Pontoon Winning
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Any casino game requires a
certain degree of
strategizing. In playing
pontoon, you have to
understand the game
thoroughly before you may
even strategize. Of course,
the player has to be aware
of specific basic principles
which will guide the player
in playing the game. Some of
these principles include
minimizing the risk of
busting, maximizing the
chances of getting a
five-card trick, maximizing
payouts through buying
wisely and splitting
judiciously. How these
general principles are
translated into winning tips
is discussed below.
In minimizing the risk of
busting, you have to stick
with cards that total to 15.
In playing pontoon, there
are cards that can help you,
then there are cards that
won't. The cards that could
help you are: 3, 4, 5 and 6
and the cards that won't
are: 7, 8, 9, 10 and king,
queen and jack. There are
also cards that can either
help or bust you: 2 and ace.
There is a high probability
that you will get an
unhelpful than a helpful
card, so it is best to stick
with the hand than buy a new
card.
In maximizing the chance of
getting a 5-card trick, you
have to take risk. A
five-card trick can beat
that of the dealer's despite
the total point. Apart from
this, five-card trick is
paid with a 2:1 ratio on
your bet. If you have four
cards with a value of 15,
you may take another card
without busting. You have to
be careful though since
there are only 6 cards that
can give provide you a
five-card trick and 7 cards
which can bust you. While
the odd is slightly against
you, this is worth taking
the risk. You can win when
you buy a card when your
four-card already totals to
16 and twist when the card
already totals to 17.
Anything higher than 17 can
get you busted.
In buying wisely, you may
double your payout since you
are actually doubling the
bet when buying. Losing is
always a possibility so any
player should strive at
winning the biggest possible
payout. If you think you
have a rather strong hand,
you should double your bet.
You should not do so if your
hand is not that strong
since this could also mean
double your losses in case
that your hand doesn't win.
You may buy if you have a
four-card hand that totals
to 9, 10 or 11 more so since
there are many cards with 10
points. When you land to any
of these cards, your card
will be 19, 20 or 21, all of
which are considered to be
winning hands.
In splitting judiciously,
you need not split the hand
if the face value is an ace
or an 8. Splitting a hand of
8s can be simple but
splitting the hand of aces
is quite controversial and
tricky at that. When you
split aces, the possibility
of getting pontoon on both
hands is high. However, some
experts say that you should
not strive at getting a
10-point card since an ace
is a good starting point in
getting a 5-card trick.
Anyhow, the decision will
rest on the hand of the
player and his risk
tolerance level.
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