Online card games

There are many online card games that can be played from the web browser. A large proportion of these games are free. Some of these require small fees for advanced features. On some sites there are cash games. Here, players can play with real live opponents in head-to-head games or online tournaments. In online games, the card playing skills of a person can enable him to earn some money.

Blackjack

In this game, the player does not play against other players but against the dealer. The objective of the game is to draw cards till the sum of the hand is as close as possible to 21 and not exceeding it. In case the first two cards sum up to 21, the player has a blackjack.  If the total sum of the value of the cards is near 21 than the dealer’s, the player wins an amount equal to the wagered amount. If the player has a blackjack, twice or thrice the amount of the bet is won. Aces are considered as 1 or 11. Face cards are valued at 10. Remaining cards are considered as per their number values.

Bridge

OKbridge makes it possible for people throughout the world to play bridge on the Internet. Members from all levels can play live Contract bridge and Duplicate bridge. The easy to use software can run on all computers like Windows, Mac and Linux.

Canasta

Canasta can be played online at Canasis.com, IPlay, Live Canasta, Kurnik Online Games, Yahoo! Games, Pogo and Rubl.com. Canasta can be played by two, three or six players.

Cribbage

Six Card Cribbage uses a standard 52 card pack and is a two player game of skill. The objective of the player is to score 121 points over many deals. Points are scored from the card combinations occurring during the play or in a player’s hand or in the crib i.e. cards discarded prior to play.

Euchre

In the United States and Canada, this game is played without a joker. The deck consists of only 24 cards. The right bower in the highest trump. The target is to score 10 points.

Hearts

The objective of the game is to avoid winning hands containing hearts. Specially, the queen of spades, also called the Black Lady, must be totally kept away. In case a player wins all 13 hearts and the queen of spades, it is said that the player has shot the moon.

Pinochle

There are different types like Single Deck Partnership Pinochle, Double Deck Pinochle, Two players Pinochle and Three players Pinochle.

Poker

There are of different types of games like duplicate poker, poker rush and royal flush poker.

Rummy

Royal rummy is the first and only online rummy community where online rummy game sessions of up to four players can be experienced. Gin rummy game has true peer-to-peer and play for fun tournament or for cash with no downloads. Red hot rummy is the world’s first non-download Gin rummy site.

Solitaire

Games like Solitaire Rush, Golf Solitaire, Spades, Free Cell, Hearts, Mine Sweeper, Mah Jongg Solitaire, Jigsaw Genius, Maze Runner, Crossword Challenge, Bullseye Darts, Word Cubes, and Chess Challenge are played.