Gamblers Anonymous

The gambling world is full of people who just throw down hard earned money
without thinking about what they are doing. Are you one of those people who will
just go with the flow? If so, you are most likely a losing gambler or you are not
winning as much money as you could be. There are three main factors that make up
every successful gambler: money management, value and knowledge. This article
will take a look at all these of these areas and help you become a sharp gambler.

Money Management

It’s amazing how many people gamble and don’t think, for even one second, about
money management. You wouldn’t go on a trip without thinking about what you
want to do right? Then why gamble without a goal? When you go on a trip, is your
goal to simply go on a trip? Of course it’s not. You at least decide on a destination,
time of stay and so forth.

Before you gamble, you should have some goals in mind. Here’s a quick list of a
couple goals you want to define.

1. What is your total bankroll for the gambling session?

2. If I am ahead $X, I will leave.

3. If I lose X% of my bankroll, I will leave or I will leave once my bankroll is gone.

4. I will devote most of my time to playing [ insert game ].

5. While playing [ insert game ], my average bet will be around $x.

Defining these five goals will help you keep organized and focused.

Value

The sharp gambler stay way from bets that are for suckers. He or she is only
concerned with getting good value. Here’s a list of key bets and activities to stay
away from.

1. Slot Machines – The payback percentage is poor.

2. Roulette – Huge house advantage.

3. Proposition bets in Craps.

4. Parlay cards in sports betting that contain a large amount of selections.

5. The insurance bet in Blackjack.

6. The tie bet in Baccarat.

7. Caribbean Stud Poker, which has a large house advantage.
8. Bingo

There’s no law against playing the above items from time to time, but you have to
do it in moderation and not make these items part of your main betting activities.

Knowledge
This is one of those factors that separate the long-term winning gamblers from the
consistently losing gamblers. If you are going to wager on something, you should
know all you can about it. Study the game, learn the tricks and understand
everything about it. By being knowledgeable in the game, you will know how to
maximize your wagers and your time.

Pick a game you want to play and follow this guide to become a guru.

1. First, research the game by typing in the name at your local search engine.
Look for how-to-play articles, tips and strategy. You will find many free resources
out there.

2. Find an online casino that offers play money games and go practice what you
have learned. If are learning about sports betting or horse racing, find a sports book
to get odds from and play bet.

3. Visit your bookstore and look for books on the subject. Sit down at the store
and read a little.

Keep reading and searching for the area(s) you like and soon you will become a very
sharp player. Knowledge is power, especially in the gambling world.

By improving yourself in these three areas, you will have a great possibility of
winning more consistently and you will have more fun because you are organized,
focused and education.

Nothing defines playing online slots in web-based gambling sites better than to use the words fun and extremely entertaining. A lot of casino games are easy to accomplish. In fact, there are some games that only require you to do the simplest things like spinning a wheel and you will be surprised how these very simple tasks could already give astounding prizes and cash. To make things much better, you can even experience all these thrills without having to pay a single cent. Needless to say these free games are enough to lure a lot of players to play in these casinos together with the seemingly limitless options that casino sites offer.

The reason why a lot of players prefer to play free slots is because of its nature – a game that relies a lot on chance and luck. Since many people prefer to play in these slots, casinos make it a point that they meet the demand of the players. That is why you can see so many slots that offer equally enticing games.

If you are afraid to lose all your lifetime’s savings, then worry no more as these casinos do not expect you to do so. With proper budgeting and self control you can easily just spend the amount that you have the liberty to give away. Thus, you spend little time worrying about whether you are going to win or lose and just dedicate your attention to enjoying the experience of playing since many casinos offer games that can be played for free.

Pure fun and amusing excitement

Aside from being free, slots also offer a lot of options that you can choose from depending on what you like similar to how you can choose among a lot of roulette systems. The games are designed so well especially with state of the art graphics designs which help the whole game package give a more realistic feel to the players.

If you were in a land based casino, you would not be able to have these many options. One of the many edges that online gambling sites offer is the availability of free slots which helped in establishing the name of online gambling among gamblers. Another advantage that online casino has is the convenience they offer to players as they do not have to go out of the house just to enjoy their favourite free slots and other casino games.

Players can choose among available free slots online and slots that are only available for certain time duration. Even seasoned gamblers can enjoy playing these free slots as there are those that are designed to fit the needs of the more expert players. In the same way, newbie players can also find free slots appropriate for their levels that would surely satisfy their need for excitement. Inexperienced players can use this avenue to help them get started with gambling because these free slots are very ideal in helping them develop their skills in betting and test how good their lucks are before they try out the real thing and start betting with real money.

The Past, The Present And The Future, A Compulsive Gambler’s Thoughts Part 1 is a collection of poems that express what I was going through during the last ten years of my life. Through this experience I was able to better understand what I was going through before, during and after with my compulsive gambling addiction. You learn an awful lot about your self when you are able to put it into words. In part 1 there are two poems Time A Moment In Passing and Compulsive Gambler Reaching Out.

Time A Moment In Passing

Time, a moment in passing

Fleeting, never everlasting

Two people reaching out

Learning what life is all about

Too short

Too sweet

Too simple

Loving the moments from day to day

Never understanding when one goes their own way

Caring

Understanding

Giving to one another

Makes life wonderful for each other

Friends, we will always be

Both opened our hearts as you can see

Distance, no obstacle for those who care

Always stay in touch which is very rare

Compulsive Gambler Reaching Out

Knowing life’s abundant resources

Trying to blend

Mixing, churning, disturbing

Restlessness creeping through my soul

Chastised due to abundant power

People caring but always

Distancing themselves to a major degree

It’s time to let me be free

Wanting moments of equalization

Being normal

Stop the pain from burning me alive

Help me please, people you must realize

Only human, flesh is all the same

Why? Why? Why?

Is it better to be financially free?

But needing people to spend time with me

Gambling friends are they using me?

Gambling friends are they true to me?

When will I know?

Must achieve equality with work and play

Telling me it will come some day

Must stay positive and calm

Not every gambler is looking for an edge. If you’re the kind of person who visits a casino three or four times a year, spends $200 and leaves as soon as it’s gone, this article might not interest you. On the other hand, if you’re a real, hardcore, died-in-the-wool gambling enthusiast, someone who takes pride in beating the odds and coming out on top, you’ve come to the right place. You’re about to discover four books – that’s right, books – that could give you a serious edge at the casino. If you’re willing to devour what’s written in their pages, you could be on your way to higher winnings in no time flat.

1) Statistics Hacks

Statistics Hacks is an excellent addition to the O’Reilly series of science and technology series and any serious gambler should have it on their bookshelf. Why? Because gambling is all about statistics and math. Really. It is. If you don’t believe us, go ask the owner of any casino. Every casino ever built knows the mathematical odds for every game they offer – how many times gamblers (on average) are going to win and lose, and how many times the house is going to come out ahead. And if you read this book, you’ll learn not only how they figure that out, but how you can use that same knowledge to beat them at their own game! For the fastest results, skip straight to the part specifically about gambling. For the best overall results, read the whole book.

2) Every Hand Revealed

Every Hand Revealed is part-memoir and part-strategy, blended together in such a seamless and fun-to-read way that you wont be able to put it down. You’ll learn the story of gambling legend and three time World Poker Tour champion Gus Hansen, as well as the “radical, yet coolly logical, methods behind Gus’s ‘madness’ that have helped him to win consistently.” If you’re interested in how a man who has made millions at the poker table went about his business, look no further.

3) Read ’em and Reap

When 9 time World Poker Tour champion Phil Hellmuth teams up to write a book with an ex-FBI counterintelligence office, you know some good information is going to be shared. And sure enough, “Read ’em and Reap” does not dissapoint. As the book’s description notes, “Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer specializing in nonverbal communication and behavior analysis-or, to put it simply, a man who can tell when someone’s lying-offers foolproof techniques, illustrated with amazing examples from poker pro Phil Hellmuth, that will help you decode and interpret your opponents’ body language and other silent tip-offs while concealing your own. You’ll become a human lie detector, ready to call every bluff-and the most feared player in the room.”

Trust us – all of that and more is revealed in this essential text. Grab your own copy ASAP and devour its contents.

The bottom line is this: there are lots of serious gamblers out there. But relatively few of them take the time to read and study the excellent books and testimony of gambling’s masters. If you do, you will most certainly profit from your labor. Get the edge!