The content on their website is up to date and relevant, if you prefer subscribing to online gambling information.  GamingToday also offers a wide selection for avid gamblers and I think that is why I like it so much because I like to dabble in everything gambling and gaming related – can’t help myself…

I enjoy what the writers have to say and usually find it really informative and topical.  Nothing worse than when you pay good money for a subscription and then you just flip through the articles because they don’t interest you.  That wont happen at GamingToday.

I have been following some of the sessions on Full Tilt, but if you want a full update on the Durrrr Challenge, or if you miss some railbirding sessions, then go the site and catch up on all the news.

I think Omaha poker is the perfect version of poker for this kind of contest, it is very exciting and entertaining to play and to watch.  With four hole cards in your starting hand, your options open up… only problem is so do your opponents… Should make for some interesting games to watch between Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius.

And, its good for Omaha to get all this publicity!

They have a huge selection of over 3400 free flash games, so you are bound to find one that you like amongst that big selection.  Their mission is to provide you with some of the best arcade games available, for free… so that you can bookmark them on whatever social media you use, put them on MySpace, Facebook, Google Bookmarks.. whatever you use…  share the games with your friends and most importantly have fun playing them.

Their website is well laid out and easy to use.  You register for free to become a user and they have a great OTS Software Gaming Community Toolbar that you can download and use.

I tried a few games and was hooked… spent hours playing!

Some delegates of the EiG Expo in Barcelona were raided by the Spanish police right in the middle of the land poker tournament.  The tournament turned out to be illegal due to some changes in the Catalan laws.

Though no one was arrested in the case, the Spanish police confiscated all of the poker equipment used for the tournment.

The EiG conference and Expo takes place in Barcelona on a regular basis.  This time it was a real hit, although if you were a poker player in the tournament, you may not have thought so.  Its probably best to check with the officials first, or at least be up to date with the laws of each particular country!

Lots of representatives of online casinos and poker gambling sites made the trek to the Spanish city to see exhibitions, witness new product launches and take part in discussions.  Little did they know that there would be some extra entertainment on the side!

The situation with the poker tourney being illegal, was explained as a matter of mis-communication.  The tournament organizers are reported to have been unaware of the law change.

Online casinos have popped up everywhere, one of the biggest problems that users have, is which one to choose.  A good place to start your search is Microgaming Casino Company, they launched their first internet casino way back in 1994, so they know their stuff.  And now, they have grown to over 100 gaming casinos and 40 online poker rooms – quite incredible growth.

But what I like about the Microgaming Casinos Company is that you have a great choice of casino games in one place.  Together with reviews and promotions, so you don’t have to spend hours searching the web, it is all in one place.

It started off quiet, I had a few average hands but nothing special.  Then around midnight, Will, or “Wicked William” as I will now refer to him from now on, starts upping the game.  Totally out of character, Will is usually a conservative player that doesn’t take too many chances.  Well our friend, Will starts with some “all-in” betting.

“What are you doing?” was the reply from us (actually the choice of language was worse than this, but I will keep it clean for the sake of the blog…).

“I’ve got an All in poker hand” says Wicked Will. 

“Yes whatever, big fella,” came the reply.  “Lets see what you really have?”

Whereupon Will cleaned the table.  And he did it three times last night!  Luckily I didn’t commit myself too much and I managed to not lose too much, but some of the other players were not so lucky.

After threatening “Wicked Will” with his life…it turns out he has found some great tips from this website, all in poker hand, he’s been using their software and it’s improved his game.  I can’t promise you anything, and I still think he got lucky (maybe I’m just a sore loser), but it worked for “Wicked Will”.  Some of their stuff looks really useful, odds calculators you may have seen before, but these odds calculators look interesting.  I liked their coaching software and I think this is what changed Will’s game and gave him the edge.

Some useful tools like these can really up your game.  Seemed to work for Will.  And now his investment is paid for….hmmmm

A rakeback deal’s value should always be sought in the way the poker room in question calculates rakeback. Sure, whether or not the sign-up bonus is subtracted from rakeback also matters, but in the long run, the method used to calculate rakeback is much more important. Here are the different types of methods used by poker rooms to determine a player’s Monthly Gross Revenue or MGR (rakeback is directly dependent on MGR, so rakeback will be calculated in the same way as MGR – depending on which deal you chose).

The dealt rake method takes the total value of the rake taken off a given pot and distributes it equally among all those players who have been dealt into the hand. This way, you’ll be amassing MGR and you’ll be earning rakeback even on hands that you do not generate rake on. This method offers a quaint advantage to tight-passive players who do not like putting money into the pot, while it seriously undermines the efforts of a loose-aggressive, action junkie who ends up generating rakeback revenue for his/her opponents.

The contributed rake method is a little more accurate in determining exactly who contributes money to the pot. The rake is still divided equally, this time however only those who have actively played the hand (put money into the pot) will be eligible for MGR allotment. This rake calculation method eliminates the advantages the dealt method provided for “rocks”. Loose aggressive players will still end up generating MGR for others though.

The weighted contributed rake method is the only one which is truly “fair”. It only allots rake contribution to those who put money into the pot, and it considers how much money each of these guys actually drop. If they put more money into the pot they’ll get more MGR, if they do not put money into the pot, they get zilch. This way, loose aggressive players will only generate MGR for themselves, the same way everyone will be fully responsible for their own MGR.

Of course, the rakeback percentage offered is also important in the assessment of a deal, but make sure you check the rake calculation method and hold it more important because you may get a nice percentage on a deal which you just cannot get rolling.

Ultra-high rakeback percentages usually come with poker prop deals, but these carry far more obligations for a player than any regular rakeback deal.