Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 566

What you can learn from two finger Morra

You're probably familiar with some form of two-finger morra. In one version of the game, you and an opponent each show one or two fingers at the same time. When the total number of fingers is two or four, the person designated as Odd pays the player acting as Even that number of units...read more

Beating the RNG by counting spins

Just wondering if anyone else uses my strategy and it seems to work very well. RNG generates a number on the virtual reel for each of five columns. It tells the machine where to stop. Yes that is simple, most 2nd graders understand this. On the new video slots each row might have 200 symbols...read more

A Surge in the War (Of Intimidation)

The latest news in the United States Department of Justice's war against Internet gambling is not good news for online poker players. Up until 2006, most of the attacks by law enforcement were against sports betting sites. The DOJ has publicly taken the position that the Wire Act, the main federal anti-gambling law that might apply to the Internet, outlaws all forms of gambling...read more

Getting the Mathematical Edge on the Dark Side

Dear Frank: I returned from Vegas all pumped as I love playing craps. I bought your book Forever Craps after returning home and read it cover to cover in about two sittings. It's a great read. Just one area of confusion for me...read more

Two-timing the casino could get you tossed

Dear Mark: On an online video poker forum, it was recommended that just before you hit the draw button, you pull your slot card out of the machine to reduce your recorded winnings. Does this system have any merit? Nate T. Sounds to me, Nate, like Darth Vader is luring you to the Dark Side...read more

The secret of profiting from knowledge

Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secret of profiting from the knowledge you already have? If you are a craps expert you should know all the craps odds and how much every bet pays off. You should know the difference between the place, buy and come odds, all the prop and hardway odds, and exactly how much to place behind a passline bet at a 2X, 5X or 10X odds casino...read more

'Weighing the Odds' must read; Steele's 'Pro Book' angle-filled

Six years ago, what I considered the rookie-of-the-year-type book for sports bettors was Sharp Sports Betting by Stanford Wong. It's still a best-seller for anyone betting sports, especially football. Now from the same publisher comes Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting by King Yao (he also penned Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker two years ago)...read more

The Numbers Don't Lie

I get a lot of mail from gamblers asking me about this or that; arguing with me about this or that; complaining about this or that. I try to answer all my mail, even the letters that start with "You don't know nothing, Mr. Scoblete!" These irate letters usually come from players who are not well schooled in the math of the games...read more

These 'Lucky Ladies' Are High Maintenance at Blackjack

Blackjack optional side bets have been around for a long time in various forms, but they are created only to siphon chips from players' stacks by offering the possibility of winning a little or a lot even if your hand doesn't beat the dealer's. Playing blackjack using the principles of basic strategy is one of the best bets in the casino...read more

Heartland Poker Tour

While the big national casino news of the last several weeks has revolved around the World Series of Poker at the Rio in Las Vegas, poker is once again making a local splash with the latest Heartland Poker Tour no-limit Hold'em event aboard the Majestic Star II casino in Gary's Buffington Harbor. With a week of qualifiers that began July 21 leading up to the six-player final table on July 30, Majestic Star poker room manager Dom Niro was geared up for a big crowd of entrants. "We had people tell us they traveled all day to get here, and couldn't get in," Niro told me when we did my WCKG-FM radio show at Majestic Star on the opening day of qualifying...read more