March 16th, 2010 › Slots › › no comments ›
Those who play slot machines often do so for a number of specific reasons, but one that stands out for the rest.
No other game offers more chances to change your life in a single bet. The common table games found in casinos (which offer no opportunity to make progressive bets or special bonuses) do not give you the chance to win big money on simple bets. When was the last time a player left the blackjack table with $ 500,000 profit?
However, any person could win $ 500,000 on a slot machine that offers bets with this award from $ 1. Surely there is a low probability of winning that prize, but instead, the best blackjack player will need hundreds of sessions, all winners, to achieve the same profits.
They will also have to contend with bad hands, other players and you will find many obstacles to achieve quickly a lot of money.
Also mean having to return to the casino very often and not stop when you’ve won $ 50,000, nor to reach $ 250,000. Thus we can see clearly what are the difficulties facing a blackjack player to win half a million dollars.
When you play the slots while you are risking only $ 1 per attempt, you still have chances to get the jackpot. To achieve the same results at a poker table or blackjack you should be able to easily let go of at least $ 5,000 in each hand to get the same results.
February 18th, 2010 › Card Games › › no comments ›
Free cash bankroll in Online Poker Tournaments
Poker tournaments are a completely different world than ring games. When you are playing a tournament you must consider a whole lot of factors non-existent at ring games and also your aggression factor must change according to your M ratio.
Some books call it M ratio, others M factor and others M number, but we will call it just M. M is a measure of the health of your stack, the more M the more healthy (full) your stack is and the more freedom you have to act.
To calculate your M is very easy, M = Your Stack / (Big blinds + small blinds + (ante*number of players)). This is basically the number of complete big blinds you can survive by folding all hands. For example if your stack is 2500 chips and Big blinds are 100, small blinds are 50 and there is a 10 ante in a 10 player table M = 2500 / (100 + 50 + (10*10)); M = 2500 / 250; M = 10.
According to your M your actions could be:
M > 50: Bullying zone: With such a stack you are probably leading the tournament or one of the higher players in the ranking. You can bully other players if the blinds are juicy by going all in or betting big amounts of money to steal their blinds or bets. Beware, however, not to do it with high stackers like you or your stack will drop dramatically if you make a bad move. Players only accept to go with all their chips if they have a good hand, you must take profit of this with your big stack.
20 ≤ M < 50: Ideal zone: This is the zone where you have more freedom to act, but still not too much to start bullying other players with your stack, just keep playing solidly with your stack and try to make it bigger.
10 ≤ M < 20: Regular zone: You must play tight in this situation and just play good hands. Do not play small pair or small suited connectors, and focus to play really good hands, you still got time to get good pocket cards, so be patient and do not take unnecessary risks.
6 ≤ M < 10: Danger zone: You are in a danger zone and you must be the first betting to steal blinds. Try not to call other players and focus in being the first going all in to get blinds if nobody calls.
1 ≤ M < 6: Critical zone: You can either fold or going all in and do it fast before you run out of chips. Any good hand is ok to go all in here, you are desperate to get blinds. Never limp a pot or call a bet.
M < 1: Dead zone: You are completely depending on your luck to survive in the tournament and there is nothing you can do, just throw your chips, cross your fingers and pray to be lucky.
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December 24th, 2009 › Card Games › › no comments ›
A good home game needs rules, without solid rules the game will not flow and feel like chaos. You will need to carry some of the basic rules that are applied in most of the other variation.
If you make a game try answering all these questions..
-Is checkraising allowed?
-How will antes be put up? By each player or only by the dealer?
-What is the best low hand(most casinos, poker rooms will say A-2-3-4-5 is the best low, even though it’s a straight.)
-If you play a high-low game, how will the parties declare their hand(chips in the hand is the most used method.)
-Who splits the pot if a player going both ways wins only one way?
-What constitutes a misdeal?
-What happens if there is a misdeal?
-If the pot is split up between two players, who gets the odd chip?
Answering all these questions should help you make your home game more clear and enjoyable.
Tags: creating poker games, home poker rules, setting up poker rules
December 20th, 2009 › Card Games › › no comments ›
I have read so many articles about gambling, and most of them are actually speaking of the same thing, and that is Las Vegas. What actually enters into your mind if one speaks of gambling? Well, if you have asked that same question on me few weeks before, I might have answered you, “I actually do not have any idea…” But if now, well with all of those gambling articles I have read, I may say that it is Las Vegas that indeed enters into my mind once gambling is the topic. It is already understood to be the destination or should I say, the dream destination of all the gamblers all over the world. Be it holiday seekers or what we call as ordinary hobby enthusiast, a person might actually move over to Vegas.
One of the articles which I have read shows that if you are becoming so tensed or stressed out of work, then better come to Vegas because it is where you can make all of your tensions be drained. But if you are so unlucky, it is also the place where your money may be wasted in. All of your money may be washed out up to the single cent! But, if you are also equipped with some forms of luck, then this is the place where you can come. It might be your chance to be a millionaire in just a snap of your finger. For instance, you are in a desert, you may actually find and consider it as an oasis which you may reckon with. It is such a sanctuary of luxurious ambiance, which is actually Las Vegas, particularly Nevada. There are also free drinks which are offered in this place, it is indeed a wonderland. Oh yeah! What are you waiting for? Come over here and enjoy the amenities that Casinos here are offering you.
If you would want to feel the relief out of the hustles and baffles in your daily routine, then you might probably need one great solution and that is going to casinos. Here in Las Vegas, there are so many things that you must not worry about because here you can actually witness the presence and essence of so many casinos and gambling stations. Want poker? Or say, slot machines and video poker for that matter? Then proceed here and witness some other similar kinds of gambles and card games.
Playing of gambled games, like poker or tong it in card games, makes one person relieved… It only turns as a habit and a bad one when these people become so addicted to go to Casino places just to waste money. It is also a mind game, that is why it is better to train your mind to work. Remember, if you use your minds in answering the cross word puzzle or other games requiring the utilization of your mind, then it is better because you are avoiding yourself from sicknesses like Alzheimer’s Disease should you be older than expected.
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November 13th, 2009 › Card Games › › no comments ›
Home poker is the non competitiveform of poker. It is used to play games between family, friends and collegues. Knowing some these little games can make you look cool infront of others or if your stuck in an elevator and happen to have a deck of cards…
Setting Up A Quick Home Game
A good home game needs good planning and a well thought rule set. The most important part is that it should remain fair and fun, since there is no reward these are the only two other moral choices left. In my next post I will post other basic things that are needed to set up a good home card game.
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February 23rd, 2009 › Card Games › › no comments ›
Poker pros will play without wild cards as they think it involves luck and not skill, but for a little home game it can be useful. The wild cards can amazingly enhance your hand, they can turn an ordinary hand into a game winning hand. If you are playing with a wild card you have to expect the hands to be than those in regular poker and bet accordingly.
Wild cards are normally these…
Joker: Joker can be used as any card or only for aces, straights and flushes.
Deuces: Each 2 card of the same number are wild.
One Eyed Jacks: The jack of spades and hearts have only one eye and these jacks can be played as any card you want, therefor they are wild.
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November 3rd, 2008 › Card Games › › no comments ›
Before everyone game you set up, there is a planning phase I talked about, we already have mentioned rules and many more. But there needs to a time limit. Set a time when the game should end and when the time arrives end it no matter what. With a pre determined time limit. So people who whine and want to continue to undo their losses will have no option but to end it too.
Also a good idea, for the host is to inform everyone that the game is finishing in a few minutes and that they can still play a couple of rounds. So this way people won’t complain about the game finishing randomly.
Tags: home poker rules, poker games, poker time limit, setting up poker time limits
April 24th, 2008 › Card Games › › no comments ›
You can’t have a good poker night without some good drinks and food, I mean come on, sitting their with your friends you need something to munch and have fun at the same time. This is the host’s job, to insure that everyone likes what is being offered in the party.
Here are a few good suggested ones,
-Chips and dip
-Pizza
-Pigs in a blanket
-Licorice
-Cashews
-Beer and Soda
Don’t bring up any broccoli’s or such, your friends or collegues will laugh at you.
Of course this will cost you some but you can agree with your friends to take a bit of the pot for your financial situation for their consommation.
Tags: fun poker, hosting poker games, setting up poker games
December 12th, 2007 › Card Games › › no comments ›
The betting stakes for a home game need to be agreed with everyone involved in the game before the game actually starts.
The stakes need to be high enough to keep a general interest in the game for everyone, but no too high to make people twice before making a move. It needs to be at the perfect amount, which can cause elements of fun and strategy(bluffing etc..). This kind of poker game is about fun and some reward so making the stake too high and making someone lose a big amount in one night can be a bad thing. Big stakes can kill a game, people will drop in feat of losing too much.
You can make ramifications to increase the stake later in the game.
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July 22nd, 2007 › Card Games › › no comments ›
The rules of paying up for the losers and the winners compensation should be set. The main things to look for are.
-Will payment be in check or cash?
-Will payment be at the night of the game or at the next game.
This can frustrate the winners, if the rules of paying up are uncertain. Winning something deservely and not get anything can lead to conflicts, so I would firstly define the pay up plan before anyother things.
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