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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 11
"Same Old, Same Old"3 October 2024 CINDY: When someone says to you that they are the “same old, same old” what are they telling you? I am guessing that as it applies to the casinos, there is “nothing new under the sun.” They are bored. They aren’t having a wild good time. Things are pretty dull.ABBY: And that means that their casino play is leaving something in the dust; pleasure, challenge, changing circumstances...read moreWhatever Happened to Timmy?3 October 2024 CINDY: This is an oldie.ABBY: Go ahead.CINDY: Whatever happened to Timmy?ABBY: Oh, my, I remember him. Wow!CINDY: He was a mainstay when we first started playing in the old days.ABBY: The good old days in Atlantic City.CINDY: He was always at the Claridge or Sands in Atlantic City...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Distracted slot playing2 October 2024
Question: Whenever we go to the casino, usually in Atlantic City, I notice groups of Asian slot players just banging on the machines, not even giving a second pause in between hits. In fact, they don’t even watch the machine; they stare at other things or other people...read moreAtomic Habits1 October 2024 I am not usually into self-help books or videos. I figure, and my wife the Beautiful AP figures as well, that I am perfect the way I am right this second. Oops, scratch that as the wife didn’t think that. I just thought she thought that. So, I was wrong there.I guess you can never count on your wife to always confirm your obvious talents at various times – especially when others are listening...read moreFreaks29 September 2024 CINDY: You see them in all types of casinos; the freaks. Characters who seem to be playing an outrageous character as if that put-on character has some kind of deep meaning to them and should in some way, shape or form have some kind of meaning to the rest of us..ABBY: We’ve talked about this before.CINDY: But we haven’t written about it.ABBY: No.CINDY: And these people have gone through so much trouble to make us and others notice them.ABBY: For good or ill.CINDY: Mostly ill.ABBY: I agree that they are a part of casino life.CINDY: A noticeable part too.ABBY: To.CINDY: I prefer the ones that appear at the expensive casinos to show the rest of us that they don’t really care about the rest of us...read moreCasino Survey Part 7: Why Play What You Play?28 September 2024 Casinos have a wide range of games designed to attract nearly every type of gambler. Since there is such a variety, I thought it might be interesting to survey casino goers to find out their favorite games and why they play them.This is the sixth article in a series of articles that explores this topic.Responses from a recent casino sampling.Judy from Wisconsin:“I expect I was like most people when they first play at casinos...read moreFantasy or Reality?26 September 2024 CINDY: When you look around just about any casino, you are hit with several things. The slot machines have so many games of different types; many of them cartoon figures, many of them based on real events twisted to make theme machines (for example “The Titanic”), many of them weird symbols and the like.ABBY: Who would ever want to play the Titanic? That would be ghoulish.CINDY: Someone must have played it...read moreHow Much Do You Need? Part III, Roulette26 September 2024 CINDY: Roulette could be the oldest of the casino games and basically comes in third of all the table games, behind blackjack and craps. It has a large and attentive following.ABBY: It was created by scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal, a man who attempted to create a perpetual motion machine...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Sometimes experience is a good teacher at video poker25 September 2024 A long time ago -- and now a long time ago for me can mean 20+ years -- Bob Dancer wrote an article about how experience can be a poor teacher for learning how to play a video poker hand. Sometimes you get a higher EV (Expected Value) by giving up a paying hand to go for a higher-paying hand that you or may not get...read moreOn the Way to the Poorhouse24 September 2024 Most casino players have some control over how much they bet and when they should quit whatever game they are playing. If that were not so then we’d have many more former players in the poor houses of America and the rest of the world.Still, there are many players who often, more often than not, make the wrong choices when they definitely know better...read more |
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