The new horoscope themed Super Casino game from Playtech – Zodiac Supernova has been released at quite a few sites and is proving to be a smash hit; it went live on the 7^th December 2010 in seven currencies and eight languages. You will find it on the Virtue Fusion Alderney network, so this means mostly UK and European bingo sites. It has already been released on some of the big names and you will find it at Mecca Bingo, Tea and Bingo, William Hill, Crown Bingo, Paddy Power, Virgin Bingo, Ladbrokes and Bet 365 amongst others. Shoot for the stars and play Zodiac Supernova – do the stars foretell a win for you?

This is a 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot with a minimum coin size of 0.01 and maximum of 5.00 with a maximum bet per spin of 125.00 and a 5 000 coin maximum win. It obviously features all the star signs as icons and all winning symbol combinations will trigger exploding reels.

Count Spectacular

Count Spectacular is a new from Real Time Gaming (RTG) and what is nice about this game is that RTG still accepts players from the USA. It is a vampire-themed video slot machine which features five reels and 25 pay lines. Icons include Count Spectacular himself as well as wolves, strings of garlic, a very afraid looking blond, castles, bejewelled door knockers, vampire bats, ghouls, mirrors and more; all in caricature form, so the game is entirely amusing as well as entertaining. Count Spectacular is the wild and this is an expanding wild, so land him to expand and cover the entire reel which generally creates more winning pay lines. He also substitutes for all other symbols except the castles which are scatters.

When the count appears on reels one and five simultaneously he triggers the Count Spectacular feature and here players are able to choose 12 free spins with a 3 x multiplier, or otherwise four re-spins with Count Spectacular still in place on the reels. You will find this spectacular new video slot at Win Palace or Titan Casino and the top prize on the maximum coin range of 5.00 is a mahoosive $50 000!! Play from as little as 0.25c or as much as $150 a spin!

Archipelago

The last in this series of new slots games is exclusive only to Bodog casino and much like the last game we mentioned, this online slot is spectacular. It is called “Archipelago” and features stunning graphics as well as really cool bonus game. Again US slotters may enjoy a spin on these reels. Look out for icons such as golden cups, magical bowls (this is an expanding symbol) and the Archipelago icon; these will trigger your way to winning. The Spirits of Nature bonus game starts when you land three or more archipelago symbols on an active pay line. A minimum bet is 0.05 and a maximum is 5.00 with a top prize of 2 500 coins on a maximum bet of 125.00.

The best poker players are the players who consistently play with the type of skill which means they are playing correctly!

Poker skills can be extremely simple or extremely complex; the use of these skills means the player is exploiting advantages. These advantages are denoted by the type of game they are playing, what their bankroll is, psychology, record keeping, situations of hand and other factors. Poker skill does not merely mean the way a player deals with a poker hand. Working with a hand is merely a sub-set of a greater part of the skills required by a player.

In the most part it is circumstances which dictate the way a poker game goes, so by the same token the same circumstances will dictate his/her skill or ability. The more games the player knows the greater their skills set will be and in this we see that positive expectation dictates their ability. It is a matter of making choices in how and why to expand a skill set, and this is not some kind of mysterious magic.

Poker skill is applied and this is what makes it real and not simply old fashioned “good luck’. While some poker players are fantastic in one situation they may be a complete fish in another and the ability to change from the skill set of a Texas Hold’em whiz to a Omaha winner, is how positive expectation is equated.

There is no way positive expectation can be a poker outcome if the most skilled player is playing the wrong games or making the wrong choices. For example going into a tournament under-bankrolled or playing on no sleep. Some players think they are so invincible they may even play under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This is not the way to achieve positive expectation.

Under circumstances such as these, talented players become dead busts and apart from the influence of blind luck wouldn’t even be winning in a card room. It is not ok to have the potential to be a brilliant player if you aren’t going to use it for a positive outcome.

There are many different ways to get the best of poker and achieve positive expectation. This game is far more meaningful than simply playing with a handful of cards against a bunch of other guys. Poker takes place in strategic discussions before a game, between hands and planning the best strategy to showcase poker skills. Making all the right choices is integral. Playing sober, selecting the right game for your bankroll, inspired bluffing, value bets, reading players and much more all goes into the pot to get 100% positive expectation from playing poker, which is the real prize. Don’t play poker for money only, play it for all the right reasons!