The guest this week is Ken Adams. Ken is a prolific writer about the gambling industry. You can read his work at cdcgamingreports.com podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
The Endowment Effect in Video Poker
A few columns ago, I mentioned that I was reading Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking, Fast and Slow. Although today’s column was inspired by that book, I’m extrapolating some of Kahneman’s arguments into areas that weren’t discussed in his writing. That is always risky business — especially since this is not my field […]
Shuffle Tracking & Ace Sequencing
Card counters spend a lot of time learning to count. They memorize basic strategy, then slowly learn to cancel the pluses and minuses. Next they learn to estimate the number of cards in the discard rack, and adjust their running count to a true count. They memorize index plays so they know when it is […]
Podcast – guest Cat Hulbert
Our guest this week is Cat Hulbert. Cat was a professional blackjack player 30+ years ago. She played with the Czechs, and on the Ken Uston team in Atlantic City. She then turned to professional poker. She is the author of Outplaying the Boys, and is featured in Gambling Wizards. podcast Click to listen – […]
Casinos Have All The Advantages
One of the nicest things about hosting a radio show that finishes at 8 p.m. is that afterwards the guests and hosts can often go out and enjoy a drink or meal together. Almost always our guests have been bright and interesting people who usually specialize in a form of advantage gambling that is different […]
Gambling With An Edge – guest Mark Billin...
The guest this week is Mark Billings, author of The Ultimate Edge. The book talks about blackjack in the 1980s. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
A Wonderful Phrase
I enjoy words and clever ways of saying things. Back when I was younger, I was known as something of a smart ass — often making observations out loud. Sometimes witty. Sometimes, not so much. Many of my friends know that I haven’t completely outgrown my younger days.
Response to some emails
I’ve had some emails that I wanted to respond to, and now is as good a time as any. The first was from a new player that had a pit boss accuse him of counting cards. He wanted to know how he should handle that, and he had a concern about being flyered. He has […]
Name that casino
I know what you’re thinking, and that’s not it.
Podcast – guest Michael Shakleford
Our guest this week is Mike Shakleford aka “The Wizard of Odds.” We talk about his casino fact finding trip to Costa Rica, and advantage bingo. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
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