Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 702

Quick-takes: The month's trends - December 2004

In the world of 2005, gaming exists in every state. It isn't thesame in every state and it isn't always legal, but it does exist. Not in Utah or Hawaii, you say. Yes, in Utah and Hawaii, just look atthe articles from the Honolulu Advertiser and the Salt Lake City Tribune...read more

Antique Appraisal Slot Separates the Experts from the Amateurs

I have to confess, I love "Antiques Roadshow." I love the Keno twins, the guy with the ponytail and the show's perky "hostess." I've been fortunate in the past to have been watching when the painting bought for $1 at a garage sale is appraised at $500,000, and when the table that's "been in the family" forever is worth millions...read more

Calling all hands!

Dear Mark, What are you thoughts about poker players who call an abnormal amount of hands? I find them very frustrating to play against. Is there a way to beat them? Tom C. Calling a hand in poker is essentially matching the current wager...read more

What If You Flop Second Pair in Texas Hold'em?

On average, one high pair will win the pot in a Texas Hold'em hand. In fact, flopping the top pair (pairing the highest card on board) would be a textbook outcome for you. Just play two real high cards like all the books say and have one of them be the highest card in the flop...read more

Flush Meandering

I'm sure we all make mistakes playing Video Poker; I know I do. Not too long ago I was playing 9/6 Jacks and was dealt 2H, AC, KD, JD, 2S. Well that King and Jack two-card Royal leapt right off the screen at me and before I knew it I was drawing three to it...read more

Why Gamblers Believe in Trends, Streaks and Weird Stuff

Math, probability theory, and casino profits at all games have shown us clearly that in random events wild streaks happen but that these streaks can't be predicted, nor can they be relied on to continue into the foreseeable or unforeseeable future...read more

Six Secrets of Successful Bettors -- Playing the Horses Intelligently

Knowing when to bet, how much and when an advantage exists is a big part of what makes a successful horse handicapper. In one of the unique presentations of what it takes to "get the money," Frank Scatoni and Peter Fornatale have isolated "specific traits" successful players have in common...read more

AGA Continues to Dispel Myths About Casino Gaming

Recently, the American Gaming Association ("AGA") released a report condensing and consolidating the key findings of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission ("NGISC") on the overall impact of casino gaming in America. The report, entitled, "Casino Gaming in America: Key Findings of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (1997-1999)," is available for free on the AGA's website, www.AmericanGaming.org. The NGISC was appointed by an Act of Congress to conduct a thorough study of gambling in the United States and met 17 times over a period from 1997 through 1999...read more

Matros' Making of a Poker Player Leads the Way in New GBC Arrivals

Mark Matros plays well and writes well. His new poker book, The Making of a Poker Player: How An Ivy League Math Geek Learned to Play Championship Poker (286 pages, paperbound, $14.95) is a new arrival at Gambler's Book Shop along with Glenn McDonald's Deal Me In! Online Cardrooms, Big-Time Tournaments, & the New Poker (254 pages, paperbound, $19.99) and The Russ Bailey Guide to Limit Texas Hold 'em Poker by Dan Krier (100 pages, paperbound, $8.95). Matros, who has won more than a half-million dollars on the World Poker Tour, finished third in the World Poker Tour Championship in 2004 is a Yale University graduate with a degree in mathematics...read more

Matros' Making of a Poker Player Leads the Way in New GBC Arrivals

Mark Matros plays well and writes well. His new poker book, The Making of a Poker Player: How An Ivy League Math Geek Learned to Play Championship Poker (286 pages, paperbound, $14.95) is a new arrival at Gambler's Book Shop along with Glenn McDonald's Deal Me In! Online Cardrooms, Big-Time Tournaments, & the New Poker (254 pages, paperbound, $19.99) and The Russ Bailey Guide to Limit Texas Hold 'em Poker by Dan Krier (100 pages, paperbound, $8.95). Matros, who has won more than a half-million dollars on the World Poker Tour, finished third in the World Poker Tour Championship in 2004 is a Yale University graduate with a degree in mathematics...read more