In late September, I taught a 9/6 DDB Quick Quads class at the South Point. One of the combinations you hold in that game is KTx — where ‘x’ stands for a suited card too low to be part of a straight flush or a royal flush — namely a suited KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, […]
True Cost of a Tout or Runner – Part I
What is the actual cost of a runner or tout if you are paying a fee on a per game basis expressed as a price or final cost/return ratio of the bet made?
Podcast – guest Richard Marcus on poker c...
This week our guest is Richard Marcus. Richard was a casino cheat, and tonight we will be talking about his book Dirty Poker. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
It’s Better to Do It Yourself
Not long ago I was teaching a Quick Quads class at the South Point. As often occurs, after the class several students came up to chat. Sometimes they just come up to thank me; sometimes they want to ask about a particular hand; and sometimes people hang out just to hear my answers to questions […]
Help from the media
I get calls or email occasionally from people in the media. They want to know something about card counting, or they are writing a story about Phil Ivey or some other aspect of gambling. I’ve always felt that the media could be a tremendous asset to players, but no one has really figured out how […]
How Casinos Cheat, Part I: The Last Mechanic, W...
Probably every month, some rookie counter posts online about some horrendous loss, and then says, “I wonder if I was cheated.” Hmm, you’re playing a game that with perfect execution is a super-marginal grind, and in any other scenario is negative or just pure variance, so what did you really expect to happen? What does […]
Podcast – guest Mike Shackleford G2E 2014
The guest this week is Mike Shackleford . This week is the largest gaming conference of the year, G2E. Mike and Bob attended, and will discuss the new games they saw. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Comparing the Values of 3-card Straight Flushes...
When Liam W. Daily and I were devising our strategy cards and Winner’s Guides several years ago, we noticed that in many games, the value of certain 3-card straight flushes was similar. In 9/6 Jacks or Better, for example, KQ9 (two high cards and two insides) is worth $3.21, JT8 (one high card and one […]
Podcast – guest Mike Shackleford
The guest this week is Mike Shackleford. We talk about the recent sale of his website The Wizard of Odds for $2.35 million.. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Is This Fair?
The specifics of the following are fiction. But similar situations have happened numerous times. Let’s say there’s a drawing at a casino, with about 50,000 tickets in the barrel. I’ve hammered away at a $25 machine for 15 hours and have 800 tickets myself, resulting from $800,000 coin-in. A lady in green, on the other […]
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