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Sound of music at bettercasino

bettersportsblog — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:04:00 +0000

Zero isn't always the most popular number on the roulette wheel but Bettercasino.com have a promotion on Tuesdays whereby if ...

No surprise in Gutshot ruling

bettersportsblog — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:14:00 +0000

The Gutshot Case was ruled on by the jury on Tuesday 16 January. They took less than two hours to ...

Poker and British Law

bettersportsblog — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:26:00 +0000

Currently a trial is taking place about whether the Gut Shot Club in Clerkenwell is breaking the law by spreading ...

Coaching poker players

bettersportsblog — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:03:00 +0000

Coaching is extremely important in many sports, but what about poker? One learns very little about whether much sustained coaching ...

Bluffing with outs

bettersportsblog — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:42:00 +0000

Sometimes situations arise which lend themselves to a bluff. Such a bluff is more likely to be successful if the ...

More skill than luck in poker

bettersportsblog — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:43:00 +0000

People often conjecture about what percentage of luck there is in poker and what percentage skill. Probably you won’t find ...

No cards needed for poker on TV

bettersportsblog — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:48:00 +0000

The TV programme Deal or No Deal has been a huge success. This must be because it is so simple. ...

Bet with positive expectancy

bettersportsblog — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:27:00 +0100

Is there anyway you can beat a casino game which is one of pure chance? Systems, such as the Martingale ...

Play confident through the bubble

bettersportsblog — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:13:00 +0100

The term bubble refers to that stage of poker tournament where all the players still standing are certain to win ...

Cold calling not a good idea

bettersportsblog — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:19:00 +0100

You are playing in a no limit hold’em game. Before it ever gets to you, here has been a raise ...

Two bites of the cherry

bettersportsblog — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:34:00 +0100

How do you calculate the odds of something occurring if you have two bites at the cherry? For example you ...

Cannot control Lady Luck

bettersportsblog — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:49:00 +0100

All gambling involves luck. While luck tends to even itself out over the long run, people naturally focus on the ...

Turning $30 into $5 million

bettersportsblog — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:16:00 +0100

In what other activity other than poker can you take $30 and parlay it up into a $5 million jackpot ...

Counting down to success

bettersportsblog — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:23:00 +0100

We know that blackjack is a game of skill where the casinos try to thwart the players trying to earn ...

Will the poker bubble burst ?

bettersportsblog — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:03:00 +0100

Will the poker bubble burst? We are used to seeing passing fads come and go, examples include The South Sea ...

The raise and re-raise

bettersportsblog — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:03:00 +0100

The action is proceeding along the table in your direction. Somebody has raised and you have every intention of calling ...

Lashing out when behind

bettersportsblog — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:01:00 +0100

Poker tournament play has something in common with sports such as American football, Basketball or One day cricket. They are ...

Getting the job done

bettersportsblog — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:16:00 +0100

Sometimes in poker you make a play which, at first thought seems unsound. Examples might be not raising with Aces ...

Embracing the weak players

bettersportsblog — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:13:00 +0100

In most sports you cannot avoid meeting the strongest opposition. After all, if you or your team are playing in ...

Maths of calling

bettersportsblog — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:21:00 +0000

You are considering whether to call with a hand like 7§6§ or 5¨5§. ...

Put up or shut up

bettersportsblog — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:46:00 +0000

One important slogan when gambling is that we are instructed to cut our losses and run our profits. In poker ...

The costs of playing

bettersportsblog — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:49:00 +0000

You must be very careful about factoring in how much it costs you to play poker. 40 years ago in ...

The Poker bots

bettersportsblog — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:05:00 +0000

Poker bots. These are poker robots where a computer has been programmed to play and is used online. Presumably they ...

Better to be the aggressor

bettersportsblog — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:23:00 +0000

You don’t know where you stand in a particular poker hand and you are first to speak. In limit that ...

Deception a key to poker success

bettersportsblog — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:29:00 +0000

Deception is probably even more important in poker than a straightforward bluff. Thus you come out betting with a drawing ...

Poor percentage play

bettersportsblog — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:52:00 +0000

Poker tournaments can be extremely artificial. Take the following scenario: You hold A¨Aª and have only 1.000 ...

Raising on a Morton's Fork

bettersportsblog — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:26:00 +0000

You have 9¨8¨. There has been a bet before the flop which you called. The flop ...

Playing loose and aggresive

bettersportsblog — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:01:00 +0000

In all wagering activities you should try to buck the market. If the stock market is high, that is the ...

It takes all sorts

bettersportsblog — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:51:00 +0000

I was recently in Richmond Market. The stall-holder told me she had won £20,000 on a scratch card. She spent ...

The extended gap concept

bettersportsblog — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:24:00 +0000

If the betting comes to you in poker, then you should bet or raise provided your hand is in the ...