Poker – How to host a home game By Kevin Bright
So you’ve decided you want to host a home game and battle the night out with your buddies, well how do you start? There are specific items for specific games here we will discuss the generalize needs as ...
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Gambling Comps 101 or The Ask Game By D. Ebert
Gambling Comps 101 or The Ask Game
I don't know who did it or when it happened, but someone shortened the word complimentary to comp and made it an industry standard.
In casino language, comps are cash or gi...
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How To Extend Your Stay & Play At A Casino By D. Ebert
How To Extend Your Stay & Play At A Casino
If you decided to build a new home, would you start construction without first developing a plan or blueprint? Or would you begin a new business without having a business plan?...
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The Truth Behind The Limits: What Minimum and Maximum Bets Are About By Bill Edge
Have you ever thought about the reason behind the existence of minimum and maximum bets? The truth is simple: casinos want your money. As simple as that. So they restrict your possibilities to win.
It was in 1654 that Antoine Chevalier ...
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Why All the Excitement Over Poker? By Tom Howze
Poker's new upsurge in popularity in is due to televised
showings of championship poker tournaments, such as The World
Poker Tour and The World Series of Poker. This has resulted in
millions of people all over the world playing either online or
...
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World Series of Poker Mania By Tom Howze
The popularity of the World Series of Poker gained tremendousmomentum from The Travel Channel's World Poker Tour showings. Although the event had been showing for a number of years on ESPN, when new technologies such as the table cam...
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Poker Online Freeroll Tournaments By Tom Howze
Poker online freeroll tournaments are a huge way to leverage a player's way into major tournaments and to win big money at no cost to the player. Casinos and poker rooms offer them to reward active players and to recruit new ones. Generally by p...
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Online Poker Gambling Sees Tremendous Growth By Tom Howze
Online poker gambling at casinos and poker rooms is one of the fastest growing forms of wagering on the Internet. Fueled by the televised tournaments seen on Travel Channel's World Poker Tour, ESPN with the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and...
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World Poker Tour -- The Beginning of a Phenomenon By Tom Howze
World Poker Tour high stakes poker tournaments started a revolution in the way the game is viewed, enjoyed, followed and played. Even though the World Series of Poker had been televised for years before the World Poker Tour (WPT), the game of po...
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Online Poker Tournaments -- Time to get aboard By Tom Howze
Online poker tournaments are skyrocketing in popularity due to reasons ranging from low buyins into major tournaments for a fraction of their usual cost to those who do not live within driving distance of a land based poker room. (And of course ...
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Hometown Officiating in NFL Games - I watched all four of the wildcard games this weekend and one thing that stood out was the fact that there were a lot more penalties called against the visiting...
Hometown Officiating in NFLGames - I watched all four of the wildcard games this weekend and one thing that stood out was the fact that there were a lot more penalties called against the visiting...
Avoiding Slot Hypnosis - Several weeks ago I conducted a poll asking players to disclose the length of their average playing sessions. Twenty five percent of those that responded said they played for more...
Who Will Win the NFL Wild Card Weekend - The NFL playoffs are beginning with Wild Card weekend on Saturday. A few months ago the Giants were not favored to repeat from last year but know they are favorites...
Encore Opens at Bargain Prices - Despite the bad economy and the fact that casino business on the Las Vegas Strip is down, The Encore opened on Monday. The Encore is the newest Steve Wynn property...
Resolve to Play Smarter and Have Fun - A New Year is here already. It seems like only a few months ago we were ringing in 2008 with much joy and anticipation, now we can't shuffle it...
Foxwoods Introduces Rolling Chips Comp Program - Last week Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut became the first casino in the United States to offer the Rolling Chip comp policy to high rollers. The Rolling Chips program, which is...
Blackjack Speed Count Book and DVD Now Available - Several years ago I attended a blackjack seminar to learn how to count cards using the Speed Count method. I wrote in my review that it was the easiest card...
Twas The Night In The Casino - I have always enjoyed the holiday poem "A Visit from St Nick" commonly known as "Twas Night Before Christmas" by Clemet Moore. Over the years there have been many...
Casinos Need Lessons in Risk Management - In the last few weeks I have read articles about three different casino companies that have missed, or are late on their bond payment to investors. Trump, Herbst and...