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Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

June 5, 2009

Just Who's Ace Is It Anyway?

Dear Mark: Recently at a Reno blackjack table, I placed a bet in the betting circle and the dealer missed me and didn't give me a card. The card, an Ace, was given to the next player and I said, "you missed me." The dealer said "you'll have to wait till the next hand, I'm not giving you HIS Ace," even though she hadn't even given herself a card yet. Shouldn't she have given me "MY" Ace? Should I hav... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

May 29, 2009

It's a very rare casino that overlooks a half a grand shortfall

Dear Mark: An interesting thing happened to me at the casino. I was on a crap game and after a great roll that lasted over 40 minutes, I decided to call it quits. The dealer asked me if I wanted to trade in all of my $5 and $25 chips, of which I had plenty, for $100 dollar ones. What happened next was the interesting part. The dealer accidentally overpaid me $5... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

May 22, 2009

Spread Your Action Around

Dear Mark: The casino where I play cut back on the perks I normally receive. Is there anything I can do about it? Tim D.

I made mention a few weeks back, Tim, that it baffled me that some casinos are making wholesale changes to their video poker machines, hoping to improve their theoretical hold during these tough times. It appears another recessionary cost-cutting plan is to cut back on perks,... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

May 15, 2009

Yes, now that you mention it, profit does play a part

Dear Mark: Is there any value to playing poker online for free? Doesn't it improve your Texas Hold'em skills with an outlay of real money? Nate J.

I can't let it pass without mention, Nate, that I don't play poker online, for cash or otherwise. I do shadow some of the online gambling sites to see what's offered, but I stick with what I know, and worked in for 18 year... Read More

Deal Me In by Mark Pilarski

May 8, 2009

The GREAT WHAMEROONEY, but it still slices like baloney?

Dear Mark: Do the large progressive slot machines offer the most potential with the least risk? Dan O.

Not a bit, Dan, because for the life-altering big score that a machine like Megabucks offers, you are looking at beating the odds of 30,000,000 to one.

Sure, area progressives are usually the only machines that pay the really big bucks, but the long-term... Read More

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