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Bingo a Cure For Depression?

November 30, 2019   Game skill   No comments

It is well known that a large portion of the players at land based bingo clubs are pensioners. Many pensioners use bingo not only as entertainment but as an opportunity for social interaction with others. Smoking bans and a government policy of double taxation has forced many long established bingo clubs to close leaving many pensioners without their usual entertainment. Several studies have pointed out the fact that playing bingo keeps the mind sharp and can even delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Bingo requires quick physical and mental reactions. As anyone who has been to a bingo club knows, most players are playing several bingo cards simultaneously which requires a great deal of mental agility and concentration. Recently a pensioner from Derby revealed that playing bingo helped her to overcome severe depression.

In a newspaper interview the 67 year old pensioner described the crippling effects of depression and how playing bingo turned her life around. Jill Gemmell of derby described how severe depression left her feeling isolated and how playing bingo helped her to cope with her depression. In the interview Gemmell recalled; “I was very down and rarely left the house. “Then a friend of mine took me along to one of the bingo sessions and I loved it. I joined in more and more and, when one of the committee members resigned, I offered to step in.” Thanks to her friend and bingo Gemmell is now an active member of the Alvaston and Boulton Old People’s Welfare Club in Derby. The club which has about 100 members sponsors bingo games on Tuesdays and Thursdays in addition to a wide variety of activities for pensioners.

The bingo games are now threatened by the town council’s search for cost cutting measures which could affect funding for the club. Some council members believe the games should be scrapped and that pensioners should play bingo at clubs sponsored by commercial operators. Many pensioners in rural areas are facing similar situations due to the ongoing global recession.

Many pensioners who are computer literate have made the switch to internet bingo. While land based bingo clubs are closing across the country internet bingo is thriving in the midst of the worst recession since the post war era. Internet bingo sites are locked in fierce competition for players and are offering ever increasing bingo bonuses. A bingo sign up bonus can enable players to double and even triple their initial deposits. For pensioners facing the closure of their favorite bingo clubs viable solution.

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Splitting Wins In Texas Holdem – #1 Reason For Splitting Holdem Wins

December 2, 2018   Game skill   No comments

No one likes it, but sometimes splitting wins in Texas Holdem actually happens, and this is completely within in the rules. In very rare situations you will have to split a win. Read on to find out the 1 reason.

Splitting wins in Texas Holdem isn’t an often occurrence but it can actually happen. The first time this happened to me I couldn’t believe it. I wanted all the pot for myself! Wouldn’t you? All that hard work I put in to win the pot and here I am splitting my win with a friend of a friend of a friend.

At the end of a round of poker, you will have to split the pot with another person if you both have exactly the same hand. This can happen due to a variety of causes, all of them quite uncommon. Read on for the most probable reason that you will no doubt run into sooner or later.

Splitting Wins In Texas Holdem – Your Both Have The Same Hole Card And Are Using The Same Community Cards

Splitting your wins in Texas Holdem happens more more often for this reason, but still not very usually. Say for instance you both get a K-J. Then the board drops a K-J and you both have a two pair. In the end you both have a two pair and the highest kicker on the board, so you both have the same hand and the pot is split. Other times, running with this example again, the two last kings will drop on the board and you both have a trips. In even rarer cases the second card (the J in this example) doesn’t have to be the same just as long as there are two cards on the board that are higher. So the two players kickers are community cards and hence the same. Because the two hands are the same the players end up splitting their wins.

So as you can see, splitting wins in Texas Holdem does happen. If you play enough Texas Holdem inevitably you will run into a situation where the rules dictate that splitting the pot is the final answer. Remember, anytime that two players have exactly the same hand they will have to split the pot. It doesn’t matter if some or all of the cards are community cards. But don’t get too caught up on it, as a win is a win, and any amount of chips is better then nothing.

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