Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 711

Ask Larry: What Are the Payoffs on the World Bet?

Larry, If you place a six for $180, what does it pay? Also if you lay a six for $210, what does it pay? Regards, John Hi, John, When you place the 6/8 you get 7:6 odds, so when you bet $180 you win $210. When you LAY the 6/8 you get 5:6 odds, so when you bet $210 you get $175, less vig. Good luck, Larry Mr...read more

Ask Frank: Craps on the Net

Hello, Frank, Do you know of any live casino craps that can be watched on the net? Or do you know of any books or info of roll decisions? I once heard there was a book that showed thousands of roll decisions. I have looked in book stores but could not find such a book. Scott Dear Scott: The only book I know about that has supposed casino decisions in it is 72 Hours at the Craps Tables by B...read more

Pitching Aces Focuses on Starters; Illman Deciphers Maidens, Juveniles

This past week welcomed two fresh titles to the Gambler's Book Shop inventory -- Phil Erwin's "Pitching Aces 2005" (153 pages, spiralbound, $22.95) and Dan Illman's "Betting Maidens & 2-Year-Olds" (212 pages, paperbound, $14.95). Erwin's work is a much-anticipated annual labor of love...read more

The Top 10 Starting Hands in Texas Hold'em

When playing Hold'em poker, you can be dealt 169 different two-card starting hands. Thirteen of them are pairs (such as 8/8), another 78 hands are suited hands (like the Q/10 of spades) and 78 more hands are unsuited non-pairs (such as 9/6 offsuit). All good players understand that you must reduce your selection to the better quality hands if you want to win...read more

Casino Windsor Announces Major Expansion

On Monday of this week, Casino Windsor announced a major expansion of its facilities along the Detroit River front. The casino will receive a major facelift and refurbishing and the Canadian government has announced that it will build a 100,000 square foot convention center, a 5,000 seat auditorium and a 23 story hotel tower with 400 additional rooms...read more

Casino Windsor Announces Major Expansion

On Monday of this week, Casino Windsor announced a major expansion of its facilities along the Detroit River front. The casino will receive a major facelift and refurbishing and the Canadian government has announced that it will build a 100,000 square foot convention center, a 5,000 seat auditorium and a 23 story hotel tower with 400 additional rooms...read more

Video Poker Ain't Just Slots

This article marks the first of the second hundred written for this journal so a bit of reminiscing is definitely in order on this occasion. It was way back in the dog days of 1988 that the idea of a Video Poker column was born. For some reason, there was nothing being written on the subject, even though the game was catching on fire in Las Vegas...read more

Tournament Win a Double-Edged Sword for Annie Duke

If you saw the $2 Million Tournament of Champions Texas Hold 'em Poker shootout on television, you are already aware of the drama that surrounded Annie Duke's victory: She had to knock her own brother, Howard Lederer, out of the tournament in order to earn her first gold bracelet, the most coveted prize among professional poker players; and she didn't even have the best hand! No matter how pretty poker is packaged, the game is still won and lost on principles guided by deceit and greed...read more

Trump Casino Has Good News for Video Poker Players

Every now and again - not often, mind you - I get a phone call from a casino executive who wants to tell me exactly what I want to hear. The bearer of good news this time around was Mark Kashuda, the director of slot operations at Trump Casino in Gary...read more

You Can Trust Your Intuition at Video Poker, but Just So far

Suppose you got a starting hand of 3-H 7-H 8-H 9-H 10-D at video poker. Do you ditch the diamond and look for the heart flush. Or throw the three and hope for a straight? Most solid citizens would go for the flush, reasoning intuitively that it would pay better...read more