Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 29

Two Ways to Win

CINDY: There are two ways to beat the casinos.ABBY: Only two?CINDY: Only two.ABBY: Okay show me.CINDY: You play your normal game and good luck is in your corner tonight. You win and win some more and at the end of your session, be it a long session or a relatively short session, you are ahead...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: More on Good Times Pay video poker

Question: Very interesting information in your column about playing NSU DW at South Point playing the Good Times Pay version. Does this statement by the Wizard of Odds "the average value of the multipliers in the grid is always the fair cost"of enabling the grid (and the math behind it) apply to any Good Times Pay game other than NSU DW, like DDB or DWB? Answer: I don't know for sure, but there's an easy way for you to check for yourself. The Wizard said, "It seems that every game I looked at had a distribution of multipliers as follows." (I added the Sum row...read more

Long Gone

The fish tank is huge. A man had to jump in it to clean it. There are salt water fish in it from all over the world. Even little sharks. Those checking in check out this tank with awe.Seigfried and Roy performed most nights. Roy took care of the tigers until one attacked him and laid him out by ripping his neck open...read more

Bye, Bye Money

We play games that we can’t beat. You know that. I know that. (Okay, some few advantage players might not know that.)But playing these games is just so much fun that once baptized in Lady Luck’s vivid stream we have little choice in the matter...read more

Is Video Poker Fair? Followup.

From Joe K.Hi Stickman,I just read your July 6th article titled “Is Video Poker Unfair.”(Note: Here is a link to the referenced article - Is Video Poker Unfair? (casinocitytimes.com) )Excellent answer – up to a point. Can you share some of your data/statistics concerning the original hands in question (Flush, Straight Flush and Full House)?Joe K.Hi Joe K.,I purposely left out data and statistical details for a reason – and that is, most readers do not really care about the details and tend to stop reading at that point...read more

I Can't Get a Royal

From Stuart in WyomingMr. Jerry “Stickman,”Many of your articles are on video poker, so I thought I would ask you about a problem I seem to have.I played video poker for many years. I play several times a year. I know the strategy pretty well and think I play with very few mistakes...read more

Slow and Steady

CINDY: I am sure that most of you have heard the little “ditty” that “slow and steady wins the race.”ABBY: When it comes to casino playing “slow and steady” might not win the race over any length of time – because the house has an edge over the players on almost any bet and almost all games...read more

Blowhard

"Oh, please be quiet. You are talking too much."Okay I didn't say this. The guy was a blowhard; an incessant talker whose train of thought explained why he was great and why the casinos didn't understand his greatness."Now, they don't give me the comps I deserve...read more

Two Ways to Beat the Casinos

CINDY: There are two ways to beat the casinos.ABBY: Only two?CINDY: Only two.ABBY: Okay show me.CINDY: You play your normal game and good luck is in your corner tonight. You win and win some more and at the end of your session, be it a long session or a relatively short session, you are ahead...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Multi-hand NSU Deuces Wild video poker

I like playing NSU Deuces Wild. I would really like playing NSU in Triple Play, Five Play, Ten Play, Any-Number Play. But, alas, I know of only one multi-hand machine with NSU in Las Vegas. It's a Triple Play quarter machine at South Point...read more