Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 629

Common experiences with random events

OK. You say there aren't any "pay cycles" or "take cycles." I hear what you are saying there. But why do so many people (almost every slot player) experience the same things? The machine has a series of payouts for like 3 minutes and then pays nothing for about 20 minutes...read more

Jest For Fun

A. "Who were the first gamblers?" B. "Adam and Eve." A. "Why do you say that?" B. "Didn't they shake a paradise?" * * * * * A tourist visiting Atlantic City was held up in a parking lot. "Give me your money or I'll blow your brains out," said the holdup man. "Blow away," said the tourist...read more

Consistency Is Not the Best Thing with 16 Against a 10

There's a prominent point about one very common blackjack hand that goes right over the heads of 99% of the players – even avid ones who take their game seriously. This one little-known point comes up so often that it will make as much difference in your game as knowing enough to stand with a two-card 12 against a 6...read more

No straw into gold on these wagers

Dear Mark, I am interested in the following proposition bets that were getting a lot of play the last time I was at a craps table: Bets like the 11 appearing on the next roll, hard ways, craps, and someone was even betting on the seven appearing on the next toss...read more

Always Split Aces and Eights, But For Different Reasons

When we were discussing blackjack basic strategy, I mentioned that one of the absolutes of pair splitting was to always split aces and 8s. Why? Because, I answered, they are horrible hands and splitting them is a defensive move that will help you lose less money than by leaving them intact. Well, a reader took exception to my logic and stated that a pair of aces is actually not so bad...read more

Heard It On The River

We have our first female president in town and she brings a lot more to the office than some presidents we've known. HOLLY GAGNON has been appointed GOLD STRIKE'S new president, not General Manager, the customary title for heading up a casino operation...read more

Devilfish and Hilger Add to Quality of Hot Poker Book Arrivals

Like an exciting, electric light show, the parade of fascinating, illuminating poker books continues as the most exciting time of the year arrives for players and fans -- World Series of Poker action. Among best of the newest arrivals are Des Wilson's colorful, smoothly-written Swimming With the Devilfish: Under the Surface of Professional Poker (330 pages, paperbound, $19.95) and Matthew Hilger's Texas Hold 'Em Odds and Probabilities: Limit, No-Limit and Tournament Strategies (249 pages, paperbound, $24.95). Wilson's book, with the main focus on Dave The Devilfish Ulliott, whom the book cover quickly identifies as "...a former safe-cracker who spent his 21st birthday in prison, became a pawnbroker in Hull, and then conquered the poker world, winning the first Late-Night Poker final and a World Series gold bracelet in Las Vegas..." has all the makings of a fine British movie script...read more

Our July 22 and 23 WCC Tournaments are Getting Bigger and Bigger

When Golden Touch Craps first decided to have a craps tournament we figured we could get 32 people to enter. We'd have two tables of 16 each. Well with one month to go before our spectacular weekend of 10 tournaments on July 22 and 23 in Las Vegas – we now have 6 tables with 89 players entered into the tournaments...read more

New discovery gives average blackjack players the edge over the casino!

For Immediate Release: A new discovery now makes it possible for average blackjack players to get the edge over the casinos. In a new book, The Golden Touch Dice Control Revolution! Frank Scoblete reveals two new methods called Speed Count and OBS, which are, according to Scoblete, "the easiest methods to learn and use to get a healthy edge over the game of blackjack." Created by computer programmer and mathematician Dan Pronovost, these two new methods take just minutes to learn and can give ordinary players a mathematically proven edge...read more

Michigan's Tourism Industry Examination

Tourism is the world's largest and fastest growing industry, totaling approximately $6 trillion in 2005. On a state level, research cited by a Michigan State University (MSU) shows that the state of Michigan has not made tourism an economic development priority, and also shows that Michigan currently has a large travel trade deficit...read more