Casino Trainer Blog
Blackjack, video poker, baccarat, Three Card Poker and more — each with an exact solver that names the correct play and prices your mistake. Virtual credits only, never real money.
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Baccarat Strategy: There Are Only Three Bets and One Right Answer
Baccarat has exactly three bets and no decisions. Which one to make, why the commission still leaves it the best, and why every system you've read is noise.
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Blackjack Basic Strategy Chart: The Whole Thing, and Why It Changes
The complete blackjack basic strategy chart, the seven rules that decide which chart is correct for your table, and how to actually memorise it.
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Blackjack House Edge: How Every Table Rule Changes the Number
A table of every common blackjack rule and what it costs or saves you, so you can price a table from the felt before sitting down.
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Caribbean Stud Strategy: One Rule, and Never the Jackpot
Caribbean Stud has one decision and a simple near-optimal rule. Why the progressive side bet is one of the worst wagers in a casino.
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Casino Games With the Best Odds: The House Edge of Everything, Ranked
Every common casino game ranked by house edge, why the ranking changes with your skill, and the three bets that quietly cost the most.
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How to Count Cards in Blackjack (And Why Most People Quit)
How the Hi-Lo count actually works, the true-count conversion nearly everyone skips, and an honest account of what card counting is worth today.
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9/6 Jacks or Better: How to Read a Video Poker Paytable
What 9/6 means, why two identical-looking machines can differ by 4.5% in return, and the three-second check to run before you sit down.
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Let It Ride Strategy: Pull Your Bets Back More Than Feels Right
Let It Ride has two decisions, both of them about when to withdraw. The exact rules for each, and why the correct answer is almost always 'pull back'.
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Mississippi Stud Strategy: The Points System That Makes It Playable
Mississippi Stud punishes bad play harder than any other table game. The points system for each street, and why folding early saves the most.
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Pai Gow Poker Strategy: The House Way Is Usually Right
How to set a Pai Gow hand, why the house way is close to optimal, and why this is the slowest-losing game on the casino floor.
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Three Card Poker Strategy: One Rule Is Almost All of It
Three Card Poker has one decision per hand and one rule that solves it: Q-6-4. Why that's the exact threshold, and what Pair Plus really costs.
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Ultimate Texas Hold'em Strategy: Bet 4x or Wait
Ultimate Texas Hold'em has a 2.19% house edge with correct play and about 4% without. The preflop, flop and river rules, and the one that costs the most.
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Video Poker Strategy: Why the Paytable Decides Everything
Video poker is the one casino game where the correct play is exactly computable. How the strategy works, why the paytable changes it, and the ranking to learn.