Frank Kneeland is my co-host on the Thursday night “Gambling With An Edge” radio show, archived on www.bobdancer.com.
How Much Stress Should There Be in Gambling? Pa...
For the past two weeks, I’ve been riffing on Frank Kneeland’s comment that he wants gambling to be as stress free as possible. Below is his promised rebuttal.
How Much Stress Should There Be in Gambling? Pa...
This discussion started in last week’s column, originally inspired by a post my friend and co-host Frank Kneeland made on vpFREE, available a few clicks away. Frank will have his chance for rebuttal next week. In that column, I argued that losing is common at video poker today and that losing or the fear of […]
How Much Stress Should There Be in Gambling? Pa...
I share a weekly radio show with Frank Kneeland — a friend, and one of my favorite crazy people. (KLAV 1230 a.m. Thursday nights 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time — listen live at www.klav1230am.com — archived on www.bobdancer.com and www.progressivevp.com )
What Does Winning A Million Dollars Prove?
I just passed the 10-year anniversary of my six-month-long million dollar net profit run. I wrote a book about it (Million Dollar Video Poker), and it’s still prominently mentioned on my website. Whenever I’m interviewed by somebody, I’m called the guy who won a million bucks. While that particular six months is clearly part of […]
Negotiating in Video Poker
I recently finished reading Getting More by Stuart Diamond. It is a book that teaches negotiation skills. I have read many other books in this general genre, but I believe Diamond’s book is the best.
Gambling Versus Time of Day
On a recent cruise, we left Miami on a Saturday (Eastern Time zone) and our first port of call was Costa Maya, Mexico (Central Time zone) on Monday. Sure enough, to make sure that “ship time” matched the time on land, in our “Freestyle Daily” newsletter for Sunday it told us to move our clocks […]
Where Is Your Focus?
Let’s say you decide to go out and play video poker for three hours later today. What should be your focus? I’ve asked this question to many players and the most common answer is that they are focused on winning. In my opinion, that’s 100% the wrong answer. Winning should be far down the list […]
A Look at The Smart Money
The Smart Money, by Michael Konik, is a sports betting memoir by one of my favorite gambling writers.
I’ve Never Done This Before
On Tuesday, February 15, (Happy Birthday to me!), at 1 p.m., I’ll begin another 10-week semester of free video poker classes at South Point. This is my eighth semester at this casino, and perhaps my 50th semester since I began teaching classes in 1997.

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