Ok – so you like to try Three Card Poker? Good choice!

According to the Wizard of odds the house edge for the casino is as low as 2.32% on the pair plus bet. So even if you have no idea about the game you can still play for a long while before you run out of money with good chances of hitting a good hand (3 of a kind or straight flush).
When playing Three card Poker – play this strategy:

Always play the Ante and the Pair Plus bet
Always play the hand when you have Queen64 or higher

That’s it!
On my last trip to Vegas I have won a couple of hundred bucks in just a couple of minutes by hitting 2 good hands – and this can happen to you. I highly recommend downloading Kiwi Casino and playing “Poker Three” for fun for a while. It is a nice and fun poker variation.

What a Taxi driver in Vegas told me:
First he told me that he worked for a casino before – well probably not one of the best employees as he now drives a taxi – but never mind.
He has heard of players who go to the Bellagio or any other classy place – get a Players card to get their game rated – put 500 on the Three card Poker Table and play 25 bets. They choose a crowded table so the game is slow. Just playing 2-3 hours with 25 bets can bring them a free hotel room at the Bellagio – chances are very good that they don’t lose their 500 – chances are that they walk away with 700 – 1,000 if they are just a bit lucky. So if you are looking for some good comps in Vegas – play Three Card Poker.

Marco – aka The Poker Guy is a professional poker player and earns his living playing poker online. More information about online poker at his site : http:www.pokerscrubs.com

Seven card stud poker is a very popular form of poker played at both the card table and in online poker rooms. Anywhere poker is being played, either online or off, youll always find a game of stud poker in progress. Stud poker is one of the poker games where players are dealt some of their cards facing up on the poker table, while other cards are dealt face down.

In the game of seven card stud, the dealer deals out seven cards to each player. The dealer deals two cards in the hole, then one card face up. After an opening bet is made, three cards are dealt face up, with a round of bets after each card is dealt out. The final card is dealt in the hole, and final bets are made. The players then create a hand from five of the seven they were dealt.

The following is how a typical game of Seven Card Stud should ideally play out:

Each player places up their ante.

The designated dealer then deals out three cards to each player. Two of these cards are dealt face down on the table, with the third being placed face up on the table. The cards dealt face down are referred to as hole cards, while the card placed face up is called the door card.

Players place their first bets, or they can now fold on their hand.
All remaining players are dealt one card face-up on the poker table.
More bets are placed, any players who wish may now fold.
All remaining players are dealt one card face-up on the table.
Betting round, bets are placed, any players who wish may now fold.
All remaining players are dealt one card face-up on the poker table.
4th betting round, any players who wish may now fold.
All remaining players are dealt a last card face-down on the poker table.
Final round of bets are made.

Its time for the showdown, the players who have remained in the game will now show their hands.
Players are allowed to use any 5 of their 7 cards to make the best hand possible.

Seven card stud poker is played with a standard regulation deck of 52 playing cards. This game does not make use of the Joker card. The maximum number of players allowed in a game of Seven Card Stud Poker should never exceed eight players, to avoid running out of playing cards.

It takes more than understanding poker hands and how they rank in order to be a successful poker player. You should also be fluent in the most common nicknames that poker players give these hands. Knowing poker hand nicknames will help you fit in at a poker table and insure that you understand what is going on.

While understanding the nicknames for poker hands is important keep in mind they may vary regionally. In addition, the may become obsolete or modified over time.

A pair of aces is often referred to as pocket rockets because it is the best starting hand in Texas Holdem. This hand is also called American Airlines because of the abbreviation AA used to describe both the airline and the pair. Some poker players also refer to two aces as bullets.

In Texas Holdem a pair of kings is often described as cowboys or King Kong. Some players call two kings ace magnets. This nicknames sarcastically points out that with this hand the last card you want to see is the ace, which means it is bound to come up.

Most of the most common nicknames used to describe a pair of queens are derogatory. These include four tits, bitches, Sigfried and Roy, or Canadian Aces.

A pair of jacks is considered the highest medium pocket pair. This hand is referred to as fishhooks or hooks because of the visual appearance of two JJs. Another common nickname for this hand is J- Birds.

A pair of eights has several nicknames. It is called snowmen or dog balls because they both look like the number eight. It is also called a little Oldsmobile because Oldsmobile had a model number 88 used to describe a model that was smaller than a 98.

A pair of sevens is sometimes called mullets or hockey sticks because of the similarity to the shape of a number seven.

A pair of cherries has been given the nickname cherries due to the similarities between the shape of the fruit and the number six. Other poker players will refer to a pair of sixes as Route 66 for obvious reasons.

A hand containing a pair of fives is often referred to as presto or speed limit at a poker table.

A pair of fours has a few clever nicknames as well. It is often referred to as sailboats, playing in the fact that the number four resembles a sailboat. It can also be referred to as a magnum, paying tribute to a .44 magnum handgun.

A pair of threes is sometimes called treys after a three pointer in basketball, or crabs because of their similarity in shape to the number three.

A hand with a pair of two is often called ducks. This nickname is due to the likeness of the number two and a duck.

A hand with an ace, king combination is often called an Anna Kournikova because it looks good, but never wins. It also goes by the name big slick or Santa Barbara, referring to a devastating oil spill of the cost of Santa Barbara.

An ace, queen combo is nicknamed a big chick as a play on the nickname for an ace, king hand.

A hand containing and ace, jack combination is commonly referred to as black jack. However, jackass and ajax are also popular nicknames for phonetic reasons.

An ace, ten combinations is sometimes called bookends or a Johnny Moss, based on the assumption that Moss has been playing poker since the age of ten.

Almost any combination of cards that makes up a hand has at least one nickname, if not more. It is important to familiarize yourself with these nicknames in order to be a successful poker player.

Dream Job – Earning Your Daily Bread from Online Poker

If you spend most of your work day daydreaming behind a desk of getting home to play a few rounds of online poker, how would you feel to know it is possible to cut out that boring day job interference and play poker full time, while paying your bills? It is possible; many people support themselves and their families by heading to off to a hard days work at the online poker table. Going from poker amateur to full time poker player who brings home the bacon through their card playing is not for everyone, though. Making a living from poker requires skill, commitment, and patience.

Before you consider making a living at online poker, be realistic with yourself about your abilities. How well do you really know the game? Can you play all varieties of poker? Can you play well enough to play multiple games at once? Many full time poker players are playing up to four hands at any given moment. Do you have the ability to know when to walk away from a hand? Poker professionals only play an average of 50% of the hands that they are dealt; do you have the self control to make responsible and calculated decisions about the financial risks involved in poker and not get caught up in the excitement/emotion of the moment and blow the bank?

If you think you have the knowledge and the self-control needed to play effectively, then it is time to be realistic with yourself about the realities of life as a full time online poker player. Most poker pros will tell you this is not a get rich quick scheme. Your commitment to poker will have to take up more of your time than a normal, 9 to 5 kind of job to make the kind of money needed to support yourself, and even with a lengthy time commitment, the rewards of playing poker for a living are more about personal satisfaction than personal wealth. The financial rewards of playing poker are also up and down. Sometimes, youll be riding high and cashing in left and right. Other times, you wont be able to catch a break. Youll need to be careful during the good times to put aside some money to see you through the bad. You should also be sure you are emotionally prepared to go to work every day and lose over and over and over again without giving up.

If youre ready to deal with all of this, then the only thing you need to get started is a bank roll and a computer. The size of your initial investment doesnt have to be huge, but remember that the more money you have to play with, the more money you can win. If you start out with a small bank roll, make sure to reinvest some of the winnings into your career until you have a comfortable balance to work with. When youre just getting started, playing lots of small stakes games, instead of a few high stakes one, is the best way to go to protect your investment and keep the cash flow manageable. When your career is more stable, you can wade into the higher stakes games.

One important thing to keep in mind when you start your online poker career: like any self-employment opportunity, playing poker for a living can become all-consuming. Make an effort to keep a balance in your life with plenty of time away from the poker table. Keeping that balance in your life will keep your stress in check and make your game better.

A Snapshot of Three Top Female Poker Players in the World

Annie Duke is hands-down the most popular female poker player in most circles. She is a young woman on a roll, learning to play poker young, from her brother (Lederer) she decided at the age of 22 to play poker full time. Although she was studying cognitive psychology at PENN at the graduate level, she left to play poker. In all fairness, she left also to spend more time with her family, but like so many professional poker players, Annie left college in order to spend less time on papers that didnt seem relevant and to spend the time on poker instead. Though modest, she says that her being female is one of the best assets that she has at the poker table. Despite her current status, she says that a lot of men still do not take her as a serious opponent simply because she is a woman. Instead of being angry, Annie simply counts it as an advantage that she takes to the table that she has nothing to do with. She does not have to work for this advantage, its simply an advantage that the men bring to the table and she reaps the benefit of it. Annies career in poker is certainly established, but shes got a lot of her career in front of her; we might not have even seen the best of her yet!

Jennifer Harman is another one of the top female players in poker. Actually, all of the women mentioned herein are not simply top female players; they are top players who happen to also be female. It is not just in a womens only world that they beat all of their opponents. Harman, like Duke, plays with men every day and Harman also states that men often take her a little bit shy of serious simply because shes a woman. Also like Duke, Harman claims to take this as her own advantage. She also is a perfectionist, which she says helps her to learn from every mistake that she makes. Like the rest of us, she makes mistakes, both at the table and off it, and she makes her goal to learn from her mistakes. Some perfectionists are just hard on themselves when they make mistakes, but Harmans philosophy makes it so that she can benefit from her mistakes just as she benefits from the negative outlook of the men who are her opponents.

Kathy Liebert was the first woman to win a poker tournament that was worth a million dollar cash prize. Of course, she has made a deal with the 2nd and 3rd place winners that they would split the winnings, but still, in the end, she was the winner of the tournament. Of course, in the end, its not about taking the money home, its about winning the tournament—the money is a great advantage, but secondary to the title of being the first woman to win a one million dollar tournament. She studied in New York, but moved out to Las Vegas to play professionally when she was young. In addition to playing so much poker, she likes to play her odds in the stock market as well. Like the other advanced women in poker, Kathy wins by taking advantage of her strengths and by not letting anyone else interfere with her game.

These three women are inspirations to women and men alike in the poker world. There are simply not that many women in professional poker, though some people are aiming to change that, the cold hard fact is that it just hasnt happened yet. Until it does, the poker community will continue to support these three with vigor, and hopefully that will be done even if the female poker contingent widens; these three deserve all the respect and support that theyre getting, and more, for their significant accomplishments.