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August 19, 2008

How To Cheat At Poker

Filed under: Casino — jszova @ 12:00 am


You can cheat at poker successfully if you’re careful and practice ahead of time. You can play either online or face-to-face and the way you cheat is slightly different, but each way gives you a distinct advantage that other players don’t have. Let’s look at both online poker and live poker since both use some of the cheats.

Working in a partnership is one method that online poker players use to sucker in others. The two may actually be one person with two separate connections or even at two different addresses with a handy cell phone, planning the next move to sucker the others into the game. You can have collusion during live poker games also. Simply enter the poker game at separate times and keep your knowledge of each other quiet. The players use prearranged signals to let the partner know the cards or whether one has a strong hand and wants increased betting.

A second method to cheat at poker is to stack the deck if you’re playing a game that each person at the table gets a chance to deal. It isn’t that difficult. If there are five people at the table, pick up the cards in such a way that every fifth card is one you want for your hand. Fake a shuffle. To do this you need to make it look like you’re shuffling without actually doing it. When you pass out the cards, you get the best hand.

A third method is a marked card. You can mark your own cards so that you always know which one it is. A simple bend to the corner makes the card unmistakable to the trained eye. Most casinos trade cards frequently and the dealers watch for this, so this is for those backroom games that you play, not for the casinos.

You can use a software program that allows you to see the other player’s cards when you play online poker. You can of course see the advantage to this. No more wondering whether the other player is bluffing, you know immediately. This type of software gives the player using it the biggest possible advantage.

Use nicks to mark the cards. Similar to bending the corner of the card, a sharpened nail can make a nick in the cards at various spots so you know where specific cards are located. You have as many potential nicks as you can remember. Again, this is for non-casino games since casinos make it their business to discard cards that have nicks.

The last possible cheat showed up at a local casino. There were two players left in the game. The first player placed a high bet and the second player called. The second player had only looked at the first five cards and not the last two. When the betting ended, the first player called that he had a straight, threw his cards in and scooped up the pot. The dealer actually took the cards of the second player and he never even knew what hand he had or saw the other player’s straight. Calling the hand and scooping the chips may have been legitimate but no one ever knew because it all moved so fast. When the other player protested, the casino told him there was no way to check. This type of cheat isn’t effective if used too frequently.

Choose the way you want to cheat to improve your game. Most of the time, you will learn a lot more about poker and begin to see others that cheat you in the game. Then, you have the ammunition to win those hands you should have won.

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August 18, 2008

Winning At Blackjack 4 Tips To Beating The House

Filed under: Casino — jszova @ 12:00 am

When you play black jack there’s a few simple rules to remember before you get into the finer strategy of the game. You always try to get closer to 21 or hit 21, than the dealer. Always pretend that the dealer has a 10 card hidden. When you look at your cards, if the amount is higher than 11 or lower than17, don’t take a hit. You pass and bet that the dealer will bust, get higher than 21. Stay put on a good hand and don’t try fancy splits if you have face cards no matter how tempting it is. You’re liable to pull a the dealer’s bust card, then you’d need protection from the other players’ wrath. If you have an ace and a card that is 7 or lower, always take a hit.

Those are simple rules for the game, now some more intricate one’s that help you win more frequently.

1. Find the right game. Not all games are equal, some players love multi-deck blackjack even though the single deck is better for card tracking. If you have the opportunity to play single deck blackjack, there’s a full table and you have a good memory for the cards already played, you should select that table. Make sure the players are fun to play with and don’t carry a negative vibe.

Try to get a table or casino that doesn’t use a card shuffler, but still shuffles the decks by hand. Good players can track the trends in the deck and they seem appear more in hand shuffled decks than the machine shuffled

2. Track the trends and bet high when you’re winning and lower your bet when you
lose. This may sound logical but there are players that believe that if you double your bet each time you’ll eventually win the money back. Losing streaks can last long enough that you out of money when you use that reasoning. Don’t bet high out of the frustration of losing and hope you’re right that time. You probably won’t be.

3. Learn the best strategy for the game. Get a strategy card, or two because it varies by number of decks and table rules, and learn it inside out. This is your foundation for winning.

4. Play consistently. Maybe you can’t bring yourself to hit a 16, then don’t do it, but don’t do it each and every time. Unless you are psychic, you’ll never know which time it’s right. While we’re on consistency, be consistent in one other thing, never take insurance. There is one small exception and the feeling varies from player to player. If you have a blackjack, even money at least gives you a win, and it really is taking insurance even though it’s called even money.

Blackjack is a game of odds over the long run, but you can have great lucky streaks. When you find that you’re in one of those, don’t double your bet each time but add half of the win to your pile and increase your bet that way. You’ll always have the money to double down when the opportunity arises. Play smart and whittle down the odds of the casino winning.

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August 15, 2008

What Beats What In Poker

Filed under: Casino — jszova @ 12:00 am

If you are interested in trying your hand at poker, or you are simply interested in knowing the game a little bit better so that you can enjoy watching it more, you’ll find that you need to make sure that know the names of the hands and how they rank. Take a look at the top rankings below, starting from the lowest to the highest and best hands that you can have, and once you have an idea what you are looking at, you’ll understand the game that much more thoroughly.

High Card
If there are no hands in the deck, the person with the highest card in their hand will take the pot.

One Pair
This hand refers to two cards that match, and it can win when your opponents are not holding anything.

Two Pair
A two pair hand will consist of a hand where there are two repeats of the same cards, like a two 4’s combined with two Jacks.

Three of a Kind
Three of a kind will beat two pairs, and this refers to getting three of the same cards, like three Queens or three 5’s.

Straight
A straight refers to getting five cards that occur in sequence, like 5,6,7,8,9. These cards do have to be in rank order, but you’ll find that they do not need to be in the same suit.

Flush
A flush refers to a hand where the order doesn’t matter but all all of the cards are of the same suit. Therefore, a 3, a 4, a 6, a 10 and a Queen would be a flush if they were all hearts.

Full House
A Full House refers to a hand that holds one pair plus three of a kind. Suit doesn’t matter and this hand beats all the ones that have come before it.

Four of a Kind
A hand called a four of a kind will need to have four cards of the same ranking, thus giving you all the cards of that ranking in the deck. A four of kind hand might be four 8’s, or four 10’s.

Straight Flush
A straight flush includes five cards that in ranking order that are all of the same suit. An example of a straight flush might be a 2,3,4,5, and 6 of diamonds.

Royal Straight Flush
A royal straight flush, the rarest hand in poker, refers to getting a 10, a Jack, a Queen, a King and an ace, all of the same suit.

By learning what beats what in poker and the different hands of poker, you’ll find that you have a good place to start when it comes to figuring out what is going on.

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August 13, 2008

How to Deal Blackjack

Filed under: Casino — jszova @ 12:00 am

Learning how to deal blackjack is not that difficult but you do need to remember very specific rules when you deal. Begin to deal with the player on your left. Give them a card that is face up. Deal to the next person on the right and continue around the table until you get a card. Your card goes face down. Deal one more round of cards in the same manner so each player has two cards. Yours are both face down, one on top of the other. Put the cards down and flip your bottom card over to reveal the face.

If your bottom card shows an ace when you flip it, ask if anyone would like insurance. The insurance bet is half the amount of the original bet. If the dealer has a blackjack, it pays two to one and protects the bet. Peak underneath and if it’s a blackjack pay off the insurance bets first, then collect the losing wagers of the players. If a player has a blackjack you have an ace, then you need to ask the player if they want even money. This means that they bought insurance, pushed and get the payment of 1 to 1 for their blackjack instead of 3 to 1 like normal.

If your card is a face card you also need to peak at the other card that is turned over. If you have a blackjack, all players lose, except someone with a blackjack. They push which means they don’t win but they don’t lose their wager.

The players now see your cards and decide whether they want to take a hit or pass. An ace can count as one or ten. You start again to your left and if the player waves an open hand over the cards or says pass, you move to the next person. If the player taps the table, points to the table or says, “Hit Me” you give them a card.

If the total of the cards is over twenty-one the player busts. Then you take the cards, put them in a discard pile, and take the chips.

Some games offer the option of surrender. This means the player doesn’t think they can beat your hand and ask for it. They lose only half the bet.

Another opportunity for a player decision is a double down. Usually this occurs when a player has two cards that total 10 or 11. The player moves a stack equal to or less next to the original. If he doubles for less he indicates that also. The player only receives one card and can’t take another after he doubled down. Depending on the table rules, some allow doubling regardless of how much the first two cards total.

If a player has two like cards, they can split. When a player wants to split, they put the exact amount down as the original bet and motion for a split with putting their first two fingers flat on the table. Deal to the hand on the left first. If the player gets an amount that he feels appropriate for a double down, he can double for less or put the exact number of chips next to that stack indicating a double.

After the player busts or stays on the first hand move to the second. If another like card is in the first two of either split, the player can split again. There can be as many as four hands in front of the player if they split three times. Players can’t split more than three times. If the player has two aces, they may split but each ace only gets one card. Some tables allow for resplitting aces but it’s rare.

When each player receives the number of cards they want, you flip your second card over. If your hand shows less than 17 then you must take a hit. In some cases, table rules require that the dealer take another card when they have a soft 17, that’s an ace and a six. If you bust, everyone left with a bet wins. If you get 17 through 21, you pay those with a higher amount showing and take the wager of the hands that are lower. If your score matches a player’s it’s a push and they keep their wager but don’t win.

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Learn Blackjack in Under 5 Minutes

Filed under: Casino — burgi82 @ 12:00 am

Have you ever been to a casino and wanted to play blackjack, but you just didn’t know the rules? If that is so, you are reading the right article because I’ll explain you the rules very quickly.

Blackjack is actually one of the most popular casino games because of it’s simplicity. You always play against the dealer and whoever comes closer to 21 points without going exceeding 21 points wins the hand. It doesn’t matter to you as a player what the other players on your table show.

One thing you do have to know however is how to calculate point values and you should learn more about the decisions you can make in each blackjack hand.

The point value is calculated by adding the point value of the cards you hold. All cards with face value count at that value (i.e. 4 counts 4 points), face cards count 10 and an Ace counts either 11 or 1, whichever is better for the player.

At the beginning, the dealer deals 2 cards to everybody, including himself. Both cards of the players usually show, while the dealer only shows one of his cards. Should any of the players have 21 points, they will immediately win their hand, unless the dealer also has 21 points with his first 2 cards.

The players that don’t have 21 points then need to decide if they want to hit, which means they will receive another card, of if they want to stand, which means that their hand is complete. Should the player hit and the total point value of the hand exceeds 21 points, the hand is automatically lost.

After every player has made their decision, the dealer will play his own hand. The dealer usually has a set of rules to follow, which include that he needs to draw when he has 16 or less points and needs to stand when he has 17 or more.

Once the dealer has plaid their hand, all the players that have a hand value greater than the one of the dealer wins their hand. Should the dealer bust, all players that didn’t bust win their hand. When the players win their hand, they get paid at 2 to 1, i.e. for every dollar bet, they will receive 2 dollars back. If the player has hit 21 points with his first 2 cards and gets blackjack, he will usually be paid at 3 to 2. However, more recently, some casinos have started to play blackjack at only 5 to 3.

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August 7, 2008

Online Casinos UK Won’t Let You Leave

Filed under: Casino — youcanworkthenet @ 12:00 am

Have you ever seen the test with the mouse and the maze. If you haven’t this is how it works. A piece of cheese is placed in the hardest place of a maze to get to by a scientist and after placing the cheese the scientist then places a rat into the part of the maze that is considered to be the beginning or starting point.

Upon doing this the scientist will set a timer to see just how long it takes the rat to get to the cheese. every time the test is done it is reconstructed differently in order to make it harder and harder for the rat to get the cheese every time. When the maze is finally been rebuilt to its hardest possible set up it is then used for the test from then on out.

Land based casino’s are built in the same fashion. every time they are built they get bigger and harder to find your way out of. The architects for these casino’s design them as giant mazes so that when customers come in to gamble and play the games you can’t remember how to get out. They do this as a way to keep people in the casino.

It is the casino owners thinking that as long as you are in the casino you are spending money, and as long as your spending money he’s making money so why would he want you to leave? The answer is he wouldn’t because then the profit he was making off you is gone.

So in order to keep you in he has the casino designed in an Alcatraz fashion to where it is as hard as it possibly can be to get out. However, when I play at an online casino I don’t have to worry about being the rat desperately trying to find the cheese I am in my office in my comfy desk chair listening to music and enjoying myself. Unlike at a land based casino I can come and go as I please when I play at my home as opposed to if I play at a casino.

My home, unlike a casino floor, has only a few rooms and a very easy floor plan to navigate in order to get around it and leave when I need to. If I have to go to a casino I can spend hours trying to find the door because of all the tables and people and games that cover its floor. That’s why I enjoy playing at online casinos instead of land based casinos because at home its easier for me to get around and leave when I half to as opposed to how it is trying to get around and leave a casino.

This is just one of the many benefits to playing online casinos versus playing at land based casinos. We all have lives and places to be and its usually best to not be late because your stuck in a casino that you can’t find your way out of.

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July 25, 2008

Information About Gambling Casino’s Online

Filed under: Casino — KristiAmbrose @ 12:00 am

In these days just about everyone owns a computer or has some sort of a way to get online, and with good reason! There are so many different things you can do online now a days that you couldn’t do even five years ago. The sheer amount of online gambling sites alone is earth shattering. In the year 2002 as listed in USA Today by equity research firm Bear Stearns was quoted in saying that over 4.5 million people, half of them being people from the United States regularly gamble online. Of course this number has more than doubled in the past six years since that quote was written in USA Today.

Almost anyone can gamble online at these gaming casinos, as long as it is legal in your place of residence! There are numerous amount of sites that offer games such as roulette, black jack, and slots where you can play for real money and win real money in the process. Other sites have other things such as “chips” that when accumulated can be used to buy stuff on the site, or to play more games. More likely than not however, if you’re going to be gambling online you’re going to want to win some real money! Either way please make sure you know you’re state or country legislative laws before gambling online.

If you are going to gamble at a site with real money its a good idea to follow these point of criteria:
- Make sure the site is legally licensed
- Payouts are reviewed and certified by an independent auditing firm
- Customer support is responsive
- Accreditation is given by sources such as SafeBet, and the Interactive Gaming Council

Online gambling sites and casino sites usually will allow you to pay with credit card, check, money order, or wire transfer. Although recently sites have also started accepting other forms of payment such as FirePay, NetTeller, ACH, 900 Pay and the like. I personally like the ones that have the ACH option because you can take it directly out of your bank account and put it right into your account online. Also don’t be surprised when signing up for these sites if they ask for your drivers license number, bank account number, credit card number, or social security number. This is just their way of assuring that you are of legal age!

If you are searching for sites that either allow real money wagers or fake wagers please go to Google and search for keywords such as “Online Gambling Sites”, “Online Black Jack Sites”, “Online Roulette Sites” or other search terms such as “Gamble With Real Money Online” or “Online Gambling Casinos With Real Wagers.”

I wish you great luck with finding the right site online for all you’re gambling needs!

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July 23, 2008

How You Can Develop A Roulette System

Filed under: Casino — overt595 @ 12:00 am

Why do you need to develop a roulette system? Simply put roulette is one of the hardest, most difficult games to win at. It is a giant game of chance. However, putting together a system gives you the best chance of actually winning at the game. It can be won, as proven over and over again, but it is not easy.

Knowing the Wheels

There are two ways of playing roulette, with an American wheel and with a European wheel. The wheels and their subsequent tables are slightly different. On the American wheel, there are 38 slots, which contains black and red numbers from 1 to 36, with the two additional being 0 and 00. On the European wheel, there is only 37 slots, containing black and red numbers from 1 to 36, but the difference is there is only the 0 and not the 00.

Many people prefer the European wheel as the house has less of an advantage at 2.7%, while the American wheel carries the house advantage at 5.26%.

The Table

The table contains the same numbers as on the wheel, with a few additional spaces as well. Remember, the only real difference between the American and European version is that the American version has 00, whereas the European does not, this is displayed on the table as well.

The numbers 1 -36 will be in red or black squares on the table, with 0 and 00 (if appropriate) being on one end of the numbers. On the other end, you will see three squares that say 2 to 1 and then on the bottom (opposite the dealer), you will see 1st 12, 2nd 12, 3rd 12, 1-18, even, black, red, odd, 19-36.

Anything outside of the red and black numbered squares are called outside bets and the red and black numbered squares are called inside bets.

Developing a Roulette System

Developing a roulette system means learning about the inside and outside betting procedures and how they can affect the play and winnings. It is important to remember that roulette is a big game of chances, but developing a roulette system can increase your changes of winning greatly. Some people choose a system in which outside bets only take place, while others base it on numbers and their placement upon the wheel.

Your roulette system should be based on what gives you the best chances and makes you most comfortable. Learn about the game and develop your own system accordingly.

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July 8, 2008

Learning How To Play Blackjack

Filed under: Casino — overt595 @ 12:00 am

Blackjack is one of the most popular card games at any casino, online or land based. You can always find tables full of players all looking to win and play their favorite game at the same time. It is relatively easy to learn, but requires you to remember a few different strategies in order to really take advantage of the game.

Learning The Goal

You have two goals in this game. The first goal is to beat your dealer. You are not playing against the other people at the table, you are playing against the dealer and so is everyone else. The second goal is to do this without going over twenty-one. Too often players believe that they must get as close as possible to twenty-one in order to win. No, you must beat your dealer and do it without “busting”, which is going over twenty-one.

Learning The Play

Once you learn the goals, you must learn the play. The dealer deals cards to each person and themselves, two cards to begin with, generally one up and one down. The play starts at the dealers left and continues on with everyone, ending with the dealer. Play is done in full. In other words, the first person plays until they either bust or stand and then play moves on to the next person, in turn this way until it’s the dealers turn to bust or stand.

Values of The Cards

In playing blackjack, it is important to know the cards and its value, suits mean nothing, the card value means everything. Two through Ten of any suit has face value. A two will be worth two, while a ten is worth ten. Face cards, which are Jacks, Queens, and Kings will be worth ten. The Ace is worth 1 or 11, depending on your hand. A jack and an Ace is known as a “real blackjack”, but any face card coupled with an Ace is recorded as blackjack. However, this is only true if they are the only two cards in the hand.

Learning how to play blackjack means understanding the game and learning the strategies as they apply. Actions such as hitting, means you are taking more cards. Staying means you want no more cards and bust means that you have gone over 21. However, learning blackjack means learning all the rules and terms, the internet is full of information regarding this game.

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Tips To Increase Your Odds At Online Casinos

Filed under: Casino — rick14 @ 12:00 am

If you want to be different, then there are a number of different things that you can do to increase your chances of walking away a winner from the online casino you play at. Here are some very basic tips to get you started.

Recognize reality

The first thing that you need to do before you play at an online casino is recognize reality. Reality in the case of the online casino is that in the long term, it is absolutely impossible to beat the house at any of the games contained within the casino. The house has a built-in statistical advantage in every game they play. This means that any game that you play against the house is a game that you are going to lose in the long run.

Now, why is this important in helping you increase your chances at winning? It is important because if you understand this simple fact, you are much likelier to walk away from the game when you strike it big in the short term. If you get a big win at roulette or blackjack, make sure that you walk away immediately and avoid getting into a prolonged game with the house. There are many people that have won fortunes at the online casino, only to lose them later because they stayed and tried to win more.

Play strategically

When you look at a lot of online websites, chances are they tell you things about the odds that a particular game has. In other words, they might tell you that the house has a 2% advantage in blackjack or a 5% advantage in roulette. What they do not tell you however is that these numbers assume that you are playing perfect strategy in a lot of cases. While a game like roulette has a standard advantage built in statistically for the house, a game like blackjack has a variable advantage that depends entirely on the strategy that you use.

If you play perfect strategy at blackjack online then games will have a 1% to 2% built in advantage for the house. If you play poor strategy on the other hand, that house advantage can increase to 5%, 10% or 20% and at that point you are going to be losing money to the house pretty fast. Therefore, if you want to increase your odds of winning at online casinos, make sure that you research the perfect strategy for your game of choice beforehand and then use that strategy when the time comes.

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There are other Online Casinos Tips that you can use to your advantage as well, such as taking advantage of really high progressive jackpots (i.e. when the jackpots are high enough to shift the odds of a particular game in your favor) and using the extra money you might get from loyalty programs to gain a few tenths of a percentage point in your favor. However, if you make the two changes mentioned above, you will have done more than most towards increasing your chances of winning at Online Casinos.

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