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Continue Reading August 31st, 2010
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June 22nd, 2010
As the excitement surrounding London 2012 increases, attention turns to the amazing venues that are going to host all the sporting action for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. From London’s established sports venues like Lord’s Cricket Ground, to the brand new, state-of-the-art Olympic Stadium, London 2012 is sure to make a lasting impression.The 2012 olympics and paralympics will even take advantage of a number of London’s popular landmarks, providing an incredible backdrop for this momentous occasion.Current Sports Venues for The london 2012 olympicsLondon is home to many of the most famous sports venues and sporting locations on earth, and London 2012 will be the perfect opportunity to see them at their best.More commonly associated with conferences and exhibitions, ExCel London is going to be utilized throughout the Olympic games to host a variety of sports, such as:* Boxing* Fencing* Olympic Table Tennis* Wheelchair BasketballOlympic Volleyball will be organised at the 15,000-seat Earls Court, another famous London convention center.London’s famous sporting establishments will of course be called into action for The london 2012 olympics. Lords Cricket Ground will host the Archery, while Wimbledon is going to welcome the Tennis to its world famous grass courts.Wembley Stadium, also known as the home of football, is going to host the Olympic football events during The london 2012 olympics. The main difference between Olympic football and FIFA football, which is typically played at Wembley, is the amateur status of the players.As one of London’s newest venues, The O2 has by now firmly established itself as a world class multi-purpose venue. Besides lots of incredible concerts, The O2 has hosted several important sporting events, including tennis, netball, basketball and boxing.In the course of London 2012, The O2 is going to be renamed North Greenwich Arena 1, and will host the Basketball and Gymnastics finals. Next door, North Greenwich Arena 2 (a brand new, temporary venue), will offer Volleyball, Badminton and Rhytmic Gymnastics.Completely new Olympic Park Opens for The london 2012 olympicsThe brand new Olympic Park in Eastern London stands out as the principal location for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Inside it, some amazing, purpose-built venues are going to build an enduring sporting heritage for London. The brand new venues consist of:* Aquatics Centre* Basketball Arena* VeloPark* Handball Arena* Hockey CentreThe innovative 80-000-seat Olympic Stadium is going to be the main venue within the Olympic Park. It’s going to host all of the athletics events during The london 2012 olympics and is also going to be the location for the opening and closing ceremonies.Discover more information about London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games venues
June 17th, 2010
Even seasoned poker players make mistakes. It is easy to get so caught up in the game and to forget some important guidelines for solid play.
Here a few subtle, easily overlooked, pointers that you should always keep in mind when online poker play:
* Don’t play too many hands. Winning poker players actually don’t play much. Stick to premium cards and widen that range just a bit based on position.
* Relying on outs that are no good. Sometimes one of your “outs” will improve an opponent’s hand. For instance, you’ve got an open-ended straight draw, which is presumably 8 outs. But if there are two or three cards to a suit on board, then your outs of that suit are “dirty” - they could be the cards that complete a better hand for your opponent. Make sure all your outs are clean before you make a decision to call a bet.
* Your percentage of hitting a card are nearly twice as good at the turn than as on the river, since there are two cards to come post-flop. With just one card left to come after the turn, your winning percentage potential goes down dramatically.
* Calling a turn raise when you don’t have a made hand is usually a waste of chips. Most likely your opponent already has a made hand and you are chasing. Consider the pot odds, but be careful here.
June 16th, 2010
Over the past year or so plenty of hype, mystery and controversy has been raised over the new Nintendo Console. Systems like the Xbox have taken the lead in gaming with offering capabilities such as online multiplayer. When Nintendo showed off their new system at the E3 Expo they showed gamers that they truly intend to revolutionize the video game community once again. But until Nintendo “officially” gives us the details, we can only speculate and wait.
The Hype and the Mystery
No one really knows too much about the Nintendo Revolution . What will it look like? What kind of power will it “actually” have? What games are in development? Nintendo is, for the most part, keeping a lid on things. We don’t even really know when the official release date will be. It has been reported that March of 2006 will be the “unofficial” date.
Living in an online world, it seems everyone has “the inside scoop” on the new console. Members of blogs and forums are saying everything from holographic imaging to new methods of image processing where a developer could create hyper realistic vistas at a fraction of the current processing cost. The bottom line is, with limited facts, speculation is rampid, which creates plenty of misinformation and hype..
What we do know…or think we know?
Nintendo Revolution Technical Specs
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• Stylized shell about the thickness of three DVD cases stacked flatly on top of each other
• May come in five different colors including a sleek, glossy black and an Apple-white
• Backward compatible. Plays both GameCube optical discs and proprietary 12cm discs, the latter of which may be dual-layered for upward of 8GBs storage capacity
• Slot-loading drive with stylized blue light
• One proprietary component/digital out located on the rear of the system
• Two USB 2.0 ports located on the rear of the system
• No Ethernet jack; Revolution connects to the Internet using 802.11b and 802.11g Wi-Fi wireless
• GameCube docking station features inputs for four GCN controllers and two Memory Packs
• Two front slots for 512MB flash memory, likely SD Card compatible
• Utilizes wireless controllers
• Custom-built IBM CPU, codenamed Broadway; speed and architecture undetermined at this time
• Custom-built ATI-GPU, codenamed Hollywood; speed and architecture undetermined at this time
• MoSys-developed 1T-SRAM solution; unknown amount of memory at this time
• Nintendo download service: connect online and download classic NES, S-NES and N64 games
Conclusion
As it stands right now, the new Nintendo console will most likely be available early to mid 2006, along with the release of the new PS3 and the Xbox 360. What can we expect? I think it would be naive to think that Nintendo is going to release a system that will be inferior to the competition. They have been around too long to make another big mistake. The new Nintendo gaming system will enter the market as a greater or equal to the competition, enhancing the next generation gaming system. Nintendo Revolution hopes to live up to its name when it hits stores in 2006.
Ron is the CTO for Dice Ventures Inc an internet holdings and development company. For more great gaming information and discussion visit our Video Game Forum or check out this great Nintendo Revolution resources
June 8th, 2010
Serious poker players who are intent on making money at the game know that it is a grind. They typically sit at a table (or computer if you play poker online) for hours. It requires intense focus and discipline to stay on target for your goals.
Recreational players are there to have and possibly win a little money, and they don’t mind blowing their cash since they view the experience as entertainment. For the grinder who is there solely to make money, the game can become tedious like any job, especially when a grinder goes card dead and has to keep folding and folding and folding.
Poker pundits always advise players to add an element of unpredictable play to their poker hand. When you find yourself out of the action for too long, then it’s time to just go a little bit crazy. Decide to play a hand, any hand you get, as though it is a monster. Raise the blind and see what happens.
Most of the other players will notice that you have suddenly bet after playing so tight and will assume you’ve finally gotten a monster. You may just win the pot outright.
If you have to go to showdown and lose, then you have created an unpredictable image for yourself that will make your opponents want to call your bets when you do actually get a monster.
This is not a move to waste a lot of chips on, but it is worth investing a few bets to wake yourself up from the doldrums and to project a crazy image to the table.
May 20th, 2010
There are very few certainties in poker. I can be sure that I will lose given enough time. I can also be relatively sure that I will be able to win if I am given enough time. I cannot be sure how the events of the day will go. There is absolutely no way of knowing how much money will be in my wallet at the end of the day. Really the only thing that I can say about my poker day is that it ends. After my poker online day is over and I settle in for the night, I know that tomorrow will be a new day. If I have used proper bankroll management, tomorrow will also bring a new chunk of bankroll and new opportunities.
I need to think about the tomorrows of poker sometimes when the beats get bad I cannot see the way out. I need to think about the tomorrows when the todays are just profoundly unpleasant. I especially need to think that tomorrow is a new day when I feel like I am leaking money to the fishes like chum to a swarm of sharks. Thinking about tomorrow gives me perspective. If you ever find yourself losing your grip, try this trick. Think about how tomorrow none of this will matter. Think of how your bankroll will be better, your luck more favorable, and your table mates less skilled. Tomorrow will be a better day.
Continue Reading May 17th, 2010
There are few Internet casinos which don’t provide some sort of loyalty program. Be sure to look around though, as discovering the gift which most closely matches your gaming style is vital to discover. To stop you collecting the money, some websites often attach strings to their offer, so you need to be aware. It’s not a good idea to compare the rewards offered by the Internet casinos before you understand how each one works
May 11th, 2010
As in all of these turbo and super turbo online poker SNGs, bubble play was tough in this one. I play very aggressive against inexperienced players on the bubble because they fold too much. This game was no exception and I tried to steal a lot, getting called in one spot when I had 5-2 and the other guy had AK. 5-2 was obviously way too loose of a shove, but wouldn’t you know it, I won and doubled up.
As was the case the whole poker game, they continued to fold too much. I was cooled off my raising a bit sensing that the two of them would begin to call me lighter after seeing my 5-2. This would work out great when I actually caught a big hand, but until then, I kept it tight and aggressive. The others were just trading blinds with each other, without confrontation. After what seemed like an eternity, the big stack finally made an exhausted call of an all-in with 8-9 off. The other guy had QJ and doubled up.
Then, when I thought for sure the former big stack would be out in a hand or two, he was able to steal a lot of blinds where the new big stack was unwilling to gamble with him and attempt to knock him out.
Meanwhile I was getting garbage, but staying afloat. Finally they got all in. The tiny stack had A-9 and the big stack had A-5. A-5 won I made it past the bubble. Look out for these things when you play online poker.
April 15th, 2010
A few days ago, I had a particularly bad session at an online poker cash game. I’d taken a pretty severe beating, losing a few big poker online hands to runner-runner suckouts, and I was feeling pretty lousy about it. I sank a good chunk of my bankroll in that poker game, and I was pretty anxious to try to win it back. After stewing for a few hours, I’d whipped myself up into a frenzy and was signing back in to try to recoup my losses. I quickly gave away the rest of my money with questionable bets and even worse reads. The lesson that you can take from my poor judgment is that if you’ve had a bad day at the table, returning to said table in an effort to regain your chips is likely to be counterproductive. If you have to come from behind, you’re in a bad spot already, and you don’t need to be making it any worse by trying to catch up. Unless poker is your full time profession, then you can afford to take a day or two off to cool your head and regroup. After a bad session, take a step back and figure out what went wrong before charging back into the fray.
March 29th, 2010
Little drives me more batty than watching an up and coming shooting star online poker player on TV acting like he owns the world. Something about sudden fame and fortune in the poker world seems to bring people into acting like they are movie stars, as if they should not be challenged in a pot, or ever raised. They showboat like they’re auditioning for the next movie in the Fast and the Furious franchise. This is embarrassing, both for me and for you. Sometimes you see this kind of action even among poker players not in the midst of poker primetime. Outside just the televised poker circuit, sometimes there are online or tournament players who act like because they are ranked in the top online money makers or have won a couple of tournaments, you should respect them like they own the house. You do not own the house. Even if you did, you are a player like any other and should remember humility and poise at all time. There’s no need to act like you’re better than anybody else at the poker online table. We’re all here to enjoy and play the game. A little success is nice, but remember where you came fromgetting dealt two cards just like anybody else.
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