There are 10 different 3-card royal flush draws: AKQ, AKJ, AKT, AQJ, AQT, AJT, KQJ, KQT, KJT, and QJT. For today’s discussion, we are looking at these combinations in games without wild cards where you get your money back for a pair of jacks, queens, kings, or aces. These 3-card royals are not all equal […]
Podcast – guest Royal Cat
Our guest this week is long time professional video poker player who goes by the name Royal Cat. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Booting Players the Suncoast Way — Part 2...
Last week I began a brief history of my experiences at Suncoast. If necessary, I suggest you begin there, available here, and then continue with the story below. I’ll be happy to wait.
Podcast – guest Scott Bell aka ElevenGrov...
Our guest this week is Scott Bell aka ElevenGrover in the poker world. Scott has produced a new documentary called Ultimate Beat about the cheating scandal at Ultimate Bet poker. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Booting Players the Suncoast Way — Part 1...
I haven’t played a lot at Suncoast Casino in the northwest Las Vegas valley — mainly for geographic reasons. While I was with Shirley, we lived near Green Valley Ranch Casino which was perhaps 20-25 miles away from Suncoast. For me to go to Suncoast, I had to pass up dozens of other casinos on […]
Podcast – guest Rich Muny of the PPA
The guest this week is Rich Muny of The Poker Players Alliance. The PPA lobbies for legal regulated poker in the US. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Big Things and Little Things
I’m writing this from somewhere in the middle of the Sargasso Sea. Before today I didn’t even know where the Sargasso Sea was. Although I’m sure many of my readers know well that the Sargasso Sea is an area of the North Atlantic Ocean just to the east of the United States in the mid-Atlantic […]
No Work and All Play – Book Review
No Work and All Play: Audacious Chronicles of a Casino Boss When I was a teenager I was obsessed with gambling. I was reading any book I could find, mostly about backgammon and poker, but also general gambling books. There was a pit boss from Las Vegas named Mike Goodman who wrote a book in […]
Podcast – guest Bob Nersesian #8
The guest this week is Bob Nersesian. Bob is a frequent guest to the show, and always entertaining. Bob is the lawyer who advocates for the players against the casinos, and has successfully sued many Vegas casinos on the behalf of players. He is also the author of Beat the Players. podcast Click to listen – […]
I’d Be Ashamed If I Were You!
On most Fridays and Saturdays, there is a drawing at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Entries in these drawings are based on your play beginning at 8:00 p.m. on the preceding Saturday. I try to compete in the drawings at least one week a month — sometimes two. I often play very little for […]
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