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Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 44
Quit While You're Ahead?25 June 2023 QUESTION: I wanted to get your opinion on a system. My sister and I play slots together once in a while, and her new boyfriend is a craps player.At a potluck on Memorial Day, he was expounding loudly on how to win at any casino game. He said that in any day at a casino, there's a point at which you're ahead...read moreVideo Poker Playing Speed24 June 2023 From Jeff:Hi Stickman,I enjoy your articles on video poker.I have been practicing video poker strategy on my computer and am getting pretty good at it. I find I am able to play very quickly and still get almost every hand right. When I go to a casino and play for real how fast should I play? I can play almost 1000 hands per hour with only about 10 mistakes...read moreCindy's 100 Hours at Roulette22 June 2023 CINDY: After one hundred hours of roulette play, betting straight up on the numbers, I am down somewhat, okay, okay, I am down quite a bit. I made some errors in my play, I have to admit to that. Too many times I went up to two bets; each bet being $10 which made my risk $20 total...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Jackpots, Social Security cards and tribal casinos21 June 2023
Question: Your article about the guy who "quit gambling" but only plays free play was interesting in all the different scenarios that could exist.
I think the ultimate answer was your last paragraph. It is the actual determination of whether or not he gambled.
For example, if he received $50 in free play, the only way he is not gambling is if he made exactly $50 worth of bets (or less) and cashed out whatever payoffs there were...read moreRandom or Not II20 June 2023 Our sense of randomness can sometimes be wrong too! Yes, many people don't want to hear this because it throws another element into the mix.[“Oh, no, no, not another piece of information I don’t want to know.” Sorry, yes.]You are on a cruise in the North Atlantic that cost you over $24,000 for a room with a veranda...read moreGood Strategy That Might Look Bad18 June 2023 Blackjack Bob and I met for breakfast in the first week of June. In a major upset, it took all the way until the food arrived before the talk turned to blackjack.The turn from families and baseball was inevitable, and it was Bob who broke the ice."I had a run of soft 18 hands and 19 hands last week, and I'm afraid I horrified a couple of players," he said...read moreVideo Poker Quiz: Three Aces and Kicker?17 June 2023 This article contains a video poker strategy quiz.I get many questions about hands containing three aces and a kicker of a 2, 3, or 4.Let’s look at a couple of different games and the infamous three aces and a kicker.The quiz assumes the maximum five credits are played...read moreThe Royal Flushes Roulette Experiment15 June 2023 CINDY: We are coming to the end of our real-life “have a go at it” roulette experiment. We’ve each played 100 hours of roulette over the past few months, maybe two to three two-hour sessions a day for that period of time. That’s four to six hours of play per day...read moreAsk the Slot Expert: Is playing free play gambling?14 June 2023
Question: Recently I quit gambling. Yet, I get free play every week. That is the only thing that I plan to use in the casino. I have already used it three times and walked out without spending a penny of my own money.
I do not consider myself a gambler anymore even though I use the free play...read moreRandom or Not?13 June 2023 There are several problems with randomness. The first, and most obvious, is that randomness is often mistaken for non-randomness. This you see at gambling games of all types.The casino is filled with players who think the games are not random but are controlled, perhaps, by some mysterious force that the casinos have plugged into.A roulette game where red has hit four times in a row on the wheel is often thought to be “biased” in favor of red...read more |
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