Red Dog is a great alternative to the online casino slots

The online casinos have been successful for a number of reasons, but most observers believe that the most significant is the huge range of casino games they offer and therefore their ability to appeal to such a wide range of prospective customers. Clearly all the major online casinos feature the traditional casino games such as roulette and blackjack, and most also enable us to play more thought provoking casino games such as poker and backgammon, but it is the quick instant result games which tend to attract new casino games players. When we talk about this type of online casino game we are generally referring to the enormous range of slots and video slots, but there are a number of other casino games which fall into this category. For example, anyone who enjoys card games would probably enjoy the game of Red Dog, or as it is sometimes known ‘between the sheets’. Red Dog is a card game played with a standard 52 card deck against the house for fixed odds. We have featured the rules of Red Dog in our casino games pages, but it really is very easy. The player will place an ante bet at least equal to the minimum table stake, after which three cards are dealt with two of them face up and the third blind and normally positioned between the open cards. A winning hand is simply one in which the blind card has a value between the two open cards, and in most cases is paid at even money. Clearly the spread of the two open cards is very significant, and the player has the option to increase the stake before the blind card is revealed if a win is likely. The spread of the two open cards can also increase the winning odds if it is 3 or less, and there is also the chance that the two open cards are a pair, in which case the only winning hand would be three of a kind which is normally paid at 11/1. If however the two open cards are consecutive numbers, a winning hand is clearly impossible and the hand is declared void with the ante bet returned. Red Dog is quick, easy and a great alternative to the slots.