Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Blackjack, also known as twenty-one
Blackjack, also known as twenty-one is the most widely played casino banking game in the world.[1] Blackjack is a comparing card game between a holdem player and dealer, meaning that online players compete against the dealer but not against any other online players. It is played with one or more decks of 52 cards. The object of the game is to "beat the dealer", which can be done in a number of ways:
Get 21 points
Get 21 points on the player's first two cards (called a blackjack), without a dealer blackjack; Reach a final score higher than the dealer without exceeding 21; or Let the dealer draw additional cards until his or her hand exceeds 21. The holdem player or online players are dealt an initial two-card hand and add together the value of their cards. Face cards (kings, queens, and jacks) are counted as ten points. A holdem player and the dealer can count his or her own ace as 1 point or 11 points. All other cards are counted as the numeric value shown on the card. After receiving their initial two cards, online players have the option of getting a "hit", or taking an additional card. In a given round, the holdem player or the dealer wins by having a score of 21 or by having the highest score that is less than 21. Scoring higher than 21 (called "busting" or "going bust") results in a loss. A holdem player may win by having any final score equal to or less than 21 if the dealer busts. If a holdem player holds an ace valued as 11, the hand is called "soft", meaning that the player cannot go bust by taking an additional card; 11 plus the value of any other card will always be less than or equal to 21. Otherwise, the hand is "hard".