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 […]
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Interview with T Dane author of Behind The Blac...
T Dane is the author of Behind The Black Dome: An Advantage Player’s Guide to Casino Surveillance. The book is new, and can be purchased at www.behindtheblackdome.com. T Dane has been working in the casino industry for a dozen years. For ten of those years he has been in casino surveillance. He has worked as […]
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.
Podcast – guest Stanford Wong
Our guest this week is Stanford Wong. We discuss controlled dice throwing, and his book, Wong on Dice. Bob and I also discuss “scares” which in video poker means near misses of a royal flush, but in blackjack usually involves security guards. Stanford Wong podcast Click to listen Alt click to download
A Look at Wong on Dice
Stanford Wong is one of my heroes. He has written knowledgeably about many different casino games — from video poker to blackjack to Pai Gow poker to sports betting to casino tournaments to . . . He is a friend and has been a repeat visitor to Gambling with an Edge. He will be appearing […]
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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