Gambling has always been mentioned with Las Vegas in one breath. Nowhere has gambling been as lucrative and as consuming as it is in Las Vegas. Thus, Las Vegas is called the gambling capital and rightly so.
However, the introduction of the internet has proven that traditional gaming venues are becoming passe – or at least unnecessary.
Thus, here is a rundown of a few of the best gambling spots that you can find online. A word of precaution to the buyer. . .be careful.
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The World Series of Poker™ is the world’s biggest poker event. Everyone wants a shot at the big time and there are many ways you can win a Main Event package at Full Tilt Poker. This year, FTP’s Race to the Main Event is giving players an opportunity to win one of three completely free seats every week through June 22nd.
There are also weekly real-money, guarantee tournaments on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with buy-ins ranging from $200 + $16 to $1,000 + $60 and satellites starting from just $2 + $.25 or 50 Full Tilt Poker points. Bookmark your calendar for the 150 Seat Main Event Guarantee on June 15th – with 50 more guaranteed $12K packages than last year, this is the largest Main Event qualifier they’ve ever run.
If you win their Main Event seat at Full Tilt Poker, you’ll automatically qualify for their $10 Million Main Event Mania, and if you win more than one Main Event package, you could become their King of the Series and experience the royal treatment in Las Vegas.
Do you know how to play AQo? Do you know WHEN to play that starting hand? Do you understand the importance of position? Do you know when to play tight poker? Loose, Aggressive Poker? Do you know when and how to Bluff? Do you know how strategies differ between Cash Games and Tournament Play?
Unless you can immediately answer those questions and hundreds more like them, you should at least know where to get the CORRECT answers!
Online articles, chats, and websites created by poker professionals are useful sources for great information, advice, and poker strategies. These sites range in topics from bluffing strategies to common mistakes that novices make. The House of Cards is a website that offers multimedia poker instructions from poker legends like Mike Caro and Lou Krieger.
It seems there’s another outlaw in town. A site that has been “friendly” to US Poker Players might have been wearing a Black Hat!
“Ultimate Bet” is now under investigation for cheating.
If that weren’t bad enough, UB is solely owned and operated by Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, Route 138, Kahnawake, Quebec J0L 1B0, and is operated from the sovereign nation of the Mohawks of Kahnawake, located near Montreal Quebec.
PokerStars has released a version of their software for the Mac! I for one am very happy about this because…
I’ve wanted to try their site for a long time. This is truly something to celebrate! As you know, I’m a Mac fan… No, a Mac Evangelist! I love all things Mac… (and you would to if you’d only try it). There’s no excuse now for everyone NOT owning a Mac… Macs play ALL PC software now! …and NO viruses, NO crashes, EXTREME ease of use…. etc, etc, etc,…
Now, before I went sideways, I was here to praise PokerStars for finally releasing a Mac version of their downloadable software.
How long has it been since you’ve visited Las Vegas? If it’s been more than a blink of your eye, you won’t recognize it the next time you’re there!
I’ve learned to never expect the same LV that I remember. It’s a constantly evolving city that never sleeps! I know New York claims that distinction… but c’mon, you won’t see such drastic changes in NYC that you do in LV.
In Las Vegas, it’s Hotels down, followed by Hotels up. Six hotels have been imploded there in the last 10 years. And the newer hotels can hardly be classified as hotels… that term is to be reserved for other cities. So don’t expect the great “hotel bargains” and “free stuff” of the past. They disappeared with the $.99 dinners.
How can anyone be such a blatant hypocrite? How can anyone – especially an elected official be so obviously selfish? How can Massachusetts’ Governor want to put online gamblers in Jail – while trying desperately to get three new casinos in his state?
Oh, I guess I answered my own question, didn’t I?
Once again, “Show Me The Money”, and I’ll show you a crooked politician!
Yes, it was inevitable! Someone had to prove that computers once again are superior to human experts. They did it in 1997 when IBM’s Deep Blue beat World Chess Master Gary Kasparov.
So now, a group of professors at the University of Alberta has developed “Polaris”, a computer with the ability to beat humans in Poker. The best news is this:
1) The computer lost in July – but the Profs say they’ll correct that “mistake”.
STOP! Read the following first before tossing that dice. It may save you tons of money and a lot of heartaches.
Many gambling sites offer several promotional incentives like bonuses, guarantees, equal winning opportunities, multiple/solo player modes, higher bet limits and a whole lot more that can be quite dizzying and makes you leap into them before looking into what they really offer.
Let’s try and have a look first before you throw down that dice and before you throw away your hard-earned money and miss out on all the fun that thousands of gambling sites offer.
She’s Beautiful, and very sexy…. She WAS anyway! Now, there’s a big, ugly cloud hiding her beauty.
I’m talking about Serinda Swan! Holy Smoke she’s gorgeous! I want her to run, run, run away Serinda, RUN!
The current scandal going on at Absolute Poker is well documented all over the Internet. I’ve talked about it, but that’s not why I’m with you here today…
I’m here to protect my Serinda! “The Scandal” as it’s known by every online Poker player, is going to have its fatalities. If the site itself survives (and it should – can you imagine a “cleaner” poker site online right now??? LOL – they gotta be checking, and checking twice, and on and on and on), there will be top officials in the company all the way up to the Mohawks in Canada that will feel the sharp tomahawk sever their career. But poor Serinda… not her!
About an hour or so after I read the article about the Judge (?) in Pittsburgh who ruled (and that’s a whole lot more than opined) that Poker is a game of chance and NOT of skill,
(BTW – read my previous post to get the whole story)
… along comes the Poker Players’ Alliance with a plan to get the game classified as a game of skill.
Far too many things to put into one message like this. Let’s see if we can list a few…
Zero Tolerance – This is a sham on many levels. what brainiac contrived this crap? What we’re stuck with here is a point system. A mathematical point system that a third grader could manage. So why do we need Judges? If you are charged with a crime, that crime is worth X points, if you used a weapon to commit the crime, add on X more points. If you have a criminal record add on x more points… when all is said and done… add up the points and look on the sentencing graph – x points equals x punishment. That’s it… no leeway, no “extenuating circumstances”, leniency, no judging…. What is a Judge to do?
Last week a little girl was suspended from her grade school because she carried a purse to school that had a chain for a handle. A Second Grader! Chains, you know, are on the public school’s list of weapons… so – Zero Tolerance – she’s out!
3 Strike and You’re Out! – Wow, you’ve heard the stories. A poor starving chap steals a loaf of bread, or a mom steals a coat for her child…. and boom – many years in prison, because it was the third strike! Nothing to do with the crime and it’s effect on the victim (if there IS a victim)… just sorry – 3rd time – you’re out!
A chart however, cannot make decisions upon right or wrong or even degrees thereof. That is left up to a Judge. But, a Judge is a person… not a machine, and not intelligent enough to know everything about about a person in order to make decisions effecting that person or other individuals (none of us are). But it is our system and we’re stuck with it.
Washington D.C. – The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), headquartered in San Francisco, will soon be changing locations and leadership. In the coming weeks, the PPA will move its headquarters to Washington D.C. where the organization can be more central as it continues to fight to clarify federal laws that impact the rights of Internet poker players.
Michael Bolcerek has stepped down as president of the PPA and will remain in San Francisco with his family to pursue other opportunities in the Bay Area. John Pappas has assumed the position of Executive Director of the PPA and will lead the organization’s efforts in Washington. Prior to taking an in-house role as the organization’s Vice President of Government Affairs in May, Pappas served as an outside consultant to the PPA since 2005. Former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato will continue to serve as Chairman of the PPA.
“This is an exciting time for the PPA and our members. The PPA has become an influential force fighting for the rights of poker players to enjoy this game of skill. There is wide support and momentum in the U.S. Congress to enact sensible legislation to regulate online poker and provide the necessary safeguards to all players. It is vital that the PPA centralize its efforts in D.C. so we can best serve the interests of our 660,000 plus members,” said Senator Alfonse D’Amato.
“Ok, I’m fed up with losing at Poker. I mean, I have a decent
winning percentage, but nowhere near what I think I deserve. Am I
thinking too much of myself? I have read books, and I do practice
online, and I win when I play at the lower levels.
But, I want to win at the higher levels. I want to win tournaments!
What am I doing wrong?”
So, my answer to Bob and any of you with this same “problem” is this:
I always know when I’m at a table playing with a fish. He’s the guy
that keeps going all-in. Sure he steals a few pots, and maybe even
gets called, then sucks out and doubles up. Playing like this is known
as “loose – aggressive”, and it’s generally not the way to go.
There is a time and place for everything. “Loose – aggressive” plays
well when you’re short handed or heads – up. The rest of the time,
you should be playing “tight – aggressive”.
When the other players spot a loose guy, they sit back and let him
win a few blinds, then take all his chips when he goes all-in with a
crap hand. When making a big bet while playing Texas holdem, timing
and table image have a lot to do with winning or losing.
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A common question is “When playing in a tournament, what starting hands should I play, and how?”
