Tricks and Tips for those Games of Chance and Rare Skill – Poker, Blackjack, etc.

Everybody loves games right? And everybody also loves to earn money! So why not put the two together and turn your hobby into a profitable one? There are many ways to do so, some better than others but it is a good idea to keep your mind open to the many possibilities of making money [...]

The Hambletonian goes off in just a matter of minutes as I write this. Normally I don’t go for harness racing – I don’t understand it the way I understand thoroughbred racing. What’s particularly interesting this year are the two favorites. The current favorite is a horse named “Classic Photo”, going off at 6-5. The [...]

Poker has become so popular that there are actually tournaments offering college scholarships to those who play. There is actually a College Poker Championship. I really don’t think people under 21 need any more encouragement to play than the heavily edited displays of people winning millions of dollars in highstakes poker on TV. What I [...]

I cant believe a week slips by and I don’t write anything about Afleet Alex. I did have Alex picked to win, but it’s easy for me to say 2 days after the race has run. Trust me, though, I did. In case you missed a picture of Scrappy T nearly crushing Afleet Alex, there’s [...]

No, I hadn’t picked Giacomo to win, nor did I pick the other horse to come in second. a 50-1 and a 72-1 coming in 1-2 just doesn’t happen in ways you can predict, as the $9,800 exacta showed. To my knowledge and 15+ years of going to the track that’s the largest exacta payoff [...]

The 131st Kentucky Oaks runs on Friday, and the 130th Kentucky Derby goes off this Saturday. Naturally, Bellamy Road is the favorite at the Derby, what with a blistering Beyer number of 120 in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct last April. Nick Zito is the trainer and of course he’s no slouch. Bandini is picked [...]