July 2008

Early Tournament Strategies

by Dirty on July 31, 2008

157 Early Tournament Strategies Allen Cunningham July 30th, 2008 Many players’ first exposure to poker comes from watching WSOP and WPT tournaments on TV, and I think that’s great. It’s entertaining and you’ll see some interesting plays, but viewers have to understand that they shouldn’t model their games based on the action they see on [...]

Can Lohse Keep up his Outstanding Season? MLB Match-Up Friday – Cardinals and Phillies match-up, fighting for playoff lives by T.J. Kendrick Philadelphia Philles at St. Louis Cardinals – Friday, August 1 at 8:15 p.m. ET Philadelphia and St. Louis are both fighting for their playoff lives. Either team could win their respective division, though [...]

Feds Hound Bodog Janet Novack and William P. Barrett 07.30.08, 6:35 PM ET The U.S. government recently seized $24 million from bank accounts linked to Bodog, the giant, illegal-under-U.S.-law Internet gaming operation founded by Canadian tycoon Calvin Ayre. Federal filings make very clear that a serious criminal investigation of the Bodog enterprise is ongoing. At [...]

Yankees and Angels Battle in NY starting Thursday MLB Match-Up Thursday – Yanks try to stop free-fall against red-hot Angels by T.J. Kendrick Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees – Thursday, July 31 at 7:05 p.m. ET The Yankees recently traded for Pittsburgh outfielder Xavier Nady to bolster their lineup. It was a smart, [...]

Mark Teixeira by T.J. Kendrick Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox – Wednesday, July 30 at 7:05 p.m. ET If the regular season ended today, the Angels (65-40) would likely be World Series favorites. They’ve torn through Major League Baseball in July, going 15-6 thanks to solid efforts in all phases of the game. [...]

Team Bodog Poker Players in the Spotlight on ESPN’s WSOP* Broadcast Team Bodog player Grant Hinkle and pros David Williams and Justin Bonomo will be featured the next two weeks during ESPN’s final table coverage of the 2008 World Series of Poker* For Immediate Release July 29, 2008 From the moment the first cards were [...]

Blue Jays Ace Roy Halladay by T.J. Kendrick Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays – Tuesday, July 29 at 7:07 p.m. ET The Rays (61-43) will turn to Matt Garza on Tuesday to help the team gain some momentum; the team is barely clinging to the AL East division lead. Tampa Bay has won [...]

San Jose SaberCats vs. Philadelphia Soul – The San Jose SaberCats and the Philadelphia Soul will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday July 27 when they meet at New Orleans Arena in this year’s ArenaBowl. Philadelphia opened as a 3 1/2 point favorite and the total was at 119 1/2. The SaberCats pounded [...]

 Bodog is giving online players the chance to freeroll their way to APT Macau and compete for share of its $1.5 million guaranteed prize For Immediate Release July 23, 2008 Bodog Poker is once again giving its online poker players the chance to freeroll their way to poker stardom and riches while traveling to exotic [...]

MLB Baseball All Star Game: Changes should Come after Epic Battle July 17, 2008 By:  Dirty — GamblingIQ.com The All Star Break in Major League Baseball was one to Remember this year all the way around. Who could ask for anything better? You had three things that should make this the last In-Season All Star [...]

The kickoff of the 2008 season still is weeks away but there are at least a couple of good reasons why college football betting should be near the top of your wagering playbook right now.   For starters, it’s never too early to begin researching the upcoming gridiron campaign, which begins with 14 games on [...]

Top three finishers in the Bodog Poker Mini Series Final win $12,000 VIP Prize Packages to the 2009 WSOP* Main Event For Immediate Release July 17, 2008 As the final cards were being dealt at this year’s World Series of Poker* in Las Vegas, three Bodog online poker players were already being dealt seats to [...]

Online bet battle will continue 14 July 2008 by Tony Batt By Las Vegas Gaming Wire WASHINGTON, DC — Despite a stunning setback in his effort to roll back a ban on Internet gambling, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., says the issue is not going away. “At this point, I’m waiting to see what the Republicans, who voted [...]

A Look at Gambling

by Dirty on July 14, 2008

These Articles are a part of a weekly series that will be published every Monday from a different Gambling IQ member. We want to get some perspective and thoughts of the diversity and into the minds of how our posters think. We hope you enjoy. * Written by guest columnist and Gambling IQ poster PickandWin1 [...]

Arena Football League – A New Rising Game

by Cooper on July 13, 2008

Arena Football League started in year 1987 even when doubts were there. The games are usually held indoors and on an 85 feet wide and 50-yards long playing field. The AFL as it commonly referred to, is participated by players who did not make it to the NFL because of either they are too small [...]

The Ultimate Bowl Betting Commandment

by Cooper on July 12, 2008

The sports betting community does not just make lines for others to follow., they also make their own rules. They have even come up with the Ten Commandments for betting in the bowl games. This is supposed to have ten do’s and don’ts in making a bet but we’ll just take the first commandment. Thou [...]

Making The Odds Work

by Cooper on July 12, 2008

Oddsmaking or linemaking in sports betting is a long process that involves some of the smartest and wisest professional gamblers in the industry. Setting up the line for the following week of NFL, or any sports match up, is usually done in a Sunday afternoon meeting of different sports gamblers. Every game or match up [...]

Home Dogs, Home Heroes

by Cooper on July 12, 2008

 In the 2002 regular NFL season, after all 256 games had been played 92 match ups had lines with home teams being underdogs. These match ups  are some of the most watched and wagered on games in the regular season. The home dog match ups rarely happened during the playoffs as the Home teams are [...]

The 7 Points on Football Betting

by Cooper on July 12, 2008

Among the online sports, sports book or also called as the local bookie is the one taking the bet on top. Definitely, a football sport is considered to be the most excellent game in terms of acts and pleasure. Now if you are competent enough of maintaining your intellect and compassion detach towards examining the [...]

The Vig – How reliable is it?

by Cooper on July 12, 2008

Having an ideal world, the international sports books in Nevada may possibly obtain the balanced quantity of capital on every part of a football sports without even stirring from their place. This could provide the book inventors a 4.4 percent assurance of having income and would get rid of the threat, which is natural in [...]