Whether you are for (like my wife) or against (like me) today’s over-commercialized, over-hyped (retailers will have us believing Christ himself was born on Feb 14 by the end of the decade), Hallmark holiday that places unbearable amounts of expectation on otherwise nice guys who would rather just celebrate wedding anniversaries as their special couple-day of the year but are instead forced to buy cheap flowers instead of diamonds like the guy in the TV commercial because tax season is also upon us…sorry I forgot where I was going with this.

Regardless if you like Valentines day or not, Vegas can be a great place (if money is up) or an impossible place (watch those books) to celebrate the holiday. Not much inbetween. So for a special Hallmark’s Day, err V-day (I refuse to spell it again) treat, Oddjack is offering Dr. Phil talk radio type of love advice for the Vegas dateless:

You’ll want to hit the slot floors first. Minimum wager games – like slots, video poker, keno – are where the casino’s giving away the cutesy lovey-dovey stuff (read: minor promo wins). X number of points will win you complimentary chocolates and candies. Your goal is to obtain those for later, and score extra bucks to move to bigger game.

He later tells you that you can just take your mother if all else fails. Great advice Ed.

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One small problem about the CPayscom online casinos SEO contest: SEO and Casinos don’t mix too well. Too many places don’t want to have anything to do with your text link and/or content. It’s also difficult to sit down and just write about gambling. It’s tough to get your head wrapped around a game enough that the words just start to flow. You think that by living in Vegas I wouldn’t have such a hard time with the subject. So did I. Now I struggle with not being sure where to start without sounding like a walking billboard for some online gambling site. Hell, I might as well dress in a low-cut bunny outfit and start serving drinks.

And that’s just too bad. This is an online gambling news site and online players know the type of marketing to expect from casino websites. In fact, this whole Cpayscom casino contest is a marketing gimmick to get more players to cpayscom sites. So keep an eye on our RSS feed for some of the best casino bonuses you have yet to see on the web. I am going to hunt out the best deals and the best sites and start sending them your way(and I’ll tell you upfront now that I’ll get a cut for recommending them to you).

Time to have fun with this whole Half-Assed SEO Contest attempt. So let’s let the dice roll and the cards fall!

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I played in a tournament this weekend and saw something that I knew I’d have to write about.

In tournament play, you have got to be patient. You are only given a certain amount of chips. It’s not like a cash game where you can pull more money out of your pocket. In a tournament, once your chips are gone, so are you.

Sure, there is definitely something to be said for picking up chips early on but the doesn’t need to come at a huge risk to your stack. In the tournament that I played over the weekend, it started with 4 tables. I didn’t play a single large pot until I was at the final table. I picked up several small-ish pots on the way to the final table, but never did I have even half my stack at risk. And yet, I watched player after player putting all their chips in with small pairs or a weak suited ace.

Here is a play I saw at the final table that really stuck out. A player in first position moves all in for roughly 5 times the BB. The chip leader at our table calls him. Everybody else folded. When the turned over their hands, the first player had J/J and the chip leader had J/6 offsuit. When somebody asked why he’d make that call he said he was trying to get lucky and knock out the player. While the idea of knocking out the other player makes sense, you are going to need to get awfully lucky to win a hand by calling an all-in with J/6. It was gratifying for me to be the player that ended up busting the guy who made the call with J/6. He finished in 5th place. Two spots out of the money.

Protect your chips. Play with patience. Don’t be in a hurry to accumulate chips or knock players out. You will consistantly go deeper in tournaments by following these simple suggestions.

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For my first post on OCJ I thought I’d tell you about a lesson I learned the hard way in two separate tournaments. I’ll defend my play in both situations, I just chose the wrong time, err, opponent to try these plays.

The first situation happened at a home-game tournament. I was on the button and had 2h 3h. One player limped in from middle position. Since it was unraised, I simply called. The flop came out 4s 5s 10d. While I missed the hearts entirely, I like the open ended straight possibility. Especially because if an ace hits, I’ll likely be paid off if somebody hit their pair of aces. I checked, the big blind checked and so did limper. The turn came 8c. I made a bet of just less than the size of the pot. The big blind folded and the limper called. Here comes the important part. The river was the 4d. As it was turned over, I watched my opponent shake his head. I put him on a missed spade flush draw and bet the size of the pot expecting him to fold. After nearly a full minute of consideration, he called. He flips over his cards. Qs 6s.
The second situation happened at a tournament at a casino here in Vegas. The blinds were 50/100. I was one seat off the button and had A/10 of spades. The player under the gun (first to act after the big blind) limped in for 100. Everybody folded around to me. I raised to 600. Everybody folded back to the original limper. He called. The flop came out 2s 4c Jd. The first guy checks and I bet out 600. He thinks a minute and then calls. The turn was a Qh. Now I know there is no possible flush draw, he may have a straight draw at this point so I want to get him off the hand right now. He checked over to me. I see he has 1500 in chips left. I bet out exactly 1500. He considers for a minute and finally makes the call saying, “I just have to see it.” He flips over Ah Kc. The river was a blank and he took down the pot.

When you put money in to a pot initially, you will likely have to put more money in later in order to defend it. The saying goes, “Don’t leave your children in the pool to drown.” Both of my opponents showed weakness by not betting and I took the initiative to “rescue my children.” If I’m on the opposite end of either of these plays, I fold in both situations. Though, I would likely have played both hands different given the situations.

The point being, be careful who you try to bluff. You may get called down with an embarrasing hand that still beats your embarrasing hand.

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We have a new contributor here in Online Casino Junkyland. I’m pleased to announce that Vegas Geek will be mucking up the place a bit, for the better of course. He’ll be giving hints and tips for all you Poker players out there, as well as recount his stories of recent tourney outings online and here in Las Vegas. Which reminds me, If you’re looking for a place to play in Las Vegas, check out his site at GotJacks.com, its a full listing of the popular poker tournaments in the area. Check his list, secure a seat, and who knows, you may just end up siting at the same table as Vegas Geek.

Welcome aboard, dude!

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This site was originally planned to have a one-day development period. Two weeks later and I’m still getting it going. It’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that it is pretty difficult to find time to get a blog going about an SEO contest. I’m still fascinated by the idea and still will be a heavy participant.

So I’ve been working on cleaning up the sidebar and getting it monetized. I also implemented feedburner and am letting that take track of all that’s happening with my RSS feed. SiteMeter is in place for public display of my stats (dunno if that is a good thing or not, time will tell). And I’ll continue tweaking until the contest is over, so it’s about time I got some content up. This post is mostly a moment for me to pause and collect my thoughts on what my goals are. More tweaks will come later.

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