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Advantages of Online Bingo over UK Land Based Clubs
It goes without saying that there are huge differences between the UK world of land based and online bingo. In many ways the land based version has the more elegant and timeless traditional aspects, housed in historic old buildings and the online version could be equated to the modern hyped up, techo, virtual show off type of product.
Intrinsically, both games are the same, the same rules still apply and players still pay for their tickets and win in precisely the same way, just in a virtual surrounding. Online bingo clubs are specifically designed to emulate the land based club and random number generators have replaced the traditional numbered ball system, as well automatic daubing has replaced the need to daub manually. But there is still a bingo caller and the games work on exactly the same principal. Online bingo operators however, still do try to retain that same bingo hall feel and some game sites even have virtual people walking to and from the bar during bingo play.
The online bingo player, although playing in virtual surroundings, does have many more benefits available to him than the land based player. Although the social aspect of land based bingo is perceived to be important it is also important to the online bingo player and this is facilitated through the chat rooms. What really dictates the biggest difference between both mediums is the convenience factor.
The online bingo player can play when ill without having to go outside and risk pneumonia, they can play form isolated parts of the UK, places that are snowed in, and on small islands in the Outer Hebrides the lighthouse keeper can have a game of bingo too.
The game schedules of online bingo sites dictate that the game can be played at any time of day or night, the online bingo player does not have to wait for a game or worry about missing one as there is always a game being played online. The can play in their pajamas, hair curlers or underwear and no one knows the difference, they can play if their working life puts them in a position whereby they have to work unsociable hours, at any time of the day or night.
Poker Jargon For Beginners – Describing The Hand You're Dealt
If you have had a look at a poker dictionary, you will realize that getting used to all that vocabulary is a matter of months or years. Reading those long, long lists is definitely the last thing you should be doing if you want to get acclimatized to the jargon.
The best way to get used to terms is to split them up according to contexts – what terms are used to describe players? How do cardsharps (what are cardsharps?) talk about hands that are good or bad? Do cards have nicknames?
Here, I’ll be telling you how to value the cards you are dealt. The ranking of a hand is decided according to two factors.
A. The type of hand. The royal flush is the highest hand, and the order of ranking is –
Royal flush Straight flush Four of a kind Full house Flush Straight Three of a kind Two pairs One pair High card
B. The ranking of cards in the hand. Aces can be ranked high or low depending on what type of poker is being played. However, the type of hand is more influential in determining the ranking than the rankings of individual cards. C. Now, we move on to the types of hands. Remember – each hand contains five cards.
Flush – Five cards belonging to the same suit, regardless of the number
Straight – five cards in consecutive order of numbering. For example, 3-4-5-6-7. The arrangement of cards in any hand does not affect its value
High card – One card of high value is present in the hand. Aces are usually the highest valued, followed by Kings, Queens, Jacks and so on.
Royal Flush – 10, J, Q, K, A all of the same suit. No suit is ranked higher than the other
Four of a kind – Four cards of the same rank, with a fifth card of different rank
Full house – Three cards of one rank, and two of another rank. A hand with three sevens and two fives, for example, will be described as “Sevens full of fives”. This will be ranked higher than “fives full of sevens”, as sevens are valued higher than fives.
Three of a kind – Any three cards in the hand have the same rank
Pair – two cards which share the same rank. There may be two such pairs in the hand, when it is called “two pair”. Pair, like any hand that depends on the rank of cards, does not depend on suit.
As you see, unless you have a Royal Flush there is absolutely no way to tell how likely it is for your hand to be a winner just by looking at your cards. This is what makes poker such an involved and interactive game of strategy – smile or frown at the wrong time, and you may end up giving the game away.
Oh, and if you didn’t know it already – a “cardsharp” is an expert card game player. That’s the first of the poker terms you will come to know.