Everything you wanted to know about backgammon – from how to play to winning tips

August 9th, 2010 by admin

Many people think that it’s very complicated to learn how to play backgammon.
Backgammon is a game that combines luck and strategy – luck decides the rolling of the dice and how much each player can advance in a given move, and the strategy decides in what manner the pieces should be advanced while adapting to the opponent’s tactics.
In standard backgammon and in Dutch backgammon, both the board and the pieces are divided into two colors, either white and black or black and brown. The board is divided into 24 triangles called points, such that each black point Is adjacent to a white point and vise versa. In the game, the pieces are initially located on the opposite colors – for example a white piece would stand on a black point.
The objective is to bring the pieces to the inner home and then remove them – the first player to accomplish this task is the winner.

Movements are performed according to the rolling of the dice. At the first stage of the game, the goal is to bring the player’s pieces to the inner home, which is actually the opponent’s outer home. After all of the pieces are in the inner home the player can begin removing them, again according to the rolling of the dice.
In order to beat the opponent, you must recognize his strategy and choose a tactic that makes it more difficult for him.
If, for example, the opponent is using a tactic of construction, it’s best to use a tactic of evasion against it.

Final Hand: WSOP 2009 Main Event

February 17th, 2010 by admin

Everybody playing in a basement and in online poker tournament dreams of it, but the final table of the World Series Of Poker’s Main Event requires more than luck and a few good hands.  Endurance and perseverence is the name of the game.  It will take years, even decades of playing to get good enough to bust into the final ten, and then it’ll take fantastic gameplay to be one of the last two standing.  The 2009 WSOP had an unsurprising, fairly standard ending, but it’s still worth looking at as an example of how these things end.

Peter Eastgate was the tournament’s chip leader, with $120m in chips on his side of the table with Russia’s Ivan Demidov facing him off.  Eastgate’s dominating lead meant he’d have to be extremely stupid and/or unlucky to lose the tournament, but crazier things have happened.  Holding Ad5s, Peter limped in for the first time in hours with $500k.  Ivan checked with 42h, hoping for some action on the flop.

The flop, however, did not agree with him: AdKs3h.  Ivan had a pair, but Peter had a wheel draw.  Demidov checked and Eastgate responded with a $1.25m bet, which was called.  The turn hit: 4s, which was the worst possible card in the deck for Ivan.  This completed Eastgate’s straight, but it gave Ivan two pair, a hand that was was impossible to get away from under the circumstances.  Demidov checked and Eastgate bet out $2,000,000.  Ivan raised the bets to $6 and Peter called, pretty much nailing the trap door closed for the Russian.

The river was 7s, which was nothing to either of them and Ivan was the first to act and, thinking his two pair had sealed the deal, went all-in.  Peter, of course, called, and turned his cards over.  Ivan Demidov came in second with $5.8m as his reward (nothing to sneeze at, certainly) and Peter Westgate was now $9,000,000 richer and

When the cards were flipped Ivan was knocked out in 2nd, with $5.8 million as his reward, and 22 year old Peter Eastgate was the latest WSOP champion, $9 million richer, and the youngest winner of the WSOP main event in history.  Eastgate may be young, but he’s got a lot of play, both offline and on, to his name, and can serve as an inspiration to every player who’s getting tired of the grind.

Free casino games

January 30th, 2010 by admin

Casino Games

At Casino Riva, players can decide whether to play in the real money mode or in the fun mode. Some players find that it is very useful to start practising with the free casino games first, in order to learn the rules of the different games and become better players before starting to bet real money. However, that is not a requirement and there are many experienced players that start straight away playing on the real money version.

Internet casino

January 24th, 2010 by admin

Craps is among the less common games in a casino. The Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll or a series of rolls of two dice. Players may wager money against each other or a bank.

Craps like many other casino games such as; slot machines, roulette, Blackjack and many more, gamblers dream of hitting a jackpot. Still, it isn’t easy as it seems and requires lots of luck too.
Anyway, if you are into Craps, the rules are not so difficult and within few minutes you can start playing like a pro. The rules of Craps involve two basic terms the first one is Bank Craps and the second is Casino Craps. Yet, bank craps is more common and most played in a casino.
Bank craps is a game played by one or more players against a casino. The casino covers all player bets at a table and sets the odds on its payout. Players take turns rolling two dice. The player rolling the dice is called the “shooter.” Other players at the table make the bets on the shooter’s dice rolls. If you roll a seven or eleven you win if you don’t the other players at the table win and you lose.

How is Poker Online

December 2nd, 2008 by admin

When you play poker online, you’re getting a real casino poker experience.  I’ve been so impressed with how far online casinos have come.  I remember years ago when they were pretty new.  They were fun to play, but no match for the real casinos.  Today, though, that’s not the case; especially when it comes to poker.

Online casinos have invested tons of money into their operations and casino games; none of the casino games have gotten more put into them than poker.  Today, the graphics are just so real.  Heck, you can even skip them and play at a live casino virtually; you actually be looking at a real dealer, table and players of differ casinos all over the world.  Not only that, but poker players also have the best casino bonuses online.  Some casino games only give you bonuses for signing up or being a loyal player.  If you’re a poker player, you’ll find that and a hundred different casino bonuses inside all directed at you.  From playing certain hands to winning games, there’s a lot of potential to make nice money off these bonuses.

My favorite part about online gambling, though, is the people.   I love meeting different players from all over the world and, playing poker online, I have access to the best chat capabilities and online tournaments which allows me to meet and talk to all the players I want.  It’s a great way to meet new people and share tips on different strategies. Online gambling definitely offers us poker players some great incentives to