Gambling strategy Blog

When it comes to playing the slots there really is no strategy. How can there be when the odds of the game are stacked against players? No matter what you do, you are destined to lose over the long run in a direct proportion to how long, how often, and how much you play.

Every slot player is bound to “get lucky” once in a while. It’s knowing how to take advantage of luck and how to properly manage your money during both hot and cold streaks that separates smart slot players from the players who fall victim to casino marketing propaganda.

Last week I offered some general tips about how to be the best slot player you can be. The tips cannot help you win but they can help you when you do win. Today I will delve into specific tips for playing video poker and the multi-line video slots.

Video poker is in a class by itself in the genre of “electronic gaming devices.” Unlike their traditional reel and video slot cousins, long-term success on video poker is dependent upon strategy to a large degree, although there is no doubt luck also comes into play. Just as in kitchen and poker room games, if you are not dealt the cards there’s not much you can do.

Learn basic poker strategy before you play video poker. You can make a real science out of the game by learning the variations in strategy depending on the game you are playing and the pay table you are working with. As with all games in which strategy is a factor, you can make video poker as simple or as complicated as you wish.
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Whether you admit it or not, you know you’re just waiting for new Madden cover boy Vince Young to fuck up this season.
In case you don’t know it yet, Madden cover boys ALWAYS fuck up in the same year they decided to become the cover athlete of the somewhat cursed video game franchise, Madden NFL Football. And with Vince Young gracing this year’s Madden game, that probably means he’ll fuck up this coming 2007-08 NFL football season.
With that said, check this out. Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young was BENCHED for the very first time in his career since making his first start with the team as a rookie last Saturday when they lost to the Washington Redskins, 14-6, in their preseason opener.
For some reason, Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher decided not to play the explosive second-year quarterback despite the clamor for him by the fans who paid tickets just to see the young phenom.
Last Saturday was suppose to be the first time they’ll be seeing Vince Young play on the football field again since leading the Tennessee Titans to an 8-8 record in his rookie year last season. Yep, they were anxious to see how much did the Longhorn legend improved in the offseason. Thanks to Fisher, all they saw was…

So, what about Boston’s Daisuke Matsuzaka? Do they consider him white too?
He he… Yep, there’s now a study that reveals MLB baseball umpires call strikes more for Caucasian pitchers than they do African. This is a study conducted by a team of one Daniel Harmermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas. (Who probably doesn’t know squat about baseball…)
Hamermesh’s team analyzed the calls on about a whopping 2.1 million pitches thrown in the Major League between the 2004 and 2006 MLB baseball seasons.
Controlling for all other outside factors, such as the pitcher’s tendency to throw strikes, the umpires’ tendency to call strikes and the batter’s ability to attract balls, researchers found evidence of same-race bias, and the data revealed that the bias benefits mostly white pitchers.
After all, 71 percent of MLB baseball pitchers are white while a whopping 87 percent of the umpires are… yep, white too.
The highest percentage of strikes were called when both the home-plate umpire and pitcher were white, and the lowest percentage were called between a white ump and a black pitcher.
Also according to the study, minority umpires judged…

Yep, New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi is a SNITCH.
For all ya’ll who don’t know, Jason Giambi was one of many who used steroids in hopes of someday, becoming the next Barry Bonds and have all sorts of home run records on that diamond.
Well, the New York Yankees star confessed to all them steroids use, hell, he even helped the league in tracking down all the other MLB baseball players who use the illegal performance-enhancing drug.
And because of his somewhat insincere assistance to the league, (probably to save his own ass…) MLB commissioner Bud Selig won’t be slapping Giambi any disciplinary action whatsoever in this 2007 MLB baseball season for his steroids use.
”It’s over and done with. I’m thrilled with it. He did what he needed to do, now I can go forward,” Jason Giambi said. ”I can go forward and not hurt the ballclub with a suspension.”
Commissioner Bud Selig said, ”he’s doing a lot of public-service work, and I think that’s terribly important. I think it’s more important for…”

You read it, as great as they claim the NBA is, Team USA can’t seem to win in these international basketball tournaments.
And with the 2007 FIBA Americas tournament ready to kick off by August 22, it sure looks like we’ll see more of the same as far as the fabled Team USA is concerned. THAT being coming up with good starts to the tournament only to lose BIG TIME in the end.
Why? Get this, Team USA probably lost three key guys who might probably carry the United States off what has been an era of disappointing international runs.
After already losing the overall No.1 draft pick Greg Oden and Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier from playing with the team for the FIBA Americas tournament in late August, the United States lost Kirk Hinrich after the fiery Chicago Bulls guard pulled out for personal reasons.
Kirk Hinrich played in all nine games for the United States in last year’s world championships, starting three of them. He is probably the most consistent ”true point guard” to play for the team then and with his withdrawal from the FIBA Americas tournament, Team USA could very well be in a whole lot of trouble.
Well, they do still have triple-double monster point guard Jason Kidd and of course…

As of press time, Daunte Culpepper looks good. Very very good.
Coming to the brand new 2007-08 NFL football season, it seems the Oakland Raiders may have finally found the solution to their problems at the quarterback position.
With overall No.1 draft pick JaMarcus Russell STILL refusing to sign with the team, it looks like Daunte Culpepper can still play good enough to have Raider Nation forget about Russell’s Elway-like arm and win a couple of games for a change. Well, it’s still early but that’s what it looks like the past few days anyway.
Daunte Culpepper, since arriving in Oakland, has shown signs of brilliance back when he was the explosive Minnesota Vikings quarterback who once led the league with 39 touchdowns, while piloting the Raiders offense. And with JaMarcus Russell holding out, Culpepper can very well be the answer, hell, the Raiders doesn’t have much of a choice anyway.
JaMarcus Russell costs more than $30 million in guarantees. Yep, such is the price for quarterbacks taken in the first round. And if the Cleveland Browns had a rather difficult time signing Notre Dame Fighting Irish quarterback Brady Quinn, you can just imagine what the Oakland Raiders have been dealing with since they drafted this guy.
But figure this, if Daunte Culpepper did turn out to be…

If everyone was as honest as you and me, we would never have to worry about safety. Unfortunately when ever there is money involved you are bound to run into some dishonest people. At the casino there are a lot of players walking around with large amounts of money and this can cause some problems. The casinos do their best to protect the players and themselves for the criminal element with the surveillance cameras and a large security force but we must also take it upon ourselves to help insure our own safety. Here are ten simple and practical tips that you can do to help insure your personal safety and the safety of your hard earned money. Continue reading »

We have all watched poker tournament television and seen some players make reads on their opponents that might have some of us wondering if they were indeed psychic. Two players will bet down to the river card and one will muck his hand with a comment that his opponent must be holding two specific cards and sure enough those are the exact two cards that the other player has. To many viewers it may almost seem supernatural but in essence it is one of the skills that separate the great players from their competition. Reading your opponents hand is one of the key skills that must be developed in order for a player to succeed in the higher limit games and tournaments.

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As humans we tend to have this predefined pattern of thinking that we already somehow won the game that we haven´t even played yet. You psyche yourself up to stay cool and confident, when you already have these preconceived ideas that you are special and that you hit the big jackpot already.

I remember every time I would buy a lottery ticket I would always pretend or really know that I wasn’t going to win. I mean what are my chances. Is God just looking right down at me and telling me I am the one?

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Yep, a fat Asian psychologist from Cali is the new 2007 WSOP champion.

Only started playing poker a couple of years ago, Jerry Yang, a psychologist from California, became the new Cinderella man of the WSOP after winning the 2007 World Series of Poker main event. He jumped from eight to first at the final table to win this year’s latest competition of poker greats. Well… sort of anyway… Heck, the guy has only been playing for two fucking years.

Jerry Yang took home a $8.25 million payday, beating the other seven players who were fortunate enough to get their asses planted on the final table. Of course, he got the coveted 2007 WSOP bracelet too.

Jerry Yang said, ‘’I study my opponents very carefully, and when I sensed something, when I sensed some weakness, I took a chance. Even if I had nothing, I decided to raise, re-raise, push all-in or make a call.’’

For a guy who’s already 39 years old, this Jerry guy sure talks like he’s Spider-Man, using that spider sense to win in poker. Did I mention he’s 39? The only thing he can sense accurately is probably the time to take a dump.

Yang, an ethnic Hmong immigrant from Laos (of all places…) had nearly the shortest stack of chips as the final nine poker players began playing at noon last Tuesday. It was ironic too, as he was literally the SHORTEST guy on the final table of the 2007 WSOP, standing at 5′3.’’

But just like a typical Jacky Chan movie, the Asian persevered against the towering foreigners who were probably THAT close from asking Yang for some sushi or something.