Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 603

Ten great gambling-related books for holiday gifts

If you're in doubt about a holiday gift for a friend, relative or business acquaintance who has and interest in gaming, here are some suggestions that will win you much gratitude. The Stardust of Yesterday by Heidi Rinella (183 pages, hardbound, $39.95)...read more

Unlike blackjack, poker is a game of mistakes

Practically speaking, blackjack and live poker are the only two "beatable" games in the casino. But the tools you need to win at each game are different as night and day. Winning strategy at casino blackjack is quite an exact science. When you have 14 against the dealer's 5 up, for example, you should definitely stand every time, no matter what dealer you're up against...read more

The Wishing Well

If you read history you know that as far back as humans go, there are stories of people who have made wishes that have come true. Part of the delight of mythology is the times when fantastically great things happen to people. We are a wish-attentive species. Indeed, fabulous fortune and wish fulfillment go hand in hand...read more

Counting Cards at Blackjack Has Never Been Easier

Blackjack is unique among casino games in that the odds fluctuate with every deal. Depending upon which cards have been dealt and which remain, the advantage which the house wields over players changes constantly. At times it's greater, at other times less, sometimes even tipping toward player advantage. Not so long ago it was practical only for professional players to invest the hundreds of hours of time necessary to learn a complicated card counting system in an attempt to capitalize on casino blackjack's vulnerability. Recently, however, two of the most respected gambling authorities in the country have released ultra-simple card tracking methods that are so easy to learn that casual and recreational players no longer have an excuse not to take their game to the next level. The first method is available free of charge on Michael Shackleford's marvelous gambling Website, www.wizardofodds.com ...read more

A Shuffle Through the Gaming Mailbag

Question. I never see much written about video keno, but that's just about all my husband and I play. I was wondering if you could solve a question for us. My husband says that it doesn't matter what numbers you pick, that when the machine's ready to pay off, it'll pay off...read more

Questioning randomness

Dear John: I am writing in reference to R.J.'s letter (Nixxxie on Random, It Don't Exist). I'm with R.J. on this one. It's apparent that R.J. has played a lot of slots, as I have, and I for one know that the amount of coins played, whether you hit the SPIN button, MAX BET button or pull the lever, and how you bet on a particular machine DOES determine how it hits...read more

The power of the 5-count

Hello, Frank, I wrote to you earlier this year with some questions about the 5-Count. You answered my question and then found the answer in your book Beat The Craps Out of The Casinos. I continue to read and re-read the books you have written about the game of craps...read more

Jest for fun

If Sam Goldwyn had been asked his opinion of slot machines, he would probably have said, "In two words I'll tell you about winning at slot machines: im ... possible!" * * * * * A little old lady in the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas stopped to talk with a cleanup person who was jabbing scraps of paper on the floor with a stick...read more

The Last Teardrop Falls

I grew up in Harlingen, Texas. Baldemar Huerta was raised in San Benito, a town even smaller than Harlingen and about six miles away. Baldy, as his friends called him, would probably never have made it in show business with a name like that...read more

Betting Strategy for Blackjack

Dear Frank, I, as have many others, read much on blackjack strategies and I am a firm believer/follower of Basic Strategy. I am one of the countless millions that has no ability to count cards, so I stick with Basic Strategy. The one thing I never seem to find any writings on is betting strategies...read more