Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 719

Fun and (Table) Games: Try Let It Ride

Like other relatively new poker-based casino table games, Let It Ride combines the reinforcement of frequent small wins with the promise of a rare but large jackpot. A novice may want to try it for other reasons as well. These include the satisfaction that comes from learning a simple but effective optimum strategy, the ability unusual in gambling to get bets back when prospects look poor, and the fact that nobody chides them for weak decisions because one player's moves don't affect anybody else. In Let It Ride, rounds begin with three equal bets, each at or above the posted table minimum...read more

The Lure of the Progressives

There are several versions of Video Poker which inherently return more than 100% to expert players, who have learned the optimum way to read the hands and discard the right cards. Full-pay Deuces Wild at 100.6% and full-pay Joker Wild (pay Aces and Kings) at 100.4% are examples of such games with fixed pay schedules. There are many other games which return so close to 100% that for all practical purposes, the players have many opportunities to walk away winning...read more

Anti-chicken strategy and get-poor-quick schemes

Dear Mark, Back in July you answered a question about a casino having a chicken versus a Tic-Tac-Toe game. You incorrectly state that there is an advantage to going first in Tic-Tac-Toe. With perfect strategy, all Tic-Tac-Toe games will result in a tie, regardless of who goes first...read more

How Do You Play Street Craps?

Dear Larry, How do you play street craps? Regards, Treas Hi, Treas, Street craps is played like regular craps, except for the money handling part. You have no banker so the players bet against themselves, or "fade" each other's bets...read more

Combinations

In my next three articles I am going to look at some games that require the the notion of a combination. I derived this formula in an article I wrote a couple of years ago, but thought it would be a good idea to derive it again and get everyone up to speed before I write these articles. We begin, not with a combination, but with the idea of a permutation...read more

Visitors From Home

The year was 1977. Jimmy Carter was in the White House and I was in Las Vegas, dealing craps at the Mint Hotel and living in my new apartment at the Outrigger, Apartment 3B. The first thing I did after I got settled was write all my friends back in Texas and give them my new address...read more

Profiling the Profile Wizard - Part 1

I came across an interesting web page that claims to "profile winning slot machines" using an ALGODEC algorithm. Now, I obviously have my doubts but, hey, anything is possible. The site claims to produce a 70% win rate based on their system. Here is the web site: http://www.abcadvice.com. Any truth? Well, here's what I discovered...read more

Frank Scoblete Evaluates a Reader's Craps Strategy

Dear Frank, I have been playing craps for about a year now and have read many articles about controlled throwing. I have read almost every article of yours on here, as well as on the Golden Touch Craps website. I haven't had the opportunity yet to participate in any of your classes, but I wanted to get advice on my method of play...read more

Gaming Law Cases and Materials Great Source For Lawyers, Players

What's legal and what's not legal when it comes to all forms of gambling? Who's likely to be accused, charged, convicted and sentenced when it comes to betting, making illegal wagers and cheating? What laws govern compacts, maritime law, Indian gaming, lottery controversies, constitutional barriers, debt collection, sports gambling and charitable gambling? It's a complicated world out there especially in relation to states right vs...read more

Live Poker Is the Real Deal in NW Indiana

When television producers sunk their teeth into poker in their quest to satisfy America's voracious appetite for reality shows, they started a revolution. More people are playing poker today than at any time in history. Interest in the game has reached such heights that casinos were forced to re-think the low visibility to which poker had been relegated in recent years...read more