The two primary types of many varieties of games played in a casino are slot machine-based games which are mostly games on scrolls and the table games which are played on multiple tables. The most popular table games are card games and roulette. Of the many thousands of versions of card games played around the world, poker is the most famous one which is sought after by almost all the players. When you learn the games, it is advisable to learn the charts and the odds of different games, including poker, which is called as the strategy chart or the odds chart.

Poker is an easy card-game where the player holds only a maximum of 5 cards at any point of time in the game. All these five cards need not be in the hands of the player, which makes the game more interesting. There are various combinations of cards which can be used for closing a game by folding.
One has to understand the odds of winning for each of the combination to become a thoroughbred professional in the game of poker. Though this would come in experience after playing hundreds of games, there is help readily available for beginners and intermediate players in the form of strategy charts.
Whether you are playing live on the table or on a video poker, you can refer to the chart which will guide you what to be done next, whether call, fold, raise or re-raise. The odds of winning for the combinations of 13 cards are given clearly.
The user needs to learn about the hand rankings, which is the rank given to the combination of card formations. The rankings along with the use of strategy chart may not help initially in winning, but will surely allow one to take minimal losses and eventually lead them into profits.