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Locating an online casino is one task, definitely the easy one, and locating one with the best deals to offer is another task, a more challenging one. The deals on offer may seem to be the same, based on the fact that they are always captivating and one deal is always as tempting just like the other. Suppose there is one deal that is outstanding and has got better terms than the rest, how do you locate it? One may be tempted to answer this by simply saying, ‘it’s over the internet, use a search engine’. Seems valid but what will the search engine give you as a result? Give it a try and be my witness. There are some parameters that the search engine will omit and it’s up to you to consider these parameters so as to separate the best from the rest. Here’s a brief insight on what to consider coming up with the best;

Reality of the offer

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Are you valued?

There is no need to be offered huge bonuses and at the same point treated as that one customer that the business can do well without. You can only enjoy continued benefits if you will feel that that is where you belong as you will be working in an enabling environment. Continued benefits and the potential to prosper is what makes the deal best as it increases you chances of winning.
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10-handed semi-loose game. You are 2 to the right of the button with JJ and 2 players already in a pot which is un-raised. You have a very tight image. Call or raise?

Answer 1:

Call. Hope for a multi way pot. 3 or 4 is the worst for hands like jacks, so just call and hope for a large multi way pot.

Answer 2:

This is a good situation to exploit to your advantage in 10-20 if you have a tight image. Raise. With a bit of luck, you’ll buy the button and chase out the blinds. If you can buy the button, you are in a good position to steal the hand on the flop. If that doesn’t work, you’ve at least got some money into the pot and have put yourself in a position where you have some options, such as representing a larger pair than you actually have (this is where your tight image can pay off), or taking a draw on the flop if something like T98 comes down.

Answer 3:

A raise is quite clear here. You have the best hand and you must charge the button and the blinds extra money to take a flop. You will frequently get the button and blinds to fold and you will end up with the best hand and the best position. If you don’t well it is not the end of the world. But merely limping in is weak poker here since you are giving the button and blinds cheap/free plays.

There are 12 players left in a Hold’em No Limit Tournament – six players on two tables. Nine players receive money – first prize 196000. The blinds are 2000/4000 and you’re in the big blind with 26500 left after you’ve posted. Aggressive player (pre-lop raise rate 20-25 % since the blinds where 1500/3000) raises from the button. You have AJ.
What do you do?
a) Fold
b) Call
c) Raise all-in
Answer 1:

My first question would be how much he/she raised, and my second question would be how many players have entered the pot and/or called their raise. I would also take into account the size of his/her stack. (I don’t think I would like taking AJo against a raise from a large stack, aggressive or not. But that’s just my opinion.)

Answer 2:

Unless you have near 100% certainty that the raise is a bluff, fold even if suited; you want to be the first raiser with this hand not a limper and DEFINITELY not a cold caller to a raise. I’d wait for better position and better starters the A-J.

Answer 3:

Move in. If he made it 10-12 thousand he may fold to your re-raise.
You have to gamble here, you may have him in bad shape, he’d raise with A anything there, and your A-J rates to be good. If he has a small pair, so what? The you are 50-50. If he holds a monster, just chalk it up as another cold deck, nothing you could do.

What are the best and worst palaces for a newbie to play a 3 -6 or 4-8 HE game in Vegas and any small tournaments between Fri & Sun.

Answer 1:

3-6 at the Mirage, or (especially!) 4-8 at Bellagio. Mirage tourneys are great, go to pokerpages.com for a schedule. There is no place worth playing downtown. Avoid the Horseshoe like the plague.

Answer 2:

Can’t vouch for either the 3-6 Mirage or 4-8 Bellagio games because I haven’t played there in ages. But what Chadd said about the Horseshoe is not true. The 1-4-8 on the end game is very good. Rake is cheap and comps are easy. Players are not too difficult either. 4-8 HE is at times even more lucrative. Besides there’s no plague here.

Answer 3:

The Orleans hold tournaments twice daily.(noon and 7pm);also, they play 4-8HE. There are no tournaments at Sam’s Town casino but they do have a $100,000 jackpot for their 4-8 HE games.

Is there some simple philosophy regarding the posting of a blind upon entering a game? Should you post immediately, wait for the button to reach a certain position in relation to your seat, or what. I feel that there is probably a pretty simple explanation for this, but I can’t see it. Some people post immediately and others choose to wait out. Sometimes I’m told that I will be unable to play until “after” the button. What’s this ruling?

Answer 1:
The logic behind waiting is fairly straightforward. If you post immediately, you wind up paying $25 in blinds for 10 hands of poker (2.50/hand.) If you wait for your big blind, you only pay $15 in blinds for 10 hands of poker (1.50/hand.) If you wait for the button to pass, you pay $10 for 8 hands of poker (1.25/hand.). In a game of inches, this can add up. The reason you can post after the button is because you sat down in a seat that would be either the small blind or the button if you posted. A new player can not come in on either of those positions.
Answer 2:
Posting the blind after the button gives you the second best position in the game, the button has the best position. A lot of people will wait 3 or 4 hands and come in on the big blind, don’t they realize that they may win some of those hands? I always post, I’m not there to watch. Also, so many people leave a game, miss their blind then come back and wait 4 or 5 hands until they are the big blind again. In a 3-6 or 5-10 game, they refuse to pay $1 or $2 for the little blind. They may save $2 but miss 5 hands, 1 or 2 which they may win.

Answer 3:

In a game with the small blind 1/2 the big blind (4-8/10-20) it’s better to post after the button. In a 4-8 game, you spend $4 for eight hands (50c/hand), rather than $6 for ten hands (60c/hand). In a 3-6 game, it’s better to pay the big blind. You spend $4 for ten hands as opposed to $3 for eight, and of course, position means a lot less in 3-6. It’s hard to use your position anyway when you post, because few players will check and fold to a “blind” hand, in most cases.

Why doesn’t Planet Poker offer pot limit or no limit? They could have a great hold’em or Omaha pot limit game if it was offered, I would like to see a small blind pot limit game, such as 1-2-2 or 1-2-5. Small enough for the little player but big enough to protect a decent hand that usually gets cracked in the limit games.

Answer 1:

If we’re talking about pot-limit and no-limit games with pot sizes and fluctuations larger than the fixed limit games, the reason has more to do with the mechanisms by which money can easily be gotten into the system in large sums than any limitations on the software. Same goes for limits beyond $20/$40.
Also, I’m a little sceptical about how popular pot limit or no limit would be online, being that face-to-face tells and manipulation is such a large part of the game.
Answer 2:

I think it is a great idea for all us Europeans, who are not used to limit. I am sure many would love it…..The only problem I can see is that IF there is some cheating going on, I think the consequences will be much worse in pot-limit. I think it is necessary for Planet to get rid of such suspicions….

Answer 3:

If I were running an online poker server, I’d offer PL tourneys rather than ring games. The sizes of the bets could lead to some serious customer service issues if there were disputes over real money. All-ins resulting from disconnects would be more of an issue also. As for getting money into the system, the IRC interface offers ‘raise pot’ and ‘raise half-pot’ buttons, or you can type in the exact amount on the command line. This could in theory be improved somewhat by offering more preset choices and by disabling said buttons when the resulting amount would be too small to be legal (because it’s not at least the size of the previous bet).

I’m a pretty good poker player – not the best, but good, and improving all the time. I play tight/aggressive, read opponents well, and don’t chase unless the pot odds are there. I’ve always subscribed to the theory that I should stay in a good game, even if I’m losing. I now think this is not a good strategy. Over the past few sessions, I’ve been getting killed in great games. Getting beat by “two outers” over and over again. Whatever card they needed, they got. Whenever I needed a card, it never came. Why should I continue to play if I’m running ice cold like that?

Answer 1:

I believe firmly in confidence and momentum, they feed off each other. Once you lose one of them, the other goes too. The fact that you’ve even posted the question shows you’ve lost both for the moment. Take a break. A short one. Let the sting of the suck-outs ease up. Then get ready to come back with a renewed sense of invulnerability.

Answer 2:

Definitely take a break. For at least 1-2 weeks…i had the same experience as you a few years ago–i play well. I played with fish in great games and got killed. I lost every day for 3 months. All the advice from great players was to keep playing—that was the worst advice I’ve ever had in the poker world…i would never do that again. If a losing streak occurs, i now take a week or 2 weeks off…it feels like a fresh new start, better psychologically and usually, the losing streak and losing feeling have disappeared….

Answer 3:

After ending up behind in 12 of the last 13 poker sessions I have had to give up my title as, “Almost the Best Low Limit Stud Player in the World”. What a bad streak. It will change but for now my continued presidency of the Bad Poker Players Association is assured.

I am planning to take a trip to Biloxi this weekend and would appreciate any/all advice or suggestions. Where to stay, here to play poker, where to have a few drinks. Should I all somewhere to reserve rooms? I will be driving from Atlanta and this will be my first time playing at the casino, but I played for about 4 years at $1-$3 home games. Any advice would be helpful.

Answer 1:
Well don’t stay at the Grand (great rooms but $139/night weekend rate) or the Holiday Inn (just plain sucks). You definitely need to make reservations if you want to stay in Biloxi itself over the weekend. There are a couple of Best Westerns that didn’t look too bad, and a brand new Holiday Inn Express. If you can’t find anything in Biloxi, there are tons of economy motels along I-10. There are several websites such as http://www.casinocity.com that offer casino directories and lists of local accommodations. The best and busiest poker room is the Biloxi Grand. The cheapest game in the house is 1-5 stud, and it’s usually full of fish and quite beatable, although at those limits you won’t get rich. The 1-4-8-8 holdem games range from super-soft to medium-tough, depending on the mix of player – on double jackpot nights they are usually quite soft. The 10-20 game is usually a lot tougher and caters to a core group of local regulars, a few of whom fancy themselves ‘pros’ although I don’t think any of them would last five minutes in the higher-stakes games in AC or LV. In any case, I advise staying out of it if you are mainly a home-game player or it’s still going at 3 in the morning with only drunken tourists and off-duty dealers playing, in which case it won’t be any tougher than the 1-4-8-8. If they get a second 10-20 game going, which sometimes they do, the 2nd table will be softer, but it will also be a must-move, so you could wind up in the main game against the local tough guys. The 1-4-8-8 games are not run on a must-move basis, and you can usually get a table change if you ask for it. The Grand also offers 4-8 and 10-20 Omaha H/L, both games with a half-kill. The bulk of the players in both games are clueless, but the half-kill and the excessive pre-flop raising and post-flop jamming in these games means you can go through a lot of money if the cards are cold. I suggest avoiding them unless you have a huge bankroll or are feeling really lucky. Both games are better if you can get the table to vote to take the kill off, but for reasons I do not understand, if even one player wants to keep the kill, the house won’t take it off. There’s a small poker room at Treasure Bay, a couple miles down the road. The standard game there is 1-5 studs, and it’s very soft. They usually get one table of 1-4-8-8 holdem going nights and weekends, and it’s also soft. The main reason to play at TB is that all you have to do is tell the floor manager that you’re hungry, and free pizza will magically appear a few minutes later. They also give away a $50 door prize every 2 hours on the hour. If you play three hours, you will have trouble leaving the room without their insisting that you take a buffet comp, but the buffet at TB isn’t very good. The President, next door to Treasure Bay, has a small poker room. They deal 1-5 studs and 1-5 holdem. The latter is a terrible structure for Hold’Em in my opinion, but they were filling tables when I was there because the jackpot was getting huge. I played for only a couple hours and left. The Gulfport Grand is within easy driving distance, but I can’t recommend it. You’d never know it was run by the same people who run the Biloxi Grand. I spent an afternoon there and can’t find anything good to say about it except that the restrooms are right across the aisle from the poker room. I was thoroughly unimpressed with the way the games were brushed, and I didn’t think much of the dealers. I didn’t think the regulars were very friendly, either. The Biloxi Grand is just better in all departments, except the location of the restrooms. As for drinks, I can’t help you there, as I consume about one beer a month. However, if you play at the Biloxi Grand, they’ll comp you once a day for the buffet next door, and it’s a pretty good buffet. You can finagle two or even three meal comps a day, but you have to know that they hand out one comp per THEIR shift, no matter how much YOU play – I
think the shifts run 1-9, 9-5, 5-1. It’s a stupid system, but on the other hand, they don’t actually keep track of how much you play, so you can probably get a lot more comps than you’re really entitled to if you just walk in and ask for them, keeping the shifts in mind. The poker room rate is like $5 off the regular rate, so it’s not worth the hassle, especially since the Grand is so expensive to begin with. If your objective is to contain costs, just don’t stay there at all. To get comps at the Grand, you have to get one of their Grand Advantage
cards. So sign up when you first arrive (there’s no charge) and get that out of the way (the counter is inside the west entrance of the casino in Biloxi). If you want to play at both Grands, you have to get a separate card for each (dumb, I know). Finally, take advantage of the valet parking. It’s free everywhere, except for the tips, and the valets are pretty fast. You especially want to use it at the Biloxi Grand, because the alternative is a very long walk to the parking garage across the street, which can be a pretty scary place at 3 in the morning. Treasure Bay isn’t so bad because it’s an open lot on the same side of the street as the casino.
Answer 2:
I live on the Coast, just walking distance to the Grand/Gulfport, and I must agree with all comments on that poker room–yuck. The President’s small poker room is a good place to play, and some of the softest games I’ve ever seen. Some of the regulars put out their bet, and even sometimes a raise, before they even GET their cards. The dealers are good, and friendly. Treasury by the Bay is also a soft game much of the time, but not as much as the Pres, IMHO. I only play low limit, so I can’t comment on the other games. When I used to vacation here, prior to moving here, the President always had rooms–but stay in the “motel” part–not the Tower.

Answer 3:

10-20 is normally the highest limit you’re going to find, except for the 20-40 stud game, which doesn’t run all the time. I never saw anything higher all the time I was there. It’s just not that kind of poker town. But to answer your question, it’s the same poker rate regardless of the limits, and it’s no bargain – they basically give you a $5 discount off their regular highway robbery rates. But just in case I’m wrong and/or they’ve changed their policies, you might want to call the poker room and ask.