Betting Big Games A Losing Play

By Robert Ferringo

I have the over/under on the number of minutes I spend watching the national championship game tonight at about 15.

Unlike some whiny national radio bobbleheads I could care less what time the game starts (it’s 9:20 p.m. EST); I’m a night owl. But I have minimal interest in the game mainly because I’m more locked into baseball right now and I will be bouncing between the Yankees-Twins, Mariners-Rangers and Pirates-Cardinals. Add in the fact that I really dislike both Connecticut (I’m a Syracuse fan) and Butler (I think they are a bunch of bitches) and tonight’s title game is about as appealing as hemorrhoids.

I also have less of an interest because I won’t have nay money or any plays down on the Connecticut-Butler game tonight. I know that seems odd that a professional handicapper wouldn’t release a prediction on the

Learning Other Poker Games

A large number of poker players simply log onto their favourite poker room day in and day out, playing the same game all the time, never changing or even contemplating learning how to learn a new game or variety of poker. Not only are they missing out on a whole host of fun games they are also potentially losing out financially.

The most popular game spread by online poker rooms is No Limit Texas Hold’em but as the various sites fight to be the best online poker room they are constantly adding new games for players to play. The most natural new game to try if you are a Hold’em player is Pot Limit Omaha, a game that is favoured by the high stakes players as it generates a lot of action and pots are often double that of Hold’em at the equivalent stakes.

As both No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha are popular with the masses they attract the better players and there are more strategy articles written about both games meaning your edge is generally lower. However, trying games such as Seven-card Stud, Omaha hi/lo, and Razz, games traditionally played by older, less knowledgeable players, players who are behind the times when it comes to modern strategy. Whilst there are some very strong players in the lesser played games, there are also a plethora of very weak, misinformed players who are ripe for taking cash from!

By far the weakest games on the internet are mixed games, which is where a series of games are played in rotation. The original format of these was HORSE which played limit games of Hold’em, Omaha hi/low, Razz, Stud and Stud hi/low but these have been replaced by the extremely popular 8-game and now even 10-game. The reason these games are so profitable is that players tend to specialise in one or two of the more popular games and then play very poorly or passively during rounds that they are not overly familiar with. To find out which poker sites have mixed games available simply check some online poker room reviews and you should be able to see what games are spread where.

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The Games Gamblers Play: Casino Gambling 101

Casino gambling. The first thing that enters our mind is Vegas, slot machines, bright lights and chips. If you’re not a gambling person and you don’t know a lot about casino gambling, then read on...

According to the Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia, a casino is a building that accommodates casino gambling. Customers may gamble by playing slot machines or other games of chance and some skill. Casino gambling games usually have mathematically determined odds built in that ensure the house retains an advantage over the players. This advantage is called the “edge”. “Payout” is the percentage given to players. Some statistically even games may take a commission or tax, a "rake" on bets customers make against each other.

There are a lot of casino gambling games which can get you hooked in no time. First of all, you have the classic slot machine. A slot machine is a coin-operated casino gambling machine with three or more reels that rotate when a lever on the side of the machine is pulled. It includes a currency detector that validates the coin or money inserted to play. The machine typically pays off based on patterns of symbols visible on the front of the machine when it stops.

Sadly, casino gambling games often offer the player the illusion of control in which the player is given choices, but these choices do not eliminate the player's long-term disadvantage. This disadvantage is caused by the casino not paying the full amount that would be expected for the odds wagered. For example, if one game was played by betting what number a roll of a die would give, instead of paying 6 times the amount bet for winning, the casino only pays 5 times the amount bet.

This system is often found in famous casino gambling games like Poker, Craps, Roulette or Blackjack.

Poker is a very popular casino gambling card game. The players, with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, after which the pot is awarded to the remaining player or players with the best combination of cards.

Like Poker, Blackjack is also a very popular casino gambling card game. Much of its popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and decision making, and a practice called card counting. It is a skill in which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting and strategy decisions based on the cards that have been dealt. Players suspected of card counting are usually banned and blacklisted by casinos.

Craps is a famous casino gambling game using dice. Players wager money against the casino on the outcome of one roll, or of a series of rolls of two dice. The rules vary slightly from one casino to another, but the expected value of most bets is only slightly negative. All bets have a negative expectation, except the "free odds" bet with an expectation of 0, that the player is allowed to make after a point is established on a flat bet. Unlike in Blackjack, there is no possible winning strategy over any given period of time.

Roulette is a signature casino gambling game. A croupier turns a round roulette wheel which has 37 or 38 separately numbered pockets in which a ball must land. The main pockets are numbered from 1 to 36 and change between red and black, with number 1 being red. In addition there is a pocket numbered 0 of green color. In most roulette wheels in the United States but not in Europe, there is a second zero compartment marked 00, also colored green. If a player bets on a single number and wins, the payout is 35 to 1. The bet itself is returned, so in total it is multiplied by 36.

Be very wary though, these casino gambling games are highly addictive (as they are intended to be). A lot of lives have been ruined by casino gambling and although it might be fun, please do try to regulate yourself.

NBA Games Recap 4/28/09

4 games were played in the NBA last night and the first one of the night went into overtime in Boston. The Bulls again held the Celtics close but like many times in this series failed to get the upper hand, this time losing in overtime, 106-104. Boston now lead 3-2 in the series with the next game in Chicago where they could wrap up the series and move on to the Conference Semi-Finals, in this game they had Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce to thank for the majority of their points. Pierce scored 26 points while shooting 50 percent while Rondo led the C’s with 28 points and 11 assists for a double double while shooting 12 of 22 from the field. The other star performer for the men in green was Kendrick Perkins Boston’s center. Perkins scored 16 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for a double double.

On the other side Ben Gordon produced another fantastic effort that just failed to see his team over the finishing line, he had 26 points (a team high for Chicago) with the majority of those points coming from the foul line (11) while center Joakim Noah scooped a double double with 11 points and 17 rebounds. Even if the Bulls bow out in Game 6 or 7 like expected they’ll be able to hold their heads high in the knowledge that they’ve been so close to beating the Celtics so many times.

In Orlando the Magic took a 3-2 lead in their series with the Philadelphia 76ers after a 91-78 win at Amway Arena. The Magic will be glad that they were able to take the lead in the series especially with Dwight Howard now out of Game 6 with a ban after a flagrant foul, Howard was one of Orlando’s star performers and scored 24 points and grabbed 24 rebounds including 10 offensive boards for a double double while Rashard Lewis scored the same number of points while shooting 9 of 16 from the field.

Philadelphia will hope for the same kind of performance from Andre Iguodala in Game 6 if they’re to stave off elimination for at least a few more days, Iguodala scored a team high 26 points while playing 47 minutes. One performance that didn’t sparkle was Thaddeus Young’s contribution, in 40 minutes he managed only 9 points on 4 of 9 shooting while Samuel Dalembert couldn’t even get that. Dalembert scored a flimsy 4 points and 9 rebounds in 20 minutes on the hardwood. Philly will hope for one final push to take this game to a decider in Orlando but will have to seriously increase their game if they want to achieve that.

In San Antonio the first shock of the play-offs were confirmed as the Dallas Mavericks knocked out the Spurs in 5 games after beating the Spurs 106-93 in their backyard. Dallas won the series 4-1 and now moves onto a much more daunting task of no.1 seed Los Angeles in the Conference Semi-Finals. This really was a team performance from the Mavs, each of their starters scored double figures while Dirk Nowitzki led the line with 31 points and 9 rebounds while Erick Dampier grabbed a double double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Jason Terry also came off the bench to score 19.

The San Antonio box score was a much worse sight. Only two players dropped double figures, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker who had 30 and 26 respectively. Parker also helped with 12 assists for a double double but apart from that the Mavericks shut the Spurs down and meaning their exited the play-offs at the first hurdle for the first time since 2000.

Finally in Portland the Trail Blazers hit back at their critics by finally shutting down Yao Ming (well sort of) and winning Game 5 of their tie with Houston to stop elimination talk for at least a few days. Portland won this one 88-77 with their two main men LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy scoring 25 points each while shooting 50 percent between themselves while Steve Blake scored 15 at point guard. The biggest story of the night was Yao Ming who was limited to 15 points and 12 rebounds for a double double while Shane Battier could only score 4 points despite playing nearly the whole game. Houston’s top scorer was Luis Scola who dropped 21 points and 6 rebounds while shooting 10 of 13. With the next game in Houston the Rockets will still be confident of winning the series for the chance to face the Denver Nuggets who, barring a miracle, will be going through to the next round.

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NBA Games Recap 4/29/09

There was a load of MLB fixtures on Wednesday so we’ll recap some of them starting in Baltimore where the Orioles went down 3-2 thanks to a 2 run 7th innings by the visiting L.A Angels. This loss meant the Angels swept the Orioles 2-0 in the short road series after L.A fought back from going behind early in the ballgame. In the bottom of the first Baltimore first baseman Huff hit a sac fly to center to score Roberts before Morales tied the game for the Angels in the 4th with an RBI triple to deep center field to score Izturis. Los Angeles then had to wait a while before their winning runs, in the 7th Hunter homered to left to make it 2-1 before Morales batted in his second run of the game with a homer to center to make the lead 3-1. In the 8th Nick Markakis pulled one back for the Orioles when he hit a single to right center to score Jones and in doing so extended his hit streak to 16 games. However this couldn’t rally Baltimore to get the tying run and they dropped to 9-
13 after nearly a month has been played in the season.

In a pitching battle in Milwaukee the Brewers’ Yovani Gallardo triumphed over the Pittsburgh Pirates to see his team to a 1-0 win. Not only did he pitch 8 complete innings in which he struck out a career high 11 batters but he only gave up 2 hits and 1 walk. The best however was to come after he had pitched his 7th innings when he came up to bat and hit a home run to left field from a pitch that stayed up and begged to be hit. After this Villanueva earned his 2nd save of the season after pitching out the 9th and striking out one but the plaudits go to Gallardo who won the game with stellar pitching and his second home run of the season.

In New York the Florida Marlins overcame the Mets thanks to a Cody Ross 2 RBI single in the 8th innings to see the Fish to a 4-3 victory and a 2-1 series victory overall. Florida were 2-1 up after one thanks to a Will Helms sac fly and a Jose Cantu home run before Jose Reyes pulled one back for the Mets on a Cora sac to first. Raul Castro then singled to left center to score Tatis in the 4th to pull the Mets level before Tatis himself homered to left to put New York up 3-2 in the 6th. Before the 8th Johan Santana had kept the hot Florida offense relatively quiet striking out 7 and giving up only 5 hits but as soon as he went off the whole thing fell apart. Putz earned the loss for his 8th innings performance that gave Ross the winner and walked 2 in the process while Mike Lindstrom got his 5th save of the season for the Marlins.

In Chicago the White Sox moved to a .500

NBA Games Recap 4/30/09

3 games were played in the NBA play-offs last night and while two of the games ended their respective first round series one game’s outcome ensured a 7th game decider. First up we’ll look at the formers and least exciting. In Philadelphia the 76ers needed to win to send this series to a 7th game and luckily they had home court advantage to help them. Unfortunately however, they only had 3 players that turned up in the actual game. Andre Miller led the Sixers with 24 points and Andre Iguodala and Lou Williams (coming off the bench) had 20 and 17 respectively but apart from that Philly didn’t have any point scorer. If you compared this to the Orlando Magic you’d see why the Magic are going through to face Cleveland in the Semi Finals. Without Courtney Lee and Dwight Howard playing due to injury every Orlando starter managed to get into double figures with Rashard Lewis leading with 29. Then came Rafer Alston with 21 points and 10 assists for a double double and J.J Redick with 15 points. This was a real team effort by the Magic, when faced with a difficult situation they came out firing as every player that started shot over 50 percent along with two double doubles, I’ve already mentioned Alston’s but center Marcin Gortat competently filled Howard’s shoes by scoring 11 points and grabbing 15 rebounds for his double double. Orlando will look forward to their Semi with Cleveland and will hope to give the Cavs a sterner test than the one they faced against Detroit.

In Houston the Rockets also advanced to their Western Conference Semi-Finals where they’ll play Denver after a 92-76 win over the Portland Trail Blazers to win the series 4-2. Yao Ming scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double double while Ron Artest lead the points scoring with 27 shooting 11 of 21 on the night with most of the missing coming from his hopeful 3 of 11 3 point shooting. On the other side Portland’s scoring looked much worse, LaMarcus Aldridge led with 26 points while Brandon Roy was just behind him with 22 but apart from that there wasn’t much to speak of. The other 3 starters recorded scores of 2, 3 and 2, in short the Houston defense was sharp. It’ll have to be even sharper if the Rockets want to stop Denver’s high calibre offense in the next few weeks.

Finally the best game of the night again came from the Boston - Chicago series where after 3 periods of overtime the Chicago Bulls triumphed at home to take the tie back to Boston for a 7th game decider. The Bulls won this one 127-128 despite an amazing Ray Allen performance for the Celtics, Allen scored 51 points on the night shooting 18 of 32 and 9 of 18 from behind the arc while Glen Davis scored 23 and Paul Pierce 22. The Bulls had their own heavy hitters though with John Salmons leading with 35 while Derrick Rose scored 28 and Brad Miller came off the bench for 23 and 10 rebounds for a double double. When the Bulls haven’t won the games in this series they’ve come mightily close and they’ll hope to squeeze the Celtics again in Boston, whatever happens this series will go down in history as one of the best first round series ever.

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NBA Games Recap 5/1/09

There was only one game played in the NBA play-offs last night and that was between the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat in Miami, Florida. This game was Game 6 of the series, a series that’s been noted for it’s lack of relative competitiveness in each game, the closest margin of victory has been 10 points in Game 4, despite this however the teams are now tied at 3-3 after a Miami victory last night. Knowing that if they lost the series and their hopes of play-off glory were over the Heat came out all guns blazing and lead by 14 points after the 1st quarter and 9 points at half time. Where as in previous games the Heat defense couldn’t cope with the hot Atlanta offense Miami shut down Mike Bibby and his colleagues throughout the whole game with their highest points total in each of the 4 quarters of play being 24, the only time they managed to get more than 20 in a quarter.

This wasn’t helped by Bibby himself who, despite top scoring with 20 for the Hawks, gave up 4 turnovers as part of the Hawks’ 14 turnovers on the night. He didn’t get much help with the points scoring either, only two other players scored into double figures (Joe Johnson and Ronald Murray (who came off the bench) both had 13). Al Horford didn’t play while Josh Smith could only manage 7 points on 3 of 13 shooting.

On the other side only 3 players really turned up for the Heat, luckily for them though they turned up in significant numbers. James Jones scored 11 as a small forward while Michael Beasley dropped 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to get a double double. The last of the trio had the best game though, Dwayne Wade, Miami’s talisman, scored 41 points on 11 of 23 shooting including 3 of 7 from behind the arc and 8 assists. D. Wade looks like he’s very much back in the groove and Miami will certainly need that when they go back to Atlanta for the all important Game 7 in a few days. This one ended in an easy Miami victory, 98-72.

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NBA Games Recap 5/3/09

2 games were played in the NBA on Sunday night and neither were close. Firstly in a series where not one of the 7 games produced a nail biter the Atlanta Hawks dispatched the Miami Heat 91-78 to win their first round series 4-3 and move onto a Eastern Conference Semi-Final with the number one seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. The Hawks won 3 of the 4 quarters of play in this game and by the time they lost one (in the 4th quarter) they were 16 points ahead. The Hawks really blew this one open when they outscored Miami 29-18 in the second quarter to end the first half 13 points up, a lead they didn’t let slip.

They were able to beat Miami despite having a shooting percentage marginally worse than their opponents with 40.8 percent while the Heat’s was slightly up at 41.3. This shows that they obviously took more shots (something that’s typical for this fast-paced Atlanta team), quite a lot of these misses were from the hands of Ronald Murray, who came off the bench and scored 15 points but only shot 4 of 14. Likewise Joe Johnson scored a team high 27 but missed 9 shooting 10-19. Other than those two Josh Smith dropped 21 and Mike Bibby had a slight off day with 11 points including 2 trademark 3 pointers.

On the other side fewer players got hot, Dwayne Wade led the Miami scoring with 31 points while Michael Beasley came off the bench to score 17 points. However apart from that there was only Udonis Haslem’s 14 poitns and 13 rebounds for his double double that stood out. A problem that’s plagued Miami all season has been their lack of depth and this problem shone last night, hopefully they’ll use this upcoming off-season to bring in some fresh talent while the Hawks go on to face the impossible task of Cleveland with home-court advantage. The Hawk’s first objective is to win one game especially after seeing the Cavs easily sweep the Detroit Pistons out of the play-offs in 4 games.

In the other game of the night Denver kicked off their Western Conference Semi-Final with the Dallas Mavericks with an easy home win despite some good first quarter play by the Mavs. Denver won this one 109-95 but were 8 points down at the end of the first quarter and had only scored 16 points, thankfully for them and their fans they escaped any thoughts of a first game loss with a 35 point second quarter that put them up by 4 at the half. After that they never looked in doubt and padded their lead in the second half. Starting center Nene top scored with 24 points while Carmelo Anthony was just behind with 23 but the Nuggets’ bench came up trumps with 39 points including J.R Smith who scored 15 and Anthony Carter, who dropped 12 in 22 minutes on court.

For Dallas the scoring was really limited to 4 players. Firstly Dirk Nowitzki top scored with 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for a double double while Jason Kidd and Josh Howard both had 15. The fourth player was Jason Terry who came off the bench to score 15 and collect 5 rebounds in 32 minutes on court and hit 3 of 7 from behind the arc. Like in the first round the Dallas Mavericks are having to cope without home court advantage (something they’ll have to do throughout the play-offs if they progress) but this time they’re facing the Nuggets who play a much quicker game than the San Antonio Spurs, who played into their hands. They have one more game in Denver before going back to Texas for two games and will hope to, at least, run Denver close in Game 2 so they can at least dream of another upset.

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The Advantages of Lay Betting in Soccer Games

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If you’re sick and tired of soccer games petering out tediously into a draw after betting that your side was going to secure victory (just think back to Australia’s draw against Ghana in the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa), why not adopt a different approach to soccer betting?

Bettors across the globe have increasingly realized the attraction of lay betting, which can bring huge profits to those who employ it wisely. Whereas with a bet that you might place on which side will win a game, you will win absolutely nothing if the side you backed draws or loses the game, with lay betting that is not the case. Let’s think back to the earlier example of Australia vs Ghana. Pretend you’ve placed a lay bet on Ghana to win the game because, although you might believe the Socceroos are the better side on paper and badly want them to win, you’ve had your fingers burnt in the past by last minute goals securing draws, or teams playing a full 90 minutes with the sole intention of drawing the game.

In this particular example, taking into account the way the game played out in reality, the bettor who chose to lay a Ghana win (in other words, the person who was confident that Ghana beating Australia would be an occurence which would not become a reality) would walk away with a smile on their face and some cash in their pocket as their judgement that Ghana couldn’t beat the Socceroos but might sneak a draw was correct. However, his mate, the one who believed passionately that Australia were going to beat Ghana and backed the Aussies, would have walked away a far less contented man on two counts: the Socceroos didn’t win (which obviously sucks!) and he lost some money.

So, if you reckon a team can’t win but you’re not sure if the other side are consistently good enough to beat them, you might discover that the best way to prove yourself right is through the astute use of a lay bet on Betfair, where you can choose to back or lay a number of selections. It’s worth understanding more about how Betfair works and precisely how exchange betting works if you want to get heavily involved with lay betting in the future.

An Overview of Online Football Games

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Football was a rather late entrant into the online game arena. But it soon made up for the lost ground and became one of the most sought after games in the cyber world. There are a number of types of online football games. Some football gaming software applications simulate the exact match conditions and player characteristics and allow the users to represent a whole team. Some other game software packages and websites allow the user to play specific instances of football matches like taking free kicks and penalty shootouts. Some websites offer the fantasy game of virtual manager for major football tournaments and premier football leagues.

Types Of Online Football Games

The games that simulate actual match conditions are the most popular type of online football games. In this type of games, the user must be familiar with the keyboard controls of the software. There are specific keys assigned for throwing, dribbling, shooting, and running. Once you become fairly comfortable with the keyboard for playing the game, you can log on to the internet for playing with other users. There are several websites that act as a platform for users to play football games online.

There are some variations of actual football in the online version. There are online football games specifically for taking free kicks and penalty shootouts. The main advantage of these games is the simplicity. You need to know only the keys for positioning the ball and scoring goals.

Several websites offer the fantasy game of virtual football. It does not actually involve playing the game. It is more like playing a football manager’s role. Its main activity is selecting a particular team from the current crop of players. Each international player is assigned a specific monetary value. The user has to select a team within a stipulated budget. The user will get points based on the performance of the selected players in actual games.

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