Recent content by Richard Pugh

There's an online casino i sometimes play at that has revamped its available games - some of them look tempting in terms of rules but I could do with an expert calculating individual 'edges' ladbrokes.co.uk e.g They've got a single deck game but dealer hits soft 17 and there's doesn't seem...

I would say that's true, they'd make far more off all the ploppies than the few serious players will take

I could be out be a '0' but I'd be really surprised if I'd wagered £42,000 cos I'm a small-time player with a £5 unit and a spread to maybe £50 or £100 one hand in a while (when I've ground out a bit of a bankroll).

Here's a question potentially aimed at the mathematicians and bonus whorers out there - I've got an account with an online casino whose blackjack rules are 6decks, DOA, DAS, No Surrender, CSM - pretty standard stuff The question is ...they pay 1% in comps for all bets qualifying bets so...

I think you'll find that if the machine is shuffling properly every 2 hands then there's no way you can establish a useful count unless you're using an unbalanced composition dependant count and making decsions based on the cards that are exposed during a 'round'. The only way to improve the...

I agree if you got dealt a card that you didn't signal for but it helped you, then you keep it and if it hurt you you'd raise the concern and get the card removed, therefore you've got the best of both worlds. ....imagine being able to hit every hard hand you ever get dealt and only keep the...

I had a winning streak of about 20-25 hands the other day - started at £300 and finished at £675 including a few naturals and winning all doubles and splits, needless to say I was buzzing. I played roulette after that session for a while and ended up cashing out @ £1100. Then the next day...

A friend of mine found a site the other day that gave you a £1000 bonus for a deposit of £100 - yep you read right. The catch - you were only allowed to keep what you 'made' with the bonus not he bonus itself after 'turning' it so many times and then when they removed the bonus before you...

I'm sure someone with a proper backgorund will explain the maths clearly but imho that play seems marginal. If you stand you could lose and if you hit you could easily lose aswell. The only thing to help may be a quick composition analyisis of the other totals e.g say all 6 other players had...

You're right - if he hasn't got a session goal in mind he'll just keep going til the 'edge' gets him. As for high limit poker he's probably coming up against more skilled players on the bigger tables? Players who are comfortable coming to the casino and going straight for the big table because...

I can honestly say from a few yrs of online play that Martingale (the system I trialled first and found easiest) doesn't work on an ongoing basis - yes it can get you back where you started quick as a flash but that assumes fairly consistent variance swings and I've come across too many...

Today I was yang so if I was you go and try ur luck (AP) again!! I got roasted - from a starting point of £400 I got to £475 (+19%) and all the way back to £0 (-100%) in about 120 hands Variance, Voodoo and SD seemed to be with me winning an average of 1 out of every 2 hands. I was drawing...

I do the same - I was beaten all ends up in one casino a while ago, so I opened a new account somewhere else and made it all back plus more over a couple of sessions. It doesn't make it any easier for you today but just remember if the bad shoes are in front of you, then someone else...

That's what I'd have thought - any deliberate play against BS could always work and if it was that ridiculous it may give you more heat? e.g Split 10s and catch 2 more 10s looks like you've got the count off pat

I've never really explored bonus whoring as on the face on it the wager requirement often seems to negate the reason to even try. Taking the last casino I used as an example can you give a brief run through of the way to work out if it's worthwhile. The terms of the intro bonus :- 100%...