Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 569

Huntington Press' new book explores life of Las Vegas mobster

Huntington Press in Las Vegas publishes some of the best gambling books around, from poker (Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No Limit Hold'em Poker Tournaments by Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson) to video poker (Frugal Video Poker by Jean Scott and Viktor Nacht) to blackjack (Play to Win: A World Champion's Guide to Winning Blackjack Tournaments by Ken Einiger). But there's more than gambling to Las Vegas, and Huntington Press, the company that grew out of Anthony Curtis' monthly Las Vegas Advisor, has shown an eagerness to explore it all...read more

Playing it smart - Buying the six or eight at craps

If you want to risk $20 or more on a number at craps, Buy bets may offer some opportunities to reduce the house advantage relative to their Place counterparts. Buying doesn't affect the chance of winning a coup. The benefit accrues because it raises the return on a win relative to how much you go down on a loss...read more

Is video poker worth playing?

Hi, John, Is video poker worth playing during a couple of days' visit to the casino? I played recently (one short game only) during a two-day stay at Borgata. I thought it would be a good change while playing slots (as you have suggested in "Declare Your Independence from the Slots")...read more

Which Bets Does the Player Place at Craps?

Frank, You've been a great help. Here are two things that confuse me: Which bets can the player place on the layout unassisted and which does the dealer ONLY handle? And what does the saying "I can buy back all my Flat Bets on a 7-winner Come-Out Roll when I've already taken Odds on Come Bets, thereby leaving all my bets in position, instead of having the dealer return my Free Odds? I just don't get it. Thanks. Sincerely, Stanley Dear Stanley: The player makes the Pass and Don't Pass; the Come and Don't Come, and the Field bet...read more

Are video poker machines getting tighter?

Dear Mr. Robison: Thanks so much for your column. It's nice to read the feedback from yourself and other players. I am a video poker player who plays five days per week minimum and for 6-12 hours depending on how well, or not so well, I may be doing on those given days...read more

The taxman cometh

Dear Mark: I have a question regarding winnings from a slot tournament. The casino reported the tournament winnings on a 1099 MISC ($15,000). Can an equal amount of gambling losses be shown to offset the winnings from gross income on Federal 1040; like it can when you receive a W-2G form? Sandra D...read more

When In Doubt, Fold!

When you're in a poker hand, many of your decisions regarding whether to play or fold will be clear and simple. If you're playing Texas Hold'em and you've been dealt a 9/6, there's nothing to think about – fold it. Say you're playing regular 7 Card Stud and you've got 4-K/K on you first three cards...read more

Mickey Cohen bio; Golf Betting Guide

Two new and diverse titles have arrived at Gambler's Book Shop -- one with a mob flair, the other about the "monetary front lines of golf" (betting for money) -- and each should be a hit with its particular fan base. Brad Lewis has penned a beauty titled Hollywood's Celebrity Gangster: The Incredible Life and Times of Mickey Cohen (396 pages, paperbound, $22), while Michael Bohn focuses on Money Golf: 600 Years of Bettin' On Birdies (277 pages, hardbound, $25.95)...read more

Atlantic City and Me

I am not a travel writer, so when Borgata opened in Atlantic City and my eager friends went to check it out, the fact that they said its craps tables were incredibly long and too bouncy kept me out of the place for many months. "The place is beautiful, Scobe!" they echoed...read more

Heard it on the river

There is no longer a leader known as the "chief" of the MISSSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS. The man who held that title for three decades, CHIEF PHILLIP MARTIN, 81, lost in the recent Tribal election to Council member BEASLEY DENSON, who prefers to be called MIK0, the Choctaw word for chief...read more