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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 8  Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker suggestion30 April 2025
I hit the Spin button on one of my favorite Quick Hit slot machines. The screen dimmed a bit and shooting stars danced all over the screen.
I knew something good was about to hit. Most likely, it was going to be the bonus. But it could also be enough Quick Hit symbols to win one of the bigger progressives. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker tournament strategy -- not necessarily based on Expected Value23 April 2025
A friend recently said that she was going to play in a video poker tournament. She doesn't usually play the paytable that was going to be used on the machines, so she said she was going to learn and practice the strategy.
Does learning the mathematically correct strategy for a paytable in a video poker ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Video poker progressives16 April 2025
Question: Always choose progressives when playing video poker. Crazy how most people don’t know this.
Answer: Well, okay. All things being equal, you might as well play the progressive.
The problem is that rarely are all things equal.
As I wrote the past few weeks, fantastic free play offers ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Answer to last week's puzzler9 April 2025
Last week I described a decision I had to make while playing video poker. I had very good free play offers at a casino and I was using it playing Triple Illinois Deuces Wild with a separate progressive for a royal on each hand and another progressive for being dealt a royal or drawing to three royals.
... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Playing with scared money2 April 2025
I've written in the past about an aspect of playing NSU that I don't like: There are a number of instances in which you sacrifice a paying hand to take a chance that you will get a better-paying hand. Every paytable has them, but NSU has more of them than other paytable strategies I've learned.
For example, say you are dealt 2 ♣ 5 ♣ 5 ♠ 7 ♠ 9 ♠. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Lessons for game shows from gambling - part 226 March 2025
Some of the lessons we learn from gambling can be used for playing game shows and vice versa. Last week we looked at the importance of knowing the rules of the game you are playing.
Know the math
This week let's look at the importance of knowing the math of the game you are playing. I don't mean that you ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Lessons for game shows from gambling - part 119 March 2025
Some of the lessons we learn from gambling can be used for playing game shows.
Know the rules
The first lesson is to know the rules of the game you're playing backwards and forwards. This is probably most important when playing blackjack because different casinos -- and even different tables within a casino -- can have different rules. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Things get wild with wild cards12 March 2025
I noticed something unexpected when I did the math for last week's column about the EV changing when you redraw a hand that has suited A-K versus suited A-Q versus suited A-J in NSU. Here is the table from that column.
HandHold 2-card royalRedraw
A♣ K♣ 3♦ 7♥ ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Holding suited ace-10 in NSU5 March 2025
Last week I wrote that you don't hold a suited ace-10 when playing NSU. I use the Wizard of Odds' Intermediate Strategy and it has you always discard the suited ace-10. Maybe another strategy has a situation in which you would hold a suited ace-10.
I checked Bob Dancer's Advanced Strategy for NSU. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: What does NSU have against aces?26 February 2025
I'm used to not holding suited ace-10 from playing 9/6 Jacks, but the NSU strategy says to not hold any 2-card royal with an ace.
What does NSU have against aces?
Let's look at a sample hand to see why we're better off throwing away all of the cards instead of holding the 2-card with an ace.
... (read more)
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