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Search The Internet For Great Online Contests And Sweepstakes
People have been winning prizes in contests and sweepstakes for thousands of years, and as technology advances, so does the number of ways to win free prizes. With the advent of computers and the Internet, now there are many more chances to win free money and prizes in Online sweepstakes, as well.
Although millions of people around the world have entered online sweepstakes, there are still plenty of Internet users who don't realize how much they can win from their home computers. The number of ways to win online games and sweepstakes is almost endless. You might think that entering online sweepstakes is difficult to do, but it really isn't. Just by supplying your email address or taking a quick survey, you can often enter to win great prizes. While most online sweepstakes offer modest prizes or gift certificates, there are plenty of high-value prizes that can be won on the Internet, as well. These sweepstakes are usually run by more lucrative websites and larger companies, but they are usually pretty easy to enter. Giving away high-value, expensive prizes in online sweepstakes is quickly becoming a favorite marketing tactic for large websites. With a bit...Read more
There's more to poker than Texas Holdem!
Texas holdem is taking over the world, but believe it or not there are many other poker games you can play. Most of them fall into one of three categories:
- Stud Games (for example 7 card stud)
- Draw Games (for example 5 card draw)
- Shared Hand Games (for example Texas Holdem)
There are also some other obscure games that don't fit into these categories, some of the more popular of which are high/low pig, bid poker and guts. In almost all types of poker game the hand rankings are the same, with a very few minor exceptions which have become more or less “home-made” rules.
Here are brief descriptions of some different poker games:
5 Card Draw Poker
Played by 3 - 7 players. Each is dealt five cards and there is a round of betting based on the hands. After the betting players can now put up to three cards back in exchange for new ones. (There's one exception where a player can exchange four cards if he shows the fifth to be an ace).
There's a further round of betting and the best hand wins. Draw poker was once the standard way to play but it has of course been...
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