Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 606

Craps Advice

Dear Frank: First of all, I've got just about every book you have published on craps, and I love them all. I have practiced the supersytem on my computer and now plan to take it to the casinos. My question is if I am better off playing the supersystem and going up on three numbers for one times odds, or by using the limited bankroll system placing the 6/8 for either $5 and one times odds after the point is established? The goal is to have $15 at risk each roll for either system to start off, and going to double odds if I get a healthy lead...read more

TV gambles that blackjack will follow poker's lead

Poker has been molded it into fascinating television fare, so it should come as no surprise that blackjack, the most popular casino table game, has been similarly re-tooled to conform to the demands of reality TV and the powerful revenue generating machine it has become. Two made-for-TV versions of the classic card game, the Ultimate Blackjack Tour on CBS and the World Series of Blackjack on GSN, are proof that watching gamblers competing for big money is still a hot deal in the reality show craze. The development of mini "rail cams" to allow viewers to see the player's hole cards was among the innovations that transformed poker into a spectator sport, but the challenges associated with turning a similar trick with blackjack were much more complex. Participants compete against one another in poker, but the basic premise of blackjack is to beat the dealer...read more

Players who Dislike Lay Bets May Be Making them without Knowing it

Most casino aficionados are averse to bets requiring more money at risk than they're paid for a win, despite chances of joy exceeding those of sorrow. These wagers are known as "lay" bets. The $40 "no four" at craps is one such case...read more

Pushing the casino with pink chips

Reviewing Jean Scott's latest book, Frugal Video Poker, a couple of weeks ago started me thinking about Scott's most frugal tip from the first book, The Frugal Gambler. In her earliest low roller days, she used to return baggage carts others had left behind at Las Vegas' McCarran airport to collect the 25-cent deposits. A quarter saved is a quarter earned. The thought set me off on another tangent, thinking about a column I'd written a number of years ago...read more

Heard it on the river

Nothing but positive news is coming out of the Gulf Coast these days as far as the casino industry is concerned. The SOUTHERN GAMING SUMMIT returns to BILOXI after staging the industry event in Tunica last year. The 14th annual summit and trade show will be held May 9-10 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and attendees will get a first hand look at the how the region is rebuilding in the wake at Hurricane Katrina...read more

Is consolidation in the gaming industry good for players?

I received a letter from a Susan Applegate claiming she had a system called zigzag that would win me thousands of dollars. All I had to do was send $30 + S&H and I would get the info. What do you think? Grace Dear Grace, I purchased the ZigZag system last year and wrote about it in my March 14, 2004 column...read more

Good Deal?

One of the current popular game shows on TV is the show Deal or No Deal hosted by comedian Howie Mandel. The format is that 26 briefcases are carried onto the stage by 26 beautiful young women. Each case contains a dollar figure ranging from one cent up to a million or more...read more

Where Can I Find Let It Ride with the Bonus Bet?

Dear Frank: I wish I could get an answer on this question, please. Are there any tables in Atlantic City or Las Vegas which have the Let It Ride with the extra bonus bet for Three Card Poker? I have only seen this on the cruise ships and in the Carribean...read more

Big hand bluffing

Dear Mark: I happen to be a very tight player when it comes to playing Texas Hold'em. When I get a real decent starting hand like kings or aces, I get a little overly excited and bet heavily, which throws bluffing right out the window. Any ideas on how I can throw off fellow players? Chip B. Hey, Chip, plenty of players, when getting a two-card starting hand of kings or pocket rockets, froth at the mouth like a diseased coyote...read more

New York "anti's" blow it

The opponents of legal gambling, the "anti's," in New York were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to outlaw all of the forms of betting they hate. They managed to get their case heard by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state...read more