Red Dog is a fast online casino game of pure luck

If you are looking for a really fast game of pure luck have a go at Red Dog. This card game is rarely found at land based casinos these days but online red dog is readily available at most but not all online casinos (Paddy Power for example does not have red dog amongst their offerings). The origins of the game are uncertain as it has several other pseudonyms such as “in between” or “acey deucy” but it has been around for a long time. Free red dog is also readily available so if you are not sure how to play you can try it first or better still go to the game rules page at onlinecasino.ie where all is explained. To play Red dog is actually simplicity itself; you place your bet, you are dealt two cards after which you can raise or stick with your original bet and then a third card is dealt. If the third card falls between the first two you win and if not you lose. Ace is high throughout the game and suits are not relevant so the best red dog hand is ace/2 which is where one of the alternative names (Acey-deucy) comes from. There are a couple of other rules such as if you are dealt two consecutive cards such as jack/queen or 6/7 where there are no cards that fall between, there is a push and you get your stake back; in addition if you are dealt a pair a third card is dealt automatically, if the third card makes three of a kind you get paid at odds of 11/1, if not it is a push. The drawback of red dog online is that once you have placed your stake which you do before receiving any cards you cannot retrieve it so if you are dealt two cards where there is only one card between such as 5/7 or 10/queen you are almost certain to lose as your chances of drawing that card are only 4 in 50 or 1 in 12.5 which is not great. As a consolation if you do hit it pays odds of 5/1. Red dog does not have the greatest odds for the player but if you are after a very fast casino game of pure luck then red dog could be for you.