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Gaming Guru  Pat Them on the Back22 June 2021
By Frank Scoblete My mother and father taught me a valuable lesson when I was a kid; never be jealous of someone who is successful or be jealous of people who might be more accomplished than you. There will be people more intelligent than you; better looking than you; better athletes than you. There will be people who make more money than you; perhaps far more money. Do not envy them; do not sneer at their successes. Be happy for them. Be satisfied with yourself. I think that was great advice. I’ve had successes in many areas, yet in those areas there have been people better than me. There are better teachers, better actors, directors, better writers, better athletes and better casino players. A great chess player, my uncle a chess master, once told me “there is always someone better than you. Accept that fact. But always do your best. That is all you can do. All other things are out of your hands.” I accept it. In something as simple as good and bad luck this truth also factors as well. There are people who will be luckier than you. And simultaneously unluckier than you. I remember the wonderful story of the woman who won some 36 million on a slot machine (I believe this was at the old Desert Inn) and several days later she was in an awful car crash that paralyzed her. There have been winners of giant lotteries who have mishandled their money and lost it all. Luck gives and takes. We have to realize that. I do accept this. How are we to handle individuals of our acquaintance who have enjoyed good luck in the casino? Say you are watching a craps game at a crowded table that you can’t squeeze onto and a shooter goes on an amazingly amazing roll? Players are whooping and hollering and slapping each other five? What should you feel when you see someone you dislike making a small fortune? Don’t envy the person. Don’t begrudge the person. Be satisfied with theoretically slapping that person on the back. If you had been at the table, that very table would be different and that same shooter may have had a terrible roll during his turn. I remember one time at the Sands in Las Vegas. I was getting hammered at blackjack and then two guys who had never played blackjack before came to the table and immediately on their first hands each received a blackjack. It was (I will admit) hard to say, “All right, see how easy this game is?” and act as if I were truly happy for them. I think some people might have whined and uttered the complaint that they had been playing for over an hour and had rarely seen a blackjack. The truth was that the players who got those blackjacks did not take those blackjacks from you. They just had more good luck at that moment than you. Had they not come to the table; chances are you would not have gotten a blackjack during that round of play. As an actor one learns that you must show the proper emotion on your body and face that a scene calls for. It doesn’t matter what you are actually feeling. If the scene calls for you to be happy, you must be happy. It doesn’t matter that you have a headache. Someone’s good luck does not call for you to tell that person, or any other person, how miserable you are that you didn’t have that same good luck. Congratulate that person and don’t wallow in negative feelings. Such feelings can’t bring you good luck so why bother giving in to them? All the best in and out of the casinos! Frank Scoblete’s web site is www.frankscoblete.com. His books are available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Kindle, e-books and at bookstores. This article is provided by the Frank Scoblete Network. Melissa A. Kaplan is the network's managing editor. If you would like to use this article on your website, please contact Casino City Press, the exclusive web syndication outlet for the Frank Scoblete Network. To contact Frank, please e-mail him at fscobe@optonline.net. Social Sue's Slot Society15 June 2021
Some people do the casinos in their own way. That is, they enjoy going to the casinos but gambling isn’t their primary concern; socializing is primary for them. Atlantic City has a small club, called Social Sue’s Slot Society, that has a dozen members. These are ladies in their late 70’s and early 80’s who enjoy day trips to the casinos. ... (read more)
Proper Blackjack Rules8 June 2021
The game of blackjack is the most popular table game in the casino. Twice as many people play blackjack as play craps or roulette which are generally tied for second place. Except for slots, blackjack is king (or queen). But how many players play blackjack properly? In order to answer that question, you ... (read more)
Triple Zero Roulette1 June 2021
A reader wrote me to ask whether the rumor he had heard about a triple-zero (0, 00, 000) wheel was true. Sadly, the rumor is true. Yes, there is now a slow movement to get such a roulette wheel into American casinos. It might also be making inroads in other parts of the world as well. But this wheel is not a new idea. ... (read more)
Ask Frank: Spanish 21 StrategyHello there, Living in Canada, I find that the rules are more liberal here than at other casino locales, such as the dealer standing on all 17s for Spanish Blackjack. In your book, Armada Strategies for Spanish 21, there is only a strategy for when the dealer hits soft 17... (read more)Ask Frank (Playing Winning Craps)Dear Mr. Scoblete: In your book Forever Craps, you recommend to play one Don't Come bet per shooter without odds in order to reduce your exposure to the house. I usually play at casinos that count the spread and odds. If I play one ... (read more)Bad Ways to Play Good Casino GamesYou've met this guy before. He's cantankerous, witless, and loud. He knows everything about everything when it comes to casino games. He's a self-made expert who knows more than all writers and mathematicians combined, and as he doubles on his thirteen against the dealer's ... (read more)The Craps to English DictionaryCraps is another country, a kingdom with its own mores, legends, myths, rites, rituals, superstitions and government. It also has its own language, much of it easily misunderstood as sexual or scatological references. For those of you interested in journeying to this other ... (read more)Craps Crap and Craps Gold - Part 1What do the following sayings have in common? "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." "Better late than never." "High fences make good neighbors." "Always play the Pass/Come and take full odds." Answer: The above statements are true. Yes, some people might quibble and say that you can eat as ... (read more)Frank Scoblete |
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