Hosts Bob Dancer and Mike Shackleford discuss Super Bowl betting with sports handicapper Jason Been. Jason Been podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
When Is Thirteen Million Dollars not Thirteen M...
The Coast Connection appears some Fridays in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It’s an advertising supplement geared towards promoting Gold Coast, Orleans, Sam’s Town, and Suncoast casinos. Some weeks there are very valuable coupons, such as point multipliers, match play coupons, and food offers. Sometimes the coupons are sparse. But the R-J only costs 75¢. The […]
When is $50 not $50
To figure out how to spend my gambling time, I estimate how much each promotion is worth on a dollars-per-hour basis. Let me give you a hypothetical example.
Drawing Conclusions
Let’s say you had a good year at video poker in 2010 — and you made a lot. For some of you that means $1,000. For others, a lot more. In 2011, assume you lost a similar amount. You conclude from this that the games were tighter in 2011 than they were in 2010.
Blackjack Ball 2012
Every year there is a party for some of the greatest minds in Blackjack. Attending are great writers, and theoreticians like Stanford Wong, Arnold Snyder, and James Grosjean. Also in attendance are some of the great players of all time, like Al Francesco, members of the MIT and Hyland teams, and James Grosjean. But the Blackjack Ball 2012 […]
Podcast – guest Laurie C.
Our guest this week is Laurie C. long-time member of the MIT Blackjack team, and wife of Johnny C. who ran the MIT team. We talk about counting cards, the movie 21, and the advantages of being a Chinese woman in the casinos. Laurie C. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
You Are What Your Record Says You Are — N...
In sporting events, periodically a player or a coach tells the media that they are better than their record indicates. When they do this, a talking head on one of the sports programs tells the audience that this is just not true. A team is only as good or as bad as their record indicates.
Podcast – guest Daniel Negreanu
Our guest this week is Daniel Negreanu aka “Kid Poker” although he has now been playing so long he may have to change his moniker to “Middle-Aged-Man Poker.” Daniel is the author of Power Hold’em Strategy which outlines his “small ball” tournament strategy. He says this is the strategy that most of the tournament pros have adapted. We talk […]
Rest in Peace Bill Day
William Day passed away in late 2011. Most video poker players have never heard of him. He was, however, one of the strongest video poker theoreticians from about 1997 through 2004 and much of today’s knowledge about the game originated with him. He deserves to have a place in any legitimate Video Poker Hall of […]
Podcast – guest Don Johnson
Our guest this week is Don Johnson. At his day job Don works at Computer Assisted Wagering for one of the largest horse bettors in the world. As a sideline he won $15 million playing blackjack in Atlantic City with the help of a 20% rebate on his losses. Bob and I also discuss the […]

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