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Poker Cheat Sheet
I don’t know if there is a real name for it, but ‘Cheat Sheet’ is what me and buddies call the little piece of paper that most of us keep next to us in a game for the purpose of surreptitiously having a sneak in order to determine our hands, because remembering the sequence of poker hands still alludes me, even after 3 years of playing. Knowing what is what in your hand is probably the most important part of poker, so here it is, the poker novice’s (or not-so-novice’s) best friend; print it out, stick it up, do what ever you will with it.
Your poker hand is the best of the following that you can make up with 5 cards that you have available to you:
High Card: When your cards don’t make up any of the other combinations you are left with a High Card: The highest card in your hand.
One Pair: 2 of the same number or picture. When more than one player has a pair of the same, the winner is determined by who has the next highest card.
Two Pair: 2 x pair. Again when more than one player has the same two pairs it is the remaining card in the hand that decides the winner.
Three of a kind: 3 of the same number and 2 cards that are not related. When more than one player has a 3 of a kind, the hand with the highest value of the 3 cards wins.
Straight: five cards in sequence but not of the same suit. The highest run wins, e.g. 3,4,5,6,7, looses to 5,6,7,8,9.
Flush: All the same suit but not in sequence, e.g. all clubs. Should two players have a flush, the highest card in the hand determines the winner; if this is the same for both, the next highest card is looked to, and so on.
Full House: one pair plus three of a kind. If two players have full houses the highest 3 of a kind determines the winner. Should both have the same 3 of a kind, as is possible in a wilds game, the one with the highest pair wins.
Straight Flush: All the same suit, all in sequence. The highest card of the sequence determines the winner.
Royal Flush: Not really a hand as it is simply the highest straight flush possible; 10, J, Q, K, A all of the same suit.
Five of a Kind: Many tables do not accept five of a kind, but for those that do; this is 5 cards of the same value, with a wild card as the 5th.
Some Facts you Must Know about Bingo Bonuses
Bingo promotions are a great way to attract new players. These bingo promotions are of various types including bingo bonuses, free bingo cards, festive offers and so on. In this article we will talk about bingo bonuses and five facts you must know about it.
1. No matter how much deposit money is awarded to a player, bingo sites pay out the same amount to everyone.
Most sites pay out about 70 percent on the real money. Hence, going card by card, the more the bonus money involved in the game, the lower the average effective payout for each card.
But this doesnt hurt much as players can purchase more cards and they know they will receive the same bonus amount that everybody else does. This is true and false at the same time. More details on this later.
2. You cannot redeem your bonus money against cash: Winnings, deposits and bonuses are three different things, which have no connection to each other whatsoever. A player first exhausts his winnings, then his deposits and lastly his bonuses.
Some bingo sites allow players to redeem their deposits, but most sites often dont allow this.
3. Players may lose a part of, or, whole of their bonuses while redeeming: A lot of bingo sites confiscate your bonus money or reset it to 0, whenever you redeem it. Although a notorious way to discourage cash outs, it also lowers down the average bingo bonus money in the game, which in turn improves the payout per card.
4. Bonuses have a shelf life: Some bonuses expire if not used within a particular period of time. Usually bonuses expire within 30 days or so. Some bingo bonuses are a part of special bingo promotions and must be exhausted before that promotion expires.
5. Bingo bonus is hogwash, however with plus point: Bingo bonuses are deceptive. For first, you cant redeem them, and secondly you will receive the same percentage of payout, despite of the bonuses. Believe it or not, most of the added value of the huge deposit bonus is a delusion. Whats more, bonuses are designed in a way to discourage you from cashing out your winnings, and to exhaust your deposit and winnings before your bonus become invalid. At times, these bonuses even arm-twist you into making huge deposits. Furthermore, winnings usually dont arise out of your bonus money, making it more expensive to play with winnings instead of deposits.
Despite of these negative points, bingo bonus has a plus point too, that is, whenever you dont make cash out, when they get their bonuses penalized on redeeming, or let is expire, they inadvertently reduce the bonus money in the game, thus making other money in involved more valuable.
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