Your Guide To Slots
Casinos introduced slot machines in a bid to keep wives entertained while their husbands were off doing some serious gambling. Things have changed somewhat in that slot machines now account for 70% of all casino revenue, equally popular with men and women. They prove so popular due to the instant wins they provide, the ease of …
Improve Your Poker Game
Poker is a game that continually evolves and unless you, the poker player, evolve with it you will be left behind and no longer be profitable. You should be always looking for ways that you can improve as a player and below are some of the key ways which you can do just that. There are …
Using Your Position In Poker
Poker is a game played with incomplete information as you do not get to see your opponent’s hole cards. In order to make a decision at the table you have to observe betting patterns, pay attention to the player’s image amongst other elements and then use this limited information to make an educated guess as …
World Cup 2010 Guide
The World Cup is now officially upon us and we thought it was worth a quick delve into the way the Groups and matches are laid out. Each team or country gets to play three games, so that they get to play each of the other three teams in their group. These groups …
In Poker Size Counts
One of the great things about no-limit Hold’em is you have the opportunity to make a bet of whatever size you would like. This gives you much freedom and also allows you to dictate the odds your opponents will be taking if they elect to call. Whilst I am an advocate for making standard raise sizes …
The Poker Gap Concept
The gap concept was first introduced by professional poker player and respected gambling author David Sklansky. It essentially states that a player needs to have a better hand to call a raise with than they would require to open the action with a raise themselves. The concept also shows that by calling a player only has …
Don’t Push It National Winner
The 2010 Grand National was won by Don’t Push It, who had odds of 25/1 preceding the day of the most prestigious horse race in the country. In order to win the Grand National a horse has to prove he has the stamina and skill to tackle four and a half miles of racecourse …
European Championship Of Poker
Paddy Power today announces the European Championship of Online Poker VI, scheduled from May 24th to June 6th 2010. ECOOP VI features fourteen tournaments and a guaranteed prizepool of $4.5 million. The latest iteration of the online festival also includes a ‘Mini’ series of tournaments with smaller buy-ins but substantial guarantees; the Mini ECOOP VI …
Poker Metagame
Metagame and metgaming are term you will often hear banded around by players of mid to high stakes poker when they are discussing how a specific hand played out. In short, metagame is a broad term used to describe when a player uses external influences in order to affect the game they are playing in. One …
2010 Grand National Guide
This year’s Grand National is set to be the best ever, it takes place at Liverpool’s famous Aintree course, on the 10th of April 2010. The ‘National’ is one of England’s most watched sporting events. On the day of the race, young, old and even those with little or no interest in horse racing will …