Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 581

Playing it smart - There's more than one honest way to leave a casino in a limo

It's easy to make big bucks at a casino if you're a high roller. Go to a baccarat table with $50,00d. Bet it all at once on Player. The chance is about 49.3 percent, slightly under half, you'll win $50,000 and leave with $100,000. Of course, the flip side is a 50.7 percent chance, just over half, you'll bust out...read more

The secrets of preparing for a monster roll

Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secrets of preparing for a "Monster Roll?" Let's say you are playing craps and the "monster roll" finally arrives and you are at the beginning of it. You start with a $10 pass line bet, two $10 come bets with maximum odds, and then keep increasing your bets by one unit when you win...read more

Judge Your Chances in Hold'em Poker Before You Call

Say you're in a $5/$10 Texas Hold'em game and you're in an early seat with a pair of red Aces in the pocket. The flop comes: Qs-7c-4s The "turn" card (fourth board card) is the 10 of spades and then a deuce of spades comes at the river...read more

Heard it on the river

The perils of staging outdoor events was brought home when the bolt of lightning lit up the sky over the Mississippi River not far from where FITZ and PRIZE FIGHT BOXING were set to hold the ESPN televised match between ZAB JUDAH and RUEBEN GALVAN...read more

Deal me in

Skip the Glamour – Look Deep Into Their Paytables Dear Mark: I recently saw an advertisement from a casino that said their slot and video poker machines are the loosest. How do they determine what loose is? Stan F. What you saw, Stan is advertising gobbledygook; moreover, no one can truly give you a quantitative answer as to what "loose" really means, especially when it comes to video poker machines...read more

Lay Bets

A few weeks ago, Frank Scoblete forwarded an email from a reader, Stanley Whittaker, to me. It seems that Stanley had written asking for information about Lay Bets in Craps. The letter ended up in the hands of somebody named Fred whose title is Marketing Manager...read more

I challenge you to Roshambo

The newly introduced real-money rock, paper, scissors (Roshambo) tables seemed the logical place to spend the last 10 cents I had remaining at Ultimate Bet . I sat down with the intention of re-building my bankroll, only to fall victim to using the weak best-of-three-roshambo strategy known as a "heavy run," two rocks throws followed by a sneaky scissor...read more

Frank Scoblete gives it away!

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The highs and lows of card counting

I came up to our two-bathroom, two-Jacuzzi, two-bedroom suite at a famous hotel and looked at my wife, the beautiful A.P., taking a bubble bath. She looked so happy. "What's wrong?" she said as I skulked by the bathroom. "I'm going to bed...read more

Phone ahead to reserve a table - blackjack, that is

One of the drawbacks for recreational gamblers in a market like the Greater Chicago area is a lack of $5 minimum gaming tables. At many of the properties, $10, $15 and even $25 games are the norm, a price which is out of reach for many folks who'd like to play but simply can't afford it. High minimums at the tables are the reason many casino guests must gravitate to the slots...read more