Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 140

Ultimate Texas Hold'em

QUESTION: Can you tell me something about Ultimate Texas Hold’em strategy? I tried to figure this out myself and went to the Wizard of Odds page on the game (https://wizardofodds.com/games/ultimate-texas-hold-em/).In the strategy for making a medium raise of twice your ante, it lists a hidden pair, except pocket deuces...read more

Become a Card Counter

Blackjack is different from all other card games that the casinos offer. It’s called a game of “dependent events.”The cards remaining in a deck are dependent on which ones have been played or already removed from that deck previously. That will help tell the player the deck has lots of good cards (high cards) remaining or lots of bad cards (low cards that will help the dealer)...read more

IGT's New Slots

For decades, International Game Technology has provided one-stop shopping to the casino industry.That includes slot machines of all types so that no run through the latest and greatest slot offerings would be complete without a look at IGT.A multinational giant since its merger into Italy’s GTECH in 2014, the American side of IGT was founded on video poker...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Is there a strategy to win more than you lose in a casino?

Question: Hola.. quisiera saber si existe alguna estrategia funcional para ganar mas de lo que se pierde en un casino ... desde ya muchas gracias. Answer: Hola. Forgive me. I don't speak Spanish. I'll have to rely on Google Translate and hope that the translation is close. Hello....read more

The 30-Year Reflection

I am now in my 30th year of casino writing and in my 31st year of casino playing. Those are long periods of time. So much good – and some bad – has happened to me in that time.I have met people I really respect. I grant the Captain a tip of my hat and a touch of my heart for teaching me just about everything...read more

Online Blackjack

QUESTION: I don’t live in one of the legal online gambling states, so I’ve just been playing a little here and there on social casino apps. I mostly play blackjack in casinos, but I’ve been playing slots to break the monotony.Still, blackjack is my No...read more

Software Problems

Hello Stickman,I have been using Winpoker for ages to practice my video poker. My computer doesn't have an RNG, so how does Winpoker pseudo-RNG select the cards? Somewhere I read that it depends on where the cursor is at on the screen.Also, how many possible four to a royal flush hands can be dealt? I did 4 to the fourth power, times 4 suits for 1024 hands...read more

Fresh Slot Ideas

Part of keeping games fresh and players interested is tweaking successful slot machines and creating new versions with extra bells and whistles.At Scientific Games, the popular Ultimate Fire Link has been taken one step beyond with a new Ultra Hot Fireball symbol to give us the Ultra Hot Mega Link.The Ultra Hot Mega Link – something to anticipate once brick-and-mortar casinos reopen – takes players to locales around the world...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Do I have better odds on a Reel Power slot?

Question: Do I have better odds on a Reel Power slot? Answer: I really like Reel Power, Reel Ways, and whatever trademarked moniker a manufacturer uses to name this concept. Instead of having a limited number of paylines, each symbol on a reel participates in a payline with every other symbol on every other reel...read more

Readers Write

From Marilyn: I enjoy your column daily and always learn something from the experiences you write about.This particular article about “don’t be a pig” is something I often see during my visits to the casino.Being a middle of the road slots player, I earn my fair share of comps...read more