The Casino Odds
Casino odds are made to be in favor of the house, we know this, however, what if you could change some of the rules? Then what? A couple nights ago I was going through Netflix when I saw this movie…
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4’s and 8’s
4’s and 8’s: with the Chinese, these numbers are ambiguous. You wouldn’t think they mean anything, but for the Chinese they mean EVERYTHING. Whether something has a 4 or an 8 is equivalent to a loss or win and the…
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Poker Tournament: Bounty
Think of an old western style wanted poster, like this: That’s the premise of a bounty tournament in a nut shell. For all intensive purposes, we’ll talk about it in the scope of a holdem game. Bounty Holdem tournaments…
Poker Strategy – Looking Beyond Your Hand
I hate to say this, but humans, by nature, are born egocentric beings. It’s a byproduct of our survival instincts. This instinct eventually widens to familial and communal groups, then later, as the emotional maturity level develops, to altruistic endeavors….
Myth Debunked – “Monkey!”
You may have heard it in a casino at a blackjack table. MONKEY! MONKEY! MONKEY! Generally it’s a method of calling for a “10” of some kind when someone is doubling down on a hand, or is showing a single…
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