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Michael Shackleford it was also known as The Wizard of odds and the author of
gambling 102
gives a quick rundown on the best strategies for playing five popular
casino games
baccarat roulette three-card poker ultimate texas holdem
and pike al poker now here's michael Shackleford
baccarat as a simple game its like betting on the possible coin
there's two main that's called the banker and the player
up you don't need to worry about the rules the dealer knows what cards to
deal and how to add up the points and everything
the house advantage on the banker bet is 1.06 percent
on the player is 1.24 percent there's also a side bet on it high
it pays 821 but has a house advantage %uh 14.36 percent and some casinos
offer to a pair Abetz on a banker or a player
pair those each have a house advantage of 10.36 percent
so as you can see the best bets by far are on the banker in the player
the better of the two being the banker the optimal strategy for baccarat
simply but the banker every time you'll see everyone else at the table keeping
um notes about the whole trend if the shoe trying to look for pattern
trust me it's a waste of time banker is always
the best bet
roulette is one of the oldest and most simple casino games
arm under this standard American double 0 version the house advantages 5.26
percent
on every bet except for the zero doubles 0.23
5 number combination if you wanna bet on those numbers
just bet on the individually otherwise it doesn't make any difference what you
do
house a man is still that 5.26 percent now
if you play singles era let which you can sometimes find in the high limit
rooms
that cuts down the house advantage to 2.70 percent
a similar game is
Atlantic City roulette Dave have the double 0
we'll but if you makin even money but
and it lands in zero or double 0 you only lose half
that results in a house a manager 2.63 percent
so if you're in atlantic city only make even money that's
finally there's the European rules
which some Las Vegas casinos have in their high limit rule
rooms this is like singles era roulette
but if the ball lands and 0 you only lose half your bet
that cuts down the house advantage to 1.35 percent
three-car
one of the most successful new casino games out there um
the player gets the car to dealer gets three cards arm
the player has a chance to race is better fold after he sees his card
and then the better hand wins however if the dealer has less than a queen hi
it's like he folds and you only when your original but assuming you have
unfolded
oMG the house advantage under correct strategy
is 3.37 percent on the anti that there's also a side bet called the pair plus
most of the time that follows what I call the one three six thirty forty pay
table
that results in a 7.2 eight-percent house advantage
however some casinos follow the more liberal 146 30-40 pay table
that results in a much lower house advantage at 2.32 percent
the basic strategy and three-card poker is really easy
you raise if you have a hand of Queen 64 or better
otherwise you fold
alt
texas holdem is one of the most successful new casino poker variants out
there
the house and manages quite low at 2.19 percent
assuming optimal strategy which is kinda complicated
I'm gonna lead huge through just the first decision points
went are based on your first two cards you should make the big race
with two cards if you have a pair threes are higher
if you're a senior hand if you have unsuited King
fiver higher suit or any suited King hand
if you have queen hi make the big race with Queen
eight er better or if you have a suit a queen hand
suited Queen 6 or higher make the big race with
and unsuited Jack 10 or with suited Jack
8 or better and on the strategy for
the medium and a small raise hands can be found on my website was a robot's dot
com
and as always avoid the side its
I go
OCR is a nice up simple slow game with a lot of ties so it's a good time killing
game if you don't want to lose a lot of money
up the game is a simple even running game however if you when you have to pay
five percent commission
the house advantage when you're acting as the player
going against the dealer or another player is 2.73 percent
if your banking the game which you're allowed to do with I got a poker the
house advantage drops to 0.20 percent so I highly recommend
invoking you're trying to be the banker when it's your turn um
the reason for the house advantage in Pai Gow Poker comes from both
at five percent commission and also the dealer
umm whens like poppies finally about I got a poker
that game always has lotsa side bets on it and
avoid them they're all soccer bets if you want to know more about me
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