Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 803

Fists A Flyin'

Las Vegas is the boxing capital of the world with most of the major fights taking place here. In the glory years, some of the greatest fights took place in the parking lot behind Caesars Palace. Four of the best fighters of that era were Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Ray Leonard. One of the participants, six-time world champion and Olympic gold medal winner Sugar Ray Leonard, is now a fight promoter...read more

9/6 machines, soft 17s and one hard rule, under the harvest moon

Thanks to your column, I pay close attention to the video poker payout schedule. It took some looking, but I found full-pay (9/6) machines most of the time. In my searching, I found many 9/6 machines that paid the same for two pairs as for one pair (one credit)...read more

Coming of Age in Vegas

After less than a week at dealer's school, I was dealing craps like I'd done it all my life. The camaraderie I felt with the other students was hard to explain. It was almost like going to summer camp, being away from home for the first time...read more

Blazing 7s Strategy

Why are casinos located on or near water? The only reason some casinos are located on the water is because it's required by the state in which they're located. The "on-the-water" requirement is one way the states control where the casinos are placed. Best of luck in and out of the casinos, John We live in Oklahoma with all the electronic slot machines...read more

Squeeze Something Extra Out of Your Blackjack Pair Splits

My friend Easy Eddie has his basic strategy down cold. He hits when he's supposed to, he doubles when he's supposed to, and he splits all the right pairs. I guess he's taken his game as far as it can go without becoming a card counter. Or has he? Actually, plain vanilla basic strategy players can still do a few more little things to chop away at that last half percent of house advantage without taking that quantum leap into card counting...read more

Scobe's Quick Tips: #51 and #52 (Blackjack Basic Strategy, Craps Money Management)

Scobe's Quick Tip #51 Blackjack basic strategy was derived by a computer and should be followed at all times. If you can memorize the basic strategy, that's great, but if you can't, you can usually purchase a small card in the casino gift shop that will have a "generic" strategy on it...read more

Are 15-Line Machines Looser than 9-Line Machines?

Hey John, I noticed that more and more nickel slot machines are going to 15 or more lines. Is a 15 line any looser than a basic 9 line? I know it costs a lot more money and typically it is more reasonable for me to play a 3 line quarter than it is to play the mulitple line nickles...read more

Nover's Sportsgaming Beat; Four Poker Books Solid GBC Arrivals

For those who bet on sports, there are never enough new stories about characters, bad beats, wild and crazy methods of betting; handicapping methodology. For that reason, Stephen Nover's SportsGaming Beat (104 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $29.95) comes along at the right time, as a sequel to his Las Vegas Sports Beat, published in 1997. Nover understands the world of sports handicapping and the people who make up that special world of bet-makers and bet-takers...read more

Harrah's Entertainment Launches Total Rewards II

No other casino company markets its player's reward program as aggressively as Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Every casino in the country has a player's club, which essentially encourages loyalty, but Harrah's identifies its presence in the highly competitive market with its Total Rewards...read more

The New Empress is Empressive

From the time Empress in Joliet first announced it was remodeling a barge to replace its Empress I and Empress II riverboats, I was a little wary of the project. After all, this was a scaled-back plan, a substitute for a more expensive construction of a new barge that was scrubbed last year when Illinois raised its maximum gaming tax to 50 percent of revenue...read more