and
flushes are ignored. However, in deuce-to-seven
lowball they count and therefore are not considered
a low hand. In standard lowball the ace is
a low card; in deuce-to-seven it is a high
card. Another lowball variation makes A,2,3,4,6
the best low hand and counts straights and
flushes as high hands.
Two cards are dealt to each player, one face
down and the other face up. There is a round
of betting, starting either with the lowest
card or the highest card on board, depending
on the betting rules. A third card is dealt
face up, and there is a round of betting,
Razz is seven-card stud lowball with A,2,3,4,5
the best hand. Straights and flushes are ignored.
Two
cards are dealt face down and one face up
to each player. Usually the high card on board
(excluding the ace, which counts as low) starts
the action. A fourth card is dealt face up,
and there is a round of betting, beginning
with the best two-card low on board. A fifth
and sixth card are dealt face up with a round
of betting after each, starting with the best
low hand on board. A seventh and final card
is dealt face down, followed by a final round
of betting. In the showdown the best low hand
wins.
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