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Alan Krigman Gaming Guru - Page 56  How Often Should You Expect a Blackjack Dealer to Bust?30 July 2002
The balance between ecstasy and agony at blackjack often hinges on the frequency with which the dealer busts. In multideck games, dealers who must stand on any 17 or above should break an average of 28.2 percent of the time. Likelihood varies with upcard, the dealer being most liable to go blooie with six-up and least so with ace-up, as shown in the following list. ... (read more)
House Edge Matters, but Your Betting Strategy Matters More24 July 2002
Casino gamblers can do something about house advantage. Mainly, trim it here or there by judiciously choosing games, making bets, and exercising decision options. However, except by card counting at blackjack or identifying the odd poker machine with over 100 percent return, both easier said than done, players can't nullify the edge. ... (read more)
Here are the Dollars and Cents of Betting on Don't Come at Craps16 July 2002
An earlier episode in this enduring pursuit of prosperity through punting presented a plan for craps players who like the Don'ts. The goal was lots of action, a good shot at a small profit, and a low chance of depleting a modest stake in a session of reasonable duration. The idea was to bet Don't Pass on ... (read more)
Don't Come Bets at Craps Offer Lots of Action with Low Exposure8 July 2002
Craps players who bet on Pass typically take Odds after the point is established. And they add Place, Buy, or Come bets during the course of a roll. Most solid citizens who favor Don't Pass are a different breed of cat. More tabby than tiger, they'll forgo Odds and other secondary action, waiting wistfully for a seven-out. ... (read more)
Should You Quit when You're Ahead, or Try for More?3 July 2002
A celebrated school of gambling thought, promulgated primarily by people who wouldn't know the inside of a casino from the canasta corner at a cushy country club, says to quit when you're ahead because the longer you play, the more apt you are to give it back. Like many musty maxims, this banal bromide is isn't really wrong. ... (read more)
Take this Quiz to Better Understand What Draws You to the Casinos24 June 2002
You've seen those puzzles in children's and other magazines, where the objective is to identify "what's wrong with this picture?" They include things like square wheels on cars, dogs walking aardvarks on leashes across the street against the light, backwards lettering on signs, and baseball batters at the plate hitting tomatoes out of the park with badminton rackets. ... (read more)
Don't Choose the Balance between Chance and Payoff Blindly18 June 2002
Most boys and girls in India know the fable about the blind men and the elephant. In Western cultures, the story is familiar due largely to the poem by John Godfrey Saxe. Adults who love Dagwood Bumstead and Three Stooges slots, but snivel at the childishness of the elephant parable, may forget that one ... (read more)
Intuition in Gambling Can Help, but also Trip You up11 June 2002
Among the key elements distinguishing adept from inept gamblers is an understanding of the chances associated with relevant phenomena. Proficiency, to a great extent, involves knowing how likely a situation is, and using this information wisely to optimize performance. Incompetency often implies being ... (read more)
An Alternative to Place Betting at Craps that Cuts Edge and Exposure5 June 2002
Ask as many experienced slot enthusiasts as you want how best to attack the machines. Most will more or less agree (rationally or not). Pick a game at a bet level you can afford, with a jackpot and other payoffs you'd be happy winning, and go for the maximum number of coins per spin. Ask a dozen deft dice devotees how best to play craps. ... (read more)
Here's How to Handle Pairs of Fours at Blackjack. And Why.27 May 2002
Pairs of fours aren't exactly the answers to blackjack players' prayers. These hands are underdogs against dealer upcards on the average of eight out of every 13 times. Further, the handicap is moderate to reasonably high when the fours are poor prospects, while the advantage is low to middling when they're favored. ... (read more)
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