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There is no doubt about the fact that iPhone and Apple products in general offer the best quality mobile games. The fact that iPhones have taken off in popularity as a product which every one wants as “The Gadget” has seen many online casino, bingo, live poker and sports betting sites developing specific gaming properties and platforms for this market. The latest in the long line of online gambling games operators to launch dedicated iPhone gaming portal is the Mecca or Rank gaming brand. You will know them in the UK, because Mecca Bingo is one of the biggest and most popular brands both on and offline.

Online we find Mecca Games which is an extension of the Mecca Bingo brand and these sites are excellent. They are one of the best options for UK players who what to be sure they are getting an above board product online and their “Mobile” gambling offering has been available for some time now. However Apple as always is different, but because of the demand in the market for this technology, it has become financially viable for operators to provide an individual mobile gaming platform for members to enjoy these games on their iPhones. Apple applications do not provide for gambling games, therefore the sites have these designed apart from Apple.

Currently on mobile Mecca Games there are a wide variety of choices and these include bingo, roulette, blackjack and slots titles such as X Factor, Rainbow Riches, Gem Buster, Cleopatra, Dr. Love, Monopoly, Filthy Rich, Cluedo, Monty’s Millions and many more. The mobile division is part of the Rank Interactive Group, just like the online bingo and other sites.

In order to power the portal for iPhone gaming, Mecca has partnered with Mkodo; with games which will initially be provided by IGT’s Million-2-1 and Probability. iPhone users will be able to enter the Rank Interactive portal and access a selection of real money gambling games from all the Rank brands which includes Mecca Bingo and Games, Blue Square or GCasino. Previously these users were redirected to white-labelled third party sites. The launch of this new portal however means that customers will constantly remain under the Rank brand umbrella.

It is without a doubt that iPhone games offer the best mobile gambling experience; more and more operators are taking it very seriously and in recent news we also saw Paddy Power launch an iPhone-specific platform. PokerStars has in fact not even bothered to partner with anyone for their iPhone and Apple gaming platform, they purchased an entire company for this purpose in Cecure Gaming for mobile poker. As at the 17^th November, transfer of this company took place and Poker Stars are now firmly entrenched to offer an in-house iPhone and Apple application, mobile poker experience to their members.

When it was predicted that “Mobile” gambling would be the next big push in online gambling, but it would take a few years to get of the ground, the experts weren’t joking. But now that it has arrived it has arrived with a vengeance.

Co-Founder of Anchor Loans, Inc – Dan Harrington has just been inducted into the WSOP; World Series of Poker Hall of Fame for 2010. Not only does this prove that a poker player can be a responsible business owner, it also proves that a responsible business owner can be a poker player too. Simply because a person plays poker seriously does not make them a gambling reprobate. At the same time as Dan Harrington, Erik Seidel, who is also a world class poker player was also inducted. Dan has eight WSOP Bracelets to his name and is also the founder of the famous, Full Tilt Poker. This online poker site has grown to be one of the biggest and best known brands in the online poker industry.

Established in 1979 by the World Series of Poker – The Poker Hall of Fame was established to recognize consistently good high stakes players. It was acquired, together with the WSOP, by Harrah’s in 2004. Every year new inductees are honoured at high class ceremony which takes place in Las Vegas during the WSOP. Some of the criteria to be met for induction also include the respect and recognition of peers, as well as playing against acknowledged top poker players.  There are only 37 previous inductees, and this alone makes me of the opinion that it is time poker was recognised as a professional game of skill.

Erik and Dan join inductees such as Johnny Moss, Nick (The Greek) Dandolos, Felton (Corky) McCorquodales, Red Winn, Sid Wyman, James Butler (Wild Bill) Hickok – one of three PHF inductees to die whilst playing poker. Edmond Hoyle, Blondie Forbes, Bill Boyd, Tom Abdo – also died while playing poker, popular legend has it he asked another player to save his seat and count his chips after suffering the heart attack. Joe Bernstein, Murph Harrold, Red Hodges, Henry Green, Walter Clyde (Puggy) Pearson who conceptualized the “freeze-out”, Doyle (Texas Dolly) Brunson – one of the few living members, and writer of the “Poker Bible” Super/System. Jack (Treetop ) Straus – who came back to win with just one chip left on the table, and was the third Hall of Famer to die while playing poker. Fred (Sarge) Ferris – the IRS seized $46 000 of his winnings while he was playing. Benny Binion – Horseshoe Casino and WSOP Founder, David Chip Reese – the youngest inductee ever, Thomas Preston, Amarillo Slim,  (Gentleman) Jack Keller, Julius Oral (Little Man), Roger Moore, Stu Ungar – won the main even three times, Lyle Berman, Johnny (Orient Express) Chan, one of the few with 10 or more bracelets. Bobby (The Owl) Baldwin, Berry Johnston – most WSOP cashes at the time of induction, Jack Binion – son of Benny, first host of WSOP in 1970, Crandell (Dandy) Addington, T. J. Cloutier – holds bracelets in all three types, Billy Baxter who fought the IRS for the right to consider poker winnings as “earned income” for a lower tax rate, and won. Barbara Enright - the first woman with 3 WSOP bracelets. Phil (The Poker Brat) Hellmuth – 11 bracelets to his name, the most cashes and most final tables, Dewey Tomko  – longest streak ever, has played the WSOP every year since 1974, Henry Orenstein, patented the “hole cam” and last but not least Mike Sexton.

If casino games and poker are your games of choice, with internet, these entertainment goes to players. It’s a place where everyone can practice at any time poker. The time when going to a land based casino was the only way to let players to practice it is over. Participating in tournaments, learning the whole game and even improving yourself, learn, know news about this game are, among other things, so many possibilities, benefits provided by the practice of online game. For online casino, many players already raise lots and lots of money thanks to the multitude of proposals from gambling websites. Virtual game is a credible alternative and gives as much chance as the result of playing in a palace located in Las Vegas. Online casino sites restore also the universe of a real casino. Why don’t you take advantage of these offers widely found on the Internet ?

Poker is the casino game that has the most variations and that offer the biggest earnings today, when it comes to talk about card games. Texas Holdem Poker is the best known in this game. Since the time that Internet becomes available for a large number of families, many things changed. More and more online casinos are available and they offer interesting bonus and promotions every day, and playing wherever you are become possible. Today, just an Internet connection and a computer are enough to know and learn everything about the world of poker. Starting with the rules and bases, poker enthusiasts can evolve by playing free online casinos. Once they understood the principles of this game, they can try to play for real. Tournaments and online championships are organized regularly, every week or every month. You do not need thousands of dollars to enter these tournaments, with some cents, big earnings are available for you.

Chance plays a leading role in online gambling. If you believe in luck, it’s also about luck. By playing poker, anyone knows whether he will have good or bad hand. In slot machine also, we do not know if we make the right combinations. At least, when we choose sports betting, in football, tennis or basketball, we can learn about the ability of the team or the player on who were are going to bet, then we can say that luck does not play a role. However, the prognosis is also a pure estimate, nothing is going to prove that such thing will really happen, so it’s random and that’s also the funny side of it. In any case, there are strategies to master when playing online games. Play without any strategy will lead you to nothing. Even if we say that roulette is simple, it is far from being the case for those who ignore the rules of play. So know first the rules of all online casino games before playing.

1. The players put their bets according to the mini and maxi limits, by placing their chips in the box in front of them.
2. The dealer deals two cards to each player and to the dealer himself. One of the dealer’s cards is face up. All players’ cards are face up.
3. The players may in turn choose whether they want another card. Cards are dealt one at a time and until they do not exceed 21.
4. If a player has a genuine blackjack or reaches 21, he wins if the dealer’s card that is face up is less than 10 and not an ace. Otherwise, he has to wait for the other players to act.
5. The dealer turns his second card and then draws cards according to the amount he has. If the dealer got 17 or more, he stays.
6. If the dealer gets blackjack he wins, and players who do not have blackjack lose their bets. If the dealer has a hand that is lower than any player, then the player is paid a profit equal to the bet. Those who have the same hand as the dealer gets the bet back. Those with a lower hand will lose their bets.
7. The next hand starts.

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It is a glamorous life for pro poker players, and many these days come from an online poker playing background. There was a time when pro poker players believed that online poker players were lousy, but it didn’t take long for this ideology to be proved completely wrong. Now all the best poker pros are affiliated to the best poker sites, but they don’t only play poker online. They make money playing in online tourneys, but they also make (and lose) lots of money, playing poker all over the world.

Most of the popular games of poker are played at these tournaments and this includes Stud Poker, Omaha and Texas Hold ‘em as well as more. Some tournaments even feature multiple games and this is where a true poker players’ skill comes to the fore. The games are also played in no-limit, pot-limit and limit formats.

Two of the most famous cities for poker tournaments are Las Vegas where you find both the WSOP and WPT championships games held, and Atlantic City. Both these US cities are famous for gambling, but gambling Mecca’s all over the world are starting to sign deals for hosting these satellites and they offer prizes of buy-ins to the championship games as part of the prize for getting onto the final table.

The Bellagio poker room is famous for its tournaments and this is in Las Vegas too, in fact the Bellagio Cup is the final event in the WPT tournament season. This casino hosts daily poker tournaments as well as WTP events and annually they host the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic, the Bellagio Festa al Lago Poker Tournament and the Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic too. The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, also hosts an annual event, the Mirage Poker Showdown Tournament.

The Borgata in Atlantic City hosts the Borgata Poker Open and the Borgata Winter and Summer Poker Open, and both these tournaments are well attended. You will find both poker pros and amateurs travelling around to attend as many as these tournaments as they can. The Trump Taj Mahal is also in Atlantic City and there are a few classic tournaments held there and in Connecticut, Foxwoods are famous for their poker too.

From East Coast to West, North and South in the US there are poker tournaments happening all the time and this trend does not only take place in land based casinos. Some online casinos, in particular the large brands such as Poker Stars, Full Tilt, Bodog and more, also host their own high prize tournaments.

The Aussie Millions is the Australian Poker Championship and this is held at the Crown Casino. With big prize money like this up for grabs, you can guarantee that players from all over the world will be there. And in the Aviation Club de France, Paris, this is one of the most exclusive and exquisite settings for a world famous poker tournament – the Grand Prix de Paris which is a four day, no limit Texas Hold ‘em tournament, and takes place in July. All you need to enter any of these tournaments is the money for the buy-in and anyone can play.