A “flush” consists of five non-consecutive cards of the same suit. It doesn’t matter which suit you are holding, and the rank of the cards is only importa...

Each of the 2,598,960 possible hands of poker is equally likely when dealt 5 cards from a standard poker deck. Because of this, one can use probability by...

Today, the very top chess players in the world can make good livings from the game. Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand, who will play this month’s world chess...

Newcomer programs are programs designed for recent immigrants at the secondary school level who have little or no English proficiency, and limited or no f...

So, if you make an illegal move in chess, you will either lose the game immediately or after the arbiters have decided the game by carefully reviewing the...

Folding does not cost the player anything in money, but also does not gain the player anything monetarily. Once a player has folded, they may no longer re...

The cost of a poker table will depend on the materials used to make it and the overall quality of the table. Roll up poker mats and foldable table toppers...

The maximum number of queens possible is 18 – 9 per Person. How many queens can fit on a chess board? One of the oldest chess based puzzles is known, affe...

“Blitz is very good for chess”, he said. No wonder – as Magnus regularly plays not only blitz, but also bullet (one minute per game blitz), to hone his re...

Stalemate is one of the drawing rules of chess. It happens when the player who has to move has no legal moves available The game then ends immediately in ...