Bob and Richard visit with poker player Tony in the second of two back-to-back interviews. We speak of how the UIGEA and Bitcoin regulation are related, cheating in poker, online tells, and being clipped in a European strip club. podcast Click to listen – Alt-click to download Show Notes
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 […]
High Stakes vs Low Stakes Poker and the America...
In the latest episode of Dr. Nick and the Hot Aussie Chick the duo interview Vegas Eric who talks about his 15 years of high stakes poker as well as the rise and fall of a high stakes player. His highs and lows are discussed in depth as he opens up about his return to […]
Podcast – Poker Pro, Tony
Bob and Richard visit with poker player Tony in the first of two back-to-back interviews. We speak about how he got started, his WSOP bracelet, and his experience playing in Macau, among other topics. podcast Click to listen – Alt-click to download Show Notes [00:35] Tony’s first poker BR and rebooting [04:30] Live poker and […]
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 […]
Podcast – Super host Steve Cyr
Bob and I talk to super-host Steve Cyr. We received many questions for hosts from our listeners, and many of them made it into the podcast. We will have Steve on again in the near future to address more of your questions. You can always submit questions to us at [email protected]. podcast Click to listen […]
Podcast – Listener emails
We have no guest this week. Bob and I answer listener emails, and then discuss lessons we learned about gambling from starting out in backgammon. podcast Click to listen – Alt-click to download Show Notes
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