Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 457

Three Card Poker pay tables

Video poker players know the drill: To get the most possible out of the game, you have to check the pay table first. That's a lesson table games players need to learn, too, with the variety of available pay tables in the Pair Plus option of Three Card Poker. Pair Plus is easy, a bet that your three-card hand contains a pair or better...read more

More on win/loss statements

If a player has a Harrah's Total Rewards card, he/she can generate a win/loss statement directly from their website -- no need to call anyone as you suggest. Tim Tim, Thanks for the info. Some companies make it very easy for players to get win/loss statements...read more

Why gamblers can win with systems that don't work

Aren't they maddening? Those slick pitches for gambling systems guaranteed to beat the house, with "bogus" written all over them? You'll be glad to know that few system touts get many takers. You might be surprised, though, to learn that folks who do buy or devise their own systems are often content with them...read more

Can don't bettors use smart craps?

Hi Frank, I have purchased and read all of your books and am excited on the new and upcoming book coming out this year [Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!]. I purchased The Golden Touch practice rig and also the DVDs all from eBay. I have been working on my throw...read more

Setting for the Seven on Comeout

Hi Stickman, Something strange (I think). It is possible confusion or added length of a previous article "Effect of Odds". I quote: "A controlled shooter has the ability to reduce the appearance of the 7 thereby reducing the 2-1 edge on the come out." If you are going to take odds don't you at a very minimum chicken feed the come out? If a controlled shooter can set the dice to eliminate a 7, can't he set it to increase the appearance of it and not disrupt a rhythm? Miss Pipik Miss Pipik, "Chicken feeding" (throwing the dice down the table in a fashion that resembles someone feeding chickens) the come out roll is never done by a serious dice controller for a couple of reasons...read more

Cutting Back with the Joneses

I attended a party the other night and the topic of conversation turned to an article that appeared in a national newspaper. According to the article, fear of an uncertain economic future is creating a new cultural mindset where less is more and people are devising ways to cut back on their spending...read more

Slot advertising

Somewhere on the Internet will be pictures of wondrously happy winning slot players holding monstrously large checks with big figures on them. You'll probably see tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions of dollars on these huge checks...read more

Midwest Poker Invitational Deals Kids Winning Hand

An event that began six years ago as a small charity poker tournament to create awareness and fund raising for Children's Oncology Service, Inc., has reached a pinnacle that the original organizers could not have dreamed possible. The 2010 Midwest Poker Invitational will be held on Saturday, March 20, in The Venue at Horseshoe Casino, home of the recently concluded Chicago Poker Classic and site of the World Series of Poker Circuit Event to be held later this year. It's a big time step for a most worthy non-profit charitable organization, which is dedicated to improving the quality of life of children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer. "With the help of Horseshoe Casino, we were able to take this exciting poker event to the next level," said Jacob Drescher, executive director of COSI...read more

A shuffle through the gaming mailbag

Q. I often play Multi-Strike poker, which has random "free rides." It seems to me that the frequency of the free rides is controlled by the casino and can be adjusted to suit them. The frequency is not posted as part of the payback table, therefore, although the player has more payback information than a slot machine would give him, he has significantly less than regular video poker provides...read more

High-denomination slot machines

John, I consider myself a well-educated gambler and recently found the Casino City Times site. I have read a large number of your responses to questions as well as asking some on the RNG and how it works. You provide excellent information and I wish that some people I see in the casino knew a little more about slots and the way they work...read more