Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 355

Deal Me In: Breaking down roulette odds

Dear Mark: I heard there are a couple of good bets on a roulette table. Is there a specific number I should be playing, or are the bets located where red/black or odd/even are located? Cheryl D.Allow me, Cheryl, to streamline Albert Einstein’s roulette quote, "You cannot beat a roulette table unless you steal money from it," by answering your "which bets are good” question this way: “there ain’t none."The secret of roulette, Cheryl, is not which bet, but which game...read more

Texas Hold'em A to Z: S is for Slowplaying

In Texas Holdem you are not trying to win a lot of pots. You're trying to win the most money. In fact the player who wins the most pots will usually be a losing player because they are playing too many hands. Two ways you can increase the money you win is with the slowplaying and check-raising...read more

A shuffle through the gaming mailbag

Q. Why aren't there more sportsbooks? When I started playing in casinos, Nevada and New Jersey were the only places to go. I always went to Las Vegas, and got used to the sportsbooks being there. Now there are casinos everywhere, and I mostly stay home in Louisiana, but there are no books...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Can slot machines only be changed at the factory?

Hello John, Today your column was about free spins/payouts. You mentioned the club might have changed the payout program. I have always been told the machines can only be changed at the factory. The payout is set at the factory. I don't believe all this. We went to a small casino in Southern Colorado to a Motorcycle Club Bike Rally...read more

A four-card royal is one of the best starting hands

Jim is a Colorado reader who e-mails me several times a year, usually with video poker conundrums. His latest came after a session at 9/6 Double Double Bonus Poker, the full-pay version where full houses pay 9-for-1, flushes 6-for-1 and where the return with expert play is 98.98%...read more

Baccarat and idiosyncrasy

I have to make a confession and I don't want anyone to say, "See, Scoblete likes table games where there is no way a player can get the edge." One such game is baccarat (pronounced bah-cah-rah, not back-a-rat), which has a small but highly intense percentage of players. There are two types of baccarat: One is the high roller room version, which has a long table seating 12 to 14 players with table minimums of $100 and maximums that can be through the roof...read more

Casinos Face a Global Communications Challenge That Relates Directly to Guests' Gaming Experience

I've written before about the fact that casino guests are communicating via social networking about the casinos they love and hate. But an article in Newsweek has shed a whole new light on this situation and it has to do with a world on fire with electronic communications...read more

Money Management

If you have followed just about any writer of Casino City Times you would have read that money management can play a big part of winning when it comes to casino gambling. I strongly feel that money management techniques can be just as important to your game as learning the game itself...read more

Deal Me In: Beware of those odds on single-deck blackjack

Dear Mark: I was in Las Vegas last week for the first time in about six years and was disappointed to see all the casinos on the Strip changed to single deck with a payout of 6 to 5 for blackjacks. I was curious to know if it were more advantageous to double down on a blackjack if the dealer was holding a bust card, or just take the 6 to 5 deal...read more

Feels Like the First Time

They say that you never forget your first time, your first love, your first car, etc. You remember these first times simply because it is a completely new experience that you have never encountered before so it has more of an emotional impact on your brain...read more