One of the good news/bad news parts of my job as a podcast co-host is that I’m regularly offered manuscripts to read by authors hoping to land an invitation to the show. In the case of Maria Konnikova, it’s all good news. She’s an excellent writer and the first time we had her on the […]
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Coronavirus III: Eyes Wide Shut
Fifteen years ago, when most of the AP discussion was consolidated on Stanford Wong’s Green Chip page, there was a recurring conjecture, posed by naïvely optimistic card counters: When a butterfly flaps its wings in China, penetration increases in Vegas. For example, one person would make a post saying that the US had just signed […]
Kipling Said It Best
In the middle of his famous poem “If,” Rudyard Kipling poses the condition, “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.” At the end of the poem filled with twenty or so other conditions, comes the conclusion, “you’ll be a Man, my son.” Although addressed to his […]
The Green Chip War
In a Gambling with an Edge podcast, two card counters—“Joe” and “Semi-Pro”—tell the story of a chop disagreement. I am only a listener to the podcast, with no inside knowledge, so my comments will undoubtedly misstate their positions. Pretend this discussion is based on a fictional incident. My points still apply. Part of the difficulty […]
A Lesson from Daniel Negreanu
Masterclass.com is a marvelous collection of world authorities talking about what they know best. I am very impressed with their teachers. I had heard about a 2-for-1 sale they were offering in early April, so I signed up. Usually it’s $180 per year for full access to thousands of hours of instruction, but the recent […]
Podcast – listener emails
No guest this week as Bob and I once again dip into the mail bag. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download Show Notes[00:00] Introduction [00:57] Women’s physical appearance in AP [02:57] […]
A Look at 9-5 Triple Bonus Poker Plus — P...
Today I want to look at the advanced strategy features of 9/5 TBPP. Unlike the previous two weeks, I’m not comparing this game to another. I’m just listing exceptions to the intermediate rules. I assume you’re generally familiar with penalty cards and the difference between ‘when’ and ‘with’ inside parenthesized exceptions. These are common for […]
Gettin’ Skilli Wit It
You may have noticed that online trivia has become a popular pandemic pastime and one unique variation we’ve discovered also has a gambling component. It’s an app called Skilli World, which merges trivia with a poker-tournament format. The contests are reminiscent of playing quick sit-n-gos online. Many of the categories are general trivia, but it’s […]
A Look at 9-5 Triple Bonus Poker Plus — P...
Today I want to look at some of the interesting features of 9/5 TBPP at the intermediate level. If you’re not comfortable at this level, you probably should review last week’s column before you dig into this one. I’m not going to print a strategy here. If you have Video Poker for Winners software, you […]
A Look at 9-5 Triple Bonus Poker Plus — P...
This game returns a robust 99.80% with perfect play, is found in a number of Las Vegas casinos, and for some reason I have neither taught nor written much about the game. That is about to change. Today I’ll discuss the basics of the game. Next week I’ll talk about some Intermediate-Level peculiarities to the […]
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