Archive for March, 2006

Defining a Good Online Poker Room

Excerpted with permission from “Internet Gambling: How to Win Big Online Playing Bingo, Poker, Lotto, Slots, Sportsbetting and Much More.”  Copyright Blackdog & Leventhal, 2006.
Just as there are key facets indicative of a great online casino, quality online poker rooms have specific features that can help you to determine if the room is worthy of [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Slots Reviews: Online and Off

This series of articles reviews some of the newer slots versions offered to casino players online and land-based casinos.
We begin with 3 reviews for slots found online.
1) Kathmandu
This new release from Microgaming offers a distinctly exotic theme.
A 5 reel, 9-payline video slot that captures the adventure of faraway places with stunning graphics of distant mountain [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Craps: To Hedge or Not to Hedge

Spend some time at the craps tables and you will see and hear a host of hedges, the most common of which are hedges that increase or decrease your chances of winning or losing on the Pass Line. But are hedges really worth it?
A classic craps hedge consists of utilizing one bet to offset another [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Craps: Pre-Set the Dice

Imagine the two dice are rotating on a horizontal axis at the same time. If they stay straight and continue rotating, the numbers on the right and left sides of each die will never show.
If you set, grip and throw them properly, you should only see the numbers that are on the vertical axis.
There are [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Get Your Share of Online Casino Bonuses

All casinos, be they terrestrial or online, are in a constant struggle to attract new players while at the same time keeping the ones they already have.
Land-based casino do this in any number of ways, such as offering free rooms, show tickets, inexpensive buffets and of course cash rewards.
Online casinos, on the other hand, don’t [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Video Poker: Get the Most Out of Double Bonus Poker

There is no one perfect strategy for video poker. When we check our online gaming options and finds a game with a higher than usual payoff on flushes, we must adjust our strategy to maximize flush opportunities.
In a game that pays a big bonus on four Aces, we’ll sometimes ignore other potential winners to make [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Why Single Deck Games are Better for Players

Why is a single deck game better for the player than a multiple deck game?
I must get asked that question at least once a week because the reason isn’t very obvious to most blackjack players. But one of the major reasons is simply due to the fact that you will be dealt more blackjack hands [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Poker: Game Selection

Many players agree that game selection is one of the most important concepts in playing winning Poker.
It is also the one that is most often overlooked by most players. There is an adage that says, “You don’t have to be the best poker player in the world. You just have to be better than the [...]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006