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		<title>Deuces Wild Video Poker</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video poker is very popular and is growing in popularity all the time. Deuces wild video poker is among the more popular variations as it really is exciting and can provide hours of game play! It is an exciting, fast paced game that is sure to get you hooked on video poker if you aren’t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="left" style="padding-right:8px" alt="deuces wild video poker Deuces Wild Video Poker" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/deuces-wild-video-poker.gif" title="Play Deuces Wild" class="alignnone" width="163" height="150" />Video poker is very popular and is growing in popularity all the time. Deuces wild video poker is among the more popular variations as it really is exciting and can provide hours of game play!  It is an exciting, fast paced game that is sure to get you hooked on video poker if you aren’t already.</p>
<p>If you want to succeed with deuces wild you need to remember that there are four deuces, also known as two’s, in the deck that can be substituted for any other card in any other suit of any rank.  This is much of what makes the game exciting because you never know when those deuces are going to come along and give you the fifth card to create a straight flush!  Because those two’s can be used for anything, when you are playing deuces wild you NEVER discard them.</p>
<p>Almost any online casino that has any video poker with their <a href="http://www.casinodownloadonline.net/" target="_blank">casino downloads</a> will have a deuces wild game to play. Why would they offer a video poker game that has four wild cards? Because you have to get at least a three of a kind to win on your bet. This is very hard to do unless you get a deuce in your hand.</p>
<h3>Playing Deuces Wild Online</h3>
<p>If you get lucky you can win a decent amount of money when you <a href="http://www.playdeuceswild.com/" target="_blank">play deuces wild online</a>.  A Royal flush without deuces will pay 4,000 or more coins when you have played a five coin maximum.  It will only pay 250 coins when you have played one to four coins.</p>
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<p>If you put together a hand of four deuces you will receive a payout of 200 coins per bet.  Wild royal flush is a royal flush that is created with one or more two’s.  This hand will pay 25 or 20 coins per coin that you bet.  A five of a kind is any five cards of the same value and has one or more two’s and will pay 16, 15, or 12 coins per coins bet.</p>
<p>When you create a straight flush you will receive 10, 9 or 8 coins per coin bet.  A four or a kind will pay four or five coins per coin bet.  A full hours will pay three or four coins per coin bet and a flush will pay three or two coins per coin bet.  A straight will pay two coins per coin bet and a three of a kind will pay one coin per coin bet.  The three of a kind hand is the lowest payout in <a href="http://www.deuceswildvideopoker.net/">deuces wild video poker</a>.  </p>
<p>Many people find that the game is a lot more difficult in terms of getting a good payout than other variants such as <a href="http://www.jacksorbettervideopoker.org/" target="_blank">Jacks or Better video poker</a>, but the difficulty level is really what adds to the excitement of the game for those who play!</p>
<p>Deuces wild is a really fun game to play.  If you are a bit hesitant you might want to take advantage of the many free games that are offered on the internet.  Free games will allow you to get used to how the game works, and what you will see in terms of pay outs.  Free games will build up your confidence so you can really enjoy your time when you start putting your hard earned money on the line.</p>
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		<title>Playing Craps Live and Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The game of Craps is one of the most intimidating casino games. Because of the intricacy of its rules, the multitude of available bets and the lingo used by the players and staff, new players find it difficult to approach in a live casino setting. Craps is one of the games that players have to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone" style="padding-right: 8px; border: 0px;" title="Craps Game Online" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/bodog-craps-game.jpg" alt="bodog craps game Playing Craps Live and Online" width="300" height="225" align="left" />The game of Craps is one of the most intimidating casino games.</p>
<p>Because of the intricacy of its rules, the multitude of available bets and the lingo used by the players and staff, new players find it difficult to approach in a live casino setting.</p>
<p>Craps is one of the games that players have to play in order to learn. Sure, one can read books and pick up all sorts of information online, but the truth is, in order to really get the hang of the craps action, one needs to play.</p>
<p>A solution to the problem would be to play <a href="http://www.onlinecrapsplayer.com/" target="_blank">craps online</a>. Online, there’s no pressure on the player. He will not hold up others and he will not piss off anyone with his lack of understanding of what goes on at the table.</p>
<p>The online casino software will also offer him valuable clues to what sort of bets he can make, and it simply won’t let him do anything that’s normally forbidden in the game.</p>
<h3>Online Craps vs Live Craps</h3>
<p>Live craps is infinitely more complicated than online craps. Craps is played at a specially created table, which features a special layout (remotely resembling that of a roulette table). Players are required to make their bets on this rather intricate felt, which frankly looks about as intelligible for the layman as an Egyptian pyramid painting.</p>
<p>The game is played with two dice. The dice are required to be replaced after about 8 hours of playing in most of the casinos. There’s a special etiquette in place regarding what the players can and cannot do around the table.</p>
<p>For instance, players cannot put their hands onto the table under any circumstances, they’re required to roll the dice using one hand, and the dice need to hit the opposite rim of the table for the roll to count.</p>
<p>The team serving each and every live craps table consists of four members: a stickman, a boxman and two dealers. Online craps players won’t have to deal with any of these aspects of the game.<br />
They won’t have to keep their hands visible at all times, they won’t have to roll the dice in a specific way. The dice cannot leave the table. In live craps, if the dice leave the table for whatever reason, they need to be inspected before they are allowed back into the game. In online craps there are no such problems involved.</p>
<h3>How to Play Craps</h3>
<p>Betting in Craps should come with it&#8217;s own set of instructions, because there are a lot of rules to learn and many places to bet on the table. I don&#8217;t have time to go through all of them, but I found a good site that has a <a href="http://www.howtoplayonlinecraps.com/" target="_blank">craps betting strategy</a>.</p>
<p>The first roll of every round is the &#8220;come out&#8221; roll. Here are some of the bets that you can make at the online craps table: the pass line, the &#8220;don’t pass line&#8221;, the Pass odds, the Come bet, the Don’t come, the Come bet odds, the Place, the Field, the big six, the big eight and various proposition bets.</p>
<p>Pretty much every online casino offers craps to its players. The problem is that most online casinos do not accept craps for bonus redemption. Obviously, if you’re looking to play online craps, you should pick an online casino which – in some form – accepts craps as a bonus redeeming game.</p>
<p>Make sure you read all the details about your online casino’s bonus before you sign up. The last thing you want to do is to sign up to play craps at an online casino which doesn’t reward you for the money you spend at the craps tables. As a matter of fact, you should also make sure you play in a casino which offers you a rakeback or <a href="http://www.pokerprops.com" target="_blank">poker prop</a> like loyalty reward. The sign-up bonus is great, but you do need something to keep you going, to keep you motivated, unless you want to get fed up with the whole thing and quit.</p>
<h3>Online Casinos that allow Craps with their Bonuses</h3>
<p>There aren&#8217;t too many casinos that allow you to play craps with a casino bonus. One of the only ones that I know of is <a href="http://ecasinogeek.com/bodog/" target="_blank">Bodog Casino</a>. This is because people used to cheat on the bonus by betting on Pass and Don&#8217;t Pass at the same time. They would make the wagering requirement without really having to bet.</p>
<p>Bodog offers a 10% bonus on your first deposit of any size. This bonus is one of the most fair that you will find online. The wagering requirements aren&#8217;t that high and there are almost no game restrictions.</p>
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		<title>Pros/Cons of Bonus Features in Slots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bonus Feature games are one of my favorites. They let you take a break in between your slot playing every once in a while to play a mini game of sorts if you hit the right combination. But there are some things to consider before you play, or even think about playing on one of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="padding-right: 8px" align="left" class="size-medium"  height="225px" width="300px" title="bonus-feature-slots" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/wheel-of-chance-bonus-round-screen-2.gif" alt="wheel of chance bonus round screen 2 Pros/Cons of Bonus Features in Slots" />Bonus Feature games are one of my favorites. They let you take a break in between your slot playing every once in a while to play a mini game of sorts if you hit the right combination. </p>
<p>But there are some things to consider before you play, or even think about playing on one of the Bonus Feature Slot Games.</p>
<p>I’m sure one of the first things you were thinking about has been are the payouts different between the Bonus Feature Slot Games, and the regular Slot Machines. The con of having that extra game in which you can play to win free credits come with a lower pay out rate during the actual game. So there is a lower payout when you aren’t playing the extra free mini games, but you can make that up in the little Bonus Feature games that you can play if you hit the right combination. </p>
<p>This is both a pro and a con. The pro is that if you can hit the combination feature you can easily make up the fact that you aren’t making as much during the regular slot game. The con of this fact would be that you don’t make such a high pay out when you are playing the slot game, without the features. So if you don’t hit the right combination to get the feature then you wouldn’t make as much of a profit, if any.</p>
<p>By now you are probably wondering if there are any betting requirements that you have too to achieve the Bonus Feature games of this slot machine. The answer to that is that it depends on the game that you are playing. Most of the video slots that I have ever seen have a paytable button that will describe the rules on getting awarded the bonus game. Be sure you know what this is as this can be awarded in many different ways.</p>
<p><img style="padding-right: 8px" align="left" class="size-medium"  height="225px" width="300px" title="bonus-feature-slots" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/wheel-of-chance-bonus-round-won.gif" alt="wheel of chance bonus round won Pros/Cons of Bonus Features in Slots" />Some bonus features are achieved by getting three bonus icons on the screen at the same time. Some games need you to get these bonus icons on a payline in order to be won. Still others only have two bonus icons and they will only appear on certain reels on the slot machine.</p>
<p>If you are an alert and observant and alert player then you can save yourself the disappointment of playing a bad game. A good way of figuring this out would be to look at the pay tables to see whether or not you need to play a certain way in order to qualify for the Bonus Feature game, or if you have to hit a certain combination to qualify for the Bonus Feature Game. </p>
<p>Now there is the big question that is sure to be on everybody’s mind and that question is it worth the effort playing? The whole point of a Bonus Feature game if for the player’s entertainment, and you certainly get that with the bonus games. You can win extra credits through playing the Bonus Feature Games so if you aren’t winning as much during the regular game then you can make up for that by playing the Bonus Feature Game. </p>
<p>But overall, the main purpose of the Bonus Feature Game is to keep you the player happy and entertained while you are playing the slot machine, which you certainly are. In my opinion I would easily pick the Bonus Feature Game over practically any other slot machine if I had the choice. All that you really should remember is that the bonus feature in any video slot machine is there to reward players with a big payout. The reason that they can do this and still offer non-bonus round games is by making games with these feature pay out on lines less overall.</p>
<p>So now you know a little bit more about the Bonus Feature Games, and it is up to you to see if it is worth the time playing, and I hope that it is for you as well as it was for me. If you are interested in playing some video slot games with a bonus feature, but don&#8217;t want to play with real money yet, you should check out the free slot games at <a href="http://www.free-online-slots.org/video-slots/play-5-reel-video-slot-free.php" target="_blank">free online slots</a>. Also, if you would like to try playing video slots for real but don&#8217;t have much to any money to play with, take a look at <a href="http://freeusslottournaments.com/" target="_blank">free slot machine tournaments</a>. This site is updated monthly with all of the free slot tournaments for players in the US taking place that month.</p>
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		<title>100% Bonus up to £100 at Littlewoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Littlewoods Casino is part of Littlewoods Gaming, which is one of the UK&#8217;s most established and reputable gaming companies. Their online casino was created in 2002 and currently uses Cryptologic software. Cryptologic has a multitude of games to play, including the Marvel comics series of video slot machines that I had mentioned in my previous [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Littlewoods Casino is part of Littlewoods Gaming, which is one of the UK&#8217;s most established and reputable gaming companies. Their <a href="http://www.littlewoodscasino.com/" target="_blank">online casino</a> was created in 2002 and currently uses Cryptologic software. Cryptologic has a multitude of games to play, including the Marvel comics series of video slot machines that I had mentioned in my previous post.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-246" title="littlewoods-casino" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/littlewoods-casino.gif" alt="littlewoods casino 100% Bonus up to £100 at Littlewoods" width="475" height="350" /></p>
<h3>Littlewoods Welcome Bonus</h3>
<p>Currently, Littlewoods is offering a 100% bonus that is up to £100 on your first deposit at the casino. Here is how it works:</p>
<p>Deposit up to £100 and Littlewoods will match that deposit. 50% of this bonus will be given to you instantly as soon as you make your first deposit.</p>
<p>The other 50% of the bonus is yours once you have accumulated enough comp points. You must get 7.5 times the full bonus in comp points before you get the second half of the bonus. If you deposited £100 to get the full bonus, you will need to get 750 comp points from your casino wagers and you will receive the 2nd £50 bonus.</p>
<p>The only restricted games are Baccarat, Roulette, Craps, Blackjack and Video Poker.</p>
<h3>Littlewoods Casino Game Selection</h3>
<p>Littlewoods has a large selection of online games, here are some of their best:</p>
<p><img class="size-icon" style="padding-right: 8px;" title="online-roulette" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/online-roulette.gif" alt="online roulette 100% Bonus up to £100 at Littlewoods" width="114" height="82" align="left" />Littlewoods is known across the UK for having the best online roulette available. </p>
<p>This is the true European style of Roulette with only one 0 on the wheel. This gives online casinos half of their house advantage over you.</p>
<p><img class="size-icon" style="padding-right: 8px;" align="left" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/blackjack-online.gif" alt="blackjack online 100% Bonus up to £100 at Littlewoods" title="blackjack-online" width="114" height="82" />Blackjack is another very popular game at Littlewoods. </p>
<p>You will also find a game called Crazy Blackjack. This game is a mixture of normal <a href="http://www.littlewoodscasino.com/casinogames/blackjack/">online blackjack</a>, multi-hands and side betting.<br/><br/></p>
<p><img class="size-icon" style="padding-right: 8px;" align="left"  src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/spiderman-slots.gif" alt="spiderman slots 100% Bonus up to £100 at Littlewoods" title="spiderman-slots" width="114" height="82" />And don&#8217;t forget about the video slots! Littlewoods has dozens of your favourites.</p>
<p>This includes the exciting Marvel Jackpot Slots, such as the new Spiderman slot machine.</p>
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		<title>Video Poker Terminology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eCasinoGeek enjoys playing video poker. I don&#8217;t mean to get too geeky on you, but let&#8217;s learn some video poker terms. Video Poker is an easy and enjoyable game to learn, albeit it does use terms that may not necessarily be in everyone’s dictionary. Because of this, there is the need to make sure [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="padding-right: 8px" align="left" class="size-medium" src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/video-poker.jpg" alt="video poker Video Poker Terminology" title="video-poker" width="300" height="225" />The <a href="http://ecasinogeek.com/">eCasinoGeek</a> enjoys playing video poker. I don&#8217;t mean to get too geeky on you, but let&#8217;s learn some video poker terms.</p>
<p>Video Poker is an easy and enjoyable game to learn, albeit it does use terms that may not necessarily be in everyone’s dictionary.  Because of this, there is the need to make sure that the terms are defined and understood well.  To maximize you enjoyment and to make sure you don’t miss out on something, here are some terms that could be handy when you play.</p>
<p>An Ace-High is a hand that has at least an Ace in it, e.g. AQJT8 or AAKQJ.  An Aces Full or Full Aces, on the other hand, is a hand that is composed of three aces, and a pair, e.g. AAATT</p>
<p>A Boat is another term for a full house.  A Bullet is a slang term for an ace.  A Bust, on the other hand, is a hand that didn’t improve after all the rounds has been dealt.</p>
<p>If someone asks you what a Court Card is, you can tell him that this card can be a King, Queen or Jack.  They are also called Paint Card or simply Face Card.  The King is sometimes called the Cowboy, while the Jack is sometimes referred to as the Fishhooks or the Knave.</p>
<p><a href="http://ecasinogeek.com/englishharbour/" target="_blank"><img src="http://ecasinogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/english-harbour-video-poker.jpg" alt="english harbour video poker Video Poker Terminology" title="english-harbour-video-poker" width="475" height="350" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-141" /></a></p>
<p>A Deuce is a card with the denomination of 2 regardless of its suit.  A Kicker is an unpaired card used in five card combinations like Two Pair or Quads.  Kickers are used primarily to determine which card is stronger when near-equivalent hands are played.  A Wild Card, on the other hand, is a card used as a substitute for all other cards in a deck, thereby increasing the probability of the players to build a winning hand.</p>
<p>To Fill Up in video poker is to build a full house, while to Bump is to raise the bets.  To Bluff is to call or raise with a less-than-best hand, while a Semi-Bluff is a technique similar to a bluff, but the difference is the hand one is holding is a drawing hand.</p>
<p>A Hand is the five cards that are dealt to you.  A Garbage Hand is a hand with no value and is worth holding.  If you have a Rainbow, you have three or four cards belonging to different suits.</p>
<p>If you have an Inside Straight, that means you have four cards leading to a straight, with an inside card missing, e.g. a four straight like 4578 is missing an 6 card.  An Outside Straight, is a four straight missing an outside card, e.g. a four straight 3456 is missing either a 2 or a 7 card.</p>
<p>For more information on video poker, please check out <a href="http://www.topvideopoker.org/" target="_blank">top video poker</a>.</p>
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