Lucky You: the movie

April 20th, 2012

Here it is, after all the hype around the poker, cinema has finally (re) captured the subject! A big-budget American film arrives in theaters on May 9

Movie: Lucky You (in French Luck in the balance) speaks of a poker player who participates in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and falls for a jazz singer. The easiest thing is to watch the trailer by clicking below: Lucky You Trailer.

Level actors are: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Debra Messing, Kelvin Han Yee.

The important point is that the biggest names in poker have collaborated on this film:

Doyle Brunson (Twice winner of the World Series)
Matt Savage (Director of poker tournaments)
Jason Lester (4th World Series 2003)

The life of a poker player

March 24th, 2012

“The Internet is their playground and their livelihood. They can provide income to be the envy of our ministers, or know of end of the month. They work ten hours a day … or week. With the explosion of the game on line, they are over a hundred now live poker in France.

Among them, Manuel Bevand 31 years. This former video game designer quit his job two years ago. “My job began to take my head, I wanted a year off. And when I realized I was making more money at poker in the office, I made the leap. ‘”Manub” is her nickname on the Internet, “works” about three to four hours per day. He does not hesitate to play ten tables and confront some sixty players simultaneously, just to maximize its gains.

Discreet about his income

No need to ask for more, Manuel prefers to remain discreet about its revenues, like most of his “colleagues”. Just mentioned does the $ 70,000 he won at a tournament online last year. “My biggest win to date.” “Manub” has since written a book (Poker: going pro) and seeks a sponsor to participate in the professional circuit. “Like others, I have dreams of glory and wants me against the best players in the world,” he confesses.

A dream that is now living Arnaud Mattern. Aged 28, this former pro backgammon (France champion in 2006) since last September sponsored by Winamax, an online poker site very present on the French market. “Winamax pay me travel and registration fees for major international tournaments. In return, I play on the site and publishes videos where I give advice. ”

A fruitful exchange since last December, Arnaud has won the last EPT * Prague and pocketed € 550,000. Based in London – Britain’s poker revenues are reported, but non-taxable – Arnaud plays little (“ten to twelve hours per week”), but plays big. On the Internet, he sometimes even a “sit” at tables where the average stack is $ 20,000, “if one finds * fishs,” says he.

“To last in this business, it must be good at cards and in his head”

“I needed a job where I earn my living and where I have total freedom, says Arnaud Mattern. I shave when I want, I have no boss, I travel all the time. Last week I was in the Bahamas. In a few weeks ago a big tournament in Monte Carlo. I’m not complaining …

“There are 10 to 20% of poker players who make money, says Georges Djen, managing editor of the magazine Live Poker. But only 1% of them manage to live very well. “For all do not lead the same lifestyle. “Work more to earn more do not, it’s just my motto,” laughs Thierry Tregaro, aka “Kipik”. This 37-year-old advertising has lived for two years of his passion. Somehow. “Since I do not * sufficient bankroll, I play small tables. I have to work ten to twelve hours per day to generate a monthly income of € 1,500. There are even some months where I lost money. ”

Benjamin Gallen, journalist, alongside professionals on the international circuit. He knows the risks of the job: “Being a pro means having a lot of freedom and make lots of money to the best of them. But there are also a lot of instability. Players can not know at the end of the month how much they will earn, and they will win. To last in this business, you have to be good cards, but mostly in his head. Because poker is a game of strategy and psychology where luck plays an important role in the short term. “And then there are the eyes of others. “With girls, it’s not always easy, Manuel smiled Bevand. Poker player, it’s sexy, but also less reassuring lawyer or doctor. “Even with a pair of aces in hand?

Partouche and online poker

January 18th, 2012

We talked about it recently: Partouche launches into online poker. At the time, we find this action daring and apparently we were not alone;-)

Justice is spirit to seriously consider the case of the Partouche Poker online. In short, even a debate in perspective, but it’s a safe bet that had the desired effect by Partouche to do even a publicity stunt rather massive in the world of online gaming;-) Well done!

Internet Gambling: useless bans

November 30th, 2011

I wonder whether you can quickly and easily “squander to nowhere” is really a lot of money on the internet? On the one hand, online games, there are many long, requiring participants certain financial investments, and cellular operators today to arrange shy pesky lottery, when subscribers are sent a message requesting
send a “right answer” to a basic question and the results of the draw to get (in fact, do not get under any circumstances), a valuable prize.

Of course, spend lots of money by such methods is likely to fail, although everything is relative: for example, one of my
reckless friend one night managed to lose the 1000 WMZ (count, $ 1,000), deferred for a rainy day. How so? It’s simple: the dead of night, just before bedtime, he looked at his misfortune into a major online casinos. Not having the slightest experience of playing in such places, he enticed the ability to quickly “to make the dollar ten thousand” (text of Gdańsk banner) and in the end three sheets to the lost.

And it happens that people spend to participate in a variety of SMS quizzes far more money than the cost of the coveted prize.
A typical case, which became a classic: a kind of fanatical worker Dairy local posted several hundred messages cost up to more than a dollar each for the opportunity to win a simple mobile phone. Needless to say, that it finished the drama, nervous breakdown, and – obviously – a loss?

Should I assume these “attractions” of weaning money from people gambling? In the Moscow City Council on this rhetorical question is already answered in the affirmative: the deputies are going to propose a package of amendments to federal legislation, in particular, they consider it necessary to change the laws “On Gaming”
and “Connection” so that all kinds of network playing at home, paid sms services, electronic sweepstakes and other projects of this type are classified as gambling.

And as with the “they”?

In the United States since 2006 has a law prohibiting gambling on the Internet. He was adopted at the initiative of congressional Republicans, and is considered highly controversial: according to some experts, it restricts the constitutional rights of potential players.

Currently, representatives of the Democratic Party, headed by Congressman and Chairman of the Finance Committee Barney Frank (Barney Frank) are working on a bill that would back the American online casinos and would relieve them from the kind of interventions in the sphere of private interests. According to officials, over 10 years, these projects will enrich the coffers by $ 50 billion.

We attempted to contact the chairman of the Commissioner of Moscow City Council for Security Ina Svyatenko – that it announced
planning officials on March 4 this year. We were interested in how the plan to classify gambling online? After all, the web
operate and completely harmless, “casino”, offering to play solely for fun. And what about the bookmakers? On the Internet, they also have, and quite successfully “collect” money from the population
- And what they are in fact different from the SMS quizzes and gambling houses?

Still it would be nice to know which service or organization will be engaged in the regulation and control of network projects recognized
gambling. Finally, today there are services that are created by Russians for Russians have Neutral Domains (*. com, *. net, etc), and geographically located in other states (most often – in the “Third World”). Obviously, for interaction with them will have to apply certain extraordinary methods – submit their domestic legislation is so simple you can not make. A typical example is quoted: “The company PlanetOfBets Entertainment SRL
registered in Costa Rica and operates the Internet casino operations in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Costa Rica. ”

As you can see, a set of logical questions is very broad – and all their officials to be resolved in the decision above mentioned
the amendments. Unfortunately, the answers to them (at least preliminary!) We never received, and in the process of communicating with the authorities we have the impression that the project is currently at the stage of ideas and nothing more. In other words, doubtful paid services agreed to curb, but how and by whom it will be implemented in practice …
This has not yet known and the officials. I think that it is no secret that there are now a number of dormant laws, which in real life is almost not apply, is not excluded that in the near future regiment arrives.

Managers of network projects, which in theory could “suffer” on the initiatives of Moscow City Council, do not seek obschatsya with the press, it is not surprising that the response came only from the general director of “Gambler” by Alexei Zhukovsky. According to him, “Gambler” is an entertaining resource (to be exact, it generally sided “club of interests”) – the design philosophy does not mean the game at stake, as described in the material he plans to only support the government. However, for them, Mr. Zhukovsky and his company to get our request had not heard, and plan to continue working in a habitual mode.

What remains to bring Alexei Tulikova comment – if the representatives of the Moscow City Duma is not yet ready to answer our questions, even if it will make a professional lawyer.

Alex Tulikov, coordinator of the program “Law and Society in the Digital Age”

Can I work on websites created by our countrymen for our own countrymen, but located abroad?

In this case, the legal effect involves taking not only in relation to the sites, as violators of legislation. Such measures may be applied if the problem will be solved jurisdiction and applicable law.

This problem manifested itself in the late 90s of last century, when U.S. courts in states where gambling is prohibited, began to extend their jurisdiction to cases of placement of gambling sites outside the U.S.. Often in favor of such a decision affects the presence of the established facts of participation in online cash games from the territory of the respective states.

However, even more important is the nationality of the person who commits an offense on the Internet. In Russia, this fact is usually of paramount importance to bring the offender to justice. Bring to justice the perpetrators, the location of which is Antigua, Costa Rica or the Philippines, to the Russian law enforcement is almost impossible.

Among other factors affecting the ability to prosecute the offender, are, in particular, ownership of the domain name to the national domain zone, location of servers, the location of the registrar and hosting provider. In some cases, law enforcement can stop the offense until the closing of the site, interacting with providers within the territory of Russia.

Is there a realistic prospect of such initiatives in the Moscow City Duma?

The intention of the federal legislature is clearly expressed in Part 3 of 5 of the Law № 244-FZ, according to which the activities of the organization and conduct of gambling, using information and telecommunications networks, including networks, “Internet” as well as means of communication, including mobile communications is prohibited. This provision came into force since January 1, 2007.

In some foreign countries entrepreneurs have the opportunity to conduct this type of activity, such as using computer networks. As the Internet has no national boundaries, the users of gambling sites are Russian citizens.

Despite the fact that the norm of Part 3 of 5 of the Law № 244-FZ put in an unequal domestic and foreign businessmen, it certainly serves a positive function and creates some limitations for the proliferation of such social and mental diseases, such as gaming addiction. However, the effectiveness of enforcement of this provision is questionable, since many “foreign” online casinos are still located in the national domain zone RU.

As representatives of the Moscow City Council only expressed their intention and did not provide any definite decision, the judge on the prospects of this initiative is premature. However, we can assume that the financial crisis and rising unemployment extension possibilities of gambling is unlikely to be welcomed by the federal legislator.

Re-raise when you have the big blind in Hold’em

October 7th, 2011

First, we must know that I often re-raise when I have the big blind an opponent and aggressive “stealing blinds” the small blind and a raise, while all other players have folded. I do not need a strong hand to justify the re-raise, because even if I am in theory beaten by a mediocre hand, the re-raise gives a psychological level that will benefit my position.

Remember, I will act last on all betting rounds.

But in all circumstances, and although you should vary your game, you can sometimes justify your re-raise when you are in the position of the big blind, you’ll save even more money in general if you wait until you see the flop. Here are some of the most important reasons:

1. If the small blind is not involved in the pot, you will have a disadvantage if you act first on all betting rounds to come.

2. With all the cards, except for aces and kings may be, the power of your hand is not defined as you have not seen the flop. You do not know if it is strong or weak. Unlike stud games, where your power often changes slowly, one card at a time, the three flop cards sharply define your hand in hold’em. Although your cards are strong enough to coyiez you have a chance to have the best hand, it is generally insufficient to justify a re-raise and the risk that another hand (the probabilities rare) you still dominates important. This is especially true because of your poor position.

3. Why advertise that you have a very strong hand when it is not? When you think you have a better hand than your opponents and you push it by building strong, it is possible that you show too much information when it is not necessary. Of course, show the strength of your hand can sometimes work in your favor (and you can use it in a misleading manner with weak hands), but it works against you probably chasing players with little play and the wide it can make profits on future betting rounds. If you say words, opponents will think that you can have anything from the weaker hand to moderately high or more. You keep all options open on future betting rounds, and you can sleep more easily, by investing less, if the flop disappoints you.

For these reasons and others, I recommend not re-raise when you have the big blind with hands moderately high, except if you are isolated with only the small blind.

Poker Plus – Why do you play poker?

September 16th, 2011

If you play poker, the question you’ll inevitably be asked. And most likely will be a curious man, is not playing poker.

Due to the poker boom that erupted on television, people who do not have any relation to poker, have changed their view of a poker player, who dropped their unsightly appearance, and appeared as strong contenders, no worse prominent figures of the sport. As is well known team of Joe Public is not stranger to this environment, thanks again to the television broadcasts of major poker tournaments.

But what if you’re the best poker player, according to your family and your friends, but you do not participate in tournaments? Rather, they are more likely to understand why someone is trying to take part in the tournament and win fabulous cash prizes. And probably will not condemn you for what you’re playing every night in the limit Stud 1 / 2 on Poker Stars website to show what you can do.

Why are we playing poker?

Have you ever asked this question? If not, then it should be. Realizing the reason why you play poker, you can improve your game and turn losses into profits. Once you understand why you play, you need to change the level of play accordingly. Taking into account the playing style, it is necessary to determine at what poker and what limits you play. If you play just to relax and have fun, laying on a monthly $ 100 to such entertainment, it is logical that you do not play in Holdem 2 / 4.

In fact, an easy question – why we play poker? – Involves a myriad of rather complicated answer. And the answers are as individual as the players themselves, but despite this many players converge at some points. Consider the extreme, on the one hand it would gambler who just depend on the game, on the other hand a professional player who has made poker his career, and earning money from it. Despite the fact that each of these groups are quite numerous, many of us are somewhere in the middle.

Most poker players have grown up in families where poker was considered the norm. No matter what kind it was a game Old Maid, Go-Fish or poker, but many of us are familiar with the card game at an early age. If a traditional education extended to the childhood of poker players, most of the current players would have received a diploma of “card player”.

Little grown up, many are faced with the fact that the home game was poker. My father used to spread out the old kitchen table, a blanket of blue color, lay out the cards and plastic chips. My mother at that time exhibited on the table a variety of snacks, chilled beer and ashtrays. Once came a few married couples, it becomes clear that the game would last until dawn. Usually played in the “Select Dealer” (Dealers Choice), “Spit in the Ocean” (Spit-in-the-Ocean), “the big peaks” (High Spade in the Hole) and “Dr. Pepper” (Dr. Pepper). It was in one of these Friday nights, pretty seasoned with cigarette smoke, I realized all my love for poker, sitting on the lap of his father, and doing it under the strict guidance of bets, raises or folds.

Much later, while in a difficult financial situation, I began to look for work, which became a poker dealer, and 6 nights a week spent in two different clubs. Watching from the chair dealer in the game, I got a good deal in it, and soon most of my time I started working as a dealer, or playing. Then I was not bound by vows, no one expected me home, and poker became my outlet for this!

From his poker career, I never wondered why I play, but now I think I know the answer to this question. For me it is primarily a competition, and challenge myself. By nature no different athletic, I realized that in poker, I can compete with anyone. In fact, I could stand up to people on an equal footing, and, while still a freshman, I played and perfected.

Then came the first money, and I realized that I like to win. Victory filled me with a sense of accomplishment, as if I was running in the marathon and finished first, but with less physical exertion. Also on the winnings, I bought a new stereo system, television and furniture, which could only dream of.

Moreover, thanks to poker, I started to develop social contacts. Poker has provided me a comfortable, friendly atmosphere, where many people with whom I have interesting and fun.

Then I went to where the live poker tournaments were not available until then, until there was a great event under the name of the online poker (online poker). I play poker for the same reasons as before, but now I do not need to wait until the game starts, gather and go somewhere, hoping to find a suitable game. All that I am required to do is register and start playing at any time of day and night. For a poker player, this possibility can be compared to Nirvana.

Meeting place and the game may change, but the main reason why I play poker, remain the same – I just love this game.

See you at the poker table.

Gambling generates more litigation in the U.S.

August 4th, 2011

Gambling industry – is a huge cake, so big that more people are drawn into the litigation for a variety of reasons related to gambling and gambling. For example the U.S. courts are now experiencing unprecedented occupancy similar lawsuits.

Reasons to sue people – more than enough. Someone is suing out of greed, someone defends its rightful.

Over the past year there have been cases of owners of small casinos that have run out of money, so that their employees are suing to get the earnings. Also suing Indian tribes seeking to open more Indian casinos.

Of course not limited to lawsuits or claims against the companies. Ordinary people in America are also not averse to sue someone to an extra hundred thousand. So people are suing the state lotteries of states, accusing them of what they sell lottery tickets, including tickets to the biggest winnings organizers reserve themselves.

Another interesting case in court affecting women, which won the jackpot at the casino, and then was refused to pay the amount won. Case konchiloas that she won, but the casino has filed an appeal in superior court, and the ultimate fate of the Jackpot again hung in limbo.

In general, the review process was seriously delay the solution of all problems in the courts. Almost every case, arrived in court with an appeal zakachnivaetsya the losing side. And in some cases, the trials of the largest sums of money last for years.

Recommendations to the bank to play online

July 28th, 2011

Big bank needs more games to the Internet than in live tournaments.

It is clear that poker is very important not to go bankrupt. In order to survive, having managed to repel all attacks that will be on you like a cornucopia of days, weeks and sometimes even months, you will need a solid bank. And this rule applies more to play online than live play.

we often repeat, that of online play can get almost as much as the living and, the Internet has provided an excellent opportunity in different ways to manage your bank. But sometimes swim to the surface of some tricks, and depends on them then how big the bank you want.

So, what are the basic principles of the bank in the online game? The bank is influenced by many factors, as the speed of your game, the difference skill between you and your opponents. Approaches to the game on the Internet and playing live a bit different, and pay attention, there should be many things.

In all cases – the passive player, measured, quick – if I play more than one game, I double the demands of the bank, which means in a live game, in order to compensate for the decrease in benefits to the minimum multistolovoy game. If I play constantly with a small number of rivals, I distinguish myself 500 units for the game at one table and 1000 to play at multiple tables.

The result of drawing a larger number of hands per hour with a positive advantage of a winning player means that the losing player with a negative benefit would be to invest their money much faster, ie Shark aquarium guppy swallowed more quickly. This rule applies to the future economics of online poker, and should take into account the fact that when the aquarium guppies vybudut of the game, the advantage over the rest of the sharks around the table drastically reduced.

Intrnet poker is still gaining momentum. Industry, only six years, that is the current state can be compared with PartyPoker in 2001. A year later, the game will be very different from what we are seeing now. You’ll have to revisit all those factors which will influence the size of the bank.

Online Game: The world’s most popular

October 21st, 2010

Today, people have play these games a lot of time, usually with this type of game in order to enrich and animation. Most gambling sites offer different types of games can be downloaded to PC or laptop. MBT fans like to play games online. Here you can read a variety of games.

With the emergence of various Internet sites, it is easy to download games. Online gambling is to win in different groups ages welcome. Today, the games adventure of action and tank less Sava combat can be easily downloaded from various websites. Games adventure and action, including as combatants, space travel, Star Wars, game exotic novels and games adventure are situations based on people.

I also likes these games, games action more interactive. Games adventure focused on solving problems, such as riddles, etc., the player, there are many opportunities to participate actively . Many gambling sites offer a lot of games can be easily downloaded to your computer.

Online games for kids, teens and all ages. Is today an important means of entertainment, online game loved by all groups age .. Games action and adventure games, including solo and multiplayer games. You can choose your favorite player or only multiplayer game, you can enjoy selected to play. But the game is very addictive, so it should take a series of measures to prevent young people in difficulty and can not extricate themselve

Strategies for the 27 Triple Draw

June 21st, 2010

The most strategic factor of the 2-7 triple draw is hand selection. In triple draw the odds of winning are higher than in Omaha or Texas Holdem. There are advantages and disadvantages to playing and you should play a few games before you determine if this is the type of game you enjoy.

What are the best triple draw hands? The lowest hand in conventional poker is the best possible hand to have in 2-7 Triple Draw. In triple draw Aces are always high with two to seven and straights and flusher will count against you. If you have a two three, four five, six and seven that is not a flush you have the best hand you can have. You should bet strongly with a deuce to seven triple draw. To bet aggressively your hand needs to contain a two, seven and another low card. You are allowed three draws to get a good hand. Then you can stand pat or fold.

When you are in the deuce to seven triple draw table your position is important when you are deciding what to do for your next move. If you are in the last or late position that is optimal. Being last gives you the opportunity to see your what your opponents do and react accordingly. Being in the late position also provides you with the opportunity to judge the strength of your hand. You can fold and cut your losses if you determine you do not have a winning hand.

The number of cards you draw will have a determining factor on how aggressively you bet in the 2-7 triple draw. If you have a strong hand you will only draw one or no cards and you will be betting high. The less cards you need to discard the higher you should bid. If your opponents draw few cards you know they believe they have a strong hand as well. You can play laid back or aggressive depending on the number of cards you draw when playing 2-7.

If you draw one card or stand pat then you have a strong hand and should bet accordingly. The number of cards you and your opponent draws is an indicator of how good a hand is held. Of course they or you could be bluffing. As you play the game you will become more adept at determining if your opponent is bluffing.