I was in Las Vegas this weekend for the Blackjack Ball which I will describe in another post. But I thought I would take some time to pass along some of my favorite places to eat outside the casinos. I am not going to write long reviews of these places, but I’m linking each of […]
Posts in category General Thoughts/Opinion
Name That Casino
It’s everyone’s favorite game show – Name That Casino. Three casinos, three different cities. What? They never heard of shooting craps?
1536 Free Waters – book review
The full title of this book is actually, 1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors: Finding Profit and Humor in Card-Counting. The author is Glen Wiggy, an amateur card counter, and a mathematician. The book is part “how to”, part memoir, and part miscellaneous stories that started out as blog posts at blackjackstories.com. This is NOT a book for […]
I Get Paid For This – book review.
I just finished, I Get Paid for This: Kicking Ass and Taking Notes in Vegas, by Rick Lax. Okay, it isn’t a gambling book, but it is about Vegas. Rick Lax works at The Las Vegas Weekly, and most of the material in the book appeared as articles in that paper. Rick does what he calls […]
The Blackjack Life book review
I am always eager to read new gambling books, especially books about blackjack, so I was happy to see the new release The Blackjack Life by Nathaniel Tilton. The book chronicles the blackjack life of Nathaniel who is the epitome of the modern card counter.
Decide To Play Great Poker
Decide to Play Great Poker: A Strategy Guide to No-limit Texas Hold Em is a new book by Annie Duke, and John Vorhaus. Annie and John have a light conversational style that makes this a fun read. It is geared to the beginning and intermediate player. This is not a “set of problems” book, like the books […]
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