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Three Card Poker: lebih banyak opsi bermain, tapi hati-hati dengan house edge

Saat memainkan Three Card Poker, ada sejumlah variasi permainan dasar yang tersedia di beberapa kasino. Sadarilah bahwa beberapa membawa Besar Tepi rumah. Keuntungan permainan dasar adalah sekitar 3% untuk ante dan taruhan permainan dan melonjak menjadi sekitar 7% saat Pasangan Plus opsi digunakan. Peluang Anda untuk mendapatkan sepasang adalah sekitar satu dari empat. Ini dia variannya:

Face Up Ultimate Tiga Kartu Poker

Pemain juga membutuhkannya bertaruh secara membabi buta tambahan untuk mempertaruhkan. Dealer kemudian akan menyerahkan satu kartu menghadapi Jika Anda memutuskan untuk melipat, itu milik Anda mempertaruhkan Dan Buta taruhan kalah. Jika Anda memutuskan untuk tetap di tangan dan a bermain bertaruh, Anda memiliki pilihan untuk mengangkat itu Buta hingga 3x milik Anda mempertaruhkan asalkan Anda memiliki pasangan atau lebih baik. Jika Anda memiliki kurang dari beberapa milik Anda sendiri bermain taruhan hanya bisa cocok dengan milikmu mempertaruhkan mempertaruhkan.

Dealer kemudian akan mengungkapkan dua kartu lainnya. Jika tangan dealer mengalahkan tangan Anda, maka bermain, Dan Buta taruhan kalah. Jika dealer memiliki tinggi kurang dari satu ratu, maka mempertaruhkan dorongan taruhan. Jika tangan terikat, taruhan itu mendorong. Jika tangan Anda mengalahkan dealer, itu bermain Dan mempertaruhkan taruhan bahkan memenangkan uang. Itu Buta taruhan dibayarkan jika tangan Anda yang menang setidaknya rata. Kalau tidak, itu mendorong. Inilah pemenangnya Buta tabel pembayaran:

Pasangkan atau kurang – Dorong

Siram – 1 banding 1

Lurus – 2 banding 1

Tiga Jenis – 10 banding 1

Straight Flush – 20 banding 1

Mini-Royal – 100 banding 1 (cocok untuk K, Q, A)

Anda pasti membutuhkan bankroll yang lebih besar untuk versi ini karena penambahan tersebut Buta taruhan dan opsi untuk meningkatkannya hingga 3X. Strategi berikut disarankan saat bermain:

Lipat dengan tangan apa pun yang kurang dari J, 7, 4

Tingkatkan 3X dengan pasangan apa pun atau lebih baik

Itu Tepi rumah adalah tentang 4,3%

Tiga kartu poker progresif

Ini adalah taruhan sisi Poker Tiga kartu mudah yang membayar jackpot besar jika Anda memiliki Mini-Royal Q, K, A atau Spades. Anda dapat memasang taruhan sebesar ante Anda pada posisi taruhan progresif saat Anda memasang taruhan ante Anda. Pembayaran jackpot rata-rata adalah sekitar $4.000 untuk taruhan $1. Tabel pembayaran bervariasi berdasarkan yurisdiksi. Paytablenya adalah X untuk satu, bukan X Tidak menyenangkan Sebuah. Ini berarti rumah mengambil taruhan asli. Ini tabel umum:

Tabel pembayaran progresif

Benar – 6 untuk 1

Tiga Jenis – 60 untuk 1

Straight Flush – 70 untuk 1

Mini-Royal – 500 untuk 1 (Hati/Berlian/Klub)

Mini-Royal (Spades) – Jackpot

Ini terlihat sangat menggoda, tapi Tepi rumah adalah tentang 22,3%

bonus 6 kartu

Ini adalah taruhan sisi opsional lainnya di mana kartu 3 kartu pemain digabungkan dengan kartu 3 kartu dealer untuk membuat kartu poker terbaik. Tangan yang menang dibayarkan sesuai dengan paytable berikut, terlepas dari hasil taruhan ante dan play. Tabel pembayaran dapat bervariasi menurut yurisdiksi:

Tiga Jenis – 7 banding 1

Lurus – 10 banding 1

Siram – 15 banding 1

Rumah Penuh – 20 banding 1

Empat Jenis – 100 banding 1

Straight Flush – 200 banding 1

Royal Flush – 1.000 banding 1 (9 ke A)

Itu Tepi rumah karena paytable ini adalah tentang 8,6%

Opsi $ juta

Ada juga opsi bonus 6 kartu lainnya yang memberi kesempatan kepada pemain untuk membayar $1 juta! Opsi ini eksklusif untuk properti Caesars Entertainment di Las Vegas dan Atlantic City. Pemain juga harus bertaruh posisi ante, play dan pair plus saat memasang taruhan ini untuk memenangkan pembayaran berikut:

6 kartu Super Royal – (berlian) – $1.000.000

Enam kartu super Royal – (Hati, Klub, Sekop) $100.000

5 Kartu Royal Flush 1000 banding 1

5 Kartu Straight Flush 200 ke 1

Persegi. 50 banding 1

Rumah penuh. 20 banding 1

Siram 5 kartu. 15 banding 1

5 kartu lurus. 10 banding 1

Tiga yang sama. 5 lawan 1

Jika Anda bertanya-tanya Tepi rumah adalah 18% dan peluang mendapatkan Diamond Royal adalah 1 berbanding 20 juta!

Semoga beruntung!

Corn Sugar and Blood And the Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia

Chapter I

“Big Ange” and the Death of the Cleveland Mafia

In 1983, Angelo Lonardo, 72, one-time Cleveland Mafia boss, turned government informant. He shocked family, friends, law enforcement officers and particularly, criminal associates with his decision which was made after being sentenced to life plus 103 years for drug and racketeering convictions. The sentence came after a monumental investigation by local, state and federal agencies had all but wiped out the Cleveland Mafia.

“Big Ange” as he was called, was the highest ranking mafioso to defect. He testified in 1985 at the Las Vegas casino “skimming” trials in Kansas City and in 1986 at the New York Mafia “ruling commission” trials. Many of the nation’s biggest mob leaders were convicted as a result of these trials.

During his testimony, Lonardo told how at age 18, he avenged his father’s murder by killing the man believed to be responsible. He further testified that after that murder, he was responsible for the killings of several of the Porrello brothers, business rivals of his father during Prohibition.

Chapter II

Birth of the Cleveland Mafia

During the late eighteen hundreds, the four Lonardo brothers and seven Porrello brothers were boyhood friends and fellow sulphur mine workers in their hometown of Licata, Sicily. They came to America in the early nineteen hundreds and eventually settled in the Woodland district of Cleveland. They remained close friends. Several of the Porrello and Lonardo brothers worked together in small businesses.

Lonardo clan leader “Big Joe” became a successful businessman and community leader in the lower Woodland Avenue area. During Prohibition, he became successful as a dealer in corn sugar which was used by bootleggers to make corn liquor. “Big Joe” provided stills and raw materials to the poor Italian district residents. They would make the booze and “Big Joe” would buy it back giving them a commission. He was respected and feared as a “padrone” or godfather. “Big Joe” became the leader of a powerful and vicious gang and was known as the corn sugar “baron.” Joe Porrello was one of his corporals.

Chapter III

The First Bloody Corner

With the advent of Prohibition, Cleveland, like other big cities, experienced a wave of bootleg-related murders. The murders of Louis Rosen, Salvatore Vella, August Rini and several others produced the same suspects, but no indictments. These suspects were members of the Lonardo gang. Several of the murders occurred at the corner of E. 25th and Woodland Ave. This intersection became known as the “bloody corner.”

By this time, Joe Porrello had left the employ of the Lonardos to start his own sugar wholesaling business.

Porrello and his six brothers pooled their money and eventually became successful corn sugar dealers headquartered in the upper Woodland Avenue area around E. 110th Street.

With small competitors, sugar dealers and bootleggers, mysteriously dying violent deaths, the Lonardos’ business flourished as they gained a near monopoly on the corn sugar business. Their main competitors were their old friends the Porrellos.

Raymond Porrello, youngest of his brothers was arrested by undercover federal agents for arranging a sale of 100 gallons of whiskey at the Porrello-owned barbershop at E. 110th and Woodland. He was sentenced to the Dayton, Oh. Workhouse.

The Porrello brothers paid the influential “Big Joe” Lonardo $5,000 to get Raymond out of prison. “Big Joe”

failed in his attempt but never returned the $5,000.

Meanwhile, Ernest Yorkell and Jack Brownstein, small-time self-proclaimed “tough guys” from Philadelphia arrived in Cleveland. Yorkell and Brownstein were shakedown artists, and their intended victims were Cleveland bootleggers, who got a chuckle out of how the two felt it necessary to explain that they were tough. Real tough guys didn’t need to tell people that they were tough. After providing Cleveland gangsters with a laugh, Yorkell and Brownstein were taken on a “one-way ride.”

Chapter IV

Corn Sugar and Blood

“Big Joe” Lonardo in 1926, now at the height of his wealth and power left for Sicily to visit his mother and

relatives. He left his closest brother and business partner John in charge.

During “Big Joe’s” six-month absence, he lost much of his $5,000 a week profits to the Porrellos who took advantage of John Lonardo’s lack of business skills and the assistance of a disgruntled Lonardo employee. “Big Joe” returned and business talks between the Porrellos and Lonardos began.

They “urged” the Porrellos to return their lost clientele.

On Oct. 13th, 1927 “Big Joe” and John Lonardo went to the Porrello barbershop to play cards and talk business with Angelo Porrello as they had been doing for the past week. As the Lonardos entered the rear room of the shop, two gunmen opened fire. Angelo Porrello ducked under a table.

Cleveland’s underworld lost its’ first boss as “Big Joe” went down with three bullets in his head. John Lonardo was shot in the chest and groin but drew his gun and managed to pursue the attackers through the barbershop. He dropped his gun in the shop but continued chasing the gunmen into the street where one of them turned, and out of bullets, struck Lonardo in the head several times with the butt of his gun. John fell unconscious and bled to death.

The Porrello brothers were arrested. Angelo was charged with the Lonardo brothers’ murders. The charges were later dropped for lack of evidence. Joe Porrello succeeded the Lonardos as corn sugar “baron” and later appointed himself “capo” of the Cleveland Mafia.

Chapter V

The Cleveland Meeting

The trail of bootleg blood continued to flow with numerous murders stemming from the Porrello-Lonardo conflict.

Lawrence Lupo, a former Lonardo bodyguard was killed after he let it be known that he wanted to take over the Lonardos’ corn sugar business.

Anthony Caruso, a butcher who saw the Lonardos’ killers escape was shot and killed. It was believed that he knew the identities of the gunmen and was going to reveal them to police.

On Dec. 5th, 1928, Joe Porrello and his lieutenant and bodyguard Sam Tilocco hosted the first known major meeting of the Mafia at Cleveland’s Hotel Statler. Many major Mafia leaders from Chicago to New York to Florida were invited. The meeting was raided before it actually began.

Joe Profaci, leader of a Brooklyn, N.Y. Mafia family was the most well-known of the gangsters arrested. Within a few hours, to the astonishment of police and court officials, Joe Porrello gathered thirty family members and friends who put up their houses as collateral for the gangsters’ bonds. Profaci was bailed out personally by Porrello. A great controversy over the validity of the bonds followed.

Several theories have been given as to why the meeting was called. First, it was thought that the gangsters, local presidents of the Unione Siciliane, an immigrant aid society infiltrated by the Mafia, were there to elect a new national president. Their previous president, Frankie Yale had been recently killed by order of Chicago’s notorious Al Capone. Second, it was believed that the meeting may have been called

to organize the highly lucrative corn sugar industry. It was also said that the men were there to “confirm” Joe Porrello as “capo” of Cleveland.

Capone, a non-Sicilian was reported to be in Cleveland for the meeting. He left soon after his arrival at the

advice of associates who said that the Sicilians did not want him there.

Chapter VI

The Second Bloody Corner

As Joe Porrello’s power and wealth grew, heirs and close associates to the Lonardo brothers grew hot for revenge.

Angelo Lonardo, “Big Joe’s” 18-year-old son along with his mother and his cousin, drove to the corner of E. 110th and Woodland, the Porrello stronghold. There Angelo sent word that his mother wanted to speak to Salvatore “Black Sam” Todaro. Todaro, now a Porrello lieutenant, had worked for Angelo’s father and was believed to be responsible for his murder. In later years it was believed that he was actually one of the gunmen.

As Todaro approached to speak with Mrs. Lonardo whom he respected, Angelo pulled out a gun and emptied it into “Black Sam’s stocky frame. Todaro crumpled to the sidewalk and died.

Angelo and his cousin disappeared for several months reportedly being hid in Chicago courtesy of Lonardo friend Al Capone. Later it was believed that Angelo spent time in California with his uncle Dominick, fourth Lonardo brother who fled west when indicted for a payroll robbery murder in 1921.

Eventually Angelo and his cousin were arrested and charged with “Black Sam’s” murder. For the first time in Cleveland’s bootleg murder history justice was served as both young men were convicted and sentenced to life. Justice although served would be shortlived as they would be released only a year and a half later after winning a new trial.

Chapter VII

Rise of the Mayfield Road Mob

On October 20th, 1929, Frank Lonardo, brother to “Big Joe” and John was shot to death while playing cards. Two theories were given for his death; that it was in revenge for the murder of “Black Sam” Todaro and, that he was killed for not paying gambling debts. Mrs. Frank Lonardo, when told of

her husband’s murder screamed, “I’ll get them. I’ll get them myself if I have to kill a whole regiment!”

By 1929, Little Italy crime boss Frank Milano had risen to power as leader of his own gang, “The Mayfield Road Mob.” Milano’s group was made up in part of remnants of the Lonardo gang and was also associated with the powerful “Cleveland Syndicate,” Morrie Kleinman, Moe Dalitz, Sam Tucker and Louis Rothkopf. The Cleveland Syndicate was responsible for most of the Canadian booze imported via Lake Erie. In later years they got into the casino business. One of the their largest and most profitable enterprises was construction of the Desert Inn Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Dalitz would become known as the “Godfather of Las Vegas.”

Joe Porrello admired Milano’s political organization, the East End Bi-Partisan Political Club and, seeing the value in such influence, wanted to ally himself with the group. Milano refused. Later, Porrello was reported to have affiliated himself with the newly formed 21st District Republican Club. He hoped to organize the Woodland Avenue voters as Milano was doing on Mayfield road.

Chapter VIII

More Corn Sugar and Blood

By 1930, Milano had grown quite powerful. He had gone so far as to demand a piece of the lucrative Porrello corn sugar business. On July 5th, 1930, Porrello received a phonecall from Milano who had requested a conference at his Venetian Restaurant on Mayfield Road. Sam Tilocco and Joe Porrello’s brother Raymond urged him not to go.

At about 2:00 p.m., Joe Porrello and Sam Tilocco arrived at Milano’s restaurant and speakeasy. Porrello, Tilocco, and Frank Milano sat down in the restaurant and discussed business. Several of Milano’s henchmen sat nearby. The atmosphere was tense as Porrello refused to accede to Milano’s demands.

Porrello reached into his pocket for his watch to check the time. Two of Milano’s men, possibly believing that Porrello was reaching for his gun opened fire. Porrello died instantly woth three bullets in his head Simultaneously, a third member of Milano’s gang fired at Tilocco who was struck three times but managed to stagger out the door toward his new Cadillac. He fell to the ground as the gunmen pursued him, finishing him off with another six bullets.

Frank Milano and several of his restaurant employees were arrested but only charged with being suspicious persons. The gunmen were never actually identified. Only one witness was present in the saloon when the shooting started. He was Frank Joiner, a slot machine distributor whose only testimony was that he “thought” he saw Frank Milano in the restaurant during the murders.

Cleveland’s aggressive and outspoken Safety Director Edwin Barry, frustrated by the continually rising number of bootleg murders, ordered all known sugar warehouses to be padlocked. He ordered a policeman to be detailed at each one to make sure that no sugar was brought in or removed.

Meanwhile, the six Porrello brothers donned black silk shirts and ties and buried their most successful brother. The showy double gangster funeral was one the largest Cleveland had ever seen. Two bands and thirty-three cars overloaded with flowers led the procession of the slain don and his bodyguard. Over two hundred fifty automobiles containing family and friends followed. Thousands of mourners and curious on-lookers lined the sidewalks.

Cleveland’s underworld was tense with rumors of imminent warfare. Porrello brother Vincente-James spoke openly of wiping out everyone responsible for his brother’s murder.

Three weeks after his brother’s murder, Jim Porrello still wore a black shirt as he entered the I & A grocery and meat market at E. 110th Street and Woodland. As he picked out lamb chops at the meat counter, a Ford touring car, its’ curtains tightly drawn, cruised slowly past the store. A couple of shotguns poked out and two lasts of buckshot were fired, one through the front window of the store and one through the front screen door.

The amateur gunmen got lucky. Two pellets found the back of Porrello’s head and entered his brain. He was rushed to the hospital.

Chapter IX

“I think maybe they’ll kill all us Porrellos”

“I think maybe they’ll kill all us Porrellos. I think maybe they will kill all of us except Rosario. They can’t

kill him – he’s in jail.” Thus Ottavio Porrello grimly but calmly predicted the probable fate of he and his brothers as he waited outside Jim’s hospital room. Jim Porrello died at 5:55 p.m.

Two local petty gangsters were arrested and charged with murder. One was discharged by directed verdict and the other was acquitted. Like almost all of Cleveland’s bootleg related murders, the killers never saw justice.

About this time, it was rumored that the Porrello brothers were marked for extermination. The surviving

brothers went into hiding. Raymond, known for his cocky attitude and hot temper spoke like his brother James did of seeking revenge. Raymond was smarter though, he took active measures to protect himself.

On August 15th, 1930, three weeks after James Porrello’s murder, Raymond Porrello’s house was leveled in a violent explosion. He was not home at the time since he had taken his family and abandoned his home in anticipation of the attack.

Four days later Frank Alessi, a witness to the murder of “Big Joe” Lonardo’s brother Frank, was gunned down. From his death bed, he identified Frank Brancato as his assailant. Brancato was known mainly as a Lonardo supporter and suspect in several murders. Brancato was acquitted of Alessi’s murder.

Chapter X

In March of 1931, Rosario Porrello was paroled from Ohio’s London Prison Farm where he had served one year for carrying a gun in his car.

In mid-1931, National Mafia “capo di tutti capi” (boss of all bosses) Salvatore Maranzano was killed. His murder set in motion the formation of the first Mafia National Ruling Commission created to stop the numerous murders resulting from conflicts between and within Mafia families and to promote application of modern business practices to crime.

Charles “Lucky” Luciano was the main developer of the commission and was named chairman. Also named to the commission were Al Capone of Chicago, Joe Profaci of Brooklyn and Frank Milano of Cleveland.

In Dec. of 1931, Angelo Lonardo and his cousin Dominic Suspirato were released from prison after being acquitted of “Black Sam” Todaro’s murder during a second trial. Because he had avenged his father’s death and (for the most part) gotten away with it, he became a respected member of Frank Milano’s Mayfield Road Mob.

The thirst for revenge had not been satisfied for members of the Lonardo family. It was generally believed

that “Black Sam” Todaro instigated and perhaps took part in the murders of “Big Joe” and John Lonardo. However it was believed by members of the Lonardo family that the remaining Porrello brothers, particularly the volatile John and Raymond and eldest brother Rosario still posed a threat because of

the murders of Joe and James Porrello.

On Feb. 25th, 1932 Raymond Porrello, his brother Rosario and their bodyguard Dominic Gulino (known also by several aliases) were playing cards near E. 110th and Woodland Avenue. The front door burst open and in a hail of bullets the Porrello brothers, their bodyguard and a bystander went down. The Porrellos died at the scene. Gulino died a couple of hours later. The bystander eventually recovered from his

wounds.

Several hours after the murders, Frank Brancato, with a bullet in his stomach, dragged himself into St. John’s hospital on Cleveland’s west side. He claimed he was shot in a street fight on the west side. A few days later, tests on the bullet taken from Brancato revealed that it came from a gun found at the Porrello brothers murder scene. Although never convicted of either of the murders, Brancato was convicted of perjury for lying to a Grand Jury about his whereabouts during the murder. He served four years after a one to ten year sentence was commuted by Governor Martin L. Davey.

In 1933, Prohibition was repealed. The bootleg murders mostly stopped as organized crime moved into other enterprises. Angelo Lonardo continued his crime career as a respected member of the Cleveland family eventually rising through the ranks to run the northeast Ohio rackets in 1980.

In early 1933, in a sequel to the tragedy of the large Porrello family, Rosario’s son Angelo, 21, was killed in a fight over a pool game in Buffalo. It was said that he and his Uncle John were there trying to muscle in on the corn liquor business.

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Kasino di Korea Utara

Fakta bahwa ada kasino di Korea Utara mungkin akan mengejutkan kebanyakan orang. Kerajaan Pertapa, demikian kadang-kadang disebut (ini sebenarnya nama yang jauh lebih tua untuk seluruh Korea, sekarang biasanya hanya diterapkan di utara), adalah kediktatoran Stalinis terakhir yang tersisa di planet ini. Rezim sangat ketat sehingga ponsel tidak diperbolehkan sama sekali. Ketika dibagikan kepada pejabat daerah, kemudian disita lagi karena telah menjadi sarana komunikasi alternatif, di luar struktur negara.

Bahkan radio disolder secara permanen hanya untuk menerima stasiun radio negara, jadi tidak ada yang tergoda untuk mendengarkan stasiun Korea Selatan. Korea Utara benar-benar negara paling menindas yang ada saat ini. Klaim lain untuk ketenaran adalah bahwa itu adalah kediktatoran komunis turun-temurun pertama, sesuatu yang tidak begitu banyak dianggap oleh komunis lama sebagai ide yang bagus. Apa dengan semua represi (ya, mereka memiliki jaringan gulag yang luas, kamp kerja paksa bagi mereka yang tidak senang dengan kepemimpinan) dan kebodohan sistem ekonomi mereka (mereka tidak dapat benar-benar memberi makan penduduk mereka sendiri), itu harus terjadi sebagai sesuatu yang mengejutkan untuk menemukan kasino di Korea Utara sama sekali.

Namun, tidak ada yang boleh meremehkan kemampuan negara ini untuk mengejutkan. Memang ada kasino di Korea Utara, dua tampaknya, mungkin sepertiga. Kasino pertama Korea Utara terletak di ibu kota Pyongyang. Disebut, dengan orisinalitas yang menakjubkan, kasino Pyongyang, agak sulit untuk mengetahui apakah itu benar-benar ada. Tentu saja, warga Korea Utara tidak diizinkan masuk ke negara itu jika memang demikian, dan jumlah turis ke negara itu per tahun hanya beberapa ratus. Mungkin itu melayani beberapa diplomat dan pengusaha asing yang ditempatkan di sana, tapi itu akan menjadi pelanggan yang sangat kecil.

Kasino kedua di Korea Utara yang mungkin ada atau tidak ada adalah Seaview Casino Hotel di Rajin. Ada enam belas tabel dan 52 slot dalam daftar. Namun, banyak yang percaya ini adalah penggantian nama atau penggantian nama Imperial Casino di Rajin-Songbong, kawasan perdagangan bebas yang coba dibangun Korea Utara di perbatasan dengan China. Kasino Kaisar adalah kasino Korea Utara ketiga dan terakhir yang diketahui ada. Itu didirikan untuk mengakomodasi perdagangan lintas batas dari Tiongkok: semua bentuk perjudian di Tiongkok adalah ilegal hingga saat ini. Selain staf, tidak ada orang Korea Utara yang diizinkan memasuki kompleks (dan mereka toh tidak punya uang untuk bermain di sana). Ketika orang Cina mengetahui bahwa pejabat pemerintah menggelapkan uang dan kemudian kehilangannya di kasino, mereka menutup perbatasan untuk para penjudi. Jadi kaisar tutup karena dia tidak punya pelanggan.

Jadi pertanyaan apakah ada kasino yang berfungsi atau tidak di Korea Utara masih belum terjawab. Mungkin ada satu di ibu kota dan pasti ada yang kosong tak terpakai di perbatasan China, tapi tidak ada orang lain yang benar-benar tahu.

Blackjack: Apakah ini olahraga tim?

Dalam pengertian yang paling ketat, Blackjack dapat dianggap sebagai olahraga yang murni soliter. Lagi pula, permainan itu antara Anda dan dealer, dan orang lain yang Anda duduki tidak memiliki efek langsung pada hasil permainan Anda. Anda tidak bermain untuk grup atau siapa pun di meja – Anda melakukannya sendiri. Tapi itulah yang mungkin dipikirkan orang lain.

Untuk Blackjack memang bisa menjadi olahraga tim dan banyak yang telah melakukannya dan telah membuktikannya. Biasanya, pemain hanya memperhatikan apa yang mereka mainkan di tangan mereka dan sama sekali mengabaikan apa yang dimiliki pemain lain di meja. Tetapi jika setiap pemain melakukan itu, rumah akan mendapatkan keuntungan terbesar dan akhirnya setiap pemain di meja akan kalah. Tetapi tabel dapat bekerja sama untuk benar-benar memengaruhi keputusan dan hasil dari setiap kesepakatan – pemain memiliki lebih banyak peluang untuk mengalahkan tuan rumah dan menang.

Belajar dari sejarah

Salah satu master permainan tim blackjack terbesar adalah Tommy Hyland, yang dikenal tidak hanya sebagai blackjack yang luar biasa, tetapi terutama sebagai manajer tim blackjack yang efektif – salah satu yang paling sukses dalam sejarah permainan. Tommy terus meningkatkan permainannya dengan membaca dan mempelajari pemain lain, dan dari sini dia sampai pada kesimpulan bahwa tim blackjack yang efektif diperlukan untuk mencapai kesuksesan besar dalam permainan ini.

Tim pertamanya meraih sukses besar dalam waktu singkat, meski ada beberapa tantangan dan masalah di sepanjang jalan. Namun, dia tidak pernah menyerah, meski banyak anggota timnya yang pergi. Dia segera pindah untuk bekerja dengan pemain lain dan memimpin mereka menuju kesuksesan jangka panjang karena keterampilan organisasinya yang hebat dan kesetiaannya kepada anggotanya yang akhirnya mendapatkan kepercayaan mereka – unsur penting untuk mencapai kesuksesan dalam permainan ini.

Tommy Hyland dan timnya bukan satu-satunya yang mencapai sukses besar bekerja sama sebagai satu tim untuk meruntuhkan rumah tersebut. Ada Ed Thorp yang menguji teori blackjacknya dengan tim yang terdiri dari dua pasangan di Las Vegas. Yang lainnya adalah Ken Uston yang menghasilkan jutaan dari kasino melalui jaringan pemainnya yang luas namun terstruktur yang bekerja dengannya selama beberapa tahun. Yang paling terkenal di antara tim-tim ini adalah para mahasiswa matematika MIT yang merobohkan rumah dengan keterampilan menghitung kartu berbantuan komputer yang luar biasa yang menjaring mereka lebih dari $400.000 dalam satu akhir pekan.

Bekerja dengan tim Blackjack

Jadi bagaimana mereka mencapai ini? Bagaimana tim-tim ini berhasil mengalahkan tuan rumah? Meskipun senjata utama mereka di gudang senjata mereka adalah keterampilan menghitung kartu, itu bukanlah hal yang dapat menjamin kesuksesan mereka dalam permainan ini. Kerja sama tim, koordinasi yang baik, penentuan posisi yang tepat, dan mengasah keterampilan satu sama lain, mereka juga perlu menjaga metode komunikasi yang efektif untuk berbagi informasi hitungan kartu dan mengumpulkan semua sumber daya yang mereka miliki untuk memiliki nilai taruhan yang lebih besar.

Meskipun tidak perlu setiap anggota tim blackjack menjadi luar biasa dalam teknik penghitungan kartu, setiap anggota memang memiliki peran khusus untuk dimainkan guna memastikan keberhasilan tim. Ada backspotter yang menghitung kartu dan memberi isyarat kepada rekan satu tim lainnya, terutama “gorila” yang berpindah dari meja ke meja. Dan kemudian ada “pemain besar” yang akhirnya menyelesaikan taruhan di meja dengan peluang penghitungan kartu yang lebih menguntungkan.

Keuntungan dan Kerugian Bermain Tim Blackjack

Ada keuntungan tertentu, tetapi juga jebakan bekerja dengan tim blackjack. Ada keuntungan jelas yang akan menarik orang lain untuk meninggalkan permainan solo mereka dan bekerja dengan tim. Namun ada juga kekurangan yang membuat seseorang mempertimbangkan kembali strategi mereka saat memainkan game ini.

Manfaat bermain tim

  • Dengan mengumpulkan sumber daya Anda, setiap pemain dapat memiliki bankroll yang lebih besar yang dapat mereka gunakan untuk bermain dalam permainan taruhan yang lebih tinggi dan bertaruh dalam jumlah yang lebih besar. Semakin besar taruhannya, semakin besar pendapatan yang pada akhirnya akan dimenangkan oleh semua orang.
  • Alih-alih bekerja sendiri, Anda sekarang memiliki tim yang baik yang bekerja dengan Anda, berdiri di belakang Anda dan mendukung Anda sepenuhnya. Anda semua dapat belajar dari kekuatan dan kelemahan satu sama lain, yang pada akhirnya memungkinkan setiap anggota untuk meningkatkan permainan mereka sendiri – dan bersenang-senang melakukannya

Kerugian dari permainan tim

  • Persahabatan bisa tegang atau rusak jika hal-hal tidak berjalan baik untuk tim. Seorang anggota tim mungkin panik dalam panasnya pertempuran dan melakukan hal-hal dengan cara mereka sendiri, terlepas dari rencana permainan awal tim.
  • Ada kemungkinan pengkhianatan, terutama untuk anggota tim yang tidak terlalu Anda kenal.

Komposisi tim blackjack yang bagus

Jumlah total pemain dalam tim blackjack tidak tetap, meskipun hanya masuk akal untuk memulai dengan empat anggota. Hal utama di sini adalah tetap berada di bawah radar pengintai kasino. Meskipun permainan tim dan penghitungan kartu tidak ilegal, kasino tidak menyukai praktik ini dan pada akhirnya akan membuat daftar hitam tim mana pun yang ditemukan melakukannya.

Ciri-ciri tim bagus yang memiliki peluang lebih baik untuk mengalahkan rumah dan memenangkan permainan blackjack adalah sebagai berikut:

  • Anggota tim harus jujur ​​dan dapat dipercaya
  • Anggota memiliki keterampilan khusus dan kemampuan bermain tergantung pada peran yang mereka mainkan
  • Setiap pemain harus berbagi filosofi dan harapan yang sama
  • Sepemikiran dan bertujuan untuk tujuan yang sama

Terakhir, tim harus memiliki seseorang yang mau dan mampu mengemban tugas memimpin dan mengelola tim. Dialah yang harus memastikan semua orang di tim berpegang pada rencana permainan dan mengikuti aturan yang telah disetujui semua orang. Dia juga akan menjadi orang yang membuat keputusan akhir yang selaras dengan tujuan dan sasaran tim.

Dengan semua elemen ini bersama-sama dan ditempatkan dengan benar, siapa pun akan menuju kesuksesan finansial dalam olahraga tim yang disebut blackjack ini.

Liburan yang sempurna di Aruba

Aruba dikenal sebagai tujuan liburan, di mana Anda dapat menikmati liburan yang sempurna di Aruba dan bersantai di pantai tanpa mengkhawatirkan pekerjaan atau hal lainnya. Untuk benar-benar menikmati Aruba, yang terbaik adalah meninggalkan laptop Anda di rumah dan membawa buku yang bagus. Hargai kecepatan yang lebih lambat, cicipi anggur, dan jalan-jalan saat matahari terbenam yang indah di pantai.

Beberapa tempat wisata utama

Meskipun Aruba memiliki banyak pantai dan kasino, ada beberapa tempat bagus lainnya yang harus Anda tambahkan ke daftar kunjungan Anda saat berada di sana.

– Gua Fontaine
– Reruntuhan Bushiribana
– Suaka burung Bubali
– Taman Nasional Arikok
– Museum Arkeologi Aruba
– Mercusuar California
– Gua Guadirikiri
– Gua Lourdes
– Kapel Alto Vista

Anda dapat berkeliling pulau sendiri atau mengatur salah satu dari banyak tur. Tur darat dapat diatur dengan bus, jeep, kuda, atau bahkan dune buggy. Atau nikmati ombak dengan perjalanan perahu atau perjalanan menyelam. Ada banyak kesempatan untuk melihat yang terbaik yang ditawarkan Aruba.

Kegiatan populer

Ada banyak hal yang bisa dilakukan saat liburan di Aruba saat lelah berjemur di salah satu dari sekian banyak pantai. Pulau ini tidak hanya dipenuhi dengan hal-hal untuk dilihat, tetapi juga hal-hal yang harus dilakukan.

– selancar angin
– snorkling
– untuk menyelam
– mendaki dan berjalan
– memancing
– toko
– bermain golf
– bermain tenis
– kehidupan malam dan perjudian

Dan berbicara tentang kehidupan malam, Anda harus tahu bahwa Anda memiliki lusinan kasino, klub, lounge, dan pertunjukan langsung untuk dipilih setiap malam dalam perjalanan Anda. Kasinonya canggih, dengan mesin slot, permainan meja, dan taruhan olahraga. Tambahkan beberapa musik dan minuman dan Anda dapat menghabiskan sepanjang malam. Beberapa kasino terbaik adalah bagian dari resor atau hotel yang lebih besar. Hyatt memiliki Kasino Copa Cabana, Westin memiliki Kasino Casablanca, dan Kasino Crystal Seaport berada di zaman Renaisans. Anda harus berusia minimal 18 tahun untuk berjudi dan dolar AS adalah mata uang kasino.

Restoran di Aruba berkelas dunia dan menawarkan hidangan dari berbagai masakan internasional. Hidangan Karibia dan Meksiko sangat populer, tetapi hidangan Italia, Asia, dan Amerika juga mudah ditemukan.

Pastikan Anda tidak menghabiskan sepanjang malam di kota atau Anda tidak akan tidur sama sekali selama liburan Anda di Aruba.

Peluang dalam taruhan sepak bola dalam taruhan olahraga

Taruhan sepak bola terjadi secara legal dan ilegal dalam game ini di semua level permainan. Baik di sekolah menengah, perguruan tinggi, atau arena profesional, banyak uang dikucurkan untuk permainan ini. Bagaimana peluang dihitung dalam taruhan sepak bola dijelaskan di bawah ini.

Ketika ada penyebaran poin dalam permainan sepak bola atau garis uang untuk permainan bisbol, istilah yang digunakan disebut “garis”. Garisnya hanyalah probabilitas bahwa game khusus ini, yang diterjemahkan ke sistem apa pun, akan digunakan. Ketika salah satu kasino utama di Las Vegas menjabarkan baris pertama dalam sebuah permainan, itu disebut “garis pembuka”. Sportsbook lepas pantai sering mengeluarkan garis sebelum Las Vegas melakukannya. Namun, jalur Vegas umumnya dianggap lebih andal. Penyesuaian garis adalah subjek penelitian intensif, kontak yang dikembangkan dengan hati-hati, pengalaman bertahun-tahun dan intuisi yang sederhana dan jelas. Reputasi pembuat peluang didasarkan pada akurasi dan memiliki banyak variabel yang perlu dipertimbangkan saat menentukan probabilitas, seperti yang tercantum di bawah ini:

• Kinerja tim musim ini, di musim sebelumnya, di pertandingan minggu lalu dan melawan satu sama lain

• Permukaan bermain

• Keuntungan rumah

• Ramalan cuaca

• Cedera, terutama pemain bintang

• Moral tim

• Peristiwa dalam kehidupan pribadi pemain

Jika Anda serius tentang taruhan olahraga, Anda harus tahu bahwa semua hal ini berperan dalam hasil kesuksesan taruhan olahraga Anda di sepak bola dan setiap olahraga lainnya.

Tips awal untuk taruhan sepakbola online

Hampir semua orang yang memasang taruhan online tahu bahwa hampir tidak ada pasar yang mengalahkan pasar taruhan bola online. Ada banyak alasan untuk ini, tetapi yang utama adalah ada begitu banyak persaingan untuk laporan taruhan. Mereka dapat memberi Anda statistik yang bagus dengan harga murah. Jika Anda dapat menghabiskan beberapa jam seminggu untuk mempelajari statistik para pemain dan tim, Anda dapat membuat taruhan berhasil dan mendapat untung.

  • Cobalah untuk tetap rendah hati dan terima setiap sen keuntungan yang Anda dapatkan dengan memikirkan statistik dan angka daripada peluang yang tersedia.
  • Anda mungkin tidak melihat tim yang terdaftar di 1,20, tetapi jika hasil penelitian Anda sedikit lebih tinggi dari poin yang disebutkan, maka Anda dapat memberikan kenaikan 20% pada saham Anda
  • Keunggulan ini bisa hadir dalam insting Anda atau “tim favorit” Anda.

Ini memastikan bahwa taruhan bertahan lama. Selalu gunakan pendekatan matematis karena ini akan membantu Anda menilai hasil yang menguntungkan. Cobalah untuk tidak melibatkan emosi Anda, karena tidak pernah ada pemain yang menguntungkan yang menang hanya dengan menggunakan emosi.

Setelah emosi dikesampingkan, penting untuk melihat manfaat lain yang bisa Anda dapatkan dari taruhan olahraga. Terkadang Anda harus menjelajahi internet untuk statistik tertentu atau membaca banyak artikel tentang bagaimana pemain menghadapi kondisi cuaca yang berbeda, misalnya. Jika Anda dapat mengorbankan waktu yang sedikit ini, Anda dapat melakukannya dengan baik pada taruhan Anda.

Interview With Poker Pro and Survivor China Contestant Jean-Robert Bellande

Jean-Robert Bellande is the poker pro you love to hate but he’s a survivor in more ways than one. He’s lived like millionaire for years despite living on the edge of being broke and he loved playing the villain the TV show Survivor. We caught up with Jean-Robert in Vegas the day before this year’s World Series of Poker first event to see how his new found fame has changed his life, what crazy prop bets he’s gotten himself into this year and how he started his rise to poker stardom.

PokerLizard: So how is registration for the World Series going, they always seem to make a few screw ups along the way? Is it going smoothly or is there a big line of the people?

Jean-Robert: I just went over there and there was no line, I just registered now.

PokerLizard: Are you going to play in the 40K?

Jean-Robert: I am actually not going to play in the 40K now, too big a buy in.

PokerLizard: Sure, why not just play in the smaller events where it is a bunch of donkeys? Playing in the 40K, will be good for publicity if you make the final table to be on TV; but it seems like the field will be way too tough not to mention the huge buyin.

Jean-Robert: Yeah it is tough field equity wise; it is not a great value. May be it is good for people who have a lot of money and want to get a bracelet because it’s going to be a smaller field than I had imagined with somewhere between 200 and 300 people. The TV value is there, but it is only 2 hours of television time, and no real guarantee of getting on TV.

PokerLizard: What you think about the choices for the televised World Series of Poker only having four events televised. The $40k, Main Event, Ante up for Africa charity event, and the Tournament of Champions event with all the past champions.

Jean-Robert: Actually TV-wise, I can understands the decision on the part of ABC or ESPN because I mean that is what the public is interested in. The general public does not really understand games like HORSE and Pot Limit Omaha. They have been spending a lot of time educating the public which I think they could have benefited from this year. The last three years had been televising the $50k HORSE event, , they have been educating the public and I think they get more viewers each year, so this year they might have got more than last year, but the bottom line is people would rather see No Limit Hold’em. With this 40K that they are basically guaranteed that they are going to have big names at the final table because half the field is going to be all big names.

Jean-Robert: Half the field is going to be big names and really really good players for the guaranteed star studded final table. It’s the same thing with the Tournament of Champions; then you’ve got the main event. I would not be surprised if there are more big names deeper in the tournament this year because they have given us 30,000 in starting chips instead of 20k. the more starting chips you’re given it makes it more challenging deeper in the tournament.

Jean-Robert: Yeah, so for them I think it’s a good decision but for poker players of course more televised event is better. We would like that. Yeah, I can understand why they would do that.

PokerLizard: Right, just the cost to putting it all together is going to be a lot cheaper than to stick around as long to pay Norman Chad his huge salary.

Jean-Robert: I do not think that is the case. I know there are still a lot more taped days this year. I would not be surprised if the viewership on ESPN 360 goes way up. I know that they are going to be showing quite a few of the events online.

PokerLizard: That should be pretty cool. How many events are you going to play?

Jean-Robert: I am really going to see as we go. Last year I think I played like 23 events last year. I was looking at the events that I am interested in. I am actually interested in 42 different events, they overlap each other, but I would imagine that I would probably end up playing somewhere between 20 and 25 events again this year.

PokerLizard: How tough is it to play that many, I mean it has got to be brutal mental and physical grind, just to get up every morning.

Jean-Robert: There comes a time like right now; I am so excited about it, I do not see myself getting worn out at least for the first week or so, but later there comes a time when you just do not even feel like playing the next day and when that happens to me I am just not going to play that day. I will just take a day off or a couple of days off because every time I play I really want to be there so when I get knocked off I’ll leave the Rio right away, get fresh air; go hang out by the pool, hang out with friends or go to movies, so that I am ready to go back in there and be fresh for the following tournament.

PokerLizard: So do you have any specific goals for this year. finally get over that hump and win that bracelet?

Jean-Robert: Absolutely, getting a bracelet is a very high priority to me. I’ve pretty much shown consistent profits in the world series over the last few years, but bracelets are really big for me so I am going to play more smaller events than I played in the past. I think I’ve worked out some of the kinks in my game to be able to get deeper in those tournaments. They are the best value tournaments if you can get past that first dinner break, you are in pretty good shape because the field is usually so much weaker than the bigger buyins. The big name players mainly want to play the 5K events and 10K events, so you are looking at much less talent in the smaller events, so I am really going to be focusing on the small events this year.

PokerLizard: Do you have a hard time even watching the events that you have played in the past, when you came so close to a bracelet?

Jean-Robert: It is brutal; last year I had the 9 to 1 chip lead for the bracelet. Part of the reason why I have gotten there is that my style of play is going to get me rewarded with big chips, people are going to call me down and pay me off and I am pretty confident about being able to get there again and again. Do not be surprised that once I get my first bracelet I don’t end up with two or three.

PokerLizard: Someone pops up and wins two or three every year. Why not you? Why not me? Why not?

Jean-Robert: Tom Schneider a couple of years ago. Yeah, so everybody is getting in town right now. There is kind of nostalgic feeling, everyone is getting kind of excited. You can see people were ready for the series.

Jean-Robert: I may even play in a $1500 super satellite to the 40k tonight due to the excitement. I would like to try to get into the 40K but I have no problems missing it. I really do not.

PokerLizard: Yeah, it seems like they are having it awfully early to create buzz or whatever. Do you think they should have had it more in the middle of the series?

Jean-Robert: Definitely would have liked that because then I could take some winnings and enter. Otherwise I’d have to put 40K right into that and be busted for the rest of the series.

PokerLizard: Yeah, unless you qualify via the satellite.

PokerLizard: After all the bad beats, are you superstitious or anything like that?

Jean-Robert: I am not superstitious but I definitely believe in luck. I know I will get there in the long run, but being in any one tournament is just the short run. You can get all your money with the best hand and get unlucky. It happens all the time.

PokerLizard: For example, that main event hand last year where you got knocked out, you know the “bye bye” hand where that guy hits his miracle card. You gotta be sick of seeing that hand on the WSOP reruns.

Jean-Robert: Well I celebrated prematurely then he gave me the “bye bye” before his card came; that’s pretty strong. That was particularly unlucky but if I win that hand I am well above the chip average and am in good shape in that field.

PokerLizard: Plus then you get a ton more TV time, you are more marketable, make more money on the side.

Jean-Robert: Exactly. Wow…you’re right. Probably cost me maybe half a million dollars in equity.

PokerLizard: Speaking of marketability, you were on Survivor and that must have been interesting being a poker player.

Jean-Robert: Actually when they asked me initially to be on the show I turned them down; then, after I thought about it, I realized this could bring a lot of good things for me marketing-wise plus the 1 in 16 shot at a million dollars, that is pretty good equity.

PokerLizard: I know it was right in the middle of the world series of poker a couple of years ago, so It kind of had to be somewhat of a tough decision.

Jean-Robert: Yeah, that was brutal missing the world series but overall, it was worthwhile. I hated being out there, but it was great fun to watch on TV.

PokerLizard: Do they give you guys sun block and stuff out there or is it “tough shit”?

Jean-Robert: Yeah, there is some sort of a like a sun block that also has like a insect repellant on it.

PokerLizard: I mean, obviously do not want anybody to die on tv.

Jean-Robert: We were completely covered with bugs. There is actually a first aid box off camera which includes like tampons for the girls and contact stuff for people who wear contacts, but there is no tooth brushes, toilet paper or anything like that. Yeah, you go out in the woods, dig a hole; run down a lake and wash up.

PokerLizard: Gross

Jean-Robert: [Laughs]

PokerLizard: What is the coolest thing that has happened from you being on Survivor?

Jean-Robert: [thinks for awhile] That’s interesting. One of the coolest things is just a general recognition from the public, when I was on the show, I think most viewers probably hated me or at least more than half of them did. Yet somehow, when I run into people that are fans of the show, they all seem to love me or my character. Maybe that was like a fun character for them to watch. It’s funny how whenever I meet people who watched it, they are really appreciative. It’s funny, I know they hated my ass when I was on there.

PokerLizard: It has to do with the way they edit the show, I mean this is the same way with the WSOP broadcasts. You’ve got to have a villain on the show and you need to have a hero on the show.

Jean-Robert: Exactly.

PokerLizard: I mean half the time you were probably watching episodes wondering when did I say that or wow that was out of context? But since the camera is there, people believe what they see.

Jean-Robert: You are right, you are right and even in the celebrity apprentice they tried their hardest to make Annie [Duke] look like a jerk and make Joan Rivers look good. Annie still seemed like the much better choice to win.

PokerLizard: How they picked Joan, I’ll never know, that show was just ridiculous.

Jean-Robert: That was complete robbery.

PokerLizard: Lets get back to poker. So would you say your biggest step in poker was when you became friends with Jeff Lisandro. How did you become a great player?

Jean-Robert: Definitely the few months that I spent in Europe with Jeff Lisandro; that definitely would be the biggest jump in my skill level in poker. Because when I was in Prague, I was playing No Limit Hold’em everyday and just really began to understand the game really well. I was in Prague for about six months basically

managing the game over there. While doing that, I was also playing Sit N Go’s online.

PokerLizard: Really?

Jean-Robert: Yeah, I would play 100 and 200 dollar Sit N Go’s all day long and I would just play until I had made $1,000 everyday then I’d quit. Sometimes it would take me couple of hours, sometimes it might take me 8 hours, but I would basically do that until I was up $1,000 everyday and I did that for 30 days straight, that actually was when I improved my No Limit game the most.

Jean-Robert: And the dynamics, the changes in the game from full handed to short handed play and hand values and what position they are in. When anybody asks me about how to improve their game, I recommend playing a lot, a lot of Sit N Go’s.

PokerLizard: You finish an entire tournament in an hour and you learn so much.

Jean-Robert: Right, even if you make just a little bit of money in grinding you are learning so much about the game when you play them.

PokerLizard: So why did you come home from Prague it is pretty awesome over there.

Jean-Robert: I came home when it turned to winter over there. When I was there I thought I wouldn’t never come back. I miss it, I would like to go back sometime.

PokerLizard: So on Survivor they asked you? You didn’t have to go through any of the BS to get on the show?

Jean-Robert: Well, even after they ask you to be on the show you still have to go through the audition process. Basically at first I wasn’t one of the 16, just that I made the final 40 and they were going to chose the final 16. It’s funny because there was actually discussion whether or not I would actually be on the show. Once I was on it was such a no brainer for them, they loved me being on there. It was funny, when I got knocked out the producer was bumming, they were loving my character and story line and strategy. I was trying to be the biggest jerk possible without getting knocked off – they loved it.

PokerLizard: Was there any effect on ratings when you got knocked off?

Jean-Robert: Usually the ratings go up each week as the show gets near the end but they pretty much stayed steady with 15 to 16 million people watching each week.

PokerLizard: You can’t beat that exposure, even being on the WSOP.

Jean-Robert: Yeah, versus the 2 million that watch the WSOP.

PokerLizard: So what you want to achieve through being a poker pro fame? Fortune? just the freedom to do, whatever you want to do?

Jean-Robert: Well, right now, I am really hoping that the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) gets repealed; poker is starting to dry up quite a bit, the game is getting tougher and tougher, people are getting more knowledgeable. It’s not like the old days when you knew you were going to make x-amount of money each month. It’s a grind, so I’m hoping poker opens up to the public like it was before. When that happens, some of us that have already made a little bit of a name for ourselves might end up with some huge sponsorship deals.

PokerLizard: I read online about Harrah’s setting up an online division. Which may be a good indicator that the UIGEA is going away, so there’s some hope.

Jean-Robert: Right now, I’ve been playing a lot of mixed games that seem to be getting more and more popular. ; I’ve been trying to get Bodog to add some mixed games. This is my second year with Bodog and I’m feeling a little more comfortable trying to giving them some advice.

PokerLizard: Them finally getting the bodog domain back wont’ hurt either.

Jean-Robert: When did they get the name back?

PokerLizard: Actually just recently back in April..

Jean-Robert: That is great. Good news for me, trust me.

PokerLizard: Tell me about your project “Broke and Living Like a Millionaire”

Jean-Robert: Were actually shooting the pilot during the series. It’s basically a lifestyle piece about me; It’s not so much about the poker, but the lifestyle that goes along with it. The emotional swings, the highs and lows, the struggle, the grind, the celebration. I think it will be interesting. There may also be a book in the works.

PokerLizard: Probably have some crazy prop bets?

Jean-Robert: There will be all kinds of things. Just recently Huck Seed offered me a bet. It will be a 2 mile race, me just running versus him in high heels running backward [laughs]. That sounds like a “lock” bet for me, but Huck doesn’t lose too many prop bets.

PokerLizard: All of his prop bets sound crazy. Then he wins and you think “he did that lot easier than I expected”.

Jean-Robert: I think I can run my 2 miles like in 21 minutes.

PokerLizard: Two miles backward in High Heels Just sounds impossible…

Jean-Robert: It does sound impossible, but he’s probably just going to take my money.

Jean-Robert: I have actually got a lot of people following me on twitter right now. Basically on twitter I am very open with what my bankroll actually is (you can follow Jean-Robert’s twitter at BrokeLivingJRB his bankroll is currently at $3,700). The goal is to turn my little bit of nothing into a million dollars. Right now I think I’ve got a thousand dollars that we are going to try and figure out how to get to a million. Hopefully, we will do that winning some of these tournaments this Summer.

PokerLizard: If you only have a grand, you’re obviously being backed for the series right? Or is Bodog buying you into some events?

Jean-Robert: Well, my deal with Bodog is not really something I can talk about in too much in detail, but as a member of team bodog I represent them at any tournament I play throughout the year. My bankroll determines what I am able to do so sometimes I buy myself in, sometimes someone gives me a freeroll or I may play a tournament with makeup. It’s a constant hustle. I am thrilled to be with Bodog and I am actually getting ready to go play on Bodog right now. I really anticipate some amazing results during the series this Summer and hopefully cash early so that I am bankrolled for the remainder of it.

PokerLizard: I read online that you keep getting offered all these crazy deals, for example 5 hole cards in Omaha, being on the button each hand, or cash rebates for playing? Are these people nuts it seems like you can’t lose in the long run?

Jean-Robert: Well the kid that gave me 5 cards won’t be giving me 5 cards again that’s for sure. The same kid who offered me 5 cards also offered Barry Greenstein 30% back on his losses. Barry turned him down because there is really nothing he can win there. Either he is going to win as expected or he’s going to lose and this kid gets bagging rights. It’s a lose-lose proposition.

I’ve had some other pros tell me you’ve got big balls going up against that because if I’m beaten and I’ve gotten five cards it’s pretty embarrassing. In fact, one of the magazines actually printed that the kid did beat me; which never happened by the way, but I do not mind that getting out there because then other people are going to want to spot me as well. I did have one or two other people actually offering me with same game and I will never turn down an extra card in poker. You want to give me five cards, let’s play. You want to give me six we can play that too. I don’t mind.

PokerLizard: So you like to play up the image that you are a degenerate gambler to get action?

Jean-Robert: I do not know that I necessarily play it up , I am just me and yeah sure I might have little bit of ego and all, but it is not big too to turn down getting a good spot. I used to play pool and anytime there is a match up there is usually spot that is given and If a guy gives you too much weight, you are not going to turn it down. That’s a good gamble. If he gives me too much weight and happens to beat me well okay; that means he’ll just want to play again tomorrow with the same amount of weight, so why not? It is just a good decision making and I have no problem with taking those spots in cards. No problem.

PokerLizard: So you consider yourself an action junkie? Have a little money on the line like Phil Ivey just to make things interesting.

Jean-Robert: Not so much in action junkie. I do love being in action, but I am alright not be in action. I just spent a couple of weeks in Cyprus and Istanbul and the guys were trying to get me to play poker. I told them, “We’re in Greece, why do I want to play poker? I’m loving this; This is fantastic and we play poker all the time.” I do enjoy being in action, but I do not consider myself a junkie.

PokerLizard: So you do not really have any big leaks that you want to plug? Baccarat? Dice? Strippers?

Jean-Robert: No, when I play those casino games I will do it once in a while for entertainment, but it is not really a leak. The leak in my game is that I tend to play much too high for my bankroll. The people who play in games who need to have at least 200 or 300 big bets in order to play; I can commend those people, that’s great . I wish I could that, but for me if I see a live one in a game and I have a couple times the buyin; I am going to try and play. If I think someone is going to be giving away money. That’s a bad habit I have, playing too high for my bankroll.

PokerLizard: You have a lot of friends in the poker world, is it weird trying to take their money every day? Or do you try and stay out of each other’s way and carve up the fish?

Jean-Robert: It’s interesting that you say that because probably one of my best friends in the world is Joe Cassidy and he and I bet with each other almost every single day. We do bet on everything and have a bet on the Laker game today. I actually prefer beating friends out of their money. I like that it is kept in the family. If I lose money to a good friend it’s still family money. I live at Joe Cassidy’s house in Vegas so we’re both happy when the other guy does well. Huck’s another guy, we will always gamble together. Huck is one of my closest friends but we will definitely try and get over on each other; by the way I do not recommend gambling against Huck. Not many people come out on the right side of that.

PokerLizard: Doesn’t he have some weird weight bet with Hellmuth that he has to stay under a certain weight each month for 10 years? And he hasn’t lost a single month?

Jean-Robert: Yeah, yeah I think they just settled out of that one just recently.

Jean-Robert: The boys are coming over here later, Huck and Shieky are coming over to watch the Laker game, play some pool and we’ll all be bettting. It’s not just me and Joe. Joe’s got a big bet with John Hennigan on the 40k on how many people are buying in…it’s just constant.

Jean-Robert: Any side bets I make outside of poker tend to be really small. They are more for entertainment.

PokerLizard: What do you think you will be doing if was not a poker?

Jean-Robert: I would be in the nightclub business, I used to promote clubs and then I owned my own club for awhile. I was really good at it and here in Vegas they run clubs a little bit differently but I have actually been studying what they have been doing here and I may find myself back involved. Ideally I’d like to be operating a club and playing poker. Right now I am just focusing on poker and after the World Series I will sort our possibly getting back into the club business.

PokerLizard: Maybe parlay a big score this year into your own club.

PokerLizard: What advice did you give to anybody that wants to aspire to be a pro poker player?

Jean-Robert: Well my advice to them would be to do something that I have not really done well. That is to really capitalize on all the free information out there; the books, the DVD sets, the online training sites. So many of these things that took us months and even years to learn in live games you can learn just by reading and studying and reading again just sort it out. The games have evolved so much and the reason why I think these youngsters are so good is because they have learned in a short time what took Doyle [Brunson] and Johnny Chan years and years to learn. Take advantage of the information that is available.

PokerLizard: If you were Matt Damon’s character in the movie Rounder’s, how long would it take you to get with Famke Janssen after your girlfriend kicked you to the curb?

Jean-Robert: I definitely know some people who might turn that down, Huck for instance [laughs] pretty much. For me the best way to get over somebody is get with someone new. That is my answer.

PokerLizard: Daniel Negreanu actually said Damon would be better off if he stuck with his girlfriend.

Jean-Robert: Well we all know that Daniel likes the self torture…he’ll put somebody on a better hand and then call anyway.

PokerLizard: ha. Thanks for the interview, great job.

Jean-Robert: Thanks buddy.

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Yang Kami Ketahui Tentang Poker Pro Fred Sarge Ferris

Ketika Anda memikirkan pemain hebat sepanjang masa di dunia poker, Fred “Sarge” Ferris harus berada di urutan teratas daftar Anda. Ferris bermain poker dan memainkannya dengan baik. Menyadari bahwa beberapa orang bermain poker untuk bersenang-senang dan beberapa memainkannya sebagai hobi, hanya sedikit yang memiliki apa yang diperlukan untuk mencari nafkah. Fred “Sarge” Ferris tahu dia melakukannya.

Fred “Sarge” Ferris tumbuh dalam Depresi Hebat dan ayahnya melakukan semua yang dia bisa untuk menyediakan makanan di atas meja. Hidup dalam kemiskinan, saudara laki-lakinya mendaftar di Angkatan Laut dan kemudian menjadi pembuat jam dan perhiasan terkenal. Dia ingin memilih jalan yang berbeda. Jadi dia mulai berjudi. Dia tidak menyebutnya judi. Dia adalah seorang profesional yang sempurna, tidak pernah memamerkan kartunya atau memberikan informasi.

Meskipun tidak banyak untuk publisitas, Tn. Ferris pun mulai mendapat perhatian para pemain dan media lainnya. Dia mulai memenangkan pot besar dan permainan uang taruhan tinggi yang membuatnya dihormati oleh rekan-rekannya. Kemenangan besar pertamanya datang dalam seri deuce-to-seven pada tahun 1980, memenangkan $10.000. Dia kemudian memenangkan $150.000 dan gelang emas di World Series of poker. Setelah mengumpulkan kemenangannya, Fred Ferris didekati oleh seorang pria bernama Stu Ungar.

Ungar melakukan semua yang dia bisa untuk meyakinkan Ferris bahwa dia bisa memenangkan World Series Of Poker, tetapi membutuhkan bantuan Fred untuk biaya masuk. Fred awalnya tidak yakin untuk membantunya, setelah diberitahu oleh Ungar bahwa dia belum pernah bermain di turnamen sebelumnya. Namun demikian, ada seorang pria yang begitu yakin dia bisa melakukannya sehingga Fred memberinya kesempatan. Fred mendekatinya tidak berbeda dengan bermain kartu; baginya itu hanyalah pertaruhan. Ungar bermain dengan mahir dan mengalahkan musuh bebuyutan Fred, Doyle Brunson untuk memenangkan World Series of poker.

Pada tanggal 22 April 1983, agen IRS mendekati Ferris di ruang kartu dan menyita $46.000 dalam bentuk chip. Itu menjadi berita utama di sirkuit berita sambil duduk dengan Binion’s Horseshoe di permainan taruhan tinggi. Uang itu kemudian diduga disita karena pajak balik Ferris terutang kepada pemerintah federal. Salah satu petugas menyuruh Ferris menggunakan sisa uangnya dan membeli taco.

Fred “Sarge” Ferris dan skandalnya memicu kemarahan di kalangan komunitas Hispanik setempat. Memprotes bahwa salah satu petugas mengejek etnis Ferris. Orang tuanya lahir di Lebanon, tetapi entah bagaimana dia disalahartikan sebagai orang Meksiko. Ini semua salah paham. Ferris bilang polisi itu berusaha bersikap baik. Insiden itu akhirnya mereda.

Dia menghabiskan sebagian besar hidupnya di meja poker. Sepertinya tepat batu nisannya dibuat dari meja poker, dia meninggal di sana. Pada 12 Maret 1989, setelah memainkan permainan uang dengan taruhan tinggi, dia menderita serangan jantung hebat. Pemakamannya berlangsung di Las Vegas. Banyak orang menghadiri pemakamannya. Orang-orang datang untuk menyampaikan belasungkawa, beberapa senang bahwa dia telah meninggal.

Tapi setelah semua yang dibawa Ferris ke dalam permainan, dia menjadi orang yang dilantik ke-18 di poker hall of fame. Belakangan tahun itu, setelah penyelidikan panjang oleh kasino Las Vegas dan Komisi Permainan India, Ferris akan dikaitkan sebagai salah satu dari lima orang yang berhutang kepada mafia. Untuk kredit Fred, massa tidak akan pernah melihat uang mereka.

Dia akan dikenang karena penghargaan dan prestasinya di dunia poker. Kecerdasannya untuk permainan dan tekniknya membuatnya dihormati oleh para pemain poker masa depan. Fred “Sarge” Ferris disebut “pro sempurna” karena suatu alasan.