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Use blockers to become a better poker player By Jack Clayton Block and tackle, anyone? Not the kind associated with fishing or football, but poker. “Blockers” are cards in your hand that limit the combinations of strong hands your opponents may have. It’s defense through simple math. The cards that are visible in your […]
Bonus features like multipliers and free games spice up the traditional video poker game, while offering a fair shake that diehards will appreciate By Frank Legato The idea of an automated version of the game of poker, to be played alone while enjoying drinks, goes all the way back to the origins of the […]
Video poker players seek answers By John Grochowski Video poker players love to raise questions about their games, and the questions aren’t limited to strategy puzzlers. Often, questions from readers focus on how the games and odds work and why. Why don’t royal flushes pay more when they’re so rare? How are best strategies […]
Do you play a variety of video poker games? By Jerry “Stickman” Stich What type of video poker player are you? Type #1: Do you concentrate on one specific game such as Jacks or Better, find the best possible pay table and take the time to practice the correct strategy until you can play […]
New cabinets, more progressives, more hold-and-spin games, and much more on tap in the new year By Frank Legato As we have completed a year that was as unprecedented for the casino business as any other business in the U.S., we look forward to casinos reopening—a second time, in many cases—and returning to full […]
The pros and cons of our favorite table games By Frank Scoblete It is important for those of you who play casino games to under- stand the pro aspects of the games you enjoy playing (or wish to enjoy playing) as well as the con aspects. I have not delineated the carnival games as […]
Seeing the same kinds of features in different brands of slot machines these days carries on a tradition that goes back to the beginning By Frank Legato We’ve all seen them on the slot floor. Everywhere, there are new versions of features that, in the end, are very, very similar to those present in […]
Don’t share your story with strangers unless asked By Frank Scoblete I’m in the elevator waiting to go up to my room. An older couple step in and up we go. My room is all the way at the top of the hotel. So is the older couple’s. They seem like pleasant people. When […]
The studies on slot play keep coming By Frank Legato I just read an article on the “Study Breaks” website titled “The Psychology Behind Slot Games.” It is yet another article that attempts to dissect our brains to reveal why it is we love slot machines, and it’s all stuff I’ve reacted to, debunked […]
Skill games continue to push into the casinos By John Grochowski Even in this tricky COVID climate, casinos and game manufacturers continue to ease toward an age of skill-based slots. And I’ll admit to having a small amount of trepidation. That’s age-related, of course. In my college years, the games at the back of […]