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John Robison Gaming Guru - Page 9  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)
Ask the Slot Expert: Pulling your card won't keep that jackpot off your permanent record19 February 2025
Last week I asked when pulling your players card does not end your session on a slot machine and send your data for the session to the slot club database.
The only time -- at least the only time I know of -- that pulling your card does not immediately end your session on a machine is when you're in the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: What happens if you pull your players card before cashing out?12 February 2025
Question: You recently wrote, "When you cash out while your players card is still in the reader, the ticket system will store your players card number along with the other ticket data. Casino personnel can then query the ticket database to find out who owns a ticket."
What if you pulled your players card for no particular reason and then cashed out. ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Why did slot attendant want to see my players card?5 February 2025
Previously on Ask the Slot Expert:
I had a perfectly good-looking ticket that none of the video poker machines I wanted to play could read. I tried a Buffalo machine, but it couldn't read the ticket either. When this machine rejected the ticket, it didn't come out of the ticket slot. Instead half of the ... (read more)
Ask the Slot Expert: Gaslight-ed by casino?29 January 2025
Point multiplier day at my main casino. I went to Auntie Anne's to use a 15% off coupon Anne emailed me. I ordered an original with salt from my favorite employee (she always calls me by name). She asked if I could come back in about five minutes. If so, she'd give me a pretzel right out of the oven.
I ... (read more)
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