Quote: "I've done this before only with online slots. They give you money to play and the odds are always against you. If you play, you'll win some and you'll lose some but they chances are you will loose it all and spend some real money to play more.
When you win, you go "Woo hoo!" and by human nature, you'll up the ante from greed and loose it all just as fast.
They bank on this.
"
So... like a real casino lol. I play in Atlantic City and up at Turning Stone, a Native American Reservation casino up near Syracuse NY. I usually stick to the roulette tables because the payouts, when you hit, are phenomenal ($35 to every $1 chip you have on a number). But that's WHEN YOU HIT, which isn't often enough, and the house banks huge on roulette. A tip for anyone who wanders into a casino and sits down at the roulette table: Ignore Wesley Snipes' "always bet on black" rule. Playing "outside" is a waste of time and money, the odds are bigger, but the payout is lousy... 2-1 or 3-1 at best. Play inside, where it's 35-to-1, and stick to three or four numbers every round. I play 22, 29, and 33 religiously, and I never deviate from those three numbers. On a $10 table (where the minimum is $10), I put 3 chips on 22, 3 chips on 33, and 4 chips on 29. If 22 or 33 hit, I make $105. If 29 hits, I get $140. Sometimes I leave with nothing, but just as often I leave with $400-$800 more than I came in with, and on a few rare occasions I've made over a grand (my biggest hit was 400 over two large... pretty awesome day for my music equipment at the time).
I've also heard of famous poker players playing online. Scotty Nguyen famously visits Bodog.com a lot, although I've never run into him, and Chris Moneymaker (that's his real name ironically; he was the 2003 poker world champion) famously plays at Poker Stars. But I had assumed this was just marketing: "Chris Moneymaker plays here, so should you!"
Here's a tip for anyone who plays poker, for fun or for money... not that I should need to tell you guys this, you're programmers and statistics breed in your veins
hehe. Anyway, NEVER, EVER go all-in before the flop. On the deal you could end up with pocket aces, and you could think everything is going your way. Your opponent could have a duece and a five, offsuit. On the flop, a pair of fives and one other card could come down. The turn? Not an ace. The river? Not an ace. Presto, you just went all in on a pair and it was easily taken down by your opponent's lowly five card
I try to explain this to my hardcore poker f(r)iends and they say "dude, no way, you go all in on a pair of aces or a king/ ace split of suit and you'll win a lot." Like somehow those cards are more likely to show up or something, lol.
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