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

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So you have decided to play at the World Series of Poker this year.  Great!  Good luck to you.  Now the next decision you make will be equally as important.  What event will you play?  Each year, people decide to travel out to Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker and get a [...]

Are you an avid Poker player?  Do you watch the poker reality TV shows?  Well, there are many new poker reality television shows cropping up all over.  Now is your chance to be involved in these shows. There are different requirements to submit an application and try to get on the show. The first step [...]

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 [...]

Once you get the hang of the odds of your hand actually coming through, you need to then work out the pot odds. The pot odds are not strictly statistical odds as much as they are a ration of the amount of money you stand to win versus the odds of your hand winning the [...]

Remember when I said not to play for the inside straight? That’s actually only true if you’ve never played for money before. If you’re a rank beginner. The best way to get past beginner, though, is to be able to calculate your hand odds. (I wouldn’t try bringing a calculator to the casino table, but [...]

I’m sure you already know the rankings of each hand. You know, Royal Flush beats a straight flush beats four of a kind beats a full house, etc. But you should be aware of the odds at hand. Consider this: You’ve got an A8. I have 99. The flop comes up A 8 9. You [...]

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’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 [...]

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 [...]