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So yesterday I went to the casino to play 5-10 limit hold ‘em and here are 10 reasons I like playing there as opposed to an online casino.

1 spot - mid 40’s hippie, plays a lot of hands and likes to roll his eyes everytime he got rivered, which was often.

2nd spot - young asian guy, talked non-stop about how if he could just win a couple more big hands he could go home.

3rd spot - angry shaved head guy, liked to complain everytime someone beat him with crappy hole cards.

4th spot - Nice old guy, around 65-70 years old, good balanced player caught a lot of nice hands.

5th spot - Moi, pretty tight but plays some ‘flyer’.

6th spot - Nice older lady, British accent missed a lot of straights and flushes, lost around $400 during the few hours I was there.

7th spot - Middle aged Asian guy, pretty tight and quiet.

8th spot - Late 50’s, also quiet and tight player.

9th spot - Very tight middle aged guy likes to smile and talk to him neighbours a lot, only plays ace-picture or higher.

10th spot - Very tight player, middle aged with a little slcked back hair. Also likes to play ace-picture and better.

11th spot - My buddy, loud annoying….won the first hand after sitting down and called out he had “nuts” which was really 7th nuts. Everytime he won a hand he would tell the dealer to “ship” his chips.

The point is that sometimes sitting in at the casino can be fun and entertaining, where as the online casino can be a bit boring. At the end of the night I lost $60 but had fun.

As mentioned below I do love to gamble. I remember my dad taught me to gamble around the ago of 10. We used to play poker with monopoly money and he would tell me what hands beat which and some of his expert strategies. It was a nice father-son bonding experience and it has led to a life-long interest in gambling. I live in Canada so it is not always easy to go out to a casino, since the closest is around a two hour drive, so playing in an online casino is very appealing. A few of my concerns though are whether the casino’s are honest and offer me good value for my gambling dollars.

One of the best ways to protect yourself and to make sure your online casino experience is a good one is to do a little research. I often go to websites that reveiw online casinos and keep track of which are recommended and which are best to avoid. So far all my online gambling experiences have been positive but I am still down around $900 for this year. Hopefully lady-luck will shine on me before 2008 rolls around.

Hi and welcome to my hobby! My personal hobby is gambling, I just love the idea of pitting myself against the house in a battle of wits to try and come out the winner. Blackjack is my game of choice and I have studied many books on the subject. The reason I love blackjack so much is because if played properly the house only has a very slight edge, less than 2.6%. Which means with proper play and good money managment I am able to win more often than not.

Personally I like to play blackjack in person at a brick and mortar casino. But with the popularity of online casino gambling I get a chance to play a lot more. Tuesday nights is my online blackjack night and nothing (except maybe a hot-date) ever gets in the way. My limit is $20 and if I turn it into $100 I quit. So far for the year 2007 I am up a grand total of $330!! Not much I know but I love the thrill of winning and beating the casino.

“A Harvard Law School professor best known for defending the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers and for helping parents sue chemical companies in a case popularized by the film “A Civil Action” has a new cause: poker.

“Charles Nesson wants governments to relax restrictions on poker players. He has formed the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society with some of his students to promote poker as a fun learning tool and to redefine it as a game of skill, rather than a game of chance.

“‘I’d like to legitimate poker as an educational instrument,’ Nesson said. ‘It’s a great way to learn and practice the skills of seeing what things look like from another person’s point of view.’

“Locally, Nesson wants to loosen Massachusetts’ limits on small-scale poker tournaments.  With the number of poker tournaments shown on TV I think this is a natural extention.