Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 681

Jack Binion Legacy Home at Horseshoe

When Harrah's acquired the Horseshoe brand it also took on the legacy of its famed owner, Jack Binion. There was much speculation among players and employees on how the largest casino company in the world would handle this transition. Not to worry, Harrah's is committed to preserving not only the Binion tradition, but to enhancing it in a way Jack likes… making it better for the gambler. That serious responsibility falls in a large part on the broad shoulders of young George P...read more

VP Heaven Updated

A long time ago, my father, Lenny Frome, gave Las Vegas the nickname of Video Poker Heaven. He gave it this name for obvious reasons. Las Vegas was the home of plentiful high paying video poker machines. Full-pay jacks or better paying 99.5% could be found in almost every casino...read more

Improbable Things Happen in Casinos

Improbable things happen in casinos every day, just because there are so many trials. Being dealt blackjacks on consecutive hands is a 440-1 shot, but it'll happen pretty often in a casino that deals tens of thousands of hands a day. Drawing a royal flush in video poker is about a 40,000-1 shot...read more

Shocking RNG Answer

I go to some of the Indian casinos in Washington and I was wondering on the video slots (Beyond the Reef, Texas Tea, Little Green Men, etc.) if stopping individual reels makes a difference? Or as soon as you press the play button your payout is already determined...read more

Should I Bet the Caribbean Stud Progressive?

"Well, should I or shouldn't I?" The voice belonged to Mark, who had attended a couple of seminars I'd given. I'd seen him in casinos a couple of times before. This time, he was sitting at a Caribbean Stud table as I was passing, checking out available games and table limits. I stopped and asked what it was he should or shouldn't do. "Make the progressive bet...read more

The Secrets of Hardways

Pssst... Wanna know a secret? How about the secrets of hardway betting? Most crapshooters know that the hardways have high payoffs - the six or eight pays 9:1 and the four or ten pays 7:1. But hard way numbers (4, 6, 8 & 10) only pay off when two identical numbers are rolled...read more

The cheating game . . . by name, that is

Dear Mark, Thanks for including the occasional poker question to your column. They are always quite informative. My question though isn't about poker per se, but about its origins. Do you happen to know where the game of poker originates? Lester K...read more

Keeping Out Legal Gambling

Licensed online casinos, sports books and poker rooms and state-operated Internet lotteries are now a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry. Yet, for most governments, they are not dreams come true, but public policy nightmares. States and countries that permit their operators to take at-home wagers from foreigners gain tax income and create jobs...read more

What Do You Think of This Craps Strategy?

Dear Frank, I just thought of this but haven't tried it at a casino. What if you bet $100 on the Don't Pass line and $25 on the Pass Line? Then you roll. Assume that you hit a number (not a 2,3,7, or 12); let's say 10...read more

Both Invigorating Books

World Series of Poker Champion Doyle Brunson's Online Poker (183 pages, paperbound (with bonus CD) $14.95) and Charlie Shoten's No-Limit Life (117 pages, paperbound, $19.95) are new arrivals in poker literature and both have value for those who are serious about improving their game. Brunson, whose reputation as a player and author (Super System, Super System 2) was established in the 1970s and which continues today, joins a new wave of authors advising the novice on what to expect in the world of online play; including more than two dozen poker strategies and identifying online "tells." In a dozen concise, but well-illustrated chapters he discusses the impact of televised poker and how online poker now ushers in a new era...read more