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PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

Observe and focus on your opponents By Jack Clayton The joke in our nation’s capital has been about taxes, as usual, with lawmakers opining. “When are we going to play Taxes Hold ‘Em?” That’s also a subtle tribute to the rise in poker popularity the last decade, which has skyrocketed. Draw poker, stud, community card, […]

FUN WITH A PURPOSE

Folding can be good strategy, not defeat By Jack Clayton   The interest in poker the last decade has been phenomenal – and profitable, if you know when to hold ’em, fold ’em and bluff. There is so much to the game, from holding the right cards to the psychological aspect of sizing up your […]

BIG HANDS AND BITE-SIZED BETS

Making the most of a value bet By Jack Clayton   Knowing how much to invest in a stock at the right time is essential money management. You don’t jump into the market just to have action in the financial world, but to turn that investment into a profit. The same rules apply at the […]

LOOSE SLOT MYTHS

Think you know where the loosest slots are? You might be surprised   We get a lot of emails and one of the questions most often asked by players is “Where do I find the loose slot ma-chines in the casino?” The ultimate goal for a slot player is finding a loose machine amidst the […]

A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE

Getting inside the mind of your opponents by Jack Clayton   Hey, it’s the 50th anniversary of B.F. Skinner receiving the National Medal of Science! Let’s have a poker party to celebrate in honor of ole Burrhus Frederic. Err… who? Okay, Skinner was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud, a behavioral psychologist, prolific author and thinker. […]

BLACKJACK STRATEGY DOS AND DON’TS

Tips for beating one of the world’s toughest card games By Richard Dalton   Like many of our favorite casino games, the exact origins of blackjack are forever lost to history. One of the first recoded descriptions of the game places its appearance in France during the 17th century, where it thrilled gamblers under its […]

THE RIGHT MACHINE

How important is it to bet the max? By John Grochowski   The question is as old as multi-coin slot machines: Should you bet the max? For decades, players were told they should al-ways bet the max to get the best payback percentage. That’s still the case on most three-reel stepper slots, and on a […]

SETTING THE PACE

The Advantages Of Playing Slow By Jack Clayton   We live in a hectic world. Fast cars, fast food, a speedy work environment, and technology that increases how much we try and cram into one day. Instead of quietly reading the newspaper over a coffee in the morning, we get our news from instantaneous tweets, […]

BLACKJACK ETIQUETTE

10 rules and rituals to play like the pros   Blackjack, also known as twenty one, is one of the most popular games in the casino. The rules are simple, the play is thrilling and if played with basic strategy it comes with a nice, low house edge. In fact, for the expert player who […]

TABLES 101

A crash-course on playing smart at the tables   Every type of game in the casino has a different house edge: the mathematical advantage that the casino has over you. On a game with a high house edge, you might get lucky in the short term, but over time that edge will grind down your […]

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