Gambler's Survival Guide
Source : Max Drayman (www.winneronline.com)

Top tips that will help you walk away from casinos with more money in your pocket:Know Your Game Not all games are created equally. There is a wealth of information both on the net and in print to inform you of the odds you face in any given game and the strategies that will help shave the house edge to a minimum. Spend a little time reading and you'll spend a lot less time wondering what happened to your bankroll.Play To A Budget Let's say you've got $600 and you expect to gamble three times a week for the next couple weeks. That's $100 per session and that's your budget for any given session. Put the rest away, forget about it and enjoy the money you've got in front of you. DO NOT under any circumstances touch another day's bankroll. If you tap out, walk away and come back another day. This is how you remain a happy gambler and not a whining loser. Don't Gamble With Scared Money.We've all heard and said it before: only gamble money that you can afford to lose. Anything you can't afford to lose like the rent money is called "scared money" because that's what you'll be if you even get close to betting with it. And scared gamblers are losers-in-training. If you play this way you may well need professional counselling.

There is no such thing as a roulette strategy as it is a game of chance where the house odds are the same no matter what bet is placed. The player only has to place the bet and the croupier does the rest. The only time the house odds deviate from the norm is on the special line bet where the house odds actually increase. The only way a player can increase his chances of winning is to pick a table that has less of an edge. This can be done, as there are three varieties of roulette that can be played. So the best chance of winning is to play in Europe where the house odds are lower. In America roulette is normally played on a double zero wheel and this gives the house a 5.26% edge over the player. In Europe however the single zero wheel game is played where there is no 00 number and this lowers the house odds to a 2.7% edge, this version of the game has recently been introduced to some American casinos. If you play in some European casinos like Monte Carlo there is also the a variation of the game called 'en prison' which can lower the house edge to 1.35%. This version works by when the zero is the winning number the house doesn't claim all of the players wager instead the player is given the option of losing half their wager or waiting for the next turn an if the number comes up next time the player gets the original wager back. This explains why the game of roulette is far more popular in Europe than the United States.

List of Poker Etiquette.

Do not move another player's cards before the winner has raked the pot.

Never touch or move another player's money without that player's permission.

If you put your cards face-down on the table and put a chip on top of them, your cards are safe.

It's traditional for a dealer to offer a cut of the deck to the player to his right. That player may cut, tap or pass the cut to the player to his right. A tap signifies no cut is needed.

Answering your mobile phone in the middle of a hand is considered the equivalent of folding your hand.

It is assumed you know all the rules of a game when it's played.

A player should not talk across a player who is involved in a hand. Chatting is fine, but it never should reach the point where it interferes with the flow of the game.

Use of profanity and obscenities is a violation of poker etiquette.

No player should create a disturbance by arguing or shouting.

A player can quit anytime without criticism, and no one should be rude about it.

At no time should any player make statements that could unfairly influence the play of a hand, whether or not the offender is involved in the pot

Respectful treatment of dealers also is part of poker etiquette.

Cards should be discarded on a low line of flight so that people can't see them, Chips should be placed as far forward as reasonably possible to make it easier for the dealer to scoop them.

Do not stack chips so is stacking chips in a way that interferes with dealing or viewing of cards or conceals how much you really have in play.

Players should speak up when they see an error such as an improper amount of a bet, a card going to the wrong person or a flashed card, or the pot about to be incorrectly awarded.

Players should manage their table space in such a way as to be fair and reasonable to other players be aware if you are infringing on another player's space

Don't lean forward or backward to see a player's cards. It is proper for an opponent to complain when a player constantly has the opportunity to see another's holecards,

A player who repeatedly violates these principles of poker etiquette is a disruption to the game, and accordingly ought to be subject to discipline, up to and including ejection from the game and being suspended or barred from the cardroom.