Low Limit Lowdown | Limit hold’em is a “big-card” game, so unless you flop a set – your chances of doing that are 7.5 to 1 – your little pocket pair (8-8 or lower) usually suffers the agony of defeat by a face-card foe.

Pokin' Around | If you like experimenting with exotic games, Jerry’s Nugget has one for you. In golf terms, it’s a hybrid game – a combination of electronic horse racing, gin rummy and roulette.

If you crave the ecstasy of playing a tournament at the World Series of Poker but can’t afford the agony of plunking down a big buy-in, Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel in historic Downtown Las Vegas has the perfect solution. 

Gambler's Edge | S.L.A.C.K. is the acronym for skill, luck, attitude, concentration and knowledge, five ingredients in gaining “The Gamblers Edge.” This column covers luck and attitude. 

Winning Strategies | Lenny Frome described Expert Strategy as a three-legged stool, with each leg equally important. These three legs are: Know which game to play, Know how to play that game, Know what to expect.

Poker by George | She made the right decision in calling me to see the river. Still, with a set of aces, I had 10 outs and was much more likely to fill up or make quad aces on the river, but it didn’t work out that way for me.

The 17th and final World Series of Poker Circuit stop of the 2011-2012 season concluded Monday night at Harrah’s New Orleans, conveniently located right next to the famous French Quarter.

The Las Vegas Strip’s only bingo room is going virtual. The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is launching a partnership this week with Buffalo Studios, the company behind the popular Facebook game Bingo Blitz.

Fredella’s Fix | One version of Caveman offers a top award of 2,000 credits for hitting a solid seven-spot or better and a top multiplier of 10X, giving the player a total top possible award of 20,000-1, twice that of traditional keno.

Low Limit Low Down |  “The most expensive hand you’ll ever play in a limit hold’em tournament is the one you get for free in the big blind, or the one that costs only half a bet more in the small blind,” Tom McEvoy wrote in Championship Hold’em.

The Gambler's Edge | Part one of three. Next time you’re at the end of your rope in poker – losing, going on tilt, opponents outplaying you – cut yourself some slack. You can turn things around by following five simple guidelines.

Poker by George | Loose players will stay in the pot, which is likely to yield high pot odds. Being passive, with few if any preflop raises, I can see the flop at the lowest price. That’s the optimum situation when you hold a drawing hand preflop.

Winning Strategies | By the time Four Card Poker hit stride, there had been a bit of a lull in table game creation. The casino floor had already changed a good deal with Let It Ride, Caribbean Stud Poker, Three Card Poker and Spanish 21.

Low Limit Lowdown | Many low-limit players chase the money pot at the end of the rainbow by pursuing jackpots and kill pots, not realizing they risk bankrupting their bankrolls in their quest for payouts. 

Looking Back | During the 1999 World Series of Poker, the late “Amarillo Slim” Preston and I met in the sports book at the Horseshoe. Preston is credited with bringing poker out of the back rooms and into the living rooms of millions.

Gambler's Edge | All good decisions are based on information. The more accurate they are, the better your conclusions. But several snags can tie your decisions in knots. In Confident Decision Making, Roger Dawson calls them “information drifts.”

Winning Strategies |  Perseverance can be a positive trait when you are trying to invent a new table game. Unfortunately, it can also be a negative one, which can all but kill your chances of ever having a game reach the casino floor.

Poker by George | It’s a multi-way pot, so you bet or raise for value to maximize your wins. The pot odds are much in your favor. I don’t have to tell you the rest of the story. Another losing hand.

“Having a poker room built next to the sports book is an absolute no brainer,”   Brad Thomte said. “Poker players are sports bettors and sports bettors are poker players. Easy to be both at the same time.

Poker by George | Certainly, as poker grows in popularity, there may be even more references to poker terms – such as “tells” – in our lives. As a matter of fact, we have been using “tells” for years without referring to them as such.