GAMING GURUS: LATEST FROM OUR STRATEGY EXPERTS

Four Aces and Ten 10's

QUESTION: Please explain about the video poker games with the bonuses on Aces. You get 400 coins on the Aces in Bonus Poker, 800 in Double Bonus, 2,000 in Double Double Bonus and 4,000 in Triple Double Bonus.The Aces have to come up a lot less with the bigger payoffs, right? If they come up the sam...read more

Your Video Poker Quiz

Remember the pop quiz back in high school? Try this True or False pop quiz for video poker.1. You should always play the maximum number of coins when you play video poker.2. If your initial five-card hand has a four of diamonds and you discard it, it’s possible for you to get a four of diamonds on the draw.3...read more

Top 10 picks for the American Poker Awards

This Thursday, the 2nd Annual Global Poker Index American Poker Awards ceremony will be held in Beverly Hills. Everyone who's anyone in the poker world will be there.Unless, of course, they're playing in or working at a poker tournament, like the WPTDeepStacks series at Parx Casino in Philadelphia,...read more

Deal Me In: Lady Luck smiles over the short run

Dear Mark: I love your column and look forward to it every Thursday. I am a dedicated blackjack player and follow basic strategy. For years, I have preferred playing one- and two-deck games (on Fremont St.), but lately, I find I do better with the six- and eight-deck shoes...read more

Mourning the death of Full Tilt

Earlier this week, Amaya announced that it would be merging Full Tilt's traffic with PokerStars.com.The announcement wasn't a big surprise to anyone who has paid attention to online poker traffic over the last few years. Full Tilt, once the clear runne...read more

Chris Moneymaker bullish on Global Poker League

Since turning the poker world upside down with his monumental victory at the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, Chris Moneymaker has been approached to represent, as he puts it, "everything under the sun."To his credit, Moneymaker has been very selective in deciding what he actually attaches hi...read more

Real live poker

I don’t write a lot about live poker — the Texas Hold’em, seven-card stud and Omaha that you see in casino card rooms. Most of my poker playing has been done in home games, with rules that have little to do with anything you’ll find at casinos...read more

New Jersey sports betting case goes back to court

To steal a football phrase, it was "Hail Mary" time for New Jersey sports betting proponents on Wednesday. And, like most late-game desperation passes, the bid to pave the way for the legalization at the state’s casinos and race tracks most likely fell incomplete inside the Third Circuit Court of A...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Is slot cash back gambling income?

Question: Many casinos offer cashback programs. If you cash in your points for cash when you leave the casino, is this taxable income? Does the casino include this cashback as 1099-Misc income as they do for prizes and awards not included as a W-2G win? I know that comps are not being reported o...read more

Gambling's fads and facts

An optimistic pessimist might conclude that there are as many gambling systems as there are gamblers in America. Some of these systems might actually give the player the edge, if that player has the discipline to learn and execute the system...read more