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		<title>Where you have to look for great bonusses</title>
		<link>http://vincentfiore.com/2008/12/where-you-have-to-look-for-great-bonusses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you start to play Poker online or in a casino online you want to look for the best online casino bonus or the best online poker bonus. You will only find the best bonus in a Casino or Poker room when you search for the beste online casino or best online poker room. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you start to play Poker online or in a casino online you want to look for the best online casino bonus or the best <a href="http://www.bet-office.com/de/online-poker/">online poker bonus</a>. You will only find the best bonus in a Casino or Poker room when you search for the beste online casino or best online poker room. The problem is that there are many <a href="http://www.bet-office.com/de/kasino-online/on-line-casino.php">besten online casinos</a> and poker rooms out there so the choice is overwhelming.</p>
<p>The best thing is to go to a good online casino portal like www.bet-office.com where you can find the best possible <a href="http://www.bet-office.com/fr/casinos-en-ligne/casino-en-ligne.php">casino en ligne bonus</a>. Normally these portals also have a online poker section where you can find the best online poker bonusses available. Then the next step is to choose your bonus casino en ligne and go play in your favorite room. For Poker there is also a option to choose for free money to play on line poker. In the online Kasino the most portals dont give away free money to their players.</p>
<p>So if you want to take a shot at the online casino and Poker market first take a look at some amazing portals out there.</p>
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		<title>The Basics of Pai Gow Poker</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time you are in a casino, you might consider playing a funky little card game called Pai Gow poker, an adaptation of the Chinese domino game Pai Gow.  Unlike three card poker, the player must make and win on two hands instead of just one, and unlike blackjack, no one’s hand can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The next time you are in a casino, you might consider playing a funky little card game called Pai Gow poker, an adaptation of the Chinese domino game Pai Gow.  Unlike three card poker, the player must make and win on two hands instead of just one, and unlike <a href="http://www.123blackjackonline.com/">blackjack</a>, no one’s hand can bust.  Pai Gow poker also has a small house edge when played with the standard rules of most casinos.</p>
<p>As in many other gambling games, Pai Gow poker pits the player against a banker, who is normally the housse-backed dealer, although the role also rotates among the players. A standard deck of 52 cards is used, with a single joker added; the joker is usually an ace but can be used to complete a straight or a flush.  The order in which players receive their cards changes each round, based on a randomly generated number or a dice roll.  Players make their wager and receive hands of seven cards, with the goal being to make the best two poker hands – a two-card hand and a five-card hand.  The two-card hand can only be a pair or two high cards, while the five-card hand uses standard poker rankings.  Remember, the five-card – or ‘behind’ hand – must be the higher of the two, so if you are dealt one pair and nothing else of value in your seven cards, the two-card – or ‘top’ – hand cannot contain the pair.</p>
<p>After the players have arranged their hands, the banker arranges his cards “the house way.”  Then, each player’s hand is compared with the banker’s.  If both of the player’s hands win, the wager pays even money, if only one is a winner, the bet is a push, and if both lose the wager is lost.  Note that since the house has an edge on being the banker, it is in your best interest to be the banker yourself as much as possible.</p>
<p>The high number of pushes in Pai Gow poker results in a slower game where one will rarely see his or her bankroll be washed away in a quick series of bad hands.  If you prefer fast-paced, ‘action’ gambling, like <a href="http://123rouletteonline.com/">roulette</a> and craps, this game might not be for you, but if <a href="http://ustmib.com/c/texas-holdem/">Texas hold’em</a> is your game of choice, or you prefer a little deliberation in your gambling, give Pai Gow poker a whirl the next time you want to play at the tables.</p>
<p>If you need strategic help, read <a href="http://mollis2006.com/2008/05/pai-gow-poker-strategy.php" title="Pai Gow Poker Strategy">Pai Gow Poker Strategy</a> at <a href="http://mollis2006.com/">Mollis&#8217; Poker Site</a>!</p>
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		<title>Casino Chip Collecting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While doing my daily tour of the blogosphere I stumbled upon a website called Casino Chips Collection &#8212; and I&#8217;m pretty intrigued by the idea of chip collecting myself! I mean, I visit quite a few casinos, and I wouldn&#8217;t mind keeping the smaller denominations of chips in stead of giving them to the dealers [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While doing my daily tour of the blogosphere I stumbled upon a website called <a href="http://www.casinochipscollection.com/" title="casino chips">Casino Chips Collection</a> &#8212; and I&#8217;m pretty intrigued by the idea of chip collecting myself! I mean, I visit quite a few casinos, and I wouldn&#8217;t mind keeping the smaller denominations of chips in stead of giving them to the dealers of the damn <a href="http://dcwelshart.com/">blackjack</a> tables I keep ending up at&#8230; <img src='http://vincentfiore.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Anyway, the site is still really slow, but I like the look&#8230; For every chip that gets added to the site they&#8217;ve got a photo AND a video,  this <a href="http://www.casinochipscollection.com/chip/1-Sundance_Hotel_Casino-1980-USD25-Las_Vegas.html">1980 Sundance Hotel &amp; Casino Chip</a> for example looks real nice&#8230; But so do some of the other ones! Hope the site grows quickly! <img src='http://vincentfiore.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Knocked out with JJ vs. A8</title>
		<link>http://vincentfiore.com/2008/02/knocked-out-with-jj-vs-a8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Live tournaments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awww &#8212; just got home after being knocked out of my first live tournament of &#8216;08. Was playing aggressively throughout the first 3 hours, accumulated quite a good chip amount, got crushed when my aces were cracked by a set (got to hate those hehe), and finally went out when my pre-flop all in worth [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://vincentfiore.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/jacks.jpg" title="POCKET JACKS" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://vincentfiore.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/jacks.thumbnail.jpg" alt="POCKET JACKS" align="right" border="1" hspace="6" vspace="6" /></a>Awww &#8212; just got home after being knocked out of my first live tournament of &#8216;08. Was playing aggressively throughout the first 3 hours, accumulated quite a good chip amount, got crushed when my aces were cracked by a set (got to hate those hehe), and finally went out when my pre-flop all in worth only 15BB got called down by the chip leader with A8.</p>
<p>No escape &#8212; flop was 4-8-10, so it&#8217;s not like my money wasn&#8217;t going in anyway. Eight on the turn pretty much ended it for me &#8212; but I had fun&#8230;</p>
<p>Finished in the money, buy-in+30%&#8230; Better than my stock is doing&#8230; <img src='http://vincentfiore.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Poker Etiquette</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cash games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More of an example of poor poker table etiquette, actually. I was at the table yesterday playing the €10/€20 game – a limit pretty high for no-limit games in Central Europe. Anyway, the game was pretty decent, and there were a couple of €2500+ pots every hour. Good action.

At one point, a pot comes to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More of an example of poor poker table etiquette, actually. I was at the table yesterday playing the €10/€20 game – a limit pretty high for no-limit games in Central Europe. Anyway, the game was pretty decent, and there were a couple of €2500+ pots every hour. Good action.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://vincentfiore.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pokeretiquette.jpg" alt="poker hand" /></p>
<p>At one point, a pot comes to a showdown, about €1200 in the pot. First player doesn’t show his pair of eights, but announces it. The other guy showed a king to make his pair of kings – and throws the other card in the center of the table. It’s turned face down. All of a sudden, player one turns over his eight, and declares the pot his: “he can’t muck half his hand, once he does that, the pot is mine!”.</p>
<p>The whole table was like: “you’re joking, right?”. But – he wasn’t. Casino manager came in – decided player one was right. Dude took the pot – the other guy lost about 500 in the hand.<br />
I mean – wtf? Is that poker etiquette in most casinos? :s</p>
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		<title>Losing AA vs. Q9 &#8212; pre-flop all-in</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad beats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m NOT going to turn this into my own little persional poker blog on which I complain about the bad beats I encounter while playing online poker and live poker in the casinos in the neighborhood &#8212; but this one was so sick I just can&#8217;t get over it.
Second hand of the night &#8212; everyone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m NOT going to turn this into my own little persional poker blog on which I complain about the bad beats I encounter while playing online poker and live poker in the casinos in the neighborhood &#8212; but this one was so sick I just can&#8217;t get over it.</p>
<p><a href="http://vincentfiore.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/aces.jpg" title="POCKET ACES" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://vincentfiore.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/aces.thumbnail.jpg" alt="POCKET ACES" align="right" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" /></a>Second hand of the night &#8212; everyone has their initial buy-in of about $1000 in front of them, and I pick up a couple of aces on the button. I have a raise in front of me, and one caller (under the gun raised 3BB &#8212; call middle position) &#8212; so I decided to re-raise about 8BB. The initial raiser made an instafold &#8212; middle position re-raised me the minimum.  The pot was about $250 at that point, so I decided to go for the pot with the rest of my chips.</p>
<p>When the other side of the table started doubting &#8212; i put him on a middle pair &#8212; nines, tens &#8212; a hand I would probably fold if I were him &#8212; but playable none the less&#8230;</p>
<p>After about two minutes, the guy says: &#8220;nah, you don&#8217;t have it&#8221; &#8212; and he calls. I instashow my aces, and he says: &#8220;well, I&#8221;m on the draw&#8221; &#8212; and show me Q9 O/S.</p>
<p>Flop comes &#8212; A93 rainbow. Great &#8212; i&#8217;m well-ahead now. The turn makes my full house &#8212; another nine. My opponent is dead to the case nine.  The river brings&#8230; A FRIGGING 9.</p>
<p>YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME. Opponent starts making noise and yells about how great he is &#8212; he just KNEW it&#8230; Awesome, dude! Anyway &#8212; I don&#8217;t mind aces being cracked &#8212; I do when it&#8217;s by a freaking one-outer on the river&#8230;</p>
<p>Oh well&#8230;.</p>
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