Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 41

Ask the Slot Expert: More bad luck at a Town Pump casino

Question: I must say I got on and went in my search engine and typed in town pumps casinos stealing money from players and I got into reading your situation and I will never go back to any of the Town pump casinos ever I've never won a ticket there ever I literally just left there and played three different machines on a 50 cent BET and didn't even get it bonus round nothing so $200 that's crazy not even a 3 out of 5 numbers hit...read more

Card Counting at Blackjack

Every so often you will read about card counting at blackjack. As many casino players know, blackjack used to be a secondary or even tertiary game well behind craps and roulette from World War II through the mid-1960s – and then something happened that spun the casino world on its heels.Actually, two things happened...read more

Real Blackjack Strategy

QUESTION: I was looking over a blackjack basic strategy chart and it seemed to be to be incomplete. Under pair splitting, it had all the plays for every possible play, except 5-5 and 10-10 were not even on the grid. This was at wizardofodds.com...read more

Two High Cards or Three of a Low Inside Straight Flush?

This article contains a video poker strategy quiz.The game is full-pay (9/6 – 9-for-1 full house, 6-for-1 flush) jacks or better.The quiz assumes the maximum five credits is played. The maximum bet produces the highest long-term return because the royal flush pays 800-for-1 (4,000-for-5) rather than 250-for-1 when less than the maximum is bet.Look at the dealt hand below and decide which card or cards you would hold...read more

Craps the Right Way

CINDY: I am a lover of the game of craps…ABBY: Me too!CINDY: The game has power in it. I think part of that power is the fact that players get to pick up those “bones” and roll them in their attempts to beat the house. Hands on experience of the best kind.ABBY: Just in case you aren’t familiar with the term “bones,” it means the dice cubes...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: A YouTube slot video recommendation

When I look at videos on YouTube, the watch next pane on the right always has a few slot-related videos suggested for me. Go figure. It's rare that I find one about slots that I can recommend, but I did find one: How SLOT Machines REALLY Work! from Dave's Garage...read more

A Good Game and More Good Games

Yes, I skipped this article in the last issue because I had a slight change of heart. I decided to think somewhat on what makes a good game and why some games come and go and others hang around a long or somewhat long time.ROULETTEIn the 1600s Blaise Pascale created the game of roulette...read more

Lay the 4 and on UP

The notion that players can overcome the house edge simply by raising their bets and biding their time until a win comes is an attractive idea. It's wrong, but attractive enough that players try it every day.Just before Thanksgiving, I received an online message about a craps system that uses steep increases in wagers to try to turn a small profit." In craps, why can’t I just keep laying the 4 and chase my losses if I lose?" a player asked...read more

VP Quiz: Two-card Royal Flush or Two Possible Inside Straights?

Video Poker Strategy Quiz:By Jerry “Stickman”This article contains a video poker strategy quiz. The game is full-pay (9/6 – 9-for-1 full house, 6-for-1 flush) jacks or better.The quiz assumes the maximum five credits is played. The maximum bet produces the highest long-term return because the royal flush pays 800-for-1 (4,000-for-5) rather than 250-for-1 when less than the maximum is bet.Look at the dealt hand below and decide which card or cards you would hold...read more

Do You Give Advice?

CINDY: Never give other players advice at the tables or machines. I’ve done it and it rarely ever comes out right – for me that is. If my advice didn’t help the player (even if it did!) I looked like a fool for that player – even though I am not.ABBY: Agreed...read more