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Alan Krigman Gaming Guru - Page 37  Is Doubling Down at Blackjack Worth the Extra Money at Risk?29 March 2006
One of the most perplexing predicaments baffling blackjack buffs is whether to
double down every time their wallet-sized card ordains it as correct for the situation
at hand. Why the enigma? After all, everyone wants to earn twice as much. And
occasions to do so under favorable circumstances should be tempting.
... (read more)
How Craps Players Can Tame the Seven that Ends every Roll22 March 2006
Playing craps with Pass and Come or Place and Buy bets puts you in peril of losing
money on the boxes when a seven eventually ends every roll. If the seven pops
immediately or soon after you've loaded the bases, the bankroll damage for the
sequence can be devastating. Even after a hot roll during which lots of your numbers
have scored, the seven can be painful. ... (read more)
Poker-Oriented Table Games: Here to Stay and More Are on the Way15 March 2006
Some emerging slot action is entirely fresh, not simply a refinement of an earlier
genre. Although the depths are still barely being plumbed, the devices now coming
to your friendly neighborhood slot salon utilize powerful digital computer chips
and video command and control interfaces for games ... (read more)
Variations on Craps: Are they Fixes for What Ain't Broke?8 March 2006
Many an invention is patented, then totally overlooked or noted and quickly dismissed.
Innovations, especially improvements to existing items, that do take hold often
share one or both of two characteristics. The first comprises features known to
be needed or wanted that nobody knew how to implement ... (read more)
Should You Be Watching for New Wrinkles in Roulette?1 March 2006
Say your idea of the casino experience includes a classically elegant gamble,
relaxed, and not requiring advanced math to choose between long shots at reasonably
rich returns and good chances of modest payoffs. Roulette may be the game for
you.
Of course, some people think otherwise. Perhaps they consider roulette too
slow. ... (read more)
Drooling Dogs, Pecking Pigeons, and Sanguine Slot Zealots22 February 2006
Pavlov used food to do it with dogs. Skinner used bells to do it with pigeons.
Casinos use multi-line slot machines to do it with gamblers, which may or may
not be the same as using bells to do it with pigeons. "It," in all three
cases, being reinforcement for behavioral training and ... (read more)
New Blackjack Features May (or May not) Be in Your Future15 February 2006
There's big money in casino games. For the bosses who run them. For the lucky
ducks who win them. And also for the entrepreneurs who create or improve them.
Old standbys like blackjack, craps, baccarat, and roulette are in the public
domain. Casinos can mount them without paying any royalties. ... (read more)
Craps Players Can Tailor Sessions without Changing Expectations8 February 2006
Make believe you sent away for a book of secrets the casino bosses didn't want
anyone to know about craps. Or maybe it was secrets the bean counters and back
slappers in the head office didn't understand enough about craps to know themselves.
The book told how to cut the edge on Place bets. The premise was that betting
either the five or nine would give the casino 4 percent edge. ... (read more)
Dealers' Prospects Mean More in Blackjack than You May Think1 February 2006
The tenets of Basic Strategy for Blackjack don't always seem to make sense. Many
bettors question whether "the book" is really right about what they're
supposed to do in certain situations.
This state of affairs arises because players tend to think mainly about how
the alternatives may affect their own totals. ... (read more)
How Do Video Poker Paradigms Differ from One Another?25 January 2006
Video poker comes in a flood of flavors. The overwhelming majority of offerings
fits one of three basic paradigms: jacks or better, deuces wild, and joker wild.
And this is generally a player's primary choice. None of these fundamental options
is inherently superior to any other.
The usual standard of ... (read more)
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