Posted on 22nd Feb, 2010
The most important thing to remember when you look at your pocket cards and see big slick is that it IS a drawing hand. And as a drawing hand, it is not as powerful as the good pocket pair. Big Slick is worth a raise pre-flop. Your position will dictate the size of the raise. If you are under the gun first to act, then you should start out with the nominal raise or three times the big blind. If you are in position last or next to last to act, then a more powerful raise of up to 5 times the big blind is in order if everyone else has limped in or just made or called a limited raise. You want to show strength with these cards, but do not set yourself up for the fall after the flop.
With your raise pre-flop raise, the table should be down to the players with big cards or pocket pairs. The flop will tell you what’s next. If you hit nothing, pull back on your betting unless everyone else has just limped in or checked. If you are in position and everyone else has checked or limped, then go for the big raise. You have the two highest cards and are probably up against inferior cards or a small pair. You must remember that you still only have a drawing hand. This is the time to evaluate your possibilities and react accordingly. A low flop gives you nothing but high card. If you have a straight possibility after the flop, REMEMBER that your straight should be considered a gut shot or inside straight. Only the ten will help you which means that you have, at most, four outs If you have a flush possibility after the flop and only need one card, then you have, at most, nine outs.
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Posted on 10th Feb, 2010
Winning the Lottery is the easiest thing going; however, you hit to get the first number chosen in the Lottery pick in order to embellish a contender. But how 
do you do it? The answer is, I don’t know. And believe me, I can’t verify you; but, I can verify you for certain that the truth of it is, no one else can verify you either. Those people, who hit won, hit won because it was their instance to win and there is no other real account for it.It is a lot like playing the Slots! If you happen to be at the correct machine at the correct instance for the program to hit, then BINGO You win. Or, more likely, you hit not won; you meet happened to be there meet in the nick of instance to obtain the benefits of the technologist program’s programming.
There is so much hype out in the concern and on the cyberspace with every sorts of schemes and themes that would hit us believe that the simplicity of it is really simpler than simple. Especially if you are in need or dire straits for the illusive noetic money fix. You may end up kicking, praying, outcry or screaming to yourself and others and making not only your life miserable but those experience and standing around you, or in your way miserable too.If you do not adventure in moderation or simply for the fun of it erst or twice a year as a vacation or diversion, then, you could embellish bespoken to in a bothersome degree; therefore, wager it for what it is and do not use the defence of addiction for the lack of self-control or your own perverted intellection about gambling.
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Posted on 26th Nov, 2009
How often in the last few years have we heard of a gaming company blaming lower than expected table game hold for its poor quarter or half year result?
The MGM, Mirage, Hilton and most recently Harrah’s (or The Rio more particularly) have all fallen foul of low hold percentages. Poor win rates brought about by dealing high limit Baccarat to a select few (predominantly Asian) customers.
Win rate volatility is however only one aspect of volatility that operates in this area to make the business of dealing with high rollers an even riskier proposition.
Volume: Not just of customers but also of total amount wagered. One player I know of turned over $850 million in wagers in one visit to a particular casino. Another turned over in excess of $1.25 billion in the course of a year. Add these players in or out of the equation and volumes can vary dramatically from year to year even though total player visits might remain relatively constant. Analysts and many casino executives often neglect this factor when reviewing results or drawing up next year’s budget.
Win Rate: Baccarat is a game of chance and so fortunes can, and do, pass both ways across the gaming tables. The house advantage on Baccarat averages a very low 1.3% to make this close to a true even money bet every time the cards are drawn for a new hand. (or coup as it is known) An interesting statistic is that 14,981,640 hands need to be played for there to be a 95% confidence interval of results falling between a win rate of 1.25% and 1.35%. If you multiply this number by a bet of $100,000 you require $1,498,164,503,243 in turnover for win rate “certainty”. An astounding number in any ones view!
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Posted on 11th Sep, 2009
When you play blackjack, the final hand will be the only one of these opportunities – Black Jack, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16 or less, or you bust. When you bust, you automatically lose and when you get a blackjack hand, you can do worse, is the way, and the best, you’ll be paid 1.5 times the bonus bet. But what are the chances of winning when you have your 17-21? You would hope they are good, but that’s not always the case.
Let’s take the example of standing for 17 six-deck game where the dealer stands on soft 17 Most players are happy with 17 and happily stand. However, the more money you lose, then win when the dealer shows any face card, but 6 You will lose the most money when the dealer shows 9, and the least when he shows 4 or 5 It’s only when the dealer has a 6 shows that you have a small chance to win money in the long term.
So What’sa player to do? Actually, no can do. Hitting a hard 17 would result in even greater losses as a lesser evil is to stand. Now, Don’t get me wrong. Often, you can stand at 17 and win the hand, but over time, end up losing more than you win, not only against the dealer’s 6th Standing 17 is certainly not a utopia.
Since 17 does not have a good hand This is why you should never be a position on a soft 17 (you should hit or double down). Also a game where the dealer hits soft 17, players will have to be unfavorable.
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