Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 102

The Baccarat Situation

House edges in baccarat are among the lowest in common casino games. Yet baccarat remains a secondary or tertiary game for most players, if they play at all.Perhaps it's because you have no decisions to make on whether to draw cards. Players like to feel they're in control...read more

What About Roulette?

This is the third article in a series that examines several aspects of popular casino games. Each article briefly explains how the game is played as well as highlighting some of the positive and negative features of that casino game.This article explores roulette.Roulette is French for “little wheel.” It is a table game that has a wheel divided into 37 to 39 numbered slots with a pocket in each slot...read more

What We've Learned

ABBY: We play at least four days a month in the winter and maybe six during the summer. You can definitely say that we are in the long run in some way since we have been playing maybe a little over three decades.CINDY: And then some!ABBY: True...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Triple Double Bonus video poker and volatility

Question: Here is the info I should have provided [about my unusual video poker experience]. At 25 cents played per hand, this is the first time I have had a session $1000 or over. I have had a number in the $600 to $700 range...read more

Stifle It

Players are not always going to play the way you think they should play. They aren’t going to play the way you want them to play even though the way you want them to play is the best way to play. If you have even minor casino-playing experience, you know the above sentences are the facts.Still, if you have been playing casino games for even a moderate amount of time, you have run into the “experts” who feel it is necessary to tell other players how to play...read more

Single Die Craps

QUESTION: While looking up craps odds online, I found a Canadian site with a reference to Die Hard Craps. Apparently, it's a one-die version of craps.Do you know anything about it, like the odds, payoffs and where I might be able to play? I'm always willing to give a go to something interesting.ANSWER: Your best bet for finding the game might be to poke around online sites...read more

Explaining casino “luck”

The first known use of the word luck was in the 15th century.The dictionary today tells us about luck: 1) Luck is to prosper or success especially through chance or good fortune. 2) To take action relying on one’s luck, usually used without thought or without a plan.Luck seems to appear in gambling games from time to time...read more

Not the Game for Me

CINDY: It is rare that we do this but today we are going to tackle the game we each hate. You have yours and I have mine. We take one each and see what we see.ABBY: This isn’t hard for me at all.CINDY: I know that! But I go first. I hate poker...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: A casino at Belmont Park?

Question: Heard a casino is being built in Belmont Park Racetrack, Elmont, New York. Is that correct? It's close to home....I would enjoy the fun. Truly, Joan a fan of yours....... Answer: Yes, Joan, it is correct that you heard that a casino was going to be built at Belmont Race Track. Whether that casino will actually be built is not certain yet...read more

Minding your manners in the casino

When I was a kid and the adult would lecture me on my manners I always thought, “Doesn’t she [or he] have something better to do?” Men generally told me how to be a man and women told me how to be a presentable man. Presentable meant neatly dressed and clean and well-mannered...read more