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Hot News and Winning Strategies for Gamblers
Volume 4 Issue 41 - 14 FEB 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
TOP NEWS: Bonus Offers
STRATEGY: Pai Gow
POKER: Online Poker
BLACKJACK: Blackjack Misconceptions
EDITOR: Poker Freeroll
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STRATEGY
Pai Gow
Mark Pilarski
Pai Gow Payoffs and Parlay Fever
Dear Mark,
How do I play three pairs in Pai Gow Poker? Should the highest go up
front, or the second highest? Also, how about this for your unusual
file? The dealer and I copied hand four consecutive times. Shawn R.
Pai Gow (which rhymes with pie now) Poker is played with up to six
players and a banker, each being dealt seven cards. There are no draws.
You strategically arrange your seven cards into two poker hands, one
hand of two cards and the other of five. To win, both your two-card hand
and your five-card hand must beat the banker's corresponding hands.
Winning one hand and losing the other is a push (tie), and you neither
win nor lose.
Pai Gow Poker also has a 53rd card, the joker, and that jester can be
used as a wild card in a straight, a flush, straight flushes, or as an
ace. The hierarchy of Pai Gow poker hands is comparable to that of
typical poker hands, except that a five-ace hand (four aces plus the
joker) outranks a royal flush.
Newbies at Pai Gow Poker typically make two rookie mistakes. They fail
to see a five-card flush or straight, or they incorrectly set their
hands when dealt two or more pairs. Since two-pair hands appear fairly
often, setting them correctly is imperative. Perfect strategy protocol
for playing two pairs is this: If your hand has either an unmatched Ace
or King, keep the two pairs in your five-card hand. If you have neither,
play the lower-ranking pair as the two-card hand.
As for three pairs, always use the highest pair in your two-card hand,
and the second and third highest pairs in your five-card hand.
Your heap of consecutive copies, Shawn, was eerie because you lost, but
it happens. For those needing to know, a copy is where the player and
banker have identical two-card or five-card hands. For example, let's
say both you and the dealer each have a King and Queen as your two-card
hands. Copies always go to the banker, giving him/her a built-in
advantage over the player.
Dear Mark,
Do pushes on parlay bets win if you tie a game? The bookie I use won't
pay if one of the games ties. Chuck D.
Being that your return mail address shows me that you don’t reside in
one of the two states where sports betting is legal (Nevada and Oregon),
I surmised, Chuck, that your bookie operates from the left of the law.
Besides, land-based "legal" casinos usually don't penalize for pushes.
Most legal bookmakers will still pay off your parlay wager even if one
or more selections ties. When a push occurs, then the wager simply
reverts to the next lower number of bets made. For example, if you place
a six-team parlay and you have five winners and a push, your bet pays
out as a five-team parlay. If you place a two-team parlay and one team
wins and one pushes, the wager becomes a straight bet. Likewise, if any
of your picks loses, your wager loses, regardless of the outcome of the
other games.
It seems the only winner here, Chuckie, is your bookie.
Gambling Wisdom of the Week: "A casino is like a beehive. You know there
is honey in it, but to get at it, you have to endure many stings." --VP
Pappy
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POKER
Online Poker
Max Drayman
Online Poker Beginner's Guide: Part 1
If you're just coming into the online Poker scene the choices before you
can be bewildering. It's true that in the long run there is a lot to
learn but for the beginner we think your basic questions are going to
break down into three catagories......
Full story at:
http://www.pokerforum.com/content/PokerForum-pf/article3370.html
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BLACKJACK
Blackjack Misconceptions
Mark Pilarski
For starters, the number of decks of cards being used and each casino's
in-house rules determine how much of an advantage the casino has over
their patrons. Furthermore, both playing rules and number of decks in
use often differ from one casino to the next.
Full story at:
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EDITOR
Poker Freeroll
Steve Johnson, Gambling Newsletter
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See you in couple of weeks!
*See you in couple of weeks!*
Steve Johnson, Editor
editor@gamblingnewsletter.com
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