Poker and inexplicable situations
It is quite often difficult to believe that few people can follow you with nothing but it is certainly truer on Internet. When you play poker on Internet, most of the time you are disappointed and you don’t believe that people can call you with these kinds of cards. I will tell you some stories which happen on online poker website and when it happen to you, you are quite pissed off.
Peter is a poker player on internet and he doesn’t play at any other game than cash game. The other day, he was playing at a table of 8 players, a current tournament in poker, you just need to find some people they are playing and you can play poker with them. Anyway, the dealer serves the cards; Peter received a King and a 10 same suit (heart). Peter raised. The other players called and the last one raise 20 Euros more. For Peter, this attitude is quite stupid and he knows that the player is a beginner. Anyway, everyone called so; it was no point to do it. The flop
7- K- 3
Everyone check and it is peter’s turn! He decides to go all in. Everyone folded except the beginner. Peter is not worry and said that the beginner will fold. But, unfortunately, the player is calling him, a pot of 2000 Euros. The cards are turned and the other player as an Ace and a 2. Of course, the beginner player won and Peter is completely mad. He asked him why he played with nothing, the other player said because he just wanted. Peter couldn’t believe it. Peter was so pissed off after that, and he hate form now, to play poker online on the French website because most of the players play like that and do not know the rules of poker.
A lot of complaints about online poker, it is the fact that a lot of players think that at the beginning, they have a lot of good hands, when they start to play but after a while the cards are not so goods and if you credit your account you get quickly a better game. A lot of players think that the online poker is rigged and don’t believe in it anymore.
Other case: A player received an ace and a king with different suit; she raised. Five others players called her. The flop appeared
Ace (heart) – queen (heart) – 10 (club)
She raised again and 3 others players called her. She suspected someone to get the straight.
Ace (heart)- queen (heart)- 10 (club) + ace (club)
She said in her mind that why not but preferred to check; someone raised again. She called but she knew that someone got a straight. So, it left 3 players.
Ace (heart)- queen (heart)- 10 (club) + ace (club) + 3 (heart)
She folds the others players kept raising.
player 1: he has a straight Jack+ king
Player2: he has a flush jack and 4 of heart
Player 3: he has a full house: Ace + queen
Me, I have a three of the kind.
Have you seen that before?
Let’s Go to War – Casino War!
Ever thought about waging war on a casino, we have once or twice when our luck has been out and we have blamed the casino instead of our own stupidity. But what about the game Casino War? This game is based on the game of “War” we played as children. It is the simplest form of card game ever thought of and adults are loving it. They are making wagers, winning, and jaded gamblers are playing it to get back some of the inner-child they may have lost. It offers you a fresh look at playing for money, keeping it simple and essentially going back to basics. So, let’s go to war – Casino War!
The object of the game is for the player to win all the cards, there are two players in the game and they each get half a deck of cards. In the instance of playing at an online casino for money, the player has half a deck and the casino or banker has the other half, so you are playing against the casino. Cards are held face-down and the top card is turned over first.
Once this card has been turned over, the player with the higher card wins and keeps the losers card. When the value of the cards is the same, you don’t shout “Snap”, this is when you go to WAR. Each player places three cards face down and one card face-up. The player with the highest face-up card wins the pack of four. This continues until all the cards have been won by one player and they are the winner of the game.
Casinos and players themselves have created many variations of this game and a well know variant is played with 36 cards, it is a Russian innovation called P’yantisa or Drunkard.
Casino War is obviously the grown up variant and can only be played by adults as it is played for money. Instead of keeping the cards on a win round, the player wins money and in the casino they play with shoe of six decks.
As it is a simple game and only involves a dealer and a player it has transitioned to internet casinos brilliantly. Casino War makes the perfect card game for new online players and has in fact grown in popularity online at an unprecedented rate. Any online casino with a good reputation will offer this game.
It is fast paced, exciting, addictive (be warned) and offers a low house advantage which makes it potentially profitable for online casino card game fans. It appeals to a wide range of punters and it is the simplicity of the game which makes it so engaging. Casino War is played on a Blackjack-like table and pitting your luck against the random number generator which is the casino, is pretty much what playing this game online is all about – luck! To the Victor the spoils; or so the saying goes and you will find this game at Betfair as well as other online casinos, so have fun, there isn’t a lot of strategy or skill needed to have a blast playing this game.
Online casino : Another way of winning big jackpots
Online casino is a new kind of gambling, a way of winning easily money in a wonderful and funny atmosphere. It offers all the games that are available in land based casino. Unlike its competitors, it offers almost a new experience of playing at anytime and wherever you are even if you like poker, baccarat, live roulette, blackjack or another kind of casino game. Competitive with highly relevant content in terms of offers as jackpots and bonuses, online casino give a real satisfaction to players face to such a proposal. Without boasting, therefore, playing in an online casino is a very interesting solution for those who want to play without making a trip to a land based casino. Online casinos also allow a quick and discreet access to the various games that are usually offered in traditional casinos. Not to mention the safety aspect, very important in the present times: with the techniques and current technology, the registration and transfers is completely safe and without risks.
Card counting: strategy or cheating?
Blackjack is a very popular game with a lot people and it has been around in the casino for as long as we can remember. Particularly in the last 30/40 years the game has developed itself into a modern source of entertainment. However, not all the developments have been entirely positive. Cheating is not highly advisable, because if you get caught you may be banned from the (online) casino for the rest of your life. On the other hand: it wouldn’t do any harm to inform yourself about all the cheating techniques, because that knowledge might be useful if you become a victim of collusion yourself.
Sometimes there is a very thin line between cheating and using a strategy. For instance, many blackjack players have adopted methods of card counting, which has always been subject to discussion. Card counting is not forbidden by law. Courts have ruled that card counting is an allowable strategy as long as you are using your own head. Special software or other aides are not permitted.
Casino’s are no big fans of card counting and they treat everyone who is more clever than the bank with suspicion. Sometimes they even through card counters out, despite the law.
Baccarat becoming the game in Macau
The Asian gambling capital Macau is reporting a steep and steady growth in the gambling sector. The 33 casinos that were registered in Macau by the end of 2010 achieved together a 33-percent jump in gambling revenues with baccarat proving to be by far the most popular game. The main casino operator in Macasu is Socieadade de Jogos de Macau; one of the casinos is owned by the Vegas-based Wynn Resorts and MGM Grand Paradise. Lotteries and racing (horses and greyhounds) accounted for just 0.6 percent of the total revenue. Macau is in the focus of wealthy high rollers who also fell in love with baccarat, by the way, the favourite casino game of James Bond.
Barona Resort & Casino giving away a a 595k jackpot
Barona Resort & Casino awarded a female player from Carlsbad (on the Pacific coast in California) a 595k jackpot. The lucky woman played around with a themed slot machine called Marilyn Monroe. The win makes a really good Christmas present and the jackpot is the biggest awarded by the casino in the current season. Barona Resorts & Casino boasts about 2000 games, including a wide variety of slot machines, video poker, poker, roulette and chipless varieties of the most popular games. The venue has been awarded the coveted AAA Four Diamond, which speaks about a high standard of customer services, quality of goods and amenities and basically everything that has something in common with an unforgettable visitor experience.
Daniel Negreanu finishing 9th at the APPT
Daniel Negreanu made another big appearance over the weekend, this time showing up in Sydney for the Asian Pacific Poker Tour event. Finishing only ninth, the game earned him a good prize and was not bad at all, although he wasn’s as lucky as he might have been in the past. His failure to seize the ultimate prize opened a way for a 22-year old Australian player Jonathan Karamalikis who took home $454,304 whilst Negreanu went away with $36,002. No women featured in the final table this time. Karamalikis was seen last year at the WSOP where he finished on the 446th notch.