No guest this week as we once again dip into the mail bag. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge. Show Notes [00:00] Introduction [00:59] Joe from Million Dollar Video Poker by Bob Dancer [03:42] What does “guy from […]
Trying to Go Back Again
From 1974 to 1980, I was involved full-time in backgammon — to the tune of 3,000 hours a year, including playing, studying, and for a brief while running a tournament. I went broke. While I had done well against new players, the backgammon craze waned, and the remaining players were superior to me. Playing against […]
The Main Event Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog, I discussed the WSOP Main Event (ME) from an observer’s point of view. Now I want to look at the ME, as well as the entire WSOP experience, from my perspective as a player. As a kid, the anticipation for Christmas started at least a month before. As a […]
Podcast – guest Steven Bridges
Our guest this week is magician, and card counter Steven Bridges. In 2018 Steven was a street magician in London. He decided to learn to count cards, and document his journey in a YouTube series. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter […]
Colin Jones (S2 E7): KU Killed AC
[No, Anthony Curtis is just fine, thank you. I went with the clickbait headline to go with the lede.] “Ken Uston’s lawsuit that forbade Atlantic City from barring skilled players ruined playing conditions there.” I’ve tried before to extinguish this fallacy, and I don’t hear it much anymore (today’s BJA counters don’t even known who […]
Fact-Check: Munchkin’s Claim that Asian F...
Last time, we discussed the value of being female for an AP. Since female skill will tend to be underestimated by predominantly male casino bosses, females can be ringers at the game. Unfortunately for the female AP, that benefit is tempered by the increased visibility and memorability that they’ll have. But Munchkin’s statement was that […]
What’s Wrong with Jacks or Better?
In terms of number of hands played, or number of dollars played, 9/6 Jacks or Better has been the video poker game I’ve played most in my career. Not so much recently, but certainly over my entire career. The major things I like about the game are: a. Return (99.54%). This isn’t high enough to […]
The Infield Fly Rule and 6:5 Even Money
Sports aficionados take great delight in explaining the esoteric rules of their favorite sport, so much so that those rules are no longer esoteric. Sunday couch potatoes know the difference between “the call stands” and “the call is confirmed.” Olympic hockey fans know why T.J. Oshie became the Russian nemesis. And those who watch regular-season […]
Radical Review of Radical Blackjack
[Editor’s Note: This review of Arnold Snyder’s latest book is written by Frank Kneeland, a long-time gambling pro (he was actually raised in an advantage-player family) and author of The Secret World of Video Poker Progressives.] When I began reading Arnold Snyder’s book, Radical Blackjack, I couldn’t help but think of the scene from Airplane […]
Colin Jones (S2 E6): The Woman at the Card Tabl...
Nowhere in The 21st-Century Card Counter did I see the percentage of BJA members that are women, but I’m quite curious. I suspect the figure is quite low, as it is even in some other fields that do not involve a meaningful physical component—such as chess or computer science. I remember scanning the auditorium for […]
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