Category: Gambling and Casinos

Here’s what I did.

NOTHING!-I took a 6-week break from poker…it was REALLLYY hard to do! Went to bars, drank, girls, ya know- anything to get my mind off poker. No poker books, no B&Ms, no ESPN or Travel Channel poker, no TWO PLUS TWO!!!!

I got drunk and lost my glasses twice and prolly spent well over a grand in alcohol.

For the past week I’ve been playing in 50 hand intervals and then evaluate my play at the end of the session. This is something I wanted to do in the beginning but for whatever reason- being stuck in a game, having a great session, ect., ect. I rarely did.

Over my first 18k (pre-6 week break) I was a break even player overall. 18/9/2

I’m back on pokerstars and only a few regulars are still there. I guess the other regulars moved on.

My game is microlimit limit hold em full ring.

I feel that all the information from this site, all the books and advice settled and I subcounsiouly formed my own style.

I’ve been playing three hundred hands a day for the past three days and although I may be running goot…I am winning 7bb/100 with 400 hands being at .25c/.50c limit and the balance at .10c/.20c. My stats over the 1,000 hands are 20/10/2.1 FINALLY!!! I was not really trying to play 20/10 poker I just remembered stuff from the past and used it to my advantage.

I’m REREADING SSH and gonna try to play one hundred hands a day. I think I’m finally a winning pla

For the person who lives to play the slots, the advent of bonus slots and feature slots online have opened up a world of exciting gambling opportunity and fun. Will thousands of online sites; you’re sure to find several feature slots that will become your favorites.

The great thing is that you don’t have to go anywhere except to your computer to play these exciting feature slots or bonus slots. You just sit back in your favorite chair and have fun. There’s plenty of challenges and exciting moments as the tension rises.

For example, there are feature slots that have a gamble feature that give you the chance to double or quadruple your prize after a win. Who could ask for more? Well, doubling or tripling your wins is not the only feature slots online. There’s also the second screen feature, where you get another opportunity to win.

Then there are the feature slots, like the option to hold the reels. In fact, there is too much of a variety of feature slots online to list them all here. Investigate the online casinos and you’ll be blown away at how many feature slots there are to help you with your winning.

Feature slots closely resemble the slot games you’ll find in the land casinos, with the difference being that they offer you even more chances to win. Things like free spins, reel freezing, and bonus screens. It’s a great opportunity to quickly grow your winnings.

Just as in playing standard slots, when you’re playing feature slots the goal is to select a game to play with the highest payout rate and opportunity for winning. You’ll find lots of these opportunities on many of the online gaming sites. Almost every site has feature slots.

Many say that one way to increase your chances of hitting the bonus slots with a higher payout is to always bet the max. Of course, there’s tons of strategies to improve your chances of winning. One thing for sure is that when you’re playing feature slots, or bonus slots your chances are already improved. There is simply just more ways to win, so your chance improves. You’ll feel the excitement rise as you play your bonus, or hit the feature screen of the feature slots.

If you’re searching for all the varieties of online feature slots, there are several sites dedicated to providing you with the information about which online casino has what feature slots or bonus slots currently running. It can be a great time-saver to check out some of these sites. You’re sure to quickly find a site that takes your interest. Just play smart and don’t let it take all your coins. Have fun!

We all know that we like to go online to play our favorite casino games, but the question is what games are we drawn to and why? There are many options for us to choose from anytime we open up an Internet connection but it seems like most of us all like to play the same general sets of games, there must be a reason for this.

For starters lets look at the most popular online casino games. There’s Poker, Blackjack, Craps, and Roulette that seem to be among the most popular. These are of course the very definition of classic casino games so there must be a logical reason why they’ve enjoyed so much exposure over the hundreds of years that they’ve been in existence.

What I’ve been able to figure, thus far, is that people are looking for the most bang for their buck, duh. They are looking for relatively simple, simple as in easy to learn, and they are looking for a good return on their money. Of course the excitement factor is also a huge consideration when looking for a good game to pass the time. There are more complicated, non-traditional casino games that are available for the player wanting to try something different, or who just doesn’t like the more traditional fare. But any player can tell logging into any run of the mill online casino that most of their resources are allocated to the ones that most people are drawn to.

Poker, for example, has been around for a very long time and its appeal is easy to understand. Once a player understands the basic rules they can cash in on a world with almost literally a never ending amount of possibilities. This simplicity, coupled with its potentially large payouts, contributes to its mass appeal. This same reasoning, at least in my mind, holds true for all of the classic games including Blackjack and Roulette. Any game that is easy to understand and offers a chance for players to win large sums of money is a winning combination. Just look at the way that people flock to the old fashioned three reel slot machines. There is absolutely no skill involved in these games, so it isn’t for the challenge, but there is the possibility of substantial winnings. It is for these reasons that there will always be a large fan base of these games.

I’m not trying to say in the least, actually to the contrary, that games like Poker and Blackjack are so very simple that anyone can play and win. What I am saying is that Poker and Blackjack appear deceptively simple and offer a large enough incentive for people to jump right in and try their luck.

While there are as many reasons that people play their favorite games as there are people that play them we are all attracted for one reason or another to the classics, and hopefully that always stays the same.

There have been many casino players throughout history who became famous as a result of gambling. Although the following persons did not necessarily achieve fame through gambling, they did nevertheless attract a significant degree public attention as a result of their gambling activities.

One of the first famous gamblers in the world was John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich. He led a scandalous private life and was addicted to gambling. In 1762, he sat for over 24 hours at a gaming table in his home, refusing to attend meals. In desperation, a servant offered the Earl a piece of salted beef as food; the Earl suggested that the beef be encased between two slices of bread so that he could eat it in his hand at the table. This is where the sandwich got its name.

One of the West’s most famous gamblers was “Doc” Holliday, who maintained a fierce reputation as a hard drinker, tough fighter and ruthless killer. He is chiefly remembered for fighting alongside Wyatt Earp at the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

“Wild Bill” Hickok was another American legend, renowned throughout the world for the tall tales surrounding his violent life. He’s chiefly remembered for taming two of the most lawless towns in Kansas. Unfortunately, Hickok made many enemies and his day of judgment came at a poker table. He was shot in the back of the head by an assassin and died clutching a pair of aces and a pair of eights; ever since, this particular hand has been known as the ‘Dead Man’s’ hand for obvious reasons!

Benny Binion was born in 1904 and lived his life as a bootlegger and conman. At the age of 43, he gave up his life of crime and moved to Las Vegas, where he later opened his own casino. Binion was the gambler’s gambler, and in the 1970s he bought and marketed the World Series of Poker tournament, which has grown over time to be the biggest in the world.

Magazine owner Kerry Packer made his name through his family’s media empire, which owns 60% of all magazines in Australia. Packer became known as a high-stakes gambler when he won $26 million playing blackjack at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. However, Packer has not always been successful; he lost $16.5 million at the Crockfords casino in London, although this barely dented his $8 billion fortune.

The World Series of Poker tournament has created many famous gamblers of today. One such example is Johnny Chan, nicknamed “The Great Wall of China” after his amazing success winning the World Championships in 1987 and 1988 consecutively. He’s played in all the major games of the last two decades and is also known as a genuinely nice guy.

Although gambling is primarily a recreational activity, many people have approached it with a different mindset, and as a result, made and lost vast fortunes with it, while becoming famous along the way.