Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 707

Readers' Write: Hold'em Fold 'em Question

Dear Frank: A player (Player A) was all in for $300 of a $5000 pot. The only other player (player B) left in the hand mucked his cards (thinking no one else was in after he made the original bet of $4000 or so) when it came to him. The player (Player A) with the $300 in the pot said he should win the whole pot, since Player B no longer has cards...read more

Michigan Racing Commissioner Announces 2004 Horse of the Year Award Winners

This past Saturday, Michigan's leading 2004 state-bred horses were honored by the Office of Racing Commissioner ("ORC") during the Michigan Horse Council's International Stallion Expo. Acting Racing Commissioner Christine C. White made the presentations at the Expo, which was held at the Michigan State University Agriculture Pavilion in East Lansing...read more

Heard it on the River

Spring time brings many changes as the weather warms up and early flowers and trees bloom to brighten up the Delta and renew our hopes of winning a jackpot but one change that is equally dramatic and about to happen is the changeover of ownership for several Tunica casinos. Soon to be official will be HARRAH'S ownership of GRAND and SHERATON, and RESORTS INTERNATIONAL takeover of the current Harrah's on Casino Strip and BALLY'S...read more

Don Barden and Da Coach Make a Winning Team

Detroit businessman Don H. Barden has never been happy with the status quo, including the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana, a property that competes in close proximity not only with three other riverboat operations in Northwest Indiana but also with four gaming properties in Illinois. When Barden first opened the doors to the Majestic Star in the newly conceived Indiana riverboat casino market on June 11, 1996, the vessel was relatively small with room for just 932 slot machines...read more

Can Gamblers Get Momentum?

Momentum. Sports teams have it, can't seem to get it, are gaining it, or are losing it. At least, that's what commentators say in print and over the airwaves. Ditto for candidates during election campaigns. Momentum implies more than merely racking up a series of wins...read more

Playing Multiple Machines at Once

I'm never surprised to see reel-spinning Wheel of Fortune slot machines getting heavy play. They've been a popular favorite ever since IGT introduced them in the late 1990s, longevity that's rare in the fast-changing world of slot machines. So on a recent casino visit, it wasn't that 10 games in the 12-machine Wheel of Fortune bank were busy as I walked past that caught my eye...read more

Do Girl Games Pay Less Than Guy Games?

I am a 49 year old female who has played slots a few times in Atlantic City casinos and Las Vegas. I like to play the games that have pictures, characters, etc. (Milk Money, Ghost, Horoscope, Sherwood Forest, etc.). I call these girl games...read more

Hold, house edge and no-no-no

Dear Mark, In casual conversation with a pit boss while noting that everyone on our blackjack table was losing, I asked him how he thought the casino was doing that evening. He replied; "we're probably going to hold about 50%." Seems high, especially since you have stated that blackjack is one of the best games in the casino to play...read more

Nobody Wants to Play at an Empty Blackjack Table

You see it all the time as you walk down the casino aisle -- rows and rows of crowded blackjack tables and then an empty one with the dealer standing there all by himself. People scurry to squeeze into crowded seats, but nobody wants to be that first player to sit down at the empty table...read more

Tipping Guide

Many people in the casino are in the service business and that means they rely on tips to make ends meet. For some reason, certain jobs in our society have been deemed jobs where the one served should tip the server. I'm not exactly sure why we tip a waiter who serves us our soup but we don't tip a nurse who serves us our medicine...read more