Livin’ On The Edge

I don’t know what kind of twisted edge Aerosmith sings about living on in their hit song from 1993. It’s something about God, Chicken Little and again and again and again. But I know what kind of edge I’m living on, or living off you could say. I call it the “Reversed House Edge” as in finding the edge that will allow me to win against the house also known as the casino.

Living on the edge is also about answering “Yes!” whenever the question says “Should I stay or should I go?” Like any gambling man, I like to think that I do exactly that. And when living on the edge, it’s important to find the right balance. If you lose your balance, you end up face down at the bottom of the canyon. That’s why responsible gambling and table game strategy are so important.

But despite our philosophy of always saying “Yes!” you should say “No” and look for the exit if Jiggaboo Jones asks you to play a game of dice with him. You should also go diving in your vocabulary looking for “No” when the Blackjack dealer asks if you want to buy insurance. And make no mistake; you cannot afford many blunders before the odds are against you in games like Roulette, Caribbean Stud and Casino Hold’em either.

The odds are against me? In the casino I thought they already were, you may say. And you are right. But the house edge for these casino games is very slim if you play optimal strategy. Add generous online casino bonuses to the equation and you might very well find odds that are more than playable. This is what I call the Reversed House Edge.

In “Livin’ On the Edge”, which is the name of this series of articles, we will turn every stone in order to find the Reversed House Edge in five of the most popular online casino games: Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, Caribbean Stud and Casino Hold’em. Key aspects include finding online casino bonuses, locating the tables with the right odds and applying those game strategies that actually work instead of the ones that are bullshit.

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