Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 468

Don't split those fives!

Dear Frank: Today I tossed the dice twenty times without seeing the seven. I need to take a Golden Touch dice control lesson in June of 2010. I have a DVD of dice control from Golden Touch too. I was thinking of buying the DVD on blackjack, because I also practice speed counting...read more

Video poker tips

Over the past seven years I spend some of my time in casinos playing video poker (the rest, playing blackjack). Why video poker? Because I can get the edge in video poker and make money as I have done playing blackjack. Here's how I did it. There are three important steps to become a skilled video poker player...read more

Crazy gambling letters from nutty people #3

Dear "Sobe" Ha! Ha! Ha! How come on one of your books you wrote King Sobe? What are you a egomaniacal? When you wrote about gaming I thought you were writing about hunting and fishing and you were writing about games in a casino that no one platys except crazy lunatic moroons who want to get rid of all of there money and give it to the wealthy dealers and the one-bombed bandits...read more

Young Poker Pro Graham Has Much Knowledge to Share

Professional poker player Matt Graham is only 26, but his fierce devotion to the game has already reaped some handsome dividends. Graham has won tournament championships and the coveted gold bracelet that goes with them at the last two World Series of Poker competitions in Las Vegas...read more

A shuffle through the gaming mailbag

Q. This may be a dumb question, but I understand the hitting soft hands in blackjack to try to beat the dealer's up card, but what if I get a worse hand? Do I go back to hitting a 14, 15, 16 as I normally would? Even after I may have doubled down? A...read more

How do they set the long-term payback on video keno?

Hi, I have been struggling with this question for a number of years and nobody seems to be able to answer it. My question is on video keno, and the supposed random number generator they claim to have in there. If it was truly random how can the machine be set for different odds, IE: 86%-92%...read more

Beware of Table Game Traps

It's been a dark and stormy session at the 21 table. OK, maybe it's only been dim with occasional showers, but whatever the metaphorical weather has been the fact is you're pushing the last of your chips into the betting circle, downing the last of your beverage, and preparing to quit the field for a while...read more

Comments about found money and lost slot tickets

The recent questions about found money and lost tickets generated many responses. Here are some of them. I was just reading your article about found money in a casino. That has happened to me three times. The first time was in a casino in Rhode Island...read more

Lucky Rituals

Performing rituals to ensure a favorable outcome dates back to early man. Human sacrifices, tribal dancing, and other assorted ceremonies were performed to attract the favor of the Gods. Somewhere along the way individuals started to carry or wear a talisman, lucky charm, or amulet to attract good luck fortune or to keep safe...read more

Crazy gambling letters from nutty people #2

Dear Fnark: I been reading your artiocles in Casino players and Strictly Sluts and I have enjoyed mots of them but some of them are too far over my head that I needed to wtrite to you to tell you to make your ideas more simply instead of trying to be so over my head head...read more