Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 111

Social Sue's Slot Society

Some people do the casinos in their own way. That is, they enjoy going to the casinos but gambling isn’t their primary concern; socializing is primary for them.Atlantic City has a small club, called Social Sue’s Slot Society, that has a dozen members...read more

Compromise

Life is full of compromises, and sometimes casino players compromise on the games they play.Maybe they compromise because they're with a group and want to be part of the gang. Maybe they compromise because of budgets or bankrolls.I've accumulated a few stories from readers who sometimes played games that weren't their favorites because of outside influences.BRENDA: This all seems so dumb to me now...read more

Lockdown Practice is Important

With the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, you might stuck in the house and feeling bad, watching TV, reading some, clearing the garage, and trying to be busy. How about practicing some blackjack?Instead of counting down a single deck in 30 seconds (that is a must) start doing two decks in 60 seconds, four decks in 1 minute-45 seconds, six decks in 2 minutes-45 seconds and eight decks in 3 minutes-45 seconds.If you can make the above times, you will keep up with any dealer in any casino...read more

Deuces Wild VP and Roulette Advice

QUESTION: One thing I see a lot in Deuces Wild video poker is four of a kind and full houses paying the same amount. If you bet five coins you get 20 back. Sometimes you see full houses pay only 15, and I'm told four of a kind can pay 25, though I've never seen it.I know Deuces Wild odds can be lot different than other games because of the wild cards, but can four of a kind really come up somewhere close to as often as full houses? I don't get how they can pay the same.ANSWER: Four of a kind comes up more often that full houses in Deuces Wild -- a LOT more often.Imagine you start with 2-2-5-5...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: The gongs of Fu Dao Le

Question: I play Fu Dao Le a lot. What does it take for the gongs to come out a lot or the good fortune? Answer: What does it take to get the gongs on a spin? The RNG has to generate a result that stops the reels in places that display the gongs. What does it take to get the "Good Fortune" message? The RNG has to generate numbers that correspond to a reel combination that triggers the message...read more

Proper Blackjack Rules

The game of blackjack is the most popular table game in the casino. Twice as many people play blackjack as play craps or roulette which are generally tied for second place. Except for slots, blackjack is king (or queen).But how many players play blackjack properly? In order to answer that question, you have to know the answer to this question: How many players know the computer derived basic strategy for the play of every player’s hand versus every dealer’s up card?While I can’t answer that question definitively, I can say from my 30 years of play that many players will play a form of basic strategy, leaving out some critical plays because they “feel” or “don’t think” those plays are the proper ones in a given situation...read more

Single-Deck Blackjack

Single-deck blackjack seems almost like a relic from the deep past. It's rare in most of the country, not common even in Nevada, and finding a single-deck game with favorable rules seems an impossible dream.So when someone who called himself "Not Blackjack Bob" emailed me about a single-deck game he found online, I had to do double and triple takes.He wanted to know about basic strategy and doubling down on hard 8, something that's not done with two decks or more...read more

Some Dream Machines

Sometimes new features on slot machines capture players' imaginations from the get-go. Sometimes they take a while to grow on us.A number of players have shared via email features they loved at first sight and those that took a while to accept.ROGER: The wheels like in Wheel of Fortune were an instant hit with me...read more

Some Dream Machines

Sometimes new features on slot machines capture players' imaginations from the get-go. Sometimes they take a while to grow on us. A number of players have shared via email features they loved at first sight and those that took a while to accept. ROGER: The wheels like in Wheel of Fortune were an instant hit with me...read more

Let It All Hang Out?

CINDY: Now, tell me the truth.ABBY: Uh, oh.CINDY: Do you ever want to let it all hang out when you are in a casino? I mean just throw the money into the game, play kind of crazy…I mean play a lot crazy…and see where it goes?ABBY: You mean like go after a lot of money by making bad bets that win you a lot of money if you win them even though the casino has a big edge on those bets?CINDY: Exactly...read more