I’m going to tell you the extraordinary story of a session of blackjack I had a couple of weeks ago which saw me turn £2.50 into nearly £230 – and then lose it all again! Read the rest of this entry »
My blackjack heartbreak
May 12th, 2010Dunes poker chips reviewed
May 12th, 2010After months of deliberations I’ve just got my set of Dunes poker chips from Spinettis. Read the rest of this entry »
Composite clay poker chips review
May 6th, 2010This post looks at 4 popular composite clay poker chips and assesses which comes closest to the real thing. Read the rest of this entry »
Multiplayer Blackjack
April 26th, 2010Blackjack is loads of fun, but what if you want to play with your mates? This article lays out a simple set of rules than make it possible to experience the fun of blackjack in a social setting. Read the rest of this entry »
52 Card Scopa
February 8th, 2010As you can probably gather from reading the posts on this blog, we are big fans of the Italian card game Scopa. Traditionally Scopa is played with a 40 card deck of Italian cards, which differ from the French packs used for games like poker in that the suits are different, there are no 8, 9 or 10 and a knight on horseback is used instead of a queen. Other than that though the decks are the same; each has aces, each has 3 royals per suit and each had 4 suits. As a consequence it is very possible to use a 52 card deck to play Scopa by stripping out the 8, 9 and 10 and using diamonds as coins. But as we all know the rules of card games quickly get altered, with new variations of the game being tried out and extra rules being added to increase excitement and add some diversity. So we came up with a game which uses the rules of Scopa as its foundation, but adds many extra dimensions and concepts to the game that will bring it to life. Read the rest of this entry »
Scopa strategy guide for beginners
January 8th, 2010There isn’t really much in the way of good guides for Scopa (at least not in English) so I thought I’d publish one that can be used by new players looking to improve at this fun Italian card game.
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The rules of Briscola
November 9th, 2009One of the most popular card games in Italy, briscola is a trick-taking game with a huge following in Italy and beyond and it is growing in popularity all the time. Read the rest of this entry »
The rules of Scopa
October 27th, 2009This trick taking Italian card game is estimated to be 400 years old. This article goes over the rules of the game. Read the rest of this entry »
The dangers of playing with used cards
October 21st, 2009What cards should you use at a poker night? This article argues you should only accept a new pack of cards when playing for cash. Read the rest of this entry »