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Pacific Poker
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| Software
Pacific Poker was developed by Random Logic.
| Licence
It is not known whether this casino is licenced or not. To have a gaming license means that a casino is able to 1) deposit enough money yearly as a financial backup for players (approximately US $50,000 up to US $100,000 per annum), 2) pay the taxes (of about 2,5% up to 5%), and hence 3) is subject to the control of the government that issued the gaming licence in case of any disputes.
| Games
| • | Baccarat [Mini] |
| • | Blackjack |
| • | Craps |
| | • | Poker [Caribbean] |
| • | Poker [Pai Gow] |
| • | Roulette [European] |
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Baccarat (Mini)
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Mini Baccarat Review
Game: In Baccarat you and the banker receive two to three cards to get a point value as close to nine as possible. You have to correctly guess whether you or the banker will win, or a tie will occur.
Odds: In baccarat the best bet is always on the banker (bet that the banker will win) and the fewer the decks used the better the banker bet becomes. Since Pacific Poker offers a standard baccarat game (six decks, standard betting limits, and pretty bad odds for bets on ties). Choose another casino to play baccarat at.
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Blackjack
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Blackjack Review
Game: In Blackjack each card has a point value. You first get two cards, calculate their value and decide whether to draw more cards or not where the maximum total points allowed is 21. The dealer does the same thing. You try to be better than him (draw closer to 21).
Odds: Pacific Poker uses four decks which is not as good as one: as less decks are used as more easy it gets to keep track of the cards. It is difficult to find an online casino making card tracking easy anyway. The house edge with the rules listed below is 0.21% which is pretty good already.
Set: You can play up to three hands at once which is excellent and lots of fun. The dealer stands on soft 17 (Ace & 6) which is good but standard. Doubling down is allowed on any first two cards which is excellent. You can double down after you split pairs which is better than what land based casinos offer you but standard when it comes to online casinos. You may split pairs to two hands only which is below average really: many online casinos allow you to split your cards up to three or four hands. In this case it doesn't really matter: you still can start with three hands at once. You may draw to split Aces (excellent!). If the dealer has a blackjack you may lose no more than your original bet (American hole card rule). Insurance is offered (very good!). The cards are shuffled after every hand. Betting limits are $1-$250.
Summary: There are not many online casinos offering such a good Blackjack game but there still are better ones.
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Craps
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Craps Review
Game: In Craps two dice are thrown by a player. If he rolls a 7 or 11, he wins. If he throws a 2, 3, or 12, he loses. If he throws any other number (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) he continues throwing the dice and hopes that the same number will be thrown again before the 7 comes up. When the 7 comes up first, he loses. You can bet on the player or the house.
Odds: Pacific Poker truly offers one of the two best places to play online craps at. There is no better online casino to play craps at.
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Poker (Caribbean)
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Caribbean Poker Review
Game: In Caribbean Poker you place an ante (bet before game starts) and after having received five cards decide whether to compete against the dealer or not. You simply compare cards. The better hand wins.
Odds: The basic house edge for this game is 5.22% which doesn't make it look competitive compared to other games. American Roulette has a slightly worse house edge though.
Set: Usually online casinos offer a side bet of $1 for which you will receive an additional payoff for certain paying hands (flush or better). This extra win is based on the value of your own five-card hand, not on the hand of the dealer. So even if the dealer beats you or does not qualify you still get the bonus payoff. Pacific Poker does not offer such a side bet. Actually a shame.
Stakes (betting limits) are $1-$250.
Summary: There certainly are online casinos with much better Caribbean Poker games offering at least a side bet.
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Poker (Pai Gow)
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Pai Gow Poker Review
Game: Pai Gow Poker is a card game based on poker where you and the dealer get seven cards and have to split them into five and two cards, each of them containing a better hand than the dealer's in order to win (your five card hand has to be better than your two card hand).
Odds: Actually only a Pai Gow Poker game where the casino alternates the turn of the banker is good because in the event of an exact match between hands, called a copy, the tie goes to the banker. It would set the house edge at 1.46%. (The probability that the two-card hands ("front hands") will copy is 2.55% and the probability that the five-card back hands (" back hands") will copy is 0.32%.) When it is your turn to be the banker the house has only an 0.08% edge over you. Because both the turn of the banker and the 0.08% edge alternate you end up with the aforesaid 1.46% house edge. At Pacific Poker does not offer such a jackpot.
You are paid even money on all winning hands less a 5% commission (some casinos take a 2% commission only).
Set: Betting limits are $1-$250 which is standard.
Summary: There certainly are better Pai Gow Poker games out there offering a turn of banker or higher betting limits or at least a progressive jackpot.
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Roulette (European)
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European Roulette Review
Game: A wheel with pockets numbered 0 to 36 is spun in one direction. A ball is spun around the wheel and as the ball slows, it drops into one of the pockets of the wheel. You bet on which pocket the ball will drop into.
Odds: Global-Player Casino. You can bet up to $6,000 on a spin there.
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Slots
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Slots Review
Game: Slots are machines with three to five wheels with symbols on them, spinning downwards when you pull a lever at their side or similar and coming to a stop after a few rounds of spinning. If the symbols align you win.
Odds: It is difficult to calculate the payout probabilities of slot machines without knowing how many times a certain symbol appears on each real. You could sit in front of the slot machine, pull the lever 1,000,000 times and write the results down or rely on the information that Best Slots List.
Summary: Very good payouts on their slot machine. It's a pity though that they offer only one of them.
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Video Poker
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Video Poker Review
Game: In Video Poker you receive five cards and decide which ones to change (only once) in order to make a good poker hand. As better your hand as better the payout gets.
Odds: Best Video Poker List.
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