Cates, Baumann Advance to Battle of Malta Day 2

The first of two Day 1 flights at the PokerListings.com Battle of Malta is over and both Daniel “Jungleman” Cates and Gaëlle Baumann made it through to Day 2.
153 players bought in this afternoon in at the Portomaso Casino, meaning this tournament is already half of the way to reaching its €150k guarantee.
Leading the pack of 67 who survived to earn a seat on Day 2 is France’s Michael Agoutborde who bagged 135,500 when all was said and done.
Also finishing in the top ten was Gareth Edwards, Director of Marketing and Strategy at 888.com.
Gaëlle Baumann, who garnered worldwide marked cards poker celebrity by bubbling the WSOP Main Event final table this year, finished in 15^th position tonight with an even 72,000 while high-stakes online specialist Dan Cates ended up with 51,200, good for 26th heading into Day 2.
Here are the top ten chip counts after Day 1A.

Michael Agoutborde	135,500
Stevan Sudar	97,300
Peter Öttl	95,000
Alexander Lieff	91,400
Louis Salter	88,000
Gareth Edwards	85,000
Johan Linder	79,300
Maris Zilgalvis	79,000
Johan Nilsson	78,600
Thoma Panayiotis	78,000

Strassmann, Dato, Neuville to Play BoM Day 1B

Tournament staff are expecting Day 1B’s field to significantly outmatch today’s, and we already have a few confirmations as far as big-name players who will be in on the action.

PokerListings.com is proud to host its first live tournament.

Johannes Strassmann is one of the strongest young easy cards tricks poker players in Germany and with more than $1.1 million in live tournament earnings he’s already cracked the top 25 on the all-time German money list.
He’s got nine cashes on the European Poker Tour, three of which were six-figure scores. He’s also cashed at the WSOP on five separate occasions.
Pierre Neuville is third on the all-time Belgian money list with $1.45 million in live cashes. He won the “Best Online Qualifier” award on the EPT last year where he’s notched an impressive 13 cashes.
Andrea Dato has been cashing with startling regularity in live events in Italy and abroad, racking up more than $600k in earnings in the last few years.
Tomorrow these three powerhouse players will join hordes of poker players hungry for a piece of the Battle of Malta cash. Action begins at 2pm.

Watch 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Live Stream Here!

The star-studded, much anticipated kick-off event to the poker year - the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - has been rolling for the past week and the marquee Main Event has pared itself down to just 8 players.
Proving as always to be must-watch poker from beginning to end feature-table action has been star-studded and fast-paced with dozens of big names rotating through the mix.
Leading the way into the final table are Canadians Mike "Timex" McDonald (who can become the first to win two EPT titles), Pascal Lefrancois and Shyam Srinivasan alongside American Isaac Baron.
Final-table play marked cards gets underway at noon ET with bonus coverage of the $25k High Roller in the breaks. Commentary is provided by the legendary duo of James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton plus a rotating cast of special guests.
Click the arrow above to watch it all go down and click through/read on for the full webcast schedule.
Webcast Schedule:

• 05/01/2014 SUPER HIGH ROLLER DAY 1
• START TIME: 14:30 EST
• END TIME: 21:00 EST 

• 06/01/2014 SUPER HIGH ROLLER DAY 2
• START TIME: 12:00 EST
• END TIME: PLAYING DOWN TO 8 PLAYERS

• 07/01/2014 SUPER HIGH ROLLER DAY 3 FT – CARDS UP w/ 1h DELAY (MAIN EVENT DAY 1A IN BREAKS)
• START TIME: 14:00 EST
• END TIME: PLAYING DOWN TO THE WINNER

• 08/01/2014 MAIN EVENT DAY 1B
• START TIME: 14:30 EST
• END TIME: 21:00 EST

• 09/01/2014 MAIN EVENT DAY 2 (PLO DAY 1 IN THE BREAKS)
• START TIME: 12:00 EST
• END TIME: APPROX. 21:00 EST

• 10/01/2014 MAIN EVENT DAY 3 (PLO DAY 2 IN THE BREAKS)
• START TIME: 12:00 EST
• END TIME: APPROX. 21:00 EST

• 11/01/2014 MAIN EVENT DAY 4 ($5K NLH DAY 2 IN THE BREAKS)
• START TIME: 12:00 EST
• END TIME: APPROX. 21:00 EST

• 12/01/2014 MAIN EVENT DAY 5 (HIGH ROLLER DAY 2 IN THE BREAKS)
• START TIME: 12:00 EST
• END TIME: PLAYING DOWN TO 8 PLAYERS

• 13/01/2014 MAIN EVENT DAY 6 FT – CARDS-UP WEBCAST w/ 1h DELAY (HIGH ROLLER FINAL TABLE IN BREAKS)
• START TIME: 14:00 EST
• END TIME: PLAYING DOWN TO THE WINNER OF THE MAIN EVENT

Negreanu: Singling Ivey Out for Full Tilt Mess "Mind-Boggling"

According to Daniel Negreanu it’s mind-boggling why some in the poker community have pointed the finger at Phil Ivey over frozen FTP funds while largely ignoring other members of Team Full Tilt.
The controversy mainly hinges on the fact that Ivey withdrew from the WSOP in 2011, saying it wasn’t fair for him to play while FTP’s customers hadn’t been paid back.
Now, one year later, Full Tilt money is still frozen and Ivey is cashing for hundreds of thousands of dollars at the World Series.
But according to Negreanu, Ivey’s stand in 2011 was the only thing anyone from Full Tilt has done to address the situation, and it shouldn’t make him a target.
And while Ivey has been making final marked cards tables like it’s going out of style, Negreanu has been struggling and says his results are nowhere near where they should be.
In this Q&A interview Negreanu discusses the difficulties with getting unlucky, Phil Ivey’s WSOP heater, Full Tilt Poker plus Phil Hellmuth and his past association with UB.
PokerListings.com: You told us during that level that you were steamed. What’s going on?
Listen, I’ve been playing poker for 20 years and I know the difference between running bad and playing bad, and the last couple of years at the World Series I've been running bad.

"I’ve been playing poker for 20 years and I know the difference between running bad and playing bad."

And then hearing people say, “Hey I’m really disappointed in you,” and in my head I just kind of want to say, “Yeah how about you go f*** yourself.”
PL: Who’s saying that to you?
DN: Like Mike Matusow came up to me and was like, “I’m really disappointed in you.” And I said, “Why because I can’t win with sixes when a guy shoves on me with 8-5?”
I know the difference and I understand that. A lot of people say they’re running bad but really they’re playing bad. I know the difference. I’ve been doing this a long time and it’s frustrating because my results are nowhere near where they should be, even though I have a final table already.
PL: When you see a run like what Phil Ivey’s doing how do you explain it? He’s got to be playing well but is it even possible to play well enough to post those results without running really well?
DN: The thing about Phil Ivey, and I’ve talked to him about it, is that he’s running really good but he’s also running really bad. It’s all about timing. He’s running really good to get there but he’s getting screwed at the end.
He’s obviously not won a bracelet and he’s been close so much, and usually when he gets there he closes. So luck has various ways of playing into how you do. A lot of the Limit events are really about timing. You have to win the pots you’re all-in, and my all-in record over the last few years has been atrocious.
PL: Does the way you’re running make you think twice about buying into the Big One for One Drop?
DN: I’m playing it. I’m still playing all of them.
PL: How hard is it to stay motivated and have a positive outlook when you’re running bad?
DN: Running bad doesn’t make trick cards it hard to stay motivated but it definitely makes it hard to stay positive. Let’s say you’re playing an event and things are going well and then this crazy weird shit happens again. It’s hard not to just think, “Again? Really?”

Negreanu thinks Ivey is the clear pick in the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop.

So it starts to weigh on your brain a bit because we’re all human.
(At this point in the interview Phil Ivey walked past on his way to his trailer. Ivey hammed it up a bit, rolling his eyes and murmuring comically, presumably impersonating Daniel answering questions.)
I was just talking about you Phil. I was just telling them how you run so bad at final tables.
PL: Who do you like in the Big One?
DN: (Daniel points to Ivey who is casually descending the stairs to the trailer area.)
That guy. The black guy.
PL: Speaking of Ivey. People are still divided on whether he’s got any responsibility in this whole Full Tilt funds debacle. He skipped the WSOP last year but nothing’s really changed and he’s back here playing events. What’s your take on it?
DN: You know what I find amazing? I find it amazing that people pin it on the black guy. What about f***ing Erik Seidel and John Juanda and Phil Gordon and Andy Bloch. What’s the difference? Why is everyone so hung up on saying that Phil (Ivey) has done something wrong?
He’s not Howard Lederer or Chris Ferguson or Ray Bitar. Those are the scumbags that did it.
If people are going to pin it on Phil why don’t they talk to Allen Cunningham the same way? I don’t understand it at all.
Ivey’s the only one who even released a statement really. He’s the only one who did anything to take a stand.
PL: Did Ivey somehow bring the attention on himself by being the only one to speak up about it?
DN: Yeah possibly a little bit. But everyone else has just stood back and stayed mum on the whole thing and nobody says a thing to them.

With five final tables already Ivey is making up for lost time at the 2012 WSOP.

It’s mind-boggling that Ivey has been singled out in all of this.
PL: Is the same thing true for Phil Hellmuth and his association with UB? People go after Annie Duke a lot but nobody has much to say about Hellmuth having endorsed the site.
DN: I think that’s because people know the truth. Annie was involved in the business side of things and that’s a fact. She knew the inner workings. She knew that god-mode existed.
Phil Hellmuth, much like Ivey, is about himself. I don’t mean that in a bad way but Ivey and Hellmuth are about playing poker and getting it done and getting a paycheck.
Phil Ivey had nothing to do with the setup or the running of Full Tilt and neither did Hellmuth with UB.
PL: But don’t you think there has to be some level of personal responsibility for these guys when they endorse a product? The whole idea of endorsement is based on putting your stamp of approval on something, and Hellmuth continued to endorse UB even after the cheating scandal.
DN: I definitely think there is a personal responsibility to do your background checks and understand who you’re endorsing and who you’re representing. And if you’re leading people down the wrong path then there’s definitely some fault there.
So when Hellmuth continued to wear the UB brand after what happened he was leading people the wrong way. But I think he believed in them and he was wrong.
But in Full Tilt’s case I think a lot of the fault lies with anyone who put their trust in Lederer, Ferguson and Bitar to run that company. I think as a whole the shareholders should have gotten together and said, “Hey, why don’t we hire a real businessperson to be CEO, not some guy who was on his gramma’s couch a few months ago, someone who’s eating lobster on the player’s money.”
So in a way it’s their fault for not banding together and saying, “We need to fix this problem. This is no way to run a company.”
PL: What about the phantom deposit issue? A lot of the players themselves were playing with money they never actually deposited and that’s estimated to account for like $130 million of the shortfall. What kind of responsibility lies with those players?

Negreanu feels the Full Tilt Poker shareholders should have seen it coming.

DN: Personally I think that’s mostly on Full Tilt. I think it’s absurd that they ever allowed that to happen.
Basically what was going on is that Full Tilt was trying to compete with PokerStars and they were willing to cut every corner and shoot every angle to do it.
So they accepted a lot of deposits and credit cards that PokerStars wouldn’t go near.
They just didn’t care.
PL: Is there any movement on PokerStars potentially acquiring Full Tilt? We spoke to you about it at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo but we haven’t heard a thing since.
DN: You know, you hear things. I have my personal opinion but it’s all speculation. It’s pretty clear that there have been discussions but there’s nothing final. I guess I’ll know when everyone else knows.
But you heard about Rafa Nadal joining PokerStars right? That’s a pretty big sign.
One more thing, that just shows you the kind of company that PokerStars is. They’ve had sports stars in the past but here they’ve gotten a guy who’s 26 years old, in his prime, playing on the biggest stage.
And what that’s doing is associating PokerStars with other very legitimate companies who are endorsed by players at that level. And it does a lot to move the mainstream in the right direction too.

Rant: The Great "Poker Must be Fun First" Hoax

Daniel Negreanu has a vision that one day poker’s primary purpose will be fun first and competitive endeavor second.
Do you share that view?
Many of you will and many of you won’t, and that’s why opinion is such a wonderful thing.
Everybody has one and here is mine …

The Job is to Win

A week ago today I watched Liverpool beat Arsenal 5-1 in the Premier League. Despite not liking either club I was suitably entertained.
If you believe the role of a footballer is to entertain the football fan, then both sets of players have done their job. Yet there's no way any of those Arsenal players, the manager, the backroom staff or the fans of that particular team agree with that sentiment.
It doesn’t matter which way you cut it -- they would have much preferred to have played woefully and won by a single goal marked cards.
Arsenal and Liverpool players are paid to win football matches and not to entertain their fans. If they do entertain them, then all well and good. But they do have to keep on winning.

The job of a footballer, still, is to win.

 

Negreanu is the ambassador for world poker. We might not see the crown but believe me he is wearing it.
He recently opened a thread on 2+2 entitled "My Vision for the Poker World" where he said he wanted the above -- “a world where the game is fun first and a competitive endeavor second.”
Poker fulfills two roles. For the amateur it's a place to be entertained. For the professional it's a place to win money.
It’s true that the professional also wants to be entertained and the amateur wants to win money … but it’s not the overriding purpose.
Daniel’s vision will always sit just beyond the mountains because the very essence of being human means there will never be a unified front to create a fun-filled environment for poker.
Every cell in the professional poker players body is screaming ‘PROFIT’ as is Negreanu’s … he just doesn’t know it.

Not in the Business of Fun

Why do you think Daniel wants the game to be fun? Ultimately, he wants more profit.

It's easier to vote for fun when you're winning marked card tricks.

 

Dress it up all you want but the call for the game to be fun in order to extract profit from those who follow that particular tune is akin to a man ploughing a women with an outpouring of charm just to get her between the sheets.
It’s deceit. Poker offers no other purpose than to line the pockets of those that benefit from the weakest in the field.
In the real world the runt is weeded out and finds a twelve-bore shotgun imprinted on his forehead. In the poker world, we fleece their pockets first.
What greater good does poker offer the world? I find it really difficult to find anything of value that we produce other than lining the pockets of the very best in the game.
We are not in the business of "fun." We are in the business of "profit."
If poker was fun we wouldn’t have to cut eight hours of footage to try and fill a one-hour show for TV. It’s not an entertaining sport or game and that’s why it has always struggled to hit that mainstream vein.

Amateurs Leave the Game When They Run Out of Money

Amateurs don't leave the game when they're flush.

 

Amateur poker players don’t turn their back on the game because it's no longer fun any more than Arsenal fans turned their back on their club after that 5-1 drubbing.
Amateur players leave the game because they run out of money.
There are players with money, a hell of a lot of players who are playing with other people’s money, and then a graveyard of players who love the game but just don’t have any money left because it now sits inside the piggy bank of the likes of Negreanu and others.
Should we expect the stronger players to throw a few fights and be martyrs for poker? Of course not.
Poker exists because of competition. The purpose of a poker player is to send his opponent home to his family to tell them that Father Christmas is on strike, the Easter Bunny is too busy being nailed and the Tooth Fairy is facing a problem with excess inventory.
The job of the professional is to make the amateur cry - not laugh. The sooner we face up to this the sooner we can start directing our debate onto something that will really make a difference in the game instead of this red herring.

VPIP

Poker term often used when utilizing poker tracker programs such as Poker Tracker and Holdem Manager. Abbreviation for “Voluntarily put money in pot.” It specifies what percentage of hands a marked cards player puts ‘voluntary’ money into the pot. Voluntary is any use other than the blinds and antes since in these situations it’s a requirement to invest money in the pot. A high VPIP (like -40%) indicates a loose style of play and when combined with a high PFR (preflop raise percentage) usually the player will show aggressive tendencies post flop.
EXAMPLE “Two players at my table had a VPIP of over 45% I didn’t want to leave the game.”

Why You Should Raise To Gain The Initiative

In poker, the power of the raise can not be denied. A raise will turn your opponents imagination on, like opening the refrigerator will turn on a light (well maybe not quite as consistent but you get my point.) A raise will give you momentum in the hand. A raise will give you the initiative.
Initiative:

1. The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
2. A beginning or introductory step; an opening move: took the initiative in trying to solve the problem.

You are on the button with 57s. You have 15,000 chips and the blinds are 200/400 with an ante of 50. There is a one limper from cutoff+2 who has a stack of 13,500.
You could easily fold here and wait for a better spot but you could use your position and take the initiative and raise marked cards the pot. There is 1450 chips in the pot, so I like to raise somewhere around 1400-1600. Let us say that you raise it to 1600.
The blinds fold and it is back on the limper. He is getting great odds to call and he should call, but very often a limper will fold her and you will take down the pot.
Let us say he calls. There is 4250 in the pot and the flop is AQ6 rainbow.
The most likely scenario is he checks, you bet, he folds. This is your bread and butter play. I use it in cash games all the time and in MTT’s after the antes kick in. Your opponent will most likely have no problem laying down a Q or a pocket pair, and you pick up a nice pot with 7 high.
But if you had limped, it might be a hard sell to get him to lay down a QJ or a pair of 8′s.
No move is 100% but like all good moves it will be highly profitable in the long run. So raise! This is why open limping sucks as it negates the reasons for raising!

How to Win Poker Satellites – Part 3

There are two reasons for this and the first is the payout structure. You’re not trying to build a stack that will get you into the top three, you’re looking to build a stack that will win you a ticket to the next event. Because the payout structure is flat, it doesn’t matter where you come after the bubble – all the prizes are the same, so all that matters is that you MAKE the bubble.
The second reason is that you’ll most likely find a lot of your opponents shoving all-in in the early marked cards stages of a satellite. This means that limping with marginal hands – as you would in a normal MTT – simply leaks chips, as you can’t call the subsequent all-in shoves and have to fold.
On the other hand, you can – and should – call the all-in shoves with big pairs. So don’t leak chips by limping with marginal hands. Instead, keep your chips to extract maximum value when you pick up a big pair and get to call an all-in shove from an opponent.

Poker Satellites: Working the Clock

When you get to the final stages of a satellite tournament, don’t forget to work the clock to your advantage. What does this mean? Effectively, it means stalling and using the maximum you can in your time bank to give players on other tables more time to make a mistake.
This only has an affect when the final stages of the poker satellite (that is, just before the bubble breaks and everyone else gets paid with their ticket) has more than one table, and you’re easy cards tricks playing hand-for-hand. When you play hand-for-hand, it means that every table must finish the current hand, then a new hand is dealt at each table at the same time.
The idea is that the longer you take to act on your table, the greater the chance someone on the other table/s will make a mistake and bust out.
Hand-for-hand play was brought in to reduce the problem of some tables playing slower in a tournament around the bubble, to give players on the other tables a greater chance of busting. In a bricks-and-mortar card room you’d get your ass kicked if each time it was your turn to act, you just sat there until someone called the clock and then you folded!
Some players seem to think working the clock is a shady practice online too. But it’s not – it’s just an effective way of using all the tools at your disposal to your advantage. So use them!

Las Vegas Activities - Restaurants Shows Shopping Centers Gambling and Parties

One thing for certain in Vegas is that there is never a dull moment. The sun may go down at night, but that's just when things are getting heated up. If you love to gamble, watch amazing theatre production shows,shop in huge malls, eat delicious food, ride crazy roller coasters, or party like a rock star, then Vegas is the place for you.

With thousands of restaurants in Las Vegas, going hungry is this city is nearly impossible. Buffets include mouthwatering steaks and juicy prime rib; as well as fresh shrimp, scallops, and lobster. The best part about buffets is they have a little bit of everything marked cards; just in case the kids or adults don't like seafood, they can always get burgers, fries, Mac and cheese or fried chicken. After filling your belly with scrumptious food, you can always attend one of the many breath taking production shows that can only be found in Las Vegas. These performances contain the world's best acrobatics, singers, magicians, and depending on your sense of humor, comedians. Comedians like Carrot Top and Brad Garret, keep the crowd laughing from start to finish.

Classics, such as Sher, Celine Dion, Donnie and Marie, continue to keep the seats packed with their memorable concerts. Vegas magic shows are unlike other magic shows you have seen in your local neighborhoods. Penn & Teller and V-The Ultimate Variety Show are experienced magicians and their shows are proven fun for both families and international tourists.Premium Vegas shopping outlets include Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, Le Boulevard at Paris, Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian, The Shops at the newly opened Cosmopolitan, Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, and Via at the Bellagio. These shopping centers offer all of the best clothing designers and jewelry retailers including: Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Ann Taylor, Aber Crombie &Fitch, Louis Vuitton and more. If you get tired of shopping you can always try your luck at gambling. Whether your game is poker, roulette, craps, sports betting or if you like pulling the lever on the slots, Vegas' 70 plus casinos will guarantee you a good time. Caesar's Palace has one of the most acclaimed marked card tricks casinos as well as the Bellagio. They provide a moderately upscale gambling experience, compared to some of the older hotel casino like Terribles and Circus Circus. If you enjoy dancing the night away with your friends, Las Vegas's many night clubs, ultra lounges, gentlemen's clubs, and bars will keep you busy. Las Vegas parties are definitely wild and crazy. Although it is officially not legal to drink on public sidewalks and other areas on the Strip is rarely if ever enforced, unless you are acting like a complete fool and endangering yourself and others.

Although the Las Vegas Strip may look walk able with the naked eye, it really isn't unless you have moderately good cardio. The blazing heat of the summer months can at times make it difficult for elderly and non-athletes to stroll down the strip. Since it's so open distances between hotels can be deceptively long. With that said you can always call a cab (or rent a Ferrari) and cruise around town. Las Vegas continues stand out as a premier vacation resort for national and internal tourist due to its unique location, laws and social excitement. There is little in Vegas that will stop you from having a good time!

National legal issues of gambling online

Antigua and Barbuda
A complaint to the World Trade Organization by the government of the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, which licenses Internet gambling entities, made about the U.S. government's actions to impede online gaming. WTO's appeals body somewhat narrowed that favorable ruling in April 2005 although the Caribbean country won the preliminary ruling. Various state laws argued by Antigua and Barbuda hold the appeals decision that were not sufficiently discussed during the course of the proceedings — to be contrary to WTO agreements— to be properly assessed by the panel.

The WTO confirmed —on March 30, 2007— the U.S. "had done nothing to abide by an earlier verdict that labeled some U.S. Internet gambling restrictions as illegal."
Out of Antigua juice cards, many of the companies operating are publicly traded on various stock exchanges, specifically the London Stock Exchange. The British regulatory standards and has been met by Antigua and has been added to the UK's "white list", which allows licensed Antiguan companies to advertise in the UK.




Australia
On 28 June 2001 the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) has been passed by the Australian Government. The IGA was said by the government to be important to protect Australians from the harmful effects of gambling.
The providers of interactive gambling services are being targeted by the IGA, not their potential or actual customers. To provide an interactive gambling service to a customer physically present in Australia is considered an offence by the IGA, but for Australian residents, it is not an offence to play poker or casino games online. Sports betting online is also completely legal in Australia, with many state government licensed sportsbooks in operation, such as Centrebet, Sportingbet & Betfair, in stark contrast to the USA,

The offence applies to all interactive gambling service providers, whether based in Australia or offshore, whether Australian or foreign owned.
France
To regulate and tax internet gambling, France proposed new laws on March 5, 2009. It was stated by Budget minister Eric Woerth that the French gambling market would expand to adapt to "Internet reality." He further stated "Rather than banning 25,000 websites, we'd rather give licenses to those who will respect public and social order." The new regulations are expected to take effect January 1, 2010. Betting exchanges, however, marked card tricks will remain illegal under the new plans.




India
Under "Bombay Wager Act" online gambling is a banned offence. With respect to online gambling/online gaming, other acts/legislations are silent in India.
Israel
Online gambling is not being referred to specifically by the Israel gambling law (Israeli Penal Law: land based gambling and playing games of chances is prohibited except in the cases of the Israel Lottery and the Israeli Commission for Sports Gambling). Online backgammon website Play65 had been excluded of the ruling by the Attorney General, due to "the unique circumstances of the site activity.
Russia
In December 2006, Russian legislation, was enacted to prohibit online gambling altogether (as well as any gambling relying on telecommunications technology).

Gambling Addiction Can Ruin You

Everyone in this world wants to make money; easy money is something that involves a hell lot of risk. Gambling is said to be the thing that can make you rich but can also make you bankrupt. When in Vegas people say nothing is better than the gambling casinos in Vegas. A place where a person might come as a pauper and leave with a money but what happens in a reverse scenario, a person that is supposed to be a millionaire might become a beggar. Gambling is a common thing with many people around who spend money on betting, some turn out to be the winners and some loose. A visit to a casino doesn't mean that it is a bad habit, it is just the testing of ones luck. But a frequent visit to a gambling station would mean that you are addicted to gambling. The legal gambling industry is on an all time high in America. Where you get gambling casinos in your home town, and the Internet that seems to have made the world small infrared contactlenses.


Gambling can be of various types such as at casinos, card rooms, mobile gambling, Internet and many various types of gambling that people are addicted to. Gambling involves a lot of stake where your money is put to the ultimate test of dragging in along more money but this might not turn out to be the case, and you might find yourself loosing. Your luck is tested and said to turn negative, but it is not that you were unlucky. In fact you were foolish where you kept on loosing even though there were no signs of winning and then you start cursing yourself by saying that you are a person that has all the ill luck in the world. A pathological gambler will find problems such as family ones, debts, suicidal tendencies and many more. In order to triumph over your bad habit of gambling problem you can look for help from a hypnosis session that you can conduct your self marked cards lenses.


Gambling is looked upon as an illness that is chronic and progressive but can be treated with timely help. Hypnosis is said to be the solution to your problem as in the past it has treated many addictions such as alcohol, drugs, etc. Gambling is also stated as an addiction. One that is addicted by gambling can get help with hypnosis treatment. A victorious person or a businessman might have nothing left other than debts if he is a constant gambler. If you are a person who is addicted to gambling then you should look for the mp3 download. They are sought after by many people all around the world for its overall success to overcome gambling addiction. Mp3 downloads helps your stressed and anxious mind set free and stop doing wrong things and take in only things that which have positive results. These will calm your nerves and enable you to perceive life with a correct approach. It helps you control and stop your inkling towards gambling.


 

10 Signs of an Affair - How to Spot a Cheating Spouse

The niggling suspicion that your partner is cheating on you can be as poisonous to a relationship as your cheating spouse. The constant uncertainty and the friction it places on a possibly already unstable marriage can tip things over the edge. If you can spot the signs of a cheating spouse early you can avoid this. Here are 10 common signs that your spouse may be having an affair. 
1. Strange phone calls

Do you answer the phone to hear someone hang up as soon as they hear your voice? Does your spouse talk very quietly sometimes on the phone or take mobile calls out of your earshot. If they are in communication with their lover by the phone you may be able to spot when. Try to notice a look of guilt on his face after a call like that and you might have your answer straight away marked cards.

2. Different smells

Does your partner come home smelling of cigarette smoke after work? Can you smell perfume or cologne on their clothes too? Or does your spouse start to use fragrances more often when they never did before? Changes in habits and odd new smells they care not to explain can send a strong signal.

3. Sexual changes

Does your sex life change suddenly? Do you find you are getting less sex then before, or does your sex life suddenly improve without warning. Increased or decreased sex drive without any explanation could signify changes in their sexual activities.

4. Guilt

Some people are able to hide their cheating very well and act exactly the same as if they were not. Most people however will not be that poker faced and may exhibit guilty behavior such as looking uncomfortable around you, or suddenly becoming very quiet, or even becoming much louder and more talkative but usually about nothing. If their behavior around you becomes more erratic than usual they may be wrestling with guilt and it is showing in their voice, face and actions.

5. Changes in money

Is your partner spending more money than they used to? Are they buying more clothes and going out for dinner more with 'friends'. Changes in lifestyle and money could easily be linked to an affair but not always so be careful. If you have access to their credit card summaries you can see what and where they have been spending which can be a big clue.

6. Working out

Does your spouse suddenly start working out to get fitter and more attractive without warning or discussion with you? Changes in exercise and how they look may be overlooked because you may be pleased with it at first but it could be for the benefit of another person!

7. Cleaning up

Another possible sign your partner is having an affair is if they start cleaning up after themselves. By this I mean deleting emails, cleaning out the history on their computer, locking their phone or deleting messages often. This sort of suspicious "paper shredding" activities usually means they are trying to hide something from you.

8. Odd friendships

Do your mutual friends start behaving differently around you? Or start making odd remarks you cannot quite work out? Sometimes your friends may know but will not tell you so you can use their reactions marked poker to confirm your suspicions without having to press them for information.

9. Less time for you

Does time together suddenly become an issue? Do business trips increase or activities they cannot involve you seem to crop up on a much more regular basis? Do you suddenly not know where your spouse is most of the time? All this extra time could be going into seeing another person.

10. Intuition

As much as you don't want to be right you know your partner best. If your gut instinct is telling you there is something wrong it may be that all these little things have formed into a feeling at the back of your mind without you consciously thinking about it. While evidence and clues are most important to judge the facts you cannot ignore your own heart and mind either. Sometimes you also may not really believe it despite the clues and you may be like the woman I mentioned earlier who jumped the gun!

Hopefully you can use these signs of an affair to determine if you have a problem and what to do about it. Just be careful they are not planning a surprise birthday party or something else secretive and you accuse them of the wrong thing! Be certain and do your homework.