Plain-English guides to how casino games work, how to stay safe, and how to keep play within limits you set — plus practical how-tos for the free spreadsheet and recap generators.
Every betting system changes the size of your bets according to what just happened. None of them changes what you keep. What they do change is how fast you can lose it all.
Read articleSeven losses in a row feels like proof something is wrong. In a hundred even-money bets it is close to the average longest run. The maths of streaks, with the numbers.
Read articleThe game is named after it. Two cards totalling 8 or 9 are a Pok, they cannot be improved, and the dealer's Pok beats yours on the second card either way.
Read articleThe bots at our tables do not read tells, remember your last bluff, or get tired. That makes some bluffs pointless and others more effective than they would ever be against people.
Read articleTwo players put chips in before the deal, without looking. It seems unfair, and it is the only reason anyone ever plays a hand.
Read articlePlacing a chip on a line instead of a number covers more pockets and pays less. Here is exactly how the coverage and the payout trade off — and why they always cancel out to the same edge.
Read articleThe two wheels look nearly identical and pay identically. One keeps 2.7% of every bet; the other keeps 5.3%. The entire difference is a single green pocket.
Read articleBanker wins about 46 hands in a hundred to Player's 45. The 5% commission exists to take that difference back. Here is where the extra win comes from, and what it leaves you.
Read articleA dealer showing a six busts more than four times in ten. A dealer showing an ace, barely one in ten. The whole of basic strategy is built on those numbers.
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