Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 853

Winning more by doubling down

Have you ever wondered how you can possibly play the casino even or win at blackjack when overall you stand to win only 47 percent of the hands dealt to you and lose 53 percent? One reason is the double down option. Most of the time when you play blackjack, you are on the defensive...read more

Figuring Your Pot Odds in Split Pot Games

Whenever you're considering your pot odds to determine whether to continue playing your poker hand, you're probably not in the lead. Believe it or not, there's a certain advantage in that. The advantage is if you don't improve, you usually won't have to call a bet at the river...read more

Jest For Fun

Wise gamblers start their bets low and increase them only when winning. When losing, they either decrease their bets or quit. This is one key secret of successful gamblers. * * * * * It's a wondrous age we're living in. We have two things that are self-cleaning - ovens and the casinos...read more

Scobe's Quick Tip #2

Nobody likes a busybody even if that busybody is someone as nice as you. Therefore, never give people advice about how to play--especially if they haven't asked for it. And think twice, no three times, before you give playing advice to others even if they have asked for it! Sometimes people will blame you if they lose--even if your advice was correct...read more

Cool Fall in Reno

The oaks are turning the reds and oranges of fall, mixing with the yellows, oranges, and reds of the aspens that are already decorating the hillsides... it looks and feels like fall. It's been great for getting outside and enjoying the days...read more

Random Number Generator in a Slot Machine

Dear John, Have read your article and several others regarding the random number generator. Did I understand correctly, are the random numbers truly random? Thank you for your attention, Mitch Dear Mitch, The numbers produced by the Random Number Generator in a slot machine are not truly random because they are the result of a mathematical process...read more

Thrifty Gambling Applies to Video Slots

This question regarding the Atronic Sphinx video slot machine game via e-mail from Sam R. Scafferi: "Perhaps this isn't just about the Sphinx slot machine. Maybe it's any of a wide variety of 5-reel video display machines that offer up to nine pay lines to be played...read more

Why Intuition Gained in one Game Might not Apply in Another

A friend, a fervid fan of Let It Ride, returned from an unusually unsuccessful casino visit lamenting that the cards were so bad he never once got three-of-a-kind. It set me wondering exactly what the chances of this hand were - the likelihood of getting or not getting it, on any particular round or during a session of reasonable duration, over a spectrum of poker-oriented games...read more

Grochowski Reviews

Most of the gambling books I read are of the "how-to" variety. There's always a new twist on craps from Frank Scoblete, an insight into the comps game from Jean Scott or Max Rubin or a slightly different approach to blackjack from Arnold Snyder, Fred Renzey, Ken Fuchs, Olaf Vancura and many others to be considered...read more

The Numbers of Craps: The 5, 6 and 7

In a previous article I discussed the probabilities, bets, mystiques and mistakes of betting the numbers 2, 3 and 4 at craps. This time we take a look at the 5, 6 and the pivotal 7. The 5, sometimes referred to as the "fever" by dealers, can be made four different ways with two six-sided dice: 1:4, 4:1, 2:3 and 3:2...read more