September 18, 2006
As I am totally sure, many of
you online casino article
readers out there must be
wondering if people like me who
write informational and helpful
gambling articles actually
practice what they preach to
their readers.
You are probably wondering if
people like me play blackjack
strictly by the strategy rules
that are recommended by myself.
You are probably asking yourself
if online casino tips writer all
play progressive slots using the
max bet each and every time.
These are valid questions. But I
must be honest; I deviate from
the typical blackjack strategy
that I recommend to players –
but only sometimes and in rare
instances. As far as slots go, I
don’t play them – but I stick by
my recommendation that if you
are playing a progressive slot,
you should be betting the max.
If you can’t afford to – find
another machine.
All in all, you must stick to
the real and true recommended
strategies to any casino game or
you will lose money – odds are
odds, expectation is
expectation. In the long run, it
is the best way to play. I am
not going to tell you that you
can never sit at a blackjack
table and win money by bucking
the system, but it will only
happen in the short term. What
comes around goes around, and
the strategy that is essential
for certain games is just that a
strategy.
This goes for the same when you
play craps. Stay with the bets
that provide you with the best
percentages and forget about the
one roll proposition bets
already.
The same is fore blackjack (yes,
I said that I sometimes deviate
from this recommended strategy –
but I didn’t say I won when I
did it), I f I get a blackjack
dealt to me I definitely go for
the full 3 to 2 pay off and
never except the even money
insurance wager – ever. If the
dealer has blackjack – so be it,
but in the long run and
considering the odds of this
actually happening – I made the
right decision.
Recently, I was sitting a great
video poker game and I found
myself really trying hard to
stick to what I preach when it
comes to video poker strategy. I
am speaking specifically about
the fine game of Double Bonus
Poker. I was playing a quarter
9-7 game which provides a payout
of just over 99% if played
expertly and to the tee.
This is what happened to me, I
was dealt a sweet little full
house, Aces over Kings (come
on). For the specific game I was
playing this was a forty five
coin payback because I was
betting five coins at a time
($1.25) – that would be the
payout if I was to keep the five
cards I was dealt. This is where
it gets interesting folks; the
expert recommendation for this
actual hand isn’t what you would
think at all. It is not
recommended that the player keep
the pat hand – the full house
they were dealt. This is one of
the most interesting situations
of the expert strategy
recommended play for Double
Bonus Poker. What is really
recommended is to discard the
full house by keeping the Aces
and ditching the 2 kings.
Heartbreaking, but this is what
you have to do if you want to
play the expert strategy. Oh
what a test this was. As any
expert would recommend, it has
to be done and I did it.
This is why, I was wagering 5
coins for this specific game and
because I was, four Aces would
have won be an amazing 800
quarters! Now, if you were
playing say Jacks or Better and
other video poker games where
four Aces pays only 400
quarters, you would want to keep
the full house and except your
plight.
Now keep in mind, you wasn’t
assured of anything by wrecking
my full house, it is just the
best plan in the total concept
of playing this specific game to
its fullest potential. Video
poker strategies are not the
easiest to follow because of
certain temptations they impose
on players, but if you want o
play it right you have to play
it the way it is recommended to
a tee. So, yes I practice what I
preach.
Be sure to catch the second part
of this subject
here.
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