CASINO GAMES
TOURNAMENTSThe casino card games at Casino King share one lobby, yet each one follows its own logic. In blackjack, you play your hand card by card. In baccarat, you back a hand you never touch. In poker, your hand ends up ranked, either against a paytable or against the dealer's hand.
Whichever casino game you pick here, from blackjack to poker, the table is virtual: the software draws every card at random, and no game sets you against another player. So before you start, the real question is a simple one: what role do you want your cards to play?
This section brings together three families: blackjack, baccarat and poker, the last of these in two forms, video poker and poker against the house. Blackjack takes up the largest share, with tables from Gaming1, GameArt, BetSoft, Galaxsys, Air Dice and Pragmatic Play. Baccarat is supplied by GameArt and TaDa Gaming; the five-card machines come from GameArt and Amusnet, and the house-banked poker tables from GameArt and BetSoft. Alongside them, BetSoft's Three Card Rummy is played with three cards against the dealer.
All of them use standard 52-card decks, sometimes several at once, and Joker Poker throws in one extra card, the joker. What sets them apart is what you do with your hand: you build it card by card, you bet on it before the deal, or you let it be measured against a ranking.
The sections below describe those three roles for your hand without repeating the full rules of each game. They are there to help you choose a family before you choose a table.
In blackjack, you are dealt two cards and decide what happens next: take another card, stand, double down or split matching cards. The aim is to beat the dealer's hand by getting as close to 21 as you can without going bust. The dealer makes no choices at all: they follow a fixed rule, printed on the table or in the game's help screen.
No other game in the section gives you as many options during a hand, and none comes in as many variants: single-hand, multi-hand, with or without side bets. The fully virtual BlackjackX tables from Pragmatic Play follow the same principle.
You will find every one of these blackjack games gathered in a single category, where you can compare the tables side by side before your first bet.
Baccarat works the other way round. Before the deal, you choose where your stake goes: player, banker or tie. After that, it is out of your hands: the cards are dealt automatically, and any third card follows a rule set in advance.
The hand closest to 9 wins, and since you cannot step in along the way, rounds are over quickly. You will also find both tables, from GameArt and TaDa Gaming, in a dedicated casino baccarat category.
In poker, a hand's value is simply its place in the hierarchy of poker hands, which climbs from high card to royal flush. The section puts that hierarchy to work in two ways.
In video poker, you are dealt five cards: you choose which ones to hold, and the rest are replaced once. The final hand is paid according to the paytable on screen, which is your only opponent. There are three titles: GameArt's Video Poker, Joker Poker, where the joker can stand in for any card, and 4 of a kind Bonus Poker, whose name points to bonus payouts on four of a kind.
In poker against the house, your hand is measured against the dealer's, and once you have seen your cards you decide whether to play on or fold. At the BetSoft tables, the dealer needs a qualifying hand, and the rule is printed on the felt: ace-king or better at Caribbean Poker, queen high at Triple Edge Poker. GameArt's Caribbean Stud Poker is played with five cards, like Caribbean Poker, while Triple Edge deals only three cards, so the hand rankings change. Both kinds of game are also listed in the video poker casino category.
Do you like to stay in control of every hand? Blackjack will suit you: each one calls for a choice, and the same situation can be played in more than one way. It asks for a little attention, and that is precisely where its appeal lies.
Would you rather place a bet and watch? Baccarat is the better fit. One move before the deal, then the round plays out in front of you: no other game in the section asks less of you.
Do you want to play alone, at your own pace, with no dealer opposite? Video poker is for you: five cards and a paytable are all you need, and the cards you hold shape the result. If, on the other hand, you want to pit your hand against the dealer's, the Caribbean and Triple Edge tables bring both together: poker hand rankings plus a dealer's hand to beat.
Nothing forces you to choose once and for all: you can switch depending on the kind of game you fancy – a few hands of blackjack when you feel like thinking, a few rounds of baccarat when you would rather watch the cards fall.
All of these tables are in the lobby, and you can find any title by name using the search bar. Each game sets out its rules and payouts in its help menu: a quick look tells you, before you bet, how the table pays and what the dealer has to do.
The section holds only software tables, and that comes down to the licence. SA Gambling City, the company behind Casino King, holds licence B+19763. This type of licence, issued by the Belgian regulator, the Gaming Commission, carries the business of an automated gaming hall over to the internet: what you find is automated games, and no card table here is run by a human dealer.
Available from the age of 21, these tables use the same account as the rest of the Casino King Belgium catalogue, and each one shows its own betting limits. To play for real money, create an account, complete the identity check, then fund it. From your account, you can also lower your deposit limits or take a time-out at any time.
No. The poker games in this section are played against the game itself: the paytable in video poker, the dealer's hand at Caribbean and Triple Edge. There is no one to bluff, and no table seats more than one player.
Because they are software poker games, just like the paytable machines. The card games section sorts them by family, the dedicated category by format: you can open them from either one, and it is the same game either way.
Not in detail. Baccarat asks for nothing more once your bet is placed, and the five-card machines keep their paytable on screen throughout. In blackjack, the dealer's rules and the payouts are shown on the table layout or in the game's help screen.
Often, yes. There is no shuffle to wait for and no other players to wait on, and at most tables the deal starts as soon as you ask for it. Setting your stake and the length of your session before you start remains the best habit.