Our guest this week is Mike Shackleford, aka The Wizard of Odds. We talk to Mike about what he had been up to lately, as well as his book Gambling 102. 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] […]
A Trip to New Orleans
This year, Caesars Entertainment merged with Eldorado. I have Seven Stars status at Caesars and haven’t played at any Eldorado property for several years. Because of the pandemic, I played not at all at Caesars in 2020. My Seven Stars status was extended to January 1, 2022, and any Seven Stars unused benefits that would […]
Podcast – Mail Bag 11/18/2021
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 [01:05] Maximizing a 99.8% Jacks or Better game [03;39] Winning too many casino drawings [08:09] […]
The Main Event
The WSOP Main Event (ME) is the pinnacle of the poker world and has been since its inception. It was the first-ever freezeout poker tournament and in the modern poker universe that features many thousands of tournaments every year, it still maintains a stature far above any other. It’s also been a huge part of […]
Is This a Good Idea?
This incident happened in 1999 or 2000. I don’t think I’ve written about it before. The video poker world in Las Vegas was much different then. Casinos had been giving away money right and left to knowledgeable video poker players for at least five years, and many of us were becoming financially very well off. […]
Podcast – bookmaker, Chris Andrews
Our guest this week is Chris Andrews, author of “Then One Day: Forty Years of Bookmaking in Nevada”. https://amzn.to/3F3daEj 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 of Chris Andrews, bookmaker and author of Then One Day: Forty Years […]
New Video Poker Games at G2E
Every fall (except last one because of the pandemic), the world’s largest gaming show meets in Las Vegas for the Global Gaming Expo. All sorts of products directly or indirectly relating to gaming are on display in the exhibit hall, including new slot and video poker games, new table games, new player tracking systems, surveillance […]
Sorry, Mattress Mack
For those who missed it, the Jack Casino was recently rebranded as a Hard Rock Casino, and its opening night featured Cincinnati’s own legend, Pete Rose (now a Vegas resident), to make the inaugural table-games bet. That was appropriate, entertaining, ironic, and sad. Like having an alcoholic make the toast at a wedding. Now 80, […]
Podcast – guest Anthony Curtis
Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis of The Las Vegas Advisor. We talk to AC about the latest with Mattress Mac, new books, and much more. We welcome your questions – send them to us at [email protected], or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge Show Notes [00:00] […]
World Series of Poker: Old Guys Rule!
[Editor’s Note: This post is penned by Blair Rodman, co-author of our tournament-poker strategy book Kill Phil and our upcoming book All About Sports Betting. Blair has blogged about the WSOP in years past and we welcome him back from his self-imposed hiatus.] I hadn’t played a poker tournament for about five years, for a […]
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