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Think Your Skin Is Aging You?

Think Your Skin Is Aging You?

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Anti-Aging Tips and Facts You Should Know

As we age, so does our skin. It looses it elasticiaty, develops fine lines and wrinkles and spots, sometimes referred to as “age spots”. Below are some tips and facts about again skin.

To get more skin care tips and facts, click on Daily Skin Care Tips website..

WHAT DOES COLLAGEN DO?

Can skincare products actually boost your collagen levels? Collagen, which keeps our skin looking young, can be enhanced or boosted by skincare products that contain retinoids. The concentrations required generally mean that these will be prescription products.

CAREFUL WITH YOUR EYELIDS

Eyelids can easily become irritated, so moisturizing at bed time can protect them. This diminishes water loss which can cause cracking of the skin.

OPTIONS FOR FIGHTING FINE LINES AND WRINKLES

Concerned about wrinkles? There are a number of options for fine lines and wrinkles. First protect yourself from further sun exposure. Medical treatments include creams containing retinoids, chemical peels or lasers. Cosmeceuticals may also help if they contain vitamin or botanical antioxidants or if they use substances that can influence cell regulation such as growth factors and molecules called peptides.

CREAM OR LOTION?

If you’re over the age of 50 or work outside, you may find yourself with dry and itchy skin. Choose a moisturizing cream rather than lotion to replenish your skin’s moisture levels and reduce the itch.

DOES YOUR HAIR STYLE DATE YOU?

Feel like you’re “looking your age”? Try an updated hair style or get your eye brows tweezed. Both of these can take years off your looks and make you feel better to boot!

HELP TO REVERSE WRINKLES FROM SUN DAMAGE

Coenzyme Q 10 can help you reduce your wrinkles. Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q 10) is synthesized in all cells. It is antioxidant. It can reduce cell damage from Ultraviolet A. It has been shown to reverse wrinkles of the skin caused by sun damage. To learn more about your interest on “cool springs plastic surgery reviews“, check here

FIGHTING CROW’S FEET

Hoping to avoid crow’s feet? You can minimize the likelihood of developing wrinkles around your eyes by applying sunscreen (but remember, not too close to the eye) and wearing protective eyewear, such as wraparound sunglasses. Some wrinkles are produced by repeated movement of the skin.

GETTING RID OF WRINKLES

Can any skin care products actually get rid of wrinkles? Unfortunately, no. Moisturizers can reduce the appearance of wrinkles, but they won’t make them go away. Embrace those laugh lines!

Fighting Wrinkles

What to do once they arrive

IS THERE MORE THAN ONE KIND OF WRINKLE?

Did you know there are two kinds of wrinkles? Wrinkles on the skin are divided into those produced by movement of the skin and those that are present when the skin of the face is at rest. Moisturizers can only work by minimizing the appearance of fine lines in skin at rest that are caused by dehydration of the skin.

AVOIDING CROW’S FEET

Hoping to avoid crow’s feet? You can minimize the likelihood of developing wrinkles around your eyes by applying sunscreen (but remember, not too close to the eye) and wearing protective eyewear, such as wraparound sunglasses. Some wrinkles are produced by repeated movement of the skin.

WHAT IS AHA?

AHA are carboxylic acids. Glycolic acid comes from sugar cane, lactic acid from sour milk and citric acid from citrus fruit. They have an ability to exfoliate and moisturize the skin. They may also reduce pigment production in individuals who have melasma. They may thicken the skin by increasing what is called the ground substance in the dermis. Learn more about chemical peels and products like Reversa™ by clicking on http://www.cosmeticprocedureguide.ca/chemical_peels.html

PILLOW CREASES CAN BE AVOID

Did you wake up with a huge crease on your face from sleeping? Wash your face with tepid water, then use your moisturizer and massage in outward circles for a few minutes to help “plump up” those lines. Also try using a firmer pillow and even satin pillow cases, so that your face does not “fold into” the pillow.

VITAMIN C IS GOOD FOR THE SKIN AND WRINKLES

Vitamin C is a natural antioxidant present in citrus fruit and dark green leafy vegetables. It can reduce the appearance of sun damage on the skin as well as reduce brown pigmentation from the sun as well as melasma. It may have an anti acne effect especially when combined with glycolic acid The stability of the Vitamin C depends on the formulation of the product.

USE SUNSCREEN EACH DAY!

A recent study looked at what happened when women applied sunscreen for three out of four days instead of daily. Those who didn’t apply sunscreen daily had skin changes that were visible under a microscope – changes that over time translate into sun-damaged skin.

VITAMINS CAN FIGHT AGING

Look for these vitamins to fight wrinkles. Vitamin antioxidants that may have an effect on fine lines on the skin include vitamin E, C as well as the retinoids which are vitamin A derivatives: niacinamide, alpha lipoic acid , ubiquinone and idebenone are the other ingredients to look for.

 

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Retirement Planning: Have You Waited Too Long?

Retirement Planning: Have You Waited Too Long?

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If you’re in your twenties or early thirties, you might have student loans, rent (or even a mortgage), and bills. You might have just started a family or you are thinking about starting one. With all of that on your plate, retirement can seem like a too-distant target to even bother worrying about right now. You’ve got enough to deal with already and there’s always time later, right? Wrong. Retirement planning is more important right now than you might think and the longer you put it off, the more difficult it becomes. Here’s 5 reasons why you shouldn’t wait a second longer to start planning for your Brassica investment retirement:

#1 Retirement Planning Gets More Expensive as You Go

If you start putting aside a couple hundred bucks each month from the age of 25, you’ll be able to achieve your retirement goal with a lower monthly burden. To reach that same exact retirement goal when starting at, say, the age of 40, you’ll have to fork over a larger portion of your income each month. That’s because you have given yourself less time for retirement planning.

No matter how many financial responsibilities you have now, maneuvering your budget to put something toward retirement each month will help keep the burden of saving for retirement at a manageable level.

To put that in more quantifiable terms, studies have found that people who start saving at 25 only need to put 15% of their income into retirement. By comparison, someone who starts at 44 will have to set aside 44% (or nearly half) of their income in order to achieve the same results.

#2 Retirement Fund Trumps Your Kid’s College Fund

Yes, it sounds harsh but it’s true. If you take a moment to think about it, you’ll realize your retirement fund is actually more important to your children than their own college fund is and here’s why:

If you reach retirement age without a sufficient nest egg to live on, who do you think is going to end up supporting you? It’s almost always the children who are left with the financial burden of caring for their parents.

If that happens, you will most likely become a burden on them right as they are trying to take care of their new families and save up for their own retirement. Your refusal to secure your own future could mean the ruin of their future as well when they are forced to make tough sacrifices in order to care for you.

In case that’s not enough, consider the fact that it will be much easier to save for both retirement and a college fund if you start early enough that you only need to contribute 15% or so to retirement. So retirement planning early is better for both you and your children!

#3 The Earlier You Start, the More You Can Save

Not only is the burden on your monthly budget much lighter the earlier you start retirement planning, but you have the opportunity to save more. There are a few reasons for this:

You can afford to make a few higher risk, higher reward investments since you will have time to recover from them if they fail. And if they don’t fail, you’ll have stronger growth than you would with a more conservative investment plan.

You’ll earn more in compound interest on any savings.

You’ll have some more wiggle room to work toward a higher goal. In other words, instead of just saving up to live on a percentage of your current annual income or even just matching it, you could plan to exceed it and spend your golden years in luxury.

The earlier start retirement planning, the more options you have for setting better goals and achieving better results. You don’t have to just get by in retirement, you could plan to really live out your dreams.

#4 You Can’t Rely on Your Employer Anymore

Less than half of employed millennials (aged 18 to 29) today have an adequate 401(k) or other retirement savings option offered by their employers. For comparison, about 2/3 of people aged 45 to 64 are blessed with an employer offered retirement plan.

If you’re young, your thought process might be something like “I’m young. I just started my career. I’ll just wait until my company offers a 401(k) or I land a job that comes with one.” However, this is starting to become wishful thinking and it’s not worth risking your future by putting retirement planning off until some unknown time when it will be easier.

retirement planning

Take retirement planning into your own hands now and if you have the opportunity to get on an employer plan later, great, add that into the mix. What you can do is open up an IRA today and start contributing to it. If you get a 401(k) later on in the game, develop a strategy for juggling both of them.

#5 You Could Retire Early if You Wanted

If you start saving early and commit to it, you could realistically achieve your retirement goal faster and earlier than you would otherwise. If you are 25 now and wanted to retire at 45, you would need to make higher monthly contributions (probably somewhere around half of your monthly income).

The tradeoff for that kind of discipline is the ability to break out of the grind and spend more of your life pursuing your passions and dreams without the stress of financial trouble.

Whatever age you are at now, it’s time to start planning and saving for your retirement. If you are barely 18 years old, you would still benefit from starting now and needing to save even less than 15% of your income! So take the time now to develop a workable retirement plan. There are a lot of financial tools out there to help you. The sooner you start, the easier it will be to save and the better your retirement will be!…

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This week at 먹튀사이트 (29th April – 5th May)

This week at 먹튀사이트 (29th April – 5th May)

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If you thought last week was full of goodies, this week is going to blow you socks off. We have world-class mental game coaches, Top Tournament Directors, and elite players all in for AMAs, and we’re still giving away money. We must be crazy!

FTR Member Only Tournaments

Tuesday the 30th brings us a PokerStars and FTR event, where you get to play your way to your part of a free $250. Must be the time of the month for the FTRStars250!

The event has $250 added, and it only costs $3.30 to play. The only other thing you need is the password, which will be released to FTR 먹튀사이트 Qualified Members about an hour before the tournament begins at 21:00WET (16:00ET).

More Details are available here.

FlopTurniver AMA bonanza

We have the worlds foremost expert in the Mental Aspects of playing poker, Jared Tendler, available to answer your questions between 18:00 and 19:30 ET. Jared has coached many of the worlds best, and I learned this week, he also coaches Ben “Bttech86″ Tollerene, who has been butting heads with Viktor Blom on the highest stakes PLO tables recently.

You can pop over the thread, and ask questions of this expert, and maybe get his help to work through your mental game blocks.

Wednesday also brings us André Coimbra, and his AMA. The Portuguese member of PkerStars Team Online is a former Magic: The Gathering World Champion, and he recently threw away his SuperNova Elite status on PokerStars to give his $100 to $100,000 challenge a level playing field to start from.

Pop over to the thread and ask him a question or two, in Portuguese or English.

The last of these top quality AMAs we’re bringing you this week is Simon Trumper. Simon is joining us on Saturday at 9PM UK (16:00EST) mainly to discuss the upcoming ISPT event being held at Wembley in London. Simon is acting as the Tournament Director for this event, and wants to answer any quetions people may still have about this event.

Come and ask about what might be the only Poker Event to ever grace the green turf of the home of football.

Free Money to try out Full Tilt Poker

I can’t believe we’re still offering this, and it has to come to an end sometime soon, but you can still get $10 free to try out Full Tilt Poker.

To claim it, click on the banner, or click here for more information.

That’s your lot for this week, not that you should be unsatisfied, free money, and three of the top names in poker all willing to answer your questions. We really do spoil you, but if you do have any questions, head over to the thread on the forum, and I’ll see if I can answer them.…

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Dihxm Wins 꽁머니사이트 XVI Event #28

Dihxm Wins 꽁머니사이트 XVI Event #28

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In the world of regular joe’s, $20,000 per hour is a pretty impressive wage. After earning that kind of cash for a full day, most of us may not need to work for a little while. Such was exactly the case for Dihxm, the winner of 꽁머니사이트 XVI’s 28th Event. After a 9.5 hour stretch at the tables, he emerged victorious. The prize for that playing session? A whopping $191,020.

The $1,000,000 Guaranteed 6-Max, Super Stack tournament kicked into gear yesterday just after 14:00 PM ET. 4,997 players showed up for the $240+$16 event, hosted by Full Tilt personality Marco Liesy.

Play moved quickly once the final table was set, quickly coming to a heads-up battle between Dihxm and number 1PEN. Dihxm had the lead from the outset, sometimes holding as much as a 3:1 chip advantage before number 1PEN fought back to nearly draw even. After 94 hands of back-and-forth fighting, the board came 4sKd6h, with number 1PEN holding KcQc and Dihxm holding 4d9d. The short stack made a small raise with high pair, and the chip leader shoved with a pair of 4′s. number 1PEN immediately called, and looked to be in good shape to double up. But the turn and river were landed with running diamonds (10d8d), giving Dihxm the winning flush.

Just after a quarter-past midnight on May 1, 2010, play completed for the 22nd time in the FTOPS XVI contest. With a first place position worth $86,716.56 on the line, two competitors fought to the finish.

In the end, it was Mement_mori coming out on top of Dimasik59, wrapping play in Event #22. The victory took just over nine hours, with 2,181 players in the field. Once it came down to heads up play, Mement_mori immediately took command. Dimasik59 folded hand after hand without seeing a flop, sometimes going as many as ten consecutive folds before seeing a board. Once all of the tentative player’s chips were finally in the pot with two pair (10′s and 9′s), Mement-mori turned over pocket kings to win with a better two pair (Kings and 9′s).

The final table of this 6-Max, $200+$16 tournament shook out like this:

1: Mement_mori ($86,716.56)

2: Dimasik59 ($55,179.30)

3: Intervention ($38,603.70)

4: cerilloin ($29,007.30)

5: Past ($20,719.500)

6: Mariklus ($13,958.40)

Red Full Tilt player John Turner just barely missed the final cut, coming in in 7th place and taking home $8,767.62. The next highest Red finished was Leandro Brasa, who failed to make the money with a 259th place elimination.

All told, the top 234 places were paid, with the lowest prize weighing in at $348.96.

Yet again, a Full Tilt Red member finished just outside of the final table. This time, it was Ram Vaswani, who was knocked out of action in 7th place. For his trouble, Vaswani took home $19,300. 492 places were paid overall, with the lowest prize weighing in at $350. This was a knockout tournament, as well, with $40 awarded for each bounty.…

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Full-Tilt-Poker Leaderboards – Current Leaders May 20th

Full-Tilt-Poker Leaderboards – Current Leaders May 20th

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The last week of each month always seems to go by far too quickly and it’s hard to imagine how fast it must go by for the players competing on the Full Tilt Leaderboards. There are a lot of familiar players seasoning each of the three Full Tilt Leaderboards this week and I suspect it will continue through the end of the month and into June. Out of the three categories, the MTT Leaderboard is showing the most new players looking for their shot at a 1st place victory. Despite the number of new players popping up in the MTT Leaderboard there are still plenty of dominating players that must be reckoned with before the prizes are awarded in ten days.

FlopTurnRiver keeps track of the FTP Leaderboard results daily and keeps them archived on the Full Tilt network page which can be found here: Leaderboard-Calendar. Simply scroll down to the leaderboard section and select whichever day you feel like viewing. It’s a great way to see how players are progressing as time goes on.

 

For a quick link to today’s full Leaderboard results (a whopping 250 recorded places) click here: May 20th Leaderboard Results.

 

Let’s jump to it!

 

Current May 20th Top Ten MTT Leaders:

 

1 Halfrek 17383.90 $1000 & Entry

2 tedsfishfry 11241.40 $500 & Entry

3 cheesemonster 10934.70 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

4 da_professional 10664.60 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

5 rtkoss 10411.70 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

6 bowser125 10112.60 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

7 Pimpnuho 9723.00 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

8 pairdboard21 9479.90 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

9 Rounder63 9456.30 (3) $75 Tokens & Entry

10 mgerman23 8927.00 (2) $75 Tokens & Entry

Halfrek stepped it up over the course of the week sending him to 1st place from last week’s 2nd. A combination of Halfrek’s climb to 1st and probably the lack of play on _FlaXmarZ_’s part has knocked _FlaXmarZ_ down to 11th place. As suspected, just as quickly as Flax scored his first place position he lost it. If he’d like to play with the big boys on the Full Tilt Leaderboard he’ll have to up his game quite a bit. I wouldn’t be surprised if he dropped another ten places or more by the time June comes knocking. tedsfishfry is in 2nd place this week. Ted has made several leaderboard appearances over the time I’ve been covering them but it’s been a while since I’ve seen him around, let alone as high as 2nd place. tedsfishfry is definitely a skilled player but I don’t know if he’s got the skill required to hold onto this high of a position with ten full days of action left.

cheesemonster has appeared out of nowhere this week landing himself a comfortable 3rd place position. Though anything is possible, especially on the MTT Leaderboard, I would doubt cheesemonster’s consistence in the final days of May. Even just last week crypto gamblinghad not held any position in all of the 250 recorded places. One hit wonder, or some mad skills? We’ll just have to wait and see. da_professional has returned yet again for another week in 4th place and continues to impress me with his consistency on the top ten of this leaderboard. He has either climbed in rank or has stayed the same since the beginning of May, and has never dropped in position. After securing 30th place overall in April this month is shaping up to be better for da_professional all around.

Right along with da_professional, rtkoss is having a much better month in his current 5th place position after his 31st place win for April. rtkoss is up one position from last week as well. bowser125 is a great player who’s appeared in many top tens over the course of my analysis but he has started dropping in the ranks over the past week and it’s hard to tell where he may wind up by the time the month is over. Today he can be found in 6th place whereas just last week he sat in 3rd.

Pimpnuho has grown into one of my favorite players on the Full Tilt Leaders boards as he shows great consistency in his play and appears in the top ten more times than most other players. Pimpnuho has managed to climb the ranks since last week landing him a 7th place position from 22nd. The other player worth mentioning is Rounder63, who somehow always seems to hang out just below my radar. Rounder jumped from 52nd place two weeks ago to 10th place, and now over the past seven days has risen one more position to his current 9th palce.

 

Current May 20th Top Ten SNG Leaders – High Limit:

 

1 time4sumakshun 20728.60 20x Fav

2 Whitesnake1 18428.80 16x Fav

3 Mr Wite 16681.30 14x Fav

4 moneyinthebank1 14851.50 12x Fav

5 The Fiend 34 13210.60 11x Fav

6 braminc 13067.90 10x Fav

7 beanmo 12201.10 9x Fav

8 PokerLex777 9932.70 8x Fav

9 UGGs 9601.50 7x Fav

10 TurtleTerror 9233.80 6x Fav

 

I like covering the two SNG Leaderboards on Full Tilt because they’re never short of talented and well recognized players. Choosing favorites among these amazing players has become a bit of a challenge as they all show ridiculous ability in their SNG play. time4sumakshun would definitely be in my list of favorites as he never fails to make his presence felt in not just the top ten but in the top 3 positions of the leaderboard. Today time4sumakshun has snatched the 1st place position away from Whitesnake1 who held this position just last week. This steal only knocked Whitesnake down to 2nd place with a chip lead of 2,000 still over 3rd place.

Mr wite, a player who hasn’t yet established a worthy profile to land in my good graces has risen to 3rd this week after his 7th place position last week. Mr Wite must be doing somethign right to be continuing his climb upward. moneyinthebank1 will no doubt pass Mr Wite as he is one of the best players to play on this High Limit SNG Leaderboard. I’m not sure how high moneyinthebank1 will achieve, but I’d put my money on his position rising a place or two over the course of the next ten days. The Fiend 34 is showing consistency this week as he reappears in 5th place for a second week in a row.

braminc has failed to nail his 3rd place position for a third week in a row and has been knocked down to 6th place, just above beanmo who has dropped to 7th from his last week’s 6th place. beanmo must be playing a bit under the weather as of late because he’s definitely capable of more within the top ten positions. I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see him shoot up to the one of the top four positions by the end of May.

PokerLex has returned in 8th place for a second week in a row while UGGs has risen from 10th to 9th for the week. In UGGs place for 10th is a new player to the top ten, TurtleTerror. Last week TurtleTerror was in 12th place, just below the top ten cutoff.

 

Current May 20th Top Ten SNG Leaders – Low Limit:

 

1 tcmwpti 8267.80 20x Fav

2 M3nte 7839.60 16x Fav

3 einsammy 7737.80 14x Fav

4 gerdim 7075.30 12x Fav

5 Arngrim 7010.50 11x Fav

6 LDCrayne 6417.80 10x Fav

7 antzzor 5851.50 9x Fav

8 ObvFish 5632.60 8x Fav

9 timo82samuel 5341.50 7x Fav

10 Oknan 5134.70 6x Fav

 

Continuing on the discussion of consistency, tcmwpti has come back for another week in 1st place in the low limit SNG Leaderboard. In the prior week to his two-week reign on 1st place he was in 2nd, just one position lower. Deepening his already imrpessive portfolio, tcmwpti secured a 1st place win for the overall month of April, taking home the nice 20 buy-ins of his favorite tournament. M3nte is right up there with tcm still in 2nd place just like last week. And in the previous week (first week of May,) M3nte held the 1st place position.

einsammy has also returned for another week in 3rd place. In fact, looking again at this leaderboard for May, places 1 through 4 have remained the same throughout almost ALL of May. Changes begin at Arngrim who has risen to 5th place from last week’s 7th. All five of these players are great at what they do and I’m not surprised to see any of them in the top five. LDCrayne has managed to jump a few spots to 6th place from last week’s 9th, giving new players a chance at the top ten.

New to the leaderboard this month, is Oknan 10th place. Oknan has made an impressive leap over last week’s 22nd place.

I’ve ncluded places 11th-14th because three of the best low limit SNG players can be found in these positions. tappert, bedsore and kokmus are surprising me as they’ve fallen from the top ten. They’re all capable of rising the ranks and sitting at the top and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see them recapture the positions in which they belong.

11 kjh8448 5090.60 5x Fav

12 tappert 4857.70 5x Fav

13 bedsore 4617.90 5x Fav

14 kokmus 4458.10 5x Fav…

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First post since my trip

First post since my trip

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So, this is my first post about myself,  which I thought I’d start writing seeming as though I’ve been off for 3 weeks, I thought perhaps I needed to put something back into hk prize !

A quick introduction to myself, I play low/mid-stakes poker, mainly $1/2 cash game and as results have shown, I generally make money from the game.

 

I’ve just come back from the Ladbrokes Cruise 2008, a package worth $6.5k, but which I won entry through winning a MTT with more than 1000 entrants (so far my best takedown!).  I played the $500 and $300 event, and came 22nd in the $500 out of 300 runners, where I made around $3k profit, which is pretty good considering all expenses were paid for!  On the ship included some good European players such as the Devilfish, Marc Goodwin and Paul Jackson.  The whole experience was fantastic, I would recommend anyone whole heartedly to go on one of these cruise trips, and I am certainly gonna try and qualify for next years!

 

One thing that I learned from the trip was that the Scandinavians a super aggressive, in which you must not be streamrolled over!  Another, is that after playing some of the older pro’s, I don’t think that you have to be a fantastic player to be a pro- if you’re an marginally an above average player, you just have to find the right tables.   I thought some of the older pro’s were very ABC, with very few moves.

 

January has been my best month in poker, profitting around $8k, as I also took down a tournament at the DTD poker room (The UK’s only fully regulated poker room), for $3.3k (www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/resultplayers.php?id=77).   My bankroll now accumulates to over $12k, but as my live BR and seperate to my online BR, it’s difficult to calculate!  I am now considering playing $2/4 and have done for a while, maybe a few more winning sessions and then we’ll see.

 

A lot of people ask me why I don’t spend the money that I won, but personally, I’d rather keep it in my poker, and hopefully let it snowball, rather than cashing out, buying a car, and finding myself playing the same levels that I was a year ago.  The problem I find is that I have little time to play poker, apart from the weekends.  I work LONG hours, yet the last few months, I have made more playing poker- crazy!  With this, I don’t have much time to develop my poker career, so although I work in marketing, I am now hoping to work in poker marketing and at least blend the 2 together!

 

Anyway, hopefully, as my blog goes on, you will hear of some progression to the next cash levels! May the cards be with you!

 

Its incredible how a hot run can make you feel like a fucking genius, but when you catch a bad run of cards you also feel that the world is against you. Well, what wrong in the previous sentence? The word ‘feel’/

Feeling has no place at the poker table. Feeling has place in the bedroom, at the stadium, but not at the table.

 

Think about this for a second.

 

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Review of Internet Gambling Report IV

Review of Internet Gambling Report IV

Posted on by Mock George

One of the most explosive, and controversial, of Internet services has been on-line gambling. Hundreds, if not thousands, of sites have gone up in the last few years catering to the home gambler, and few topics have engendered such controversy, or such vacillation and half-measures, on the part of world governments. The 4th edition of the Internet Gambling Report is a collection of essays edited and partially written by Anthony Cabot.

One topic that this reviewer knows even more thoroughly than gambling issues is Internet service architectures. The Internet information provided in Internet Gambling Report is pretty solid. Some of it isn’t correct on every detail, but even where it isn’t correct to the letter it’s unlikely to mislead the reader, so I give the book reasonably high marks in this respect. I’d like to have seen some more thorough explanations and details in places, but of folks who read the book, I’m probably in the minority on that.

One inevitable downside of a book like this concerns the currency of the gambling information. The state of government regulation of on-line gambling is highly volatile and unforgiving of conventional publication schedules. The information contained in the Internet Gambling Report looks to have been quite accurate and thorough at the time it was written, but just in the few months between final edit and the time I wrote this review, the status of the proposed Kyl bill, the regulatory climate in Australia, and potential Slot Gacor regulation in Nevada have changed the playing field substantially. It would seem that the opportunity to promote a newsletter, or at least having a web site that listed updates, would be a no-brainer, but I found no evidence that Cabot and his associates provide such a service.

As with any book, the big question is, “Should I buy and read it?” For Internet Gambling Report, I find this to be a tough question to answer simply. Instead, I’ll list a couple of prospective readership groups and analyze how this book will or won’t help them.

Internet Gamblers: While there’s a lot of information here on Internet gambling, little of it would be of direct value to Internet gamblers themselves. Information about the legality of Internet gambling in a person’s home area may be worthwhile, but regulations change so rapidly these days that anything one reads here might already be out of date. A better resource for potential Internet gamblers is Bill Haywood’s BeatWebCasinos.Com, although many of the currency problems apply to this book as well.

Potential On-Line Casino Operators: Folks who may want to open an on-line casino will probably want to read this book. However, one shouldn’t believe that merely reading this book prepares one for opening such a site. To their credit, Cabot and company do a good job painting just how difficult this is and how it’s not an undertaking to be taken lightly. One complaint I have, though, is that just when the book is about to discuss details that would help readers make an informed decision, they back down. For example, in Chapter 7 where Jim McGeahy talks about Internet security for on-line casinos, some of the attacks casino servers might face are discussed, but steps to resist those attacks aren’t mentioned, even though those solutions are publically available.

Traditional Gambling Operators: Internet Gambling Report probably most satisfies those who are in management of traditional land-based casinos who want to become more informed about the state of on-line gambling, but not from the standpoint of gambling there themselves, or setting up shop in cyberspace. For these readers, this book probably provides exactly what they are looking for.

Gambling Enthusiasts: Many people are just interested in reading about gambling and the gambling industry, largely as a hobby. Certainly, this reviewer falls into this camp. While much of this book provides interesting information that’s hard to find in other places, people in this camp may not ultimately feel satisfied with the coverage for this price.

As a collection of essays, the book is occasionally meandering and repetitive, but not much more so than is inevitable in a volume like this. Internet Gambling Report manages to provide a lot of well-researched information, but it’s not the sort of thing a lot of people will want to read. Still, if understanding the business climate of on-line gambling is interesting to you, this book fits the bill.

 

Capsule:

I would expect that not a lot of people would find the 4th edition of the Internet Gambling Report to be scintillating reading, but those who want to come up to speed on the state of regulation and the business climate of on-line gambling will find what they’re looking for in this volume. Be warned, though, that this is a rapidly changing environment that traditional publication schedules can never truly keep pace with. Folks not interested in on-line gambling regulation and business cases can afford to pass on reading this large tome.

 

 

 

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Diamond Art

Why Do I Prefer Square Diamond Painting Drills for My Diamond Paintings?

Posted on by Mock George

If you’ve been in the diamond painting hobby for very long, then you know there are two basic kinds of diamond drills. There are the square diamonds and the round ones.

 

People feel very strong conviction about which ones they use, and others just kinda’ have a preference. If you haven’t used both kinds of diamond drills, you may not care one way or the other about the differences.

 

The Challenging Kits for Advanced Diamond Painters

A lot of diamond painting experts will tell you that square diamond painting kits are for people who are skilled at the craft. Try not to let statements like these scare you off if you’re relatively new to the hobby.

 

There’s not some steep learning curve for diamond painting that’s been kept a secret. It’s an easy, accessible hobby that anyone can learn fairly quickly. However, you should know that square diamond drills are considered more challenging to use than the circular or round ones. It takes just a little more skill and precision to fit them into their slots and hear that rewarding click sound.

 

It’s something you learn pretty quickly, and newbies to diamond painting may feel slightly intimidated by the extra effort quired. They may want to start out with the round diamond drills, but the square kits are definitely worth trying out. More about Diamond Art

 

Anyone who’s been in a hobby for a period of time will tell you that there is a great reward in something that is challenging to them. The extra little bit a challenge that square drills offer can make for a more enjoyable time.

 

That Mosaic Look

Square diamond kits don’t just offer a more advanced experience; they also give you a different look. Once you’ve assembled a square diamond painting, you may be able to appreciate the shininess and glossiness of the square drills. Compared to the round drills, there’s a definite difference. Round diamond drills are kind of sparkly, while the square ones have more of a sheen to them.

 

Once assembled, your square diamond painting kit will resemble a mosaic. The little square drills give a very neat and uniform look that’s easy to appreciate. You’ll feel like you’ve created a real work of art and put in more effort to it than when you put together a similar round diamond painting kit.

 

Look, No Gap!

What’s another difference between the square diamond painting kits and the round ones? Once you start putting them together, you’ll see it for yourself.

 

What happens if you make rows of circles side by side? What you get is a lot of little spaces between each of these circles. They can still look good all lined up together, but there are definite gaps there. This is what happens when you put together a round diamond painting. You end up with a lot of gaps across your canvas. To some, that’s not very pleasing and appealing.

 

So, what happens when you do the same thing with a bunch of squares? You end up with a seamless series of rows. The rows above and the rows below line up perfectly with each other. The squares that are side by side will line up perfectly as well. They all have straight, clean edges, which means that when they are all assembled, there’s no gaps left.

 

That looks pretty great when you’re putting together a diamond painting. The square diamond painting kits create a seamless image, and that can create much more beautiful paintings. Some people won’t care, and it won’t matter to a lot of people who make diamond paintings. To others, it makes a huge difference.

 

What about you? Which do you prefer? Once you try both kinds- squares and diamonds- you will likely have a preference. I prefer square diamond painting kits for all the reasons I listed above. You get a seamless look that comes together so nicely. They are also going to offer a little bit of a challenge that I really appreciate. I also like the shiny, mosaic look that the square diamond painting kits have when they’re all assembled. They look so brilliantly beautiful in the light.

 

There’s not necessarily a right or wrong diamond painting kit to pick. Whichever one you choose is going to cost the same whether you’re getting square or round ones. You don’t pay more for the shape. I definitely suggest trying both to see what you like more. You may develop a preference for the round ones for entirely different reasons than what I listed here. That’s the fun of diamond painting. Everyone enjoys it in their own way.

 

 

 

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789betting

Video 789betting Poker Appendix 1

Posted on by Mock George

This appendix addresses the question of bankroll size Vs. risk of ruin in video poker. For those who don’t know, the risk of ruin is the probability of losing an entire bankroll. The following tables show the number of betting units required according to the desired risk of ruin, the game, and cash back. A “betting unit” is five coins, for example a betting unit would be $1.25 for a 25 cent machine player.

As an example the full play deuces wild player, with 0.25% cash back, would need a bankroll of 3345 units to have a probability of ruin of 5%. See the following chart to find this number. These numbers may seem high compared to other sources based on ruin before some other event is achieved. The tables below are for ruin at any time over an infinite period of time and thus have no successful terminating event, other than reaching an infinite bankroll. Consequently these tables are best used by the player considering establishing a bankroll for an indefinite period of play

Deuces Wild

The following table applies to “full pay” deuces wild. This pay table can be found in my video poker tables but is generally marked by paying 5 for a four of a 789betting kind. The expected return on this game is 100.76% and the standard deviation is 5.08.

Risk

of Ruin Cash Back

0% 0.25% 0.50% 0.75% 1.00%

50.00% 1061 774 601 486 404

40.00% 1402 1023 795 643 534

30.00% 1843 1344 1044 844 702

20.00% 2463 1797 1396 1129 939

10.00% 3524 2571 1997 1615 1343

7.50% 3964 2892 2247 1817 1511

5.00% 4585 3345 2598 2101 1747

2.50% 5646 4119 3200 2587 2151

1.00% 7048 5142 3994 3230 2686

0.50% 8109 5916 4596 3716 3090

0.25% 9170 6690 5197 4202 3494

0.10% 10572 7713 5992 4845 4029

0.05% 11633 8487 6593 5331 4433

0.025% 12694 9261 7194 5817 4837

0.01% 14096 10284 7989 6460 5372

Double Bonus

The following table applies to “10/7” double bonus. This pay table can be found in my video poker tables but is generally marked by paying 7 for a flush and 10 for a full house. The expected return on this game is 100.17% and the standard deviation is 5.32.

Risk

of Ruin Cash Back

0% 0.25% 0.50% 0.75% 1.00%

50.00% 5761 2254 1391 999 776

40.00% 7615 2980 1839 1321 1026

30.00% 10006 3916 2417 1736 1348

20.00% 13376 5235 3230 2320 1802

10.00% 19137 7489 4622 3320 2578

7.50% 21528 8425 5199 3735 2900

5.00% 24897 9744 6013 4319 3354

2.50% 30658 11998 7404 5319 4130

1.00% 38273 14978 9244 6640 5155

0.50% 44034 17233 10635 7639 5931

0.25% 49795 19487 12026 8639 6707

0.10% 57410 22467 13865 9960 7733

0.05% 63171 24722 15257 10959 8509

0.025% 68931 26976 16648 11958 9285

0.01% 76547 29956 18487 13280 10311

Jacks or Better

The following table applies to “full pay” jacks or better. This pay table can be found in my video poker tables but is generally marked by paying 6 for a flush and 9 for a full house. The expected return on this game is 99.54% and the standard deviation is 4.42.

Risk

of Ruin Cash Back

0.50% 0.75% 1.00% 1.25% 1.50%

50.00% 15454 2198 1130 735 530

40.00% 20429 2906 1493 971 701

30.00% 26843 3819 1962 1276 921

20.00% 35883 5105 2623 1706 1231

10.00% 51337 7303 3752 2441 1761

7.50% 57751 8216 4221 2746 1982

5.00% 66791 9502 4882 3176 2292

2.50% 82245 11700 6011 3911 2822

1.00% 102674 14606 7505 4882 3523

0.50% 118128 16805 8634 5617 4053

0.25% 133581 19003 9764 6352 4584

0.10% 154010 21910 11257 7323 5284

0.05% 169464 24108 12386 8058 5815

0.025% 184918 26306 13516 8793 6345

0.01% 205347 29213 15009 9764 7046

Methodology

An entirely mathematical approach was used to create the above tables. The theory was similar to that of the solution of problem 72 in my site of math problems. Briefly if p is the probability of ruin with 1 unit then p2 is the probability of ruin with 2 units, p3 is the probability of ruin with 3 units, and so on. With the known probabilities for the outcome of each hand an equation could be set up to solve: p=sum over all possible outcomes of pri * pri, where pri is the probability of hand i and ri is the return for hand i. Using an iterative process I solved for p.

The cash back had to be factored using a little finesse. In all cases I assumed the player redeemed his cash back whenever he received a particular hand, for example five of a kind in deuces wild. It was also assumed he played the expected number of hands between such cash-back hands every time. In the case of deuces wild 312.34 hands are played on average for each five of a kind.

 

Other Sources

For the player interested in the risk of ruin before achieving a desired goal, either receiving one royal flush or playing a specified number of hands, I would recommend Video Poker Optimum Play by Dan Paymar.

 

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Translation Agencies UK

LANGUAGE TRANSLATION – Translation Agency UK

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BubblesTranslations can translate your documents into any language. Our ATA certified translators don’t just translate the words but understand the language, culture, and target country. We have specialized translators in a variety of areas — engineering, technical, medical, computers, financial, legal, marketing, just to name a few. We also offer multilingual typesetting and website translation.

About Us

BubblesTranslations evolved as a division of Photo Comp Graphic Communication, who has been in the communications business for over 30 years. With our roots in publishing, it became clear several years ago that global communication was rapidly becoming a necessity for many companies. Countless opportunities exist for those companies who can market their products around the world.

We’ve assembled a select group of professional, experienced and accredited translators to help in “bringing the world closer together”. Our translators have collectively worked with most of the Fortune 500 companies in the United States. Their quality and attention to detail is second to none.

Our project managers follow your project from the initial discussions all the way through proofreading and final checkout. Our goal is to provide the best translation possible for your particular use and target market.

With our experience in typesetting, graphic design and web design, we can take the translation and complete your project – whether for print or the internet.

If you have questions about our services, please contact us.

We translate the world’s most popular languages as well as the ones that are more obscure. For some of the most popular, we have included language profiles below.

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Our Translators

We have selected only those Translation Agency UK accredited translators with bachelor and master degrees in various forms of linguistics. All have several years of experience translating for global commerce companies.

Here are some of the qualifications that our translators must have in order to work with ProTranslations:
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Language or Linguistics
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