I had quite a few comments about my review of Ping Pang Pong, so this week I headed back for another try. They are open from 10 am to 3 pm for Dim Sum, but I missed that. They open again at 5:00 for dinner, and I arrived just as they opened. I guess they […]
Podcast – guest Mike Aponte of the MIT bl...
This week our guest is Mike Aponte, former member of the MIT blackjack team featured in the movie 21, and the book, Bringing Down the House. podcast Click to listen – alt click to download
Becoming Bobby by Michael Konik
Becoming Bobby When I was 13 I worked for a summer in my Father’s law office in downtown Chicago. I would take the Chicago & Northwestern train down to the city. When you exited the back of the Northwestern station you were faced with the Chicago River. People streamed to the left, and right to […]
Changing Expectations
As you know, I’m primarily a video poker player, but I have played table games at the Palms often enough that I sometimes get mailers for their table games. For February, they sent me four “First Card is an Ace” coupons — one useable each week. In blackjack, an ace as a first card is […]
Ping Pang Pong
I saw an article this week, Chinese restaurant in Las Vegas named one of nation’s best so I had to try it. Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities, and the best food city I have spent any time in.
Podcast – guest Peter Liston
Our guest this week is Peter Liston, author of Million Dollar Slots which I reviewed here. Review. Peter turned $500 into millions playing advantage slots. Yes, that’s right, he plays slot machines with an advantage. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Losing $1 Billion at Video Poker — NOT
There’s a scandal involving former San Diego mayor Maureen O’Connor in which it was reported that she lost one billion dollars playing video poker. The U-T San Diego headline reads “How to lose $1 billion in video poker.” The problem is, however, that this never happened. It might be a clever headline designed to sell […]
Milk the cow, or butcher it?
Nothing lasts forever. Write it down, tattoo it on your arm, use the mnemonics you learned when sequencing aces to memorize it. During the course of your playing life you will find some good games. You might find some great games. No matter how you decide to play it, the game will not last. I […]
Podcast – guests Arnold Snyder & Max...
The guests this week are Arnold Snyder, and Max Rubin who are on to talk about the last 17 years of the Blackjack Ball. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Induction versus Deduction
Different people use different types of logic. I try to use “deduction,” whereby I learn the general rule and then apply that to specific situations. A friend of mine, Abe, uses “induction,” which is to look at specific events and then form a general rule that these events will usually reoccur in similar situations.
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