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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 173  The Casino Answer Man4 April 2001
Q. Can you give me some advice on strategy differences in the video poker games where you play more than one hand at a time? For example, if you're playing a single-hand game, you'd break up a flush to draw to four parts of a royal flush. What if you're playing Triple Play, where by breaking up the ... (read more)
Double Double Bonus Poker28 March 2001
While in Las Vegas recently, I found myself playing 10-7-5 Double Bonus Poker on a quarter Triple Play machine. That's quite a treat for a Midwestern player. When full houses pay 10-for-1, flushes 7-for-1 and straights 5-for-1 -- the 10-7-5 before the name -- Double Bonus returns 100.17 percent in the long run with expert play. ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man21 March 2001
After a week in Las Vegas for the World Gaming Congress and Expo, I returned to find my phone mail light blinking away. One reader had been intrigued by the insurance wager at the blackjack table -- specifically the "even money" option. When the player has a blackjack and the dealer has an Ace ... (read more)
Who Visits Casinos?14 March 2001
Just as in any other industry, casino operators like to keep an eye on who their customers are. And the ideal forum to present any such study is the annual World Gaming Congress and Expo, which on Oct. 20, 2000 concluded its three-day run at the Las Vegas Convention Center. On the first day of ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man7 March 2001
Q. I like to play roulette, especially in Las Vegas where I can buy quarter chips and spread them all over the layout. I prefer to make the single-number bets rather than bet the reds or the blacks. I like the thrill of a big win when one of my numbers comes up. If I spread 12 chips on different ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man28 February 2001
Q. Last week I was looking for a quarter machine, and a couple of times sat down at dollar games by mistake. On one, the denomination was on the video screen, and it was so small I just didn't see it until I sat down. On the other, I actually put a $20 bill into the reader and was surprised when only 20 credits came up. ... (read more)
On The Side21 February 2001
Marketing a new table game is a tough go, with ever-shrinking space for tables as casino operators add more and more slot machines. Still, encouraged by the breakthroughs in the last decade of the stud poker-based Caribbean Stud, Let It Ride and Three Card Poker, as well as the blackjack variation ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man14 February 2001
In the wake of my recent series on the basics of playing blackjack in my newspaper column, a couple of readers phoned with the same question, from different perspectives. "What do you think of the new continuous shufflers?" they wanted to know. "Do you think they're here to stay?" The shuffler ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man31 January 2001
I once attended a seminar in Las Vegas where Vic Taucer, a casino consultant I've used as a source many times since, was explaining the insurance bet to a crowd of blackjack beginners. "See where it is on the layout?" he asked. "Insurance pays 3-2. Right up front, big and bold where it's easy to see. ... (read more)
Don't Give Up On Surrender24 January 2001
My friend Jim never gambled in a casino before riverboat gaming came to the Midwest. He took a couple of bus excursions to Iowa, then started staying closer to home when Empress Joliet opened in 1992. In the years since, he's made the transition from slot dabbler to blackjack player, learning basic strategy by dealing hands and comparing his decisions to strategy charts I gave him. ... (read more)
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