Sunday 23 October 2011
What happened when I tried the post from Sept 20 :)
Friday 21 October 2011
Flash Casinos
Flash based online casinos have a distinct purpose to serve on the internet yet from numerous informal inquiries this writer concludes that in many cases the flash casino is not properly used to satisfy the need for which they are most currently necessary.
It is true they were first designed so that there would be no need to download anything to your PC.This was necessary because back in the days when flash casinos first arrived upon the virtual gambling scene the download version of many online casinos was just too big of a file to merit keeping more than one casino on the home PC. The coming of the flash games changed the need for so much room to be available. In fact to play the flash games you didn't need to download anything at all.
A common misconception about flash casinos is that they are faster than the download version. This is simply not true and in fact the download version (once loaded onto your PC which takes less than five minutes on my connection) is as fast as anything this writer has seen on the net. Flash casinos do need to download certain aspects of their games onto your PC although they may not make that perfectly clear because it all goes away when you close down the game. The point I'm making is that it takes time for these aspects to load onto your PC and this is a process which is repeated every time you change games or if you have to re-open the game you're currently playing because flash games are known to lose connection though this has been less of a problem in current times.
In any case the flash games are going to take considerably longer than the downloaded version in terms of loading (by that and they are also slower in returning game results. and only offer you half the amount of choices. A good general rule of thumb is whatever amount of games are in the download version there will be about sixty-percent of those available in the flash casino.
The actual time difference between going through the process to be able to play in the flash casino and the process to be able to play in the download version is about five minutes on a DSL or broadband connection.
"What then is so important about flash casinos if they are not faster and can provide only about half the variety of the download? Convenience my friends. Although the flash casino is not as attractive for reasons already mentioned, it becomes ever so much more when the next choice is not playing at all. It is very hard to carry your PC with you at all times but if all you need to have available is your login and password and a means to access the net, then the prospect of gambling at your favorite online casino while away from your home becomes a very tangible option that many people take full advantage. This is the true manner in which the flash casino is valuable in these times because very few PCs are so stressed for space they can't easily afford the room to have a downloaded casino or even more than one."
I do have a preference for flash games..... and they don't seem to get cut off as much. No more "disconnect" problems. DL
Online Flash Casino Games
"Flash Casino knockout are those that run stock and barrel in a Flash program on your web browser. By loading the on-screen ostentatious nightclub directly in the , there is no download requisite. For this reason, an virtual showy casino is also referred to as a "no download gaming club". In this insertion to Flash Casino gaming, I'll discuss some of the key to at a no download gaming house.
Online Flash Casino Advantages - Realistic Gameplay
The graphics and intact personal property of a no download gambling den are generally better. By better, I mean the dream are more confident, the animation smoother and the sturdy belongings more translucent.
The visible and definite effects be fluent in directly to our most predominant senses, in so doing creating a more realistic, true gaming house gaming event.
Online Flash Casino Advantages - Time & Space
Time a key role in the haughtiness of Online Flash Casino gaming. As in most instances of our everyday , when given a choice, we decide the way to succeed our .
No download casinos consent for instantaneous play, whereas a fixed electronic casino will require the download of a .zip or .exe file, predictably 5MB to 15MB or more, followed by a interminable ordination activity.
Online Flash Casino Advantages - PC Safety
This up additional notable question - what if the online nightclub isn't licensed? The most trendy and successful connected casinos are absolutely licensed and planned, but it would be unwise to suppose that every working gambling den guidelines.
Any cyber- gaming club that lacks the veracity to be delimited may not be out for the best attention of it's players. To put it transparently, the software download may comprehend malevolent files deliberate to source destruction to the user's computer.
With Online Flash Casino games, there is no time, force and computer space invested - no difficult putting in place means - no risk of placing possibly harmful materials onto your hard passion.
Online Flash Casino Advantages - Compatibility
Attributing at tiniest in part to the thrilling approval of no download gaming house meet is the compatibility component.
The Flash Plug-In is compatible with all major going - Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux included. Check out the coordination requirements of any accessible nightclub software that a download, and you'll find it's only compatible with Microsoft Windows.
98% of the flora and fauna's computers are already furnished with Flash. Anyone with an elder computer has likely already encountered a Flash program at some contact, then has already the Flash Plug-In on computer. Anyone with a newer computer will Flash to be pre-installed.
If for any reason Flash is not already , the no download casino will ready the user to fit Flash, which is an virtually instantaneous course of action, much than and installing a software program.
Online Flash Casino Advantages - Game Variety
Flash equipment has been utilized to build up all of the most admired gambling den competition, giving players a nigh on to unlimited miscellany of no download gaming club sports event to enjoy.
Table Games, Card Games, Slots, Video Poker, Parlor Games, - you name it, Flash programmers have created it. From BlackJack, Roulette, Craps, Baccarat, Casino War and Pai Gow Poker to 3-Reel, 5-Reel and 7-Reel Slots with compound . Deuces Wild Video Poker, Double Bonus Joker Poker, even Keno, Scratch Cards and Bingo tournament. These are just a few of the players can appreciate when playing at a no download gaming club."
While I am a big fan of flash games, I'm not sure that flash programs have a decent random numer generator. Does anyone have a thought about this? DL
Saturday 8 October 2011
Casino Crushing
Hi there. I am interested in starting up a "forum" for people to discuss methods, games, advice, questions, jokes, and thoughts about gambling. I am curious about all things gambling related and would love to be part of a group that teaches and learns together. While I am new to the world of blogging, I am not new to gaming and gambling, and have plenty of articles and information I would love to share, both written by me, and by friends and experts. Hopefully I'll be able to teach others as much as I hope to learn!!
Biggest Slots Jackpots – How they grow and how you can win them!
"A brief History of Progressive Slots
In the beginning there were no such thing as progressive slots; they only became possible in the early 1980’s when microchips were added to slots machines. Even then it wasn’t until March of 1986 that the first multi site linked progressive slot machines were introduced by the slot machine manufacturer IGT.
Having the same jackpot being fed from a number of different machines (which are often spread across a number of different casinos) means these progressive jackpots can quickly grow to be very large indeed. I have heard of casinos in Las Vegas where slots players have won over $8 million in a single win on a progressive jackpot.
How Progressive Jackpots Work
Progressive Jackpots grow by skimming an amount of money from each and every bet; this means that their payout rate on normal wins (non jackpot wins) is lower than that of a regular slots machine. However if you take the progressive jackpot into account the payout would be the same.
For example if you were playing at a Las Vegas casino on a linked progressive slots machine with a fixed $5 bet per spin. Your money could be divided as follows, 25 cents adds to the progressive jackpot, $1.25 goes to the casino and the remaining $3.50 is paid out in non jackpot wins. If however you were playing a non progressive slots game at that same casino it is likely that your money would be divided as follows. $1.25 to the casino and $3.75 paid out on wins.
The example above assumes the casino has a 75% payout rate, in reality slots at land based casinos typically have payout rates ranging from 70% up to 87%. This is in stark contrast to the online casinos which typically have payout rates from 89% up to as much as 99.5%!
So at a typical online casino with a 95% pay out rate the money you pay in for a $5 per spin online progressive jackpot slots would be divided up something like this. $0.25 for the online casino, $0.25 added to the progressive jackpot and the remaining $4.50 is paid out in non jackpot winnings.
Given these statistics it is not hard to see why many hard core slots players are now playing online from their computers.
Online Progressive Jackpot games
So apart from the free drinks playing online sounds more favourable as a player (in that you should win more). However I have already said how large jackpots can be at land based casinos so your next question is no doubt going to be just how large are progressive jackpots at online casinos? The answer to that is that they are growing all the time, the current record is $1.76 million and interestingly the exact same slot machine that paid that out in December 2005 currently has a Jackpot of over $3.6 Million and still rising! The slots game in question is millionaires club progressive jackpot slot and when this jackpot is eventually won it is going to set a new record for being the highest progressive slots jackpot of any online casino to date.
I have no doubt that even after that has been won a new record will be set within a space of less than a year, the rate at which progressive jackpots online are growing is amazing, only a couple of years ago a jackpot of a little over $1 million held the record. It is my opinion that sometime within the next couple of years the highest jackpots will be being paid out from the online casinos.
So how do you pick a winner?
Choosing which progressive jackpot to play is really not all that complicated. Once you know what the progressive jackpot starts at, what its highest payout was and what its average payout amount is. There are a number of slots sites that give you this information including any of the progressive jackpot reviews at slotsjam.com.
Obviously once the jackpot in question is higher than it’s historical average the chances of it paying out are greatly increased, and if it goes higher than its previous highest payout your chances are further increased again. So if you are chasing the biggest jackpots don’t play the games just after the jackpot has been won instead wait until after that games historical average payout has been passed for the best chance of winning big."
Sunday 2 October 2011
Calculating The Odds In Poker, And Using Online Tools
"Television... Has anything done more to create interest in Poker? Now, everyone knows about the big tournaments, but just a short while ago, that knowledge was contained within the small group of professional players. The biggest tournaments pulled in less than 1000 players.
But, oh how the times have changed!...
Every month there are 100s of 1000s of new people signing up on the internet to play online. As the numbers get bigger, the players get better. As the competition gets stronger, you will run into better players. Therefore, you must always learn new techniques and adsorb new information to keep you ahead of them.
Once you are totally confident in your knowledge of the rules and terminology of the game, your next task is to learn how to calculate the odds.
Knowing how to calculate odds is essential to a serious player. You cannot succeed without it.
First, get a book on poker math and read it. After that, get a tool and start using it when you play online. You will soon see poker math in action.
Poker math is odds and outs. Knowing your outs is very important when you are trying to decide what plays to make and when to make them. Once you understand this, you can manipulate the odds in your favor when you have the best hand. This will deny your opponents the right odds to draw out on you.
When playing in a Casino, you are armed with only your intelligence, your knowledge of the game, your being able to recognize your outs, your ability to calculate the odds on the fly, and your ability to read your opponents.
However, playing online poker has some distinct advantages, one of them is being able to use poker tools to help you learn the game and to perfect your playing ability. When first learning to play poker, you can use these tools to learn poker math, and you can use them while you are playing at the table.
The software actually does all the work for you. Once you get used to using an online tool, you will get a sort of second sense for what moves to make. Most of these types of tools also allow you to adjust them to your playing style.
When you use the software, it’s like having a pro with you to give advice. The program helps you through all the levels of the game… from how to play at a full table, to how to adjust your game as players drop out.
After a few months of using a program, you’ll be able to quit using it because the information will become so ingrained in your game that you’ll know what to do with out it. It’ll also improve your skills in the local home games you play.
With the recent changes in online gambling for Americans playing with real money, it is important that you find a room that excepts cash, and to make sure that the software will work there before you purchase or use any of these free poker tools."
But, oh how the times have changed!...
Every month there are 100s of 1000s of new people signing up on the internet to play online. As the numbers get bigger, the players get better. As the competition gets stronger, you will run into better players. Therefore, you must always learn new techniques and adsorb new information to keep you ahead of them.
Once you are totally confident in your knowledge of the rules and terminology of the game, your next task is to learn how to calculate the odds.
Knowing how to calculate odds is essential to a serious player. You cannot succeed without it.
First, get a book on poker math and read it. After that, get a tool and start using it when you play online. You will soon see poker math in action.
Poker math is odds and outs. Knowing your outs is very important when you are trying to decide what plays to make and when to make them. Once you understand this, you can manipulate the odds in your favor when you have the best hand. This will deny your opponents the right odds to draw out on you.
When playing in a Casino, you are armed with only your intelligence, your knowledge of the game, your being able to recognize your outs, your ability to calculate the odds on the fly, and your ability to read your opponents.
However, playing online poker has some distinct advantages, one of them is being able to use poker tools to help you learn the game and to perfect your playing ability. When first learning to play poker, you can use these tools to learn poker math, and you can use them while you are playing at the table.
The software actually does all the work for you. Once you get used to using an online tool, you will get a sort of second sense for what moves to make. Most of these types of tools also allow you to adjust them to your playing style.
When you use the software, it’s like having a pro with you to give advice. The program helps you through all the levels of the game… from how to play at a full table, to how to adjust your game as players drop out.
After a few months of using a program, you’ll be able to quit using it because the information will become so ingrained in your game that you’ll know what to do with out it. It’ll also improve your skills in the local home games you play.
With the recent changes in online gambling for Americans playing with real money, it is important that you find a room that excepts cash, and to make sure that the software will work there before you purchase or use any of these free poker tools."
Saturday 1 October 2011
Quick and Easy Lesson in Calculating Outs and Pot Odds
"Calculating outs (the number of cards that could improve your hand) and pot odds (ratio of the money in the pot versus the amount required to make your next call) is often used as a basis for a Texas Holdem Poker player on whether to draw and try to make their hand.
However this in my opinion should not be the sole basis of your decision on whether you should draw for another card.
You also have to decide on whether the hand that you are trying to hit will win you the pot or not.
How to calculate pot odds:
In this example, if the current pot contains $80, and the amount required at the next call is $20, the pot is laying you odds of $80 to $20 or 4 to 1.
As long as your odds of making the best hand are 4 to 1 or better than making the call is the right move. A hand that is 4 to 1 means that you will hit once in every 5 tries. You will hit the draw 20 percent of the time.
This next example takes into account calculating pot odds and outs.
Assume that your hole cards are a six and a seven (for this example suits do not matter) and the flop came down 8-9-3.
In order to complete your hand you need a 5 or 10. You have eight outs – 4-5’s and 4-10’s. Multiply your outs (8) by 4 and you get 32. You have a 32 percent chance of making your hand. If there was only one card left to draw you would multiply by two.
A 32 percent chance of making your hand means you have a 68 percent chance of NOT making your hand. This is roughly 2 to 1 that you won’t make the hand. So, as long as the pot contains $2 for every $1 that you have to call, it is worth going after your straight.
Doing these quick calculations and interpreting them can be very difficult and confusing for a beginner (and many advanced players as well!). But I would recommend that you at least be able to quickly calculate your outs to give you an idea of just how likely you are to make your hand.
Then decide if that hand will win the pot for you or not."
However this in my opinion should not be the sole basis of your decision on whether you should draw for another card.
You also have to decide on whether the hand that you are trying to hit will win you the pot or not.
How to calculate pot odds:
In this example, if the current pot contains $80, and the amount required at the next call is $20, the pot is laying you odds of $80 to $20 or 4 to 1.
As long as your odds of making the best hand are 4 to 1 or better than making the call is the right move. A hand that is 4 to 1 means that you will hit once in every 5 tries. You will hit the draw 20 percent of the time.
This next example takes into account calculating pot odds and outs.
Assume that your hole cards are a six and a seven (for this example suits do not matter) and the flop came down 8-9-3.
In order to complete your hand you need a 5 or 10. You have eight outs – 4-5’s and 4-10’s. Multiply your outs (8) by 4 and you get 32. You have a 32 percent chance of making your hand. If there was only one card left to draw you would multiply by two.
A 32 percent chance of making your hand means you have a 68 percent chance of NOT making your hand. This is roughly 2 to 1 that you won’t make the hand. So, as long as the pot contains $2 for every $1 that you have to call, it is worth going after your straight.
Doing these quick calculations and interpreting them can be very difficult and confusing for a beginner (and many advanced players as well!). But I would recommend that you at least be able to quickly calculate your outs to give you an idea of just how likely you are to make your hand.
Then decide if that hand will win the pot for you or not."
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