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Poker
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The objective of poker is to win the pot, which is the collection of money, chips or other bets made by the players during a hand of poker. And there are two ways you can do this:
- Have the highest ranking hand
- Bluff the other players into folding, by making them believe you have the winning hand.
You need a good "poker face" to bluff successfully, although it's a little easier when playing online!
Gambling on Poker: There are usually three rounds of betting allowed in casino poker. When a player makes his or her bet, the next player can call (bet the same amount as the previous bet), raise, or fold (and you forfeit your chips or money).
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Online Casinos where you can play Poker:
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Open an account quoting reference CORALTD and you'll receive a £10 matched deposit.
At Coral you can gamble online placing bets on racing, football, dogs, golf, formula 1, rugby, cricket, politics and American Football. They also have an online casino where you can play Blackjack, Roulette, Five Reel Slots and more.
Registering is easy, you can deposit just £5 to get started, and there is even live commentary. You don't need to go to the bookies anymore, everything you need is on the Coral web site.
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As a new player you get £100 completely free.
As the winner of Casinomeister’s Best Casino Award for 2003 and 2004, The 32Red Online Casino is rapidly becoming the web’s favourite casino with excellent customer service, fast payouts and unmatched style.
It's a nice, well organised casino with plenty or options. It's one of the online casinos that manages to transfer some of the style of gambling to a web site. We recommend it highly.
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Get up to a £100 bonus when you sign up to the casino.
Terrific site with lots of online instant win games, card games, casino games and online Lotto. Millions are won every week.
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Generous customer sign up offers, including a first deposit match from £5 to £50, the chance to win a trip to Las Vegas and a free £20 Virgin Wines Voucher
Virgin Games has a top range of games including Bingo, Instant win games, Casino games and Poker with exclusive Virgin prizes, customer offers, tournaments and jackpots. You even have the chance to win £1,000,000 with Millionaires Game and a chance to win a trip to Necker Island, Richard Branson’s private desert island. Bet from just 5p, you can't go wrong!
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New players get up to £100 free.
At Ladbrokes online casino there's over 160 Casino favourites such as Blackjack, Roulette and Slots.
Ladbrokes is one of the biggest high street names in gambling and it's a site you can trust, go through the simple sign up and you can be playing in no time.
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Get a 20% bonus on your first deposit.
PartyPoker.com is the world’s largest poker room with more players, daily tournaments, and huge jackpots.
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Terrific online casino that's one of the most popular and biggest of all internet casinos, featuring favorites like blackjack, roulette and slots.
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Deposit £50 and get 50 free chips.
Paddy Power is one of the UK's fastest growing bookmakers, has moved into online gaming with a casino busting with fun.
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The Poker room from the guys at 32 Red Online Casino gives you just what you'd expect from them: style, fast payouts and friendly customer service.
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Lt's not muck about, this is a great casino. Fun games, simple ways of gambling, the banking is easy, all from a reliable high street name. You can even withdraw your winnings from their shops!
The help section is one of the best on any of the online casino sites, the whole experience is a safe atmosphere, as you'd expect from one of the UK's most well known gambling companies.
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Have your first bet with Victor Chandler at Evens or better & you will receive 50% of the bet stake back, up to a maximum of £50.
At Victor Chandler you can place a sporting bet, visit their online casino or play poker online against real people.
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At totalbet.com you can place bets on Racing, Football, Greyhounds, Golf, Cricket, Rugby, Snooker, Tennis, Boxing and more. It's a pretty impressive range, but sometimes there's so much choice on a page you have trouble finding what you're looking for. This makes it a great site for experts, but if you're just starting out, try one of the others.
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Pacific Poker has a real exciting poker room atmosphere, with real, multiplayer poker games where you can chat with others at the same table -- sharing the gaming experience, fun and excitement. The Pacific Poker "Dealer" is actually a computer to ensure that performance is truly random. And Pacific Poker has taken on PriceWaterhouseCoopers., an internationally respected accounting firm, to review fairness of games and results.
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Poker Hand Rankings:
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Listed in order from the best hand to the lowers poker hand:
- Royal Flush - Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 all of the same suit
- Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in sequence
- Four of a Kind - Four cards of the same rank
- Full House - Three cards of the same rank and two cards of another rank
- Flush - All five cards are the same suit, but not in a sequence
- Straight - Five cards in a sequence, but not in a single suit
- Three of a Kind - Three cards of the same rank
- Two Pair - Two cards of one rank and another two cards of another rank
- One Pair - Two cards of the same rank
- A hand without a pair, straight, or flush, valued only by its highest card
If two or more players hold hands of the same ranking then the winner is decided by who has the highest card. No suit is higher than any other and suits can't be used to decide who has the best hand.
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The Chances of Getting These Hands:
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How many hands there are in the deck when playing five-card poker and the probabilities of getting them:
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Royal Flush
Straight flush
Four of a kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
Three of a kind
Two pairs
One pair
No hand
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4
36
624
3,744
5,108
10,200
54,912
123,552
1,098,240
1,302,540
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649,740 to 1
72,192 to 1
4,164 to 1
693 to 1
508 to 1
254to 1
46 to 1
20 to 1
1.37 to 1
1 to 1
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He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces. Mark Twain
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