Understanding Poker
Like a house, poker requires a foundation. Only when that foundation is solidly in place can you proceed to build on it. When all the structural elements are in place, you can then add flourishes and decorative [more…]
How to Bluff at Poker
Poker players reveal subtle messages about the strength of their hands in "tells" -- telltale signs that sometimes mean they're bluffing. This video shows you how to recognize the top ten bluffs your opponents [more…]
How to Read Poker Tells
Putting on an act in poker play is meant to fool opponents into making the wrong move. To recognize -- or perfect -- bluffing, take a look at common body language that gives clues as to what players are [more…]
How to Avoid Poker Bluffs That Give You Away
Avoid bad blufffing in poker by being aware of "tells" that signal betting strategies. This video shows you what tells reveal about hands in play so you can begin to control tellate signs -- and keep your [more…]Understanding the Basics of Gin Rummy
Gin Rummy is very similar in aim to regular Rummy, but Gin has some additional wrinkles that make it a more interesting and challenging game.
To play Gin Rummy, you need the following: [more…]
The Play of the Hand at Bridge
After the bidding for tricks, the play begins. Either your team or the other team makes the final bid. Let's pretend that you make the final bid — for nine tricks. Therefore, your goal is to win at least [more…]
Acquainting Yourself with Euchre
Euchre is an excellent card game, simple in concept but with a high degree of subtlety in the play. The game also offers myriad variations, because it can be played with any number of players and as a [more…]
Mastering the Art of Bluffing in Poker
Some players — and it's only a few of them, to be sure — never bluff. After you figure out who they are, playing against them is easy. If they bet once all the cards are out, you can safely throw your [more…]
Starting a Bridge Game: Dealing and Bidding
Obviously, more is involved in playing a game of bridge than you can collect in one or two articles. If playing bridge were that simple, it wouldn't be half as challenging, rewarding, and fun. Here is [more…]
Playing a Hand of Seven-Card Stud Poker
Seven-Card Stud requires patience. Because you're dealt three cards right off the bat — before the first round of betting — it's important that these cards are able to work together before you enter a [more…]
Understanding the Basics of Trump Suits in Bridge
In bridge, the bidding often designates a suit as the trump suit. If the final contract has a suit associated with it, spade 4, heart 3, diamonds 2, or even clubs 1, for example, that suit becomes the [more…]
Recognizing the Basic Types of Trading Cards
Although the artwork changes and the numbers move all over the place, some basic concepts stay true across all (or at least almost all) trading card games — and that includes the type of cards in the set [more…]
Analyzing What You Have for a Trading Card Game
Although you need solid gameplay skills to win at trading card games, you also need to invest time figuring out what the cards do and how they interact with each other. Discerning each card's basic strengths [more…]
Playing Beggar My Neighbor
Beggar My Neighbor, a card game suitable for small children that's also known as Beat Your Neighbor Out of Doors and Strip Jack Naked, is a very simple game, requiring no strategy or planning at all. The [more…]
Meeting the Many Trading/Collectible Card Games That Await You
Since its beginnings in 1993, the collectible games market absolutely exploded, both in size and type of game. Even though trading card games launched the industry's ship, a whole variety of collectible [more…]
Great Gifts for the Game Player You Adore
What can I get her? What does she need?" Ah, there it is — the questions that ring loudly from house after house during the holiday season each year. You know that your gamer plays [more…]
Being Kind to Your Bridge Partner
Most bridge players value a reliable, happy partner above anything else. It's important to the success of your partnership that you work together as a team. You both want to win, so you can't gain anything [more…]
Playing in Novice Bridge Tournaments
After you gain some confidence with your play, you may consider the next big step: playing in a novice tournament. You can find these novice tournaments staged at your local bridge club. [more…]
Playing Eights: Simple Is as Simple Does
What could be simpler than Eights? Until you add a few complexities, Eights is not a challenging game.
To play Eights, you require the following: [more…]
