The Experience:
For those of you who haven't experienced a casino fun party here is what you can expect. Experience the thrills of playing real casino games in a real casino atmosphere and have the chance to win real prizes. All this without any unpleasant side effects, such as losing large sums of money which is usually the case when gambling in Las Vegas. Casino parties can be described as an "upbeat Vegas Experience".
The Setting:
The casino will be set up with mostly blackjack tables, a couple of craps tables, texas holdum tables and usually one roulette table.
Guests are given an equal amount of chips for free at the start of the party, except at fund raisers. At fund raisers, if they run out of chips, additional chips may be available at a stated price. The decision on pricing chips varies depending on the situation.
Everyone will get $5000 in funny money and (1) raffle ticket. We will provide the tickets and the funny money. You provide the prizes. The players will then take the $5000 to the table of choice and the dealer will exchange the $5000 funny money for chips in denominations of $100; $500; and $1000 chips. The players can make bets between $200-1000 and try to win as much money as they can before the end of the gambling. Each dealer will cash the players chips and funny $ at the close of gambling for additional raffle tickets for a greater chance of winning a prize. The additional raffle tickets are determined as follows:
$100-5000 = 1 additional ticket
$5100-10,000 = 2 tickets
$10,100- 15,000 = 3 tickets
Etc.
Each additional $5000 will amount to an additional ticket and we always round up to the next increment of $5000.
The players will keep half of each ticket and put the other half in a box for the drawing. We will provide the box for the tickets. To keep everything fair, the table limits for each game should be the same ($200-1000). It has been my experience that players like to bet bigger as the night goes on. Raising the betting limits is an option but all the tables should raise the limit at the same time. We provide everything you need except the prizes.
The only other thing the facility needs to provide is chairs. We need 11 chairs per poker table and 8 chairs per BJ table. Craps and Roulette are stand up games and no chairs are needed.
The Games:
CRAPS:
Craps developed out of the old english game hazard, which came to America in the early eighteenth century. Hazard proved too tedious for American players, so the rules were altered, after which the game's popularity soared. Now at least 50 million players annually bet over $200 million on craps. With its exciting and fast play, this game often attracts a huge crowd to watch the action.
A craps table is shaped like a large billiards table, with a sunken surface. A layout printed on the table illustrates all possible bets (see figure). The main elements in craps are the dice, the shooter who throws the dice, and the number seven. The new shooter begins the game by throwing the dice across the table until they hit the far wall and bounce to show a number. Your dealer will explain more rules at your event.
TEXAS HOLD'EM:
Texas Holdem is a "community card" game, meaning that some cards are dealt face-up in the middle of the table and and combines them with the five community Play begins by dealing two cards face down to each player; these are known as "hole cards" or "pocket cards". This is followed bya round of betting. Most Holdem games get the betting started with one or two "blind bets" to the left of the dealer. These are forced bets which must be made before seeing one's cards. Play proceeds clockwise from the blinds, with each player free to fold, call the blind bet, or raise. Usually the blinds are "live", meaning that they may raise themselves when the action gets back around to them.
Three cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table; this is called the "flop". A round of betting ensues, with action starting on the first blind, immediately to the dealers left. Another card is dealt face up (the "turn"), followed by another round of betting, again beginning to the dealer's left. Then the final card (the "river") is dealt followed by the final round of betting. In a structured-limit game, the bets on the turn and river are usually double the size of those before and on the flop.
A Texas Hold em poker game goes as follows:
1. The betting structure can vary, but most games start with two players placing out a predetermined amount of money so there is an initial amount to play for. This is called posting the blinds. These players are the two to the left of the dealer.
2. The dealer shuffles up a complete deck of 52 playing cards.
3. Each player is dealt two cards face down. These are called your hole or pocket cards.
4. Then there is a round of betting starting with the guy to the left of the two who posted the blinds. This round is usually referred to by the term pre-flop.
5. The amount betted depends on what kind of game it is.
6. Much like most games of poker, players can check, raise, or fold.
7. After the betting round ends, the dealer discards the top card of the deck. This is called a burn card. This is done to prevent cheating.
8. The dealer then flips the next three cards face up on the table. These cards are called the flop. These are communal cards that anyone can use in combination with their two pocket cards to form a poker hand.
9. There is another round of betting starting with the player to the left of the dealer.
10. After the betting concludes, the dealer burns another card and flips one more onto the table. This is called the turn card. Players can use this sixth card now to form a five card poker hand.
11. The player to the left of the dealer begins another round of betting. In many types of games, this is where the bet size doubles.
12. Finally, the dealer burns a card and places a final card face up on the table. This is called the river. Players can now use any of the five cards on the table or the two cards in their pocket to form a five card poker hand.
13. There is one final round of betting starting with the player to the left of the dealer.
14. After that, all of the players remaining in the game begin to reveal their hands. This begins with the player to the left of the last player to call. It's called the showdown.
15. The player with the best hand wins!
BLACKJACK:
The card game of blackjack, also known as twenty-one, is commonly believed to have grown out of the popular French game vingt-et-un. Early nineteenth-century professional gamblers are credited with bringing blackjack, as well as many other parlor games, into gaming's mainstream by eliminating its air of European elitism. As a result, the game quickly became popular in the United States. The object of blackjack is to beat the dealer's hand without going over twenty-one ("busting"). Aces count as either one or eleven, face cards as ten, and numbered cards as their printed values. All suits are of equal value. Your dealer will explain more rules at your event.
ROULETTE:
Roulette, the oldest casino game still in existence, originated from other wheel games popular during the Middle Ages. It gained widespread popularity in Europe, especially in France during the late eighteenth century. By the early nineteenth century, roulette-which is French for "little wheel"-made it across the Atlantic, introduced to the United States by professional gamblers who adapted many European games to suit American tastes. The average American roulette table employs one dealer who stands next to the wheel. The wheel, approximately three feet in diameter, consists of thirty-eight individually numbered cups around its perimeter. Half of the cups, numbered one through thirty-six, are black and the other half are red, while the zero and double zero cups are both green. More rules will be explained to you at your event.
LET IT RIDE
Let It Ride is a poker hand game played on a blackjack type table, with a standard 52 card deck. Players try to get a pair of tens or better with up to three bets "riding". The bet placement table layout, from the players view, is shown at the right.-
As in Video Poker, players do not compete against other players or the dealer, but are rewarded for good poker hands received. . All the players combine their three dealt cards with two community dealer cards to make their final poker hands
Play Procedure and Rules - Players make three equal bets in the three circles marked "1", "2" and "$" right to left (as illustrated above). The dealer deals three cards to each player and then two community cards, face down, to himself.
After the player looks at his three cards, he may cancel his bet in Circle 1 by signaling the dealer to push it back to him, or he can "let it ride" and stay in play. Once the player chooses to let a bet ride it must stay on the table until the end of the hand. Likewise when a bet is withdrawn, it stays out of play.
The dealer then turns one of his two cards face up. The player can now take his Circle 2 bet back or he can let it ride. His Circle 1 decision does not restrict his Circle 2 option in any way. After the player makes his Circle 2 choice the betting is over because the $ Circle bet always stays in play.
The dealer then completes all the players' hands by turning his second card face up. -
At this final stage, if the combined five card hand does not give the player a pair of tens or better, the dealer collects the $ Circle bets and any others that the players let ride. If any of the players have a pair of tens or better, the dealer pays the $ Circle bet and any others left in play, in accordance with the payout table.
3 CARD POKER
Premise:
3 Card Poker is a fast and fun poker-style game that requires little strategy for a player to be successful. The low house edge of approximately 2.5% makes it an enticing addition to the casino. Beat the dealer by making the best poker hand possible with one draw of three cards.
How to Play:
3 Card Poker games are played with a standard 52-card deck. The cards are distributed in hands of three, with cards shuffled after each hand. Straights have a higher ranking than a flush, as there are fewer ways to make a three-card straight. Aces can be either high or low. There are two bets a player can make that will influence the game payout: Ante and Pair Plus. The ante works as it does in conventional poker. This is the "cost" of playing the hand. The Pair Plus is a wager that the player will get at least a pair or higher. Payout levels are listed in the table below. It is not necessary to make both bets, but players must make at least one. The player antes by placing his/her bet in the "Ante" spot on the table within acceptable table limits. Both dealer and player are dealt three cards face down. The player will determine whether their cards are good enough to bet against the dealer or fold. If the player folds at this stage, he/she simply loses the ante. If the player decides to test his/her cards against the dealer, he/she must place a wager equal to the ante in the "Play" spot on the table and click the "Play" button. If the player wins the hand, the hand pays both the Ante and the Pair Plus wager (if applicable). Note: the dealer must have at least Queen High to qualify. Anything lower is an automatic win for the player providing the player has not folded.
Payoffs:
When calculating a win or loss, there are three things to consider: Pair Plus result, Ante result, and the Play result (did the dealer qualify).
Ante Payoffs:
Straight...1 X 1
3 of a Kind...4 X
1Straight...5 X 1
