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Linda Mabry Gaming Guru - Page 6  Craps Primer9 December 2005
Ever walk into a casino and hear immediately a noise from way across the room? A lot of shouting and clapping and hootin' and hollerin'? Well, most likely, that's a craps game you hear. When an exciting game is going on, it attracts everyone's attention. It has both slot and blackjack players yearning to ... (read more)
Video Poker 101, Continued2 December 2005
Last week, we discussed the best type of video poker game to learn first, and I mentioned my former brutal method of teaching it. However, after some reflection, I've decided that it wasn't so brutal after all. Lessons were in small-sized bites that were easily digested even though they were very thorough and detailed. ... (read more)
Video Poker 10126 November 2005
Unlike slots, video poker is a beatable game, but there are two key factors to winning at video poker.
First, you must know what kind of video poker machine to sit down at. Second, you must use the correct strategy according to that particular game.
Today, we're going to explore the first key - what kind of video poker machine to play. ... (read more)
Computers Determine Best Video Poker Playing Strategy19 November 2005
Ever wonder how the video poker experts decide on the best playing strategy for any particular game? Yeah, I know, they use computer-derived strategies, but haven't you ever wondered how a programmer tells the computer to go about deriving that strategy?
When I first learned to play video poker, I had ... (read more)
Pigs - 7, Hogs - 012 November 2005
A few weeks ago, I was playing video poker - full pay deuces wild - when another woman sat down at the machine next to me. Of course, I wanted to tell her not to play at that machine because the payout schedule was not full pay, that full pay was at the next machine over. But having learned my lesson about giving advice two weeks before (you remember Mr. ... (read more)
Video Poker Can Help Earn Money5 November 2005
Believe it or not, with a few types of video poker, you can actually make a tidy little hourly profit. How can that be? The casinos always manipulate the game against you and the odds will never let you get ahead, you say. Not so with video poker, and I'm about to tell you why.
But first, let's go over the mechanics, and then I'll explain why the casinos let it happen. ... (read more)
Ah, Sweet Memories29 October 2005
I remember the first time I ever sat down at a blackjack table. At the time, I had not a clue about how to play the game. The dealer was trying to help but was about to give up.
You see, he had been explaining that when my first two cards total 12 through 16 and the dealer has a 6 showing, I should just stand. ... (read more)
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