Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 66

Comps and Players' Clubs

CINDY: Here goes: Comps! Comps! Comps! Comps!ABBY: I’ll do you one better: Players’ Clubs! Players’ Clubs! Players’ Clubs! Players’ Clubs! Players’ Clubs!CINDY: I guess our readers know where we are going with this article.ABBY: Yep, comps and players’ clubs...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Mad dash to requalify for slot club elite

I let time slip away from me and now I'm in a mad dash to requalify for the elite level in a slot club. I'm not keen on spending the hours it will take to requalify playing single-hand video poker -- and, to be honest, I'm getting a bit bored with it -- so I'm playing more multi-hand. The problem with moving up from $1.25 or $5 per hand to $10 and more in the locals casinos is that the paytables get worse...read more

A Long Time Coming

I’ve always believed that slot players have more patience than table-game players because they can go through longer streaks with no wins whatsoever, whereas table-game players need some wins here and there to maintain their interest before flying for a rest period or to another table or to their room for a much-needed nap.If you look at most table games, there is far more of a back-and-forth between player and casino...read more

Owning a Slot Machine

QUESTION: Is it legal for me to own a slot machine?I've turned my basement into a game room with a couple of arcade games, two pinball machines, a billiards table, a big TV and a wet bar. I thought a slot machine would round it out nicely, but I don't want to get raided.ANSWER: That depends on where you live...read more

Answering a Reader's Questions

Hey Stickman,What is your opinion on these hands?Super Bonus Aces poker (or whatever it's called) -- you get A A A 2 and a useless card like a 7. Dump both the 2 and 7 or just the 7?Next, say you get 2 2 2 A 7. What is the proper play with this hand?Now, how about in Deuces Wild? Say you get Ah, Kh, Qh, Jh and a 2...read more

We Remember Them Well

CINDY: Let’s lay it on the line, shall we? We are not huge slot players but we do play the machines and we have played them for several decades. Which machines, or time periods I guess, are the ones you enjoyed the most?ABBY: Oh, that’s easy for me...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: I don't win on the slots anymore

Question: My wife and I have been playing slots since about 1996. Overall, we have done reasonably well. We usually play mainly the same types of machines. We quite often win sufficient to continue to keep going back to the casinos to play. I used to track our play simply as dollars spent and dollars won...read more

Seven Important Slots Points

Bruce: “You have me totally confused. Almost all slot writers say to play full coin on traditional machines to get the benefit of the bigger jackpot line. But you have been recently telling players to play one coin instead of full coin. And what about comps? What gives? Have you discovered some new secret ingredient in slot play that you are sharing with your readers? Fess up!”Frank responds: “I know, it does sound as if I have gone off the deep end here...read more

Darn Bad and Good Streaks!

Craps-playing reader Artie and roulette fan Rosa checked in during May and tell of streaks that caught their attention. Artie saw the downside of probability, while Rosa made her biggest roulette haul.The streaks were unusual and certainly meaningful to Artie and Rosa, but for the casino, they're part of the normal run of ups and downs...read more

That Depends

CINDY: The big question is sometimes the simplest question. What game do you want to play this session?ABBY: I think it sounds simple but I know that how I feel, physically I mean, will sometimes dictate what I want to play.CINDY: Good point...read more