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Best Online Casino Table Games for Poker Players

Whether you play live or online poker, the game can get a bit stale after a while. Like all relationships, romantic and otherwise, we all want a bit of variety. That’s why you see many poker players dabble in other forms of casino games.

Online poker rooms are often connected with an online casino and there are plenty of gaming options available. Today we will look at a few of the best casino game options for poker players.

Video Poker

Video poker is available at all online casinos and many online poker rooms. It is a simple Five Card Draw game whose object is to make a poker hand of at least Jacks or Betters (sometimes Tens or Better). You get paid according to the hand you make.

Unlike slot games that are completely luck-based, you can apply a bit of strategy to this game to reduce the house edge. If you know how to find the right paytables, you can sometimes turn the odds into your favor playing perfect strategy.

Poker3 Heads-Up Hold’em

One popular poker table game is Poker3 Heads-Up Hold’em. The game is a heads-up form of Limit Hold’em poker played against a computer. Unlike standard limit poker, you cannot raise in this game. Also, you are betting the exact same amount on each street.

If you have a relatively solid grasp of how to play Limit Texas Hold’em, then you should do well at this game. You have multiple opponents to play against, each requiring their own unique strategy. This is a great game to improve your Limit Hold’em strategy, especially hand selection.

Pai Gow Poker

Another popular table game at both live and online casinos is Pai Gow Poker. The game is similar to games like Chinese Poker where you must set multiple poker hands. You have a two-card and a five-card poker hand to make, and the five-card hand must be high then the two-card hand.

Pai Gow Poker Game

The object of the game is to beat the two hands made by the dealer. This game is a fun exercise in hand creation and strategy. Your object is to scoop the pot just like you would in Omaha Hi-Lo or Stud 8 or Better. When this isn’t possible, you try and set the best hand you can in order to push.

This game is a fun change of pace from regular Hold’em or Omaha poker games and can help you improve hand identification and problem-solving skills.

Casino Hold’em

Often, poker players don’t tire of Texas Hold’em as much as they do the grind of playing against other opponents. Constant decision making can be draining and players look for something less mentally taxing. Casino Hold’em may be a great alternative.

In this game, you are playing a hand of Texas Hold’em against the dealer. There’s only one decision to make and that is whether to play the hand after the flop. Your ante bet gives you hole cards and allows you to see the flop. On the flop, you decide whether or not to play.

If you play, you put in a bet of 2x your ante and you see the turn and river. If the dealer qualifies and you win, you win both the ante and raise bets based on the paytable for the game.

This game is a fun exercise in basic flop decision making. Since you will only make one bet on the flop, it is less mentally taxing.

Limit the Amount You Spend on Table Games

Keep in mind that the majority of online table games have a house edge that’s seldom beatable. It isn’t like poker where strong players always have a long term edge. As such, you need to limit the amount of money that you spend at online casino games.

Set aside a portion that you plan to use to play these games and stick to that budget. Your goal should be to have fun and take a break from poker, not to transition into a professional table games player. You don’t see too many of those out there for good reason. Use table games to have a good time and stick with poker to build your bankroll.

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