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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 18
Is Video Poker Unfair?6 July 2024 From Robin in OhioHi Jerry,I play quite a bit of video poker. It is my favorite casino game. I do not like table games as I don’t always know the rules of etiquette and everyone else seems to judge your play. Video poker is more low-key and relaxing...read moreThe Unexpected4 July 2024 CINDY: There are moments in the casino when everything just works perfectly. Just the way you always dreamed everything would work. Just the way you wished everything would work.ABBY: These moments are not ones you actually plan because they are truly luck based…CINDY: Meaning you don’t know when they are coming...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Straight Flush - Part 23 July 2024 Let's finishing calculating the number of ways to make a Straight Flush in Split Card Deuces Wild when we're dealt Q♦ 2♠/2♠ 2♥ T♦ 8♥ and we hold the deuces.
The easiest way to do the calculations is to look at each straight sequence separately...read moreBetting Low-Edge Craps Bets2 July 2024 Every game in the casino has a good way to play it and a bad way to play it. If you take the game of craps, for instance, you have many awful bets and a few good bets and it is up to the players to determine what a good bet is and what a bad bet is.Most don’t have any idea of what a good bet is and what a bad bet is – or they wouldn’t make the bad bets.Sadly, most players mix up some good bets with some awful bets and that is the total edge they give the house...read moreKeep It Low at Craps2 July 2024 Every game in the casino has a good way to play it and a bad way to play it. If you take the game of craps, for instance, you have many awful bets and a few good bets and it is up to the players to determine what a good bet is and what a bad bet is.Most don’t have any idea of what a good bet is and what a bad bet is – or they wouldn’t make the bad bets.Sadly, most players mix up some good bets with some awful bets and that is the total edge they give the house...read moreProper Roulette Play2 July 2024 I enjoy playing roulette at a semi-full table which simply means I can get my seat in front of the even-money wagers. Otherwise, I’ll skip the game.Standing at the table makes me tired. I want my body – my old, old body – to relax when I am in a casino.The even-money wagers pay out even money but the house still has its edge over the player...read moreBa! Ba! Blackjack Quiz30 June 2024 Blackjack is a complicated game if you do not know what is called the “basic strategy” which is the optimum way to play your every hand against the dealer’s face-up card.So, I’d like to quiz you on some of the hands – not all of them, mind you, as that would take a book-length manuscript...read moreThe Excitement of Craps29 June 2024 From George in WisconsinHello “Stickman”I love the game of craps. The action, the excitement, the potential to win big are all major draws for me to the game. There is a certain flow to the game. There are periods where point 7-out follows point 7-out and other periods where the roller has everything going for him (or her).I have always been a believer that you have to “strike while the iron is hot.” I bet very cautiously when the table is in a down cycle, but quickly switch to getting everything I can from a hot table...read moreExpectations27 June 2024 CINDY: Everybody has certain expectations when they go to the casino. What are yours?ABBY: True. I have expectations. I do not think the regular casino players such as us expect to always win but we do have a hope for that. But I consider expectations to be something different than just hoping to win...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Straight Flush - Part 126 June 2024 Previously on Ask the Slot Expert:
A few weeks ago I played Deuces Wild with the Split Card gimmick. Split Card sometimes gives you two cards in one position of your hand. Although it's possible to get 6 of a Kind and other six-card hands, the only bonus hand is 5 Deuces, which pays 2000.
I was dealt this hand: Q♦ 2♠/2♠ 2♥ T♦ 8♥.
I wasn't sure which combination was better to hold:
Q♦ 2♠/2♠ 2♥ T♦ and be guaranteed the Wild Royal and maybe get 4 Deuces
2♠/2♠ 2♥ and take a chance on 5 Deuces
Here is the EV of option 1.
Hold: Q♦ 2♠/2♠ 2♥ T♦
HandPaysWaysTotal Pays
4 Deuces100022000
Wild Royal125455625
Total7625
EV=Total/47162.23
Here is what I have so far for the EV of option 2.
Hold: 2♠/2♠ 2♥
HandPaysWaysTotal Pays
5 Deuces20004590,000
4 Deuces100019801,980,000
Wild Royal1251357169,625
5 of a Kind802457196,560
Straight Flush50
4 of a Kind20
Total
EV=Total/16,215
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