Aztec Riches Casino has a nice balance between the bonuses and the competitions and drawings. They are offering a tiered bonus for new players on their first three deposits:

• The initial welcome bonus is a 100% matching bonus with a minimum deposit of $20 and a maximum of $100.
• The second deposit bonus is a 50% matching bonus with a minimum deposit of $20 and a maximum of $500.
• The third deposit bonus is a 25% matching bonus with a minimum deposit of $20 and a maximum of $2000.

Their drawings and competitions are as follows:

• Super Saturday – Cash prize drawing every 30 minutes
• Power Power Poker – Sundays play Jacks or Better Power Poker
• Turbo Charged Tuesdays – Play Five Reel Drive and win.
• Wild Wednesdays – Cash prize drawing every 30 minutes
• Thursday Thunder – Play Thunderstruck Slots and win.
• Blackjack Bonanza – Monthly tournament

The Casino Action group likes to keep some information close to their chest. On the Aztec Rewards page they mention loyalty points and state the following: "The more you play, the more we pay! Bonus points are paid out in units of 1,000. Redeem 1,000 points for $10 or redeem 5,000 points for $50! Our Silver, Gold and Platinum VIP members can redeem their Rewards at a higher rate - meaning more cash every week." This sounds wonderful but means nothing. How do players earn points? Are there games that are better for points than others? I have no idea, and their customer service reps aren't telling. This does not make the rewards program much of an incentive for me to join.

There are lots of different versions of poker but most have a lot of similarities the first is the object of the game. Which is to win the centre pot of money. Poker is Played with a communal pot and the pot contains all money contributed during a hand, including antes which are used to seed the pot before each hand begins.

All poker games consist of 52 cards from four different suits, which are clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades of thirteen cards each. The thirteen cards rank from lowest to highest as 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 then jack, queen, king, ace (in many variations ace can also rank as the lowest card)

A poker hand begins with the dealer dealing out cards to each player (the amount varies with the type of poker being played) The game moves round clock-wise from the dealer the first player has two options check (also known as pass equivalent to a bet of $0) or bet. The second player can either call (a nonzero bet that matches the previous bet), check (a zero bet that can only be done if there were no previous bets on the table), bet or raise (a non-zero bet that all successive players must match) or to fold which is done when the player does not wish to match the previous bets made. A player that folds forfeits their interest in the pot. Betting proceeds until either all bets have been called or all but one player has folded. The poker rules for the specific game may limit the number of raises allowed. However if only two players are in the pot they can keep raising each other indefinitely. At the end of the last betting round, all players who are left in the hand have a showdown in which the player with the best hand is awarded the pot. It is normally the player who made the last bet or raise to show his hand first in the showdown. The other remaining players then show their hands in a clockwise fashion. Players that have folded do not need to show their hands, players that know they are beaten can just concede the pot. Very often a hand won't reach the showdown stage as all the other players fold before it reaches that stage.

If two hands are exactly equal with all five cards matching then it is a tie with the pot being split evenly among the winning hands. Suits are not used to distinguish between the hands.

In front of you there would be the baccarat caller. He is the casino employee that oversees the game. He knows the exact rules and announces the moves made during the game. The caller tells players when they must hit and stand; he collects commissions and informs players on their status during the session.To the callers left and right there's a dealer standing. He is responsible for the players sitting at his side of the baccarat table. The dealer transfers cash money into chips for players and players can ask him for any kind of help. You can ask the dealer for a pen and paper to keep track on your bets, you may request from him a copy of the table's rules of baccarat and much more. On the baccarat layout there is also a spot for the commission, which is a 5% of each winning Banker-bet you make. For example, when you win on a $30 Banker bet then the caller would place $1.5 in chips on the commission spot in front of you. This is made to remind you, in an elegant way, that you owe the house the 5% of your winningbet.

Six full decks are shuffled together and the players sit according to a collective decision. The first player sits to the croupier's right arm and the other players are sitting beside him in a circular order by the predetermined resolution.The croupier shuffles the cards, hand them to the next player, who shuffles again and hand it to the next player and so on till the cards are back to the croupier, who then hands them to the player to his left. The player cuts the cards, hand them back to the croupier, he take a fair amount of the cards for later rounds and hands the rest to the player sitting to his right. When this amount of cards are depleted after a round or more he then put the first cards in the "basket", which is located in the center of the table, and he takes fresh cards from the ones left.The player holding the cards is the "banker". Notice that in Chemin de Fer the casinos do not interfere with the game, the croupier is managing the conduct of the game but otherwise he does not intervene. The banker is responsible for the amount he wins or loses. It is up to the banker to accept or decline wagers from the players, also he is responsible to distribute the winnings or to claim the pot in case he wins. The player with the highest stakes gets to play against the bank. If too players have equal stakes then the player who sits first respectively to the rotation plays.The banker deals two cards to himself and to the player, if one of them reaches a total of nine or eight he declares it out loud and the round stops and the bankers pay the punters' gains or claim the pot, if it was him who won. In Chemin de Fer a tie is neither a loss nor a win, the pot remains for the next round. If the banker lost the cards are moved to the next player in order, making him the banker, though he can decline his status and the cards move to the next player.If none declares the banker offers a third card and the round proceeds as following:
If the initial total of the player is 0-4 he "must" accept a third card by saying "card" or "yes". If the initial sum is 5 he has the option to claim or decline a third card. If the initial total is six or seven he "must" refuse a third card. At any point the player can do as he wants, thus the "must", but if he avoids these traditional lines he faces the wrath of the lot, and it is up to him to compensate any loses of the other players.The banker is not under such rules and he can devise any move depending on his initial cards. The banker cannot extract any sum from the pot, if he wishes to dismiss himself from his status he declares "I pass the deal". He must leave the exact sum which was present in the pot when he commenced his duty as the banker. The initial bank is decided in the first round by the croupier. The pot moves to the next player in the rotation, who is free to put any sum at his disposal.Notice that casinos charge a 5% commission on winning bets, this way the game is profitable for casinos but leaves the players in control of the game. Chemin de Fer is game more suitable for dynamic players who would like to have more cardsoptions.