This week’s guest is sports bettor, and poker pro Alan Boston. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Whatever It Takes
When I moved to Las Vegas in 1994, I was 47 years of age and weighed 210 pounds — which was the heaviest ever for me. My exercise and weight management attempts fluctuated over the years and by 2010 I was up to 260 pounds. The combination of all the free food I wanted from […]
Location, Location, Location
I was going to make another installment in the instructional series—”How We Do It: Buying a Seat”—but realize that before we even get into buying “real estate” (our code phrase for seats), we need a crash course on real-estate appraisal. Different seats at the table have value for different reasons.
Podcast – No Guest #3
We have no guest this week. Bob and I answer questions from the mail bag.. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Podcast – guest Steve Fezzik #3
Football season is here so time to talk once again with expert handicapper Steve Fezzik. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Why I Don’t Play Progressives
A month or so ago on vpFREE a poster asked why I don’t play progressives. I thought about my answer for a while and decided to write about it here. Before I start, I should say I “usually” don’t play progressives. There have been exceptions, which I’ll mention.
An Invisible Promotion
I recently wrote how I played during the $600,000 July Money Madness promotion at the South Point. To summarize, there were two progressives running at all times during the month. One between $10,000 and $25,000 — where, in addition to the one lucky winner, all players playing with a card inserted when it hit received […]
Podcast – guest Cartwright #3
This week’s guest is Cartwright. We talk about advantage travel. How to get free flights and hotel deals from manipulating credit card offers and hotel clubs. We also talk about advice to advantage table games players. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Podcast – guests Jeffrey Compton & J...
This week we have two guests. First up is Jeffrey Compton to talk about current trends in Las Vegas. Then we we talk with legendary Vegas bookmaker, Jimmy Vaccaro about the upcoming football season. podcast Click to listen Alt click to download
Legal Musings: Communist Candyland
If you whack a game by hole-carding, the casino will stiff you and then get the DA to intimidate you. The DAs are happy to be the minions of the casino, and the casino no doubt refers to the entire DA’s office as “staff.” So the DA, who’s never heard of a hole card in […]

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