Gaming Gurus: Strategy Expert Article Archive - Page 90

Trend Betting

There are numerous systems employed by casino gamblers in their attempts to wrest money from the house. Some of these, such as the Martingale, have long histories and some have been developed by mathematical geniuses such as Blaise Pascal.Players have used these methods over the centuries and are still using them today...read more

Advantage Play at Card Games

QUESTION: Can you get an edge by counting cards in the games that use poker ranks, like Three Card Poker, Caribbean Stud, Let It Ride or Mississippi Stud? Are there any good counting systems out there?ANSWER: As long as the dealer is doing the job well, there is nothing for you to count in poker-based games...read more

Tournament Playing Strategy for Double-Double Bonus Poker

One of the few free promotions still offered by casinos is tournaments. Based on history of play, the casino will offer its customers a chance to win some decent prize money for finishing among the top contestants.Slot tournaments are the most common, but casinos also have blackjack, craps and video poker tournaments – and most of the time entry into these tournaments is at no cost to the player...read more

Craps vs. Roulette

CINDY: Now we come to the games that are defined by multiple numbers, roulette and craps.ABBY: There are two types of roulette games, the American and the French. The American game has 38 numbers, 1-36 and a 0 and a 00. The French game has 37 numbers, 1-36 and a 0...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Manipulated machines in Montana?

Question: MONTANA LILS RIGGED: Please get ahold of me sir. I have some information about these lucky lils. I know they are keeping track of wins and losses and pays customers accordingly. Please contact me when you can. I read your article and I was so happy to find somebody that sees what I see! Answer: My first reaction was to move this letter to my slush folder...read more

Testing, Testing

If you know your casino gambling, you should have no problem with this test of all testing. If you don’t know your casino gambling, uh oh.1. Which is the most popular table-game in the casino? a. craps, b. blackjack, c. roulette, d. mini baccarat, e...read more

The Big VP Debate

When my wife Marcy and I go to casinos together, we usually play next to each other on slots, but play separately when I move to other games.On a rare time when we played video poker together, I was drawn into a strategy discussion with another couple on the same bank of machines.A woman had a low pair and a single Queen, and moved to hold the pair...read more

Picking a Video Poker Game to Play

One of the reasons for the popularity of video poker is they tend to have a high return – sometimes even more than 100 percent for a skilled player. More importantly, a knowledgeable player can determine the return of the game by looking at the pay table that is displayed right on the machine.The same cannot be said for slot machines...read more

Slots vs. Video Poker

CINDY: Neither one of us is an inveterate slots player.ABBY: Or video-poker player.CINDY: I say we are basically samplers of these games.ABBY: But we do play them every time we go to the casinos.CINDY: For sure.ABBY: Just from a casual observation, slots dominate the machine world...read more

Ask the Slot Expert: Six royals in a cycle

Question: I just finished what I consider to be a rather strange sequence of Royal Flushes. In my 35 years of playing Video Poker I have not come close to such a sequence. I play two sessions a week at the Indian casino here in AZ...read more