Coronavirus III: Eyes Wide Shut
Fifteen years ago, when most of the AP discussion was consolidated on Stanford Wong’s Green Chip page, there was a recurring conjecture, posed by naïvely optimistic card counters: When a butterfly flaps its wings in China, penetration increases in Vegas. For example, one person would make a post saying that the US had just signed [...]
Podcast – guest Bill Robertie
Our guest this week is two time backgammon world champion and author, Bill Robertie. 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. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download Show Notes [00:00] Introduction of Bill Robertie, 2x winner of the [...]
Kipling Said It Best
In the middle of his famous poem “If,” Rudyard Kipling poses the condition, “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.” At the end of the poem filled with twenty or so other conditions, comes the conclusion, “you’ll be a Man, my son.” Although addressed to his [...]
Podcast – guest Surveillance Operator, Ja...
Our guest this week is a surveillance operator named Jackson. “Jackson,” is also an AP blackjack player who works/plays in the Midwest. Should listeners want to contact him they can reach him at [email protected]. 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. podcastClick [...]
The Green Chip War
In a Gambling with an Edge podcast, two card counters—“Joe” and “Semi-Pro”—tell the story of a chop disagreement. I am only a listener to the podcast, with no inside knowledge, so my comments will undoubtedly misstate their positions. Pretend this discussion is based on a fictional incident. My points still apply. Part of the difficulty [...]
Applying What I Know
I’ve been publishing and giving gambling advice for decades. Sometimes thinking like a gambler helps in areas far removed from gambling itself. Today I want to share such a case. (If you only want discussion of video poker, perhaps you should skip this week.) Among other interests, I participate in Toastmasters, a group dedicated to [...]
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