Red Dog rules
Red Dog is a very popular and simple
to understand game. It is also known as Acey-Deucey or as In-Between. It is a card game played on a
Black
Jack sized table. This table has two betting spots marked with Bet and Raise. It is played with a shoe containing up to
five decks of cards. The object of the game is to bet on what the third
card is going to be.
After you place your opening bet the dealer will deal two cards, one on
the left and one on the right. You now have to bet on the likelihood that
the rank of the third card you get is in-between the ranks of the
two cards first dealt. In Red Dog the suit of the cards is not of
importance. So, if the first two cards dealt are a five and a ten the
third card must be of a value from six to nine. If it is not you lose.
The value of the cards from two to ten is at face value. The jack
counts 11, the queen 12, the king 13 and the ace counts as 14. So far so
good. Now this is where the raise bet comes in and it's based on
the spread. Spread is the value between the two cards. If you take
the sample from above the spread is three. In case the two cards would be
consecutive, like a four and a five, the hand is over and you get your
wager back. If the two cards are a Pair the betting will stop, but you
still have the chance to get a 11:1 payout if the third card has the same
value as the first two.
The most interesting part in Red Dog is betting on the spread. In this
second optional bet you basically go for a bonus payout. The odds on
spread bets are set by the casino. The closer the two cards are in rank
the higher the potential payout.
The Betting!
As explained above you start out with an opening bet and get two cards
dealt. The dealer will then place a mark, which indicates the spread and
the odds the house offers on this particular spread, on the table. If you
want to bet on the spread you now have to place your bet on the raise
field on the table. If you don't raise and you win the hand you will
get your original wager back. If you do raise you are betting at the odds
marked by the dealer. In case you win the hand you will get your original
wager back plus the raise bet at the indicated odds which are:
Spread of One / 5:1 payout
Spread of Two / 4:1 payout
Spread of Three / 2:1 payout
Spread of Four - Eleven / 1:1 payout
Pair / 11:1 payout with third matching card
The number of players in one game is irrelevant, since all players win
or lose simultaneously. The only strategy like decision you have to make
in this game is if you make the raise bet or not. With the given odds you
should not raise the bet unless the spread is seven or higher. The chance
of winning a spread of seven is about 54% for the player and the chance of
winning a spread of eleven is as high as 84%. If you are serious about
winning money in this game spreads lower than seven should not be bet on.
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