How To Play War

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Make war, not peace in this card game to win big!

War is perhaps the most simple casino card game ever. This most easily understood casino game is also the one with the largest house edge. The large house edge however doesn’t stop this game from being one of the most popular in its genre. If you think that you don’t know how to play this game, in all likelihood, you would be mistaken. Everyone has played War in some way or the other, most likely in their childhood.

The game is usually played with six decks to check card counting. A single card is dealt to both the dealer and the player. Whoever gets a card of higher value, wins.

Valuation of Cards
Cards 2 through 10 are valued on their face value. The Jack is 11 points, Queen is 12, King is 13 and Ace is 14.

War
If the player and the dealer, both have a card of the same rank, the player has the option to go to War. In case of War, the player has to up the stake by an equal amount as the initial bet. Three cards each are dealt to both player and dealer face down (Burn Cards) and a fourth card each is dealt face up. Who ever has a higher valued fourth card wins. The payout in case of war is simply 1:1, so the player gets even money and recoups the raise amount.

Fold
In a tie situation, you can choose not to go for War and just Fold. If you fold your cards, you forfeit the game and the dealer gets the money. You might decided to fold if your initial wager is quite large and you don’t want to risk the wager and the equal amount raise that you will have to make if you decide to go to war.

Additional Rules

If you have declared war and the fourth card that you and the dealer get are also a tie, you will win and get the Ante, Raise and your even money payout.

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