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Develop basic math skills with popular Chinese card game!
Four Cards is a popular Chinese card game that is often played as a competition, and to help students develop basic math skills. The objective of the game is to construct an equation that totals 24 using the four cards you have been dealt, and a combination of the three math operators. The numbered cards are equal to their face value, with A=1, J=11, Q=12, and K=13. The math operators available to you are: Add, subtract, multiply and Divide. Each card can only be used once but the math operators can be repeated. Only whole numbers, zero or greater can be calculated.
To play, you need to place the four cards you are dealt in the four slots, and place the three math operators between them in such a way that the resulting equation equals to 24. You can either drag the cards and operators to the desired slot or simply tap on them. Tapping a card or operator places it in the next open slot from left to right. To remove the card, or an operator from the slot simply tap it again. Four cards, has an intuitive clean interface, and full range of options. It’s a mathematical brain teaser that will test your math skills to the limit.
Let’s say for example, you are dealt the 7, 8, 8 and 2 cards. First place 7 and 8 in the first two slots and place the multiplication operator in between them. This will equal to 56. Next place the second 8 card in the third slot and place a subtraction operator between them. The equation so far equals 48. Now place the final 2 card in the last slot and place the division operator in the third slot making the final equation now equal 24. In the normal mode, you will only dealt cards from Ace to 10. The advanced mode includes face cards 11 through 13 as well, which makes it tougher to solve the equation. Four cards is a classic puzzler game that will both challenge and entertain you.
Features:
* Construct an equation equaling 24 using the face value of four cards
* Mathematical brain teaser that will test your Math skills to the limit
* Intuitive clean interface
Learn 7-card Stud Rules for a Different Poker Game
In Germany, 7-card stud is a very popular poker game next to Texas HoldEm. However, 7-card stud rules are different than those of holdem, so if you intend to play this game, you do need to learn these rules. In Seven Card Stud, each player has to ante. This means that each player has to pay an amount of money into the pot in order to receive any cards. The size of the ante is decided upon before the game starts and usually depends on the stakes in the game. This is the case in German poker games, just as it is in US poker games.
After each player has paid the ante, the dealer deals each player three cards. Two of these are face down and the third card is face up so that all the players have an idea of what each one has. The player that has the lowest ranked card showing is the first one to place a bet based on this card and the other two. At this point some players may fold rather than place a bet if they feel their cards are not worth playing.
Once all the players remaining have placed their bets, the dealer deals another face up card to each player. Then there is another round of betting, but this time the player that starts the betting is the one that shows the highest ranked hand. He/She can decide to place a bet or check, which means the player is not going to bet at this time, but does have the option to bet or raise later in the round.
In the fifth and sixth rounds of this popular German poker game, each player receives an additional face up card. A round of betting ensues after each card is dealt, with the player showing the highest hand being the first to place a bet. The seventh card is your last card and the dealer will give this to you face down. Now you have three cards that only you can see and four cards that all the other players can see. You have to make a winning combination of five cards from these seven cards.
In 7-card stud, you have a pretty good idea of what the other players have because you can see four of the cards. However, it is possible for you to have four cards showing that on their own are not really any good and have two three really good cards that the others cant see. For example, you could only have one pair showing, but you could have the other pair in your hand, which gives you a winning hand with four of a kind.
Unlike Texas HoldEm and Omaha poker, you dont share any community cards with your opponents, so you can concentrate on what you have before you. It is also easier to determine whether you stay in the game and continue betting when you can see a portion of what the other players have. It is safe to assume that a player showing garbage cards and keeps bidding does have something good in the hole cards, but there is also the possibility he/she may be bluffing.