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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 239
![]() The five steps for blackjack players19 March 2016 1. Learn basic blackjack strategyThis is one of the foundations to your program. You must know “basic strategy” for blackjack. This is knowing when to hit, stand, double down and split. When do you take insurance, how do you surrender? These are all part of basic strategy for blackjack...read moreDeal Me In: Only bet what you can afford to lose18 March 2016 When playing craps, I like the pass line with odds, place the 6 and 8 and then feed the come line and place odds on each. My question is on the odds. Most casinos offer 10x odds. Do I need to max that out to get the best house edge, and, if I only double my pass line bet, does this still work to my advantage? To go 10x odds requires a sizable bankroll...read moreVideo poker design17 March 2016 Video poker games aren’t designed to reflect the odds of poker. They’re designed to attract players and keep them in their seats, and to make a profit for the house.In the case of big four-ace payoffs, that’s well-known. Games such as Bonus Poker and Double Bonus Poker pay more on four aces than on the rarer straight flushes because chasing the aces brings in players...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: I've never had a hand pay on a slot machine16 March 2016
Question: A few years ago I went to Vegas for a vacation. Before my trip I practiced playing video poker using a program that told you when you played a hand incorrectly. I played about 80,000 hands at 99% correct.
I played mostly Double Bonus Poker in Vegas...read moreWatch out!15 March 2016 There are so many things to watch out for when you go to the casinos for overnight stays. For example, did you bring your blood pressure medication? Because you very well might need it as the games can get quite exciting and your blood pressure can skyrocket...read moreThose deadly days13 March 2016 QUESTION: In one of your articles you wrote about "deadly days." You're so right, there are days, no matter what we play, we don't win a quarter. And the more we lose, the more we put into those machines until every dollar is gone. We're just unable to stop playing on those days! Why and how does that happen? How do you avoid those "deadly days"?You also talked about "standalone” machines...read moreWhy Henry Tamburin takes insurance12 March 2016 A friend of mine was watching me play blackjack in a casino. I was playing heads-up against the dealer in a double-deck game. He didn’t say much to me while I was playing other than to give me an “attaboy” when I beat the dealer, or offer condolences when the dealer pulled a miracle draw to beat me.After about 45 minutes of playing, we broke for lunch...read moreDeal Me In: Anatomy of a beatdown11 March 2016 Dear Mark: Terrific column last week, Breaking the Bank, especially the portion on Don Johnson’s take down of three Atlantic City casinos at blackjack. I was, to a certain extent, involved with the circumstance. At the time, I was a dealer at the Caesars and actually dealt to Mr...read moreThose "other" players10 March 2016 Casino entertainment can take many different forms. There are the games, of course, where winning is the best entertainment. Losing, not so much. There are the showrooms, lounges, dealertainers at casinos that have party pits, and much more to keep us amused.And then there are other players...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Can the RNG be programmed to pay out frequently or infrequently?9 March 2016
Question: I live in the United States and I play slots online for real money (Shhhhh...don't tell anyone!)
I've noticed that the online site I play at has an "auto play" feature that lets me spin 20 times or more automatically...read more |
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