Podcast – guests Rick Blaine & Max R...
The guests this week are Rick Blaine & Max Rubin. They are on to discuss this year’s Blackjack Ball. The Ball is a party held in Las Vegas once a year hosted by Max Rubin. Some of the greatest gamblers in the world attend this party, and compete in a skills competition for the Grosjean [...]
Attending the 2015 Blackjack Ball — Part ...
Every year, somewhere in Las Vegas, there’s a gathering of blackjack professionals, past and present, along with some gambling attorneys and a few other miscellaneous gambling professionals, including one video poker writer. Predominantly male, many bring wives or dates, but most come alone. Perhaps it speaks poorly of how often I get out of the [...]
Podcast – guest Mike Shackleford
The guest this week is Mike Shackleford . This week we discuss the upcoming Super Bowl and the many prop bets available. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
Going Down in Stakes
I’ll begin this article by discussing live poker. Some of what I’m going to tell you is hearsay. I’m not a strong player at poker — but I believe what I am saying is true. When we discuss video poker later in this article, I’m on more solid [...]
Podcast – guest poker legend Billy Baxter
Our guest this week is 7 time WSOP bracelet winner Billy Baxter. Billy is one of the old time players kicking around Vegas for 40 years. We talk poker, sports betting, golf, pool hustling, a little bit of everything. A fascinating guest who we will try desperately to get back. podcast Click to listen – Alt click [...]
What She Thinks Makes Sense
Bonnie, my wife of almost eight months, knows very little about intelligent gambling. Although she has assisted during a few semesters of my free video poker seminars, she concentrated more on running the projector accurately rather than evaluating what I had been teaching. Learning about gambling is simply not a priority to her. After we [...]
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