Raising the Limits on Blackjack in Colorado
July 31, 2008
(OPENPRESS) July 31, 2008 — Gambling is legal in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek, Colorado. The casinos in these historic towns depend on gambling dollars from tourists and locals to survive.
But under the current gaming rules, a gambler may only wager a maximum of $5 per bet on the blackjack table. It is nearly impossible to beat the house over the long haul under these conditions. Why? The slight edge the house enjoys every time a player makes a bet, even as the player is employing the best blackjack strategy, will ultimately wear the player down.
Arguably, the best chance one has to win any significant amount of money, while limiting the downside, is to bet progressively with house money as one starts to beat the dealer. If one is lucky enough to win several hands in a row, the number of chips on the table in front of a player can suddenly escalate.
There are various strategies for managing the way one bets, however, though one thing is certain: Play the same amount every hand over a long period and the time spent pursuing profit will hardly have seemed worth it.
Online Casino William Hill Has Big Progressive
July 31, 2008
There are many progressive jackpots online these days. They offer huge sums of money to any lucky player who can hit the correct sequence of symbols. This doesn’t happen all that often though, but neither does a progressive climbing into the million dollar range. You can bet when it does though, players flock to them like a moth to the flame.
Today, one of the UK’s biggest online gaming sites, William Hill, can boast having one of the nets biggest progressive jackpots!
The Clover Rollover mini-Bingo slot has surpassed the $2 million dollar mark and is just waiting to be won.
Canadian Players Being Hassled By The Man
July 31, 2008
Toronto police officers raided more private poker games recently, charging over 50 participants from four separate locations with either keeping a common gaming house or being found playing in one. From the raids, Toronto police obtained over $12,000 in cash from the players and $23,000 in gambling equipment. All the raids took place in commercial locations, in sports bars and industrial units.
This series of raids follows an earlier series which took place in November of last year. At that time, police charged over 60 individuals with assorted gambling violations.
Poker champ in Oroville Saturday for benefit tournament
July 31, 2008
OROVILLE — World Series of Poker Champion Jerry “The Shadow” Yang will be participating in a poker tournament to aid local fire victims Saturday afternoon at Gold Country Casino.
Yang’s wife Susan’s family lives in the greater Oroville area.
The benefit tournament provides a dream come true for regional poker fans: To meet and compete against the reigning World Champion of Poker, while helping the community as well.
Those wishing to participate can sign up by calling 538-4560 and asking for the poker department.
Gold Country Casino has in the past hosted poker royalty such as Mike Sexton, Kenna James, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Marcia Wheeler, Robert Williams III and many others. Its experience in celebrity participation tournament play should guarantee all will run smoothly.
The soft-spoken Yang, 40, of Temecula, was born in Laos and immigrated to the United States. He graduated from Loma Linda University with a degree in psychology and has been working in the field ever since.
Top 10 Non Poker Books for Poker Players
July 31, 2008
I have a theory. Maybe just a hunch. Call it wishful thinking even. But I believe better people make better poker players. Certainly, a sociopath might have an advantage where aggression is concerned. However, when we think about long-term success across a decades-long career, poker longevity can only truly be achieved by those individuals who have their acts together.
Every poker book written by every poker expert will archly discuss the importance of such personal attributes as patience, self-discipline, psychological control. Yet, few, if any, teach you how to acquire those traits.
“My wife would catch me playing Internet blackjack at 4 a.m.”
July 30, 2008
WASHINGTON – Ever since he was very young, Sean G. used to drive the 275 miles between Los Angeles and Las Vegas to gamble. But when he started to gamble online, his bets – and losses – went out of control.
His initial $10 and $50 bets moved to $100 bets, and he ended up betting between $1,000 and $2,000 a week, said the Los Angeles resident, who was interviewed on the condition that he would not to be publicly identified.
“I started winning and I thought I could do that all the time,” said 39-year-old Sean. “When I lost, I didn’t get scared because I thought I could still beat it, …but it didn’t take long to take out of control.”
World Poker Tour(R) Hits India
July 30, 2008
WPTE 0.87, +0.04, +4.8%) and ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited announced that the World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) television series will air on Zee Sports, India’s first private sports channel, this September. Zee Sports is the flagship sports channel of Zee Network, the largest media franchise serving the South Asian Diaspora and the largest producer of Hindi programming in the world.
“Zee Sports and WPTE together create a powerful partnership as the most trusted vehicles to introduce poker to India,” said Steve Lipscomb, WPT Founder, President and CEO. “We are delighted to be making history together.”
Zee Sports will exclusively broadcast nineteen two-hour WPT Season IV episodes in India. Zee Sports will promote the WPT series on-air and online through its website www.zeesports.co.in. It will broadcast the episodes alongside current sports programming such as football, cricket, tennis, motor sports and golf. The series is scheduled to begin airing in September.
Watch Kansas City man win $831,462 in poker
July 30, 2008
Kansas City’s Grant Hinkle won $831,462 in a regional World Series tournament in Vegas last month, more money than you or I will make in, well, let’s not even go there.
You can watch how Grant did it tonight on ESPN at 7 p.m. You can also see the promo for the event right below. Grant is in the green button-down shirt.
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