Podcast – No guest this week
We have no guest this week, so Bob and I discuss various promotions and other gambling stories from our pasts. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to [...]
Advantage Play of the Day
Here is a free shot. The government just released a new $100 bill. See the article here. New $100. I visited 3 banks today. Two had not received the bills yet, and one had 17 which I bought. The idea is if you are lucky enough to find bills with very low numbers, like 000000001, well [...]
Why Don’t Straight Flushes Pay More?
Straight flushes, which consist of five consecutive cards in the same suit, excluding the ‘AKQJT’ royal flush, are tough to get. In Jacks or Better (also called Draw Poker), straight flushes happen every 9,000 hands or so and are paid 250 coins. Compare that to 4-of-a-kinds, which happen every 430 hands or so and are [...]
Podcast – guest Ed Miller
This week’s guest is Ed Miller, author of Playing the Player, as well as 4 or 5 other books on poker. We talk about the new online poker, and the upcoming World Series November 9. We also discuss Poker Plays You Can Use by Doug Hull which Ed edited. podcast Click to listen Alt click to [...]
Using 9/6 Jacks or Better Strategy to Play 8/5 ...
A friend of mine, Terry, usually plays 9/6 Jacks or Better (JoB). There is one casino, however, where 8/5 Bonus Poker (BP) is the best game. He wants to know what changes he should make to his JoB strategy in order to play BP. First of all, Terry doesn’t HAVE to make any changes. JoB [...]
Enemy Number One: The Secrets of the UK’s...
Enemy Number One, by Peter Veitch is a chronicle of the life of a professional horse bettor in the UK. The first section is devoted to an eight year stretch, beginning in 1999, where he won ten million GBP. Ten million is nothing to sneeze at, but since the top horse bettors make many times [...]
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