Posts Tagged ‘advantage’

Dominating hand

Posted by Nicolae on November 6th, 2008 under Poker, Poker hands Guide
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In poker, a dominating hand is one with an overwhelming statistical advantage over another specific hand. For example, in Seven-card stud, while a Starting hand of K♠ K♥ Q♦ has the lead over A♦ K♦ 10♥, the latter has many outs (ways to improve) to beat the former (catching an ace, [...]

Big and small

Posted by Nicolae on September 19th, 2008 under Dice games Guide, Rules, games
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Big and small is a dice game of pure luck. It is a popular gambling game in China and is still offered in some casinos in Asia, notably in Macau. A variation is the common casino game Sic bo.
Rules
The game is played with three dice. Traditionally, the dice are placed on a [...]

Countermeasures against blackjack card-counters

Posted by Nicolae on September 18th, 2008 under Blackjack, Card counting, Software
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Counting cards in blackjack has become substantially more difficult as a result of casino countermeasures. The most common is the use of more decks, which decreases the player’s advantage, but even in the few remaining single- and double-deck games, dealers will often shuffle prematurely or unusually frequently to defeat a suspected [...]

Card counting

Posted by Nicolae on August 15th, 2008 under Card counting, strategies
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Card counting is a card game strategy used to determine when a player has a probability advantage. The term is used almost exclusively to refer to the tracking of the ratio of high cards to low cards in blackjack, although theoretically card counting can be used in some other card games.
How card [...]

Advantage players

Posted by Nicolae on July 5th, 2008 under Casinos, Gambling terminology, Legislation, Rules
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Advantage player is a term used to describe a person who has the ability to play a casino gambling game so skillfully that even without cheating, that person can negate or reverse the casino’s typical built-in house advantage in that game. Examples of advantage play include card counting in blackjack and [...]