Casinos & Pokers

Gambling is a thrilling experience especially when a player wins. During the early years, if an individual wants to gamble in a casino, he or she should go Vegas to bet in gambling games. However, as the online casinos emerged, Vegas is now within your fingertips and you can play different casino games like roulette, blackjack, poker, slots, online pool and backgammon.

Blackjack is the most popular online casino games ever played by millions of casino lovers. This card game is very easy to play as long as you follow the rules, thus easy to win too. Another casino game that you can play virtually is the roulette. This game allows the players to place bets on different numbers either even or odd and colors black or red. In fact, many online players prefer this game because of the wide range of options it offers as well as various opportunities to win. Likewise, the player can choose to play safe in roulette by taking 50/50 chance on even or odd. As long as you know the techniques along with any luck, you can expect that money will surely be rolling in.

On the other hand, if you want to win money the fastest and cheapest way, you should choose playing slots. All you have to do is click and wait the result if you win or lose. This online casino in Canada game takes only seconds, which is why if you are fortunate enough you can gain huge amount of money in just one click. However, you should be very careful in choosing poker as it comes in different varieties. Texas Hold ‘Em is the most popular that is also suitable even to beginners. If you want to get your adrenaline pumping, then you should try the Five-card Stud.

Poker is perfect for casino gamers who want long game. The good thing about playing poker online is the interactive poker rooms. It gives you the chance to interact with other players. Indeed, playing games in online casinos spares you from traveling miles to obtain gambling experience. It is because you can experience the casino settings even at the comfort of your room or anywhere you like.

Moreover, the most traditional casino game that is also available in online casinos is the Backgammon. This game does not only rely on luck but also involve gambling skills. If you want to win make sure to combine luck and skill because a single roll of dice can change the result of the game significantly. It is also applicable if you want to try Online Pool.

Those are just some of the gambling games available in online casinos. Keep in mind that gambling can make you money and at the same time can lose you fortune. That is why before engaging in any casino game, make sure to choose the game that you are confident to play with. Likewise, you should not depend completely on luck because playing in online casinos also requires smart thinking and skills.

I was playing in a stud8 tourney at the Clearwawter Casino in Suquamish, WA when the following thing happened: The limits are 50-100, and on fifth street, Player A goes all in with 50. Player B acts next and says “raise” and puts in 100 (I believe she thought the full bet limit was 50 at this point). I point out that she did not in fact raise it, only completed it.

After a bit of confusion, the dealer realizes the full bet is 100 and Player A went all in. Player B then realizes what is going on, and puts 200 in. I speak up again and say she can’t put in 200, she can only put in 150 (50 + 100 raise). The floor gets called over, and says player B is allowed to make it 200. I say “she can’t complete the bet AND raise it”, and the floor responded “She just did”. At this point, the floor, the card room manager, two player/dealers and the dealer are all looking at me like I am from Mars. Player B, who happens to be a dealer, says “that’s how they play here”. I am not the most experienced poker player in the world, but this seems really weird. The way I have seen it, Player B can call or raise the bet to 150. If it is less than half of a full bet, you can call or complete it to a full bet amount. Does this vary from room to room, or is this the first time you have heard of this? IMHO, this is a bad rule. Allowing a player to raise more than the limit is wrong.

Answer 1:

“Player B can call or raise the bet to 150. If it is less than half of a full bet, you can call or complete it to a full bet amount.” That is the standard/widely used rule. However, some card rooms do have different rules. I would have asked to see their rulebook, or the posted rules, which should be somewhere on the wall.

Answer 2:

Different places have different rules. It is the case in some rooms that a bet of at least half of the full bet can be completed and raised.

Answer 3:

In most card rooms, an all-in bet of half-a-bet or more can be called, completed, or raised. i am unaware of any card room [1] where a bet can be completed *and* raised. In this situation, (note: local rules will prevail. assuming nothing unusual,) B could have called the 50, completed to 100, or raised to 150. however, having said “raise,” I would have held B to a bet of 150.

I’ve seen a couple of references to tipping floor staff. I’ve never seen anyone actually doing it. Is it commonly done? How and when is it done? For what amount? Any info would be appreciated.

Answer 1:

Saw it happen at Canterbury earlier today – they had just hit the jackpot for $4900, and they toked the dealer about $200 and the floor $50…

Answer 2:

To Insure Prompt service. So yes, I occassionally slip the floorman a few bucks or drop a chip or two in the cashiers jar. I put most of my hours in at the same place, so I think it spreads good will (and it has worked to my advantage). A couple of weeks ago, I needed five copies of a document and the cage girl made them for me. Of course I could have gone to Kinko’s for less than the buck, but that’s not the point. I also know that I got preferred treatment from one floor man (who is no longer there) because he likes me (most probably because I tipped).

Answer 3:

I always tip chip-runners ($1 per rack). I tip brushes, chip-runners, etc. who do something else useful, such as clean up the mess some other player left at the table, go get my comp ticket for me, or fetch me a better chair than the one I have. I don’t tip managers and supervisors under any circumstances. I tip the rare cashier who actually smiles and doesn’t come across acting as if she’s doing a favor by giving me my money. But I also tip better than most people, probably because I once worked as a waitress and know what it’s like to be in a low-wage job where you are dependent on other people’s generosity.

Can someone please tell me which casinos have hotels attached to them? And if none of them do, is there one where there is a nice hotel nearby?

Answer 1:

Crystal Park is the only Hotel/Casino in L.A. Commerce has a hotel about a block away. Hollywood Park has hotel’s you probably wouldn’t want to stay at across the street and hotels you wouldn’t mind staying at about a 5 minute drive down Century.

Answer 2:

I recommend the Wyndham down the street from the Commerce. It is two minute shuttle ride from Commerce and 5-10 minute drive from bicycle club.

Answer 3:

If you’re playing Hollywood Park, just sleep in your car like a lot of the players there do…that is, if they OWN one.

I admit it, I am a supporter of Phil Hellmuth and wish him nothing but the greatest future in this game. With that being said, I also used to look forward to visiting his website for hands of the week and high limit results. The last update seems to have been done in April. He came on here a while ago and promised a new posting in the hand of the week section, but I never saw one. Anyone know what gives?

Answer 1:

I’m guessing that as with many new websites, the owners are very excited about doing it at first and update and add new content often. Then after a while it kind of loses its fun and just becomes a lot of work.

Answer 2:

I like the high limit results but he only updates it every couple of months. Maybe if he did a better job he would get more hits and be able to get some advertisers. That would make it worth his time

Answer 3:

I saw Phils face & a few brief words, what fascinated me was what they said about Barbara Streisand playing $5 Blackjack, and requesting all new toilet lids in her suite. The program was good, but not enough about poker.

You are on the button with A2 suited with KK. 5 players in, all call a preflop raise from the BB. The flop comes 4 6 7…two suited, but not your suit. SB opens, call, call raise. It’s on you. What do you do? Raise? Fold? Call? Would your action differ at higher limits? Or even PL? Personally, I think this is a dangerous situation that probably is a chip burner. But find myself reaching for chips nevertheless. Anyone out there disciplined enough to toss this hand? Or is calling or raising better here?

Answer 1:

We probably need more information about the players. Note, the pre-flop raiser probably doesn’t have A-2 unless he’s tricky (we don’t know) and the texture of the flop is one which hits many hands — gives them the nut straight or draw to the nut straight with possible low backup. I would not fold here (probably just call) I have a question for you. Why have you chosen not to raise pre-flop in Omaha? If you can’t raise with this hand on the button, I’m assuming you never raise. Even a newbie, weak/tight guppie like Badger would raise with this hand. This is a more serious leak in your game than any decision you make on flopping the nut low with five-way action and some chance of being counterfeited.

Answer 2:

Lee’s right. You’re on the button with A-2 suited-K-K. Reraise. Hope the original raiser reraises. If you can 4 bet, cap it. Here’s your chance to get a bunch of dead money in the pot. After the flop it appears you still have four players, so reraising again is certainly in order. Get as much money as you can from anyone drawing to second and probably worse nuts. Make them pay and hope they never learn the error of their ways. This is the beauty of Omaha HiLo. These people never seem to learn. So what if you can win only half the pot. If you are using the late position to build the pot there ill be more than enough money to go around even if you have to share the nut low. Scooping the pot is what you should play for in Omaha8. That’s where you make your big wins. However, maximizing small wins like this one is what can keep you competitive while waiting on that big scoop.

Answer 3:

In 3-6: Raise preflop. Cap it if the BB reraises. On the flop, I’d probably reraise here. If you think a reraise will knock out the two callers, you might just call. In 75-150: Raise preflop. Cap it if the BB reraises. On the flop, a reraise will knock out players drawing dead, so just call here. In pot-limit: Just limp preflop and call the raise. If there is a pot bet, two calls, and a large raise, you should probably fold with just the current nut low and no high draw or counterfeit insurance. What do all those people have? It’s almost inconceivable that many good players all hit this flop.

Holdem and Omaha and even seven-card stud are unfamiliar to most pit players. But everyone knows draw poker. Would low buy-in draw tournaments bring many new players into poker?

Answer 1:

Recreational players frequently play draw. Offering this in casinos could tempt them into public poker play and they could then be taught the more popular games.

Answer 2:

Yes, I think it would. I have met no men and very few women who don’t know the rules to 5-card draw. Non-serious players, on the other hand, generally had never heard of Hold’em before Rounders. Playing a familiar game cuts the intimidation factor in half, and brings all of the wannabe Kenny Rogers’ in from Blackjack.

Answer 3:

 The casino is filled with players who haven’t played real poker; but many of them play “video poker”, which is loosely modeled on draw poker. If you wanted non-poker players in the poker game, draw poker has advantages. “Carribean Stud” is essentially a very structured game of heads-up straight poker. I read somewhere that David Sklansky invented a somewhat more complex version in the early 80s. But when casinos learned that a perfect strategy would nullify the house edge, they weren’t interested, although the average hold was similar to the present game, which was “invented” and patented after Sklansky had given up on his game. The slowness of draw could be overcome somewhat by the same techniques used in table games, including Carribean Stud: alternating two decks in a shuffling machine.