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You may enjoy playing poker online, but perhaps you want to improve your Texas Holdem tournament results. After playing the game for many years, I’ve developed a strategy guide for anyone looking to improve the chances of winning at the Texas Holdem (No Limit) Tournament game. These suggestions apply mostly to large multi-tables games with potentially hundreds or even thousands of players.

The Chance Factor for Texas Holdem

It is important for players to understand that no matter how good you are, Texas Holdem does involve some element of chance. The better you play and make good decisions, the more limited the downside. The best players in the world usually end up on the final table, but they too take bad beats. This proves it can happen to anyone.

The important thing to note when you lose is not the fact that you lost any particular poker game or hand, but to consider how you lost. If you were put out holding A5 having gone all-in against AK pre-flop then it’s safe to say you probably won’t make a final table.

On the other hand if you lost or regularly lose having the best hand at the point of all-in and are outdrawn, your chances of long-term success are considerably greater. There is no way I can promise a magic cure for your Texas Holdem ills, I can only point out a number of strategies you can employ to improve your chances.

At all times in an online poker game you need to be as observant as you would in a live game. Tells do exist when playing online poker they are just different in nature to a land based Holdem game. With online games, there are some immediate tells that you can point out, even before you begin the game.

Prior to the Tournament Start

With most Texas Holdem tournaments, you start with around 1500 in chips. The field against you will range from 10 to thousands of players. Your first step is to look at the player names on your table – those players who use their real name, those who use an amusing name, and those who use a nonsensical name.

When looking at such names, I categorize players in my mind in the following way (these categories change over time as the poker play develops):

1) Those operating under their own name are new players with a low level of skill.
2) Those using handles such as Holdem King, or Suckout Boy are average to good players.
3) The ones to watch are poker players with a name like gpgn5576tb.

I am cautious with players in the third category as they usually choose such a name so they are harder to be recognized. Such names are easily forgotten. I often find players like this multi-tabling for hours on end and you can’t be sure if you remember them from one day to the next.

Tournament Commences

It is important to watch the play as it unfolds – learn the feel of the table by observation and memory. In a very short space of time you should be able to classify players into one of four groups and play those groups in accordance with your expectations. Typically players fall into the following groups:

1) Loose Aggressive
2) Loose Passive
3) Tight Aggressive
4) Tight Passive

The most dangerous type of player, particularly for those of you who may be new to the game is the Loose Aggressive types who seem to bet anything and everything. These are the Gus Hanson style of players who play lots of pots and do so as though they have great hands. Clearly they don’t – statistically they will have the same hands as you so the key to moving against these players is to wait for good cards (JJ or higher), wait until they’ve dug a large enough hole by calling them down and re-raise on the turn or river.

Loose Passive players are those that are prepared to bet heavily and often but usually do so by calling whoever is doing the betting. Often termed a “calling station”.

Tight Aggressive applies to the majority of the poker playing population. These are people playing the cards they hold, rather than the players opposing them and the situation they find themselves in. It is very difficult for these players to win on a long term basis because really good cards seldom come out, and when they do people will run for cover perceiving you to be a ‘rock”.

Tight Passive Holdem players are the worst of the bunch. They seldom play and when they do they can often be pushed off the best hand by other players.

Each of these types of player requires a different approach to play. Poker is an assessment of multiple situations, each different, where the long term winner will be those who make the best decisions. Each play is therefore less about your starting cards and more about the type of player opposing you, the situation at that moment in time, or the probability of “outs.”

So bear in mind that there mare many things to be aware of when starting out. As we have seen in Texas Holdem there are players of varied skill levels but also remember that chance plays a part too. And sometimes, luck isn’t always on your side. However, if you follow these guidelines you will minimize your mistakes and maximize your possibility of winning.

Graham Easton is the Webmaster at texashold-empoker.com texashold-empoker.com. He has a track record in large No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments including three runner-up finishes out of ten attempts in the last six months, two of which came against fields in excess of 1400.

Arizona Blue-Gunfighter
In: Another Town

[--Five]

[Cheyenne - 1878]

The Man called Arizona-Blue

He was known as Arizona Blue because Arizona was where he came from and he had the deepest blue eyes any one had ever seen. In a gun fight he never blinked them once. It was amazing folks would say after watching him have a show-down with another gunfighter. It was as watching a bullfight; that is to say, Arizona being the picador and the matador: the wind would circle his feet, his hand would fly off, and the sun might even be in his way, but he never blinked, nor smiled, nor moved his hands once situated, unless to draw. That is what his opponents feared the most. No bluff.

He was a tall man, medium build, had broad shoulders and a wild look to his tan; a muscular face with a bronze reddish-brown penny look.

He had big hands like John L. Sullivan, who he had met once in a barroom fight in Boston. He had just become Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Champion a year earlier. Blue liked following the news when he could; and he liked Sullivan because he claimed he could lick any man in the house, and he did. Although Sullivan was about 2 ½ inches taller then blue, Arizona could put up a good fight himself he felt with John L., but his forte was guns, not knuckles, he’d tell himself. And in a similar manner, like Sullivan, he claimed he could out draw anyone, anywhere; and he did. Therefore, he always felt they had something in common.

Arizona wore a buckskin coat and was clean shaven, but had thick long busy sideburns, the same as his hair, and thick eyebrows; He had deep-pitted eyes, high cheekbones, and a thick-looking jaw; he was mean, handsome and boisterous; a deadly combination in any town.

His horse, Dan, a solid creature with a long mane, was all a cowboy could ask for. He was brownish in color with legs like a deer and a heart that could outlast the best of any Indian horse. What Blue didn’t want was to ride into a feud between sheep and cattle ranchers, and homesteaders; and he knew each town had its demons.

—With such men came the tired look. As he sat on his horse, allowing himself to catch his breath before he entered the small Wyoming town in front of him; thus, he thought of the lonely journey he had coming up from Pueblo along the Continental Divide that stretched from Colorado to Canada. The Marianne Bow Mountains, he captured sight of and the long dusty cactus along the way. He was nasty dirty:

“Another Town,” he whispered to himself, as if waiting for old Dan to comment (his horse).

His eyes then made a half circle [18--degree circle]. He had seen his share of these dusty little towns in Montana, Arizona territories, and Wyoming; Deadwood in the Dakota’s; the old trail town of Cody; and of course Tombstone, to mention a few. This one he hadn’t been to, called Cheyenne. He knew it was a cattle area although. He had met some time ago, a woman called ‘Cattle Kate’ while in Cody. She was quite plane he thought, but had her charms, and Blue knew she’d have her day because she was always ending up with a few extra mavericks, but could never prove she was the rustler. Thoughts just circled his mind as he scanned the territory and town around him.

It was back in the l860s, the Homestead Act which allowed men to buy land as cheap as a $1.25 an acre; it made many a man rich. And still was making men rich. The thought of lots of jobs around this area, crossed Blue’s mind as he looked up towards the hot summer sun, its blinding beams. He wiped the sweat off his brow. Moved a bit within on his saddle trying to catch a glimpse of a supply store—what the sign read on the building; his horse was wet with sweat, and thirsty. He looked down to the horse’s profile, and smiled. He didn’t smile much, but to old Dan he made it a point to do it often.

“Ok, old Dan,” said Blue, “let’s sees what the town has to offer!” And he kicked his horse lightly, and down the hill he rode, toward Main Street. He arched his back, his plaid shirt opened to catch the breeze as he rode down; he pulled a little tighter on the reins, to control his horse a ting; put a flat affect on his face, so no one could read him.

Notes by Rosa Peñaloza: Writings by Dennis Siluk/2001; unpublished; number five of the series of five episodes. Three episodes published in the book, “Everyday’s an Adventure”2002. This one was taken out of mothballs, and rewritten; it was supposed to have been the first of the series, four years ago, and not fully completed. The author is still looking for number two, which also has not been previously published and would compliment this one I expect. 7/2005 Revised. As with most of Mr. Siluk’s stories, he was in Cheyenne, in l969, and that is a story of its own. What I remember him telling me was: “I was on my way back with a friend from California to Minnesota, we stopped and picked up a few other friends in some desert town and John was drunk all the time. When we got to Cheyenne, he was walking down main street urinating on the side walk, by a grocery store, it was noon or so, and I had to grab him so the police would not put us all in jail for being stupid kids, I was 20-years old, and was traveling around the country; he just happened to go with me this time.” There is more to the story but that was the funny part I thought.

Dennis Siluk is the author of 30-books, and is finishing up two at the moment; he lives in Minnesota and Peru. His books can be seen on most web sites that sell books his site is dennissiluk.tripod.com dennissiluk.tripod.com

If you are looking for a MLB future bet with great value look no further than the Toronto Blue Jays at 578 to win the AL East. Toronto is the real deal this season and they have done this under the radar since the vast majority are focused on the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East. The Blue Jays have added some nice arms into the rotation this season and even strengthened their bats adding Frank Thomas as DH as well as a very good contact hitter (Royce Clayton). When you look up and down this Blue Jays line-up there simply are no weak spots.

Rios had an awesome start to the season last year until June.28 when he was in the sidelined with a staph infection which he never recovered 100% from until the off season. Rios was batting .330 with 15 homers and 53 RBI’s before he was sidelined. (Can you say MVP) Rios has looked solid this pre-season and he is back in true form putting on shows at batting practice as fans and teammates look on amazed at the raw talent he has.

The Blue Jays had no problem getting runs last season and now they even have a stronger line-up coming into this season. The Blue Jays problem last year was in the pitching department so they went out and got some guys that can get 10 wins to take over Ted Lilly’s spot in the rotation. Ohka has looked solid this pre-season and Chacin has also looked great. The Toronto Blue Jays should be just fine this season getting the ball to Ryan unlike last season when they blew too many leads. If the Doc and Burnett stay healthy this Toronto team could do some serious damage this season.

I can describe the latest release from Gospel sensation Cece Winans for you with just one word… Outstanding!

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

I give Purified my highest recommendation. It just plain belongs in any serious music collectors collection regardless of genre preference.

While this entire album is outstanding the truly standout tunes are Mama’s Kitchen [track 1], All Than I Need [track 4], and Let Everything That Has Breath [track 8].

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 11, A Place Like This. Outstanding!

Purified Release Notes:

Cece Winans originally released Purified on Sep 13, 2005 on the INO Records label.

CD Track List Follows:
1. Mama’s Kitchen
2. You Will
3. Pray
4. All That I Need
5. Just Like That
6. You Are Loved
7. Let Everything That Has Breath
8. Always Sisters
9. I Promise
10. Colorful World
11. A Place Like This
12. Purified
13. He’s Concerned

Personnel: CeCe Winans (vocals); Coffee, Grits , Bonafide (rap vocals); Mario Winans (various instruments); Tommy Sims (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, background vocals); Michael Ripoll (electric guitar); Nashville String Machine (strings); Keith Thomas (keyboards, bass guitar); Dan Muckala (keyboards, drum programming); Dan Needham (drums); Erik Darken (percussion); Andy Selby (programming); Josiah Bell (drum programming); Chris Harris, Darwin Hobbs, Debbie Winans, Jerard Woods, Kayla Parker, Lisa Cochran, Melinda Doolittle, Nashon Fondren, Tiffany Palmer, Robert Torres, Debi Selby, Nissi Allen, LeAnne Palmore (background vocals). Recording information: Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, Kansas (2005); Big 3 Studios, St. Petersburg, Florida; Platinum Lab, Nashville, Tennessee; Darkhorse Studio, Franklin, Tennessee; Fairway Studios, Anniston, Alabama.

Clyde Lee Dennis is a life long music enthusiast and in addition to writing music reviews he is also the Real Estate Editor at Oklahoma City: eNewsBriefs.com where he covers topics like

Convenience Picking

In my early days of guitar playing, one of the techniques that I found to be most difficult was alternate-picking. Alternate picking is characterized as an alternative pattern of down stroke, upstroke, down stroke, upstroke, where the down strokes fall on the beat, and the upstrokes lie between he beats.

This technique is intended to synchronize the movement of your pick and your tapping foot, i.e. when your foot is down, use the downstroke, and when your foot is up- use the upstroke. Its intention is to assist the beginner in keeping a steady rhythm. If there is no note on the offbeat, then wait for the beat and revert back to the downstroke and continue the pattern.

Alternate picking is a very useful technique to familiarize you with basic rhythm and to maintain a steady footing in confusing or disorienting rhythms. However, as you begin to venture into lead guitar, the practicality of alternate-picking greatly diminishes. For example, playing across the thick-E, A, and then D strings would not be accomplished best with alternate picking; on the other hand, a combination of sweep picking and alternate picking would be the most practical. I would suggest playing the E, then A, both with down strokes and then use an upstroke to pluck the D string.

Using More than a Pick

To achieve the widest dynamic range on the guitar, I would suggest using more than just a pick. I would recommend using all of the fingers of your dominant hand for picking. This will allow you to command a wider range of pitch because your wrist will not have to move nearly as much. Also, the sound qualities of a pick plucking a string versus the sound of a finger plucking a string are completely different. Using both, you will have, at your disposal, a wide range of picking intensities, volumes and textures.

Hold the pick with your thumb and index finger. Place your wrist around the Low E and A-strings. Use your other three fingers to control the high E, B, and G strings.

Your pick will still shift up and down the strings, but with the added support of your remaining fingers, it will not be required to move nearly as much.

When my entire hand had been trained to pick, I planted the pinky of my right hand on the body of the guitar, by the high E-string. This allowed me to pivot my right hand off of a single point, giving me spatial reference, and thus more flexibility within a fixed radius; In other words, my right hand could do all sorts of crazy things without losing my place. It also allowed me to mute the high-E string (and sometimes even the B) for those unfortunate instances that I accidentally plucked an extra string.

Combined picking technique

I would suggest blending convenience picking and finger picking to maximize your playing speed and flexibility. They will take quite some time to implement, and they will take much longer to master. However, whence your picking hand is free from restraint, you fill find yourself playing much more complex and interesting melodies and rhythms.

Richard Mould grew up in Seattle, Washington and Norman, Oklahoma. He has been playing the guitar for a long time.

Harry Potter and his friends will make their final bow this year as the last of the series of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling novel is set to be released on July 21. Kudos to Rowling for creating an international feat, that of writing seven famous and mega-selling Harry Potter books in a span of ten years. Her books bridged the generation gap as both kids and adults were magnetized to the young wizard boy and the mysteries that surrounded his life.

The last book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is something to look forward to by fans as the story gets more thrilling with two characters to be killed in the end. Readers have already expressed mixed emotions upon the announcement of Rowling on her website. The author, during a reading last summer at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, revealed that she’s not always happy killing her characters including the one who died at the end of Book 6 (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince). However, she already had that in mind for several years prior to her writing the book. “I’d already done my grieving when I actually came to write it,” Rowling said.

Book 7 will be sold $5 higher than Book 6 at $34.99. U.S. publisher Scholastic Inc. said the price increase is due to the rise in the costs of production, paper, trucking, gas and security. These factors have been very vital in ensuring that all readers enjoy their well-loved book during release time. It’s not clear though how many pages it will have but speculations are strong it will either equal or exceed the page length of the previous books at more than 600 pages. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. has also announced a discounted price for the book at $18.89, 46 percent cheaper than the suggested cover price. It added that first-day advance orders for the last book were 547 percent more than the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which had 1.5 million pre-orders. Book 6 was released in July 2005.

Meanwhile, a deluxe edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with a regular price tag of $65 has also topped the list of Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. The book is at number two outselling a diet book and a memoir endorsed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Previously, some 100,000 copies of a similar edition of Book 6 were sold, according to Scholastic Inc. It included a 32-page insert of art and illustrations, a full-cloth case book, blind-stamped on front and back cover with the spine being foil-stamped.

J.K. Rowling completed the last Harry Potter book on January 11, 2007 at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh particularly at Room 652. This, according to a note she scribbled using a black marker on the back of a marble bust in the five-star hotel. Hotel sources were surprised over the discovery saying it’s the first time a celebrity guest in their hotel left a note on an ornament. It seems that Rowling is endeared to Edinburgh where she also wrote the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, notably in cafes Nicholson’s and The Elephant House. Rowling’s representative has confirmed that the author had been writing the last part of her internationally-acclaimed novel in Balmoral Hotel.

Since the first introduction of the Harry Potter series ten years ago, more than 325 million copies of the books in 64 languages have been sold while four box-office movies have been produced. The fifth sequel “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is set to be released on July 13.

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The official definition of public art is any visual artwork [sculpture, mosaic, mural, memorials and any other form whether it be functional or aesthetic only] that is located on a publicly accessible site should be considered public art. A very general meaning for a concept as broad and varying as, well, art. And to make it all-encompassing, public art also covers street performances such as, parades, street theatre, outdoor concerts - any sort of live performance. The scope of this article, however, is much more narrow and defined. Public art = structural artwork made by an artist with the intention of improving aesthetic environs or providing a functional gathering place.

Many of us have walked past, eaten lunch under or beside, thrown coins at, and completely ignored a whole array of public art. But not any more! Public art is a blossoming component of our built landscape that, in many cases, we can be involved in. Local governments and art organisations, depending on their public art policy or specific requirements, allow for community consultation on design and basic structure. The level of consultation, of course, depends on the function and placement of the piece being planned.

Arts organisations, museums and galleries that are involved in bringing art to the public, have stricter opinions on what constitutes public art and less scope for community consultation. Their goals are different. Developing and coordinating outdoor exhibitions, of one artwork or many, is vastly separated from local government acts that require their planning departments and private developers to make provision for art in future developments.

What I love about public art is that the artist often has space to create really big works! Works that can inspire and uplift by their sheer physical presence alone. We won’t like them all, but we’ll pay attention to the statements the work and the artist are trying to make.

Local government authorities around the world have development policies that require a percentage of a proposed development’s value to be spent on commissioning art. The art may be required to suit a particular location’s natural environment or heritage identity, or fit in with the cultural or tourism demands of the area. Public art can be temporary as in outdoor exhibitions and building wraps, or permanent such as fountains, memorials, roadside noise reducing barriers or street furniture.

The possibilities for public art continue to grow as many regions include Public Art Trails in their tourism plans. Guides, maps and booklets are being developed that outline and locate notable artworks in an area, and then targeted to local and international tourists. In Australia, there is a long history of Big Things on the tourist trail; things such as the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, the Big Trout in Adaminaby and the Big Merino in Goulburn, plus the dozens of other Big Things dotted around the country. That’s not to say that all tourist-attracting public art needs to be big and garish. There’s quite a number of arty, culturally-aware and just plain interested people that like to take a step into an area’s local culture and get a feel for the people and lifestyle they are visiting.

For the ordinary person not so involved in the art or local government worlds, how do you go about getting, locating or recognising public art in your area?

Recognising is simple. As mentioned, public art is anything that is installed or erected that has either a purely aesthetic value or is functional, purposeful as well as being interesting to look at.

Locating the public art in your area ranges from easy to hard. Start with local parks, town squares and outside any museums, galleries or government buildings. Not all areas or towns are created equal when it comes to money to spend on art [which is why making public art a development requirement is such a good idea], but that doesn’t mean there won’t or can’t be any around. Schools, public buildings and large expanses of wall are great places for the odd mural or three. Businesses that have turned their signage into art forms are only limited by their imagination. Tourist information centres and historical landmarks may abound. Many reserves and former industrial sites are the locations of old equipment and structures that have been turned into a reminder of days gone by.

Holbrook, a town approximately halfway between Sydney and Melbourne, has gone “superstructure” with its public art and turned an old submarine, the HMAS Otway, into an historical and artistic statement. Closer to the New South Wales/Victorian border, the Ettamogah Pub, near the town of Albury, has turned itself into the reproduction of an iconic cartoon edifice, a major tourist attraction and quite a fascinating piece of life-size 3-D, functional pop art.

Around the world, towns and regions are travelling the public art trail by coordinating exhibitions that link individual homes, businesses, and industries via the artistic rendering of local identity. Scarecrows, cows, letterboxes, indigenous culture, building facades, milk urns, produce festivals, and the list goes on and on, all represent identity as seen by the local people, and all are art.

Public art has been with us since the days of the cave and the creation of the first memorial sculptures and wall-murals. It may not be something new, but it does have the potential for huge growth as people insist on the beautification and visual expression of their communities and look for the same in countries, cities and towns they visit on holiday. Find your local public art and celebrate it. Make more. Art in the open has a way of lifting your soul and calling you to it, whether it’s to admire, disagree with or rest your feet and eat your lunch under.

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The NFL is widely known as a quarterbacks’ league and quarterback rotations are very important in Preseason NFL handicapping. With about a week of training camp completed it is a great time to take a look at the progress of some new faces in new places and old faces facing new challenges as signal callers prepare for a new season.

AFC

Oakland: Aaron Brooks saw very limited action in the Hall of Fame Game to open up the preseason. However, the word out of Raiders’ training camp is that he has looked very solid and is quickly grasping the Oakland offense. Brooks may be challenged in camp by Andrew Walter but, with his advantage in experience, Brooks is very likely to win the starting job.

Buffalo: No teams quarterback situation may be more up in the air than the Buffalo Bills. Three players – J.P. Losman, Kelly Holcomb and Craig Nall are all battling for the starting job. So far Losman has looked to have the strongest arm and has been the most accurate in camp. He also has shown a much better grasp of the offense than the other two quarterbacks have.

Miami: There is definitely a new Big Fish in town. Daunte Culpepper caught the attention of many by being ready for Day 1 of training camp. He appears to have recovered from last season’s knee injury. Culpepper not only is ready physically but has shown a contagious enthusiasm in camp that has rubbed off on the team.

N.Y. Jets: This battle for the number one signal caller might be the most contested in the league. Chad Pennington has looked very shaky so far while recovering from shoulder surgery. Patrick Ramsey has not silenced any critics with his play either. So far both quarterbacks have split time with the number one offense and neither has jumped out ahead of the other.
Baltimore: It hasn’t taken Steve McNair long to find a favorite receiver and he has picked a good one. So far in camp about 75% of McNair’s passes have found their way to All Pro TE Todd Heap.

NFC

Detroit: Jon Kitna and Josh McCown were both brought in as free agents to fight for the starting job but in order to avoid any controversy from the start, new Lions coach Rod Marinelli penciled Kitna in with the first team. The veteran has looked good so far but Marinelli is far from ready to put Kitna’s name in ink yet.

New Orleans: As much attention as Reggie Bush has gotten, first year coach Sean Payton knows that the success of the season revolves around the play of newly signed Drew Brees. With that in mind, Payton has been very cautious so far with Brees and his surgically repaired shoulder. So much that he has had Brees sit out the second practice of their two-a day practices.

Arizona: Cardinals coach Dennis Green has made it clear from the beginning that Kurt Warner will be his starter. Any potential controversy has been easily avoided thanks to the late start from number one pick Matt Leinart.

Tampa Bay: There is also no controversy here as Chris Simms has the confidence of head coach Jon Gruden but based on his play so far he has turned the heads of the other players with how comfortable he looks in the role of number one.

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Online Craps can be entertaining and if you bet correctly you will lower the casino’s odds, and increase your own chance of winning and you will have the best odds in a game of chance.

In fact, the odds are better than roulette baccarat or slots and its a simple game to play as well making it suitable for novice players.

Lets look at why playing craps online is such a great game in terms of fun and odds of success.

When playing Online Craps, the only thing you can really do is to bet correctly, and this alone will reduce the casino’s odds.

As each throw of the dice is unique, and not dependent on whatever has been thrown before, you cannot with any system predict how the dice will fall.

The secret to winning at Online craps is simply to play the bet with the best odds
The best way to win is understand the passline bet, and how the odds apply.

In Online Craps there are more than 40 different bets you can make, but most of them favor the casino and can be ignored

Betting Odds Secrets

There is a bet called the craps “odds” bet. Here there are only minimal casino favorable odds. This bet is not drawn on the table, but is a poorly kept secret. Here is how it’s done/

A passline bet must first be made. A passline bet is a first bet that can be made before a new shooter starts his roll of the dice. The first roll is made, and then you can place the “odds” bet directly behind your passline bet. What happens then?

If the shooter makes his point, you are paid 1 to 1 for your passline bet but you are also paid the real odds for your odds bet.

Should the point be a 4 or a 10 your win is paid 2 to 1. (as 4 and 10 are easy rolls)

Should the point be a 5 or a 9 your win is paid 3 to 2. (harder to achieve than a 4 or 10)

Should the point be a 6 or an 8 your win is paid 6 to 5. (hardest rolls to achieve statistically)

Some casinos when playing Online Craps will allow you to take double odds bet on your passline bet. For example if you put $30 on the passline, you would be able to place an odds bet of $60.

Statistically, the in the passline bet the casino’s odds are 1.41% in their favor. But if you place an odds bet as well, you have just brought down the odds to about even.

The good news is that a passline bet with single odds gives the casino odds of only 0.85% but with double odds bet that edge is further to just 0.61%. This is almost even odds.

Since the casino is looking for more ways to get your money on the betting lines, they will sometimes

allow multiple bets in Online Craps with an odds bet, depending on the point in question

Should the point be 4 or 10 you can bet 3 times odds

Should the point be 5 or 9 you can bet 4 times odds.

Should the point be a 6 or an 8 you can bet 5 times odds.

Two tips to remember when playing Online Crap are:

• that you should always bet odds and their multiples if given the chance.

• If you are a “right” bettor (betting with the roller) bet on pass and come with full odds on both If you are a “wrong” (betting with the casino) bettor bet on don’t pass and don’t come with full odds on both.
Online Craps can be really fun, and you can make some money by following the advice above. All the other bets are heavily tilted in the casino’s favor. So play Online Craps with an eye to win, your strategy in hand.

Craps is simple fun and the odds are the best you will get in a game of chance so try playing craps online today!

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There is much flawed thought in a society where everyone is considered equal when in observation people are not always equal in every endeavor. If you are trying to make everyone equal in every regard then you will have no Lance Armstrong’s, no competition and humans will be bored and no longer wish to live, work or be productive. Think on the history of communism or the socialist countries, which fall far behind the innovation that a win/win Western Civilization has produced?

Some humans are better than others in some things and perhaps lack abilities in other things, that is a fact, we know this through simple observations don’t we? Obviously you are better than others in some things, if you are reading this article you are probably above normal intelligence; few people indulge in the thinking level that has brought on this topic. If we believe all people are equal then we will crush people like you. Is that okay with you? As we will all be equal right? Do you wish to be crushed? I have found individual humans to not be equal and if your utopia denies this observation, wouldn’t we all be living a lie in a perfect world? If one is living a lie, why live?

If we modify our current reality to take into consideration such a socialistic beehive scenario plan, which is intellectually reasonable as a possible solution to the lie we are
currently living then, will we be trading one lie for another; a change of scenery? If so, we must understand that before we move on or we simply change everything, disrupt everything only for it all to repeat, and we know our human history has already done that. Think on this, too heavy for you; well think about something else, as you will then be thinking on equal footing with everyone else in the socialist brainwashed mass media mind of the beehive. Still think that is a worthy idea? Gotcha.

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