SearchArchives for: April 2007One oldie, one newbie -- its a great world30th April 2007 Even though I left Detroit in 1994, I still go online to read the Detroit News and your column. One thing I do not understand is what the fascination with slot machines is. You, insert coin, pull lever, insert coin, pull lever, insert coins, etc. it seem… more » Categories: Casino News Mix it up when bluffing at paired flops to keep opponents guessing25th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Flop texture isnt discussed much, but its an extremely important topic, especially when youre deciding whether to bluff at a pot. In this column, Ill focus on bluffing at paired flops. When a pair comes out on the flop, youre in… more » Categories: Casino News Your spare time is precious; spend it doing what you really want to do. Discover 888.com, an online casino dedicated to and providing nothing but excellence in gaming. Play all your favorite casino games and many others such as poker, bingo and blackjack from anywhere in the world at 888. Morongo tribes ad urges support of gambling deal (The Press-Enterprise)24th April 2007 The Morongo Band of Mission Indians launched a multimillion dollar TV blitz Monday in a bid to pressure members of the Assembly to approve a gambling expansion deal for the tribe. The statewide ad by the Riverside County tribe is running in all maThis ar… more » Categories: Casino News MGM Mirage Chief Executive Lanni earned $9.7 million in 2006 (Detroit News)24th April 2007 Casino giant MGM Mirage Inc.s chief executive, Terry Lanni, received compensation valued at $9.7 million in 2006, a year in which the companys stock price rose 36 percent, according to an analysis of a regulatory filing Monday. Last year, the coThis arti… more » Categories: Casino News That Ubiquitous Ace23rd April 2007 Could you please explain the ace as it relates to poker, both using it as high or low, and using it in a straight? Also, can the Ace ever be used in this scenario: Queen-King-Ace-2-3 to form a straight? Ray W.This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsPartyg… more » Categories: Casino News Meet some wallet gobblers23rd April 2007 Im hoping you can clear up a question thats been bothering me for long time. Ive noticed so many times on 50 and 100-play video poker machines that when dealt two pair, I get few full houses. They seem rigged! It seems like the 50 and 100-play have diffe… more » Categories: Casino News Spearfishing Blindfolded for the One Purple Minnow21st April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: Do you recommend playing on just one video poker machine or moving and playing on others, especially if a machine I am currently playing on is not paying off? Once when I moved, the next player who came and sat in the… more » Categories: Casino News Ram Vaswani Speaks about the rumors of Phil Ivey19th April 2007 Well we have heard the side of the story from Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu has written about Phils side in his blog and now Ram Vaswani has come out and talked about his side of the story.Here is a breakdown of what went down according to Ram Vaswani:-… more » Categories: Casino News Selling a Poker Hand is like Selling a Car19th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com There is a core skill that you need to master in order to do well at the poker table: the ability to sell. Figuring out the right amount to bet is one way to showcase this talent.
You see, being a great poker player is like… more » Categories: Casino News Pokers Handy Glossary19th April 2007 I am surprised at how many players truly dont know the hand rankings when playing poker. For example, a flush versus a straight seems to fool a lot of players. Anyhow, how about a list of hand rankings and some examples so that we can laminate them and p… more » Categories: Casino News Grand National Trainer Comments, Whos Hot & Whos Not (Press Release)17th April 2007 Trainer comments are usually a good sign as to the horses chance. The trainers generally know if they have a good chance or not and are reluctant to hype a horse due to strict regulations. Racing has improved over the last few years thanks to theThis ar… more » Categories: Casino News Bold Design and High-Tech Amenities Are the Foundation for Phase II of Flamingo Las Vegas Room Renovations (Press Release)17th April 2007 The famous Flamingo Las Vegas recently began the second phase of its extensive room renovation. The redesign will include the transformation of more than 500 hotel rooms and suites into luxurious, stylish and technologically advanced Flamingo GO RooThis… more » Categories: Casino News Students are playing online poker to earn money17th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Some students wait tables, lifeguard, bartend or do office work as part-time jobs during college.
Others play online poker.
For Daniel Stermer, 19, and Kevin Laird, 20, playing online poker is not only fun, but a way to put mo… more » Categories: Casino News Play tight while you learn and perfect your game14th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: You description of smart tight” play while playing poker doesn’t jibe with what we see on television. What I see is player after player making all in” moves with lousy opening hands. Wouldn’t y… more » Categories: Casino News Smoking Ban to Depress Casino Market, Global Betting & Gaming Consultants Study Reveals (Press Release)12th April 2007 A new report has revealed the scale of the challenge facing Englands existing casino estate in England and Wales once the governments smoking ban comes into force on 2 July 2007. The report, Fewer Chips Without Fire, from leading industry consuThis art… more » Categories: Casino News Casino developer puts $11 billion on Macao (International Herald Tribune)12th April 2007 In 1950, the teenage Sheldon Adelson ran a business stocking vending machines in Boston shoe factories. When the plants closed in the summer, he headed to the beach with delivery trucks outfitted with freezers and sold ice cream. A half-century laThis ar… more » Categories: Casino News PartyGaming bans access to Turkish sites (BusinessWeek.com)12th April 2007 Online gambling company PartyGaming PLC said Wednesday it will no longer allow customers in Turkey to access its gambling sites after legislation was passed prohibiting online gaming offered by unauthorized domestic or foreign companies. The compaThis ar… more » Categories: Casino News National Poker League Launches Charity Poker Tour at Paris Open in an Internationally Televised Debut (Press Release)12th April 2007 The National Poker League (NPL) and FundRaisers.com are joining forces to launch a unique effort appropriately coined the NPL Charity Group. The organizations announced the formation of The Charity Poker Tour to be held at every 2007 NPL World Open vThis… more » Categories: Casino News Man accused of cheating at poker prosecuted11th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Police are prosecuting a man accused of cheating during a poker game at Hamiltons SkyCity Casino.
Jing Luo Yan, a 45-year-old chef, is charged with knowingly contravening the rules of a game, with the intention of obtaining a p… more » Categories: Casino News Doubling up and heaving shingles11th April 2007 What are your thoughts on the double up feature of video poker? Is there any limit to the amount of times you can double up? Is it a good bet?This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsFive ways to spot a bluff | Shufflin off to Pyramids and Deep Caves | Spi… more » Categories: Casino News Faire sauter la banque (breaking the bank)11th April 2007 I once heard that breaking the bank had something to do with a misbehaving roulette wheel that paid off vast sums of money to the person who figured out that it was malfunctioning. Is that where the term breaking the bank came from in relation to casin… more » Categories: Casino News Racial Slurs Found In a Couch10th April 2007 Living in Canada I like to think that we are a pretty accepting country with a diverse culture. I was shocked at the below article from the Toronto StarWhen the new chocolate-coloured sofa set was delivered to her Brampton home, Doris Moore was stunned t… more » Categories: Casino News Phil Ivey Rumor Update10th April 2007 As I had previously mentioned in a post a little while ago about the golf match between Phil Ivey and Ram Vaswani things are starting to heat up pretty good between the two of them and there are a lot of poker message boards and blogs heating up with the… more » Categories: Casino News Trump markets Las Vegas condominium project on The Apprentice (KVBC)10th April 2007 Donald Trump is using his assistant-grooming reality show to sell units in his second Las Vegas condominium tower. For a one-hour episode of "The Apprentice," contestants are tasked with devising a marketing plan for Trump Tower-two. Like its preThis ar… more » Categories: Casino News Nevada gamblers lose $1.06 bln in February, up 2.86 pct (Reuters)10th April 2007 Gamblers lost $1.06 billion at Nevada casinos in February, 2.86 percent more than the same month last year, the states Gaming Control Board said on Tuesday. Casino gambling revenue, known as gaming win, was expected to be even stronger because ofThis art… more » Categories: Casino News PlayersOnly.com Launches $150K WSOP Giveaway Tournaments This Weekend; 12 Weekly Tournaments Will Send 12 Winners to the Big One in Vegas (Press Release)10th April 2007 In one of the biggest WSOP giveaways this year, PlayersOnly.com will award a total of $150,000 in prizes during the twelve weekly World Series Giveaway Tournaments that begin this weekend and continue through to the WSOP. Each Sunday, beginningThis arti… more » Categories: Casino News Fear forces millionaire poker champion to flee house10th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com FORMER world poker champion Joe Hachem has revealed concerns for his familys security have forced him to move house.
After a series of threatening telephone calls and letters, Mr Hachem, 41, was not willing to gamble with his f… more » Categories: Casino News One Word that Assures a Happy Marriage07th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com Dear Mark: Im hoping you can settle an on going discussion (argument) my wife and I have. When playing a video poker machine that pays even money for both a high pair and any two pair, she will keep both pair and draw one card.… more » Categories: Casino News WPT Enterprises Shuffles, Deals World Poker Tour to Game Show Network06th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com NEW YORK (AP) -- WPT Enterprises Inc. said Thursday it signed a licensing deal with Game Show Network LLC for the sixth season of its World Poker Tour television series.
WPT previously had an agreement with The Travel Channel L… more » Categories: Casino News NBC launches poker game05th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com NEW YORK – (PRESS RELEASE) -- NBC Sports, creator and owner of the successful NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship, today announced the launch of a videogame version of the popular televised tournament. Created in partnership w… more » Categories: Casino News Learn from car salesmen: Close the deal with the right bet while playing poker04th April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com There is a core skill that you need to master in order to do well at the poker table: the ability to sell. Figuring out the right amount to bet is one way to showcase this talent.
You see, being a great poker player is like bei… more » Categories: Casino News GSN Announces the Fourth Season of HIGH STAKES POKER03rd April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The best cash game of no-limit Texas Hold em on television, HIGH STAKES POKER (HSP), will tape its fourth season in Las Vegas in May it was announced today by Rich Cronin, President… more » Categories: Casino News Casinos Fear Crackdown On Poker Machines02nd April 2007 http://www.casinobuzz.com ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The dawn of state-licensed casinos has prompted concerns that police will increase enforcement of laws against poker machines.
Many of Pennsylvanias 3,100 private clubs have long relied on revenue from illegal… more » Categories: Casino News Poker Source Online02nd April 2007 Its been a few months coming, but Poker Source Online is finally rolling out the next installment of its Poker League. While there have only been a handful, the leagues have been a great source of bonding for the PSO community. There exists amongst the… more » Categories: Casino News Random Number Generators flirt with eternity02nd April 2007 When does the random number generator stop and determine your outcome on a slot machine? Is it with the first coin, or when the player spins the reels?This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsCraps Tips | Craps: How to Play | Casino Stories: The Loser more » Categories: Casino News Milking the Pair02nd April 2007 For years I have always played a low pair before the flop, but on one of the television poker shows they said that wasnt always smart, yet they didnt give a detailed reason why. What are your thoughts of playing a low pair, such as 2s or 3s?This article… more » Categories: Casino News Shufflin off to Pyramids and Deep Caves02nd April 2007 I consider myself your typical blackjack player, out there to have some fun, and like you always say in your column, only spend the money that I can afford to lose. But lately it seems Im losing more money at blackjack, and I think it is due to continuou… more » Categories: Casino News Random is Random02nd April 2007 ...depending on the maker of the video poker machine, the draw cards are either behind the first five dealt cards, or they are dealt right from the top of a deck...(more)This article is courtesy of Gaming NewsPoker - Let It Ride | Neteller officially una… more » Categories: Casino News |
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