I was teaching beginner 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe in my Tuesday noon class at the South Point. (The semester will continue every Tuesday until September 4.) The hand we were discussing was 3♦4♦5♦Q♣J♣. The class is taught using a top-down strategy where you select the rule that comes first. Holding 3♦4♦5♦ (along with certain other […]
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Why Play When It’s Not Worth Very Much?
Sometimes on holidays, the South Point offers 2x points — which means 0.6% because the base is 0.3%. This is equivalent to 6x points at the myriad of casinos that offer 0.1% base points. This past July 4, they offered a Hot Seat promotion instead. This is a promotion where approximately 20 players an hour […]
Looking at 9-5 Double Double Bonus Poker with M...
The Vegas Stats & Information Network radio studio is located in the middle of the South Point casino floor, and periodically I’ve been a guest of the early morning show hosted by Paul “Paulie” Howard and Mitch Moss. Paulie mentioned that he found the DDB progressives interesting and wanted me to talk on the show […]
If It Looks Too Good to be True . . .
I just finished a two-part analysis of Maria Konnikova’s The Confidence Game where one of her warnings was (paraphrased) “If something looks too good to be true, it probably is. Very likely there’s something fishy going on.” Soon thereafter, a friend, “Sam,” who’s a knowledgeable video poker player, sent me the following pay schedule on […]
A Look at The Confidence Game – Part 2 of 2
Two weeks ago, I explained why I found Maria Konnikova’s book, The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time, worthy of study. Today I’m going to pick and choose among some of the parts of the book. Konnikova has a Ph.D. in psychology and is a writer for The New […]
What Are Reasonable Expectations from Attending...
Author’s note: Last week I began a “Part 1 of 2” series about Maria Konnikova’s book The Confidence Game. It is a reasonable expectation on your part that Part 2 would appear today. It’s better for today’s article to appear one week before the classes begin rather than the day of. The review of the […]
Podcast – Tax Adviser Russell Fox
Our guest this week is tax adviser Russell Fox. Russell is a tax adviser with many professional gamblers as clients. We talk about the new tax laws, and how they effect both professional gamblers, as well as the recreational player. podcast Click to listen – Alt-click to download Show Notes
A Look at The Confidence Game – Part 1 of 2
For our May 31 Gambling with an Edge podcast, we interviewed Maria Konnikova, a journalist with a Ph.D. in psychology who worked with Eric Seidel to become more knowledgeable about poker and ended up winning several tournaments. Maria impressed both Richard Munchkin and me. Preparing for the interview, I learned that one of Konnikova’s books, […]
Lessons from Backgammon, Part 2 of 2
(Editor’s Note) We’ve just discovered that, due to a technical glitch, last-week’s Bob Dancer blog wasn’t posted. We’re putting it up now and will resume the usual schedule this week. Last week, I began a two-part article where I described important gambling lessons that I learned years ago while playing backgammon and that are still […]
WSOP 2018 Kick Off and the Blackjack Variants
In the June 6th episode of Dr. Nick and the Hot Aussie the duo talk about the first week of the WSOP 2018 as well as some current variations of the classic game of 21. Also they talk about current Las Vegas conditions and what to expect in the rapidly decreasing amenities of Las Vegas. […]
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