Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 727

A Simple Coin Toss

Readers of this column are well aware that Video Poker is essentially a game which is governed exclusively by probabilties. Given a deck of cards, given a version of poker to be played and given a computer, the stats of the game are determined. Notice that we determine the statistics of the game, meaning the average number of the kinds of hands dealt out, the Expected Values of all of these types assuming the player is expert and the payback one would expect over a large sample of games played. In Video Poker, as in most forms of gaming, we can never predict an outcome or result except as a probability , or as odds for/ against an event happening...read more

Video and Live Poker Making News at Harrah's East Chicago

Poker players, both devotees of the video version as well as live rooms, are the recipients of good news from Harrah's East Chicago Casino & Hotel. Video poker continues to be upgraded at the property as the Chicago-area gaming market as a whole slowly but surely improves this popular gambling product...read more

Destroying Planets for Dollars

The time: Thursday, Oct. 7, about 6 p.m. The place: The SpaceQuest casino at the Las Vegas Hilton. My mission: To blow up planets without triggering a supernova. I'd seen nine others fail while waiting for my turn at the console...read more

Heard it on the River

Some big tournament bucks are flying around TUNICA RESORTS in the next couple of weeks kicked off by the $150,000 blackjack tournament at GRAND (Nov. 12-14) with its $60K first prize and followed by GOLD STRIKE'S $150,000 BJ event with its $50K first prize on Nov...read more

Do Loose Slots Exist?

I visited an Indian casino in Louisiana. It did not pay anyone. Everyone is saying they need to be reported. Once in a blue moon they let someone win. The people have stopped going to that casino. Even giving you comps, the people are staying away. That's the best thing to do--vote with your feet and play elsewhere. Best of luck in and out of the casinos, John I received one of these "gimmicks" that come out of Brooklyn and other parts of New York, Staten Island, etc...read more

Does Thinking You Can Win Help You Win?

Do gamblers' chances of success improve if they think they're going to be winners? The question, of course, doesn't imply that anybody should take seriously the obligatory statements blurted out by those mega-jackpot winners of the type, "I had a feeling I was gonna hit big today." Nor does it apply to situations in which solid citizens try to influence the cards, dice, or spinning reels by predicting or telekinetically "willing" them to yield a desired result...read more

Milk Money Slot is a MOOving Experience!

Recently in Tunica I experienced the most fun 15 minutes in recent memory playing WMS Gaming's Milk Money video slot. I was attracted to this game because of the tall, attention-getting cabinet and the sounds coming out of it--moos, cowbells and reggae music! Each time I sought out this slot, someone was playing it, so I figured it must be a great game...read more

Side Bets Can Trim Your Handicap in Blackjack

I say blackjack is the best game in the casino for a smart gambler. But no matter how well you learn to play your hands, you're still going to come out just a little on the short end over time - assuming you're not a professional card counter. So if you want to help your odds beyond simply playing your hands right, you'll have to start thinking "outside the box" by making some good side bets involving other players' hands. In recent columns, we discussed "hand interaction", which consists primarily of doubling down on other players' hands when they don't want to...read more

A little flim, a little flam

Dear Mark: I am frequently receiving in the mail various advertisements offering winning slot systems. The latest is from author Tom McQueen with his winning slot formula. The cost is $50.00. He shows winning thousands of dollars week after week...read more

Ask Frank: I'm Losing My Behind

Dear Frank: I was losing my behind at the casinos for a long long time and practically became bankrupt. Please advise me the easiest way to win some of it back soon so I can have peace of mind and feel good about myself and have a winning attitude...read more