Video poker is the only game at which I gamble. Although I moved to Vegas more than twenty years ago to count cards at blackjack and used to play both bridge and backgammon for money, today it’s video poker exclusively for me. But I still read publications devoted to other games. Occasionally I’ll read something […]
Podcast – guest Andy Bloch #3
The guest on the show this week is Andy Bloch. Andy is a very well known professional poker player, and a former member of the MIT blackjack team. We talk about the upcoming WSOP. podcast click to listen – alt click to download
An Open Invitation
It hasn’t been much of a secret, but Bonnie and I are celebrating a wedding commitment ceremony on Friday, May 23. The ceremony itself will take place in the late afternoon and there will only be about 30 family members and close friends in attendance. However, the reception afterwards, from 7:00-9:30 p.m., is an open […]
Podcast – Learning to Count Cards.
We have no guest this week. We continue our series on learning games from scratch. This week we discuss how to go about learning to count cards. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
How We Do It: Handing Off a Seat
In this first post in the “How We Do It” series, I would like to discuss an extremely important task, nay, skill, that card counters have never even considered, but which my crew faces on a near-daily basis:
He Beat Me—Straight Up …
As I promised, I’ll now reveal my favorite gambling movie. There are a few “classics” that I haven’t seen, but I doubt that they can supplant my favorite.
An Interesting Combination in Deuces Wild
It’s been a while since I’ve written about hands such as the ones we’ll discuss today. If you’ve read every one of my columns, you can find the first mention back in 2001. But this will be new for most of you. Letting a W stand for a deuce, let’s compare the two hands W […]
Podcast – guest Ed Miller #6
This week’s guest is Ed Miller, poker author and player. Our topic this week is how to learn to play winning poker starting from scratch. podcast Click to listen Alt click to download
Dodging a Bullet
I recently approached the four Quick Quads machines at the South Point. There was a lady I didn’t recognize sitting on the far right (call it Chair 4) and I rather arbitrarily sat down in Chair 1. Because of my classes, I’m recognized by far more people than I am able to remember, so whenever […]
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