My Adventure at the SLS — Part 2 of 2
In last week’s article, available here, I explained how I happened to be playing for large stakes at the newly-opened SLS Casino on its opening weekend. I was down $34,000 after four hours of play. The story continues: Shortly thereafter I hit $20,000 aces. While I was “in for” $56,000 at this point ($40,000 in [...]
How Casinos Cheat, Part II: Heads I Win, Tails ...
In the previous post, I made the point that sleight-of-hand wizards working in bust-out joints are largely a thing of the past, and that the casino industry has found a much more efficient way to extract money: on a mass scale, offer lousy games that make it easy for degenerates to give their money to [...]
Podcast – guest Jake Jacobs
Our guest this week is backgammon professional and author, Jake Jacobs. We talk to Jake about his new novel, The Battered Butterfly. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
My Adventure at the SLS — Part 1 of 2
The SLS Casino opened up at midnight on a Friday the week before Labor Day, 2014. Half a day later, Saturday afternoon, I visited to check it out. I wanted to see if there were any games worth playing. In the High Limit room I ran into Scott McDermott. Scott had been some sort of [...]
Podcast – guest Phil Hellmuth
Our guest this week is poker professional Phil Hellmuth, aka “The Poker Brat.” . podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
A Different Voice
One of the mantras I keep harping on is, “Today’s Score Doesn’t Matter.” I’m sure each of my regular readers has seen that dozens of times. Most of my readers who are willing to be persuaded already accept that. Others will never accept that no matter how often I keep repeating [...]
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