Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
They put the casino links there trying to lure more poker players. Its much more easier to lose your money over there than in poker. So its a fast earner for them. There are many players without self control that have lost their whole bankroll in those casino links
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Switzerland
Age: 31 (M)
Posts: 122
Card counting is in Europe gone. The casinos are now shuffling the cards nonstop. But I thought that in the US you can do it further? Is this right or is it in the US like in Europe with the card counting?
Joined: Dec '11
Location: Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Age: 53 (M)
Posts: 107
In every slot mashine you may find part who define probability of winning.casinos may define probability.In poker rooms software define set of cards RNG and you may win with worst hand if someone bealive that y have the best
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 2219
I don´t trust the slot casinos too. And the most games there are verry boring. At the pokersites i have more fun but the suckouts that i got in the last years are unbelivable. The best of all are sportbetting sites.
Posted by bambuchea: poker or casino? sportbetting
Yeaah Sportbetting is so more exciting Lose money on your favorite team, win money on your hated team or just making bets for fun/to find a reason to watch games on tv every night
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Spain
Age: 60 (M)
Posts: 2851
Cant believe the persistent ignorance on the subject.
Casino games, where you play against the "Casino" are ALWAYS a losing proposition for the gambler in the long run. Read this again if you dont get it: ALWAYS.
Poker is played against "other people" like you and me. Even if the software should "favour" certain actions above others, you´re still all playing against each other with the SAME SOFTWARE. And thats where the "skill" factor gets to play a role.
Show me a winning Casino player for life either Online or Live, and I´ll show you where Santa Claus lives. Just do some basic reading on the subject...please...
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 831
Posted by mahdrof: Sorry but I have to disagree with you on that one. Maybe you are on a hot streak, but the casino always wins in the end. I have played a fair amount of casino online too, and my recommendation is don't gamble with too much, and cash out when you hit a true hot streak.
Some people think that poker deals are fixed based on what cards other players call with. As somebody who has played a lot of NL cash games, when I feel somebody is raising in early position with monsters, but they have raised something like 3 or 4 times the big blind and I am sitting in late position with something like 7-8 suited or small pockets, a call is definitely worth it because if you hit solidly the guy with AA/KK will usually not be able to lay them down and will stack off. After that I will be called every name in the book, but who cares when your opponent's chips are now in your stack?
so true mate. lot more control in poker if you chose to take a large risk or small risk there you atleast no you have options where as putting a 100 bucks on red not so much
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
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Casino games are only a fake for gamblers. U haven´t a real chance to win longterm and the most of the games are boring slot games. Please insert coin and gamble
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
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I bet you wont be able to fill your end of the bargain. Once more you spoke from the "what i say is always right" side lol Since Blackjack is considered a "Casino" game i believe you should know there are Blackjack professional players who are winning for life. Also here you have to consider that there are Poker pro players who went broke, some of them have committed suicide. And if you are thinking of mentioning me the well known names of Poker pros in the late years, also some of them, went broke at some point but someone backed them up and restarted. Which in plain terms means if they havent got a loan they would have been broke from Poker itself. The same thing can also happen with Blackjack. And one more thing. Someone is called Poker Pro player when his sole and if not sole his main income is Poker. Having that in mind imagine how many players there are.You are not calling a Pro only someone who wins millions. A sports player for example that plays in the third league and one that plays in the first league are they getting paid the same amount of money? Of course not. But they are both professional players. Now think who of the 2 has the more chances to go broke from playing in his whole life and then think how many 1st league players you can find and how many 3d league. My point here is that there are thousands pro poker players chasing a lower income. The majority of them you have never heard or will ever hear about. Do you really think that there arent such players who went broke and turned their heads somewhere else to make some money? lol get real!!! Not to mention also that poker is a "Casino" game itself
Now to the other part. Here is one well known Blackjack pro. Mike Aponte. He was one of the MIT team who won millions few years ago. Jeljko Ranogajec is another one. And there are more. There is also a well known here in Greece. Why do you think there are banned Blackjack players from casinos worldwide? Arent those professional winning players? Would they ban a losing player? I dont think so.
