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Entertainment

Gaming – Why it’s important to watch the ‘washing’ and shuffling of the cards

April 17, 2012

  One of the things that absolutely floors me about most of the players around me at the casino is how little they notice or even attempt to notice at the blackjack table – regarding activities that impact their ability to win. For one thing, the shuffling. Few players pay attention to what’s going on. [...]

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The Winner’s Circle – 4/17

April 17, 2012

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Gaming – Of blind men, elephants, pairs of 8s against 10s at blackjack

April 17, 2012

Everybody knows the parable of the blind men and the elephant. One held the tail and thought the elephant was like a rope, another the ear and said it resembled a fan, and so on … imagining a snake, a wall, a tree, and a spear. The upshot, as told by John Godfrey Saxe, was [...]

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Entertainment – CCO partners with local arts organizations on paranormal project

March 20, 2012

In addition to its 2012 Festival productions, Central City Opera announced additional events that will engage and entertain. Celebrating the company’s 2012 productions of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and Menotti’s The Medium, CCO has partnered with The OtherSide paranormal investigators, Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Curious Theatre, Denver Public Library’s Fresh City [...]

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Horoscopes March 20

March 20, 2012

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Casino News – HPT prepares to top million-dollar prize pool in Black Hawk

March 20, 2012

Poker icons Sebok & Smith to play at Golden Gates Casino’s Poker Parlour Submitted by HPT After making headlines for delivering a million-dollar prize pool in October, the nationally-televised Heartland Poker Tour anticipates breaking another record when it returns to Golden Gates Casino’s Poker Parlour in Black Hawk. A new, highly praised tournament structure with [...]

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Thrifty is nifty – No fooling — our grandmothers were ‘green’

March 20, 2012

It’s no April Fools’ joke. No fooling – going “green” and being thrifty is not a new thing even though now it’s an admired way to live. Our grandmothers knew that thrifty was nifty – even if they didn’t realize that they were helping to save our environment. They knew how to recycle things and [...]

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Humor – The many levels of technology fun

March 20, 2012

The power went out one stormy evening last summer. There was nothing for me to do, but put a candle on the coffee table and lay on the couch with a flashlight propped behind me while I tried to read. The flashlight beam made a perfect circle of light, and I could read surprisingly well [...]

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Entertainment – Toe-tappin fun at Fitzgeralds on St. Patrick’s Day

March 6, 2012

  Margarita Brothers set to play  By Rosemary Fetter The Margarita Brothers are coming to Fitzgeralds Black Hawk Casino on St. Patrick’s Day, so get ready for an Irish beach party and maybe even an Irish jig.  Well-known in the metro area, the group plays a variety of musical styles, from California beach music to [...]

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Humor – Early birds and night owls: Can we get along?

March 6, 2012

Some people are morning people. Some people are night people. And some people are only people for a few minutes right around suppertime. I happen to be a morning person, though I do cheer up considerably at the thought of supper. Unfortunately, families and workplaces are made up of all types, and this inevitably leads [...]

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