Straight Poker Hands, Game Rules and Tips
Poker Hands Best to Worst:

Royal Flush: This poker hand is the highestin "nothing wild" poker. A straight from the ten to the ace 10,J,Q,K,A, in the same suit.

Straight flush: Any five cards of the same suit running consecutively with K,Q,J,10,9 being the highest after the Royal flush, and A,2,3,4,5 being the lowest hand.

Four of a kind: Any four cards the same value with four Aces being the best and four deuces being the least in value.

Full House: Three of a kind along with any pair is called a full house. The highest full house is three Aces and Two Kings, the lowest full house is three deuces and a pair of threes.

Flush: Any five cards of the same suit. Should two Flush hands appear in the same game the Flush with the highest card wins.

Straight: Any five cards that run consecutively. The highest value card in the straight wins, in case of two or more straights in the hand.

Three of a kind: Any three cards of the same value with two odd cards. Highest three of a kind win the hand.

Two Pair: Two cards of any one rank and two cards of any other rank with one odd card. In case of a tie, the highest odd card determines the winner. In the unlikely chance that the odd card is also the same in both hands the pot is divided equally.

One pair: Highest pair wins with highest card of remaining three determining ties.

High Card: In poker if it come to this the highest card held by any player wins. Ties keep going to the next highest value until a winner is declared.

Baccarat Game Rules The Game:

Baccarat is a thrilling game played at major casinos all over the world. It�s up to you to wager that either the player�s hand will win, the banker�s hand will win, or that the game will result in a tie.

Game Rules:

The object of baccarat is to predict which hand will get a point value closest to 9, keeping in mind that all ten-value cards count as zero and aces count as one.

To participate in the game, you place your wager on the banker�s hand, on the player�s hand, or on a tie. Then the player and the banker are each dealt a two-card hand. Following standard baccarat rules, a third card is dealt to the player and/or the banker.

Your job is to predict whether the banker�s hand or the player�s hand will come closest to a point value of 9. The hand with the highest point value wins. You can also choose to place your bet on a tie, when both hands have equal point values. If the game does result in a tie, a wager for the banker or the player is returned.

All winning wagers for the banker and the player pay even money. However, if you win by betting on the banker, the bank receives 5% commission.

If you correctly wager that the two hands will tie, your payoff is 8 to 1.

Card Values:

Ace: one point

Face cards and tens: zero

All other cards: carry the point value stated on the card.

If the cards in a hand total more than ten points, simply subtract ten; the remainder is the baccarat point value of the hand. For example: 8+8=16, which counts as a 6 in baccarat; and 8+9=17, which counts as 7.

Third Card Rules:

The following baccarat rule chart governs when the player and/or the bank will automatically be dealt (i.e. "draws") receive a third card in the Baccarat game: