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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 301

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Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

Can you bet with the house?

5 December 2013
Nearly every casino table game has strategies that occur to everyone who moves past the beginner’s stage and starts trying to understand how the games work.If hitting all 16s and under and standing on all 17s and above works for the blackjack dealer, why shouldn’t it work for the player? Doesn’t betting the don’t side in craps mean you’re betting with the house? If the house gets its edge on the zeroes in roulette, aren’t the zeroes where your money should go?I encountered one of the dealer’s rules players at a blackjack table in October...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

Ask the Slot Expert: How much should I bet on a penny slot?

4 December 2013
John, I love, love, love your column! You are so smart. I have a question about the amount to play. I play penny slots mostly and have heard different things. Some say you should play the lowest or a lot of people say you should play the max to really hit! I am so confused about this, I thought I would ask your opinion. Linda Dear Linda, Thank you very much for your kind words. Let's look at what your goals might be for playing a certain number of coins. Maximize hit frequency If you want to maximize your hit frequency, play at least one coin per line...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Take your losing like a chump

3 December 2013
I was on my Facebook page writing about a swapping arrangement I was advocating, which was a deal between our country and those countries where most of our illegal immigrants come from. My idea was to take able-bodied but lazy Americans who refuse to work – thereby scamming their fellow citizens out of money for welfare checks – and exchange these able-bodied leeches for immigrants who want to work and are in fact desperate to work.So the exchange went like this: You send us non-American-workers and we send you non-worker Americans...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

The best video poker strategies

1 December 2013
QUESTION: We play Double Double Bonus Poker and Triple Double. Recently we discovered Super Double Double at Revel, which has been very lucky.Sometimes, you talk about perfect strategy, expert play and average players. Can you explain expert strategy versus average play in playing video poker?We use same strategy in all three games and Jacks or Better as well...read more
 
Articles by Donald  Catlin
Articles by Donald Catlin

Ships, Captain and Crew Part One

30 November 2013
Ships, Captain & Crew – Part 1I recently received the following email from one of my readers, Pat Ballew:“An associate just introduced me to a game that is apparently common to sailors around the world, but poses an interesting probability problem...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

The trinity of slot machines

28 November 2013
In the slot machine business, there’s a distinction between revenue-sharing games and core games, or for-sale games.Most of the biggest, brightest, sexiest games with licensed themes are revenue-sharing games. But the core games are workhorses...read more
 
Articles by John  Robison
Articles by John Robison

Ask the Slot Expert: Slot player's rituals

27 November 2013
I thought I would let you know Harrah's Chester (Philadelphia, Penn.) policy (as of a few months ago) regarding shutting down a slot machine.They will allow it for Platinum, Diamond and Seven Stars members only and then grant a maximum time for the machine to be down according to player status...read more
 
Articles by Frank  Scoblete
Articles by Frank Scoblete

Do casinos want some winners?

26 November 2013
FROM CARL: I am of the opinion that casinos want some players to win. If everyone loses, who would want to come to the casino in the future? I think that the winners get the losers to hope and that hope sends the losers back for more and more...read more
 
Articles by John  Grochowski
Articles by John Grochowski

The 6/5 blackjack games

24 November 2013
QUESTION: You’ve often advised blackjack players not to play if blackjacks pay 6-5 instead of 3-2. My question is, just how bad does that make the game? Isn’t blackjack still a better game with the lower payoff than almost anything else in the casino?ANSWER: Let’s first look at the difference between a blackjack game with 3-2 payoffs vs...read more
 
Articles by Jerry  Stickman
Articles by Jerry Stickman

Class II and Class III Slot Machines

23 November 2013
Dear Mr. Stickman:Please define the difference between Class II and Class III Video Poker machines.Thanx,Larry CosnerDear Larry,There is a lot of confusion surrounding the differences between Class II and Class III video poker games.Class III games are what you usually find in Las Vegas...read more

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