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Advanced Texas Hold Em Tips – Top Secret Advanced Trick
I’m about to reveal this top secret advanced Texas Hold Em tips formula for raking in cash and exploding your stack and bankroll. Don’t miss out on this one.
This advanced Texas Hold em tips very simple, yet not as easy as you would like, which is why its advanced. It’s got great potential for making you a bucketload of money though so hang in there.
Advanced Texas Hold Em Tips – Avoid Multiway Action
Multiway hands on a Hold em table is complicated, difficult, and just downright messy. It is much easier to win when you are heads up playing one person. You should aim to get heads up with a single opponent by the flop. You can use betting strategies and advanced table position plays to achieve this.
First things first – your pre-flop raise and a half-decent tight aggressive reputation should indicate to your opponent that your hand is strong (even if it isn’t). You’ll need to leverage this to stay on top of the hand.
Remembering you odds, any player with unpaired hole cards, i.e. A-K, K-Q, A-J, will have about a one in three chance of making a pair on the flop. If they happened to already have a pair, i.e. A-A, K-K, Q-Q, than one in about eight times they will get three of a kind.
You can get into a heads up a bunch of different ways
1 – You enter the pot first, another player calls after you and then the blinds fold 2 – You enter the pot first, a player with a worse position then you calls 3 – Another player raises the pot, you call from a better position 4 – Another player raises the pot, you call from a worse position 5 – The small blind limps in, you check from the big blind. 6 – A player limps in before the flop. The small blind folds and you check from the big blind.
In each of these different scenarios you will be in a better or worse position. But it doesn’t really matter because being first up in a heads up is better than being later in a multiway play.
Forcing a heads up as soon as possible – preferably going in from pre-flop – is one of the best advanced Texas Hold Em tips to implement. By doing this you will exponentially increase your pots odds, not to mention give your poor brain a break from so many calculations.
Maine Lottery Considering Privatization
Maine Lottery Considering Privatization
Many states are now facing serious budget shortfalls and are looking for ways to fill empty state coffers. Raising taxes would be politically unpopular and most politicians are reluctant to raise taxes. Some states are trying to raise additional revenue by boosting the sale of lottery tickets. Some states have installed lottery vending machines and have had some success. Other states are considering the sale of online lottery tickets once federal regulations are clarified. At present many credit card companies will not process lottery related transactions for fear of running afoul of the Justice department and ambitious prosecutors. Illinois and Iowa are both looking into the possibility of online ticket sales.
Some states are considering privatizing their lotteries. Several states already have outside companies operating their lotteries and in most cases the results have been positive. Usually states retain ownership of the lotteries and lottery management firms are responsible for marketing, providing lottery machines, developing new games and selling tickets through lottery retailers. This arrangement can be very lucrative for government and the private operators. Illinois is now talking to several gaming giants about privatizing their lottery.
Maine is another state with serious budget problems and legislators are discussing the privatization of Maine’s state lottery. Maine Governor Baldacci has instructed all state agencies to explore more efficient and cost effective ways to provide services and this includes the state’s lottery. Maine has considered privatizing the lottery in the past but the idea was rejected but serious budget problems is making Maine take another look at privatizing the state’s lottery. Some lawmakers are concerned that while the sale of the lottery may bring a huge onetime payment the state would lose money in the long run. Another concern is that a private lottery operator may decide to change agreements with lottery retailers. Currently the Maine lottery pays more than $16 million dollars annually to lottery retailers providing much needed income for small businesses. Maine Representative Linda Valentino, D-Saco stated, “The lottery is huge for helping small businesses stay in business. I would rather be spreading this money out to small businesses than giving it all to some company that is running the lottery.”
Federal regulations also complicate plans for lottery privatization. Under federal law state lotteries must have government employees in charge of day to day lottery operations. Maine Lottery Director Dan Gwadosky stated, “Many states have looked to find ways to further privatize their operations, but they all have run up against the Justice Department rulings. But they are still looking, and we are still looking.” Some lottery experts believe that if the political climate in Washington shifts after the 2010 elections it could open the door for lottery privatization.