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There are TWO ways to win in poker, one is to improve your game which will definitely take time and a whole lot of practice. Yep, it takes a lot of time, experience learning, introspection and the obvious, HARD WORK.

The other one is MUCH MUCH SIMPLER. The secret to winning in poker? Find bad players. Yep, find players who are worse than you are (if that’s STILL possible) and win their money.

If you are the 10th best player in your neighborhood but have the poor decision of always playing against the nine other players that are better than you, chances are, YOU WILL LOSE. Jeez… You don’t need a rocket scientist to figure that one out right?

Your profit at the poker table is the difference in playing ability between the other players at the table and you.

Of course, looking for bad players shouldn’t be too hard. Look for any poker table. Are there a lot of checkers? Are there a lot of callers? Are there a few raisers? Does the pot always include many players? Do few players fold on the first round of betting?

Yep, these are GOOD poker games with BAD PLAYERS. Or better yet, these are games just waiting for you to win all that cash from the…

Here’s one odd way of finding your lifetime sweetheart.

According to the Web site ananova.com, out of cash and desperate to stay in a poker game, Andrei Karpov offered his wife as the stake instead.

With Valentines Day approaching, here is a story that is sure to warm your heart. While most people find their true loves and future spouses at a bar, at work, or even online, a Russian man named Sergey Brodov found his when he won a hand of poker.

After running out of cash during a poker game with friends, Karpov offered up his wife, Tatiana, instead of money. He lost. When the “winner” of the game, Sergey, turned up at Andrei’s house the next day to claim his winnings, Tatiana found out what had happened and was so angry that she decided to divorce Andrei and start a relationship with Sergey.

Tatiana and Sergey are now married, and Tatiana says that she has no regrets. “It was humiliating and I was utterly ashamed. But as soon as my ex-husband did that I knew I had to leave him,” said Tatiana. “Sergey was a very handsome, charming man and I am very happy with him, even if he did ‘win’ me in a poker game.”

Wow. Maybe he can win her back one day from the guy.

I guess it was a good thing that her husband bet her cause now she realized what a jerk her husband was, and her new one is smarter and more handsome anyway… and has more money.

In a way, her first husband did her a favor. He played matchmaker in the strangest way possible. As for Tatiana, she exhibited a lot of self esteem in…

When Landry’s Restaurants of Texas dining joined Golden Nugget of Vegas gaming, who took the bigger gamble?

Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino has been a gold standard of Downtown Las Vegas casino gaming long before it changed hands to Landry’s, a super name in restaurants but perhaps less so in casinos. It swings both ways, and the Houston-based new owners tackled no lesser odds when it acquired in 2005 its first Las Vegas casino hotel.

Gauging the changes made to Golden Nugget Casino ever since Landry’s joined in, the mutual gamble is paying off. A major upgrade to casino amenities, locations and capacities, and services is gaining points not only for the hotel casino but also for all gaming in Fremont Street and Downtown.

Golden Nugget Las Vegas received a total of 29 awards in the Strictly Slots ‘Best of…’ 2006, and 14 of these were to its casino gaming, including Best Overall Hotel Casino and Best Overall Casino in the downtown categories. Out of 28 awards from the Casino Players ‘Best of…’ 2006, 16 were on casino gaming, including Best Overall Hotel Casino and Luckiest Casino in the downtown categories.

Casino. The 38000 sqft Golden Nugget Casino is treated to an elegant makeover this year. Retiring the gilded latticework that had dominated the ceilings, the renovated and updated casino floor is now garbed in rich woods and lush carpeting that makes for a classier ambience. With the enhanced overall layout, players need not have to pass through a maize of over 60 gaming tables and other gaming areas to…

The Clean Indoor Air Act bullshit just had one absolute solution.

Yep, apparently, slot machine bars and convenience store owners are hoping to defeat the almighty ‘’Clean Indoor Air Act’’ crap. The Clean Indoor Air Act would ban smoking (for obvious reasons…) in almost every goddamn indoor public area EXCEPT for casino floors.

Now, convenience stores that offer gambling and slot machines (and doesn’t have anything that can be called a casino floor whatsoever, by the way…) had a slight glimmer of hope. They’re hoping that the Clean Indoor Air Act would be blown away by another bill, dubbed, ‘’Responsibly Protect Nevadans from Secondhand Smoke Act.’’

The ‘’Responsibly Protect Nevadans from Secondhand Smoke Act’’ would restrict smoking in restaurants to adult-only areas. And yeah, the bill will ALLOW smoking in slot machine zones, even if they’re on convenience and grocery stores.

Nice bill eh?

Well, some Nevadans doesn’t think so. Some people who hail from the great state of Nevada are baffled why the state has allowed these ‘’mini casinos‘’ in convenience stores in the first place.

Although I personally think that these people, probably new residents, should just shut the fuck up and accept the state’s somewhat peculiar traditions. After all, this IS Nevada and this IS the ‘’Nevada Way.’’

Well, Nevada Way or not, these guys think that grocery stores with…