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Bluffing versus Semi-Bluffing By Jim Feist Bluffing can take many forms. You can pretend to be cautious even though you have an exceptional hand, or you can come out firing away with a less-than ideal hand, all with the intent to shake up and trick opponents. The NBA Playoffs are in full swing […]
Make your choice and practice, practice, practice! By John Grochowski PQ: On the full-pay 9/6 version, about 12.9 percent of all hands will result in two pairs, and those hands account for 25.9 percent of our overall return. That stretches your bankroll, while games that pay only 1-for-1 on two pairs, such as Double […]
Table games versus slot machines By Frank Scoblete Here is a simple question: Which players have more fun, table game players or slot players? The easy answer would be to say that everyone enjoys casinos in their own way and leave it at that. Come on, I can’t leave it at that. Obviously something […]
Tips for slot players By H. Scot Krause The casino has an edge against every player on almost every game in the casino and especially over slot players. There is really no way to get an advantage playing slots but there are methods that may help achieve some better overall results and keep you […]
Bally brings racing glory to the slot floor with NASCAR by Frank Legato Of all the variety of slot themes out there, sports are virtually absent from the discussion. Part of the reason, no doubt, is hypocritical anti-sports betting stance of the major sports leagues. But another reason is surely critical mass: Sports fans […]
To hold that kicker or not—that is the question By John Grochowski It’s always tempting to go for the big jackpot, and often in video poker that’s just what we do. We’ll break up a flush, straight or high pair for a one-card draw to a royal flush, tossing away smaller payoffs for a […]
Learn to expect the expected By Henry Tamburin I often use the term expected value (or EV) when I’m writing about the best video poker playing strategies. Even though EV is foreign to most players, smart players know what that term means and how it is determined. EV is a mathematically precise term that […]
The unwritten slots rules to live by By Scobe’s Slant Somewhere around 80 percent or so of casino players are slot players. They dominate the landscape. Casinos are monstrous forests of slots with a smallish village of table games. Prior to 1984 both Atlantic City and Las Vegas made most of their money at […]
From gold to crystal to fantasy tales, Aruze’s Innovator series is redefining the reel-spinner By Frank Legato The first thing you notice is the reels—color-changing, bright reels moving at different speeds, and even in different directions. When the slot games of Aruze Gaming America first appeared in U.S. casinos around four years ago, they […]
The value of using simplified video poker strategy By Jerry “Stickman” Stich Many regular readers of this publication and Strictly Slots are aware of the paybacks of popular video poker games. For example, full-pay Jacks or Better returns 99.54 percent, full-pay Bonus Poker returns 99.16 percent, full-pay Double Bonus Poker returns 100.17 percent, and […]