Poker

clients bet at rates much higher than the mean. This kind of data also shatters the blanket generalizations about Internet gambling. There is an unspoken ego-based pressure with gambling to place larger bets. However, as was the case with online poker, the Internet offers anonymity to recreational gamblers to bet very small amounts of money without losing…

The Perfect Shot I can do this. I know I can. Everyone is counting on me. My friends, my family, and my team. I have to make this shot. I can't let them down. I won't let them down. To most people, taking a penalty kick in a soccer game is simple. All they have to do is kick a ball 12 yards just enough so that it crosses over a white line and rolls past the goalkeeper. However, it's not as easy as it seems. It can be this easy if players think positive instead of thinking negatively about…

There are only a few classic American directors that have the distinction to be called one of the greatest of all time, and John Ford is in that esteem category. His talent of perfectly illustrating on film the American Frontier (1800s to early 1900s) is not just entertaining, exciting, and romanticized, but his films are laced with folklore, cultural relevance, and history that make him a one-of-a-kind director in the western genre. Back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Ford established himself…

flickering about, form the seven tongues of the fire” (English Translation of Mundaka Upanishad, 3). These fires are the fires of the Karma-Yoga which is a work of action to become one with Brahman. The spark is the Atman and the various yogas is the fire poker to stoke the flames and make our fire burn high and bright enough to soon become one with…

explain hating an inanimate object. I would sound crazy if I said “Dad, I hate that field below the shop,” even though I’m sure he’s read that exact statement written on my face a thousand times. Nature is unforgiving -- heartless even. It has the best poker face of all: one that can make any old fool (Like myself) into despising it animosity is exorbitant. One has to be intimately involved to even catch a glimpse of what is going on behind the smoke and mirrors. Fall is time for rest, and to…

Eyes Johnson, Public Enemy Number 1. From there, Billy is treated as the hero of the ship until he is revealed as a stowaway where he is then thrown into the brig. Once the outcome seems impossible to get out of, Moonface Martin and Billy play strip poker with a pair of Chinese converts in order to gain their clothing as a disguise. It ends…

that I don’t notice what’s going on around me or take time to enjoy being able to travel at all. Now I had time to people watch, which is always interesting. The people I watched most of the time we waited was an old man, looked like a professional poker player from vegas with the slicked back grey hair and classic reddish, brown sunglasses. He was talking to an about twenty year old blonde, very attractive emo type girl and I couldn’t believe this old man was so cool. I kept thinking about…

Visualize a packed stadium, the crowd is silent, no sound is heard apart from the occasional announcer and the grunts of the two teams struggling. There is suspension building in the thousands of eyes in the crowd. Suddenly, the stadium is filled with the roaring sound of the crowd cheering for the winning team. The winning team celebrates and get handed a trophy and a check, all this won over a video game. This image shows the huge impact that video games have made on todays society, and the…

see the dock!” Noah cried out to the three men talking at the back of the boat. The Three men were playing a card game that Noah and Mikey didn’t recognize. “What game is that?” Noah asked as he walked over to were the men sat. “It’s a game called Poker, wanna learn how to play?” Buzz told him. Buzz then explained to Noah how to play. “Good, now play a high card,” Neal told him. As Noah and Mikey learned how to play…

wellbeing. I am well engaged in playing basketball – something that Dr. Brown would regard as play – and it helps me to relieve my stress, train my ability of teamwork and develop my analytical and strategic thinking skills. While Dr. Brown uses poker game as an example to clarify how a game can count as play – it depends on the meaning of the game to the player. For me, playing basketball is a play, because my goal is not just to shoot the ball into the basket, but also to enjoy the relief of…