Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 760

First-Time Starters; Breeding Theories Focus of Two New Thoroughbred Books

Dan DiPleco's First-Time Starters (104 pages, 8x11 paperbound, $24.95) and Racehorse Breeding Theories by Frank Mitchell (325 pages, hardbound, $45) have arrived for horseplayers interested in those specific areas, along with Rollers (100 pages, paperbound, $15) by G.E...read more

Another "Magic Number" for Blackjack Players

Last week's column was an analysis and game plan for keeping track of the 10-value cards and aces during a blackjack game for basic strategy players who wish to ascend to the next level. It was concluded that the tens, faces and aces are the most powerful cards for players, and that knowing when there are an abundance of them during the middle game of a 6-deck shoe can be advantageous for players in the know. Today, allow me to present an alternative simplified method of keeping track...read more

Odds at Pick 'Em Poker, Ball Control in Roulette

A shuffle through the Gaming mailbag, with questions on Pick 'Em poker and roulette: Q. What are the odds of getting a full house and also four of a kind in Pick 'Em Poker? I play mostly at the Soaring Eagle casino in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., and Pick 'Em Poker is their only full pay machine. You may be interested in the following: I played 16,016 hands of Pick 'Em Poker using the Bob Dancer Presents WinPoker software. Here are my results keeping track of four of a kinds, which I feel is the main hand you would need to get in order to have a winning session. According to your Video Poker Answer Book, the odds on getting a royal flush are extremely high...read more

Hunting for Royals

Which would you choose if you had your choice? Winning $500, BUT, you will win this money in small batches of ordinary Four of a Kinds and lots of Straights, Flushes and Full Houses. A prosperous but humdrum victory. The second alternative is that you can go home having won $250, but you'll achieve this by losing most of the week and then hitting a $1000 Royal Flush on your last night...read more

Frog Prince

Once upon a time I went to the casino in search of a prince of a slot machine--one that would have colorful graphics, offer legendary amusement and grant me my wish of winning a zillion dollars or more. I wandered the aisles seeking that princely slot, when I heard the soothing croaks of happy frogs...read more

Living in P.T. Barnum's world

Dear Mark, I recently visited an Indian Casino in Minnesota that offered 3-card poker. Every player at the table had to pay 50 cents just to play. I asked what the 50 cents was for, and was told that it is the only profit the casino has in 3-card poker...read more

A Roulette Strategy That Wins Three Times More Often Than It Loses

Make believe you come to a $5 double-zero roulette table with $360. You know this game has a usurious house advantage. But you play it because it's not intimidating, the pace is relaxed, and you use a strategy that usually gives you a few hours' action on your money and yields a small-to-modest profit most of the time with only an occasional wipeout...read more

The Big Time

I was walking on air. I'd just landed a dealing job at the Mint Hotel in downtown Las Vegas! It wasn't the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, even I knew that, but it sure beat shilling on a dice table at the Pioneer Club for $11 a day...read more

Internet Poker Spawns a Bevy of New 7 Stud Hi/Lo Players

There are five basic forms of poker played in public card rooms throughout the country. They are Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo Split, 7 Stud and 7 Stud Hi/Lo Split. Of the five, probably the least played is 7 Stud Hi/Lo Split. With the rapid spread of internet poker rooms, however, Hi/Lo Stud is gaining lots of popularity at all stakes...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips, Series 2: #3 and #4: Craps' Worst Bets, Does Setting the Dice Slow the Game Down?

Quick Tips #3: The very worst bets at craps, known as Crazy Crapper bets, have the fanciest names: Big Red (the 7); Snake Eyes (the 2), Boxcars (the 12) and C&E (2, 3, 11, and 12). All have very high house edges. Gamblers like to make these bets because they pay off big time when won but over time they can hurt a player's bankroll. Quick Tips #4: Do people who set the dice slow the game down? No, they don't...read more