SearchArchives for: March 2007Shopping for Value Pretties up the Payouts31st March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: Is there any tried and true ways of selecting a casino? David C.
Well, David, the first thing I would need to know is your wants and needs. If you are a video poker player, it’s going to be all about paytables.… more » Categories: Casino News Five ways to spot a bluff30th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Bluffing is a big part of poker, but perhaps even more important is the ability to sniff out an opponents bluff. Here are a few things you should focus on.
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In a recent interview with The New York Ti… more » Categories: Casino News NBC airs National Heads-Up Poker Championship28th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com For the third straight year, a field of 64 of the world’s elite poker players will go head-to-head in some of the most aggressive poker playing around. Filmed in Caesars Palace Poker Room March 2-4, the NBC National Heads-… more » Categories: Casino News Brazilian Block Party27th March 2007 Another off topic post!In many suburban US neighborhoods once a year the families in the neighborhood shut down the streets and throw a party where the kids play in the streets while the adults feast on good food and have some drinks, usually ending the… more » Categories: Casino News NETeller withdraws from more markets27th March 2007 NETeller has officially pulled out of the Canadian and Turkish markets and they will no longer provide service to online gambling merchants in these territories. 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Supporters of the ruling said it would keep video poker from returning to South Carolina an… more » Categories: Casino News Poker After Dark: This weeks preview19th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com NBC’s Poker After Dark continues to bring viewers the very best in six-handed table match-ups with the airing of its 12th week. Three of the poker’s more vocal and controversial players, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow,… more » Categories: Casino News Gut Feeling Gamblers19th March 2007 Just talking about randomness may not be enough to really explain what is happening. It really involves the way our brain tricks selective memory and us. Then we trust that perception and start playing hunches.This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsGues… more » Categories: Casino News Big Hand Bluffing19th March 2007 Dear Mark: I happen to be a very tight player when it comes to playing Texas Holdem. When I get a real decent starting hand like Kings or Aces, I get a little overly excited and bet heavily, which throws bluffing right out the window. Any ideas on how I… more » Categories: Casino News No Redrawing of the Discards Allowed17th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: If, as you claim, a video poker machine uses only one standard 52-card deck, how is it that I get the same card I discarded when I draw? For instance, the screen shows two jacks, two queens and the 10 of spades. I dis… more » Categories: Casino News Finding a fool leads to gold16th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com If you want to make money playing poker, find a game with a few suckers, fish, donkeys, live ones, or whatever you choose to call a bad player.
Just dont let that sucker be you.
If youre the sixth-best poker player in the wo… more » Categories: Casino News World Series of Poker prepares for 10,000 entrants in Las Vegas15th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com LAS VEGAS (AP) - World Series of Poker organizers are preparing for 10,000 entrants to this years main event, a 14 percent increase from last year, despite a U.S. crackdown on online gambling sites that have boosted the tourname… more » Categories: Casino News Table Mountain Casino Congratulates World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Tournament Winner14th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com FRIANT, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Poker was the name of the game as players gathered at Table Mountain Casino to participate in its first 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) circuit tournament on Monday, March 5th. The Casi… more » Categories: Casino News Aspinalls Elegance Meets Microgaming Intelligence (Press Release)14th March 2007 United Kingdom Casino, the legendary casino of London, England which graces its players with its elegance and sophisticated style of casino gaming, has taken into a new journey by venturing with online casino group Vegas Partner Lounge and software dThis… more » Categories: Casino News Jackpotty Jocks the Luckiest in Britain (Press Release)14th March 2007 Aberdeen has been revealed as the luckiest city in the UK, according to a new survey. A whopping 47 per cent of residents have won a tenner on the lottery 10 times and one in 10 has won a staggering £2,000 or more. And a quarter claim to have wThis artic… more » Categories: Casino News Slot Comps and the Wily 6-514th March 2007 Last week you mentioned comps and how to get them for blackjack players. How about for those of us who play slots, how do we get them?This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsCraps Odds | Tax tip | Gambling winnings are taxable (The State) | Online Poker B… more » Categories: Casino News What has odds of one to 2,598,960 ? Give up? Read On.14th March 2007 Is there a difference in payback between a standard $1 slot machine and a $1 Megabucks machine?This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsCARIBBEAN STUD POKER | Dumbo on third, the Back Door and Texas rules | The Quiet Asian Americans - Not so Quiet Tzi Ma… more » Categories: Casino News Unique Art and Great Music Sets Stage for 3rd Annual Tempe, Arizona Arts and Entertainment Weekend Featuring the Tempe Festival Of The Arts and the Tempe Music Festival (Press Release)11th March 2007 From March 30-April 1, Tempe, Arizona will attract art and music lovers during Arts and Entertainment Weekend. Tempes Arts and Entertainment Weekend in the Mill Avenue District is comprised of two of the most anticipated annual events, the Tempe FesThis… more » Categories: Casino News Lawmaker wants to legalize NCAA basketball office pools (WoodTV)11th March 2007 Filling out your NCAA basketball brackets? If theres cash involved, technically youre breaking the law in Michigan. And a state lawmaker says thats criminal. "What makes March Madness unique is that all kinds of people and sports fans of allThis article… more » Categories: Casino News Harrahs hotel, casino complex shines as New Orleans anchor (NWAnews)11th March 2007 When New Orleans levees surrendered to Katrinas floodwaters a year and a half ago, familiar places in that city were cast in strange, even bizarre, roles. The Louisiana Superdome, home of footballs New Orleans Saints, was turned into a squalidThis artic… more » Categories: Casino News Lake of the Torches Resort Casino Teams up With King of the Cage to Bring Mixed Martial Arts Action to Northern Wisconsin (Press Release)11th March 2007 Lake of the Torches Resort Casino, the leading gaming and hospitality resort for northern Wisconsin, and King of the Cage, the leading name in mixed martial arts has teamed up to bring world-class, no-holds barred, cage-fighting action to the NorthwoThis… more » Categories: Casino News Spittin in the Briny Deep11th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: In any poker game, are additional cards like a kicker ever used after your five cards are ranked? For instance, two players share four cards on the board, and one of cards in their two-card hand is the same, both crea… more » Categories: Casino News Bid for casino gambling in Texas launched10th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Texans would get to vote on whether to allow full-scale casino gambling in up to a dozen spots statewide under a bill proposed in the Legislature Thursday.
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The win nets the 26-year-old Colorado native 500-thousand dollars and adds to his lifetime winnings of ne… more » Categories: Casino News Spotting bluff helps, and thats not a lie05th March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Bluffing is a big part of poker, but equally, if not more important, is the ability to sniff out an opponents bluff. Here are a few things you should focus on.
• Know your opponents
Before you even play a hand against an… more » Categories: Casino News Married Poker and the Eight Commandments03rd March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: I love Three Card Poker. My husband says that the only bet I should make when playing the tables is on the Pairs Plus. Do you have any ideas on that? Also, I hear that Three Card Poker has the best odds behind craps.… more » Categories: Casino News Its no act, Elizabeth a star at poker too02nd March 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com RECENTLY, I PICKED up tennis star James Blake and two of his friends to take them over to the Bay 101 card club, in San Jose, for some poker action.
In my last column, I talked about how Blake had busted me twice, and then bluf… more » Categories: Casino News |
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