Casino Royale Ursula Andress

The last few days have been a whirl of death parties, funerals and BitCoin. So I needed to go out and do something senseless and I went to a casino with some friends to lose some money.

Since I pride myself on knowing the maths of most casino games, I was well prepared to lose some cash on betting and drinking. We got to the casino which looked a bit shabby and headed to the bar. The price of the drink was reasonable so we got a nice lining in the stomach and then targeted the roulette table with the fittest croupier.

Up and down went my chips until I had 29 black come up twice followed by 1 red coming up twice. I trebled my original stake and thought nice one and its time to quit and concentrate on drinking with the profit. However, the croupier was really fit and my eyes could not leave her rather alluring figure. 

The temptation to go back to the table was getting more and more tempting with ever double whiskey. Luckily enough the urge subsided when the croupier was replaced by a guy and the angel of the roulette table went to the backroom. Phew!

The rest of the lads had a bad night so luckily I had the money to buy the drinks while the boys contemplated chasing losses or calling it quits. It didn’t take long for them to come back gaining some if not all of their money back, which was a result since my bar bill was eating into my profits and I wanted one last go before leaving.

All of a sudden the ‘angel of the roulette table’ came back! She must have been on a toilet break or something. I still had double my stake and I then made the decision to try a little tickle on zero and black. 3 spins, 3 black then zero. Yes!

Thank you ‘Angel’ you are now my favourite person in the world now I need a way of asking for a date with the lucky croupier. The pit boss guy was all over us like a rash so it was not the right time, but guess what I will be back. 

Logo Fortune Poker

Another poker room closes suddenly and it seems that online poker is going through its regular spasm of drama. Surely soon the online poker industry will have to have a complete root and branch shake up as the bonus culture that once sustained it becomes almost non-existence, bots are becoming ubiquitous and rake back is clearly hurting poker rooms.

The industry was supposed to have found a way of making online poker more interesting than a cash machine for bot players, with the heralded online poker 3.0 enhancing the recreational poker p[layer experience. But as we all know it seems that the quest to inspire has been quietly dropped and it seems that porn we still take first place, followed by slots and then sports betting. 

Even blogging has seemed to have been on a down turn. It is hard to write stuff when you’re losing money hand over fist. Although I am glad to say that I have been winning lately, however, friends I know have been having a terrible time losing a lot of cash. OK it is not in the 100′s of thousands but it is still significant. Clearly the players are more skilled and are more willing to take risk which ultimately hurt old timers who are used to playing in a certain way.

This one the one hand means nothing since the whole point of poker is to take cash of people who are not fit to have it! Poker is a game for capitalism red in tooth and claw. So in the Darwinian scheme of things if you cannot keep up your dead.  

Which begs the question online poker is not sexy no more and the operators are more interested in pushing slots, bingo and other money dumping game in which the operator can control the winning streaks of the player. Online slots, roulette and other games are OK if you like paying for flashing images but to my jaundiced eyes they are a area which I cannot understand as fruit machines online are exactly, that a lazy way to give money away to program financier.

So as online poker reach its natural state of being a game to play when nothing else is interesting then it will have to take up Zynga Poker social networking model as a way of creating buzz. Zynga is a bit like online poker 2.5 in which they have a strong social network concept and now are looking to get a bigger grab of the punters money.

Obviously this model is not going to satisfy most poker room and quite frankly online texting chit chat can be mind numbingly dull. So hurry up online poker rooms lets get very capitalistic and wipe out the dead beat online poker rooms.

Poker Railbird

The phrase Railbird, is commonly used in the poker industry to identify people who are just watching the poker games. These people will not get into poker game play and they keep exploring the other’s game play. However if you are a new to poker, then it is always better to be a Railbird as it will help you to get an understanding on how the game is played. Also you will get to know what are the professional techniques followed by other players who involve with poker game play. Additionally you will get a good understanding on how the poker game rules and conditions are applied when it comes to professional poker game play. Obviously these experiences will be an advantage when you get a chance to participate in a professional poker game and you can feel the game is much comfortable with your knowledge.

However it should note that the poker games cannot be played with just book knowledge of the game. You need to have a sound knowledge on how the game is operated and what are the points which you need to consider. So being a Railbird will comply with this requirement and you can get the best for a better poker experience. If you do this Railbird role properly, then you can move forward with your poker carrier with satisfaction.

Furthermore this could indicate as a performance booster for professional poker players as they know how others play and their secrets. But in a way it is horrible to be a Railbird when the game is interesting. On such incidents, you will want to get into the game play though you are a newcomer with a few appearances. This is the situation of these games when it comes to game much interesting and people become more addicted to it.

Finally, it is always recommended to get some experience before you get started with professional poker gaming. The more experiences you gained with trial games play, the more chances you get for a win. So you can easily move forward with poker game and you could get some winning too. But, the winning is always depend on luck and the techniques you use. So you will have to be a master of skills to get a good winning in the game. Obviously this will be a good point to start your winning career with poker and you will never be regretted about the time spent as a Railbird.

Bob Diamond

I used to think I lived on planet Earth. The third planet from the Sun, but, apparently I live on another planet called Casino, in which peasant gamblers – such as myself – place bets and win or lose on those decision. If we fix a game or market we are liable for arrest and convictions. 

However, if you’re a banker then these rules do not apply. You can make major bets – without having the money. Lose those bets and the governments give you back the money you lost, enabling you to get a bonus so you can continue living the lifestyle you want. If you manipulate the markets in collusion with other bankers and get caught you get a fine which is nowhere near the money that you made and therefore can keep!

For some people this is outrageous but for a small group of people this is entirely legitimate and any complaints about the voracity or morals of this are looked upon as stupidity and not even worth investigating by any authorities which may lead to preison sentance. Why do criminals and gangsters continue to rob banks and sell drugs I don’t know? Just set yourself up as a banker and take as much money as you want.

Mr Bob Diamond has just done the second of this scenario and has almost admitted he did it, yet he is not even worried about going to prison or being investigated for massive corruption, conspiracy to defraud and just plain stealing. Yet many many people have lost their houses, businesses and more due to his sanctioning of criminal behavious. In fact he wanted a bonus for this and was only stopped when shareholders were upset that he got found out and therefore they lost £290 million!

So the next time you see a young thug or drug dealer creating havoc to make a few quid. Have a word with him and gently persuade him to become a banker and genuinely see if he can steal money from fixing interest rates or betting on housing bubbles is a more lucrative way of robbing without the downside of being shot in the head or getting a jail sentence.

Casino 770

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As the spring weather takes over from the dark and nasty days of winter, it is good that we can give away free money to those who would like to have a bet but want to see what the website is like first. So Casino 770 has decided that any new players who sign up to Casino 770 and use the bonus code EPA will get £25 to play with!

Well you’ve got to admit that betting £25 on some casino games with the potential to win loads is…well, like living as a banker. Bet red and it comes up red you win, bet red and it comes up black you don’t lose, brilliant!

Obviously since this is primarily aimed at pool players, you should at least have played some sort of pool. If like me you play pool but are not very good at it then we will keep that secret to ourselves.

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Don’t miss out like Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo did! 

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Roulette Wheel

The roulette wheel gives better odds than most other form of gambling, especially bingosites, and with the relentless march to gather more punters who do not want  the arduous activity of ‘studying form’ as most successful undoubtedly do, there is a simple yet effective way of  betting using a system which can provide winners.

There is one big caveat and that is no system will provide you winners unless you are prepared to be disciplined. Discipline is the one thing all gamblers need on top of luck. So with those two important words on board here is the Martingale Roulette System.

The whole premise of the Martingale Roulette System is that eventually overtime all numbers will come out evenly. So if you play 1 number it should come out once every 37 times (using a European roulette wheel), therefore, if you play long enough then your number will eventually come out. But, as anyone who has played roulette will have noticed that this logic very rarely follow the actual results so what would you do to play the game?

You look for a dozen numbers that have not featured at all for a long time. For this example say the first dozen (1 to 12) have not featured at all in 10 spins then using the Martingale Roulette System you would place bets in this format. 

£1, £1, £2, £2, £4, if you have not won after the last £4 then go back to £1, £1, £2, £2, £4. If you still have not won then stop!

If you do win then go back to £1, £1, £2, £2, £4, once you have made 50% profit of your original stake then stop, leave the table and wait until you see another wheel in which a set of dozen numbers have not come out after 10 spins. If you have not had a win within the   10 spins that you did then again walk away it is not your night at all!

The whole premise of this system is that with a bit of luck you will get a run of  your dozen numbers which had not come out in a while. Clearly a roulette wheel has no memory so it cannot be relied upon to produce mathematically uniform results, but, as a way of using a system to bet on numbers it is just as useful as any other system. 

Always use a bank roll that is not pressure bankroll ie it is not next week mortgage repayment or food bill for the kids. This system will only be useful for those who are playing for fun and are hoping to catch a variance which will be in their favour. It is not a bank breaker as the house will always win due to their in built 3% advantage (for every £100 you bet you will lose £3 that’s why the bank will always win over time). The aim of this system is to get a a win and to keep it, then leave the table as the variance will soon go against you as it will always do.

You can use this system for other odds like those featured in the classic French method of betting on the wheel. If for example you choose to use ‘Jeu’ numbers as they have not come up once in 30 spins then bet £1.40, £1.40, £1.40, £1.40, £1.40, £2.80, £2.80, £2.80, £2.80, £5.60, £5.60 on those section. If not won then start at the beginning  £1.40, £1.40, £1.40, £1.40, £1.40, £2.80, £2.80, £2.80, £2.80, £5.60, £5.60. If still not won then stop and walk away! If after 22 spins you are losing 50% of your bank stop and walk away. If you make 50% profit on your original bank again stop and walk away.

French Roulette Wheel Sections

The news that Isildur1 is back on the high stakes online poker table at Full Tilt, has got the hearts and mind of the blogosphere all a twitter. Who is he or her? What is he? Where does he get his money from?

Well I can tell you from my observations and reading between the lines that:

a) Its more thaan 1 person.

2) Its a marketing ploy.

You may find my first asumption quite real but the second a bit contentious. Well the reason why it is or I should say a marketing ploy is that having major big games online will eventually lead to the ‘whales’ finally giving up playing live casino – where they can be recognise, and, start to play online casino where they can remain anonymous.

You can tell that online casino is the big thing for online betting because there is no restriction to the hours and frequency of visits. A visit to a online casino can happen while a person is using the toilet, on a train journey etc. The thing that scares people from online casino is whether it is fixed!

At the moment online casino is seen as very dodgy, so the need for great publicity is paramount. In the UK we have betting offices, shops where you can go and place a bet on horses, football etc. In these shops they have machines called fixed odds betting terminals or fobts’. These machines are online casino machines, and, are like crack cocaine for gamblers.

 Instead of waiting 10 - 15 minutes for the next race etc, you can have a bet every 10 - 15 seconds! The most popular game on these fobts’ is cartoon roulette and they are just massive cash generators which can have automatic re-load so you can play the same number/s again and again without going through the rigmarole of physically putting chips on. 

A friend who is a betting office manager said to me that if his bosses had their way they would get rid of betting on football etc and have the shop filled up with these fobts’. Now imagine a world where you can have your own personal fobt? Yes we have them now but you can tell by the bonuses that are offered that people are not rushing to join them. Yes the are making money but the competition for casino players is tough.

Can you imagine if those whales got onto online casino losing 3% profit per spin every 20 – 30 seconds – happy days for the online casino owner!

Hence my supposition that isildur1 is a marketing move because as soon as this gets into the main stream media – which it hasn’t as yet – then there will be media frenzy to know and plau against this person. Onviously the more the online poker sites can keep the real name/s out of the public arena the better.

Who is isildur1? Who cares, as long as we don’t know the better for the online casino brands.

pop up poker a bit like strip poker

An idea was suggested to me which at first seemed a bit crazy and fraught with legal dangers but on reflection seems quite sensible and viable.

It is a concept as old as the game of sharks, rogues, reprobates and degenerates. Basically a poker school on the hoof or to use the modern concept ‘pop up poker’.

its been fashionable for a while to have pop up shops where everything from clothes to cuisine is sold then melted away into the ether. it has been suggested to do the same with poker have basically a casino with poker tables etc as if it is a club then melt away when it is finished.

GREAT IDEA! WATCH THIS SPACE…

News of a card counting application for iPhone is out and about and will make playing Blackjack winnable. <Link>. The only problem being is that most casino will now bar iPhone from casino’s. So if you have one of these gadgets get in quick and make you hay before the casino bosses clamp down.

What the programmer needed to do is make the counting input routine responsive to natural movement like blinking or grinding your teeth. If they do sort out the input subroutine I will be very interested.