Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 36

A Streak Progression System at Craps

QUESTION: I play craps almost exclusively when I am at a casino. Sometimes I win. On rare occasions I win a lot! Mostly I lose. I have tried various betting schemes to help me win (or lose less – lol).One system I heard about involves betting on the 11 in the center of the table...read more

Holding Two Pairs

Video poker comes in all sorts of variants, denominations within a variant, and pay tables within a variant and denomination. This is a good thing as it provides a wide selection of video poker games. There is a game for nearly every type of video poker player.It is also a bad thing – at least for video poker players who want to make the most of their video poker play.Why is this?For every different variant and every different pay table within that variant a different playing strategy might be required to get the maximum return from play.For example, if you are dealt two pairs and a fifth “junk” card, do you hold the two pairs?I think almost all casual players and some serious players would answer in the affirmative...read more

Speed Kills

ABBY: It’s about fast speed, folks; fast, fast speed.CINDY: You’re driving over 100 miles per hour. You’re not even drunk but you are stupid and you slam into a brick wall head first. You are squished so that the rescuers have to scrap you from various parts of the car and there are many parts of the car and smears of you, squished all over the wall and road.ABBY: You’re a baseball player in the 1970s, popping speed before a game, and by the end of the season you have something of a hollow look...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Always win at slots

The title of the YouTube video My Son Cracked The Code To Always Win At Slots from Vegas Matt and his son intrigued me. My first thought was, "I doubt it," but I had to watch the video. The slot that has been supposedly cracked is Buffalo Ultimate Stampede...read more

Casino Odyssey IV: Mini Has Become Maxi

The traditional game of baccarat, often called the high-roller room baccarat, was a relaxed, elegant game played at a large table with tuxedo-clad male dealers and evening-gowned female dealers. It was the game of James Bond, over and away ahead of roulette.Players were also dressed to the nines – which was the highest natural number at the game.I enjoyed playing it...read more

Thieves

CINDY: The real thievery when it comes to casinos and casino games is from certain thieving players and systems sellers. On some occasions it might even come from the casinos – those occasions are rare.ABBY: The thieving players can be brilliant or idiotic and everything in between...read more

More Disadvantages: Craps

CINDY: Right off the bat. Is craps the most exciting game in the casino? So many players believe this – especially craps players! I mean you do hear a lot of sound coming from the craps tables when things are getting hot. You don’t hear too many sounds coming from blackjack or most other tables whether players are winning or not.ABBY: Yes, you even hear moans and groans coming from craps tables when things aren’t going so well...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Super Draw 6 Poker

Question: I recently played a video poker machine that gave you a 6th card if you played the max. The max was 10, 25 or 125. What percentage is given to the player? Answer: Hmm. I think you're talking about Super Draw 6 Poker, but I'm confused by the max bets you gave...read more

Casino Odyssey III: The Little Wheel is Now Really Little

Craps and roulette are probably the two oldest casino games. Craps goes all the way back to early people rolling the bleached bones of sheep and other people, thankfully dead, to assess the will of the gods and whether to enslave the denizens of the tribe on the other side of the mountain.That’s why you will hear many craps players talking about rolling “dem bones.” The statement has historical accuracy but I doubt many craps players know its origins.Roulette might be somewhat newer, at least in its present form, as it was discovered (meaning invented) by scientist, philosopher, mathematician, theologian and researcher, the great Blaise Pascal who when looking to create a perpetual motion machine wound up creating the gambling game called the “little wheel,” meaning roulette.Poor Pascal didn’t discover the perpetual motion machine (no one has yet been so lucky as to do so) but his new gambling game ultimately took the casino world by storm in the late 1600s...read more

Facts About the Field Bet at Craps

In the game of casino craps, there are many superstitions, myths, and fallacies.QUESTION: I really enjoy playing craps. The game is exciting. There is lots of camaraderie. Most important, though, there are so many ways to win.I just discovered the field bet recently...read more