The Many Faces Of Poker.

Advantages: Easy to play- you only need a pack of cards; good fun; a bit different from usual.
Disadvantages: Can be serious & complicated; doubts over effect of gambling on society; doesn't really raise your blood pressure.

...fashionable in casinos etc., but being only 17 I have never frequented a casino and harbour no intentions of gambling seriously anyway. This is another one for serious pokerists and I don’t think I’ve ever played it. Having however checked out the rules at ‘http://www.pokerrulesonline.com/rules.htm ’ my advice is to leave this variation well alone! ~Conclusion~ Although poker has a reputation for being a very serious game played by solemn ant stupid alcoholics it can, in its most basic form, be a simple game reasonable enjoyable for just about everyone. There are concerns around about gambling and its harmful effect on society, but if this really bothers you then play with pennies or matchsticks! I usually play with bets from 10p-£1 in a darkened room with reflective surfaces removed and a few beers handy, but it...

timmyotoole 28.09.2001 · Read review
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Casino Royale Review

Advantages: Tense, fast paced, engaging action
Disadvantages: Poker scenes may bore some

...Casino Royale marks Daniel Craig's first outing as 007, James Bond. In it he must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. I was one of those people who was originally skeptical about Craig's casting. I grew up with Pierce Brosnan as Bond and I didn't know if I could accept someone else in that role. Sufficed to say, I needn't have worried. Craig is a different kind of Bond, he's not as outwardly flashy as Brosnan and he's more quietly confident. But the style, the attitude and the finesse of his Bond is reminiscent of Sean Connery, you could say he is more of the thinking mans bond. As for the film, it's exciting, well acted, tense and has a great story too. Bond and Vespa have a great chemistry together, as do Bond with 'M...

Walter_Kovacs 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Casino Royale

Advantages: Action packed movie, Mindboggling story
Disadvantages: None

...a desperate way to quickly earn the money back before his financiers decide to kill him, LeChiffre, hosts a high stakes tournament. Being a great poker player, he aims to win the tournament easily. To prevent LeChiffre from regaining his money, the agency sends their best player, Bond, to the table and his Partnere the beautiful accountant Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). Her job it is to cover the high price of Bond's buy-in to the game. While playing the game, Bond discovers various truths about the terrorists. In and desparate effort, Bond makes a hasteful decision, and ends up losing all the money. In another desparate effort, he goes to LeChiffres room to kill him and finds someone else confronting him. Then begins the chase of money and terrorists. A friend of bond, adds up money to his account and by his tricks and attempts, bond ends up winning...

anurag440044 17.11.2008 · Read review
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Online Poker

Advantages: Winning Lots of Money !!
Disadvantages: Losing Lots of Money !!

...I love online poker. Have been playing since I turned 18. Was playing before hand but not online. Online is very different to live poker because you cannot see the people you are playing. People think that this will decrease the chance of winning but technically it wont, because everyone is in the same boat. The main rules of 'Texas hold em' is to make the best possible hand out of the 2 hole cards you are dealt and the 5 community cards in the middle. Hear is a list of the possible hands:- Straight Flush (five cards of the same suit in sequence) Four Of A Kind (four cards of the same numerical value) Full House (three cards of one value and two of another) Flush (five cards of the same suit) Straight (five cards in sequence) Three Of A Kind (three cards of the same value) Two Pairs (2x two cards of the same value) One Pair...

Mace47 09.08.2007 · Read review
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Poker (Texas hold'em)

Advantages: Fun, mulitiplayer game, cheap to buy
Disadvantages: can lead to high risk games, but generally no disadvantages

...I don’t know about you but Poker just seems to have rocketed in popularity in the last year and months. I’m not sure if it is to do with the rise of online gaming or if poker has always been so popular, but it seems to everywhere at the moment. I guess this isn’t the 70’s, 80’s or 90’s but the naughty's and many things sort off taboo are now more widely acceptable. Yes in the back of your mind there is the stigma of betting addictions and all that but it is a fun game with a few variants on the way it is played and what it is called. Know you can buy chip sets in Tesco and Asda and online on sites such as Ebuyer and Ebay, either I haven’t noticed before or the game is on the rise. You can play for cash, which could be fun or dangerous depends on yourself, but always bet what you...

dingoo 23.11.2005 · Read review
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The poker player James Bond

Advantages: Loads of action, outstanding special effects
Disadvantages: I missed Moneypenny and Q

...I?m a fan of James Bond films I have seen all of them. What I like most in these films are the gadgets. I like to see the beautiful cars that are extremely well equipped. My favourite James Bond was Pierce Brosnan but I like Daniel Craig as well. He is different character he uses more human power than gadgets. The story ------------ James Bond (Daniel Craig) has just received his 007 status. He kills two men in Prague then causes international incident in Madagascar. M (Judi Dench) is nerves when she realises what he did then he entered into M?s home and waited for her there. M instead of firing him decided to ask him to play a poker game in Montenegro. He has to take on Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) the banker of the arm dealers. As James Bond has to play high stakes poker the Treasury?s beautiful accountant Vesper Lynd (Eva Green...

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NEVER PLAY POKER WITH A MAN CALLED AMARILLO SLIM!

Advantages: Punchy incisive information, no poker babble, humourous in places
Disadvantages: None of note!

...this section are chapters for the various types of poker; so those wishing to learn about 'Texas hold'em' (the most popular style of poker) can skip to the relevant section while those inclined to play 'Seven card stud' or 'Omaha' can also enjoy dedicated and concise chapters. ● Advanced Strategy: - Once a basic grasp of the rules and regulations is gained it's time to skip to the Advanced Strategy. Here the player can learn about bluffing (pretending you have a good hand when you don't to try to make other players throw in their hand). Also covered is money management, a vital few pages if and when you decide to take a step up from a friendly home game to visiting a casino or online poker game. ● Computers, Casinos and Card-rooms: - Following on from the money management section in the 'advanced strategy' chapter this...

tractor-boy 16.02.2006 · Read review
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Bring the casino to your Nintendo DS - Sega Casino

Advantages: Fun to play through the games, good multi player functions
Disadvantages: Poker games not very good, limited sound and graphics

...This review is of the Nintendo DS game, Sega Casino, developed and published by Sega. There are a range of games to play, such as poker, roulette, craps and baccarat. There are a total of eleven games in play, although six of these have to be unlocked. There is no real game story behind this progression, you are just expected to play the game and make enough money to be able to unlock these extra levels. The games include roulette, craps, baccarat, chuck a luck, keno, black jack and various forms of poker. There are two ways of playing the game, you can either play the free play mode, where you pick the game you want and then just play on that game. Alternatively you can use the casino mode, where you can move between the different tables, just as you would in a real casino. Working through the game can be difficult if you are playing...

julwhite 05.08.2009 · Read review
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Casino Royale with Cheese

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...This review is on the twenty first James Bond film "Casino Royale", directed by Martin Campbell and starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Eva Green. The film was released in 2006 and was based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Casino Royale had previously been produced twice before, once in 1954 as a television programme and again in 1967 as a comedy version. The initial idea was to have Casino Royale released much earlier, but due to copyright of the name, they had to wait some time before they could make this film. The 21st Bond film also introduced a new member of the bond family and became the sixth James Bond. I was quite spectacle about this film at first, largely because it introduced a new Bond. I had grown fond of Pierce Brosnan, and he had played Bond really well in his previous film, the best of which for me was Golden Eye. I was...

jaygami1986 14.02.2008 · Read review
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Is POKER really a gentlemans game?

Advantages: Good when your WINNING
Disadvantages: Bad when your LOSING

...I have only just started playing poker on the internet and live games with my brothers at our local casino in Hastings. I would say that there is quite alot to take in when you are just a beginner. Anyway here is my review on Poker and the best places both online and offline. If you are ever in East Sussex pop in and have a wager. How to Play Texas Hold'em: Players receive two 'hole' cards that only they can see and use. Then, five 'community' cards are dealt that everyone can see and use. Players can make their five-card hand from both, one or none of their hole cards in combination with the community cards. The game is divided into four rounds of betting, and the betting moves clockwise around the table. Betting starts from the position next to the dealer button, which moves one place to the left after each hand. In online...

Sexy_Young_God 16.10.2005 · Read review
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