On the January 23, 2014 Gambling with an Edge radio show, Anthony Curtis and Richard Munchkin both said good things about American Roulette, a book by Richard Marcus. So I went to the library and checked it out. (Understandably it’s a title that’s easy to find in a Las Vegas library but perhaps not so […]
Posts in category Video Poker
A New Realization
I recently attended the 18th Annual Blackjack Ball — which I’ll write about at length in next week’s column. Briefly, this is a gathering of about 80 of the best blackjack players in the world (some currently out there playing — some retired), and perhaps 20 other gambling professionals of various sorts. Being a video […]
It Depends
I was helping Bonnie learn an advanced square dancing move called “Cast a Shadow.” (I know this is my hobby and not yours, but bear with me. We’ll get to video poker very shortly.) This is a move that starts out with two parallel lines composed of four dancers in each line. Without describing the […]
Some More Fine Points of 8/5 Bonus Poker
In last week’s column, I addressed hands which contained both a Q of one suit and JT7, J97, or J87 of another suit — where the correct play depended on the fifth card in the hand. In today’s column, I will discuss some additional hands in that same game. Consider a K of one suit […]
An Interesting Hand in Bonus Poker
A woman recently hired me to teach her the idiosyncrasies of 8/5 Bonus Poker. She knew 9/6 Jacks or Better cold and wanted to know how the games differed — down to the smallest degree. I quoted her two prices — the lesser one was if I could write an article or two about what […]
Endurance
I recently read aloud to Bonnie my Million Dollar Video Poker autobiography. As many of you know, it’s the story of how Shirley and I netted $1 million playing video poker during a six month period only seven years after beginning with a $6,000 bankroll.
One Ball Hits the Ground
Several years ago, I wrote an article which stated that successful video poker playing required a juggling act of sorts. Pretend that one ball is getting the right pay schedule; another ball is knowing how to play each hand; another ball is understanding the slot club and promotions in effect and not playing unless the […]
A Different Sort of Shopping Trip
Most of my articles have more to do with gambling than this one does. This one is primarily about an adventure that Bonnie and I had in which we accidentally ended up in a red light district–of sorts. We were aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines Epic sailing from Miami to the eastern Caribbean. After two […]
Sharing a Bankroll
It’s been more than a year since Shirley and I parted ways, and this past April I began seeing a lady named Bonnie. That relationship is going very well and we plan to marry this coming May. Prior to our wedding, Bonnie and I have had to arrive at a financial understanding regarding my gambling […]
Moral Failings
A few weeks ago, I wrote that Bonnie and I had gone on a road trip where we had a choice of registering on-line for the room only ($60) or the room with an included continental breakfast ($70). We chose the room only but indulged in the breakfast anyway. I predicted in the article that […]
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