Pokin' Around | If you like experimenting with exotic games, Jerry’s Nugget has one for you. In golf terms, it’s a hybrid game – a combination of electronic horse racing, gin rummy and roulette.

Poker by George | She made the right decision in calling me to see the river. Still, with a set of aces, I had 10 outs and was much more likely to fill up or make quad aces on the river, but it didn’t work out that way for me.

Low Limit Low Down |  “The most expensive hand you’ll ever play in a limit hold’em tournament is the one you get for free in the big blind, or the one that costs only half a bet more in the small blind,” Tom McEvoy wrote in Championship Hold’em.

Poker by George | Certainly, as poker grows in popularity, there may be even more references to poker terms – such as “tells” – in our lives. As a matter of fact, we have been using “tells” for years without referring to them as such.

Low Limit Low Down | Bluffs may be exciting to watch, but they work far better in no-limit hold’em games than they do in limit. This is especially true in low-limit games.

Gambler's Edge | Making quality decisions in the gaming world isn’t a natural-born skill that comes easily to every gambler. Sometimes, we all make disastrous decisions based on hunches, bad advice or poor timing.

Gambler's Edge |  Winning at gambling, in business, or in your personal relationships depends upon the quality of your decisions. They need to be awesome, not average and not awful. 

Poker by George |  Queens full of eights! I could hardly believe my eyes. What are the odds against catching such a full-house on the flop? Let me tell you: It’s 2,177-to-1 against! Trying to contain my excitement, I thought to myself: "try to build the pot."

Gambler's Edge | Making good choices makes for living a good life, whether at work, at home or in the casino. If you want to prolong your sojourn at the gaming tables, Roger Dawson’s got a winning formula. 

Winning Strategies | I’ve spent 3 out of the last 4 weeks discussing Soft Hands in the games of blackjack, Spanish 21 and Blackjack Switch. I did this for two reasons. 

Real Deals |  Las Vegas turns green this week. Party people can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day all over town. There are lots of options for parties, casino specials, cheap beer, Irish whiskeys plus plenty of corned beef and cabbage specials to fill your belly.

Winning Strategies |  In Spanish 21 the 10’s have been removed from the decks, so we are playing with a shoe of 48-card decks. There are also several bonus 21 hands thrown in for free. Get three 7’s and win a small bonus.

All Station Casinos and Fiesta properties are now offering the most popular craps side bet in the country – the Fire Bet. This addition is a side wager that can be made in conjunction with the operation of a standard casino Craps game.

Poker by George |  At our Claude Pepper Seniors Poker Group, a question came up about playing A-rag in limit games. We had been discussing "dominated hands" based on the Hold’em Algorithm (Ref. Hold’em or Fold’em – An Algorithm for Making the Key Decision).

Back in the Saddle |  The 5th Annual of Caesars Palace Winter Poker Classic. All Seniors and Whippersnappers are invited to join us for over 20 days of the event at the Caesars Palace poker room in Las Vegas.

Winning Strategies |  Most games in the casino do not require learning very significant strategies. Two that do – video poker and blackjack. The reward for doing so is a payback that is above 99.5%.

Can you imagine Nevada and California deciding to combine their resources and rules to allow Internet poker by the residents of these two states? The player pool would be big enough to attract a lot of interest.

Book Review | 'Champions: The Lives, Times and Past Performances of America's Greatest Thoroughbreds' published by Daily Racing Form, 'Commando Craps & Blackjack: New Strategies to Beat the Casino's Two Most Vulnerable Games' by John Gollehon, and 'Sadistic Sudoku' by Arnold Snyder.

Gamblers have been able to play slot machines in Maine for six years. In a matter of months, they’ll be placing bets on blackjack, poker and craps as casino table games arrive.

Winning Strategies | A lot of the casino floor whose math was done by Leonard Frome or myself.We have Three Card Poker, Let It Ride, Caribbean Stud Poker, Spanish 21, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Mississippi Stud, Imperial Pai Gow and countless sidebets.