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Splitting Wins In Texas Holdem – #1 Reason For Splitting Holdem Wins
No one likes it, but sometimes splitting wins in Texas Holdem actually happens, and this is completely within in the rules. In very rare situations you will have to split a win. Read on to find out the 1 reason.
Splitting wins in Texas Holdem isn’t an often occurrence but it can actually happen. The first time this happened to me I couldn’t believe it. I wanted all the pot for myself! Wouldn’t you? All that hard work I put in to win the pot and here I am splitting my win with a friend of a friend of a friend.
At the end of a round of poker, you will have to split the pot with another person if you both have exactly the same hand. This can happen due to a variety of causes, all of them quite uncommon. Read on for the most probable reason that you will no doubt run into sooner or later.
Splitting Wins In Texas Holdem – Your Both Have The Same Hole Card And Are Using The Same Community Cards
Splitting your wins in Texas Holdem happens more more often for this reason, but still not very usually. Say for instance you both get a K-J. Then the board drops a K-J and you both have a two pair. In the end you both have a two pair and the highest kicker on the board, so you both have the same hand and the pot is split. Other times, running with this example again, the two last kings will drop on the board and you both have a trips. In even rarer cases the second card (the J in this example) doesn’t have to be the same just as long as there are two cards on the board that are higher. So the two players kickers are community cards and hence the same. Because the two hands are the same the players end up splitting their wins.
So as you can see, splitting wins in Texas Holdem does happen. If you play enough Texas Holdem inevitably you will run into a situation where the rules dictate that splitting the pot is the final answer. Remember, anytime that two players have exactly the same hand they will have to split the pot. It doesn’t matter if some or all of the cards are community cards. But don’t get too caught up on it, as a win is a win, and any amount of chips is better then nothing.
Live Roulette And French Bets
One of the attractive features about the roulette table in casinos is the many different types of bet that you can make to keep the game varied and interesting. These bets can even vary from country to country, with certain types of bets allowed in the United States casinos and different types in European casinos.
For most, the roulette wheel can be an intimidating area of the casino. For this reason, many gamblers will stick with the well known types of bets that can be made directly on the table. However, if you want to impress the crowd that you are with on casino night, try calling a couple of French bets out to the dealer. French roulette bets are one of the variations that you can explore in many European casinos, and consist of a number of different types of bets that can add to the fun and excitement of the game.
You have to ask the dealer to place the French bets as they are on the wheel and not the table, the dealer will know what to do. One of these types of French roulette bets is the voisins du zero.
The term voisins du zero means “neighbors of zero.” This is a nine chip bet that is placed as follows: two chips on zero, one chip on 4,7 split, one chip on 12,15 split, one chip on 18,21 split, one chip on 19,22 split, two chips on 25,26,28,29 corner, and one chip on 32,35 split. Your return will vary depending on the number that comes in on a voisins du zero roulette bet. This type of bet has a high chance of winning, at 45.9%. The house has an advantage of 2.703%.
Orphelins are another type of special roulette bet that you can make. The word orphelins means “orphans,” and the bet consists of one chip placed on one, with eight orphans placed at four splits along the wheel. One chip is placed on 6,9 split, one on 14,17 split, one on 17,20 split and the last is on 31,34 split. With an orphelin roulette bet, you have a chance of winning exactly 24.7% of your bets.
Neighbors bets are very useful and a player should know how and when to use them. Here is an overview of two different Neighbors roulette bets. “Neighbors” bets are the numbers to the immediate left and right of a winning number on the roulette wheel. The XX and the Neighbors is a bet where you pick a number on the wheel and it covers the two numbers either side of it on the wheel, this usually requires 5 chips for each number as you are covering 5 pockets. So the next time you find yourself in a European casino, facing off against a roulette wheel, why not try something different and try out a French roulette bet, they may not increase your odds of winning, but they will make you look like a seasoned gambler and your friends are sure to be impressed with your knowledge of the game.