Writing by admin on Wednesday, 17 of September , 2008 at 1:53 pm
According to the 2006 WSOP bracelet winner, Jamie Gold, he would be happy to be known as the finest bluffer in the world. But if his last Texas Holdem tournament is any clue, his wish may not come true ever.
The site is the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Sin City Bellagio in 2007. Featuring $50 - $100 blinds and a $15,000 buy-in, Darrell Dicken is close to the end of his run. The seat 4 player has just raised his bet to $300, a tiny raise with only one player biting the line. “I put him as being weak,” Jamie said, “I was thinking about raising, but instead I just called with a 10-3 of hearts to see what would happen.”
Jamie believed that Brad Booth would make a move, which he did. He re-raised to $1600 from the big blind. Gold thought that Booth had a good hand, but he was in a great position to make a move taking into account the amount of dead money in the pot. Dicken ended up folding, and the unknown in Seat 4 called Booth’s raise.
Now there was more than $4000 in the pot, so Jamie wagered another $4000. He was thinking, only if someone else had aces or kings there would be no possibility they would make that call. Jamie’s strategy was to make a substantial move on the flop, as long as no ace was dealt. The second part of his strategy was to get Booth to fold, which he did. Booth folded with pocket queens.
Coming out of the flop there was an ace of ace-6-5, two clubs. The player in seat 4 checked and Jamie bet $2000. Jamie’s initial thought was to make him think that he had clubs. Seat 4 laid down a $10,000 poker chip, but didn’t say anything thus changing his raise into a call. Jamie’s thought was that seat 4 in all likelihood had an ace, but you have to defend it in case he hits his set on the following card.
A 2 of hearts came out on the turn, and Jamie went ahead and folded to what he thought was a top pair kicker. Seat 4 laid down a king-jack off suit. Seat 4 beat Gold by bluffing with a better hand, he forced an impressive poker play and continued with the bluff all the way through to the finish.
Category: Gambling, casino, poker tournament, texas hold em
Writing by admin on Wednesday, 2 of January , 2008 at 5:52 pm
Every single online casino or poker player knows that the UIGEA has dragged a lot of problems for both the establishments and the players. This situation has pushed the online gaming sites to look for new and less hostile markets, but is very hard for the online casinos as well as sports betting sites to advertise or either offer their services without being subject to government interferences. The U.S has regulated and almost made impossible to transfer money into a site if you reside within the U.S borders. This legal move has also affected the perception of online gambling in other countries such as Norway, the UK and Germany, in which the local governments have also started to create their own set of rules and taxations.
Though the effort to reform UK government gambling regulations and attract online gaming through advertisements and sponsorship was made possible by the new Gambling Act, top poker and casino operators decided not pursue a UK license. The gaming sector came to their decision based on Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s fifteen percent online poker and casino gaming tax; Remote Gaming Duty. This tax is to act as a deterrent for off-shore companies wishing to carry out their gaming business in the UK. Prime Minister Brown is reported to have a very strict views regarding gambling and as Treasury Chancellor, he had made a previous proposal to tax casinos gaming profits up to fifty-percent.
The Gambling Act of 2005 became a deregulating statute of the gaming industry. The gaming and betting market will be affected by this the most which includes casinos, gaming machines, lotteries, licensed bingo, football pools and bookmaking.
This recent move has apparently been in the works for an estimated seven years. It has not occurred until now because the European market denied their proposal supposedly due to a violation of state aid rules. It has also been reported since. The final negotiations will be a source of embarrassment to UK Ministers who have prided themselves since the Gambling Act of 2005, as a world leader in the approach to online gaming regulation.
Category: Gambling, casino, online casino, sport betting
Writing by admin on Friday, 19 of October , 2007 at 8:28 pm
With the willingness of online users to engage in all manner of wagering and gambling on the Internet, it is not surprising that so many gambling websites such as online poker rooms and casinos have done so well, bringing in tremendous amounts of cash revenue on a regular basis. In the case of the sports bet making websites on the Internet, these sports book sites have seen explosively rapid growth in recent years, rivaling that of the online poker rooms and casinos such as Fulltiltpoker.com that came before them. With all the focus on providing a gaming and gambling resource for online wagering enthusiasts, the sports book websites have filled a niche that was completely unfilled until the modern day. Online sports betting websites make it a simple enough matter to logon and wager on the player’s favorite team with little trouble and minimal effort. This ability to wager on the player’s favorite sports teams and other chance events, even including entertainment award shows and box office revenue, has led to an incredible surge in popularity of the new wave of sports book making websites on the Internet.
With the rapidly increasing popularity of these types of sports betting websites, it is only natural that they should face fierce competition from competitive sites that will pull out all the stops in an attempt to draw in more players and visitors to the individual sports betting websites than the competition. As usual, each website does everything that it can, including all manner of promotional offers and kickbacks that players can utilize to earn additional income do these different types of sports betting websites. With the overwhelming popularity of these types of sports book making websites, it is readily apparent that players and wagering enthusiasts have become extremely fond of these types of sites that allow the player to immerse themselves in gaming and wagering activities on the web.
As sports book websites continue to gain in popularity, the amount of customers and the crossover into other avenues of gaming and gambling such as poker and casino style gaming is more and more common and seen more often. In some cases, these types of online sports betting websites allow a player to bet on sports, wager on entertainment activities and still gamble at all manner of poker and other types of casino gaming such as roulette and blackjack.
Category: Gambling, casino, casino gambling, online casino