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Playing cards are sold in decks, or packs, of 52. Each deck contains four suits of 13 cards each. Each suit contains an ‘Ace’, which is symbolized by a single picture of the named suit. In Blackjack, a form of poker, the Ace is worth either one or eleven points. The layer decides which value he wants this card to hold. In Bridge, the Ace counts as four points.

Each suit contains three ‘face cards’. These are the Jack, Queen and King. In the game of Bridge, they are worth one, two and three points, respectively. The remaining nine cards within each suit are numbered 2 to 10. In decreasing order of value, the suits are called Spades, Heart, Diamonds and Clubs. Heart and diamonds are red, Clubs and Spades are black.

There are four players in the game of Bridge, divided into two partnerships of two players each. The players in a partnership sit across from each other. The deck is shuffled and dealt until it is exhausted. The game is played in two phases. The first phase is the bidding phase, or auction. The second phase is the play.

During the bidding phase, an auction is held to determine what, if any, suit will be trump, and how many tricks the partnership that ‘wins’ the auction expect to take, plus six. Dealer bids first. If they are in possession of at least 13 high card points(HCP), they may open bidding. Otherwise, bidding progresses around the table until somebody has sufficient points to open. This is the ACOL system of bidding. There are a number of other bidding systems.

Using a set of bidding conventions, or rules, each team tries to establish whether they have enough HCP to play a contract and, if so, whether it should be a suit contract or if they should try to play it in no trump. A majority of trump cards is required in the partnership to have a decent chance of winning. If they find that their HCP are distributed evenly between the four suits, then they will play in a no trump contract.

The contract will be played in a trump suit if a partnership determines that the have a sufficient number of HCP in a specific suit. If the points are distributed more evenly among the four available suits, they will play in no trump. Once the contract of play for a given hand has been agreed, the player sitting to the left of declarer, the person playing the contract, lays down a card. This is called the opening lead.

Once the first card has been led, declarer’s partner places his cards face up on the table. This is the Dummy hand. One by one, each player lays down a card. The player with the highest card in the trump suit wins the trick. If there is no trump suit, then the winner of the trick is the player with the highest card.

When all 52 playing cards have been played, the hand is over and the scores are added up. Each trick counts for 30 points if it is in a major suit (spades or heart) and 20 points for a minor suit (clubs or diamonds). Play goes on until one partnership has scored a total of 100 points.

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For a game that has been around for centuries, poker has of late had quite an upsurge in popularity. With professional tournaments broadcast live on TV, and channels devoted specifically to the poker game, it has never quite had the exposure it has of late. This has of course rubbed off onto the streets, and now you find more and more people playing the game, at the casinos and at home. Perhaps because you play opponents, rather than the house, it has always been one of the more competitive games in casinos.

The most popular version of the game currently is Texas Hold-Em, where you and your opponents are dealt just two cards, and you must make the best hand by using them with five community cards to make the best hand. The five cards are revealed through a series of deals known as the flop (where 3 cards are shown), the turn and the river. Between each of these rounds bets are made.

If you don’t have a casino nearby or just want to play for fun, many friends have a weekly card night, and this can be great fun to organize or just attend. Find out if anyone you know hosts one, or start it yourself with friends or work colleagues. Of course you need not actually play for real cash, as these nights are as much about interacting with friends as they are about the game.

Of course, if you are interested in playing for money, another option is online play. Online casinos have become a very popular option and some of today’s professional players began their careers this way, winning their way onto the professional circuit. With most online casinos you will need to have a credit card to play, so you can transfer funds into an account, and may involve downloading a small software program.

If that all sounds a little too risky, and you’d prefer to not lose money, there are also a number of downloadable games to play online that don’t involve real cash. Some of these are even available on social network pages, and a quick search will help you find one suitable for your computer.

If you don’t want to play online there are hundreds of other options, with many computer games around. It may be included in specials like card game collections or casino games, and they can be a lot of fun to pass the time away.

It is of course not just computers that offer you playing options, you will find versions on all of the latest consoles like the Playstation 3, Wii or Xbox 360. Most of these also offer online multiplayer options, so if you do prefer to play against real live opponents, you can do it from the comfort of in front of your TV set. There are also a number of games like GTA or Red Dead Revolver, where as part of the story you can play poker. Many people have actually said they find themselves playing for hours and forgetting about the rest of the story.

If you are always on the run, you can download a playing cards or poker game for your cell phone or a handheld device like the iPad, Nintendo DS or PSP. There are some excellent ones out there, and it is a great way to fill those free moments you have whilst traveling or waiting outside an office.

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