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Gambling Comps 101 or The Ask Game
Gambling Comps 101 or The Ask Game I don’t know who did it or when it happened, but someone shortened the word complimentary to comp and made it an industry standard. In casino language, comps are cash or gifts (freebies) that the casinos give to their customers as a reward for gambling with them. It promotes good will and also…
How To Extend Your Stay & Play At A Casino
How To Extend Your Stay & Play At A Casino If you decided to build a new home, would you start construction without first developing a plan or blueprint? Or would you begin a new business without having a business plan? Would you go to war without knowing your enemy and having a predetermined plan for victory? Well why do…
Roulette System: Confession of the Roulette Dealer on Dealers Signature
Roulette System: Confession of the Roulette Dealer on Dealer’s signature This article is going to show you how you can use the dealer’s signature to beat roulette. Not many people know this, but it’s absolutely critical. “I don’t believe it! Impossible.” Those are some comments I hear when I tell people that dealers can and do make a difference to…
The Truth Behind The Limits: What Minimum and Maximum Bets Are About
Have you ever thought about the reason behind the existence of minimum and maximum bets? The truth is simple: casinos want your money. As simple as that. So they restrict your possibilities to win. It was in 1654 that Antoine Chevalier de Mere asked Pascal why he usually lost when he bet even money that are double, 6 would show…
World Series of Poker Mania
The popularity of the World Series of Poker gained tremendousmomentum from The Travel Channel’s World Poker Tour showings. Although the event had been showing for a number of years on ESPN, when new technologies such as the table camera were used,television watchers began getting involved in the hands as they were being played. Other advancements will also take place since…
Why All the Excitement Over Poker?
Poker’s new upsurge in popularity in is due to televised showings of championship poker tournaments, such as The World Poker Tour and The World Series of Poker. This has resulted in millions of people all over the world playing either online or at land based casinos. Even movie stars and professional athletes are getting into tournament action. This really became…
Online Poker Gambling Sees Tremendous Growth
Online poker gambling at casinos and poker rooms is one of the fastest growing forms of wagering on the Internet. Fueled by the televised tournaments seen on Travel Channel’s World Poker Tour, ESPN with the 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and Bravo’s Celebrity Poker, the popularity of the game is seen everywhere. A huge number of the qualifiers for…
World Poker Tour — The Beginning of a Phenomenon
World Poker Tour high stakes poker tournaments started a revolution in the way the game is viewed, enjoyed, followed and played. Even though the World Series of Poker had been televised for years before the World Poker Tour (WPT), the game of poker was elevated when “WPT cams” were placed around the table so that the world could experience seeing…
Poker Online Freeroll Tournaments
Poker online freeroll tournaments are a huge way to leverage a player’s way into major tournaments and to win big money at no cost to the player. Casinos and poker rooms offer them to reward active players and to recruit new ones. Generally by playing a number of hands using real money, invitations are extended to play in tournaments at…
Online Poker Tournaments — Time to get aboard
Online poker tournaments are skyrocketing in popularity due to reasons ranging from low buyins into major tournaments for a fraction of their usual cost to those who do not live within driving distance of a land based poker room. (And of course another factor is the money that can be won.) The Internet has changed where and when one can…
