Tricks and Tips for those Games of Chance and Rare Skill – Poker, Blackjack, etc.

I realize that I write on this blog, so calling certain google ads into doubt might be shooting myself in the foot, but a link came up for “How to Cheat the Casinos” and I started snorting and giggling so I had to look. All they require is an email address, and for free, out [...]

I ordered and had emailed to me Mr McQueen’s “system” which is merely an example of a larger meta-theme he proposes that by playing a set style repeatedly will somehow ‘trick’ ‘fool’ or whatever word you want to use to imply “override” the slot machine’s Random Number Generator. What makes this particularly scary is that [...]

While driving this morning I heard a man interviewed on the radio named Tom McQueen, who promised to have a system that would beat slot machines. Of course I was skeptical because, let’s face it, it’s a slot machine. I kept listening though because it was on a radio station that I never listen to [...]

I cant believe a week slips by and I don’t write anything about Afleet Alex. I did have Alex picked to win, but it’s easy for me to say 2 days after the race has run. Trust me, though, I did. In case you missed a picture of Scrappy T nearly crushing Afleet Alex, there’s [...]

I could give a primer on counting cards, or even simple, basic strategy. But I think the best place to start with a look into blackjack is to look at what traps to avoid: Not splitting 88 vs. 10. Two hands starting with 8 is substantially better than facing off against the dealer’s 10 with [...]

I think the one thing that keeps a lot of people from really sitting down at a poker table in a casino – those that are close enough to do it, of course – is the assumption that you’ll need a sizeable amount of money to come in and be willing to lose. That’s simply [...]

In the next couple weeks my schedule will change so that I’ll once again be taking part in the weekly money tournaments with the Pacific Northwest Backgammon Club. But – more importantly – I’ll also be in the American Backgammon Tour tournament as it comes to Seattle this year – the 2nd Pacific Northwest Championships [...]

No, I hadn’t picked Giacomo to win, nor did I pick the other horse to come in second. a 50-1 and a 72-1 coming in 1-2 just doesn’t happen in ways you can predict, as the $9,800 exacta showed. To my knowledge and 15+ years of going to the track that’s the largest exacta payoff [...]

The 131st Kentucky Oaks runs on Friday, and the 130th Kentucky Derby goes off this Saturday. Naturally, Bellamy Road is the favorite at the Derby, what with a blistering Beyer number of 120 in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct last April. Nick Zito is the trainer and of course he’s no slouch. Bandini is picked [...]

I’m fascinated by Baccarat. It’s one of the few true gambling games out there in a casino anymore – what with all of the crazy side bets that have been introduced into various games, such as Queens Blackjack, or the worst offender of them all, Spanish 21. Baccarat offers the ultimate in the smooth suave [...]