A casino bonus can be in the ranges of $25 to $200 however this depends on the amount of money that you deposit, for example if the casino is offering a bonus of 100% and you were to pay $100 then that means that you will get a extra $100 free. When joining an online casino it is important to read the rules and regulations concerning your bonus because each particular casino has its own casino rules and regulations concerning the bonuses and the withdrawal system.

Cashable casino bonuses are those bonuses that allow a player to cash out their cash after playing a certain number wagers, this type of bonus is the most popular with players, because the represent a real opportunity to make money, this bonus is subject to rules for example you can only get you money after have made the minimum number of wagers, and theses wagers have to be made on certain types of games, wagers on other games besides these will not count.

A no deposit bonus is offered to any player whether they made a deposit or not, just the fact that you are playing at the casino entitles you to a bonus. This is a good bonus because it allows you the chance to try out a casino without having to pay a deposit. A sticky bonus is a bonus that is normally given on a casino using Microgaming software they are just like no deposit bonuses but they are of a larger amount than the other.

Online casino licensing is of particular importance, and is an essential point to look out for when selecting an online casino to join because an online casino license is an indication of the standards of the casino. Online casino licensing is also an indication of how serious the online casino is about their business. Most importantly online casino licensing is important because you have to be sure before you give anyone your money that the casino is reliable, safe and secure.

Online casino licensing and rules and regulations with each jurisdiction and each country has its own rules and regulations regarding online gambling, an online gambling license can normally be obtained from different governments all around the world however most online casinos get their licenses from an offshore jurisdiction because online gambling is prohibited in most countries for example in America.

The first countries to issue casino  licenses to online casinos were Antigua, and Barbados and currently host the bulk of online casinos , today however many counties are easing their regulations regarding online casinos, now you can get an offshore license in Canada , the Mohawks of Khanawake from the gaming commission of Khanawake Indian Reserve, Costa Rica and Australia.

A fully licensed casino will normally publicize information concerning it licensing details on their internet site this information can be found among the details of the online casino on its homepage, online casino licensing has even become a sort of marketing tool for example if the online casino has a license from Gibraltar which is known for giving out the strictest licensing, then people will be attracted to the site. Online casino licensing is important to every player who wants to gamble on secure, reliable, and legal online casino.

The first obstacle is actually reading the information on the poker table. To our luck we had a lot of experience doing this as we’ve been building bots for a lot of games earlier. To be honest, this is the biggest problem for most people but it if you’re used to reading data fron first person shooters poker is honestly nothing. The need for speed is close to nothing and the different kinds of information that you can get is very limited. Compared to make a bot that aims for your enemies in a constantly changing world, reading cards is simple.

The second obstacle is bypassing anti-bot programs. Most poker rooms actually apply some sort of security in this matter but the truth is they don’t really put their heart in to it. They do make a lot of money from bots, raking all day, they just want to make it seem they are putting a lot of effort into it.

By keeping track of your hands and building a database you will actually get a library of your played hands and if you can only filter and sort it in the right way and fast then you have a massive advantage on your opponent. For example, by just calculating how big percent of the hands your opponent calls preflop will tell you wether he is a loose or tight player, it’s not harder than that as statisticly he should call a certain amount of hands over time. Him being loose does not of course that he is a bad player, there are lots of very good players that do play loose. It is still a piece of information you have that he doesn’t (as long as he isn’t using the tool himself). It doesn’t stop there either, if you measure how big percent of his hands he folds after the flop you can see if he is weak or tough post flop. If you know your opponent is weak post flop, placing a bigger bet to get him to fold might be a good idea or if you hit a quad maybe you need to slowplay him.

There are of course a lot of more useful info on your opponents that you can get from a high quality poker tool but it doesn’t even stop there. By looking at your own game in retrospect you can learn things about yourself, maybe you are a tight and passive player and to be honest even though being careful is good that is a combination that will never win you any real money.

There is even more to it than that, what if a tool could tell you which table you should play. You want to find a table with lots of fish and no sharks. Well, todays tools keep track of this too.

If you aren’t using a tool today, you definately should, that is my advice for today.

Inspiration: Poker Tools

One of the things that bother me some with Buzzluck is that it is all Flash, and a flash that I had to download as well. Once I had it installed in my browser it still kept giving me problems. I’m not a big fan of explorer so I use either Chrome or FF and the site had problems with both. There are some really annoying bugs that have been torturing me but me guess is that they will take care of them pretty soon, the site is brand new after all.

As a casino I wouldn’t say that there is anything really special, it looks good, it’s a 3D flash-casino and they have the usual games (You know; Black Jack, Slots, Roulette, Craps etc). The biggest advantage here is that the site looks very good but to be honest I never really care for that. They have a whole big lobby section that I never quite figured out. It’s like a big 3D room where you, sort of, can walk around and approach avatars. Me using Chrome might be the reason that this was a pretty crappy experience and I just couldn’t understand what to do there. The good thing is that you can skip the lobby and head directly to the casino or the Live Lounge  if that is what you came for.

All in all Buzzluck is a nice Casino and chatting with the hosts of the Live Lounge gives a bit of a warm feeling, it is nice with real people in a casinoworld that is almost completely automated elsewhere.

Mike on Pokeriot has written about Buzzluck too and that is the only other review that I could find.

The challenge of building a bot is something you take on because you love the game of poker, it’s not a small task and it demands that you learn to do things by rules instead of by instinct, this is really hard and it has certainly made me a better poker player. Understanding the basics in poker is something most players actually skip to go directly to the fancy stuff and this is why a bot can still win. If you had just bothered to learn pot odds, outs and some basic statistics you would have beaten the bot every time, but you didn’t did you? How can you claim your love for the game to be bigger than ours when you didn’t even bother to learn the basics.

The main reason backgammon is more suitable for botting is that the game is more or less deterministic. All variables are known except the dice that adds the little randomness there is. The thing with backgammon is that there is a right way of playing it. You can’t be smarter or better, the best you can do is playing the game right and hope that your opponent makes mistakes or that the dice are on your side. There is an optimal move in every given situation. If there hadn’t been dice involved it would have been the same game as tic tac toe, if you play it correctly noone can win.

This makes it perfect for a bot, a bot will never make mistakes. As long as the bot has the correct algorithm or,  as in the scenario I considered have all the situations in the database and knows how to handle them, it will play an optimal game.

After a lot of thinking about this I realized that it is so easy that there has to be one out on the net already. A few minutes of Google Jockeing and I found it. It’s names Snowie and even does cooperation with some gaming companies offering backgammon. Well, it was an interesting day thinking about it at least.

If you are interested too I’d like to show you the Poker Bot article series:

• The Poker Bot
• Gathering data for the poker bot
• Post-flop
• Cheating Party Poker
• Why we wanted a SNG poker bot
• Poker Bot Strategy
• More rooms for the bot