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

Picking out a screen name can be fun. You can pick a controversial name such as GoRedSox and have every New York poker player talking junk to you or you can pick a non-controversial name such as your pets name along with your pets image.
Nobody is going to start an argument with you because you [...]

Reading another online player takes time, you have to remember how players respond to certain actions. You have to play many rounds to see what kind of poker style people have. You don’t get the privilege of seeing their “poker face” so you have to pay very close attention to how people play. Most everybody [...]

There are many factors that need to be considered when you want to figure out if someone’s bluffing when you are playing online gambling games.  There are some methods that you can use to determine if someone is bluffing in the poker tournament.

Most online poker tournaments I play in have nine people at one table. [...]

If you and your buddies like to hang around at one of yours homes and just play a nice friendly game of poker well be forewarned. The police can and will arrest you for it. 16 friends in South Carolina got together to do just that and were in the middle of the game when [...]

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Address: 4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, Florida 33024
Phone: 866-2-Casino
Directions: Take I-95 to Stirling Road. Go West to State Road 7 (441). On the South West Corner of the intersection.
http://www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/hollywood/casino.shtml
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida with the famous “Hard Rock Cafe” blended [...]

According to a Reuters article published yesterday, the a House panel has cleared an anti-Internet gambling bill:
WASHINGTON – A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at stamping out the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by stopping businesses from accepting credit cards and other forms of payment.
The bill, cleared by voice vote in [...]

One of the things I like best about Party Poker is that you rack up Party Points with every hand you play — a lot like the comp dollars you earn in actual casinos.
I’m able to enter two or three Players Club tournaments weekly with my points, and in a good week I’ll actually [...]

Every poker player has his/her own system when it comes to which cards they’ll play and which they won’t during Texas Hold ‘em tournaments. That said, here are the nine starting hands I love the most:
AA
KK
QQ
These three are nearly invincible. I like to slow-play them, then go all-in and knock out other players. What [...]

Most casinos offer texas hold ‘em as poker, and occasionally you’ll see Omaha. There’s a version that’s also popular in many casinos known as Pineapple, which in a way splits the difference.
I have no idea if this has been shown on the poker tour, but here’s how it goes.
You’re dealt three hole cards (instead [...]

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 find [...]