What Gamblers Are Looking For in A Casino Online?

March 20th, 2012

Gambling is becoming a popular past time. But before one can jump into the world of gambling, you must know first that the experience is more fun when you are dealing with the best online casinos. Undeniably, the numbers of great online casino sites are increasing more and more each day. Each one of them is introducing a wide array of features that can lure gamer to sign up with them. With their number out there, one cannot help but think which casino online does he play. The best answer to this is finding and comparing the features that these avenues are offering in terms of gambling.

Among the new but best online casinos that has gaining popularity and good reputations are Rushmore Casino, Maple Online Casino, Online Vegas and Golden Casino. The main features that draws players to this site is a combination of latest gaming softwares that are player friendly and the very generous bonuses. The major factor of these online casinos being the best is the fact that they are being backed by the companies that were also famous for their excellent reputation in the industry. The software that is being used by casino online is also a great factor on how exciting and fun the casino experience will be. This means that a player will always go for that site which has a high quality software that has excellent graphics which is very important in every online game. The instruction of the site must also be made easy from the initial downloading to the main game playing.

Online gamblers will not also want playing online alone. This would mean that they will always go for that specific casino online which can deliver to them some interactivity level with other players. The interactive online casino gambling is phenomenal and stroked the gambling world just like the storm. Most sites offer at least players gaming at the same time. The technology that is being employed to have this feature can also deliver variation in the types of games that may be played with the other gamblers. A site which does not offer this feature will likely to be the least favorite of enthusiasts. Aside from the this internal features, gamers are also into casino online that can offer them wide range of bonuses. This is the main advertisement of a gambling site as this is usually the welcome page of their sites. Well structured bonuses will definitely yield to more customers.

Another must have on the online casinos is the customer support. It is always expected that players especially the newbie has a lot of questions regarding gaming online. The can have both technical and billing difficulty. This situation calls for an automatic response from the provider so as to maintain loyalty of this customers. A good online casino must have a customer service that is standing by 24/7 ready to help and assist customers with all their concerns. Since the online gaming world reaches every place there is on earth, it would also be commendable if the support will be in multi-lingual setting so as to accommodate every one.

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Stud Games at Lot of Casinos

January 31st, 2012

I was on pokerpages.com looking at lives games in Las Vegas for my next trip. I’m looking for the lowest stakes in town, assuming the rake structure isn’t too harmful. Maybe I’m not using pokerpages.com right, but it seems to me that every place on the strip offers 1-5 Stud and HE, or at least 3-6. Is this right? I thought I would’ve had to search all over for games this low-limit. I know the Luxor has 1-5 games, but I didn’t think there would be too many others.

I know that the Mirage spreads 1-5 Stud and 3/6 Holdem. I believe that Palace Station even offers 2/4 Holdem games and 1-5 Stud games. Actually, I think 1-5 Stud games are offered at a lot of the casino’s. In Canada many online casino players recommend Vegas Palms casino games such as slots, table games and many free poker skills games.

The rooms on the strip tend to have higher rakes, as much as $5 on a stud game and sometimes another $ going to a jackpot drop. The fishing is better in these games but does it overcome the rake?

Low limit games all over town — the challenge is finding higher limit games — that’s pretty much Mirage, Bellagio, Binion’s, Orleans. Any place that spreads stud will spread 1-5.

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Poker Rate at the Bellagio

January 31st, 2012

How easy is it to get a poker rate at the Bellagio and how would I go about getting one? I am going to be out there for a week during the Orleans Open and will be playing most of teh time at the Bellagio.

Answer 1:

It is easy to get a poker rate if you are willing to play at the Bellagio. But make sure you are clear in advance of your stay. I got a rate which was RAISED on me after I signed in. It was difficult for me to have them lower it when I was checking out (I had a plane to catch). My suggestion is that you speak to someone in the poker room, get her/his name, and confirm the rate once you arrive. Better yet, look around for a better rate at many of the other strip hotels and stay there. For the slight inconvenience of having to walk across the street you can save a bundle with a room at Ballys. And the rooms at Ballys are, from my experience, much nicer than the rather pedestrian rooms at Bellagio (unless you are a high roller and want some super suite)

Answer 2:

Availability of the poker rate will depend upon how many others want to stay at Bellagio then. It could be a lot as so many good out-of-town players will be in for the TOC and at least part of the Orleans Open. Nice place to stay, although clearly not the least expensive. I’ve found it convenient after ending a session at 4 am. But the rooms at the Orleans are large and quite adequate and at $35/night for last year’s tournament versus $99/$129 at Bellagio for poker, you could easily rent a car or take quite a few cabs for the difference. If you’ll play at the Orleans anyway, you might want to look into that.

(If you’re really trying to save blinds, there is even a free shuttle from the Orleans to the corner diagonally opposite Bellagio–(Barbary Coast).) To get the poker room rate at Bellagio, just call the hotel and ask for the poker room. It must be booked thru them.

Answer 3:

You could also try the Mirage, which is a very nice resort. If you book through the Poker Room, the rate is $79 weeknights (6 hrs play/day) and $109 Fri/Sat nights (8 hrs play/day), with no premium added on for holidays. If the room is double occupancy and you both play poker, you can combine your play to meet the 6/8 hr minimum. Ask for a written confirmation; the first time we did this the front desk tried to charge us a higher rate and I had to fight for the correct rate with the help of the poker room staff.

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“Sklansky on poker” – The Methodology used by Sklansky

January 31st, 2012

I’ve seen Sklanskys proof for the flush draw odds at 35% but I remember seeing another proof involving (1-x) something. Could someone repost it.
Answer 1:

Yeah…Sklansky would claim credit for the sun rising in the morning…But as for flush draws, from two suited in your hand, and two of that suit in the flop, there are 47 ‘unseen’ cards left, of which 38 are NOT of your suit — and so it’s 38/47 that the 4th upcard will not make your flush, and then 37/46 that the 5th upcard will not make your flush either, and 38/47 x 37/46 = 65.03% that you will NOT make your flush, or 34.97% that you WILL make your flush…OK?!
Answer 2:
One way of figuring out the probability of something happening is to figure out the probability of it not happening, then subtract the result from 1, since the sum of P(happening) and P(not happening) must be 1. So you can calculate the probability of completing a four-card flush by calculating the probability of not completing it. On the turn there are 47 cards remaining, of which 38 are NOT in your suit; if you miss on the turn, there will be 46 cards remaining, of which 37 are NOT in your suit. So the probability of missing completely is: 38/47 x 37/46 = 1406/2162 = .65 = 65%
Therefore the probability of making the flush is 1 – .65 = .35 = 35%.
Answer 3:
I’m not the biggest fan of the charms of Mr Sklansky however I don’t think my loose use of language should lay something at his door unnecessarily. What I should have said is “the methodology used by Sklansky in his book “Sklansky on poker” as opposed to Sklanskys proof. Which intimates ownership of the proof since it’s written in the possessive form. Is there a method of parlaying the probabilities of making the flush involving 9/47 and 9/46 ? As opposed to the (n-x)/n used? If not is there something I’m missing as to why?

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New Hustler Casino Club

January 31st, 2012

I’m new to this site so wonder when the new Hustler Club is opening up and who is working there?
Answer 1:
The Hustler is opening to the public on Thursday June 22, at 7;30 p.m., located off the 110 fwy Redondo Beach blvd exit. A lot of good people are working extremely hard to create the best environment for all players at all limits. It’s like nothing you have ever seen in California.
Answer 2:
Do a search on Hustler in this newsgroup. Some good and valuable information.
Sounds like the club for 2000…. at least I hope so !!
Answer 3:
Sweet Lou Krieger wrote a review of it on its websites

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Call and Pass in Casino Games

January 31st, 2012

Limit 10 – 20
J.Shoreman SB – 7cKs ($79)
Sweetpea BB – xx ($421)
J.Shoreman Call 5
Sweetpea Check
Flop Ts2h7d
Sweetpea Check
J.Shoreman 10
Sweetpea Call
Turn Ac
Sweetpea Check
J.Shoreman 20
Sweetpea Call
River Jc
I now have $39 left, pot stands at $100. This is a horrible situation, I am almost certain I am beat. To call costs me half my stack. If I call and loose I am all but beat, and not much better off if I pass. What would you do, call or pass ?
Answer 1:
Sweetpea bets 20
Answer 2:
Depends on how Sweetpea was playing during the match. Most likely he either was slow palying a big hand or jack helped him (for example he could have 2J). However if he was capable to bluff in this spot (would be a very bad play) then you should call.
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Poker Dealing Class- A Full Time Dealing Job

January 31st, 2012

I am currently taking a poker dealing class. Assuming I get a full-time dealing job do you think this can positively or negatively affect my poker play. I want to start dealing so I can quit my regular job, learn more about poker, and hopefully become a better player. Any thoughts please?
Answer 1:
MS:: “Assuming I get a full-time dealing job do you think this can positively or negatively affect my poker play.” WL: Generalizations aren’t very reliable but here’s mine, at least from many years ago. A game with off-shift dealers was always my favorite. I found agreement on that among other players. When in the box most good dealers know what’s happening and they seldom push the pot in an unexpected (to them) direction – in fact can call the winning hand before it’s shown (of course, they usually don’t do this). Their card reading skills are clearly superior to most players. However when they get in a game this all seems to fly away and they have a strong tendency to gamble. The knock was “if you could play, you wouldn’t have to be dealing.”

Answer 2:
Just because you deal everyday is not going to make you a better player I believe you have to do the same things as other people do that go on to become better players and that is to become students of the game by reading and studying the game whenever you can. The one thing dealing will do for you is to give you plenty of time to study different types of players whenever you see good players try to remember what they do to be successful. One thing is for sure you will see on the average a lot more bad players than good ones and try and to remember what the bad players do and DON’T do it. Also, talk to the good players when you’re not dealing about their game and certain types of plays that they might have made while you were in the box most of them will talk to you especially if they see you are serious about the game. Don’t ever do this while you are in the box dealing that is not the time wait until you are on break and you see the player you want to talk to away from the table don’t try and talk to them are ask advice while they are playing just show them that you respect them for their play and most of them will be glad to talk to you and answer questions.
Answer 3:
I’ve known several hundred dealers who were also players. Maybe 10 were good, solid players. Maybe 100 dealt so that they could have money available to play during or after their shift. I don’t think becoming a dealer is going to improve your game unless you are able to avoid two traps that dealers tend to fall into. First, you will see, shift after shift, bad players winning with cards that they shouldn’t play. It’s difficult not to remember those seven-fives that win big pots. A whole lot of dealers seem to believe that if someone else won a hand with bad cards, they will win by playing those bad cards too. It doesn’t work that way.
Additionally, when you have money readily available everyday from tokes, coupled with constantly handling cash and chips, it is easy to completely lose the concept of the value of money. If you have ever heard anyone say “they are only chips” chances are they (or someone else at the table) don’t place real value on the chips. If you want to improve your game, you might be better off learning concepts and theory through reading and then applying what you learned at the table. If you want to be a player, by all means start dealing.

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$10-$20 Holdem Hand at Paradise Casino

January 31st, 2012

Two questions a) was my turn play correct? b) Was the call so obvious with my top pair that I shouldn’t have even given it a second thought? $10-$20 Holdem hand at Paradise, I’ve recently joined the table so haven’t got a read on any of the players. The game seems normal (not too loose, not too tight). I’m on the button there’s four limpers to me, I limp with KTo, sb calls, bb checks. 7 players see the flop of K9J rainbow. It’s checked around to me, I bet, sb calls and everyone else folds. Turn comes another 9 – sb bets. I think for a while and call. Here’s my thinking. She’s probably made trip nines (I think I’d have been check raised me if she was slow playing the straight). The pot currently stands at $120 so I’m getting 6:1 on my call. However with 45 unseen cards I only have 6 outs so the pot odds alone don’t justify the call. However I can’t rule out she’s not try to buy the put with the scare card on the turn so I call. In hindsight though if she’s a good enough player to run the bluff she’s also a good enough player to realize it’s unlikely to work with that board? Of course, the story has a happy ending because the K comes on the river and I scoop the $180 pot!

Answer 1:

Alright, and here’s mine. Firstly, if she has trip nines, you have a few extra outs, since a queen (4) makes you a straight, a ten (3) gives you two pair and another king (2) gives you a full house. The queen and the ten are trouble, and you could be drawing dead already. Assuming the queen and ten are good, you still have absolute zip in the way of implied odds, since you can’t bet them safely even if they fall; only the king is good. Another thing: you have a serious kicker problem. Even if your king is presently good (unlikely), it can still lose to a better king. Easily. Imagine how dumb you’d feel if you called on the turn, and again on the river only to watch her kicker play. It’s unlikely you’re up against a bluff here. Why? Think back; your answer lies on the flop. It’s a 7-handed flop, and she’s in the absolute worst position after your bet. Say, if you and her were heads-up, she could think “Oh, I’ll smooth call here, and then fire in a bluff on the turn”. But with 5 other people to think about on the flop, she’s calling with some sort of decent hand. Even if she’s a pretty awful player, the least she has is a gutshot draw on the flop. She likely isn’t going to semi-bluff a gutshot on the turn on a paired board against the only player in the hand who showed strength on the flop. She I think 9 times out of 10, a player who played like this is going to have a hand that beats your kings up/no kicker.

Answer 2:
I think trips still beats two pair, so a T is not an out here. If indeed the sb has a 9, then as long as it’s not K9, Q9 or J9 a Q makes your straight good. >Another thing: you have a serious kicker problem. Even if your king is >presently good (unlikely), it can still lose to a better king. Easily. >Imagine how dumb you’d feel if you called on the turn, and again on the >river only to watch her kicker play. True. AK, KQ, KJ you have you’re Q straight still good and 1 out for 1/2 the pot (case K). If it’s K9 then you only have the 1 out for 1/2 pot.

Answer 3:
I discounted the fact that I might be outkicked by top pair or (2 pair) because with that flop and she must bet out with top pair as not to give free cards. Her check call her shows either weakness or a draw to the str8.

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Beau Rivage Reopens a Poker Room

January 31st, 2012

I heard a rumor last night that the Beau Rivage in Biloxi is going to reopen a poker room. It is just a rumor as far as I know. If anyone has any substantial information
Answer 1:
I was told they are putting it where a restaurant was and it is going to be the largest room on the Mississippi coast. I do not think it is going to be open in a couple of weeks. And I too will believe it when I see it. I was not a regular at the room because the tables were too close and the chairs were very uncomfortable for me. I would like to see it open just for the competition.

Answer 2:
I’m one of the few who didn’t like the chairs. I know, they leaned back and everything, but they were very difficult to get up out of. And if you wanted to sit up straight, you had no back support, because if you leaned back in the slightest to get some support, the chair went flying backward. At any rate, I too have heard they’re going to reopen. However, they’ve got their work cut out for them as far as attracting competent personnel and a loyal player base. But boy, when they were open, they were great. I wish them luck.

Answer 3:
I’m one of the few who didn’t like the chairs. I know, they leaned back and everything, but they were very difficult to get up out of. And if you wanted to sit up straight, you had no back support, because if you leaned back in the slightest to get some support, the chair went flying backward. At any rate, I too have heard they’re going to reopen. However, they’ve got their work cut out for them as far as attracting competent personnel and a loyal player base. But boy, when they were open, they were great. I wish them luck.

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7CS Stud Casino Game

January 31st, 2012

This group is heavily weighted towards HE players, but I’m not very comfortable with the game. I’ve usually done fairly well in low-limit stud (high only) at the $1-$5 level, but the rake, obviously, is too tough. At what level does the rake go down for stud? Is it $5-$10, and what kind of BR should I have? Is $200 with another $100 in reserve enough? Also, I’m used the room at Foxwoods, but I’m going to AC next weekend. Are there any game-related differences of which I should be aware? I’m probably going to be at the Trop; does anyone know if the $5-$10 stud games there have kill pots? If so, what kind of BR would I then need?

Answer 1:

There are no significant game-related difference between low-limit stud in Connecticut and New Jersey. However, there are *no* kill pots in any game in New Jersey.
Note: the taj mahal is completely non-smoking. The trop has a 9 table no-smoking room; the remainder of the room is heavily laden with the detritus of tobacco smoke.

Answer 2:

I’d take $200 to my first 5-10 game and see how I do. It’s likely to be a much tougher game than your 1-5 game, and you may be over your head. Taking less cash with you will make it easier to walk away from the table if it turns out you’re playing in the wrong league.

Answer 3:

I, personally would not venture to play any 7cs stud game without a BR of at least 20x the min table buy in and 4x the min in my pocket. To have less is wooing the possibility of loosing your way back to a lower limit, or going bust. I feel 2000 br is low for a 5 -10 games but ok for a 1-5 game. I like to have at least 200 on the table to play 5 -10 and 3000 for a working B.R.

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