The most exciting card games

Card games have been, are, and will always be a part of our lives. It would probably be tough to find a person who has never played any kind of card game, at least in childhood. With so many distinct types and a bunch of variants on the menu, it is no wonder why cards have always been so popular on a global level.

In the sea of options, it is hard to separate the most exciting ones. For most adults, the good old casino card games would deserve such a description. Rummy is always there as well. However, without further ado, let’s get straight into our list of the most thrilling card games out there.

Blackjack

There are regular card games, and then there is blackjack. You can probably not even imagine a casino without this game nowadays. ‘While most casino games (including this one) are all about luck, people usually like to praise their skills when it comes to blackjack’ said John Pentin, betting expert at leading tipping site bettingtips4you.com. The rules are very simple as you need to get a hand higher in points than the dealer without crossing the magical number (21). Nevertheless, you’ll be surprised by the number of different strategies for a game with such simple rules. The best part is that everyone, including the beginners, can play it and enjoy the ultimate entertainment in the process.

Poker

If you are talking about skills, poker is probably the game where your knowledge and right decisions count for double. Pros can make a significant difference when playing the beginners which is why so many players have decided to put in hours, weeks, months, and even years in learning the strategies.

There are so many variants on the theme, but Texas Hold’em and Omaha Hold’em dominate the field. In Texas Hold’em, the players are dealt with just two cards. The dealer then reveals three common cards on the flop and one on turn and river apiece before the final calls. Each player makes decisions at every single of the mentioned stages, including pre-flop. The player with the strongest combination of his two and three common cards wins the money in the pot.

In Omaha, players get four cards at the beginning of the play. However, they can only combine two of these four with three of five common cards to get the best hand. It may seem very similar to Hold’em, but completely different strategies will make you a winner.

Rummy

Unlike the two iconic games describes above, rummy is not that common in casinos. Nevertheless, it is played in private houses all over the world in a significant volume. Some play it just for fun and bragging rights in their families (and closest circle of people in general), while others take it in a much more serious fashion with money involved. Wherever the money is involved, the drama and entertainment are guaranteed.

The rules are somewhat more complicated than the one bound to blackjack and poker for example, but they are far from nuclear science. Your goal is to match cards of the same suit, sequence, or rank, and build melds consisted of sets. By sets, we mean three or four of a kind of the same rank or runs of three or more cards of the same suit or in sequence. Much like the case is with the aforementioned games, there are so many variations including Indian, Mexican, and Chinese options.

The range of thrilling card games is much wider and involves the bountiful other options, but if we had to cherry-pick, the above-mentioned variants would be the winners.

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