Your Own Position

Normally, particular hands are best played in particular positions. Your position should dictate your next move with your particular starting hands. If you have small pairs early on, for instance, you might not want to join the pot since your limp might encourage aggressive players to raise and take the pot.

Conversely, if you hold connectors of high suits later on, limping would be good because you can act post-flop. Actions in late positions are much more advantageous, merely because you will get the chance to see how other opponents will act before you.

The Overall Table

Keep an eye out on every player on your poker table and try to define them and their personal style. Find out who your opponents are, as well as whether they play tight or aggressive, loose or calling stations. If you know who you are playing against, you will have a better advantage in choosing which starting hands to play with.

The Shortstacks

In a psychological sense, a poker tournament’s shortstacks get chip anxiety, which refers to the overall need to rush during the game to get double the chips and avoid the fate of getting blinded out. Most of the time, shortstacks will go all-in, even if their hands aren’t great and this usually results in regular bad beats.

Unless your starting hand is very strong, it would not be smart to just join in since shortstack might start seeing you as a weak player and take the opportunity to get all of his chips in there.

The Table’s Average Chipstack

One great advantage that comes with tournaments of online poker would be how easy it is to check the table’s average chipstack just by peeking into the lobby of the poker tournament. This number happens to be highly essential since keeping your personal stack quite close, if not higher than the average chipstack can make it easier for you to get deeper into the game. Plus, there are fewer chances of you getting anxious at the thought of getting short-stacked.

If you know that you are quite close to the table’s average chipstack, you can get the chance to relax while refraining from getting involved in a lot of hands at the same time. If you always call with hopes of getting the lead in table chips, you might find yourself in precarious shortstack situations in no time.

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I have read many posts on casino forums, some people recommending one casino, another person recommending another and some people just plain complaining about a certain casino, or how they move from one casino to another using free bonus offers from the casinos.

Unfortunately this strategy is like anything else, you get what you put in to something or you get what you pay for . Why should playing at an online casino be any different? I have personally owned my own business for many years and even though I am not rich I have always been honest, to me money isn’t everything but being honest at the end of the day is.

The same should be said for online casinos, there will be bad online casinos and there will be good, many sites are just getting you to click and play and most people know this, sending you or redirecting you to sites that then redirect you again its no wonder the average Joe is scared to play at all.

So if you are actually going to play we need to assume you have a certain amount of money in the kitty that you are willing to wager. Now the hunt begins for the perfect online casino.

What to look out for when choosing an online casino?

If you want to get in to the nitty gritty of things, you can start from the foundation of the online casinos, such as what software are they using for running their online games, and work your way up to what bonus options they offer. Or you can just plain look up on the net and do a little research and go from there. In my personal opinion and experience I have always not so much looked for the bonus options but how solid an online casino is. Including to see if they are publicly traded, how long they have been in business etc. I personally have been promoting paddy power casinos , Betway and rewardsaffiliates for a while now and so far no complaints and that’s the way I want to keep it. I want my customers to keep coming back.

Why are the above my choices? Number one is reasonable bonus options, the second reason is excellent customer support, and third is the variety of games each one offers. Between those 3 casinos you need not look any further, Paddypower offers casinos but their specialty is Sportbook Betway also offers uqlity sportbook and online casino games. Rewardsafiliates offers casino games including casino classic, Aztec riches and captain cooks casino, they all have multiple playing options and all three offer free games which is another criteria for choosing an online casino, after all we should familiarize ourselves with a certain game we are considering playing before spending our hard earned cash. You can find more information on the different games mentioned above at our main website playorgambleonline.com

In the meantime happy gambling and good luck !

After all why shouldn’t they ?

Right now many economies are in crisis and if those who are maybe a little more fortunate and can gamble online , why shouldn’t the governments take advantage of the extra tax revenue it can generate.

Right now the U.S can use every penny it can get to help the stability of the country. But then again you say morality is in the playing field right now , gambling addictions and broken families have come from casino addictions , but in my humble opinion tax revenue would also help many in financial crisis public services and more.

So instead of beggining a process of more gambling restrictions, I think that governments should rethink their strategies on prohibiting gambling , in the long run I believe economies  would push ahead, but then again this is just one mans opinion. What do you thin ? log in and let us know your comments and opinions.

I hope you all  had a great holiday season and  a great welcoming of the new year. I am really looking forward to 2009. I believe it will be positive,  in spite of the financial issues that have plagued many of us with job losses and tighter budgets but we always have to look at the positive side of things, if we are healthy money always can be made.

This month I have added on the front page of fivestarcasinos.com a few U.S friendly casinos, in the past I had mainly promoted casinos based in Europe or  the U.K  but I recently had a few  e-mails complaining that I have been focusing to much on European casinos and why I did not offer U.S based casinos also.

I am not so keen on just offering new online casinos, especially if I have not had any personal experience playing them myself , in any case I played at the following casinos with success and not only do they offer great games, their customer care has ben excellent also, I would like to welcome Carribean Gold Casino , Silver dollar casino, superslots casino and Vip casinos so if you are residing in the U.S now you have some options with great earning potential.

Remember, always gamble wisely and within your means. I would like to wish all of you a happy and winning 2009

Well now that you have done your due diligence, its time to kick back enjoy the quiet times, and if you were anxious to get back in to playing a few games online with some cash , hold on ! before you go and spend some more money its time to relax and brush up on your game skills, so instead of playing on those bonuses why not just sit back and play a few free casino games for FUN !!!  You will improve  your skill levels, familiarize yourself with new games and next time you do play for real cash you will definitely be ahead of the game.

So in the mean time these next few days at least until new years I will be doing the same playing free games and a few beers and enjoying the rest of this Holiday season .

Happy Holidays to all !!!

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This last week I received a nasty e-mail from a disgruntled person asking why I was promoting online casinos, because they where scams and went on to tell a story on how he got burned after gambling and not getting paid his earnings.  I had to ask, did you get burned by one of the casinos I promote on my site?  The answer was no. I said well why did you not choose one of the affiliates I promote and this person said because I got a better sign up bonus somewhere else.

I believe in responsible gaming and more than that responsible casino and sports betting organizations;. If they are not legit I am not going to promote them even if there are others out there that offer  better free bonus options, free bonuses are not everything!

I originally started fivestarcasinos because I love online gambling and I personally got tired of hunting for casinos that would not pay me out on time. There is always a sense of reluctance for first time users especially if you are on a limited budget, you do not want to lose all your money at one sitting and when you do win big  you want your money back as quickly possible.

So once again what do you look for in an online casino or sports betting company? first of all most reputable online casinos are publicly traded and usually have a track record of their stock and financial activity, second look for casinos and sport betting companies that have been around for a while , for example paddy partners is a company that I promote that has been around since 1986 good background and solid reputation. They pay out on time, offer excellent customer support and  have many free games you can try before you actually start betting.

Ask around and use your gut instinct, if it does not feel right  move on. Try online casino or gambling forums,  allthough be a little weary of forums, many times people post in them promoting their own casinos and  some people posting are just doing so to drive traffic to their own casino sites.

When you do choose a casino or sport betting organization , feel free to contact them ahead of time with any questions you may have regarding their policies and payments, remember  there are many gambling sites out there and you the customer should be first, after all, its you hard earned money that is at stake. So do your homework first and you will come out ahead in the long run , after all online gambling is supposed to be fun not a headache.