Table Games

Single, Double, Pitch & Multiple-Deck

Blackjack, also known as 21, is the most popular casino table game. Everyone plays against the dealer. The object of Blackjack is to get a total value of cards as close to 21 as possible without going over and beat the dealer’s total. Numbered cards are worth their face value. Face cards — Kings, Queens and Jacks — are each worth 10. Aces are worth either 1 or 11, whichever is better in the circumstances. You start the game by placing your bet. Next the dealer deals two cards to you and one to himself. Usually these cards are dealt face-up. Then the dealer gives himself a second card face-down. This is called the hole card. Now you have to make a decision: do you take another card (“hit”) or pass to the dealer (“stand” or “stay”). If you hit, the dealer gives you another card and again asks if you want to hit or stand. You keep hitting until you are satisfied with your total or you bust. The dealer must keep taking cards until he has 17 or more.

In Four Card Poker, you receive five cards to make your best four-card hand, and the dealer receives six cards to make their four-card hand. It’s a game that rewards skill, patience and nerve. Ranking of Hands: Four-of-a-Kind, Straight Flush, Three-of-a-Kind, Flush, Straight, Two Pair and Pair. Player vs. Dealer: Bet on the required Ante spot to play against the dealer’s hand. Best four-card hand wins. The player wins ties. If you bet on the Ante wager and want to stay in the game after viewing your cards, you must make a Play wager. The Play wager has to be at least equal to the Ante, but may be up to three times the ante. Automatic Bonuses: The top three hands in the game, Four-of-a-Kind, Straight Flush and Three-of-a-Kind, receive an automatic bonus payout on the Ante bet. Automatic Bonuses are paid even if the dealer has a better four-card hand. Play Aces Up: Bet on the Aces Up spot and win you’re dealt a pair of Aces or better. The Aces Up bonus is always paid even if the dealer has a better hand. Skill: In Four Card Poker, skilled players make better decisions involving when to make the play bet and how much to bet. Basic Strategy: Following this strategy greatly reduces the house’s advantage. It also enables the player to enjoy the volatile nature of the game. Pair of 2’s or less – Fold; Pair of 3’s to 9’s – Bet 1x Ante; Pair of 10’s or better – Bet 3x Ante. Patience: As the strategy dictates, you should fold with anything less than a pair of 3’s. This means you may fold four, five, even six hands in a row. Just be patient and wait for good hands before making the Play Bet. Nerve: When you get a good hand, you can’t be afraid to max out your Play Bet. The dealer’s average hand is a pair of 9’s, so whenever you have 10’s or better, you’re favored to win. Go ahead and bet your 3x Ante.

Royal Match 21 is an optional bonus bet for Blackjack that considers the first two cards the player receives. If the cards are the same suit, or a Royal Match (a King and Queen in suit), the player wins. To begin each round, players make their standard Blackjack wagers and, if they like, the Royal Match wager. The dealer then follows house procedures for Blackjack. Once the players have two cards, the dealer settles Royal Match wagers. If players have two suited cards, they win according to the pay table. If their first two cards are not suited, they lose their Royal Match wager. All bonus payouts apply to the first two cards only.

The Roulette wheel consists of numbers 1 through 36, alternating colors of red and black, plus 0 and 00 which are green. The large payoffs that are possible from small wagers always stimulate the interest of the expert as well as the novice player. The object of the game is all about predicting where a little ball will come to rest after spinning around the rim of a Roulette wheel. The ball circles for as many as 40 revolutions, or as few as 4, while the carousel (middle bit with the slots in, or hub) spins continuously in the opposite direction. When the ball and carousel collide, the ball bounces randomly and eventually runs out of steam to rest in a slot with a number attached to it. That number is the winning one! Inside bets are made with non-value chips that you must purchase from the dealer prior to placing your bet. Outside bets are made with value chips or non-value chips. To bet, simply place your bet on the numbered layout.

The game is played with a standard 52 card deck. Cards are distributed to the dealer in groups of three by an automatic shuffling machine. You start play either by placing an ante bet into a diamond-shaped betting area labeled “ante” or by placing a bet in a circle labeled “pair plus.” You can also make both bets. You’re then dealt three cards. There’s no draw, and you’re competing only with the dealer, who also gets three cards. You just need to know that three consecutive cards (like 2-3-4, A-2-3 or Q-K-A, but not 2-A-K) are a straight, three cards in the same suit (like the 2, 5 and 9 of hearts) are a flush and two cards in the same rank (like 4-4) are a pair. The order in which your cards arrive doesn’t matter in determining whether you have a straight. If you pick your cards up and see 7-5-6, you have a straight. Three Card Poker is two games in one. You are usually allowed to play either one or both games at the same time, but some casinos will require you to play both, while others will make only one optional. The two games are “Three Card Ante/Play”, where you compete against the dealer, and “Pair Plus” that has different bonus payouts for Three Card Poker hands of one pair or better. When both games are played at the same time, players may wager different amounts on each game.

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Lets Players Put It All on the Line by Betting Up to 10 Units on a Single Hand

Mississippi Stud® is a five-card poker game that lets players bet up to 10 units on a single hand. Players compete against a paytable, not against the dealer, and you win if your hand is a pair of jacks or better. The top payout is 500 to 1 for a royal flush, and it pays on all bets. It also features an optional 3 Card Bonus side bet.

Craps is an exciting, fast-paced, action-packed game utilizing a pair of dice. One player, known as the “shooter”, throws the dice. All wagers must be placed before the shooter throws the dice. Craps can be an intimidating game for the beginner. The table seems to have about a hundred different kinds of bets, the players are barking out commands in what seems to be a foreign language, and the pace is too fast to ever ask a question. If this is how you view the game, we have good news! There is one fundamental bet that almost all players make. That bet in Craps is the “Pass Line” and almost every player at the table bets on it. As you get more experienced you can add more bets to your strategy.

Bonus Craps adds three new side bets that win big based on the numbers rolled. There are no changes to the base game of Craps. Players may make any additional side bets after a 7 rolls and only on the come out roll.