Are Women the Dutch Book?
Last week, as part of the celebration for International Women’s Day (March 8), a statue of a defiant girl staring down the Wall Street bull appeared. Count me among those who love the statue and hope it will stay. It is no secret that women are under-represented in many fields, including the AP world, as I discussed [...]
Podcast – guest Greg “FossilmanR...
Our guest this week is Greg Raymer, also known as Fossilman. Greg is a professional poker player best known for winning the World Series of Poker main event in 2004. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
Whom Do You Trust?
I’m showing my age, but I remember the “Who Do You Trust?” television show hosted by Johnny Carson before he got the Tonight Show gig. He always said later that the first word should have been “Whom” rather than “Who,” and if you can’t trust Johnny Carson, whom can you trust? Many of the people [...]
Podcast – guest Brian Zembic – The ...
Our guest this week is Brian Zembic, also known as The Man With the $100,000 Breasts. His story was first told in the book with that title. Basically Brian put in breast implants to win a $100,000 bet. The man who lost the bet, Mike Svobodny told his side of the story in Gambling Wizards. [...]
You’re Not Ready Yet
Immediately after one of my classes at the South Point, a man, “Joe,” came up to me and asked if I would mentor him in becoming a professional video poker player. He told me he had plenty of bankroll and wanted to turbocharge his learning process. He had heard that I would do private consulting [...]
The Lower the Cut Card the More the CASINO Also...
I would be willing to bet a good portion of my bankroll that the majority of Advantage Players’ got their start by playing Blackjack, specifically using a card counting strategy that moves the wager up and down with the count. Somewhere in the first year of training, the counter concludes that the deeper the penetration [...]
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