Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 777

Strategy for Multi-Line Video Slots

It is pretty well established in the casino industry that multi-line video slots are not going away. If anything, they are going to be commanding an even greater presence in the short term. All of the leading slot machine manufacturers are coming out with new and improved versions of video games that will beckon us. While I've never been a proponent of video slots, I certainly am aware of the entertainment value they possess as compared to their traditional spinning reel cousins...read more

Grochowski Reviews - Part 2

We took a look at several books last week. Let's wrap up our roundup with two more books, a nice piece of slot machine software and a little something to help blackjack players. The Craps Underground by Frank Scoblete ($24.95, Bonus Books)...read more

How Much Money Should You Bring to Play the Game?

Everyone who's pitched pennies in the schoolyard knows you gotta pay to win. So, enough of a wad to outride cold streaks is vital to casino gambling. You can stay alive foolishly by visiting a credit card or cash terminal for a transfusion...read more

Stopping the Spin, Cash Encounters

Hi, John, Enjoy reading your column. I have a question for you. Has anyone measured the results of one player who continually stops a slot machine against a player who always lets the slot finish its roll? We have seen folks who continually press the "stop spin" button and they seem to do okay. Is it possible to alter the result of the mahine by stopping the spin or has the outcome been decided once the coins have been entered? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work. Sibilius Dear Sibilius, Your last statement is correct...read more

Serial/parallel, bet glossary and WSOP — what a bargain!

Dear Mark, Let's say I am dealt four cards to a royal in video poker. I discard one and hope for the card that will give me a royal flush. My question is: is the card already behind the card I just discarded, or dealt from the top of a deck? Dylan F. OK, we've said it...read more

Putting a Blackjack Dealer on Tilt

A distracted blackjack dealer can be a very profitable proposition for an advantage player. This deterioration can create several types of profitable opportunity, for example: Dealer mays inadvertently expose their hole card or the next card out of the shoe before it should have been exposed. They may make payoff errors. They may riffle or strip too high and, again, inadvertently expose cards allowing you to know their approximate location. Putting a dealer on tilt deliberately is a rather unpleasant thing to do...read more

Three Ways That "Ploppies" Hurt the Game of Blackjack

In prevailing blackjack literature, a "ploppy" is defined as a poor to typical player. Ploppies outnumber skillful blackjack players by a wide margin. A ploppy harbors many false beliefs about the game, and through those beliefs he actually sometimes causes or enables the casino to make the game tougher to win at...read more

If Poker Tournaments Are Your Game, Here Are Some Books You Should Read Now

The new All-American game when it comes to gambling is poker -- no doubt about it. If the hype is correct, millions of beginners and old pros have taken to the tournament campaign trail. They're playing satellite tournaments that allow the winner entry into a big-time tourney like the World Series of Poker or the World Poker Tour or they're playing the old-fashioned tournament structure online and in casinos...read more

Binion Biography; Pitching Aces Timely New Arrivals

With the closing of Binion's Horseshoe Club (hopefully it will re-open for the World Series of Poker under the new ownership of Harrah's) and the anticipated, full-of-new-faces opening of the 2004 baseball season, what could be finer than to have two new books arrive at Gamblers Book Shop for two distinct, but clearly, most- interested audiences? Jim Gatewood has written a fascinating, in-depth biography of Benny Binion (294 pages, indexed, illustrated, hardbound, $41.50)...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips: #87 and #88: Streaks, Good Bets at Craps

Scobe's Quick Tip #87 If you gamble in a casino enough, you can expect the unusual to happen often. Runs of red or black in roulette, strings of yo's in craps, frequent jackpots in a given slot aisle, consecutive wins or losses -- all these are par for the gambling course...read more