Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 33

Up as You Win Betting Systems

One of a series of articles about why betting systems cannot work.One of the most common questions I receive from readers is what do I think about this or that betting system. Can the reader win with it?Each betting system sounds reasonable (well, most of them anyway)...read more

Up as You Lose Betting Systems

(One of a series of articles about why betting systems cannot work.)One of the most common questions I receive from readers is what do I think about this or that betting system. Can the reader win with it?Each betting system sounds reasonable (well, most of them anyway)...read more

Save Your Money

CINDY: We just took a look on Sunday at saving money while you play, a truly conservative money-management system that helps you actually create a bank you can take with you after you finish a session; whether you win or lose that session.ABBY: Now, all games are different...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Still stumbling over Split Card calculations

A few weeks ago I played Deuces Wild with the Split Card gimmick. Split Card sometimes gives you two cards in one position of your hand. Although it's possible to get 6-of-a-kind and other six-card hands, the only bonus hand is 5 deuces, which pays 2000. I was dealt this hand: Q♦ 2♠/2♠ 2♥ T♦ 8♥. I wasn't sure which combination was better to hold: Q♦ 2♠/2♠ 2♥ T♦ and be guaranteed the Wild Royal and maybe get 4 Deuces 2♠/2♠ 2♥ and take a chance on 5 Deuces Analyzing the first option is easy...read more

Dressing Up

I know my wife the Beautiful AP loves me. She tells me everyday in two ways. She says it right out every day, “I love you.” Since we go out to breakfast and dinner most days, she will say the same thing about something else in different ways when we leave the house.“You look as if you are homeless,” she says.“I’m comfortable,” I say...read more

Saving Immediately

CINDY: I think the worst thing for casino players is to go home losing all the money you intended to play with. We know that many times we will lose but losing it all can be somewhat tragic. That’s like being fired upon by the firing squad.ABBY: I know, I know...read more

The Martingale Betting System

(This is another article in the series about why betting systems cannot work.)One of the most common questions I receive from readers is what I think about this or that betting system. Can the reader win with it?Each betting system sounds reasonable (well, most of them anyway)...read more

Slot Play Warning

CINDY: The slot machines are the kings and queens of the casino games. Fully 65 to 90 percent of individual casinos’ revenues come from slot machines. Heck, the men, and women who play the machines are actually the true kings and queens of Lady Luck’s landscape.ABBY: And the casinos know that too...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Figuring out Split Card video poker hand more difficult than I thought

Last week I described a hand I had playing Split Card video poker. I wasn't sure if I had played the hand correctly and I said that I would eventually do the math to find the best play. Eventually was supposed to be this week. I thought I could do the math in an hour or so...read more

Meet Doctor Blackjack

Say “hi” to Professor Symington D. Delray, a blackjack player for several years. Professor Delray used to work for a well-known university in New Jersey, just outside New York City, until his retirement in 2018 weeks before the pandemic shut many of us in our houses and yards, and removed the other many-of-us from our jobs.Professor Delray retired and he became an at-home-body almost immediately...read more