We have all heard about the house advantage in all the casino games, both online and off. But do you really know who has the advantage in which games?
Let's start with two simple questions:
What game does the casino make the most money on?
What game does the player have the best advantage?
Keep your answers in mind.
Smart players will know what to play and how to play. I was in Vegas one time with a friend who had never been before. Oh he had done some OTB play and poker with his buddies, that kind of thing, but never in a real casino. After we had been playing in the Luxor for a while, he came up to me very excited and said "Now I get it, you have to give 'em enough money before they let you win!" He had just won quite a bit at the roulette wheel. But of course he had made quite an investment before the win.
Believe it or not, many players play this way, making big bets time after time until they get a lucky hit. Some times they come out ahead, but a lot of time they wind up just breaking even or a little better.
So let's get back to our questions. What game did you say the house make the most money from?
If you said BlackJack you would be right. This is the house gravy money.
And which game does the player have the best advantage at?
Surprise! BlackJack! Yep, number one for the player is BlackJack and number two is Craps!
Doesn't seem to make sense does it? The reason is that of all the people that play BlackJack, only about 2 percent know how to play the game. The other 98% are the house gravy. I know, I know, YOU know how to play. Are you sure? Have you studied the game? Read books on it? Know the odds on each hand base on the dealers up card? It's not as simple as that 98% you learn to play the game properly, you will be playing the house head to head with no house advantage.
Craps is the absolute king of the table games and like BlackJack the player can win.
I wrote this to make people realize that if they learn the games, and play the games where the player at least has a chance, they will come out a winner.
Let's start with two simple questions:
What game does the casino make the most money on?
What game does the player have the best advantage?
Keep your answers in mind.
Smart players will know what to play and how to play. I was in Vegas one time with a friend who had never been before. Oh he had done some OTB play and poker with his buddies, that kind of thing, but never in a real casino. After we had been playing in the Luxor for a while, he came up to me very excited and said "Now I get it, you have to give 'em enough money before they let you win!" He had just won quite a bit at the roulette wheel. But of course he had made quite an investment before the win.
Believe it or not, many players play this way, making big bets time after time until they get a lucky hit. Some times they come out ahead, but a lot of time they wind up just breaking even or a little better.
So let's get back to our questions. What game did you say the house make the most money from?
If you said BlackJack you would be right. This is the house gravy money.
And which game does the player have the best advantage at?
Surprise! BlackJack! Yep, number one for the player is BlackJack and number two is Craps!
Doesn't seem to make sense does it? The reason is that of all the people that play BlackJack, only about 2 percent know how to play the game. The other 98% are the house gravy. I know, I know, YOU know how to play. Are you sure? Have you studied the game? Read books on it? Know the odds on each hand base on the dealers up card? It's not as simple as that 98% you learn to play the game properly, you will be playing the house head to head with no house advantage.
Craps is the absolute king of the table games and like BlackJack the player can win.
I wrote this to make people realize that if they learn the games, and play the games where the player at least has a chance, they will come out a winner.
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