Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis of The Las Vegas Advisor. We talk to AC about the latest with Mattress Mac, new books, and much more.
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of Anthony Curtis from the Las Vegas Advisor and Huntington Press
[00:37] World Series and Mattress Mack
[09:47] What has Huntington Press published recently?
[23:25] WSOP, Phil Hellmuth, and Covid implications
[30:15] South Point Casino November promotions – earn up to ten half-priced Walmart gift cards, $32k Thanksgiving Day hot seat promotion
[31:45] http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com – card counting training website and community with many betting, tracking, and analytical tools
[32:17] http://VideoPoker.com/gwae – Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners
[34:10] Charles Mathewson obituary
[34:56] Youtube slot players
[39:02] Sports betting in Florida and other states
[42:57] New Orleans Covid protocols
[44:19] Resorts World self-parking and observations
[46:42] Las Vegas casinos mask policies
[48:21] Draftkings National Sports Betting Championship
[53:13] Bonfire of the Vanities by Thomas Wolfe, The Devil’s Candy by Julie Salamon, The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, iLuminate at the Strat
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Prior to wsop starting this year, several pros complained and said they would be boycotting the event. The best response I read was “you can’t boycott something you aren’t invited to!” 🙂
On another note about a topic in this podcast: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-york-picks-9-vendors-for-lucrative-mobile-sports-betting/3388126/
@ Snapper, a 30% drop in participation says a lot about the boycott of the WSOP.
Blitz; was this drop all due to mandated vaccines or could it also be a general concern about covid, vaccine or not? We may see a rebound in 2022. Also, what it tells me is that 70%, a big majority, of the players appear to be just fine with the rule, though some of them may not be but they wanted to play. The point about the quote I mentioned is that a person cannot boycott something to which they aren’t invited and an un-vaccinated player would not have been invited. I didn’t play the wsop but was out there for part of the time. The strip seemed packed and where I played was packed. There’s no way I would’ve felt comfortable without the vaccine. Now that pfizer has a pill they say works to tamp down the virus once a person has it, I think things will open up a lot more.