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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 230

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Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

What is better?

26 April 2016
You are a casino player. You are aware that the house has the edge on every bet that you can make. You are aware that very few players ever beat the casinos in the long run. (This column is not about them.)But you do enjoy playing. You enjoy testing yourself against Lady Luck...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

The reason you can take down don't bets

24 April 2016
QUESTION: My buddy and I were playing craps, and a guy across the table looked at his watch and said he had to leave. He was playing don’t pass, and they just took his bets down for him and gave him his money. When I’m playing pass, they won’t let me take my bets down...read more
 
Articles by Henry  Tamburin
Articles by Henry Tamburin

The power of the ace

23 April 2016
Most blackjack players have a love/hate relationship with the ace. They love it when they get an ace but they hate it when the dealer shows the ace. Overall, the ace is our best friend and it’s important to know why.First, let’s look at why we hate the ace; namely, when the dealer gets it as his upcard...read more
 
Articles by Mark  Pilarski
Articles by Mark Pilarski

Deal Me In: No bluffing needed with PokerLotto

22 April 2016
Dear Mark: The Michigan Lottery offers a game called PokerLotto. It includes a draw poker hand from the machine against a poker pay table. Then, there is a 7:30 p.m. drawing in the evening where if the cards on your ticket match the exact poker hand shown on TV, you win $100,000...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

Roulette volatility

21 April 2016
A reader named Bill contacted me to ask about betting options at roulette.“Everything I read tells me the house has the same edge no matter what bet you make,” he wrote. “So if all bets are created equal, why have all those different bets?”The house edge is the same, 5.26% on all bets but one on a double-zero wheel, with the exception being the five-number bet on 0, 00, 1, 2 and 3.That’s not the same as saying all bets are created equal...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

Ask the Slot Expert: Slot machines with bet buttons labeled good, better and best

20 April 2016
Question: I know all about the RNG and slot machines. However, I noticed some machines have good, better and best on the choices. For example, the 30-cent bet will have good on the button. The 90-cent button and above will have better or best on the button...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Lights, camera, action!

19 April 2016
Let’s go back in time for a brief moment. Recall how the old film crews would have their director shout out, “Lights, camera, action!” and the actors would scurry about their scene and the lighting director would make sure they could be seen and the scene and the seen played themselves out.Jump to our modern-day casinos...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

The math of the pass line at craps

17 April 2016
QUESTION: Can you explain how house edges are derived? Maybe you could walk through the math for the house edge on the pass line as an example of how this is done.ANSWER: I’m going to get more math-y than I usually get in this column, because you’ve picked one of the more involved calculations in craps, because the pass line is a multipart bet...read more
 
Articles by Jerry  Stickman
Articles by Jerry Stickman

Playing simplified video poker strategy

16 April 2016
Many readers are aware of the paybacks of popular video poker games. For example, full-pay Jacks or Better returns 99.54%, full-pay Bonus Poker returns 99.16%, full-pay Double Bonus Poker returns 100.17%, and full-pay Double-Double Bonus Poker returns 98.98%.These returns are calculated based on what is called “perfect play.” Playing “perfectly” means for each hand that is dealt, the mathematically highest paying combination of cards is saved...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

Casino conversations

14 April 2016
The bulk of player interactions in casinos are of the mundane variety – table players talking about where they’re from during a shuffle, or slot players asking if a machine is taken.But with so many players passing through casinos every day, there are bound to be a few conversations that go down a not-so-beaten path...read more

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