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Chance for winning
In any poker room the best players do not depend on luck. Good players have a very good ability to estimate about precise odds and they bet only on positive chances and they avoid playing negative outcomes. They play in any poker room either because they have an unbeatable hand or they are probably smart at making others believe that they are holding something unbeatable.
There are some people in a poker room that will not be able to bring themselves to fold unless the hand that they hold does not have any kind of chance for winning. More often than not such players are those that will stick on to seeing the last card that is being dealt. These people in any poker room tend to be calling and making raises even with the most hopeless hand. Even when the flop did not hit in their favor, they will still be playing. Such players are those that will lose in the long run even the simplest poker room that has players that are less skilled.
The role of a good poker player in any poker room is to reduce the risk of playing wrong hands and not to take chances with a worse hand. In some cases risks on hopeless hands might pay off good, and there is likely to be a temptation to repeat the attempt in the next poker room, but truly it can lead to long-term losses.
There are yet some other players in any poker room that bet on cards that are yet to come. This kind of betting refers to betting on a hope that the next card that will be dealt in the table will be much in their favor. It might be dangerous to be playing such hands unless the odds are already in your favor based on your existing hands.
There is an interesting logic to poker playing where you need not believe anyone in the poker room because you play for 2 reasons. One could be possibly because your hand is unbeatable and the next is because the odds are pretty much in your favor. This is going to be very useful when you will be playing against weak players that can give confusing tells that can be sometimes true and sometimes not. So, work out your odds, play if it is favorable and fold if it is not favorable.
Five Time Lottery Winner to Collect $17 Million
Five Time Lottery Winner to Collect $17 Million
Most of us would consider ourselves lucky with one big lottery win but Seguro Ndabene who traded the warm tropical weather of Mozambique for the cold of Western Canada has won the lottery not once, not twice, but five times! Ndabene who lives in Airdrie, north of Calgary, has racked up two wins of $1 million dollars, another win of $100,000 and a fourth win of $500,000! Ndabene biggest win of all, $17 million, is being contested by Tony Koprnicky, also of Airdrie, who claims the winning ticket was a part of a group purchase.
Ndabene’s extraordinary run of good luck began in 2005 when he won $1 million dollars while working for the Nishi-Khon Forestry Service in Yellowknife. Ndabene has a degree in business administration and says he has been playing and buying lottery tickets for years. Although there have been many multiple lottery winners over the years Andrea Marantz from Western Canada Lottery Corp. said it would be impossible to calculate the odds of one player winning the lottery five times. Marantz said, “It’s an unanswerable question because he won on different games and each game has different odds. You also can’t possibly do any kind of an odds calculation unless you know how many tickets somebody has.”The lottery corporation investigates all wins of more than $10,000.
During the dispute Ndabene said he was confident he would prevail in court. Ndabene said there is no doubt that the winning lottery is his alone and in a later development Tony Koprnicky, the man who made the original complaint told the Calgary Sun that he had made a mistake. The investigation was so complex that the Lottery Corporation turned the investigation over to Provincial authorities. Finally in November Mr. Ndabene won his court challenge and will collect the $17 million he won in January. Mr. Ndabene has to be Canada’s luckiest man!
Not everyone can be as lucky as Mr. Ndabene when buying lottery tickets. Most of us would be happy with one big win. For those looking for a more convenient way to purchase lottery tickets many state and national lotteries now allow the sale of online lottery tickets. Players can log on to individual lottery websites and check for the latest winning numbers and can also access a database with the location of the nearest lottery retailer. The ability to purchase online lottery tickets can eliminate the need for a trip to a lottery terminal and there is no waiting in long lines. Lotteries are swiftly catching up with 21st century technology.