Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 27

Quitting Play

There are times to leave the game. Good times and bad times.Sometimes leaving signals that you have lost enough for today and you know it deep in your heart.You’ve gone through the hope-for victory-feelings only to be brought low by multiple defeats...read more

One and Done

I am not looking at comps in these articles. I am looking to give you the best return on your money. And that’s it.However, I will indicate at what level of betting comps may come but I have no idea of what those comps may be, how the casinos will rate your play or the like...read more

Is Video Poker Unfair?

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 more

The Unexpected

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 more

Ask the Slot Expert: Split Card calculations: Straight Flush - Part 2

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 more

Betting Low-Edge Craps Bets

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 more

Keep It Low at Craps

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 more

Proper Roulette Play

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 more

Ba! Ba! Blackjack Quiz

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 more

The Excitement of Craps

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 more