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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 246
Slide safely into 201629 December 2015 The year ahead can be a decent one if you enjoy casino gambling. You might not win, but if you follow the following rules at blackjack and craps, you will be able to give the casinos your best shot at taking home some (of their) money. And that’s what it’s all about, right?Blackjack players must play the correct computer-derived basic strategy...read moreHow to play "gift" play27 December 2015 QUESTION: I always use my player's card, and I earn free play to use on the machines while I play, and also get coupons in the mail for free play. Is one game better than another for using the free play?ANSWER: That depends on your goal. If you love to play the penny slots and have $20 in free play, then why not just use it on a favorite game instead of using $20 of your own?However, if your goal is to convert that free play into cash as close to $20 as you can, then use it for something other than slot play...read more![]() More practice drills for blackjack26 December 2015 As I said in a previous article, you should do some drills continually to maintain your skill as an elite blackjack player. When it comes to blackjack, there are some drills designed to obtain a specific skill, others are for improving proficiency and still others should be used as a type of warm-up drill just before playing.Pro bowlers, baseball players, and golfers all do a lot of practice before the real event...read moreDeal Me In: Smart gambling takes the day25 December 2015 Dear Mark: I just wanted to say thank you. My husband and I just got back from Las Vegas where we played blackjack. We would never have known about the now common payoff of 6 to 5 without your column. We played at Treasure Island, which did pay 3/2 on multi-deck...read moreEven money — NOT24 December 2015 I don’t do a lot of backtracking and explaining past columns. For the most part, they can stand on their own, and when readers e-mail me to say they didn’t understand a point, I try explanations via e-mail rather than readdressing the topic for all.It seems I had one column a few months ago that was so widely misunderstood that I figured I’d best circle back around...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Predicting a slot machine's performance23 December 2015
In one of your replies, you mentioned that it is a mistake for a player to use the past performance of a machine to try to predict future performance, as in a "hot" machine. In the next sentence you state that if you are playing a "hot" machine you will play it until it stops being "hot"...read moreThe trip from hell22 December 2015 FROM ROLLO: Help me Frank! I was on a cruise ship for seven days and played craps each night. I was playing with a bunch of “shakers and fakers” as I like to call the ones throwing the dice everywhere and making field and hard ways bets. Then at the end of the table stood the darksider, making don’t come bets and pressing all the odds...read moreBlackjack versus video poker20 December 2015 QUESTION: If I’m in a casino that has $10 blackjack tables with a half-percent house edge, and $1 9/6 Jacks or Better, which also has a half-percent house edge, which should I play?ANSWER: That depends on a number of factors, including what you want out of the play experience...read moreWhy can't I get a royal?19 December 2015 I received an e-mail recently from someone bemoaning the fact that he never had a royal flush even though he had played video poker for many years. Here's his story:"I play video poker a lot and I always look for the machines with the best return when I play...read moreDeal Me In: Chance, not persistence, determines the winning spin18 December 2015 Dear Mark: Please help me save my marriage. A while back, my wife and I were in a local casino in Reno. She was playing Megabucks. We were there for about two hours, and she had about $350 invested in the machine. I was tired and told her I wanted to go, so she reluctantly cashed out the remaining $50 she had in the machine, and we headed to the casino cage to cash the ticket.After getting cash for the ticket we headed for the door...read more |
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