I recently attended the 18th Annual Blackjack Ball — which I’ll write about at length in next week’s column. Briefly, this is a gathering of about 80 of the best blackjack players in the world (some currently out there playing — some retired), and perhaps 20 other gambling professionals of various sorts. Being a video […]
Blackjack Ball 2014
In 1997 Max Rubin decided to throw a party for all his professional gambler friends. All the blackjack teams, big and small, would be in Las Vegas for New Years Eve, so after new years it would be time to kick back, count the money, and have a party. Rather than a boring party where […]
Podcast – guest Mike Shackleford – ...
The guest this week is Mike Shackleford. We talk about Super Bowl prop bets, and current gambling news. Shak has also developed a new simplified basic strategy for the game Ultimate Texas Hold’Em which we discuss. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
It Depends
I was helping Bonnie learn an advanced square dancing move called “Cast a Shadow.” (I know this is my hobby and not yours, but bear with me. We’ll get to video poker very shortly.) This is a move that starts out with two parallel lines composed of four dancers in each line. Without describing the […]
The Best Gambling Movie of All Time–Not!
A friend recently forced me to watch the movie “Casino” for the first time. You may be shocked that a professional gambler wouldn’t have already seen “Casino” twenty times, but Hollywoodizations of what we do for a living aren’t always so appealing. Besides, we be werkin’ all the time! It turns out that “Casino” is […]
Podcast – guest Anthony Curtis
Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis, owner of The Las Vegas Advisor and Huntington Press publishing. podcast Click to listen. Alt click to download
Some More Fine Points of 8/5 Bonus Poker
In last week’s column, I addressed hands which contained both a Q of one suit and JT7, J97, or J87 of another suit — where the correct play depended on the fifth card in the hand. In today’s column, I will discuss some additional hands in that same game. Consider a K of one suit […]
Podcast – guest Geoff Freeman of the AGA.
Our guest tonight is Geoff Freeman, President and CEO of the American Gaming Association. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
An Interesting Hand in Bonus Poker
A woman recently hired me to teach her the idiosyncrasies of 8/5 Bonus Poker. She knew 9/6 Jacks or Better cold and wanted to know how the games differed — down to the smallest degree. I quoted her two prices — the lesser one was if I could write an article or two about what […]
Podcast – Video Poker for beginners
This week our show is about how to go about learning video poker. We cover books, software, what games to play, and more.. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
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