The Blibzz blog: guides, real odds and free tools
Free poker odds and blackjack strategy calculators, roulette and RTP simulators, a Minesweeper trainer, plus guides to rules, odds and playing with friends.
Free tools
Calculators, simulators and trainers you can use right in the page.
- Poker odds calculator: how often does your hand win?: Pick any two cards, add the flop if you like, choose how many players: a free Texas Hold'em odds calculator, plus the starting-hand numbers and the rule of 4 and 2 that every player should know.
- Blackjack strategy calculator: the right move for any hand: Tap your two cards and the dealer's card to get the basic strategy move (hit, stand, double or split) with the reason and its place on the chart. Plus how often the dealer busts with each card.
- Roulette odds calculator: what every bet pays, and what it really costs: Choose any roulette bet on the European or American wheel to see its payout, chance and house edge, then play 2,000 simulated sessions to see why betting systems like the Martingale never beat the wheel.
- RTP and volatility simulator: same return, a very different ride: Play a thousand sessions in a second: see how a game's return to player and its volatility change how often you finish up, how far balances swing, and why two games with the same RTP feel nothing alike.
- Minesweeper pattern trainer: five puzzles that teach you to stop guessing: Small interactive Minesweeper puzzles built round the 1-2-1, the 1-2-2-1, the 1-1 at a wall and more. Flag the mines, mark the safe squares and get every answer explained.
Strategy & odds
Rules in plain English, real odds and the moves that matter.
- Minesweeper patterns: the 1-2-1, the 1-1 and the tricks that solve most boards: Stop counting square by square. The handful of patterns experienced players spot instantly, how chording works, and how to beat the daily board.
- How to win more games of Klondike solitaire: Seven habits that turn more deals into wins, the Draw 1 versus Draw 3 question, and why some deals simply can't be won.
- 8-ball pool rules, and five shots that win more racks: The rules of 8-Ball in plain English, the fouls that give away ball in hand, how 9-Ball differs, and the shots worth practising in Blibzz Pool.
- Craps for beginners: the two bets that make it easy: A craps table looks like a maths exam. You only need the pass line and the odds bet to play, and they're also the best bets on the table.
- Return to player and volatility, explained: What a 96% return to player really means, why two slots with the same RTP can feel completely different, and how to read the numbers on every Blibzz game page.
- Poker hand rankings, from royal flush to high card: The ten poker hands in order, how rare each one is, how kickers settle ties, and the mistakes beginners make reading the board.
- Roulette bets explained: payouts and chances for every bet: Inside bets, outside bets, what each one pays and how often it wins on the European and the American wheel, and why betting systems don't work.
- Blackjack basic strategy, explained with the full chart: The best move for every hand against every dealer card, as a chart you can actually read, plus why it works and the three mistakes that cost the most.
- Reading the table: a beginner's guide to Hold'em positions: Why where you sit matters almost as much as your cards, which hands to play from each seat, and how to use it against the bots in Vegas Poker.
Play together
Games for friends, game nights and short breaks.
- Play 8-ball pool online free: billiards in your browser, with friends or on your own: Pool, billiards and snooker explained in a minute, then every way to play 8-ball pool online for free on Blibzz: a friend with a link, a house player in a quick match, a free game, or Training on your own.
- Free online poker: Texas Hold'em with friends or bots, no money and no download: How free online poker works on Blibzz: five no-limit tables from 5/10 blinds to No Limit, bots that bluff and remember how you play, and private tables for your friends with a six-letter code.
- Free games to play with friends online: no download, just send a link: Poker night, a pool match or a Minesweeper race, from any phone or laptop. Which Blibzz games you can play together, how to set one up in under a minute, and which to pick for what kind of evening.
- Got 10 minutes? The best free games for a short break: A coffee, a commute, a gap between meetings. Which Blibzz games fit in five or ten minutes, which are better when you can't concentrate, and how to stop when the break's over.
How Blibzz works
Coins, fairness, collecting and keeping play fun.
- How Blibzz keeps every game fair: server results, sealed rounds and published odds: Where results are decided, why the animation can't change them, what a sealed round is, and where to check the odds of every game and prize yourself.
- What is a social casino? How Blibzz works, and what it isn't: A social casino has the games of a casino without the money. Where the coins come from, why there's nothing to cash out, how it stays free, and how it differs from gambling sites.
- Collecting Blib cards: rarities, packs and duplicates: 150 cards in five sets, plus the Ultra limited editions. How packs work, what the odds are and what to do with spares.
- How the Fortune Wheel decides, and the odds of every prize: Twelve slices that aren't equally likely. Every prize and its exact chance, and how to get more spins without paying.
- Five habits for keeping play fun: Small habits that keep Blibzz a bit of fun: time limits, breaks and knowing what coins are for.
Stories
Where the games come from and how they work inside.
- Where casino games come from: from 18th-century Paris to your phone: Roulette's single zero, the chewing gum behind slot fruit, the Texas town that gave us Hold'em, and the TV show that invented Plinko. The surprising stories behind the games.
- How slot machines work: reels, paylines, wilds and free spins: What actually decides a spin, how paylines pay, what wilds and scatters do, and why a near miss means nothing.