Cut the Deck, High Card Wins

There are 52 cards in the standard deck. We will look at 2 variations on this game with n players. Simplify to n = 2.

Shuffle the deck of cards and make a wager that you will win - high card wins. If the cards have the same face value there is no winner.
Cut the deck to see the card. Leave the card in the deck and reshuffle for the next player to cut.
Cut the deck to see the card. Remove the card from the deck and reshuffle for the next player to cut.

Acey - Deucy

There are 52 cards in the standard deck. We will look at 1 variation on this game with n players. Simplify to n = 2.
Ace is highest card in the deck and Deuce is the lowest. Thus your best chance to win is when your two up cards are Ace and Deuce.

Shuffle the deck of cards and everyone puts in the minimum wager to start the pot.
Repeat

Deal 2 cards face up and the 3rd face down to the player.
The player wagers some amount, from the minimum to the entire pot.
Turn the down card over.
If the down card lies between the 2 cards, by face value, the player wins and takes the wagered amount from the pot.
If the down card does not lie between the 2 cards, by face value, the player loses and puts the wagered amount from the pot.

With the next player, until the pot is empty, or you must go to attend one of your classes, or dinner, or . . .

Simple Slots

We will study only a simple, 3 wheel slot machine, with pre-defined payouts.

Reel Strips
Stop	Reel 1	Reel 2	Reel 3
1	orange	cherry	bell
2	melon	plum	orange
3	plum	cherry	plum
4	cherry	7 and orange	bell
5	plum	cherry	orange
6	orange	bell	lemon
7	7	plum and bar	bell
8	bell and bar	bell	melon and orange
9	orange	cherry	bell
10	cherry	orange	plum
11	bar	bell	lemon
12	plum	melon and orange	bell
13	orange	plum	plum
14	plum	bell	bell
15	melon	cherry	7 and bar
16	plum	bar	lemon
17	orange	orange	bell
18	plum	cherry	melon and orange
19	bar	bell	bell
20	plum	melon and orange	lemon

Sets Of Win Event	n(Win Event)
3 sevens
3 bars
3 melons
melon, melon, bar
3 bells
bell, bell, bar
3 plums
plum, plum, bar
3 oranges
orange, orange, bar
cherry, cherry, any
cherry, any, any
Total

Roulette

We may study only simple wagers on Roulette, e.g., betting RED/BLACK, EVEN/ODD, a number, a STREET.

Craps

We may study a simple part of this game. Placing wagers on the COME or PASS LINE.

Black Jack

We may study only one or two very simple situation in this game, e.g. everyone is given 2 cards and they all stand on what they have, i.e., no one draws.
If time permits, unlikely, we will study a basic strategy involving drawing cards and more complexity, including doubling down and splitting pairs.

Poker

Many variations of poker exist. We may study the game of 5 Card Stud.