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The Power of Position

September 10, 2012

It's only natural that most beginning poker players focus too much on their cards, believing that the key factor in winning and losing money is how many times you're dealt big hands like pocket aces or pocket kings.

Play the game a little (or a lot ) more and you slowly but surely come to realize that in many cases your actual cards are irrelevant, with winning players spending much more time playing their opponents and taking advantage of their actual position at the table to win with a wide range of hands.

Having good position simply means you have more information to work with; more information in skilled hands is the biggest single factor in whether or not you walk away from the tables a winner, whether you're playing poker or other similar games such as vsJack.

So the next time you take a seat at the tables be sure you pay just as much attention to position and your opponents as you do to your cards. Profitable players can turn any two cards into a winner, especially if they pick good spots and understand the importance of position.

Player versus player blackjack at vsJack

September 09, 2012

Plenty of poker players love to degen it up in the pits at blackjack, craps, and other games but it's always with a certain mixture of sheepishness and shame. -EV games can be fun and a good way to blow off steam but once you learn the ropes at the poker tables it's hard to go back to the pits without feeling like a bit of a donkey.

Online players who enjoy blackjack now have a way to satisfy their blackjack jones and do it in a +EV fashion, with vsJack launching a player versus player version of blackjack that turns the standard casino game into a battle of skill and position.

Designed and launched by poker players, vsJack isn't just a standard blackjack game with a rotating deal but a brand new beast entirely.

There are no rules for the dealer as far as what they must hit or stand on, so it's a no holds barred race to 21 that uses many elements of traditional blackjack -- such as splitting and doubling down -- but with no limitations on when you must hit or stand.

Those key changes transforms blackjack into a much more skill-driven proposition, with position and playing your opponent instead of the cards becoming just as important at the vsJack tables as it is at the poker tables.

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