I received some emails from a player, call him “Sam,” who was trying to talk himself into playing 8/5 Double Double Bonus Poker Multi Strike, a game that returns 97.07% when played well. It returns far less than that for most players because the game requires four separate strategies to play correctly. As most of […]
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How Would I Attack It?
A friend lives near the Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio. In October and November, they ran a Thursday food drive promotion with the following features: On Thursdays, everyone who brings a non-perishable food item spins for $5 – $500 free play. Top five donators by weight every Thursday spin for between $100 – $500 free […]
My Experience with Gaming — Part II of II
In last week’s blog, I laid out the nature of my beef with the Rainbow Casino. I was basically fighting over whether I could have someone play off $2,400 in free play — or get a check for $1,200. Whether my case had any merits or not, this was too small to involve a lawyer. […]
My Experience with Gaming — Part I of II
The Nevada Gaming Control Board is charged with, among other things, arbitrating disputes between patrons and casinos. I have known about them for years but have never had any direct dealings with them until recently. This blog is about my recent incident. In many ways, it’s surprising that I’ve had no previous disputes. I know […]
What Now?
Las Vegas casinos have become more aggressive at booting video poker players than they used to be. A number of pros and semi-pros, including myself, are down to a small number of places where they can play unrestricted. Or sometimes, play at all. Some players have no places left in town that welcome their action […]
How Do You Approach It?
I’m always on the lookout for non-video poker situations that I can turn into video poker teaching moments. It’s the only way I can continue to produce a weekly column after all these years. As I mentioned in a recent column, Bonnie and I were cruising for three weeks and this happened while our ship […]
Learning a Second Game — Part II of II
Last week I began a discussion of learning NSU Deuces Wild once you already knew 9/6 Jacks or Better. If you missed that article, it’s not hard to find. If you’re going to or from a game covered by the Dancer/Daily Winners’ Guide series, that’s by far the most efficient place to start. You can […]
Learning a Second Game — Part I of II
A few weeks ago, I wrote some articles about making adjustments to a strategy based on the pay schedule. The purpose of those articles was for the situation when you were attempting to “fake it” reasonably well. You already knew the strategy for one game and were attempting to play another similar game. Today’s article, […]
Ignoring Kenny Rogers
I’ve listened to Kenny Rogers’ song The Gambler a zillion times. Since I’m not a live poker player, the advice he gives seemed to make sense. After all, how bad can “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em” actually be? Whether the preceding line of the song is […]
Can’t Keep Everybody Happy
In my last column I mentioned that Bonnie and I had signed up for three back-to-back cruises, with the first one being Boston to Bermuda and back, the second Boston to Quebec City, and the third Quebec City to Boston. We were scheduled to arrive in Bermuda on Monday September 10 and stay there for […]
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