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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 176  The Casino Answer Man30 August 2000
When I play roulette, I wait until the same color hits three times in a row, then I bet the opposite color. If there have been three black colors, I bet red, and if there have been three red colors, I bet black. My friend says he'd go the opposite way, that if there are three red numbers in a row, he'd think red was hot and stay with it. ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man23 August 2000
In Indiana, several of the casinos have Caribbean Draw Poker as well as Caribbean Stud. Usually they'll have Stud and Draw tables on the same progressive jackpot. Doesn't that give an advantage to Draw players? It seems like it would be much easier to hit a royal flush when you get to draw cards. ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man16 August 2000
I play the slots often enough that I've become friendly with several people who work in slot departments at a couple of the riverboats. Last week, one of them told me something that really took me by surprise. He said the winning combinations aren't really random, that the so-called "random number generator" was just a series of numbers running in a continuous loop. ... (read more)
Chip Collecting Hobby Stacks Up As A Winner9 August 2000
Looking for an unusual millennium collectible? How about one casino chip from each set struck for the Millennium, Part I? "If you had one chip from each millennium issue, it would have a face value of $10,602.50," says Marty Kaplan, who along with Neal Silverman operates the Chequers chip collectors Web site, www.chequers.com. ... (read more)
The Casino Answer Man4 July 2000
Q. Here is a question about a murky corner of the basic strategy table for blackjack: Do you hit or stand on soft hands with three or more cards? The only blackjack book I have at hand is Henry Tamburin's Blackjack: Take the Money and Run. Tamburin says, "As a general rule, a player ... (read more)
Players Can Simplify Caribbean Draw Poker Strategy27 June 2000
Caribbean Draw Poker can be about as complex or as simple as you like. You'll be better than most players if you never fold and follow the basic drawing strategy devised by analyst Howard Stern that was published in this column two weeks ago. Playing at expert level requires more effort, ... (read more)
Caribbean Draw Expert Strategy20 June 2000
When we left analyst Howard Stern's strategy for Caribbean Draw Poker last week, we stopped with this item: Non-winning hands with no pairs: Hold any of the following, listed in order of preference: four-card royal flush, four-card straight flush, four-card straight, four-card open-ended ... (read more)
Special of the House: Caribbean Draw Tips13 June 2000
In Caribbean Draw Poker, any hand can win - even the worst collection of mismatched cards wins even money on the ante if the dealer doesn't have a qualifying hand. In video poker, hands that rank below the bottom of the pay table are losers, period. And in Caribbean Draw Poker, we can discard only up to two cards. ... (read more)
The Video Poker Answer Book12 June 2000
The Video Poker Answer Book by John Grochowski Video poker can be a maddening enterprise from a writer's point of view. There are so many machines, so many different pay tables, so many alterations in strategy necessitated by those different pay tables. The video poker writer has a veritable minefield of alternatives to consider in deciding just what advice he should give the reader. ... (read more)
Caribbean Draw Fans Gain Strategy Guide6 June 2000
If you want to learn to play almost any casino game well, it's not difficult to find the information and strategies you need. Books, newsletters and software abound that will help you learn to play blackjack, craps or video poker. There is one game available in the Chicago area for which I know of no published strategy. ... (read more)
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