Multiple winning poker strategies

Posted by admin in Poker on July 13th, 2011 |  No Comments »

One of online poker’s biggest advantages over cardroom poker is the ability to play multiple tables at once. Try running between tables in a casino without winding yourself and annoying the other players.

Almost all online poker sites allow you to play at more than one table and/or tournament simultaneously, or you can open up multiple programs if you have money at more than one site. This serves to both gratify the impatient player’s need for constant action as well as the consistent winning player’s desire to increase his hourly win rate. However, before you dive into “multi-tabling” you should follow some simple guidelines to ensure that you play well despite dividing up your attention.

Firstly, and most importantly, is that you should probably employ a consistent and otherwise boring game strategy. If you like to open 3 or 4 windows at a time like I do, you won’t have much time for complicated moves and brilliant tactical plans. For starters, you won’t really be able to study the opponents at your table so you can’t make many adjustments based on their playing styles.

While playing multiple tables, you’ll mostly have to play your position and your cards. To stay focused, play in a consistent pattern and play usually play certain hands the same way. Fold your weaker and more speculative hands to save yourself difficult decisions on the flop. Players are much loose and less observant online (they’re probably playing multiple tables like you!) so you don’t have to worry about giving much of your strategy away.

My next piece of advice, and it should go without saying, is that you should pay attention to the table with the biggest monetary incentive. While that may seem obvious, sometimes I’ll open up a $1 Sit ‘n Go on the side to keep myself occupied in between hands at $2/4 No-Limit Hold’em table. The most that I can win at the SnG is a few bucks, yet I’ll sometimes find myself paying more attention to it when it gets down to the especially competitive stages. What I should be doing is paying attention to my main table, which can pocket me a few hundred dollars in a good session. If you play multiple tables, keep your attention where the money is or get out of the cheap game. If you are playing at tables of equal stakes, be sure to also divide your attention equally.

Finally, don’t overlook the technical aspects of multi-tabling. While some sites are beginning to offer options to tile tables, most still do not and that won’t help you if you’re playing on multiple sites. You want to arrange the tables on the screen so that the action buttons from different tables don’t overlap. It can be extremely frustrating (and costly) to try to click “Fold” and one table and have another table pop up at the last second, making you hit “Raise” on your 7-2 offsuit there instead. Turn up the resolution on your monitor to give more screen space to tables. If you’re serious about online poker, you might invest in a larger monitor and/or video card that can fit more onto one screen. You should also take advantage of the act-ahead “Fold” button to both speed up the game and save your attention for more pressing hands. Playing multiple tables can certainly be profitable for the winning online poker player – just be sure to do it right in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

European Roulette

Posted by admin in Roulette on May 9th, 2010 |  No Comments »

I don’t know about you, but I feel that there is an almost magical attraction to the roulette game – thrill and anticipation all revolving around one simple concept.  At the press of a button, a piece of this rotating action can be yours.

Let’s access some spinning fun at the game of European Roulette.  All the glamour of the popular roulette game has been rolled into an online attraction.  In this article, I will outline how this simple game works.

Roulette is believed to have evolved from a game in France in the seventeenth century and certainly has experienced some changes along the way.  Since its invention, roulette has become a popular form of entertainment and is now played around the globe.  I am sure that its creator, mathematician, Blaise Pascal, would be rather surprised, although proud, to see the online versions of the roulette game available today via the Internet.
 
Simplicity is the name of this game in my mind.  Based on chance – all you have to decide is upon which number to place your bet.  Give it a try.

The main aspect worthy of note in European Roulette is that the online table and wheel contain a single zero.  This game provides better odds than the American Roulette game which includes a double zero.  In the European version, there are 36 red and black numbered compartments and one section hosting a zero. 

How to Play
 
In European Roulette, bets are placed in the betting area of the roulette table next to the roulette wheel.  The small ball is then released into the dial and the roulette wheel begins to spin.  Once the roulette comes to a standstill, the ball settles in one of the numbered spaces and winnings, if any, are paid out accordingly.  It is as simple as that!

College Basketball Betting

Posted by admin in Betting on March 29th, 2010 |  No Comments »

It would be a grave mistake to assume that a team with an average record is playing for nothing. Many teams play hard throughout the season, because they have a shot at the NCAA tournament even if they are low in the conference. Another fallacy that kills sports bettors is betting NCAA basketball like it’s the NBA. You have to remember that NCAA basketball is comprised of young adults, typically 18-21. Most don’t possess the ability to perform at a high level, to think under pressure and to rise to the occasion against all odds.

While colleges fill their basketball teams with the best talent they have available, that does not mean the team will have even one really good player. Some programs out there are just plain bad. Only a small sample of players at the college level will be drafted by the NBA. Most are just street balers going through their college years. College basketball players are more susceptible to emotional swings than NBA players. For this reason, you must pay attention to any recent news and events swirling around the team.

For those that don’t already know, college basketball works on the spread system. For example, let’s say you have UCLA playing at Duke and Duke is -8. You have two options. You can take Duke and lay the 8 points, which means Duke must win by more than 8 for you to win—8 is a tie and only wins on some parlay cards. Your other option is to take UCLA and the 8 points. As long as UCLA win or does not lose by more than 7, you win. If they lose by 8, you tie.

College basketball betting also features the totals line. Not every game played will have a totals line at every sports book. The totals line is the total number of points scored by both participants at an event. For example, if the totals line was 130, you could bet the over or the under. Take the over and you want both teams to combine for 130 or more points. Take the under and you want both teams to combine for 130 or fewer points. Totals lines in college basketball can be both profitable and tricky at the same time.

Card Poker Strategy

Posted by admin in Poker on October 27th, 2009 |  No Comments »

Rather than competing against other players, you are competing against the dealer. You need a better hand than the dealer (and at least a pair) to win. Each of you is dealt three cards, and the cards are shuffled after each hand. Because there are fewer ways to make a straight with 3 cards than a flush, straights rank higher. Aces are high or low.

You can make two bets: the Ante and the Pair Plus. The Ante is the fee charged to you for playing the hand. The Pair Plus is your bet that you will get a hand with a pair or higher. You don’t have to make both bets, but you do at least have to bet the Ante to stay in the game.

You ante when you put your bet on the game table’s Ante spot. Both you and the dealer are dealt three cards face down. Your next decision? Are these cards good enough for you to bet or should you fold? Fold and lose the ante. Bet and you place your bet that equals the ante in the game table’s Play spot. Win and you get the Ante and the Pair Plus payouts.

The dealer has to have a Queen or better to stay in the game. If not, you get payment on their ante only if it pays even money (1 to 1) – and as long as you didn’t fold.

Ante Payout

- A straight gets a 1 to 1 payout.
- A three of a kind gets a 4 to 1 payout.
- A straight flush gets a 5 to 1 payout.

Pair Plus Payout

- A pair gets a 1 to 1 payout.
- A flush gets a 4 to 1 payout.
- A straight gets a 6 to 1 payout.
- A three of a kind gets a 30 to 1 payout.
- A straight flush gets a 40 to 1 payout.

Baccarat Strategy

Posted by admin in Baccarat on February 22nd, 2009 |  No Comments »

In baccarat game banker hands win approximately 50.6% of the time and player’s hand approximately 49.4% of the time, when tie bets are excluded. In baccarat all winning bets on the banker are taxed at the rate of 5%. baccarat

The most important thing on baccarat is don’t make any mistake, because you give to the house a greater edge.

Baccarat is very easy to play, the most useful and simplest strategy is to stick with banker and player bets and avoid tie bets.

Some baccarat players believe that tracking the outcome of previous hands can help them predict which hand will win next, but it’s not real.

When you play baccarat you most start with a low bet, and let the winnings start piling up.

Online Baccarat Strategy

Posted by admin in Baccarat on February 21st, 2009 |  No Comments »

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There are three variations that are the most popular of this game: baccarat

-baccarat chemin de fer

-baccarat banque and

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Some people are thinking that counting the cards at baccarat in an online casino can be a strategy that will help you win. Unfortunately this is completely false, since all the cards that are dealt at an online casino for this game, are completely random.

Over the years of gambling, some professional gamblers managed to create a strategy for baccarat.

This strategy is called the 1 3 2 6 baccarat system. This baccarat strategy will help you risk a small amount of chips in order to have a bigger return on your bets. You will be able to risk 2 chips in order to win 10 chips, just 4 hands away from the moment you start applying this strategy.

Even if the system is failing, you will be able to have a return on your gambling of 1 casino chip, so this way the amount of chips that you will lose, it’s going to be minimum.