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Bodoglife poker contest starts this week

Writing by admin on Wednesday, 1 of October , 2008 at 6:09 pm

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An Incredible grand prize was announced by Bodoglife, with the main event awarding $300,000 guaranteed. Total cash for the eight day tournament will be more than $650,000, over the course of the weeklong Texas hold em tournament. The Bodog Texas Hold em tournament will begin Sunday, September 28th and continues until Sunday, October 5th. The well-known sportsbetting website will also feature six “Bounty” eliminatories, where the participants can win $109 in Texas Hold em credits for each Team Bodog poker player they knock out of the poker event. The biggest poker celebs will be taking on all rivals in the poker tournament.

Team Bodog star, Justin Bonomo, is definitely psyched about the Texas Hold em championship. Over the course of his poker playing career, the 23 year old has won around $1.4 million. He says that if you considered that the first poker tournament was great, you will definitely be astounded with this year’s poker contest and the prize money involved. He also challenges anyone that has the courage to eliminate him from the poker tournament to come forward.

The Kick off Bounty Tournament will be the first poker game in the contest on Sunday. Any poker player is able to buy-In directly into this, and any of the other poker games with cash. Or another alternative is to win their way into the events through the satellites which are being played every night during the Texas Hold em contest week. There will be six bounty eliminatories and seven “Championship Events”, which have higher buy-ins and deeper stacks.

Bodog’s event will have thirteen contests which will lead up to the main tournament on Sunday, October 5 at 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. This is the grand prize event with a guaranteed $300,000 in prize money, regardless of the number of poker players in the contest. All the poker challengers who want to enter the main event will have to shell out $500 for the buy-in and in return will be given 10,000 in poker chips.

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New Game Show Places Normal People Alongside Professional Poker Stars

Writing by admin on Thursday, 11 of September , 2008 at 2:35 pm

Texas Holdem’ used to be a game available only in Sin City Hotels or from electronic poker machines, but now it is more in style than ever in Vegas thanks to the internet and TV.

The famous Venetian Casino, is now betting on this popularity with its new audience-participation show called “The Real Deal!” in its showroom located in the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, beginning in October.

This new idea will join comedy and game show elements to entertain its live audience. The audience will also be able to join in the popular game of Texas Holdem’ alongside the best poker players in the world. The show has many prizes for the audience including a chance to win 1$ million.

In “The Real Deal!” the audience will play with players like Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Around 10 professional players have already signed up for the game show about poker. The audience will be able to play along with the 90 minute game thanks to handheld, wireless, touch screen devices located on each seat.

“People who come to Vegas casinos want to play poker games,” Negreanu says, “but obviously they can’t play in a top poker tournament with the people like Doyle or Phil Hellmuth. But, in this show, they actually can.” At the beginning of each show, six audience members will be chosen to sit at the poker table on stage with two professional players. Each audience member is then involved in the action by being dealt a unique set of poker cards on their devices. Everyone in the showroom is then involved in the action with big-screen monitors located on stage.

The show’s producers say that you don’t have to be a poker player to join in the poker game. There are other ways to increase your point total, that doesn’t involve playing poker necessarily. Betting on the suit of the next poker card or trying to guess which state a particular audience member is from, are just some of the ways to come out a winner in this game.

Creators of the show are also placing bets on the personalities of the professional poker players to create some exciting moments. Someone like Scotty Nguyen, the flamboyant five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, definitely can keep an audience entertained and will provide some great entertainment in this new idea for poker .

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What is an Over-Under Anyway?

Writing by admin on Wednesday, 3 of September , 2008 at 4:10 pm

The NFL Regular Season is about to begin, and some people are still a little puzzled about how to bet on the total of a game. Basically the way it works is the sports book website will create a total for a specific part of the game and the bettor will either bet on the points going higher than the amount set or lower.
The most common over-under bet at any sports book would be the total points scored by the end of the game. The best example is from the online sportsbook pinnacle sports, which has the total of the Redskins vs. Giants game at 41 points. If you were to guess that the total points scored by both teams combined will be higher than 41, you would have to risk $110 to win $100 (the odds are the same for the under).
You may notice other sportsbooks posting a total with a half-point, for example the sportsbook sbg global has a total of 38½ for the Bengals vs. Ravens game. The idea of the half a point is basically to avoid a push if the total points in the game actually add up to 38 points.
There is another way that the sports books can adjust the line without touching the total, this is by moving the money line. For example the online betting website wagerweb has the odds the boxing match between Marquez and Casamayor at 9½ rounds with the over at -350 and the under at +275. This tells you that the favorite is the match lasting 10 rounds exactly.
Now you should be an expert at betting on the total, so take a look at your favorite sports book website for more total odds.

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Spin Palace Casino Offers Gamers the Time of Their Life

Writing by admin on Wednesday, 14 of November , 2007 at 6:30 pm

At the Spin Palace Casino, much of the lessons learned in the early days of the Internet by popular online poker rooms and casinos have been put to good use, as the Spin Palace Casino offers some of the best and most lucrative gaming and gambling activities on the Internet for players to take advantage of. With this heavy emphasis on gaming and gambling and all of the most popular activities that the player can imagine, there is no end of things to do and activities to enjoy at the Spin Palace Casino on the Internet. With the popularity of these types of online poker rooms and casinos, it is hardly surprising to see such a tremendous level of attention devoted to the customization and individual service of each and every player. But at the Spin Palace Casino, this is the focus of the website itself, providing an extremely effective and popular approach to the gaming and gambling institution. By providing this extremely high level of customer service and attention to the needs of the individual, the Spin Palace Casino makes all the difference in the world to those players who are not familiar with the levels of competition that exist elsewhere on the Internet. As more and more players flock to the SpinPalaceCasino.com to enjoy the competition that exists there, it becomes more and more obvious that the extreme popularity of these types of facilities have brought more and more players to the Spin Palace Casino in general.

Not only does the Spin Palace Casino offer an extraordinarily high level of competition and games to choose from, but the customer service and attention to detail is also quite high and ranks as an industry leader on the Internet among other types of casinos and poker rooms of this type. When comparing these types of online casinos, it is important to note that very few have the dedicated staff and user base that the Spin Palace Casino boasts, making for a very popular online casino that attracts players from all over the world. In fact, so many players prefer the Spin Palace Casino that it has become one of the most popular casinos on the web. With this snowball type of effect, more players flock to the Spin Palace Casino on a regular basis than nearly any other Casino on the web, due largely to the over-the-top nature of the available tournaments, promotions and other types of player incentives that make all the difference when choosing between these different types of online casinos.

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Can They Replace Video Poker Machines in Public Areas Such As Bars and Restaurants?

Writing by admin on Wednesday, 31 of October , 2007 at 6:57 pm

If you have traveled through some of the states that allow video poker, you might be familiar with the ubiquitous poker machines that sit in nearly every bar and restaurant in these particular locations. With more and more players setting their sights on utilizing these types of video poker machines, it is interesting to note how many individuals have suggested allowing online casinos to be broadcast through a computer terminal located at these types of public locations such as bars and restaurants. Rather than putting quarters into the machine, the player would simply have a bankroll like any other type of online casino and compete against real live human beings over the Internet. With this focus on creating a community to support the gaming sector, these types of interconnected video poker machines would very quickly outpace the traditional machines that were predicated on playing poker against a cold and unthinking machine. With all of the popularity of these types of video poker machines, it is not surprising that so much attention will be paid to bringing in some type of alternative that might provide more lucrative payouts.

If this is the case, and online poker rooms and casinos can be adapted to replace the venerable video poker machines around the world, it would be an amazing leap forward for the online casino format and the exposure that it receives from players around the country. Considering the ubiquity of the video poker machines, this type of new concept, once introduced to the world at large, would very likely catch on with the tremendous amount of poker enthusiasts who make use of these types of video poker machines already. By introducing this level of exposure to the online poker rooms and casinos, it is critical to consider the ease-of-use and the necessity of touch screen communication devices in order to reduce the dependency on the traditional keyboard interface. Considering that the popularity of video poker machines is largely predicated on the ability of users to make sense of the large flashing colored buttons, a keyboard from a traditional computer would very likely be out of the question in a situation like this. With some minor modifications and adaptations, the online casinos can effectively provide the complete and efficient replacement of video poker machines throughout the nation.

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