Casino Affiliate Program

Casino Affiliate Program: "nd an astonishing outburst from the organiser.... Affiliates bent on attending the Casino Affiliates Convention starting next week at the Stardust in Las Vegas are following developments with interest as several programs pulled out of the conference following legal advice. With the uncertain legal climate in the United States, several affiliate programs including Fortune Affiliates, Gaming Partners, Poker.com, Referback, Roxy Affiliates, WagerShare and Casino Partners have reportedly pulled out of this important affiliate marketing event and forfeited their deposits with the organisers. Despite this, most affiliates seemed determined to attend. The risk level in travelling to the States was discussed at some length on the popular affiliate-oriented site Casino Affiliate Programs this week, and prompted a surprising outburst from the CAC organiser, Marc Lesnick who clearly felt strongly about the last-minute pull-out of some programs. Posting under the handle 'Yorktown' but identifying himself by signature, Lesnick wrote: 'What I am seeing in the online gaming industry is a separation of the 'Men from the Boys.' Most of the delegates are still coming. We still have a lot of exhibitors at this event as well. The parties are still taking place. The dust is settling over the news."

Poker software 101 - A handy guide

Hi folks and welcome to this edition of Adrian's Corner. This week I don't really have much insights into actual poker playing as I haven't been playing as much as usual lately - you can blame my bosses for that, they keep dishing out the work :) What I'd like to focus on this week are some of the nifty little features and options that our poker software gives you in order to make your playing experience a better one and possibly helping you to win a little more. I'll start off with actual poker table options. 1. Showing Borders If you're lazy like me and don't want to have to actively watch the action at the table or are busy painting your nails or have one eye on the football game while playing poker, then this is really nifty to keep track of the action. This option puts a little red or green border around a players name plaque - a red color border means that the player still has to make a betting decision and green means they already have. When all borders are green, the next betting round ensues. 2. Game Markers For the mathematicians of the game. This is especially good for looking at pot odds and making decisions based on players in the game and money in the pot. This shows you how much money was in the pot and how many players were still in the game for each betting round. 3. Hand Description One of my personal favorites (me being lazy again) - if I'm not focusing all my attention on the cards this little feature will actually describe my current hand to me. It shows on the table in text and of course it's only visible to you in case you're worried. 4. Four Color Deck A marvel of modern poker. Having trouble spotting flushes? Well this makes for easier potential flush identification. Hearts and Spades stay in red and black respectively whilst Diamonds and Clubs turn blue and green. I really recommend using this option! 5. Changing Table Size If you're pressed for space on your desktop, then pick the one that suits you - Large, Small or Mini. 6. Seating Preference Another cool feature if you're picky about where you sit. This allows you to actually select a particular seat for certain table sizes - so if you like to sit bottom left at a table then this will put you in that seat every time you play. 7. Game History This is for those that really take their game seriously or if you just want to check back on a hand. Allows you to save the game commentary (which includes your cards, actions, bets - everything about the game) to your computer for review. What's awesome about this is that if you're using a third party program to track your statistics like Poker Tracker for example, it's quick and easy to take the histories and add them to the program for review. 8. Show Stats See the little show stats button at the bottom of the table when you've got it in Normal or Large view? Click on it and you'll be given some great stats on your number of games won, how often you perform certain actions etc. This can really help up your game if you make good use of them and adjust your play when you see that you're lacking in certain areas. 9. Player History Notice the little red "tick" next to a player's nameplate? Click on it and what you'll get is their actual play history for the round - telling you what they did and how much they bet - again a great way to be lazy and not have to actively watch the action or while attempting to multi task. There are some more options that can be helpful, but I think these are the nicest ones to highlight as I use pretty much all of them and find them very useful. Hope you do too. Note that options 1 through 5 are accessible by clicking MENU at an open poker table, then selecting OPTIONS ==> POKER TABLE OPTIONS from the fly-out menu. Option 6 is accessible by clicking MENU at an open table and then OPTIONS ==> SEATING PREFERENCE. Option 7 by clicking MENU at an open table then OPTIONS ==> GAME HISTORY. Options 8 and 9 are visible to you at the poker table. That's it for this week - have fun, give the features a try and may your opponents be plagued by 7-2 off suit. Adrian

The Importance of Position - Part 2

I'm going to expand some more on my previous insert. What I'm going to focus on here is WHO you want at the table in relation to your position, as well as a hand chart which will give you a good indication of what to play from what position. This is specifically for Hold'em so further study will be needed for other poker variations. WHO do you want at your table and, most importantly, WHERE do you want them sitting in relation to you. Let's say that you've got a maniac/loose/wild player at the table. The terms "maniac/wild/loose" means that this player will enter pots with any kind of hand. What you want to do is have the the aforementioned human ATM sitting to your right. Why? Because you can make a fortune off them. The advantage is that you get to act after this player so if they do limp or have a history of betting at the pot with any hand, you want to be able to re-raise them and maximize the profit you can make from them. So if you get the opportunity, watch the table, see who the maniacs are and try and get a seat where they sit to your right. Now we get the other side of the coin: the rocks. The term "rock" basically indicates that the player is tight, solid and will only enter pots when they have a very good starting hand - the rest of the time they'll be folding. These are the guys you want to your left. Why? Because unless they have got a premium hand, they will often fold so it's very easy to steal blinds from these guys and bet into them with bluffs. If you notice that you have a very tight player who you have been stealing blinds from all through the game, be very weary of when they do call (or raise) because it's likely that they'll have a good hand. That at least gives you information so that you don't risk any further chips if you suspect they have a better hand than you. The other interesting thing about this is isolation. If you're in late position or on the button and the maniac before you has bet/raised and you call or re-raise, the tight player to your left will likely fold along with others and the maniac to your right may call your bet. What this does is that it then pushes everyone else out of the hand and if you've got good cards, the probability of you winning against the maniac is much greater. Hopefully you'll remember my game selection column previously. Remember the flop percentages? These give an indication of the types of players at your table - the higher the flop percentage, the more maniacs, the lower the flop percentage, the more rocks. And you'll want to try and get a seat where you have the advantage :) Hand Charts - What hands to play from what position Here's a rough little guide of what hands are playable in various positions. You'll notice that there are less hands to play when in early position and playable hands start increasing the later you're positioned. Rough Starting Hand by Position Guide Eary Position Middle Position Late Position AA JJ 77 KK Q10 (s) 66 QQ 1010 55 AK (s) AJ 44 AQ (s) 99 33 AK A10 22 AQ 88 A8 (s) A9 A7 (s) AJ (s) A6 (s) KQ A5 (s) A10 (s) A4 (s) KJ A3 (s) A9 (s) A2 (s) K10 K10 (s) KQ (s) K9 (s) QJ Q9 (s) KJ (s) Q8 (s) Q10 J9 (s) QJ (s) 109 (s) 98 (s) K9 Q9 J10 * (s) denotes that the cards are suited i.e. A6 (s) means that it's the Ace and Six - with both cards being the same suit e.g. spades. Disclaimer: Please note that this is a very rough guide to the hands by position and is, from my personal experience, what I've had success with in the past. There are far more scientific, statistical & extensive hand chart resources available that can give greater insight on these starting hands so if you're wanting to look into it a bit more, I'd recommend that you obtain books by noted poker authors. This is merely my interpretation and is hopefully going to help you or at least put you on the right track to recognizing what hands you can or should be playing from various positions. Oh and another thing (I'll quit whining soon I promise :)), as with most things in life, the guide above is not a recipe for success - it can only be done in conjunction with the information you have gathered from your opponents and making the best decision, after all, that's what poker is about: using the information you've gained to make the correct decision (even if you don't win the hand - in the long run you'll be smiling). That's it from me folks. Until next time, I wish you good cards, good poker and that your opponents are plagued by 7 2 offsuit.

The importance of position

What I'm going to focus on here is WHO you want at the table in relation to your position, as well as a hand chart which will give you a good indication of what to play from what position. This is specifically for Hold'em so further study will be needed for other poker variations. WHO do you want at your table and, most importantly, WHERE do you want them sitting in relation to you. Let's say that you've got a maniac/loose/wild player at the table. The terms "maniac/wild/loose" means that this player will enter pots with any kind of hand. What you want to do is have the the aforementioned human ATM sitting to your right. Why? Because you can make a fortune off them. The advantage is that you get to act after this player so if they do limp or have a history of betting at the pot with any hand, you want to be able to re-raise them and maximize the profit you can make from them. So if you get the opportunity, watch the table, see who the maniacs are and try and get a seat where they sit to your right. Now we get the other side of the coin: the rocks. The term "rock" basically indicates that the player is tight, solid and will only enter pots when they have a very good starting hand - the rest of the time they'll be folding. These are the guys you want to your left. Why? Because unless they have got a premium hand, they will often fold so it's very easy to steal blinds from these guys and bet into them with bluffs. If you notice that you have a very tight player who you have been stealing blinds from all through the game, be very weary of when they do call (or raise) because it's likely that they'll have a good hand. That at least gives you information so that you don't risk any further chips if you suspect they have a better hand than you. The other interesting thing about this is isolation. If you're in late position or on the button and the maniac before you has bet/raised and you call or re-raise, the tight player to your left will likely fold along with others and the maniac to your right may call your bet. What this does is that it then pushes everyone else out of the hand and if you've got good cards, the probability of you winning against the maniac is much greater. Hopefully you'll remember my game selection column previously. Remember the flop percentages? These give an indication of the types of players at your table - the higher the flop percentage, the more maniacs, the lower the flop percentage, the more rocks. And you'll want to try and get a seat where you have the advantage :) Hand Charts - What hands to play from what position Here's a rough little guide of what hands are playable in various positions. You'll notice that there are less hands to play when in early position and playable hands start increasing the later you're positioned. Rough Starting Hand by Position Guide Eary Position Middle Position Late Position AA JJ 77 KK Q10 (s) 66 QQ 1010 55 AK (s) AJ 44 AQ (s) 99 33 AK A10 22 AQ 88 A8 (s) A9 A7 (s) AJ (s) A6 (s) KQ A5 (s) A10 (s) A4 (s) KJ A3 (s) A9 (s) A2 (s) K10 K10 (s) KQ (s) K9 (s) QJ Q9 (s) KJ (s) Q8 (s) Q10 J9 (s) QJ (s) 109 (s) 98 (s) K9 Q9 J10 * (s) denotes that the cards are suited i.e. A6 (s) means that it's the Ace and Six - with both cards being the same suit e.g. spades. Disclaimer: Please note that this is a very rough guide to the hands by position and is, from my personal experience, what I've had success with in the past. There are far more scientific, statistical & extensive hand chart resources available that can give greater insight on these starting hands so if you're wanting to look into it a bit more, I'd recommend that you obtain books by noted poker authors. This is merely my interpretation and is hopefully going to help you or at least put you on the right track to recognizing what hands you can or should be playing from various positions. Oh and another thing (I'll quit whining soon I promise :)), as with most things in life, the guide above is not a recipe for success - it can only be done in conjunction with the information you have gathered from your opponents and making the best decision, after all, that's what poker is about: using the information you've gained to make the correct decision (even if you don't win the hand - in the long run you'll be smiling).

Have Your Say In The Largest Online Gambling Player Survey

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