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Why Play Keno Online

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Mixing up your casino gameplay is the best way to avoid boredom. It goes without saying that boredom is clearly the enemy here, right? Right! When you’re bored, it feels like life is just passing you by. Instead of getting worked up about finding things to do, you can always explore other casino games.

Now, we tend to focus a lot on poker and blackjack, but that doesn’t mean that you have to. We love those games, but sometimes even we have to decide that enough is enough. It’s nice to know that you will be able to expand your world outside of just poker and blackjack, even though they are pretty popular. This exploration of options actually brings us to the world of keno, believe it or not.


Keno is not a casino game that you see online as much, but that is quickly changing. Casino gamblers are a large group with diverse tastes, and casinos are always refining things so that they can keep on top of the game.

Keno is actually a very straightforward game. There is a pool of 80 balls that determine the final results. Online casinos will use computer programs to draw the balls out, and they will go out onto the main board. Gamblers make their bets and mark the numbers they think the balls will come up as. In live casinos, the balls come out of a tube and land on the board in certain places so you know which number is which. Online is a little more automated, but the concept is still the same.

You win money based on how many of your numbers match up. The more numbers, the higher you win. There are defined pay tables, but they vary from casino to casino.

Why do we like keno? It’s a lottery game, which means that you don’t have to have any special skills to play. If you’re looking to take a break from strategy games, keno is definitely an option to pursue. It’s possible to make money from keno, but we’re more focused on entertainment before anything else. Being aware of the options out there can make your casino play a lot easier.

Just with any other game, where you play matters. Keno can be a social game, which means that this is a great opportunity to make some friends and have an even better time than you were expecting. Why not check it out today, while it’s still on your mind? You’ll be glad that you did!

Poker Shame

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The most common emotion that people try to project is sadness, or disappointment. The truth of the matter is, whether you’re willing to admit it, or not. All people like sympathy, and a free pass; and that’s no different at the poker table. People know that they’re being watched, and they know that what is being watched for is emotion and expression. (You always have to remember that most of the time you are dealing with somebody whose perception of emotion and expression is engrained in them by movies and television, and therefore exaggerated.)

Because of this, that’s what they’re thinking YOU are looking for, and people tend to animate (or now that you know better, over animate) themselves in a way that tries to lure you into putting your money in, when they know they’re ahead.

Sadness is one of a few unique emotions that has no universal tells. Sadness in every human being is different. So when you see it, how do you tell if its genuine? Well its real simple. All you have to do is ask yourself, how ridiculous does this person look right now?


If the answer is, everyone looks like that when they’re sad then they’re probably faking it. They may be very slightly irritated, or a bit unhappy, but they are not vulnerable! The reason for this is, when a person becomes overwhelmed with sadness, their conscious view of themselves is at its weakest point. That leads to the inability to control the facial muscles, and allows them to move freely and at random (random to the person, not necessarily the situation.)

Its natural for somebody’s brain to tell the body in this situation to try to attract as much comfort as they can, from anywhere they can. While on the other hand, somebody faking it is going to show the movie expressions. You may see eyebrows raise without being drawn together, wrinkling the forehead, accompanied with enlarged puppy dog eyes. You may see the mouth curl down making a sad face, and what I’ve found to be a solid giveaway is, when somebody is projecting this and sees another person looking, they’ll look down, or purposefully break eye contact. THESE kind of people are trying to draw as much sympathy as possible, but without attracting a lot of attention by projecting what they’ve seen as socially acceptable sad behavior (aka movie sad).

This happens by default, because their perception of themselves is active trying to put together the perfect combination of expressions, and they don’t want to project one that will make them look foolish. (It’s a human ego thing, nobody looks bad on purpose.) The bottom line is, nobody is going to be in a hand if they’re legitimately sad. If a person can’t control the muscles in their face when they’re sad, they sure as hell aren’t going to be able to play poker.

Shame on the other hand, is a little different. You WILL see this at the poker table, and it can be very valuable, especially if you’re paying attention to WHEN you see it, in relation to what cards are out on the board. This can help you narrow hand ranges down, and guess whether a person was drawing or not so that next time you know that they’re willing to draw for X amount of the pot, and bet larger.

You’ll usually see this when somebody is really reaching for a draw and it misses, or at the end of the hand when they just couldn’t let go of the good starting hand. This occurs whether they have to show their hand or not (Sidenote: A rule players aren’t commonly familiar with is, whoever has the last aggressive action(last person to bet or raise only), has to show their cards first, or concede the hand (muck) and you don’t unless you intend to challenge it(or they muck)) The most common time I see the projection of shame is when a person turns over a pair of aces or kings, with 2-9 for their kicker. They know that’s a joke to even turn over, and vs. somebody whose been betting or calling/raising the whole way its usually beat. The people who muck most likely missed a draw, or had top or 2nd pair on the flop that obviously didn’t hold up after the remaining 2 cards. [Read more…] about Poker Shame

Poker Guide – Micro Expressions

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Anger vs. happiness motion in the mouth area, was a good example of how similar movements can have meanings that are polar opposites. This should also prove the importance of being able to distinguish the slight differences between them. It is also just as important to realize that not all movements can be categorized into basic, easy to interpret feelings.

Every little curl and twitch means something different, and every combination of them together, further increases the possibilities. The reason I say this is so important is because often when first exploring the use of this skill, its common for a person to make a critical ‘error’ when trying to read the micro expressions of another person.

This isn’t because that person is an exception, or the information they’d learned was wrong or misinterpreted when you read it. Its because you don’t have all of the information.(Don’t feel bad, nobody can acquire, understand, and put to use, everything, all at once.) You probably noticed, I put the word ‘error’ in quotes just now, and that’s because the specific ‘error’ I’m talking about is completely avoidable.


For lack of better words, I’m going to call this type of error ‘filling in the blank.’ Here’s a scenario where this happens. You’ve decided that you want to try to learn to read people’s emotions through the micro expressions, and you’ve spent a little time researching how a few of the basic emotions show on the face. You’ve tested it out on a few friends, or family members with a fair amount of success and decide to have a seat at the table and give it a whirl. It doesn’t take long before you become involved in a hand where you are heads up preflop with an opponent, he 4 bet under the gun, everyone folded to you on the big blind. You are hold As Kc and decide to finish the bet and see a flop. Heres your chance! You think as you watch his face closely as the flop comes out. Nothing, not a single movement on his face. You look down and see that the flop is 7h 4h 2c, and hasn’t helped you, and you check to the raiser. He puts out a bet of about ½ pot, and you decide the flop was weak enough to call it with 2 over cards, and you look back at him to watch his face when the turn card comes out. This time you see movement. One corner of their pressed together lips curled upward(one side) for just a fraction of a second. You do a quick rundown in your head of what you learned, or researched so far.

**Here is the error** “I only saw one corner curl, but that probably doesn’t matter.” WRONG. “Well… it kind of looked like….” WRONG. (Most common} ”Curling lips in general means happy or angry.“ WRONG.

The correct, and hardest thing to do in this instance, is to recognize that you are dealing with an emotion you ARE NOT YET FAMILIAR WITH. This is literally a science and you can’t generalize the information by as I called earlier, filling in the blanks. Just to show you why, lets finish this hand using the more common, of the ‘error’ approaches listed above.

You decide its either happy or angry, and you didn’t see teeth, so you come to the conclusion, he’s happy, so that card must’ve helped him! You then look down to see a 3 of hearts. Normally a blank, but there are now three hearts on the board, and you don’t have any in your hand. You check to him, and again, he puts out a half pot bet. Now your line of thinking has changed, you think hes happy, and a bet that size is surely just trying to get value, so you fold. When you fold, you proudly turn over AK to justify your pre and post flop calls, and ability to get away from a monster hand. But right after, your opponent laughs and turns over Ax10x, also not holding any hearts. You immediately feel your stomach knot and can’t believe all the time you put in learning about facial expressions, just cost you money. [Read more…] about Poker Guide – Micro Expressions

Poker Anger

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By now(hopefully) you’ve come to realize, that when you see an opponent with cards is happy, you should probably get out of the hand. Or at the very least, proceed with extreme caution, because they’re surely on the make. Now that you’ll have a little easier time spotting this when it happens, I want to distinguish the difference between happiness and anger, in relation to the mouth.

Now, anger is not to be confused with discontent. When a player is discontent at the poker table, its usually accompanied by the feeling of being beat. (I’ve described this as ‘dread’) and its something every player will experience at some point. Whether the reason is because of a bad run of cards, multiple losing sessions, or problems in your personal life; that sneak out from the back of your mind when you aren’t in a hand. It instills the feeling that you have no luck, or just aren’t meant to come out on top.

Anger, is usually accompanied with the feeling of what I categorize as ‘subtle-rage’. They aren’t flipping out, causing a scene, but he’s decided at some point in, or before the hand that they’re going to take somebody’s money.


These players are often mistaken for being or getting ‘aggressive’ and since to remain aggressive, you have to open your hand range and its usually presumed, that ½ or most of the time, that they are getting out of line.

But anger doesn’t just magically show up. It festers, and they’ve been waiting for a premium(to their range) hand to release it. This can cause you to be baited into calling large raises with marginal hands, just because of your position in relation to them, or misread on their mood. Or it can cause you to be intimidated out of the hand.(Which you should never allow to happen.) When whats really going on is, the opponent is just irritated by another player’s(or your) play whether collectively, or just in one hand. Once that’s seeded in their mind; its only a matter of time before they’re going to feel the need to intervene, and try to teach somebody a lesson. It’s important to be able to HONESTLY evaluate your hand here.

Pre-flop is the only part of poker where I believe you need to play the cards, before you play the player. For example, theres no reason to call 67 suited to a 5bet+, preflop at a cash game. I don’t care if you ARE on the button. You are essentially going into the hand with 67 vs. at LEAST one face card, or a pocket pair. Let it go, and wait for a better SITUATION. Its not that 67 suited is a horrible hand, its just more likely to be beat when facing a raise like that **by somebody who is angry**. I’m not telling you to allow yourself to be pushed around. Although an exemption to this would be in a tournament, there are a lot of other factors to consider, and you may or may not want to see a flop. But that’s only because of the TIME constraints that you have to deal with in a tournament.(rising blinds)

Now that you know why you need this information, I’m going to tell you how to find it. I’ve already explained how to find ‘happy’ in the mouth area. You would think anger would be a lot easier to see, but that’s not the case. Due to sunglasses, and hats, a good portion of the giveaways from the nose up are usually hidden or obscured.(for instance, *from the nose up*, a player with a hat and sunglasses is more prone to look confused, or as if he’s analyzing the hand when hes actually fuming. This is because the band of the hat restricts some of the movements in the forehead, and the nose pads on the sunglasses is constantly inducing a slight downward pull due to the weight of the glasses, thus restricting motion between, and at the edges of the eyebrows.) So where do you look? The same place you look to find ‘happy’. The mouth. [Read more…] about Poker Anger

Titan Poker Review

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If you’re going to play online gambling games, you might as well take time to find a casino that’s going to work for you. Reading reviews is the best way to get a head start on finding somewhere wonderful to play.

So let’s start from the top — why not check out Titan Poker? Here’s what you need to know about this casino.

First and foremost, Titan Poker is a great place to play…you guessed it — poker! If you’re not really a poker person, this casino isn’t going to really appeal to you. However, if you’re looking for multiple varieties of poker, you’ve come to the right place.

This is actually a poker room that’s part of the great iPoker network, so if you’re hoping to play many rooms at once, this is going to be a top destination for you.


You will also find games running around the clock. If you keep erratic hours, you’ll love being able to play virtually any time of the day or night. That will be the best part — playing when it feels right to play. If you’re trying to work on your poker game, you want to wait until you’re rested and you really feel like playing. How we feel when we play poker undoubtedly has an effect, you know!

The games at Titan Poker include Texas Hold’Em, Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Five Card Stud with full-ring, heads-up poker and plenty of other games. There are also monthly freerolls available, just so you can keep a little more money in your pocket.

There are plenty of tournaments as well. Tournaments are nice because you get a big field of players, which means that the top money slots are going to pay off nicely. This also attracts a good number of fish that you can snipe 🙂

Hey, all is fair in love, war, and poker. What can we say?

Thinking about satellite events? You want to get in on the satellites for the multi-million dollar European Championship of Online Poker. Big money to be won, why not check that out?

Don’t just take our word for it — aside from the great support, tournaments, and bonuses, there is a nice community around this casino. Look into it for yourself, you really won’t be disappointed!

Online Casinos Do Care

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Are online casinos always just about profits and never about helping other people? Depending on who you ask, chances are good that they would tell you the online casinos are just about making money. They don’t care about helping anyone…but is that really the case? We decided to check it out for ourselves.

You see, online casinos really do care, for a wide variety of reasons. Many CEOs are now realizing that running a major casino allows them to fulfill their own social responsibility goals. When you have a massive budget behind you, it never hurts to be able to support what really matters to you. It can also be an incentive to drive company profits higher because that just means there will be more money involved to help charities out.


Another reason why many casinos are treating charities as a top priority is straightforward: it gives them great publicity. They can step out of the stigma of being a casino and have mainstream people that don’t even gamble realize that there might be more to these online casinos than meets the eye. As casinos deal with more and more regulation in the Internet Age, it is never a bad idea to cultivate some goodwill. What you will ultimately wish to do is make sure that you consider all of the wonderful charities that could benefit from these profits.

Gamblers have reasons to get more focused about casino charity giving — they can put their money to good use. If you know that a certain charity is going to benefit directly from you playing at a casino, wouldn’t you play there more? If more people followed suit, that means a lot of different charities getting money that wouldn’t otherwise be there.

888 Casino has several charities that they support, including Bliss (a UK charity that takes care of premature babies and other sick children), Breast Cancer Care UK (breast cancer research and the race for a cure), as well as Sport Relief (reaching out to low income families and disadvantaged youth).

Ladbrokes Casino also gives to a few different charities, but they focus on causes more than specific organizations. Their top causes include supporting the homeless and disadvantaged youth, as well as providing healthcare services to those that do not get quality healthcare or need specialty medical services and care. Education is also a top priority, and Ladbrokes has formed a Charitable Trust to address these concerns as a whole.

Overall, it’s clear that the casino industry is always changing. It will be interesting to see what other charities are targeted by these casinos for donations and other forms of support.

Survivor Thoughts

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Did you catch the past Survivor Poker: Donkey Island event? It was definitely one to get into. It was a $5 multi-entry spell with plenty of teams, plenty of poker, and plenty of alliances.

Alliances? Psychological poker? That’s just something that you should grow to expect. I won’t bother recapping all of Survivor Poker for you, because you can get that anywhere. I’m going to talk a little more about the type of psychological poker you need to be playing if you’re really serious about getting better and better at not only events like this, but in poker in general.


Tournaments where you have to lean on other players in order to advance means that you need to be studying how they play and what they’re thinking about. Do they tend to shove? Do they play it tight and close to the vest? You have to figure out how your opponents of all stripes are going to play.

What about yourself? How you play makes a big difference. If you’re too timid to take risks, you’re going to have a hard time surviving any type of tournament play. It’s all about taking risks. Yeah, you might not place but you will always learn something powerful that you can use in the future. It’s all about making sure that you can push hard and score big. There’s really nothing else in poker that matters more than that.

Getting your emotions in check is also one of the top things that you will need to address. It’s tempting to think that you’re not going to have to really think about that, but you’re mistaken. If you let your anger get out of hand, you might make plays that just don’t make sense. On the other hand, if you get too emotional or happy, you might take risks that just aren’t called for. Every game is different, but tournament play requires you to be in a neutral mood. Not so happy that you think you’re invincible, but not so unhappy that you think there’s no way that you can win.

Clearly, there’s going to be a lot of different ideas at play here, but you do have what it takes to make things happen — why not check it out today? You’ll truly be glad that you did when you finish in the money in Survivor Poker — or any other big tournament game!

Card Counting the Kiss ii system

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Blackjack is one of our favorite casino games to play. It doesn’t matter if it’s online or offline — if you really want to get our attention, you should start talking about blackjack. It’s a fun game that gives you the power to win serious money — if you have the right strategy, of course. We’re not joking, either — if you honestly have good strategy, you can lower the house edge on blackjack. If you decide to work on your strategy, you might want to start by card counting.

Now, there’s a few things that we want to make clear here. Card counting is not cheating. It’s only considered illegal cheating if you are using a machine to do it. You can use your mind and card count, even though that’s a bit more difficult. If you are playing blackjack offline, you will find that the casino will eventually ask you to leave if you cost them too much money.

If you’re going to think about card counting, you might as well learn about the KISS II count system.

This is a card counting system that is designed to be easy to understand for everyone, not just the advanced player. Beginners will be able to handle things just fine.

So, what about that card counting system?

It’s all about keeping it short and simple. You will want to focus on single decks if you can, but you can use it with multiple decks. Basically, the heart of the system is about keeping track of a starting count and then adding or subtracting based on what comes up.

Below is a table that describes what is being covered here.


KISS II is considered an unbalanced strategy, which means that you will have no problem learning it. It’s not something that is easily explained around the Internet — many players prefer to study it in greater detail in Fred Renzey’s book, “Blackjack Bluebook II” and some other blackjack strategy books.

What can be read in general about this strategy of card counting is that you get to omit 50% of the cards from the count. This cuts down on the amount of math that you have to handle.

If you’re really intrigued by card counting, we suggest looking into some books or other strategy guides available offline to really master card counting. The amount you pay for the book will be well worth it!

888Casino Review

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888 Casino is huge — and we don’t really use that word around here often. Casinos are huge by definition, and they capture thousands upon thousands of visitors every month. However, 888 Casino stands tall amongst all of the competition for many reasons.

First and foremost, they really try to give you a lot of different games to play. It’s not just about poker, blackjack, and maybe a handful of slots. No, 888 Casino is going to offer you a lot more than that. Like most casinos, 888 gives you a choice between downloading their free client (which isn’t half bad, really), or doing instant play. We lean towards doing the download because then you get the full experience.

Another angle that’s nice is that they give you a mobile interface as well — you can play the top games right on your Android device. Most of our gambling friends are just as busy as we are, so getting in time with your favorite games on the go is pretty important now.

Live casino action is a big theme at 888, and they make sure that they bring in live dealers. That adds a completely new dimension to the casino itself. It really is like going to a big time casino offline, without having to leave your home. If you’re looking for the ability to win big, you have to make sure that you check out the live casino at least once.

Bonuses are rampant for 888 Casino. You really can’t go too far without running into some good bonus codes for this casino. They reward you for depositing big money, and there’s always some sort of jackpot or big sweepstakes going on.

If you’re going to play slots, this is one of the best casinos to do so at. You have Monopoly Slots, the Incredible Hulk, Millionaire Genie, Fantastic Four, and even Spiderman Slots.

Need bigger payouts? Ultimate Grill Thrills is also available here. You can play slots for a long time at 888 because of the low minimum bets — as long as you have 1p in your account; you can place a good spin. You just never know if you’re going to get lucky.

What about the idea of community? Every big time gambler that’s been enjoying this hobby for a while knows all about 888 Casino. You never know when you’ll see a friend of yours playing poker or hanging out at the blackjack table. With real live action, you never know who is going to say what.

Is this the right casino for you? We think so — it’s got a little bit of something for everyone. Support is top notch and the casino as a whole audits the games frequently to make sure that everything is still considered safe and fair.

Why not check it out today for yourself?

PartyPoker Review

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With a name like PartyPoker, it has to be good, right? Well, one thing is for certain: it’s definitely all about poker! If you’ve been looking for another poker room to check out, Party Poker is definitely for you. One thing this casino prides itself on is fast payments — there’s been a lot of talk in the general casino community about getting your payments on time and quick. Party Poker has stepped up to the challenge, and so far the reviews have been pretty good.

So, why skip your current poker room and check out Party Poker?

Well, Party Poker is a pretty big deal — they sponsor a lot of different events in sports and gambling, including the German Masters of Snooker, the World Grand Prix of Darts, and the Mosconi Cup. So while they’re not always about poker, they definitely have made their mark there as well.


They have a sponsorship program that is still pretty awesome. Currently, they sponsor: Tony G, Kara Scott, Mike Sexton, Tomeu Gomila, and Marvin Rettenmaier.

They actively hold promotions where regular players can win a Team PartyPoker sponsorship package as well — which would be pretty cool!

But let’s get back to the poker play, shall we?

If you’re a huge fan of tournaments, you’ll find plenty of different tournaments running at all times of the day. There is a focus on European time, so keep that in mind in case you’re somewhere else in the world.

There is Sit & Go Single-Table, plenty of multi-table tournaments, shootouts, and heads up. As you can see, there’s a lot of action here. You can pretty much play any tournament you want and the rules are also listed for each and every one.

As with any other poker parlor, you can pick up some bonuses pretty easily. There’s nothing stopping you from making sure that you definitely have every advantage possible when it comes to playing — including being able to pocket a little more into your bankroll! Since bonuses and promotions are always subject to change, it’s never a bad idea to make sure that you check into PartyPoker yourself, when you’re ready to get started. That’s the best way to get the freshest information.

From here, the world is yours. If you want to grow your poker game, switching it up and playing against a wide variety of people is definitely the way to go — good luck!