In blackjack, shoes can hold up to 6 decks of cards. The more decks of cards in a shoe, the harder it is to successfuly count cards. To trick players, some casinos place cut cards inside the shoe. These cards indicate to the dealer to re-shuffle the deck.
For blackjack players, it is [...]

There are no windows or clocks inside casinos.
This makes it very difficult to tell the time…

The bankroll you should allocate should equal to 40 even-money bets.
If you make $5 bets, your bankroll should be $200.
You should aim to win 1.5 times your bankroll. If you have $200, aim to win $500 in winnings.
Set a time limit for play - 2 to 3 hours is plenty.
It is very difficult to [...]

Betting on red at roulette, you place $10.
Every time you lose you double the size of the bet.
The problem is that there are losing streaks of 15 or 20.
In dollar terms, 10 losses equal to an outlay of $3,120 on the 10th bet, just to recover the initial $10.
This strategy would work if [...]

In blackjack, not matter what you do, edges are very small. To make money, you must make big bets. That is why you need to be ready to spend a lot of money to hope getting back your bet. However, casinos do not ignore strong gamblers and they will prevent them from playing if they [...]

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An overcall occurs when there is already a bet and a call in front of you. You really need to put the brakes on in this situation before you throw more money into the pot. Realize a couple things here, you now must beat two hands and while the original bettor might be bluffing, a [...]

When the pot is small you need to tighten up because there isn’t much to gain by playing loose. If anything, it will be you who contributes most of the money into a pot with one or two opponents, which will add up over time. You need to be much more confident that you have [...]

Let’s continue with the theme from yesterday, head’s up on the river. But now we will look at it from each side of the coin. Obviously you want to act last here, as you would on any other street. If you are in the fortunate position of acting last you can decide how to proceed [...]

When it gets down to the river and you have one opponent across the table from you, you can be sure they have some kind of hand, unless they’re bluffing. This isn’t likely to happen in a hold’em game all the way to the river though. Look at the board and identify any draws or [...]