Which one is easier to win at Blackjack or Poker?

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Quote from: UnknownUsername on November 11, 2015, 07:37:51 PM

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I ask this question because I am learning to play Blackjack it is simple if you follow the standard rules of the game but there is some luck involved too.
I haven't tried my hand in Poker yet but wanted some suggestions before trying it out.
Wanted to get a pokerstars account is this not recommended for beginners?

From your experience and your post above, you should know which one was more easy and more simple to do, and i think we had same oppinion that blackjack was easier than poker for any gambler...

Well I never played poker so I had no experience in it but was always hearing about how the pros make a lot from it so was wanting some opinions. I think I got enough answers to make a decision now. I thank all who said their views and advice on these two games. Will make it easier if I want to ever attempt to try at poker.

Well those pros have to play for hrs. Playing poker needs a lot of patience because not every time you have a good hands to play with

You can also lock the topic now that you have your answers.

Yeah. Answered enough times it is starting to sound redundant here.
Thank you all for your insight on this topic.
Locking thread now.

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Quote from: btckold24 on November 11, 2015, 07:41:03 PM

poker 10 years + ago was very easy to win at if you played in the right game with good tight strategy. Nowadays everyone knows advanced play it seems and its much tougher to find a weak game.

Well it depends on the stakes you play. At micro/low stakes, at least in the btc poker I think players are "pretty easy". You find lots of players that are just trying their luck and make terrible moves. Of course that they win some, and sometimes just make you lose even with a good play, and just end up giving your chips to someone else (because luck does not last forever), but I normally end up winning in the long run, so I like playing there.

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poker 10 years + ago was very easy to win at if you played in the right game with good tight strategy. Nowadays everyone knows advanced play it seems and its much tougher to find a weak game.

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Quote from: Arcteryx on November 11, 2015, 07:23:04 PM

Quote from: titibach on November 11, 2015, 07:09:14 PM

Quote from: Arcteryx on November 10, 2015, 05:30:31 PM

I ask this question because I am learning to play Blackjack it is simple if you follow the standard rules of the game but there is some luck involved too.
I haven't tried my hand in Poker yet but wanted some suggestions before trying it out.
Wanted to get a pokerstars account is this not recommended for beginners?

From your experience and your post above, you should know which one was more easy and more simple to do, and i think we had same oppinion that blackjack was easier than poker for any gambler...

Well I never played poker so I had no experience in it but was always hearing about how the pros make a lot from it so was wanting some opinions. I think I got enough answers to make a decision now. I thank all who said their views and advice on these two games. Will make it easier if I want to ever attempt to try at poker.

Well those pros have to play for hrs. Playing poker needs a lot of patience because not every time you have a good hands to play with

You can also lock the topic now that you have your answers.

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Quote from: titibach on November 11, 2015, 07:09:14 PM

Quote from: Arcteryx on November 10, 2015, 05:30:31 PM

I ask this question because I am learning to play Blackjack it is simple if you follow the standard rules of the game but there is some luck involved too.
I haven't tried my hand in Poker yet but wanted some suggestions before trying it out.
Wanted to get a pokerstars account is this not recommended for beginners?

From your experience and your post above, you should know which one was more easy and more simple to do, and i think we had same oppinion that blackjack was easier than poker for any gambler...

Well I never played poker so I had no experience in it but was always hearing about how the pros make a lot from it so was wanting some opinions. I think I got enough answers to make a decision now. I thank all who said their views and advice on these two games. Will make it easier if I want to ever attempt to try at poker.

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Quote from: Arcteryx on November 10, 2015, 05:30:31 PM

I ask this question because I am learning to play Blackjack it is simple if you follow the standard rules of the game but there is some luck involved too.
I haven't tried my hand in Poker yet but wanted some suggestions before trying it out.
Wanted to get a pokerstars account is this not recommended for beginners?

From your experience and your post above, you should know which one was more easy and more simple to do, and i think we had same oppinion that blackjack was easier than poker for any gambler...

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blackjack is really easy game and everyone can understand it while poker might be pretty hard for some players though i better play poker than blackjack

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for me its poker as i dont spend my time learning the rules of poker and i dont know how to play it so blackjack is better for me

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Poker is absolutely better than Blackjack in terms of possibility of win. If you're good and play many many hand, with some experience you can live with the poker. There are many examples of player that live with the poker (from normal people to the poker stars, like Daniel Negreanu for example).

Blackjack is not good if there is the house edge.

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Poker requires more skill, but is easier to win if you have the skill.

Blackjack is more luck based, but for a beginner gambler, it can be profitable if you stick to the below-fourteen rule.

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Blackjack is easier to win at that playing Poker surely. There's a lot more skill involved in Poker & it's a lot more difficult to learn.

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Quote from: CarlesPuyol on November 11, 2015, 09:04:26 AM

No one is easier. The skills you need to learn for both games are limitless. And both of games will probably rip your money Cheesy

Maybe you always all-in on both games and you lost it all? So that is why you are concluding this.

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In my opinion both game are the same, not only luck-based game but also skill based game. In blackjack we need to know when to hit/stop, and in poker we need to know when to fold/raise/call.
But in case of easy to win, I'd say blackjack is easier (not in long term ofc) because we can use martingale strategy while we cant do in poker game.

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Quote from: CarlesPuyol on November 11, 2015, 09:04:26 AM

No one is easier. The skills you need to learn for both games are limitless. And both of games will probably rip your money Cheesy

According to everybody else you don't need as much skill to play blackjack then poker, so your statement is false.
Most people again would disagree with you about them ripping you off. It would also depend on how good you are.

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No one is easier. The skills you need to learn for both games are limitless. And both of games will probably rip your money Cheesy

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Quote from: Cereberus on November 11, 2015, 01:03:44 AM

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Quote from: Arcteryx on November 11, 2015, 12:49:11 AM

I have not played a hand of poker in my life so I will take everybody's sound advice here and not go against these high rollers at all the poker sites. Wink

I will stick with blackjack cause it is fast paced and better to play for not so experienced card players. I believe this is where you learn the basics of how to play at any card game.
But I always wondered: Does it matter in blackjack how many players are playing at your table? Does it lessen your odds to have a winning hand if there are more players sitting in at the table?
1st position or last position should matter either I would imagine.

depends on how many decks and how often they shuffle.

Most games I have seen online have an 8 deck shoe and it reshuffles all 8 decks after each hand. When that is done, you will not see enough cards in one game for it to change the strategy. In a real casino or with 1 deck, the more cards you see, the more you know about what cards are left and can use that to adjust your strategy accordingly. That's called counting cards and is very difficult.

Number of players/order doesn't matter. If you beat the dealer you win, if you don't you lose. Doesn't matter what anyone else does, and the dealer's actions won't be impacted either because they hit or stay only based on their cards, they don't care what anyone else has.

Some people (foolishly) would rather go last so they can do the "right" thing and not let someone else "screw up" the cards. this is foolish because they can "screw it up" just a badly from anywhere at the table, and in my experience the number of times someone "making a mistake" screws everyone over and saves everyone tends to balance out. But, if it makes you feel better, you should go last.

8 decks. But I have always thought the more people who are playing the better chances for you to see what face cards are left to distribute out to the players thus allowing you to make a better decision whether to hit or stand.

If you are playing online they reshuffle all 8 decks every hand so it is highly unlikely that you will see enough of anything to make a difference.

And while there are some strategy changes based on the count, knowing whether to bet bigger or smaller depending on what is left in the shoe is much more important, and you have to bet before you see anything.

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blackjack is very simple and easy for all and i like that game and if you are a beginner at poker so just play as free first and then go play with bitcoin because to win you need to be a pro at poker and a lucky one Wink

because not like blackjack you don't need only luck to win

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every game has its own benefit and loss, in Blackjack , as others replyied its purely on luck, if you are playing in casino , what ever game you play you will lose it at the end, but in poker if you are playing against live inplay players then their is so many strategy through which you can win .

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Quote from: Arcteryx on November 10, 2015, 05:30:31 PM

I ask this question because I am learning to play Blackjack it is simple if you follow the standard rules of the game but there is some luck involved too.
I haven't tried my hand in Poker yet but wanted some suggestions before trying it out.
Wanted to get a pokerstars account is this not recommended for beginners?

Try playing Zynga Poker on Facebook if you want to learn.
I mostly improve my gameplay at poker through that before trying real online poker.

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Quote from: Phildo on November 11, 2015, 12:58:26 AM

Quote from: Arcteryx on November 11, 2015, 12:49:11 AM

I have not played a hand of poker in my life so I will take everybody's sound advice here and not go against these high rollers at all the poker sites. Wink

I will stick with blackjack cause it is fast paced and better to play for not so experienced card players. I believe this is where you learn the basics of how to play at any card game.
But I always wondered: Does it matter in blackjack how many players are playing at your table? Does it lessen your odds to have a winning hand if there are more players sitting in at the table?
1st position or last position should matter either I would imagine.

depends on how many decks and how often they shuffle.

Most games I have seen online have an 8 deck shoe and it reshuffles all 8 decks after each hand. When that is done, you will not see enough cards in one game for it to change the strategy. In a real casino or with 1 deck, the more cards you see, the more you know about what cards are left and can use that to adjust your strategy accordingly. That's called counting cards and is very difficult.

Number of players/order doesn't matter. If you beat the dealer you win, if you don't you lose. Doesn't matter what anyone else does, and the dealer's actions won't be impacted either because they hit or stay only based on their cards, they don't care what anyone else has.

Some people (foolishly) would rather go last so they can do the "right" thing and not let someone else "screw up" the cards. this is foolish because they can "screw it up" just a badly from anywhere at the table, and in my experience the number of times someone "making a mistake" screws everyone over and saves everyone tends to balance out. But, if it makes you feel better, you should go last.

8 decks. But I have always thought the more people who are playing the better chances for you to see what face cards are left to distribute out to the players thus allowing you to make a better decision whether to hit or stand.

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