This is just one of the stuff you can bet on prior to Super Bowl Sunday.

It’s finally here, Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, and sports bettors all around the world are clamoring right now for some more clues on which team to put their money on before the Steelers and the Cardinals celebrate the 43rd anniversary of this American spectacle.

And while some of you wonder if your favorite player can take home the Super Bowl XLIII MVP trophy, some still are contemplating on stuff like coin tosses, how long will the national anthem be or how good will Kurt Warner be compared to Ben Roethlisberger.

Let’s start with probably the most basic betting prop, that one about what will the first score of the game be. The odds for the first score (touchdown or field goal) on this year’s Super Bowl are extremely off-base. One would expect the two sides to be relatively close but the touchdown is favored by a huge margin at -180. If one chooses a field goal, he would lay $100 to win $150.

Given the fact that a field goal has been the game’s first score in six of the last 10 contests, one would have expected the odds to be reversed. Additionally, since Arizona Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers and Jeff Reed of the Pittsburgh Steelers combined to hit 16-of-20 field goals this…

Yes, isn’t it ironic that the two teams competing for this year’s biggest prize in sports were once known as one team?

Before you all go ga-ga over Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, ya’ll should know that the Steelers and the Cardinals formed probably THE worst team in NFL history. It was 65 years ago, when the Cardinals and the Steelers were collectively known as Card-Pitt in 1944.

And even before the Detroit Lions went winless this year, this Card-Pitt was the first team in the NFL to score ZERO wins in one full season. You see, way back in 1944, football and other sports, have been decreed by then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a boost for morale on the home front for the factory workers, for families with soldiers and sailors overseas because of World War II.

The league, suffering from player shortage then, decided to merge two lowly franchises for one season, the Chicago Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, thus forming the Card-Pitt football team.

Unfortunately, the quaint Card-Pitt did not become any sort of legend in the NFL and as a result, the league pretty much obscured its somewhat laughable history. The team consisted of a sorry group of misfits, men classified as 4-Fs, who did not qualify for military service.

With two coaches, a moveable franchise playing home games in two towns, Card-Pitt went through its only season with an 0-10 record. Hee-hee. A losing tradition the…

The Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl? Yes, you’ve read it right. How about that huh?

The Arizona Cardinals are NFC Champions. Who would’ve thought the Cards’ would be able to accomplish that and earn the right to play in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida?

Continuing on their stunning run through the playoffs, the Arizona Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 at the University of Phoenix Stadium to win their first NFC championship and advance to their first Super Bowl in franchise history.

Their opponent in Tampa will be the Pittsburgh Steelers but since the Cards’ are on such a high the last few weeks, they probably could care less who they face. Until this season, they were one of six franchises never to play in a Super Bowl. The Cardinals finished the regular season with a 9-7 win-loss mark. The Cards’ were 6-2 at home while going below the .500 mark when visiting opponents.

And while they barely made the postseason, Arizona’s improbable run started from a wild card berth.

Arizona started their playoff campaign by stopping the soaring Atlanta Falcons 30-24. And while that alone was already a shocker, they did one better by beating the Carolina Panthers in the Eastern time zone. The Cardinals relied on veteran Kurt Warner, who finished the game with…

Player behavior. Wow, now that’s new.

As you all know by now, (unless you could care less about sports…) Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida is coming and online sportsbook from every corner of the hemisphere is ready for it. Yes, that means they’re just salivating for your hard earned cash.

The Arizona Cardinals are entering American football’s biggest stage for the first time in the history of their franchise. The Cardinals were once dubbed as the second worst franchise in sports, next only to the Chicago Cubs. But since the Cardinals have already broken their curse, so to speak, the Cubs are now the only franchise to hold that distinction.

The Pittsburgh Steelers, on the other hand, are going for their second Super Bowl title in four years. The last time these guys got to the Super Bowl, it was Super Bowl XL when, with Bill Cowher in the sidelines, Pittsburgh beat the Seattle Seahawks to win the Super Bowl.

What’s interesting here is, other than Cowher, almost the entire coaching staff of the Steelers then now reside in Arizona, coaching the Cardinals this year all the way to Super Bowl XLIII. This year’s version of the Steelers will be seeing familiar faces from the Cardinals sidelines and it should be interesting to see how each performs.

And aside from these very interesting storylines…

We have no idea why they haven’t thought of this sooner.

Then again, we probably won’t give a rat’s ass anyway. But just two week ago, online poker site DoylesRoom announced that something was brewing and that they were working on something really special.

Finally, the poker site has formally announced that it has moved to the Cake Poker Network and as a result, American players can start playing in the highly popular online poker site again.

Doylesroom was forced to enforce the ban on American players when it was part of the MicroGaming Network. Due to strict poker legislation, Microgaming Network decided that it could no longer justify accepting new player registrations. Doylesroom, since it was part of the network, had no choice but to stop accepting American poker players since last November.

Now that Doylesroom has moved to the Cake Poker Network, U.S. players can rejoice. To add to the festivities, Doylesroom is hosting a $5,000 freeroll this Saturday at 5pm EST. On February 1 during the same time slot, the poker site will host a $100,000-guaranteed tournament for the much reduced price of $162.

Already a regular player at Doylesroom? Don’t worry because your rights are protected. Your current balance will transfer to the Cake Poker Network seamlessly. Furthermore, you will keep the ”loyalty points” you have so carefully accumulated…

The Cardinals’ coaching staff WERE coaching the Steelers to win Super Bowl XL three years ago.

Isn’t that ironic? Who knew that the same coaching staff who helped the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks for the Super Bowl would be able to return to the big dance and face this year’s Steelers at Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida?

You read it, in an odd little twist, Arizona Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt has his roots with the Pittsburgh Steelers, serving as offensive coordinator of the team from 2004 to 2006, including the year when he helped a second-year quarterback named Ben Roethlisberger win his first Super Bowl championship ring.

He was expected to get the head coaching job the Pittsburgh Steelers had vacant when Bill Cowher stepped down two seasons ago. So was another Steelers coach, Russ Grimm, now Whisenhunt’s right-hand man in Arizona. Instead, the job went to Mike Tomlin, who returns to Tampa, the city where he began his coaching career.

The city-wide celebration set off by that clinching touchdown three years ago provided the frame of reference for many Steelers players who were asked about the irony of…

Talk about national pride.

Australian Stewart Scott battled a tough field of 679 players consisting of poker professionals, Internet qualifiers and WSOP bracelet holders to come out on top of the 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event. For his outstanding effort on home soil, Stewart brings home a staggering AUD$2 million in prize money.

Stewart Scott was in chip lead at the end of Day 4 and he ended up going all the way to become champion. He entered the final table with 4,520,000 in chips. His nearest competitor, Peter Rho, had 2,420,000.

Barny Boatman had the short stack with 349,000 in chips and he was unable to recover so he exited in 8th place. Just moments after, Richard Ashby was sent to the rail in seventh place ($150,000) after being eliminated by Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. Zach Gruneberg was eliminated in sixth place ($210,000) but don’t feel bad for him. He won a seat to the main event courtesy of Cake poker. Furthermore, he won Event #4 for a cool $35,000.

Another player who was able to join the Main Event cheap was fifth placer Sam Capra who got in through a $330 live satellite. A pretty solid investment since he won $300,000 for his fifth place finish. He was eliminated with Peter Rho who was holding…

Who would bet on useless shit like this?!?

Apparently, guys from SportsBetting.com wants you to and since Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida this Sunday is basically the biggest event of the freaking year in the freaking universe, betting on useless shit like the fucking coin toss is only one of the weird shit you can bet on for Super Bowl Sunday.

And as far as coin tosses are concerned, believe it or not, the team representing the NFC conference, for some reason, has won the last 11 flips. In this case, betting on the Arizona Cardinals to win the coin flip this Sunday SHOULD BE a solid bet.

Additionally, in the history of the Super Bowl, the NFC has won the coin toss 28 times compared to the fourteen other times the AFC team has won it. Unfortunately for the NFC, the team winning the toss has lost the Super Bowl four of the last five years, and 9 of the last 12. And since the AFC champions, Pittsburgh Steelers, are already listed as -7 favorites to win this Sunday, history is on the same page with the bookies on this one.

As to the question on what face of the coin will more likely come up…

Apparently, that’s what a judge from Pennsylvania thinks.

Here’s one victory for poker folks who are forced to tangle with so many legal issues just to enjoy the game they love. In a decision handed by one judge from Eastern Pennsylvania, poker has now been officially declared (at least in his courtroom) as NOT a game of luck. Instead, he goes on to state that poker is a game of skill, something poker fans been harping about since time immemorial.

The judge those guys should applaud for this decision is Columbia County Judge Thomas A. James. In his ruling, James absolved a certain Walter Watkins who was slapped a lawsuit after a poker game he was hosting was raided.

Unfortunately for Watkins, an undercover Pennsylvania state trooper was present during his little ”poker tournament.” During the sessions, Watkins stressed that he wasn’t charging rake. Instead, he merely encourages players to tip his dealers after every hand.

Nothing wrong with that. After all, it’s a difficult job. (Especially for those people who don’t like math anyway…)

Judge James based his decision on, among other factors, the numerous poker books available that talk about the skill factors involved in poker. His logic? If chance predominates the game of Texas Hold’em, it is gambling. Since skill predominates the game, (according to this judge anyway who, I reckon, plays poker as well…) Texas Hold’em should…

Easy. By keeping Roethlisberger away from his bike.

Seriously, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ road to Super Bowl XLIII has been perfect so far after finishing the regular season with a 12-4 mark, leading the AFC North while going 6-2 both at home and on the road.

The only speed bump on Pittsburgh’s road to the Super Bowl was when quarterback Ben Roethlisberger suffered a concussion during a 31-0 rout of the visiting Cleveland Browns in their last regular season game.

Roethlisberger, who had been expected to play a half of that game for his Pittsburgh Steelers to stay sharp for the playoffs before a two-week break, lay on the turf for nearly 15 minutes after being leveled by Willie McGinest and D’Qwell Jackson while delivering a pass late in the second quarter.

Roethlisberger’s injury highlights the risk coaches take by playing regulars once a team’s playoff positioning has been determined. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he did not want his key players sitting for three weeks, and most lobbied to play.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have an NFL record five Lombardi trophies. The Arizona Cardinals are at the other end of the spectrum with…