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Reason #4 why the Wizard likes Bovada:
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Bovada offers the triple crown of gambling: casino, poker, and sports. Many other casinos have tacked on poker as an afterthought, and many poker rooms have tacked on a casino as an afterthought, and the lack of attention shows, sometimes painfully. And very few of these sites let you make sports wagers.
But Bovada doesn’t just offer all three, they do each one well, and everything’s integrated. It’s easy to play all three off one deposit, off just one account.
Another nice thing about Bovada is that you don’t need a separate account to play casino games with fake money. In fact you do not even need an account for that at all, you can just click over there and play. Finally, Bovada usernames are only six or seven characters long making them possible to remember. By contrast some competitors’ usernames are extremely long and cumbersome.
Four Queens House Way
Last Update: Jul 17, 2007
Following is the house way for the Four Queens in Las Vegas. It is based on a rule card available at the game I obtained on July 16, 2007. It is exactly the same as the house way for the Texas Station.
- No pair: Place the highest card in the high hand and the next two highest cards in the low hand.
- One pair: Place the pair in high hand and the next two highest cards in the low hand.
- Two pair:
- Ace and any other pair - always split.
- Face card pair and pair 6's or higher - always split
- Any two pair 6's or under - never split
- With any other 2 pair, split unless the hand contains an ace - then play the ace in the low hand
- Three pair: Always play highest pair in low hand.
- Three of a kind:
- Always play three of a kind in high hand except break up three aces.
- Two three of a kinds - play the lowest 3 of a kind as the high hand and split the higher 3 of a kind
- Straight:
- Keep as the high hand.
- 6 card straight - use the highest card in the low hand.
- 5 or 6 card straight with a pair - use the pair as the low hand.
- Straight with 2 pair - play the 2 pair rule.
- Flush:
- Keep as the high hand.
- 6 card flush - use the highest card in the low hand.
- 5 or 6 card flush with a pair - use the pair as the low hand.
- Flush with 2 pair - play the 2 pair rule.
- Straight and a Flush: A flush and a straight with no pair - play the combination that results in the highest low hand.
- Full house: Split except with pair of 2's and an ace/king can be played inlow hand.
- Four of a kind: Play according to the rank of the four of a kind:
- 2 through 6: Always keep together.
- 7 through 10: Split unless a pair or ace and picture can be played in the low hand.
- Jack through king: Split unless hand also contains a pair of 10's or higher.
- Aces: Split unless a pair of 7's or higher can be played in low hand.
- Straight Flush:
- Keep as the high hand.
- Split 2 pair 10's and higher, or a pair of aces and any other pair.
- Any other two pair with ace - play the 2 pair as high and the ace in the low hand.
- Play a straight or flush instead of the straight flush if it causes a picture card or higher to be played in the low hand.
- Royal Flush:
- Keep as the high hand.
- Royal flush with a pair - play the pair in the low hand.
- Royal flush with 2 pair - play the 2 pair rule.
- Split the royal flush if an ace, king or a pair can be played in the low hand while retaining a straight or flush in the high hand.
- Five aces:Split unless pair of kings can be played in low hand.
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