ONLINE GAMBLING AND CASINO GUIDE

There’s a lot of talk about Expected Value, or EV, on different games at the casino, i.e., how much you’ll win/lose on average when playing different games. Of course, it’s extremely rare that these numbers add up in any single session, but over, say, a few thousand sessions you can usually count on the numbers to be roughly equivalent with the expected value. (more…)

Lately, filmmakers and scriptwriters have more and more seized on poker as an appropriate theme for good stories and lucrative movies. (more…)

Playing casino games on the internet is great fun, but some people actually manage to live without a computer altogether. It makes you think (more…)

Online poker tournaments are available in all flavors. All poker variations and betting structures are available in tournament form, and actually, this is the most popular form of poker today. The seats fill up rapidly in everything from small-stakes “sit & go” tournaments to huge money-guaranteed multi-table tournaments with hundreds or even thousands of players. You can even qualify online to big live events like the World Series of Poker by winning a smaller buy-in satellite.

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Playing online poker against other players can be really profitable for the skilled player. If you are a novice to poker, on the other hand, a great place to learn the basics (more…)

A lot of us have loved online casino games since the day they appeared on the internet. For the flair and excitement that they offer – at a convenient distance from our favorite couch. Now they are going through a revolution. (more…)

As pointed out by one of our blog neighbors, there are other forms of online blackjack tournaments available beside the Elimination Blackjack at Ultimate Bet that we have talked about in a couple of blogs at Gambling-Win. Several online casinos have realized the great thrill that the tournament format adds to the blackjack game. (more…)

These two games go hand in hand, and can be played simultaneously to great advantage. In online slots, you concentrate on reading the reels, looking up your combinations in the payout table and investing the record breaking jackpot. (more…)

Once you have gotten passed the pure newbie stage of elimination blackjack, you will notice a number of interesting situations that occur time and time again. One of them is when an elimination hand approaches, you’re the second shortest stack, the shortest stack moves all-in in desperation, loses and busts out - before the elimination hand even started. (more…)

There’s a new conversation piece you need to be updated on next time you go to a fancy dinner party. You may have heard the buzz in the street, or seen it happen in front of your eyes on CBS. A select group of people have even tried it out, and your faithful Spinner is one of those. Elimination Blackjack – it certainly has something to be said for it. (more…)

Have you seen those pictures of people swimming in a pool while playing chess? The board is put up on a narrow table just above the water surface. The players and their audience (mostly older men) hang around with just their heads sticking up from the water. (more…)

Online blackjack and online slots go hand in hand like a happy old couple. To the extent happy old couples still exist, that is. Or any old couples at all, for that matter. With today’s divorce rates not many couples are bound to grow old together. Then again, a lot of old people form new couples with other old people. I guess that’s a new species of old couple. But many of them choose not to live together, and maybe they don’t go hand in hand either. It’s so old-fashioned.

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Can I ask you something about blackjack? Last time I played a game of online blackjack, I managed to win around $50. I moved the money to a Pai Gow Poker table and although most of it was eventually gone, I had a long and plenty amusing time. (more…)

In online blackjack, the house has a small edge against you, but if you are playing towards a bonus you may turn the equation around and gain a certain edge against the house. Never mind that, with or without bonus online blackjack is a captivating game. Once you get into the habit of playing your basic strategy, standing, hitting or splitting depending on the situation, you find a nice and soothing flow of cards and chips, possibly together with a cultivated chat if you’re at a multiplayer table of online blackjack. (more…)

Okay, it was time to spend some time at the blackjack tables again. Since I’m a social animal I took a seat at the multiplayer blackjack tables at GoldenPalace.com. It’s nice having someone to chat with while you brood over your next smart move. (more…)