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

There is an aspect of poker making it ominously similar to bridge. Your bet, just like your bid in bridge, is intended to say something about your hand to your opponents. Of course you want to make your opponent only think that his hand is better than yours. All the while he’s trying (and failing) [...]

There’s no surer way to screw up a moderate start in hold ‘em than to try to draw to an inside straight. Well, there is a surer way, and that’s to start with a crap set of cards, but I’ll get back to that in a second. If you start with 10J, and the flop [...]

A lot of counters think the continuous shuffling machines are the bane of life’s existence. To hear some tell it they’re worse than pit bosses. But a smart counter would investigate the math of the machines before they make a decision. And oddly enough, the reason you don’t want to play at a table with [...]

The World Poker Tour starts ups are happening. The Mirage Poker Showdown happens this May, spanning the 9th through the 26th. Downside? You must be an MGM/Mirage Player’s Club Member (and yes, I am, have been for 11 years now). Not a biggie though since they want you to sign up so they can track [...]

I recently wrote that card counters can be barred from playing in Vegas. Anywhere in Nevada, actually. And if you don’t move you’ll be arrested for trespassing. Ken Uston was involved in a court case with an Atlantic City casino that required New Jersey not bar anyone for their skill. (In Nevada, you can actually [...]

I was poking around some sites and I was practicing a little card counting (always work on those card counting skills!!!!!!!!) and I came across the blurb about how Nevada casinos can toss anyone for any reason, blah blah blah. But then it hit me. That’s a state law. I’m not in Nevada. Have I [...]

I’m not really an expert at poker. I prefer a good game of blackjack, to be honest. And if I’m really looking to win money I’ll go bet on the horses – after all, how often can you regularly bet 12-1 at the casino? But we all know poker is freaking everywhere. It’s like renting [...]

By Iulia Pascanu Sheldon Adelson, founder and owner of Las Vegas Sands (LVS), won $690 million on December 15 2004, in the most profitable initial public offering (IPO) in the American gaming industry. Las Vegas Sands is the company that owns the Venetian Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip and Sands Resort in [...]

Boston Herald Reports (3/29/05): Hold’Em Poker, meet the Massachusetts State Lottery. State lottery officials today will unveil a new scratch ticket – one that aims to capitalize on the Texas-sized-and-styled poker craze sweeping the country. This $10 scratch ticket comes with a big twist – a Hold’Em Poker tournament in which hundreds of players will [...]