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Learn How to Play Table Games Online for Money
If you haven’t had the chance to play online table games for real money at Bovada Casino, now’s the time. With the release of our free table games guide, you can learn strategic gaming ways to earn more without having to bet more of real money. All the information needed to make smart gaming choices at the tables is available in our online casino guide, along with explanations of how to play each of our games. If you want a new experience besides the standard poker gaming events, check out these games.
Blackjack, roulette, craps, and table game poker are all available for free practice play and for real money payouts. And while the simpler games in our casino don’t require a lot of research, it pays to have a deep understanding of how they work at casinos in general. For online casino gaming strategy, you’ll want to consult our game-specific guides.
Online Table Games Overview
So what makes a casino table game – besides the table? In these games, it’s not you versus the other players. You’re taking on the house for real money. Some table games, like roulette, are games of pure chance; others, like Tri Card Poker, have a gaming element of skill involved. At press time, there are 24 different table games at Bovada Casino for real money, and they can be placed loosely into the following four categories:
Dice Games at Casinos
Feel like rolling the bones? Dice have been thrown since ancient times, and Craps has soared in popularity over the past 100-plus years. Bovada Casino also has Roll the Dice, our version of the traditional Chinese game Hoo Hey How (Cantonese for “Fish-Prawn-Crab”), which lets you bet on animated graphics and then try to roll them with the three dice.
Card Games at Casinos
While playing cards have been around for well over 1,000 years, the 52-card deck we know today – the “French” deck – didn’t appear until the late 14th Century. You’ll see these cards in the air when you play games like Blackjack, Baccarat and Vegas Three Card Rummy. Out of these options, Baccarat is the simplest to play, and Blackjack is the most complex.
Poker-Based Games at Casinos
You’ll also see the French deck when you play the poker-based table games at Bovada Casino, which deserve their own section. Poker is the most popular card game there is; table versions at Bovada include Tri Card Poker, Let ‘Em Ride, Pai Gow Poker, Caribbean Hold’em and Caribbean Stud Poker. For all but Let ‘Em Ride, you’re up against an automated Dealer, who’s trying to get a better poker hand than you. With Let ‘Em Ride, you simply progress your way to a five-card hand, raising when you think you’ll get a pair of 10s or better.
Roulette at Casinos
The colorful Roulette wheel is still the centerpiece of any casino, and Bovada Casino is proud to offer both American Roulette and European Roulette to our customers, featuring both the “New” streamlined layout and the “Classic” look. Learn about the differences between these two options to optimize your odds of winning at the wheel. There are also two approaches to betting on roulette: the high-risk, high reward option with inside bets, and the low-risk, low-reward option with outsider bets. Our roulette guide covers all this and more.
Most Popular Table Games at Casinos
Variety is the spice of life, and there’s a table game for everyone at Bovada. But some of these games are so popular, they deserve to be looked at individually – starting with blackjack, the most popular “banking” game ever invented.
Blackjack at Casinos
If you grew up with a deck of cards in your hand, you likely learned how to play blackjack somewhere along the way. This is the game where you try to get a score as close to 21 (just like the movie 21) as possible without going over. It’s the most popular table game at Bovada Casino, and that’s likely because it strikes the perfect balance between luck and skill. While you can’t control the cards you’re dealt, you can control how you try to turn a hand into a winner by using online blackjack strategy.
There are nine different versions of blackjack at Bovada Casino. You can play the New Blackjack with the six-deck shoe, or play interesting variants like Perfect Pairs and Zappit Blackjack. Our online blackjack guide explains the differences between all nine versions- new and classic.
Craps at Casinos
The Craps table is often the liveliest spot in the casino, and it’s easy to see why. There are dozens of different bets you can make on the colorful craps layout, including a bet that comes with zero house edge. You can play this game at Bovada using both the New and Classic formats- it's a free choice which you play.
American Roulette at Casinos
Thanks to the internet, you can play both American Roulette and European Roulette at Bovada, but the American version remains the game of choice on this side of the Atlantic. There are some subtle differences between the two, which we cover in the free roulette guide when we discuss the best roulette strategy to use at the tables.
Tri Card Poker at Casinos
Of all the table games that involve a bit of skill, Tri Card Poker is by far the easiest to learn and play. After you place your bet, you and the Dealer each get three cards, and if you think your three-card hand is stronger, double your bet; otherwise, you fold. It’s that easy. In fact, here’s the optimal strategy: Raise if you have at least Queen-Six-Four in your hand.
How to Choose the Right Table Game
While all the table games at Bovada Casino have something unique to offer, there’s bound to be one or two that you like more than the others either new or classic versions. Finding the right game isn’t too difficult. You can try them all out for free using the Practice Play mode, starting with the most popular ones and working your way from there. Or you could focus on the games that best suit your needs and your personality.
Table games can be placed on a spectrum in terms of engagement levels, with the most complex game being blackjack and the simplest game being Roll the Dice and Roulette. Our poker-based games fall in the mid-range as they offer limited control on the outcomes based on your decisions.
Keeping this in mind, you can consider what kind of experience you aim to achieve playing a casino game. If you like to challenge yourself, try Blackjack. You can apply basic tips to your game as you get started and then adopt optimal strategy as you begin to understand the nuances of the game. On the other hand, if you like an easy game without a lot of thinking, roulette is your best bet – although you can still maximize your success at the roulette wheel by making a couple smart decisions.
Online Table Games Guides
Now that you have an idea of how to play the table games available in our online casino, you can begin to focus on the games that suit your gambling style. Be it roulette, baccarat, craps or blackjack, we have several online guides that will deepen your understanding of game theory. Anyone who gravitates to table games over slots likely enjoys the skill side of casino gambling, so it goes without saying that applying basic strategy to your approach will create the satisfying experience you crave.
