Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 124

Best Craps Betting Progressions III

[Many gambling pundits advocate betting progressions as a method to increase winnings – or conversely to reduce losses. This advice work for the game of craps if the shooter is a controlled shooter. This means the shooter can reduce the occurrence of 7’s or increase the occurrence of other point numbers from random.Against a random shooter, there is no betting method that will improve the lot of the gambler at a craps table...read more

Double Double Bonus Poker

QUESTION: I play mainly Double Double Bonus Poker. The dollar games near me have the 9-6 pay table, so that's what I play.There's one strategy point I wanted to bring up. When I practice with software that tells me when I'm making a mistake, it says that with a full house that includes three Aces, I should hold the Aces and throw away the other two cards...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Are casinos sanitizing cash?

Question: Your story on 12/9 about twice meeting up with the same grifter reminded me of a similar incident a few years ago. I was playing at the Flamingo at a bank of VP machines which were close to another. Some dude came up to me and excitedly said that I could have his hit on a machine in that other row because he had an emergency to take care of...read more

Surrender and Prison are Best

Surrender and Prison are Best!The American roulette wheel (38 numbers from 1-36 plus 0 and 00) was developed in Europe, while the European roulette wheel (37 numbers from 1-36 plus 0) was developed in America. For some reason the European creation is now played almost exclusively in American casinos, while the American version is played in Europe and other areas of the world...read more

Craps Speak

Rick is a craps player I first encountered when I was giving a seminar in the late 1990s. He's kept in occasional touch ever since, contacting me a time or two a year.In early November, he emailed with an arithmetic question."I've always just accepted the listed house edges without really thinking about some of the whys," he wrote...read more

Best Craps Progressions II

[Many gambling pundits advocate betting progressions as a method to increase winnings – or conversely to reduce losses. This advice can work for the game of craps only if the shooter is a controlled shooter. A controlled shooter can reduce the occurrence of 7’s or increase the occurrence of other point numbers from random.Against a random shooter, there is no betting method that will improve the lot of the gambler at a craps table...read more

Let It Ride Redux

QUESTION: You never write about Let It Ride. Do you have any strategy tips?ANSWER: I don't see Let It Ride much anymore. Its popularity peak was nearly 20 years ago, when it and Caribbean Stud Poker were the main alternatives to the older games of blackjack, craps, roulette and baccarat...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Three royals in 18 hours

Question: Thanks for the explanation as to how you ended up with NSU deuces as your go-to game. An update on my Royal Flush amazing run. Over the last three sessions of about 6 hours each I have had a Royal each session. Very unusual. I have had over the years two in one day about an hour apart...read more

Always and Never

Always take full odds or as full as you can afford when you have a Pass Line, Come bet, Don’t Pass or Don’t Come bet. Keep the “line” bet small and the odds high. The house edge on the total bet will be quite low.Never give players advice at the blackjack table unless they ask for it...read more

The Purpose of Basic Strategy

When we split pairs in blackjack, sometimes we're playing offense and sometimes we're playing defense.Aggressively trying to get an edge on a hand is a worthy goal. So is trying to cut losses.Basic strategy addresses both issues. We can see how that works by running numbers on pairs of 8s.Among the maxims of blackjack is "Always split 8s and Aces...read more