How to… play poker

“You’ve got to be patient . . . you’ve got to wait and you’ve got to be able to read people . . . you’ve got to be able to look for tells”

IT DOESN’T matter how many times I’ve seen poker played on television and in films - ” I’ve still never been able to grasp just what is going on. via Peterborough Today

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Sat, January 5th, 2008

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Casino gambling information:

  • The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.
  • Parimutuel wagering refers to the type of gambling where the total prize pool is based upon the amount of money wagered. The more money gambled, the bigger the prize.
  • Casino chips were used in the 18th century as a substitute for money being wagered. Originally, they were pieces of bones, mother of pearl or ivory engraved with the name of the casino and their respective value.
  • The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.