http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com Casino City Times is The Source for the latest gaming news, gaming strategy and gambling tips from the industry's leading experts. en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62038.html QUESTION: I have a question about Deuces Wild. I love the full-pay game. It’s the one I first played in Las Vegas in the ’80s and it’s still the game I play whenever I can find it. I find it less and less, however.I find myself more and more settling for the games that reduce the four of a kind pays to 4-for-1, but also pay 4 on the full houses... Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62038.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62069.html I don’t play Three Card Poker very often. Blackjack and video poker are my games of choice, though I do spread my time around to nearly all casino games. I spend the most time on the games that give me the best chance to win, and Three Card Poker moved down the list when it became common for casinos to pay only 3-1 instead of the original 4-1 on... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62069.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62037.html QUESTION: When is the right time to double for less? I was at a $10 blackjack table, and there was one big player, betting $50 or $100 a hand. Sometimes when he had a $100 bet, he’d double down for $50 instead of $100.I noticed he was mostly doing it when the dealer had a 7, 8 or 9 face up. I suppose he figured the dealer was less likely to bust... Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62037.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62039.html For a large majority of players, a trip to the casino means some time on five-reel video slots. It’s not just that they are an entry level game, easy to play with no strategy required. Most players stick with them. Electronic gaming devices account for about 80 percent of casino revenue nowadays --- more in some jurisdictions. A walk through any... Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62039.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62005.html QUESTION: I have a question about Deuces Wild. I love the full-pay game. It’s the one I first played in Las Vegas in the ’80s and it’s still the game I play whenever I can find it. I find it less and less, however.I find myself more and more settling for the games that reduce the four of a kind pays to 4-for-1, but also pay 4 on the full houses... Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62005.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62006.html Every player encounters things that bother them in casinos, things they see over and over again. My pet peeves start with low video poker pay tables and bad blackjack rules. No matter how good the restaurants and how attractive the amenities at a high-end resort, I’m playing at the shack next door if it has better games.Others have different... Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62006.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61992.html QUESTION: I’ve heard that 17 is the most frequently played number in roulette, because that’s what James Bond played in the movies. Wouldn’t that be a danger to the casinos, if one number got more action than the others?ANSWER: I heard the same thing when I was a beginning player, and I mentioned it in print a time or two early in my career. I... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61992.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61991.html I’m used to commotion in casinos, but it doesn’t usually consist of spousal screams over missed jackpots.I was passing a bank of dollar reel-spinning games, and I, along with everyone remotely in the neighborhood, heard the anguished shout, “You cost me $20,000! I can’t believe you did that!”I asked a nearby player what was going on. She said a... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61991.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61958.html QUESTION: I’d never played sic bo before, but it was only a dollar a bet at one of those new tables with the video dealers, so I decided to give it a try. Another player told me that the best bet was on single numbers, that a dealer had explained to him that with three different numbers on the dice, he paid half the numbers and took the other half... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61958.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61940.html Craps is not a family game in the Grochowski household. I do have a craps layout that I use in seminars, but we don’t sit around the kitchen table and roll them bones unless we’re playing Yahtzee or Monopoly.But there are plenty of dice in the house, and we picked a pair one night when old friend Jeff was over for dinner. Jeff doesn’t gamble, but... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/61940.html