The three most popular games in every Casino

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Unless you regularly go to casinos, you might not be aware of which casino games are the most widely played. But, if you regularly watch movies that have casino scenes, you can probably make a good guess at the most popular games.

Amazingly, pretty much every casino has the same popular games. These are blackjack, poker, and roulette. Whether these are the best-known because they are so often shown in popular culture or whether they are shown in popular culture because they are the most popular isn’t quite clear. But these are the games that are played most commonly across all casinos.

Poker

Poker is perhaps one of the most well-known casino games. It is played across the world and is often played by people outside of a casino setting. But when you are in a casino, the stakes become very high. There are world poker championships and they are very intense events.

Everyone knows the phrase “poker face” and this is an integral part of the game. If you’re playing poker then you need to be able to hide your reactions very well. It is one of the few casino games that relies as much on skill and ability as it does on luck. 

The cards you’re dealt in a poker game are, of course, down to luck. But there are a lot of skills needed to play poker well, let alone successfully and in a way that will result in winnings. Poker is a complex game and you need  to learn the different hands and how much they are worth before you start playing. 

Different combinations of cards have different values and so can trump other people’s hands. It’s important to know how strong or weak your hand is as you can continue playing the game or fold when you do not think you can go any further. This is where the ability to have a convincing poker face comes into play as, if you are willing to risk it, you can continue playing even with a relatively weak hand. 

The names of the hands can sometimes vary across cultures, as can the names of the cards, but here are the most common names for the hands:

• Royal Flush
• Straight Flush
• Four of a Kind
• Full House
• Flush
• Straight
• Three of a Kind
• Two Pair
• Pair
• High Card

Blackjack 

Blackjack, also simply known as “Twenty-One” or “21”, is a very simple but very difficult card game. This is the game in which you are dealt two cards, the value of which you add together. You then need to decide whether or not to be dealt another card or to hold and keep your value.

The aim of the game is to get as close to the number twenty-one as possible. If you go over twenty-one, then you lose the game. This is a very simple but also very addictive game. It’s the sort of game that every time you lose you think “I’ll just try again…” So it’s important to remember how risky this game is and to move on to play different casino games once your luck seems to be running out.

Blackjack can actually be a fun way to ease yourself into casino games. As it’s so simple, you can place relatively low bets so you don’t have to risk large sums (unless you just keep going that is). Each game can take only a few seconds, so you can get used to the environment before going onto more intense and risky games. 

Roulette

Roulette is one of the most dramatic casino games. It is the sort of game that is shown in a James Bond movie in a very glamorous and suspenseful scene. Roulette involves placing bets on colors or numbers. A small ball is then placed on a spinning wheel (the word “roulette” comes from the French for “little wheel”) and when the spinning stops, wherever the ball lands is the winner.

This means that your chances of winning are pretty much entirely down to luck. For some people, this is a terrifying prospect whereas for others it is thrilling. This is a game in which you can lose huge amounts of money. It is the sort of game that encourages you to risk “placing everything on red” and risking it all.

Roulette is a really fun way to get into playing casino games. It’s one that is good fun in person but also online. You can play with other people and it only takes a few minutes to try it out. You don’t have to place huge bets so you can have a relatively safe game. But, if you want, you can also risk it all and just see what happens. The choice (and the risk) is up to you.