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Planning a Spring Trip to Las Vegas

Want to beat the desert heat of the Las Vegas desert? Want a great deal on your room at your favorite casino or great offers at an online casino? For this, you have 카지노 사이 가입 쿠폰that is one of the best casino service full of lucrative offers and deals. 

With the recession in full swing this Spring, empty Las Vegas casinos and hotels are offering incredible deals and discounts to get you to visit Sin City. My favorite website for hotel deals in Vegas is www.bestofvegas.com. I was able to find a room for $55 a night right on the strip. 

When I stay in Las Vegas in the Spring, I enjoy walking the Strip and enjoying the nightlife in the casinos. I would suggest finding a hotel near the middle of the Strip so every casino is within reasonable walking distance. Avoid staying in hotels near the end of the Strip if you enjoy walking. However, hotels not on the Strip offer steeper discounts and better deals. Most hotels far away from the strip offer a courtesy shuttle to the strip. To take advantage of certain travel deals, book your stay in multiple hotels. Hotels in Las Vegas are so close together, it is usually not a hassle to move hotels during the middle of the week. I’ve saved over $300 in one week by staying at two different hotels. For a map of the hotel, locations visit www.maps.google.com to find where your hotel is in relation to others. I find it useful to print a map out before I go so I always know where I am on the Strip.

If you are a Las Vegas veteran, and you have seen all the shows and exhibits in Las Vegas, do what the locals do for fun. Vegas is full of interesting events and attractions. With tourism rates down for Las Vegas, city officials are planning new and exciting events to attract locals back to the strip. I always visit www.reviewjournal.com before visiting Las Vegas. The locals visit this site to see what is happening in the neighborhood. I might be going to Las Vegas sooner than I thought, an Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC for short, the event is happening soon. I can’t wait to go!

Spring of 2009 may be the opportunity of a lifetime to stay in the nicest casinos at rock bottom prices. Make sure you spend time planning your trip so you will make the most of your time while you are there. If you are not a casino fan, The Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, the Las Vegas Desert offer recreational activities galore. Remember to go in the Spring though, Las Vegas temperatures can easily reach 115 degrees in the Summer. Bring your camera, and get your bags packed.

Casino Royale (007) – Bond, Better Than Ever

Becoming Bond is no small feat. 32 years after the initial installment, the character has had too few necessary and worthwhile improvements. Sure, his gadgets have gotten better, his babes have gotten hotter, but, in the grand scheme of things, his stories have simply gotten worse. From the start, Sean Connery epitomized the kind of rugged, icy, ruthlessness we all wanted in our super-spy. Connery was, the hairy Bond, as good with the ladies as he was with the garrote. Then came George Lazenby – or the film geek’s favorite. Lazenby was as trite as this movie’s premise and was quickly forgotten.

Next came the clown, or Roger Moore. Nothing against Moore, he was a fine Bond and starred in some of the best in the series, but he always came off as a little silly and buffoonish. After him came Timothy Dalton, better known as the mistake. Although, it is noteworthy, when talking about our current installment, that Dalton’s plots were set very much within the context of, “the real world.” Sadly, Dalton was just not capable of pulling off the many aspects of Bond. Finally, there was Pierce Brosnan, the most sophisticated of all the Bonds. His performances typically stole the show, and up to this point, Brosnan was the superior of all his predecessors and the closest equivalent to Connery. Unfortunately, his films soon became overwhelmed with ridiculous gadgetry, over-the-top villains and double entendres that would make Joel Schumacher blush. Eventually, with everything overloading the franchise, the roof, inevitably, caved in.

With Casino Royale, all of the above hindrances, have become things of the past and the oftentimes woeful inclusion of them, is now a breath of exclusionary fresh air. Recasting the role with Daniel Craig, (Layer Cake) as the first blonde (is that important?) Bond, brilliantly and subtly, forecasts the changes in store for fans and non-fans alike. This time around, 007 is the new kid on the block, M isn’t too sure of him, Money Penny and Q are nowhere to be seen and thankfully, he’s more of a sourpuss than a cheeky sex-machine. Finally, it feels like Bond is no longer written by 14-year-olds competing with Austin Powers. Here, director Martin Campbell, returning to Bond after having done Brosnan’s inaugural run with Goldeneye answers the task of recreating Bond, without redesigning the character.

Here, he is a roguish brute whose confidence in himself has everyone else filling up with doubt. Craig’s performance is nothing short of legendary. He is everything from a homage to Connery to literary perfection found on celluloid. His resemblance to Ian Fleming’s vision is spot on and, it seems, that was no mistake. In one of the many thrilling and action-packed scenes in the film, Craig’s Bond, while pursuing a mercenary bomber through a construction site, simply barrels through a wall instead of going up or around. To paraphrase the villain, Le Chiffre, (Mads Mikkelsen) James Bond, takes very good care of his body. This time around, Bond is a real man. He not only bleeds when hit, but he is conflicted. Conflicted about his past, his present and his future. He feels, he loves and he cares. He is capable of sitting in the shower with a shell-shocked Vesper Lynn and truly attempting to comfort her. That, is the Bond people have been waiting to see; a Bond, we should all aspire to be.

Taking the plot directly from the novel by the same name, was the perfect way to reboot the character. No need to re-imagine him, no need to revamp him. Bond simply needs to be returned to the world…uh, well, Bond! In Casino Royale, the main action takes place at the poker table, where the stakes are the funding of international terrorists. Simple enough, which is really what this movie is all about. Simple enough and easy does it. This time around, Bond is outfitted with his cunning, his wit and the sultry Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). Written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who each have previous Bond credits, which both help and hinders the credibility of the film’s screenplay; as well as, Paul Haggis, writer of the atrocious Academy Award-winning Crash. Despite the potentially disastrous effects of these negative wordsmiths, the screenplay is not only capable, but it fills the characters with a delightfully complex reality that renews and reinvigorates the franchise. All this made casinos quite popular among Bond fans, and there were tons of players that were looking for online casinos. This is where daytoto.com comes to the rescue, you get a credible online casino experience that you can enjoy and learn more about different card games and get a bond like experience online.

Action-packed, thrilling and intelligent. Casino Royale, not only ushers in a new and powerful era of Bond but also gives the holiday season one of its best films in years. Despite the 144 min. runtime, the film delivers what is, quite possibly, the most complete and compelling Bond story, ever. Craig is Bond. Casino Royale is the definitive film in the series and Bond has simply never been better.

Top 5 WSOP No Limit Texas Hold’em Final Tables

Making your way through the World Series of Poker No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament is no easy task. You have to out last hundreds, if not thousands to gain a seat at the Final Table. Once there, you need to play against the world’s best players in order to win the prize.
With 40 years of history behind it, the World Series of Poker No Limit Texas Hold’em Final Table has seen some of the best players of all time. Out of all of those games, which ones would have been the hardest to win?

  • Amarillo Slim Wins in 1972

Players: Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, Walter “Puggy” Pearson, Doyle Brunson, Crandall Addington, Jack Straus, Johnny Moss, Roger Van Ausdall, Jimmy Casella

The first ever World Series of Poker was held in 1971. The main event had only six contestants (far from the thousands of the past few years) and had only a $5,000 buy-in.

The game expanded in 1972 with a slightly altered format. Eight players now competed on a $5,000 buy-in (which was matched by Benny Binion for a total of $10,000 per player).

What gets this tournament onto the list of top Final Tables of all time was the cast of characters taking part. Five of the players went on to win the WSOP No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament at some point, and six of them were inducted into the poker hall of fame. This Final Table makes the list based on pedigree, because only the best of the best could even gain a seat at this table.

  • Juan Carlos Mortensen Makes Dewey Tomko a 2-time runner-up in 2001

Players: Juan Carlos Mortensen, Dewey Tomko, Stan Schrier, Phil Gordon, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Henry Nowakowski, Steve Riehle, John Inashima

As the World Series of Poker has expanded, gaining an elusive seat at the Final Table of the No Limit Texas Hold’Em tournament has gotten harder and harder. The 2001 tournament is a perfect example of the amount of skill the game takes, as Dewey Tomko and Phil Hellmuth both made their second trips to the Final Table.

Only one tournament since has had two returning players compete at the Final Table, but the skill on display pales in comparion to Tomko and Hellmuth, who both hold places in the Poker Hall of Fame. If that wasn’t enough, both Tomko and Hellmuth ended up losing the tournament to Juan Carlos Mortensen. Even with great skill and pedigree, this table was not going to be easy to win for anyone.

  • Bill Smith Drinks His Way to Victory in 1985

Players: Bill Smith, T. J. Cloutier, Berry Johnston, Scott Mayfield, Hamid Dastmalchi, Jesse Alto

Like the 1972 tournament, the 1985 World Series of Poker Main Event saw the who’s who of the poker world compete for the title of World Champion. The 1985 is more notable for the fact that 140 players competed at the tournament, and the six men left standing were almost all legends of the sport.

According to T. J. Cloutier, 1985 tournament winner Bill Smith needed to have a healthy dose of alcohol in his system to play well. With so many big name players, winning would not be easy, but Bill Smith seems to have hit that drunken sweet spot in order to take home the prize.

  • Phil Hellmuth Prevents a Three-Peat in 1989

Players: Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Don Zewin, Steve Lott, Lyle Berman, Noel Furlong

Most of the tournaments on this list are here because of an impressive laundry list of players. This one is a little different.

Coming off of two consecutive WSOP No Limit Texas Hold’em championships in 1987 and 1988, Johnny Chan looked like he could be the first player to ever win three tournaments in a row when he reached the Final Table. No other players still playing had reached that level before.

When it came down to only two men left (those being Johnny Chan and the 24-year-old Phil Hellmuth) the odds seemed to favor Chan. In a shocking upset Phil Hellmuth managed to eliminate Johnny Chan from the tournament, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the World Series of Poker.

  • A Chip and a Chair

Players: Jack Straus, Dewey Tomko, Berry Johnston, Doyle Brunson, A. J. Myers, Dody Roach

Like most of the early World Series of Poker tournaments, the 1982 edition saw mostly poker legends reach the Final Table for a contest of unparalleled skill. The 1982 tournament was the best Final Table of all time for only one man, though: Jack Straus.

Jack Straus was already a notable name in the poker world long before this tournament, having previously reached the 1972 WSOP No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Final Table. For the 1982 tournament, however, Straus was there on pure luck after being left with only a single chip (accidentally, it would seem).

Against all odds, Jack Straus fought back and eventually defeated Dewey Tomko in heads up play to take home the championship. That miraculous comeback gave rise to the poker wisdom that if you have “a chip and a chair” then you have a chance to win.

The First Time Gambler

I did not grow up around gambling, nor did I really know what gambling was all about until I married my husband.

He had been to a few casinos, exposed to this type of fun.

Our first outing to a casino was mind boggling, as there were so many machines to pick from.

He so generously gave me a twenty, instructing me to make it last.

“Really… I am not going to blow this entire twenty in one sitting. I am much thriftier than that!” I exclaimed.

Feeling confident, I sat down at the Texas Tea machine as I was from Texas so I felt a common bond with this machine.

I slipped my twenty in the slot and watched the machine light up like a Christmas tree.

I looked at the numbers and did not know what I was to do but I did not want to seem like a green horn.

I then decided I would bet the highest number and the most lines I could get.

Surely…this would mean I would win some money.

Within five pulls of the one arm bandit, suddenly the machine told me I was out of money.

Surely this could not be!

I was playing on a penny machine for goodness sakes.

Do you have any idea how many pennies are in a twenty-dollar bill?

Just about that time my husband did a walk by…

“So…how’s it going?” he asked with a smirk on his face.

I do think he had been spying on me and watching me from a far.

“Well, it appears as if this machine is broken. It has taken my whole twenty dollar bill,” I exclaimed, feeling a bit irritated.

My husband reached into his pocket, handing me another twenty.

“Here honey, give it another try,” he said sweetly.

Placing the twenty in my purse, I knew I did not want him watching me so I told him I was going to find a better machine.

We departed ways until I came upon another penny machine.

This time, I watched a woman play for at least twenty minutes on the same machine.

How talented she was I thought.

It appeared as if this machine worked so much better than the Texas Tea machine that had gobbled up my twenty in a matter of seconds.

She looked at me and smiled, “Uh honey…I am going to be on this one for a while, no need to covet this one.”

I felt so silly, as I was not coveting! How dare her say I was coveting her machine! I only wanted to learn her ways.

This gambling was becoming increasingly irritating and I was not finding any enjoyment at all.

I finally sat at the Flying Pigs penny machine and decided to give it my whole twenty. I did not care if I won or lost at this point, I was going to play this game with all my heart.

Throwing caution to the wind, I placed my twenty in the slot and played max bet.

The lights lit up and the pigs started dancing off the machine. People gathered around me, as I had won the big one!

I made my way over to my husband who had once more reached into his pocket…

“So how’s it going?” He asked.

With a sad face, I told him I was not good at this gambling stuff and it would only be when pigs fly that I will ever see one cent.

Feeling sorry for me, he handed me another twenty.

I happily placed the twenty in my purse and made my way to the Flying Pig machine.

Surely…I will see Pigs Fly once more!

The Arkansas Blonde – a Poker Story

I was playing Texas Hold ‘Em from seat #8. The table was full. At the opposite end of the table in seat #3 was a slender, attractive blonde lady. Next to her in seat #2 was a robust good looking middle-aged man and to his right in seat #1 was a crusty looking, sort of timid old black man with a cane that peered carefully at his cards before he reacted or bet. On her left side in seat #4 was a gray bearded fellow that played rather flamboyantly.

“Did you know” she asked, “that Bill Clinton was from Arkansas?”

Gray beard responded. “Yep. And, so am I.”

“Really. That’s where I’m from.” She sort of gushed. “Did you know they used to have signs up when you came into the state that proclaimed it to be ‘The Birthplace of Bill Clinton’ and that they took the signs down when he got into that mess?”

The old black man responded. “I read that. I’m from Arkansas, too, and that really made me unhappy. We elected him, warts and all, and even if he got into trouble, he is still ours.”

“I’m beginning to feel outnumbered” said the robust guy. “All these Arkansas people around me.”

The blonde sort of ignored him. “Well,” she said. “I’m glad Romney’s running. He’s going to win in a landslide and then maybe the country can get back on track. Can I get another drink?”

“What are you drinking?” the gray beard asked.

She smiled. “It’s called a ‘Leg Spreader’.”

There was a silence at the table. Finally, the robust player reacted. “What’s it got in it?” he asked.

“I don’t know. It just tastes good.”

“You ought to have a couple more of them, then,” he told her. “Do they work?”

“Ha! Ha! Ha!,” she said and turned to the gray beard. “Where bout’s in Arkansas you from?”

“A little town just west of Little Rock. What makes you think Romney’s going to win so easy?”

“He’s the best man. He’s got all that money and he’s spendin’ it like crazy. That’ll get him elected. But, mainly, he’s the best man.”

The game went on for a few minutes. The cocktail waitress brought some drinks. The blonde had something pink to drink. “What do you do over there?” she asked gray beard.

“Nothing much anymore,” he answered. “Sometimes I help out the sheriff if he gets a lot of notices and stuff to serve.”

“Are you a deputy?” she asked.

“Not really,” he responded. “Just help out sometimes.”

“Do you carry a gun, and everything?”

“Oh, yeah. I’ve got a weapons permit and can carry it most everywhere.”

Robust man spoke up. “In Nebraska, you couldn’t wear it into a courthouse or any other government buildings.”

“Same way in Arkansas,” he said. He pulled out his wallet and dug through it. “Here’s the permit to own it and here’s the one to carry it concealed.”

The dealer spoke up. “You can’t carry one into the casinos here, either.”

“Right,” said graybeard.

The blonde stirred her drink and then sipped at it. “Somebody ought to use one on some of these politicians.”

“That’d be pretty harsh,” said the robust man.

The old black man stirred. He looked at his cards and then looked at the middle of the table. “I gave Obama $40,000,” he said.

Silence again descended on the table. Suddenly the blonde blurted out “YOU DID WHAT?”

He repeated himself. “I gave Obama $40,000”.

“What in the world did you do that for? Do you mean you just gave him that much money? Why would a person do that?”

“I figured he could use it in the campaign,” said the old man.

The blonde was seething by this time. “You sure you don’t have that gun on you?” she asked gray beard. She drained her drink. She didn’t have a lot of chips left but she grabbed up what she had and stomped off.

“That’s too bad,” said the robust man. “I kind of liked sittin’ next to her.”

Texas Holdem; Why the Bullies Rarely Win in the Tournament Games

In contrast to everything else you can find on-line about TheTexas Holdem tournaments, there seems to be one category rarely mentioned, yet seen in almost every game. It’s a player who decides to “bully” the tournament. You know, the guy who starts raising every hand?

A “Bully” is basically a poker player who places large bets or raises constantly in an effort to either run as many eligible players out of a hand, or go “head’s up” with another opponent, trying to increase his odds of winning. Going “head’s up” is another term meaning that an opponent is playing only one other player. This term is mainly used when a player goes all-in and is called by another player. A bully will play every hand with the intention of over betting, scaring the other player out of continuing to play. Sounds like a sure-fire plan. Here’s where this game play usually back fires and why bullies rarely win. A bully is often noticed early in a tournament, making outrageous raises on small blinds, (bets) resulting in almost everyone folding their hands.

Once the table of players get the notion that there is a bully playing on their table, (and it doesn’t take long to catch this type of playing), evry player on that table will set the bully up and the bully will get called on a bad hand he just bet on. For more experienced players, there will also be more than one who will call out a bully, making the odds of his hand winning, greatly improvised.

In the great world of playing tournaments for Texas Holdem, there is a saying. “Respect a bet”. Not only does a bully disregard this important lesson, but this is where the other players start disrespecting his bet, often running the bully out of the game.

The attitude around the table once a bully starts, changes immediately, and the other players will go on the defense, not only calling out on his bets and raises, but also reraising. His chances of winning the tournament greatly reduces and some of the other players will play hands they generally won’t play. The other players will also take a greater risk at bluffing a bully also, trying reverse psychology.

On a personal note

On a personal note, I have played hundreds of tournaments, if not thousands, and only seen a bully win twice. These were also small tournaments, where the pay-out was less than $100.00 and the bully usually ended up going out first during the next tournament. This is not to say that this technique doesn’t work, It just doesn’t justify itself into winning. It’s basically the worse technique to use and rarest way to actually win.

As the old saying goes; Slow and steady wins the race”.

Television Poker Stars Raise The Status Of Card Players

I am not a good poker player but I am addicted to watching the World Series of Poker, High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. I look forward to the antics as well as the serious, intelligent tactics employed by card players who have become television idols over the past decade.

I have to say that Daniel Negreanu is my favorite player. “Kid Poker” is always happy when he is playing and likes to joke around. He is not afraid to stay in the game when he is dealt a 5-2 off suit. He has an uncanny ability to discern which cards another player holds. He can often be seen eating his favorite Bok Choy at the table. Daniel has won four World Series Of Poker bracelets and has been able to make a comfortable living playing poker. He was named Player of the Year in 2004. Daniel is originally from Toronto, Ontario and is married to an Asian girl. They live in Las Vegas where Daniel has taken up golf and is as enthusiastic about his golf game as he is about his poker playing. Daniel is fun to watch and a great favorite of many poker fans.

Jennifer Harman is highly respected in the poker world and is the only woman to hold two World Series of Poker bracelets. Jennifer has suffered from kidney disease for many years and has had two kidney transplants, the last one being in 2004. Since that time, she has been healthy and without further incidents. Jennifer is married to Marco Traniello, who is a professional poker player as well. They have twin boys. She and Daniel Negreanu are very close friends even though they compete against each other in high stakes games. Some players may judge that Jennifer is an inferior player just because she is a woman, but her winning record proves them wrong.

I like Phil Ivey because he is the player with the proverbial poker face. You never know what Phil is thinking. He is an extremely aggressive player and he instills fear in the other players at his table. He is highly focused on the game when he plays. He likes to play the cash games but is also very successful in the tournaments. He has at least seven World Series of Poker bracelets and his poker winnings have exceeded 13 million dollars. Phil resides in Las Vegas with his wife, Luciaetta. Phil is very well liked by other players who respect his ability and his quiet, likeable personality. I like watching Phil make the right decision after reflecting on whether to stay or to fold. He is an intelligent player.

I include Phil Helmuth in this group because it is so much fun to watch him lose. He is the player we love to hate. He is insulting to the other players, brags about his accomplishments, whines when he loses and is generally the “Poker Brat” that he has been dubbed. He is unkind to lesser known players but is somewhat inhibited by star players. He will seldom compliment another player. He is married to a psychiatrist who, people say, probably gets a lot of practice analyzing her husband. Having said that, Phil has earned eleven bracelets, more than any other player. He won his first Texas Hold ‘Em Championship when he was 24 years old, the youngest player ever to win up to that time.

Mike “The Mouth” Matusow is another player who is fun to watch. It is not possible for me to dislike Mike. He takes a great deal of ribbing from other players but can give it back as well. He is accused of being self-destructive, not very bright, and of having meltdowns and causing disturbances although a lot of this behavior is not captured on television. Although he seems to be his own worst enemy, he has managed to win three World Series of Poker bracelets and is a favorite of poker fans, including myself.

Annie Duke manages to have a prosperous career in poker while caring for her four children which is an accomplishment in itself. Her brother Howard Lederer is also a successful poker player and taught Annie how to play. Annie won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004. She also won the first prize of two million dollars at the ESPN World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions Invitational in 2004. Annie tutored actor Ben Affleck in poker, after which he won a $365,000 first prize at the California State Poker Championship tournament at the Commerce Casino. Even Phil Helmuth was heard to say that Annie is the best female poker player in the world today. High praise! You may be familiar with Annie through her appearance on the 2009 edition of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice where she came in second to winner Joan Rivers.

Barry Greenstein has earned the nickname of “the Robin Hood of Poker” because for a long time he donated his entire poker winnngs to the charity “Children, Incorporated.” His total winnings have exceeded seven million dollars. I have seen Barry chiefly on High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, but he also enters the buy-in tournament games. He holds three World Series of Poker bracelets. Barry has a Ph.D. in Mathematics which he recently completed by defending his dissertation. Barry retired at the age of 36 from developing software for Symantec’s Norton Anti-Virus Program. He is now a full-time professional poker player. His first break in poker came in 2003 when he won one million dollars for finishing first in Larry Flynt’s 7 Card Stud Event at the Hustler Casino. Barry has published a book on poker entitled “Ace on the River” which he autographs and gives to any opponent who knocks him out of a poker game. I admire Barry’s intelligence, his philanthropy and his demeanor at the poker table.

I never cease to be entertained by watching the players following a course which undoubtedly has held them up to ridicule from the conservative sector of humanity. They have managed to give Poker a good name instead of the derisive scorn attached to the game at a time when it was illegal and subject to back-room raids by the police. I applaud them for their efforts.

How To Find A Discount Wii Fit & Lose Weight With It

The Wii Fit Balance Board is one of the most popular items in the video game world to date. There is so much potential with the Wii Fit and can be used to your advantage. The Wii Fit has just hit the shelves and it is quickly one of the hottest items on the market. It is also one of the hardest items to get this year. Wii Fit is the by far the big ticket item of the year. The Wii Fit Balance Board is by far one of the hardest items to find this season. It is almost impossible to find one in stock right now. In this article I will give you information on how you can get an Wii Fit Balance Board and how you can lose weight with your new Wii Fit. Below are the tips that will guide you with the process, you should even try https://qqturbo.bet so that you can learn even more about Wii.

How To Find A Wii Fit

In order to play the Wii Fit, you will to purchase a Nintendo Wii. It’s hard to say right now which place actually has Wii Fit in stock. Try to go to places like Walmart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Gamestop, or any other stores that sell Wii games and Wii consoles. If you go to WiiTracker.com you can find a location that carries Wii Fit in an area near you. On the site it has all the stores with Wii Fit in stock marked in green. Look through the page carefully to ensure which place has Wii Fit in stock.

This site is the best source when searching for a Wii Fit in stock, since it is so difficult to obtain right now. Although sometimes the site will show Wii Fit in stock at a certain store, but when you go to store to buy the Wii Fit it will be sold out. This happens because the Wii Fit is such a hot item on the market right now and sells out very quickly.

Make a list of all the stores with Wii Fit in stock that you get from the WiiTracker web site. Make a list of about 3 or 4 stores in your area that are currently carrying Wii Fit. If you want to make sure the store actually has them in stock, then call them ahead of time before you go out. This will let you make sure that the Wii Fit is actually in stock and not already sold out before the web site could be refreshed.

There are many places on the Internet that are now carriers of Wii Fit. When buying a Wii Fit online you should buy it from a reputable company. There are a ton of different web sites to choose from online. You shouldn’t have much problem finding a Wii Fit in stock on the Internet. Just search for Wii Fit on Google to find all the carriers of the Wii Fit. Try sites like EBay and Amazon to find a good price on the Wii Fit.

How To Exercise With Your Wii Fit

Using the Wii Fit Balance Board for exercise is an easy and exciting way to shed a few extra pounds before this summer. The Wii Fit includes yoga to increase the user’s core strength. Also comes along with aerobics to effectively burn fat in an exciting way and a good way to build firm, lean muscle mass. The Wii Fit also includes balance games that obviously helps you with your balance and it assists other core muscles in your body.

When you start playing the Wii Fit you will need to set up your character, which needs to include your height and weight. Once you enter the information with your height and weight, then the Wii Fit will automatically do the rest. There is a weight loss system on the Wii Fit that will give you daily goals and how much exercise you should do that day. Over time it will also inform the player of the weight loss progress that is being made. Although you will need to put effort into your exercise because the Wii Fit won’t lose the weight for you. You as the player need to apply yourself with hard effort in order to see results from the exercise. It’s just like any other exercise or workout. You need to give a lot of good effort to see a change in your physique. The Wii Fit will let you manually set your target weight loss goal and give you an estimated time that you should have lost the weight. This new exciting way to exercise is becoming increasingly popular and is attracting to all age groups.

In order to lose a lot of weight you should try your hardest at aerobics. My mother in law has started a target weight loss plan using the Wii Fit and has lost 10 pounds already. The exercising games for the Wii Fit are high energy and fun to keep the routines from getting old or boring. The aerobics game requires the player to run or jog in place and step aerobics. It also has a hula hoop feature designed to help you lose weight, along with many other exercise techniques in aerobics for the Wii Fit. Losing weight while playing a Wii Fit is a new, exciting way to shed some calories. You can do this rather than buying a gym membership or some exercise equipment from an infomercial. The Wii Fit is a fun and interactive way to lose weight while smiling and having a ton of fun.

Some New Variations on Home Poker Game Favorites

With the popularity of poker still growing, I know many people have organized a group of friends for a regular poker game at home. Your game might be weekly, monthly, or less frequent; but I’m sure you run into the same problem myself and my friends have run into. You find that certain variations become the “favorite” of your group of friends. That’s great, but then eventually the complaints start coming that there isn’t enough variety in the games that the dealer calls when he is dealing a hand. Well, at our game last night my friends and I decided to try a few new variations of the games we usually play. Some were successes, and some were just so-so.

The new variation we played the most was a variation of no-peek baseball. We decided to add a little twist with the seven card. If a seven came up the person with that card had the option to change one of the wild cards that were currently in play. You will need to set a cost to do it though, we chose two times the cost of the wild cards. If a player chooses to change the wild card they pay the fee to the pot, and then they declare the wildcard they are changing and then flip over the top card from a separate deck of cards. This cancelled any wild cards players had of the previous card and now this new card replaced that wild card. The interesting thing is, someone that had all their cards played but had not folded could have their hand become much better or much worse even as the game progressed even if they had no cards remaining to flip. This version kept people in the game longer, sometimes calling bets even though they had second best hand with no cards remaining to flip. As I mentioned this game was played the most by our friends, and everyone enjoyed the game.

Our group has never been big fans of five card draw. Last night though we played “spit”. I’m sure many of you have been playing this all along but for those that haven’t it’s a decent variation of the bland five card draw game. Each player receives four cards in their hand and there is one community card. This card serves as a wild card for everyone, and any matching cards in your hand are also wild. As with five card draw you bet, get one chance to draw, bet again and compare hands for a winner. We felt this was a game we won’t play a lot, but it will be played more often than five card draw as the community wild card made it a little more interesting.

The game we play the most, and probably overplay is follow the queen. We do usually have a few options to spice it up such as high and low chicago, but still it was becoming the game dealers called about 70% of the time. We tried two different versions to change things up in our last poker night. The first was “killer kings”. In that version if a king was dealt face up in cancelled all the wild cards and made kings the only wild card. Then, if a queen was dealt face up at some point after that the game went back to traditional follow the queen. Of course if another king was dealt face up again, once again the king became the only wild card game. This added some intrigue to the game with a chance of wild cards changing significantly. Our group enjoyed this game, it wasn’t called a lot, but we all agreed it would be dealt more often at future poker nights. The other variation of follow the queen we played is sometimes referred to as “two-thirds” or “two out of three”. To win a hand you must have at least two of the following three: best poker hand, high chicago (high spade in the hole) or low chicago (low spade in the hole). If nobody had two of these three, then the hand was redealt. Here was the kicker though, if you folded you were out of the hand for the redeal. We found this game typically had a winner once you were down to three players, and the pot did grow to decent sizes in some of the games depending on how many people folded and how quickly. This was one we agreed was a good game, but only when everyone had a decent amount of chips, if one player was low on chips we agreed not to call this game.

The final variation of poker we played was a variation on Omaha Hi. Instead of each player getting four cards they each got five and discarded one immediately. To play this game you must have at least five players, because the discarded cards are what are shuffled and used as the communal cards (flop, river, and turn), so odds favor most players knowing what one of the communal cards will be. The rest of the game is played exactly like standard Omaha Hi. You can also play this as Omaha Hi-Low if you wish.

I hope that you will find a few of these poker variations interesting enough to give a try at your next poker night with your friends.

Sedgwick County, Kansas, Voters Said NO to a Destination Casino

On Tuesday, August 7, Sedgewick County voters chose to not allow a casino to be built in this county in Kansas. Since this was a two part vote on casinos and slot machines in Sedgwick County, the second part of the voting disallowed slot machines in the Wichita Greyhound Park.

Since both parts of the casino issue were voted down by the residents in this county in Kansas, the Wichita Greyhound Park will be closing its doors in 90 days due to lack of interest from the citizens of the area. The Wichita Greyhound Park will be the fourth business to close its doors in the area.

The Wichita Wranglers have also pulled out of the Wichita area. The Wichita area also has felt the loss of their Soccer team as well. Yet the county voters want to build a new arena in downtown Wichita rather than update the Kansas Coliseum which can provide the same aspects a new arena can.

While the vote on Tuesday created another loss and downfall for new jobs in the area, the Sumner County residents, located just south of Sedgwick county, are still in the running for a destination casino in the area. The casino could come to life in the southwest area off of the turnpike, also known as I-35.

After Sedgwick county had voted down the casino in their area, Sumner county did have two more groups bid for a casino in that county bring the total of casino bids to six for the area. It was almost two years ago when Sumner County residents voted for a destination casino. But, due to the residents and county commissioners feeling it was unfair for a casino to be added to another county, they decided to put it to a vote.

While Sedgewick County wants to revitalize the Wichita area for further tourism in this area of the state of Kansas, they are losing out on a casino and the pro bowlers tour in the area due to the pro bowlers pulling out the last go round due to lack of other interests in the area for the players and fans.

While revitalizing Wichita, Kansas, is a great idea for tourism, the direction being taken is underutilized. Unkept ball parks, non-aid to the sites already in place is putting a damper on the sites around the county and city for tourism.

With sites like Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita Botanica Garden, Wichita Art Museum, Exploration Place, and the Mid-American All-Indian Center being centrally located within two to three miles of each other, the tourists sites do not draw large enough crowds due to under advertisement for tourists.

This does not include the plans for a river walk in the area of these tourists attractions along the river, yet the building of the casino in the Sedgwick County area near Wichita could have help in the tourist attractions and their crowd numbers.

The fears of what a casino could do to an area brought out the droves who thought that legalized gaming in the area would create more harm than good. People will gamble one way or another whether there is a casino in Wichita, Kansas, or not. The one question does remain for those in Sedgwick County, why loose money spent on casinos to another state due to the lack of understanding what really can happen with it?

Herbert Berta

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Herbert Berta loves to play card games be it poker, blackjack or any other game. He also loves to ride his Harley which is his favorite past time after poker.

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