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Two games, a handful of simple rules, and drills that burn them in. Ten minutes a day and you'll walk onto the floor knowing exactly what to do — and which casino traps to walk right past.

Blackjack Track

The plan: make perfect play automatic, fast enough for a real table, and learn to refuse every trap the casino dangles. That's how you keep the edge razor-thin.

Texas Hold'em Track

In poker you're not fighting the house — you're fighting tourists who play too many hands. Play fewer, bet them harder, read the board and the people, and the money flows your way.

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Dealer shows
Your hand
What's the play?
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Dealer
Your hand
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Your hand
The flop
Rule of 4 & 2: outs × 4 on the flop, outs × 2 on the turn ≈ your % to hit
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Your hole cards
Nobody has raised yet. What's your move?
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The Vegas Cheat Sheet

Everything the drills teach, on one screen. Screenshot this before your trip.

♠ Blackjack — Playing

  • Dealer 2–6 = bust card. Stand on any 12+. Let the dealer bust.
  • Dealer 7–A = strong. Hit until you reach hard 17.
  • Always split aces & 8s. Never split 10s & 5s.
  • Double 11 always; double 10 vs dealer 2–9.
  • Soft hands (Ace counts as 11): hit soft 17 or less, stand soft 18+ (hit soft 18 vs 9/10/A).
  • Exception: hit hard 12 vs a dealer 2 or 3.

♦ Blackjack — Table smarts

  • Only sit at 3:2 tables. "Blackjack pays 6:5" costs more than everything strategy saves you.
  • Never take insurance or "even money." Same trap, different outfit.
  • Skip every side bet (21+3, Perfect Pairs, Lucky Ladies). House edges of 3–8%.
  • Flat bet, fixed budget. Bet size never follows a loss — cards have no memory.
  • Prefer "dealer stands on all 17s" and a hand-shuffled shoe over a shuffle machine (fewer hands per hour = smaller losses).

♥ Hold'em — Which hands

  • Monsters (AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK): raise from any seat.
  • Strong (TT, 99, AQ, AJ suited, KQ suited): raise.
  • Speculative (small pairs, suited aces, suited connectors): play only in late position, cheaply.
  • Everything else: fold. Folding ~75% of hands is winning poker.
  • Late position = acting last = information = money.

♣ Hold'em — Bet sizing

  • Big hand → big bet (⅔ to full pot). Tourists call; make them pay.
  • Draws: call only small bets (about ⅓ pot or less). Fold to big ones.
  • Missed the flop? Check and fold to pressure. No hero calls.
  • Don't slowplay. Vegas players call too much — value bet instead.
  • Raise ~3× the big blind preflop; add 1× per caller in front of you.

♠ Hold'em — Quick math

  • Rule of 4 & 2: count your outs, then outs × 4 on the flop (× 2 on the turn) ≈ your % to hit.
  • Flush draw = 9 outs (~36% by the river).
  • Open-ended straight = 8 outs (~32%).
  • Gutshot = 4 outs (~16%). Two overcards = 6 outs (~24%).
  • Pair on board or 3 to a flush out there? Discount your outs — some may already lose.

♣ Hold'em — People & manners

  • Calling station: value bet relentlessly, never bluff.
  • Nit (super tight): when they raise, believe them and fold.
  • Maniac: call down lighter, let them bluff into you.
  • Say "raise" before chips move — multi-motion bets are string bets and get rolled back to a call.
  • One big chip tossed in silence = a call, not a raise. Buy in ~100 big blinds. Tip ~$1 on won pots.
Reality check: perfect blackjack play at a good 3:2 table shrinks the house edge to under 1% — the cheapest entertainment in the casino, and you'll win plenty of sessions, but the house keeps a thin long-run edge. Poker is different: you play against people, and tight-aggressive play is a genuine long-term winner at low-stakes Vegas tables. Either way, set a session budget before you sit down and treat it as the price of the fun.

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The Casino Floor

Pick a room and a dealer, then sit down with the regulars. Every character at these tables plays a style straight out of your lessons — and the coach grades your every move against the book.

Choose your casino

Choose your dealer

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Hand 1 Blinds $1/$2 Session ±0
Board
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