Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 131

Online Blackjack Strategy

QUESTION: I’ve been able to play blackjack for money online during the shutdown, and it’s been really helpful to have a basic strategy card right there while I play. No more mistakes! It’s helping me learn, too. On the hands that have always seemed like close calls to me, I’m remember the right play before I look a lot more often than I used to.Some of the plays still seem unnatural to me...read more

How to Pick the Right Video Poker Machine

While a vast majority of casino players enjoy playing slot machines, savvy players tend to choose video poker as their casino game.There are sound reasons for this.Slot players simply insert some money in the machine and push a button or pull a handle...read more

Slots and Tables

Slot machines have more similarities to table games than many players realize. Odds and the house edge work in much the same way: Games are designed so that random results and normal probability will work toward an expected house edge.Slots and tables have their differences, too...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Why do some ticket redemption machines always give me twenties?

Question: Why do the ticket redemption machines in some casinos always give you five $20 bills when it could have given you one $100 bill? Answer: That's one of my pet peeves about redeeming tickets at a machine. If I want $20 bills, I can break a $100 bill...read more

Do Something Else Too

Very few people who go to casinos do anything else other than gambling. True, some will enjoy the buffets, the dinners and some will go to the shows. But the purpose of a visit to a casino is to gamble because one can go to buffets, dinners and shows without ever travelling to a casino.I think the opposite...read more

Royal Flush Percentages

QUESTION: I’ve been practicing video poker on my laptop, and I looked at some statistics. They say that there are 2,598,960 possible hands. Only four are royal flushes, so 1 in 649.740.I get that royals come up a lot more often because of the draw, 1 in 40,000 or so...read more

When to Play the Games

You don’t have to play every minute you are in a casino. Take your time and look around. There is a saying: “stop, look and listen.” That saying can also be applied while gambling. Use it to help you to see and understand what is going on around you...read more

Odds on the Don't

A recent discussion of don’t pass plus laying odds as a low-house edge craps method brought a response from Roy, who said he’s played since the 1980s“I was taught by my uncle to skip the odds on the don’t side,” Roy said. “Odds just water down your advantage when you have the edge.“Don’t talk to me in terms of edge percentages...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Fishing for cash on fish table machines

Question: I am in Texas. Are there any apps to help my chances of winning on keno, or 7s, or even the fish tables? We have Pot of Gold and Life of Luxury tables, and all types of fish tables. Answer: I'm always amazed at the unusual machines that are in some states...read more

Give Pai Gow Poker a Chance

Pai Gow Poker is a great game, at least in my opinion. You can usually find one or two Pai Gow Poker tables in most casinos and in some you might even get a half dozen or so. In casinos with heavy Asian populations there might even be an Asian room loaded with them.The game has been around a somewhat long time and it does have a faithful following, although nothing like the following of blackjack, craps or roulette, the three most popular table games in the casinos.The game is simple but it does require players to play their hands properly...read more