Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 48

To Tell the Truth: The Craps Gypsy

Frank: Let me introduce you to a craps player I will call the ultimate “action” player. This is a one-on-one interview with a man who has a totally different theory of how to play the game of craps. That is, different from mine. I am letting him do his own one-on-one with you now.The Craps Gypsy: I am the craps Gypsy, Frank...read more

So, What Do You Look For?

QUESTION: What do you look for when you're playing a slot machine? How do you decide what game might be likely to pay off? Do you scout at all before playing and see if it's paying off or the same kind games around it are paying off?ANSWER: When I play slots these days, it's usually with my wife, and the first things I look for are two seats together.After that, I look for games I think will be fun to play...read more

How to Improve Your Chances of Winning

From Brad:Hello Stickman,I love playing video poker. My wife says that I love it too much LMAO. While I enjoy playing, I almost never come home a winner. I’ve tried quitting when I am ahead by a certain amount – that doesn’t work because I seldom am ahead by any decent amount.I’ve tried stopping after losing only a small amount...read more

People Needling People

CINDY: Airports are full of people and some of those people can be as obnoxious and annoying as all get-out. The same can be true of movie theaters, stores, shopping malls, waiting in doctors’ offices, schools and so on. Where there are people, there are annoying people – the world of people is peopled with annoying people...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Choosing same item each time in a pick'em bonus

I saw the movie Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow today. Aboard a flying boat from Shaghai to San Francisco, Inspector Sun is called upon to investigate the death of Dr. Spindlethorp. While he's examining the body, another character pointed out that the Inspector and the doctor are both missing the same leg and asked what the odds of that are? One out of eight, replied the Inspector. Did I mention that Dr...read more

Those Whiney Craps Players

Look, not everyone can play a casino game and when things go wrong, as in terribly wrong, take it in stride. Some people are complainers, plain and simple. A true complainer will go something like this: "Nuts I'm getting killed" and leave the table or try to recoup his losses by some new betting strategy.More often than not this new strategy doesn't work...read more

Player to Player Reactions

A few months ago, I relayed stories from several readers who had odd interactions with other players.Most conversations among players are run of the mill. Maybe you congratulate the slot player next to you on a jackpot. At table games, you might talk between hands about where you're from and where you've been.But the stories I shared here inspired others to email me with their tales from the odd side.KELLY: Three girlfriends and I were making a day of it, out for slots, lunch, and more slots.We're pretty loose about it...read more

Why Play Video Poker Perfectly

From Rusty:Dear Stickman,I enjoy your articles about video poker, but I have a question.I play video poker quite often. I know that playing the proper strategy can improve my lot in life. I do usually follow the proper strategy, but there are times when it just doesn’t seem like the proper way to go.For example, playing jacks or better, if I am dealt a suited ace and ten, the strategy says to discard the ten and hold the lone ace...read more

Place Betting the 6 and/or 8

CINDY: Some games have a multitude of bets. One such game is craps, the second most popular table-game in the casinos (tied with roulette) and behind blackjack which is number one. In craps you have all sorts of bets, from the top-notch bets of Pass and Come or Don’t Pass and Don’t Come, all of which come in with house edges in the one percent range...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Lucky and unlucky on Friday the 13th

As I wrote a few weeks ago, I'm not superstitious. I don't believe in good luck charms or good luck rituals. I don't have a pair of lucky socks that I wear to the casino. I don't have lucky machines, but I do have machines that I prefer to play because of their location and lack of glare...read more