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John Grochowski Gaming Guru - Page 89  Three-Card Poker and Mississippi Stud27 April 2014
QUESTION: I love to play the Three-Card Poker and Mississippi Stud Poker. On Three-Card it almost seems as if the best strategy is to just go blind on every deal. On Mississippi Stud sometimes it seems like you should just ride out the hand. So many times it seems as if the fifth river card will match one of your three cards and save your hand. ... (read more)
Social slot games24 April 2014
A couple of months ago, I responded to reader requests for information about social media slot games such as Playtika’s Slotomania, WMS Gaming’s Jackpot Party Casino and IGT’s Double Down Casino. The games, I explained, did not have to meet the stringent regulatory requirements as games played for money in ... (read more)
Video poker payouts20 April 2014
QUESTION: I have been enjoying video poker slot machines in Atlantic City lately and I understand how I should examine the payout table before choosing a machine. I just don't know which numbers are the desirable ones. On Jacks-or-Better I look for 6-for-1 for a flush, 9-for-1 for full house and 25-for-1 for four-of-a-kind. ... (read more)
Little things mean a lot17 April 2014
Sometimes little things make a big impact on how you day in the casino goes. That’s why for many years I’ve been compiling short tips on how to get the most out of what the casino offers. It’s been a few months since my last list, so for this time here are half a dozen short tips. My e-mail brought a question from a blackjack player. ... (read more)
Odds at craps and 6/5 single-deck games13 April 2014
QUESTION: When do you actually bet – put the money down – for the free odds on the pass line in craps? Do you bet the free odds after the point is established? ANSWER: Yes, your odds bet is made after the point is established. Some casinos even offer different amounts of free odds depending on the points. ... (read more)
That first casino trip10 April 2014
I remember my first casino trip like it was yesterday, even though it really was more than a quarter-century ago. It was my wife’s idea to take a Las Vegas package deal she’d found while scanning the newspaper travel section. We received advice from just about everyone we knew. Marcy’s mom told us to try the poker slots, as some people called video poker back then. ... (read more)
Dealer collusion with players6 April 2014
QUESTION: Regarding your column, my advice, would be to tell the pit-boss that one of the dealers is displaying his hole card occasionally to the player. Reason: When I was going to the college to become a mathematics teacher, I was working part-time at a local casino. The problem was I was young and ... (read more)
The new multi-state progressive slots3 April 2014
As I sit down to write this on the first Sunday in March, there is a $1.034 million jackpot building on dollar Wheel of Fortune slot machines in Mississippi. In New Jersey, the same game has a top prize building past $940,000, while in Nevada, it is past $1.908 million and counting. The big jackpot games are called “wide-area progressives,” and the wide-area world is changing. ... (read more)
A new slot machine and blackjack basic strategy30 March 2014
QUESTION: I have a question about a new slot game I found. It has three different bonuses, and they’re kind of color-coded. There are purple bonus symbols on the first three reels, green on the second, third and fourth, and blue on the third, fourth and fifth. You need all three purples to launch one bonus, all three greens for the second and all three blues for the third. ... (read more)
Double Bonus double fun27 March 2014
Getting the most out of Double Bonus Poker requires one of the quirkiest, most finely detailed strategies in all of video poker. Yet if you just play 9-6 Jacks or Better strategy on 10-7-5 Double Bonus, the falloff is small, down to 99.63 percent from the 100.17 average return with a more specialized method of play. ... (read more)
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