Casino Strategies

There are numerous playing strategies available for every casino game. Most gamers believe that applying strategies can improve their game. This is true for many casino games, especially card games that rely on skill. Although strategies are a smarter way of playing, none can actually guarantee a win-win situation. The house odds exist on every game and no strategy can completely nullify them.

When all said and done it’s easier to apply a strategy to your casino play as this gives a direction to the way you bet. Although there are lots of strategies available, you must test them out before you apply them in a serious game. Here are a few strategies for games like video poker, craps, roulette and Let it Ride poker:

Video Poker Strategy:

The two most popular versions of video poker are Jacks or Better and Deuces Wild. Here are two well-tested strategies to use. In any game of video poker, every hand dealt will offer two or more reasonable draw options. In such cases, always pick the highest hand. Moreover, as a general rule always try to discard all the off-cards. The best kind of hands to hold, in descending order are: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full house, Three of a kind, Straight and so on. If you don’t have even a three card double with no high cards, fold and draw a new of cards.
In Deuces Wild video poker, if you are dealt a hand with three deuces, then hold your cards only if you have one of these combinations: Royal Flush, Five of a Kind or three deuces. If you are dealt a hand with two deuces then hold the cards only if you have one of these combinations: Royal Flush, Five of a Kind, Straight Flush, four of a Kind or Two Deuces.

Let It Ride Poker Strategy:

In Let it Ride poker, you don’t compete against other players, but you use your three cards along with two community cards to make a poker hand. The crucial factor in Let it Ride is to know when to let your bet ride. A few clues to help you:

• » Let your circle one bet ride if your first three cards are Pair of tens or better, any three cards to a Royal Flush, 3-card Straight Flush, or ten jack queen.
• » Let your circle two bet ride if your first four cards are: pair of tens or better, any four cards in the same suit, three card Straight, or four high cards. 

Roulette Strategy:

Roulette is a game of chance and no one can ever predict where the ball will stop. Regardless of this many strategies are popularly used. Most roulette strategies are betting systems.

One popular system is the Martingale betting strategy. In this, a player bets double the amount he bet every time he loses. Hypothetically, an eventual win will then cover all the money lost, and make a profit equal to the original bet.

Another famous betting strategy is to bet the same amount on the same number over and over again for 35 consecutive spins. The probability of hitting the number once in35  spins is about 61% which is not too shabby.

Craps Strategy:

Craps is not and easy game. It takes a while to get familiar with it, and even longer to become an expert. By way of strategies, craps uses mostly betting systems. Some bets are considered more favorable than others and can be quite helpful to newcomers. For instance, according to players the ‘pass’ bet gives the house a 1.41% edge, and a ‘don't pass’ yields slightly less than 1.40% to the house. These are preferred bets. On the other hand, some high house edge bets are: ‘The Field’ that gives away 5.6%,’ Big’ 6/Big 8 that gives 9.1%, ‘Horn’ that gives away 12.5%, and ‘Craps 2’/’Craps 12’ that gives away 13.9%.