Thinking Like a Casino Manager
Winning video poker players DO NOT think the same as casino managers. While there is no one “right way” to think, it’s wise to remember that casino managers often are the ones who make the rules. Sometimes players need to shift their thinking cap in order to understand those [...]
Podcast – guest Cartright
This week’s guest is Cartright. We talk about analyzing games for advantage play opportunities. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
Lessons Learned as a Programmer
Author’s note: A somewhat similar version of this article appeared in 2005. The argument remains valid. During the 1980s, I worked in the computer departments of three different corporations. As I explained in my autobiography, Million Dollar Video Poker, I needed to go to work as a computer programmer because I was not sufficiently successful [...]
Podcast – guest Barry Greenstein
This week’s guest is poker professional Barry Greenstein. Barry is a multiple bracelet winner in the WSOP, and the author of Ace On The River. His blog can be found at barrygreenstein.com. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
More Interesting Hands in Bonus Poker
I memorized 9/6 Jacks perfectly almost 20 years ago. (I knew the strategy very well before that, but there were some rare hands that nobody had written about and it took me a while to find them all.) It’s fairly simple, as video poker games go, and the exceptions aren’t numerous or difficult. Additionally, I’ve [...]
Podcast – guest Mohan Srivastava
This week’s guest is Mohan Srivastava. Mohan cracked the code on several scratch off lottery games. We talk about beating the lottery. You can read about some of his exploits in this Wired magazine article. – Wired. Also on the show we mention a story Mohan wrote about Scrabble. You can read that story here. [...]
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