Let’s say you’re visiting a particular casino for the first time. Your game of choice is single line $1 9/6 Jacks or Better, and fortunately, you find it in two different machines. As near as you can tell, it takes $1 to earn a slot club point on each machine and neither machine has a […]
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A Bob Dancer Rule
In March of 2011, Gold Coast had a promotion involving a wheel spin. Basically, it was like a Big 6 Wheel, only there were 20 spaces instead of 60. Each of the spaces had a prize ranging from $250 to $5000. The players selected (that’s the hard part!) got to spin the wheel. So long […]
A Look at KTx
If you’re unfamiliar with my notation, KTx refers to a suited king and ten with a third card in the same suit that is too low to be part of a KQJT9 straight flush or an AKQJT royal flush. Specifically, that limits us to KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6, KT7, and KT8. In games without […]
Getting on a Game Show
On last week’s Gambling with an Edge show, I shared a story about when a friend tried out for the Jeopardy! game show. Although it doesn’t relate to video poker, there is clever strategy involved. After I told the story on the air, several people wrote flattering emails to me requesting that I publish the […]
A Tax on Ignorance
I was reading a 2011 interview of Edward Thorp, a mathematical genius who created the first widespread blackjack card-counting system (Beat the Dealer) some fifty years ago, and then published a methodology for investing in various markets (Beat the Market) a short time later. He is widely credited with being the first “quant,” which is […]
About the Elder Wisdom Circle
This article is not about video poker. It is about a worthwhile organization for which I volunteer.
How the Mighty Have Fallen
I was playing 25¢ Ten Play 9/6 Jacks or Better at the Palms. For some promotions, it’s the best game at that casino to play. They have a strange rule at the Palms that the number of drawing tickets you earn is based on the lowest denomination games on the machine you are playing — […]
No Excuse
Shirley and I attended the Harrah’s Seven Star Event in Atlantic City about a month ago. They provided travel money, food money, gift cards, and various events to make the weekend interesting, and on Thursday they gave us a game in which we had a small edge.
Still Sticking with Video Poker?
I’m developing considerable knowledge and improving my skills at Texas Hold’em poker, and it’s primarily because I’m co-hosting Gambling with an Edge, a radio show on Thursday night.
Another Look at the Wizard’s Video Poker ...
I LOVE the free video poker strategy calculator you can find on the Wizard of Odds website: wizardofodds.com.
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