Our guests this week are Tommy Hyland, and John Chang, on to talk about blackjack teams. Tommy runs the Hyland team, one of the longest running and most successful teams of all time. You can read about him in Gambling Wizards. (Shameless plug) John ran the MIT team and you can read more about him here. Interview. podcast […]
Moral Failings
A few weeks ago, I wrote that Bonnie and I had gone on a road trip where we had a choice of registering on-line for the room only ($60) or the room with an included continental breakfast ($70). We chose the room only but indulged in the breakfast anyway. I predicted in the article that […]
Podcast – guest David Schwartz
Our guest this week is Professor David Schwartz. He is on to talk about his book Grandissimo. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download Grandissimo
A Look at Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las...
Las Vegas has a colorful history, to say the least. I’ve read several books about it and I knew that Jay Sarno was the name of the man who created Caesars Palace (which opened in 1966) at the tail-end of the mob era in Las Vegas. That was the limit of my knowledge about Jay […]
Pushback and Bayes’ Rule
I’m only one post into this blogging adventure and I’m getting pushback from the cognoscenti. In my intro post, I advised APs to avoid using the word “stuck.” A player then tells me, “Using that word doesn’t make you a pro—it just makes you old school.” Sigh. I’m not sure where to start. First of […]
James Grosjean’s new blog
For those who haven’t heard James Grosjean has a new blog. I wanted to get the link out there since any serious player should put this in their RSS feed. Here it is, enjoy. http://beyondnumbers.lvablog.com/
Bankroll Misgivings
The two best video poker bankroll calculators I’m aware of are found in Video Poker for Winners and Dunbar’s Risk Analyzer for Video Poker. They use different techniques and each has some features the other does not. When analyzing the same problems, the bankroll numbers they come up with are extremely close to each other. […]
Podcast – guest Joe Pane
Our guest this week is blackjack and poker player, Joe Pane. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Sometimes I Prefer Unfair Games
A recent thread on the vpFREE bulletin board began with a complaint that the kiosk games at an unnamed casino were unfair. Seems that when the poster was prompted to choose among five or so different icons, he always received something like 3,000 points valued at $3. After he made his choice, the prizes behind […]
Podcast – guest Mike Shackleford
Our guest this week is Mike Shackleford on to talk about football parlay cards. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
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