Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 386

Playing Pick'Em Poker

It was just like old times, staying and playing in Las Vegas with my dad Jerry and brother Jay. It used to be an annual tradition, until Jay's kids and mine got to the age where school activities were taking too much of our time for a guys-only getaway. We were staying at Boyd Gaming's Fremont in Las Vegas' older, downtown area...read more

Golden Touch dice control class in Vegas in June by Melissa A. Kaplan

Most casino players know that the game of blackjack can be beaten by the use of card counting. There's nothing illegal about that, even though the casinos are not happy that some players have figured out a way to beat one of their games. Now a second game has been added to the arsenal of advantage-play for those who wish to get an edge over the house at the game of craps...read more

Blackjack Ruin Again

I recently received the following letter from Amy, one of my readers: Dear Sir, Alan Krigman says if you go for winning 10 hands at Blackjack (with a bankroll of 50 times your bet) you have a 4:1 chance of winning and a 9:1 chance of winning if you go for winning 4 hands...read more

Paying Attention While Playing

Paying attention is very important to help the memory process while playing in a casino. The likelihood that data will move from your working memory to your long-term memory depends a great deal on how intensely you pay attention. It has been proven over and over again that your physical and mental condition will vastly affect your overall learning ability...read more

Deal Me In: Your state lottery has better odds

Dear Mark: As usual, we do not have the time or energy to calculate what the odds are of hitting the “Super Royal in Diamonds” hand, but we will certainly “borrow” that information for this blog should an actual journalist or mathematician care to bust out an abacus...read more

Texas Hold'em A to Z: J Is for Jacks

Kings, Queens and Jacks are often called face cards, pictures cards or paint cards. The Jacks are sometimes called the "Baby Paints." A pair of Jacks is a powerful hand and computer simulations show that it ranks fourth in hands that make the most money...read more

Can I remove my odds from a come bet?

Hello Frank, I just finished reading with great interest your latest book Cutting Edge Craps. I particularly enjoyed the chapter "The Captain's Greatest Roll." I can tell by your words how much you admired the man. He seemed like he was a "Great Gent." I have a question about come bets...read more

W-2G for a $1,000 jackpot

This past weekend while playing slots at Empire City Casino (Yonkers Raceway, NY), I was fortunate enough to hit a progressive jackpot for $1,031.10. I was mildly surprised when a payout slip for the amount of the progressive popped out of the machine; I put it away until it was time to leave...read more

Ultimate X video poker

It was destined to be a low roller kind of morning as I strolled into a casino with $42 in my wallet, and I knew my gaming would be limited at best. A short bankroll meant I had to walk past the table games pit, past the dollar slots and video poker, and not even think about a stop at the poker room...read more

I do not like casino gambling

My wife is my problem. She loves to play the slot machines and she wants to go to the casino a couple of times a month. I have to be frank with you, Frank -- I really don't like the casino atmosphere and I hate gambling. But I am stuck...read more