{"id":119703,"date":"2019-05-30T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=119703"},"modified":"2019-06-01T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T20:26:11","slug":"podcast-rob-reitzen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-rob-reitzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Rob Reitzen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is Rob Reitzen, the 2019 inductee into the Blackjack Hall of Fame. We talk about early blackjack days, banking games in CA, and solving limit hold em.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slot-machine-resource.com\/podcasts\/reitzen.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">podcast<\/a><br \/>\nClick to listen &#8211; Alt click to download<\/p>\n<p><b>Show Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[00:00] Intro of 2019 Blackjack Hall of Fame Inductee, Rob Reitzen<\/p>\n<p>[00:38] When and how did Rob start playing blackjack?<\/p>\n<p>[03:58] Blackjack HOF Induction<\/p>\n<p>[05:08] Claude Shannon<\/p>\n<p>[06:30] Banking games in California<\/p>\n<p>[10:51] Banking against a cheater at Sycuan<\/p>\n<p>[16:42] Other cheating stories from the banker&#8217;s perspective<\/p>\n<p>[18:18] Getting backed off at the Barbary Coast<\/p>\n<p>[22:42] Bob Stupak story<\/p>\n<p>[29:12] South Point Casino May Promotions: $500 Swipe, Spin, and Win<\/p>\n<p>[30:00] VideoPoker.com &#8211; Gold Membership offers correction on most games<\/p>\n<p>[31:20] <a href=\"https:\/\/classic.esquire.com\/article\/1997\/5\/1\/fleecing-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\">1997 Esquire article &#8220;Fleecing Las Vegas&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[36:51] Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance, as BP<\/p>\n<p>[37:14] Solving Limit Hold&#8217;em<\/p>\n<p>[42:41] Training other people at Limit Hold&#8217;em<\/p>\n<p>[46:37] Rob&#8217;s poker patents<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classic.esquire.com\/article\/1997\/5\/1\/fleecing-las-vegas\">https:\/\/classic.esquire.com\/article\/1997\/5\/1\/fleecing-las-vegas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Playing Blackjack as a Business by Lawrence Revere &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Mi8qnX\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Mi8qnX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ultimate Edge by Mark Billings &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2K8FzQ2\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2K8FzQ2<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/southpointcasino.com\/\">SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/videopoker.com\/\">VideoPoker.com<\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; 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