Online poker room UltimateBet has gone global with the second season of its popular “Best Damn Poker Show,” which began running four times weekly on the Poker Channel.  The Poker Channel is Europe’s largest dedicated gaming TV network.  It’s available online to a global audience, and to more than 18 million cable and satellite homes in Europe.

The second season of “Best Damn Poker Show” reunites the lead combatants of the first season — Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke — and pits them against each other.  Each poker legend hand-picks a team of both online and real-world poker players and coaches them to victory (or defeat.)  The show’s goal is two-fold: to give Annie and Phil the chance to compete against each other and to help create the next wave of poker greats.

Each episode of “Best Damn Poker Show” includes taut player eliminations, so each week’s competition among both the coaches and team members gets fiercer as the pressure mounts.  In addition to the game itself and attendant drama, Phil and Annie highlight individual player’s play, analyze the competition, and comment on the eliminations that take place.  Alongside the broadcasted version of “Best Damn Poker Show,” there will be extended versions of the showdowns between Duke and Hellmuth online through the Poker Channel Europe website.

Just like the show’s first season, online poker players at UltimateBet.net competed for a spot on the show by creating audition videos that were submitted to the producers and Phil and Annie.  Many of these can be seen on YouTube.  In addition to this, the online site also invited Texas Hold’em fans to take part in a series of qualifiers that paid out spots on the show.

The next wave of auditions took place at the 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The majority of the 24 poker hopefuls were cherry picked from the legion of on-camera interviews conducted here, where producers had access to the thousands of talented Texas Hold’em fans who were in town for the world’s most prestigious poker tournament.

The 7-episode second season of “Best Damn Poker Show” will be repeated on Thursdays and Saturdays at 16:00 CET and additional footage will be showcased exclusively online.

Skill, different from talent, can thankfully be acquired.  This is good news to those who like gambling!  I’ve learned a lot of my casino blackjack skills from books that are easily available to everyone.  I thought I’d share two of the ones worth reading;

“Winning Casino Blackjack for the Non-Counter” by  Avery Cardoza.
I love that his last name has “card” in it…. Anyway, this one is a great read and it caught my eye because I pride myself on getting quite rich off of clean gambling.  This one is a real classic, full of great strategies and tips and a great introduction to playing casino blackjack online.  These are great methods used by professional blackjack players.  This is a book that you don’t have to read cover to cover to get a lot out of if you’re not really that much of a book reader.  You can flip to the chapters that are relevant to you.

My second favorite is “Blackjack Blueprint: How to Play Like a Pro… Part Time.” By Rick Blaine.  I’m an investment banker during the day, so obviously I’m not planning to quit my day job to become a pro blackjack player but a little casino blackjack online is my favorite way to unwind after a long day, and whenever I do something, I like to make sure I’m the best at it.  This book definitely helped improve my game.  I also think it’s funny that the guy Rick Blaine is also in finance and used his casino blackjack skills to make money on the side while he pursued his own career.  This one is full general tips and strategies and focuses on offline play but most of the techniques can be us

There are many aspects of an online casino that will attract punters (or even turn them off); what kind of casino bonus might I win, tournament-play, Blackjack, Craps etc.  That’s all well and good initially, but perhaps sometimes overlooked is the safety of the online casino site.  Online gambling is a lot of fun, but if it isn’t also safe, then the fun would probably be drawn out of it pretty quickly.

If you feel pressured to use an unfamiliar form of payment, suggested by your chosen online casino check it out beforehand.  See what other sites use it and perhaps one of the best tips is to ask fellow online gamblers in online casino chat rooms for their opinions.  As with so many aspects of the online casino world, your fellow-players are likely to give you the best most impartial advice.

Now that your online security is sorted out – you have to choose the online casino that’s right for you.  What are the casino bonuses like? are they on the games that you enjoy, or think that you will enjoy playing most.  Shop around and find the best deal for you. 

Playing online blackjack takes more than just the ability to count to 21. In my naive days when I first started playing this casino game, I didn’t think there was much to it. I had played as a younger kid, but never found that there was much to it.

However, when I started playing at an online blackjack casino, I found that this was far from true. I came across the game one day when I was surfing the web. I saw the advertisement stating that all new players could try out the game for free. When I began playing more seriously, I found myself losing more often than winning. How do people make money on this game, I asked myself.

Yet, through my network of friends that I met at the online blackjack casino, I began to learn. Even though these players are my opponents, they were more than happy to assist me with my game. They brought up times where I should have made different plays. Why didn’t I buy insurance? Why not double down? I have to say, I learned most of my playing tips through my peers. My strategies don’t always work but they do greatly increase my odds.

However, if I do find my play stumbling, many casinos will now allow their players to gamble for free. This is not a one time deal, but rather, players can play most any game without paying, if they so decide. Simply by registering you can be on your way to new play!

In recent years, online poker gambling has become one of the hottest forms of entertainment on the internet. It is a game that is enjoyed by literally millions of players around the globe and is played off a multitude of platforms in all forms • ranging from simple games against the house to intensive multiplayer tournaments with million dollar cash prizes. In recent months, however, online poker has been faced with real challenges, thanks to the new anti-internet laws passed in the United States, known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

When the United States Senate enacted this law, many online poker gambling sites were faced with the tough decision of whether to stay put and defy the new law or to close their doors to US players and seek out other markets to fill their customer bases. Those companies that were publicly listed had no choice but to take the latter option, however many sites did decide to stay, arguing that poker is a game of skill more than a form of gambling and therefore should not be incorporated into this new law.

Online poker gambling is still popular in different countries around the world. One of the advantages of playing online games is that you can enjoy them form the comfort of your own home without having to drive to the nearest casino. Online poker gambling is not new, but its popularity remains steady as more and more people play each day.

Since online casinos have become so popular, many researches were undertaken in this sector regarding how beneficial or harmful it can be to play at casinos.
Obviously, everybody agree that playing on excess can be harmful as it can derive on addiction. However, many studies have also agreed on the fact that playing with moderation can be very beneficial, as many casino games help to keep the brain active and at the same time are also a good way to fight against stress.

Therefore, it can be affirmed that play casino in moderation is a very advisable activity.