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The Casino Has The Only Safe Bet
Mar 24th
At one time, casinos were only present in certain specific locations, such as Las Vegas, Reno, the Islands, Monte Carlo, etc., and on cruise ships. The next major entrant into the casino locations was Atlantic City. Today, however, there are casinos in many, many locations. There are Native American/ Indian Casinos all over, some of which have become amongst the largest in the world. Now, even the casino cities have multiple competitors.
Cities such as Las Vegas, especially along the “Strip” have upscaled many of the hotels and made several others more family friendly. It used to be that the hotel rooms at casino hotels were relatively reasonably prices, and now, many of them have become quite expensive. So, why are casinos so very popular?
The odds of winning at a Casino have certainly not improved. Certainly, there are more governmental controls and authorities, and they are no longer dishonest and/or rigged. Yet, slot machines, which are the biggest profit center for a casino, set their machines at a certain, specific payout ratio, so that over time, each machine, as well as the machines as a whole, return a specific profit to the casino. In fact, casinos can predict the percentage profit they will make from their machines. That is why all the casino rewards programs value slots players far more than table players, because while table players may often play more money, the casino does not have the guaranteed return on the table games that it has on the machines.
Have you ever noticed that certain machines seem to payout more often? It is not your imagination, but a fact that many casinos set different machines at different payout ratios, and set machines located at certain specific locations to payout more often, so as to maximize the individuals that pass by to stop and be enticed. It is also a fact that certain casino table games are far more profitable to a casino than others. The odds at winning at roulette, wheel of fortune, etc., are far worse that at Craps or Blackjack. Casinos realize that each specific game has its own odds, and the casinos fully realize which ones pay off the best. Even in Craps and Blackjack, the Casinos odds and percentages are improved because of the number of players who play far less than perfect basic strategy, and thus improve the Casinos percentages.
Certain casinos have different rules for the same games. For example, the rules governing Blackjack in Puerto Rico are far less favorable to the player than they are elsewhere. In Puerto Rico, for example, the dealer begins the game by taking only one card, instead of the two taken in most casinos. By doing this, the dealer’s odds improve under certain circumstances. For example, in the scenario where the dealer is showing a card such as a 4, 5, or 6, the dealer will “bust” far less often when he must take two consecutive cards, than when he needs to only add one, because there is less statistical probability of a dealer dealing himself two consecutive high cards than only one.
If someone goes to a casino for recreation and to have a good time, and sets personal affordable spending limits, the casino experience can often be an enjoyable one. Those players who are enticed by the “comps” they receive because they gamble so much, and who believe it costs them nothing to go to a casino, the casino experience may sometimes prove economically ruinous to the individual. We should all remember that casinos are in business to make money!
Richard Brody has over 30 years consultative sales, marketing, training, managerial, and operations experience. He has trained sales and marketing people in numerous industries, given hundreds of seminars, appeared as a company spokesperson on over 200 radio and television programs, and regularly blogs on real estate, politics, economics, management, leadership, negotiations, conferences and conventions, etc. Richard has negotiated, arranged and/ or organized hundreds of conferences and conventions. Richard is a Senior Consultant with RGB Consultation Services, an Ecobroker, a Licensed Buyers Agent (LBA) and Licensed Salesperson in NYS, in real estate.
Richard Brody has owned businesses, been a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Development, as well as a consultant. Richard has a Consulting Website ( http://tinyurl.com/rgbcons ); a blog ( http://tinyurl.com/rgbstake ); and can be followed on Twitter.
A Beginner’s Online Craps Strategy
Mar 23rd
There are many reasons why people play craps at an online casino. The biggest (and probably the best) reason is the potential to win large amounts of cash in a very short period of time. While the strategy here is not going to win you huge amounts of cash, it will help you realise small, consistent wins online.
If you know the general rules and understand the game, you are in great shape to play online. If not, you need to start playing online and learn some of the different bets before you take your game to the next level. There are only two bets you need to play online when first starting out.
Start a game and place a pass line bet. Place $5 on the pass line and roll the dice. When your point is established, place your odds behind the line. For the purposes of this example, place $5 behind the line too.
Let’s say on the first, or “come out” roll, you established a point of nine (9), what this means is that you will need to roll a nine again, before the appearance of a seven, in order to win. While you are still learning the rules of the game, this is the only bet you need to make in craps when playing online, unless you want to be a bit more aggressive.
If so, play the field. What this means is that anytime a two, three, four, nine, 10, 11 or 12 is rolled, you win. Don’t play anything else until the online version of the game becomes a little more realistic in the natural appearance of sevens.
It doesn’t get any easier than the above two bets. Pass line with odds and throw in a field bet for “a little more action”. Keep in mind, while the field bet is one of the better bets online, it’s not one of the best bets in the brick and mortar casinos.
David Walker runs online casinos UK and free bets websites. A free email course: “Seven Days to Better Betting” is available at both of these websites.
Winning Big on Online Casino Gambling Sites
Mar 20th
If you know the mathematics behind gambling, you will most probably win big. This also goes with the online casino gambling sites. You might think that betting is all about luck, but in reality, each game depends on the rule of probability. So, what’s probability?
For most of us, learning the theory that governs gambling is quite daunting. Number itself is quite nauseating at first glance. And even more overwhelming when you have to play around numbers to see when and how you win the jackpot. Expert gamblers, unknowingly, apply the rules of probability every time they win in the casino. Practice, indeed, is the best teacher.
Probability, in simpler terms, is the possibility of getting the jackpot. You are always using probability every day and all of us have a knack at choosing the right guess. Although most of us consider it as luck, our correct choices are brought about by our innate ability to determine patterns. You simply have to sharpen this inborn mathematical ability to win big on online casino gambling. Here’s how probability is at work at casinos.
If you are playing on the classic slots, you will have to hit three similar patterns to win the jackpot. Let’s say that each roll contains three different patterns therefore the machine has at least 27 distinct combinations. This means that with each bet you only have 3% chance of winning. Although the likelihood of winning is so small, there is still a bright hope of winning maybe after your 27th try. If the slot machine requires $5 per bet against $5,000 jackpot prize, you will need to spend around $135 before you win the guaranteed pot. In case you win the jackpot, the net would only be around $4,800 which is great. However, you need to remember that the odds of winning remains at 3% no matter how many bets you make.
To make sure that you win out of gambling, you need to play games with higher probabilities of winning. Poker, for one, offers the highest probability. This is because you can control the flow of the game depending on the cards on-hand and on-deck. For long time players, computing the probability of each turn is quite simple but for starters this is quite a challenge. Remember that there are card suites which are superior over the others. If the cards on-hand is on the line of royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind and full house, the chances of winning rises to almost 90%. This high percentage will automatically guarantee you over the pot money. On the other hand, when your cards have poor combinations such as two pairs, one pair, and no pair, the probability plummets to almost nil. What’s great with poker is that you can pull out of the game anytime you realize that the chances are dwindling. This gives you an edge over the game itself thus your bankroll is not drained instantly. Since you are able to extend and play more rounds, you are increasing your chances of winning with each season.
Knowing probability will definitely turn gambling in your favor. It’s a must learn if you want to win big on online casino gambling sites.
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My Personal Gambling Strategy
Mar 19th
First off, I want to thank you for viewing this article and reading my ideas. Secondly if you don’t have $500 to $1,000 extra that you won’t miss, STAY OUT OF THE CASINO!!! I cannot stress that enough. Too many people rush in the casino and play on sacred money and what I mean by that is money that pays for their rent, utilities, child care, food, gas, and other necessities. If you can’t feed your kids on your paycheck seek assistance and open a savings account rather than being selfish and blowing your money on your gambling addiction. They rush in to play hoping they’ll hit something that will change their life and ultimately most will walk away disappointed and the few that actually do jackpot big usually do so because probability works and not because of some mystical, supernatural stuff, or systems. If God really wanted you to have more money I think he’d do so by getting you a better job and leading you to become a smart investor rather than getting you addicted to the hope of one big pay off.
I really am not a fan of those people who have websites out there that say things like “buy my system for $49.95″ and you’ll win big on your next visit to the casino or the ones that want to sell you insider secrets. I find it interesting that they never make it easy for you to contact the people on their testimonial section. If your “system” was as good as you claim it is then why charge for it? I’m putting myself on the line and not charging for my ideas and strategies and I’m giving it back to the world free of charge.
Ok now that that’s out of the way and you have $500 to $1,000 dollars extra to spend how can you maximize your bankroll? I have been playing for about 4 years now and never won anything impressive until I started playing the high denomination machines. I’m talking about the big boys that are anywhere from $2 a bet up to $25, $50, and even $100 per bet. Simply put if you play the higher stakes you will win more. This should be obvious but most people who go into a casino never do this. You’ll find your average player playing quarter, nickel, and penny slots. I can personally tell you that unless you hit a jackpot on a progressive machine on a max bet, don’t expect to walk out with more than a few hundred dollars at best. Most quarter machines on a jackpot on max bet pay out between $600 and $2500 dollars. That would be nice if you hit that on a max bet but the odds are not in your favor and they are literally astronomical. The only way you’ll walk out with a few thousand dollars is to play the high stakes and keep in mind that yes you could lose your money it is certainly possible. I’ve walked in with my $500 bank roll only to lose it all.
So here’s the guts of my strategy. I play $5 and $10 machines and I put in $100 and bet one until I’m over $100. Once I’m over $100 I max bet. If I get below $100 I bet one. It’s that simple. One thing that I noticed is that combinations like bar bar bar, bar bar game symbol, and game symbol 3bar 3bar, come up pretty often and you’re more likely to hit those combinations than you are a jackpot. Now let’s say you’re playing a quarter machine and you’re max betting and you hit bar bar game symbol and that pays 60. You have just won $15. Now if you were playing a $5 machine and max betting and hit the same combination 60 x $5 gives you a win of $300. On a $10 machine that would be $600. Now at this point you can walk with your winnings or keep playing but I recommend that if you’re not winning anymore walk away when you’ve lost half of what you’ve won. So if you won $300 and you lost $150 play another machine or go home. It should be obvious which machines you should be playing at this point. My best day was where I hit on three different machines, two $5 and a $2, and won $3800, $1200, and $1600. That’s $6600. Who walked out of the casino feeling more confident that day, the guy who won $80 on the quarter machine or the guy who made a nice profit off $200 on the $5 and $2 machines. Keep in mind that I walked in with $500 and only spent $200 to get there. But I’d be lying if I told you to expect that or that it happens all the time. It simply doesn’t. However you stand a better chance of making more money if you’re playing the high stakes. And if you check with most casinos payout records, you’ll find that a large portion of the payouts came from the high denomination machines which should be no surprise.
Now walking in and playing quarter machines or penny machines is awesome if that’s what you want to do with your $500. But if you’re looking to make some cash don’t be scared to take the risk and play the high stakes. Most people in the casino that I talk to complain about how they never win anything big and when I ask them if they play $5 or $10 machines they say “oh that’s too much money for me.” To quote Master Yoda “that is why you fail.” Now it does bother me that some people will read this and ignore the first thing I said and go out and play on money they can’t afford to lose. This is strictly for those who have the extra cash to spend and not for someone broke with their last $20 hoping to make their dreams come true. So once again if you don’t have and extra $500 to $1,000 that you won’t miss STAY OUT OF THE CASINO!!! Don’t be a selfish jackass and blow your paycheck or your child’s college fund trying to get rich quick. The odds are not in your favor and if you look at people who have won big jackpots, they didn’t manage the money well and eventually lost it all or spent it all. I think they call it the lottery curse or something like that. I could go on about money management but that’s another article. Good luck on your next casino trip and remember play on money that you won’t miss.
Bluffing Strategy For Texas Holdem
Mar 17th
Texas Holdem strategy can be learned easily, but you do need the experience. You see, it takes much more than knowledge of the rules and good Texas Holdem strategy to consistently walk away from the table a winner. You need to master all facets of the game to be a constant winner.
You need to be skilled at reading your opponents. You need to read their strategy, their faces, and their body language. You also need to know how to manage your bankroll, when to raise and how much you can afford to risk on your hand. You also need to be able to read the cards and predict your opponent’s hand.
With all the above-mentioned skills, you still need to be able to successfully bluff your opponent. This is very important when you need to drive out other players because you have a weak hand, and you don’t want them to hang around and catch some cards. If you can master this skill, you will become a very successful Texas Holdem player and regularly walk away a winner. Here are some rules I use when bluffing at my Texas Holdem table;
- 1) I need to know who my opponents are. If they are good or expert players, I should limit my bluffing because they usually can read a bluff. If they are inexperienced players, they may just keep calling.
2) If I can bluff on specific hands such as a flush or straight, I have a better chance at succeeding.
3) If I can make myself appear aggressive (but not stupid), I will have a greater chance at succeeding.
4) When all the players have checked on the previous betting round, I think this is a good time to bluff. If I should be re-raised, I would fold my bluff.
5) I rarely bluff a hopeless hand. I save this for the times I am against one or two opponents, and then only when I feel my opponent is playing extremely conservative. I can usually push an opponent hard in this situation. This works real well, even if I get caught if my opponent calls me and I have a strong hand.
I have only mentioned some of the strategies needed to be a winning Texas Holdem player. I would encourage you to find more resources and try to master your strategy. You need a complete strategy, just as your favorite sports team does. They could not win without a complete game plan, and neither can you.
Good Luck!
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