{"id":120559,"date":"2020-03-12T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=120559"},"modified":"2020-04-17T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T19:11:39","slug":"podcast-guest-refinery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-guest-refinery\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Refinery, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is an advantage player we call Refinery. He combines blackjack play, with carnival games, and slots.<\/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 or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chtbl.com\/track\/44231\/www.slot-machine-resource.com\/podcasts\/refinery.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">podcast<\/a><br \/>\nClick to listen &#8211; Alt click to download<\/p>\n<p><b>Show Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[00:00]  Introduction of Refinery<br \/>\n[00:29]  The origin of Refinery&#8217;s name?<br \/>\n[01:37]  Refinery&#8217;s entrance into AP, early counting methods<br \/>\n[08:48]  What is Refinery&#8217;s professional background?<br \/>\n[10:44]  Online blackjack forums and networking<br \/>\n[18:13]  A collusion play with Vagabond<br \/>\n[22:36]  What happened in between REKO and advanced collusion plays?<br \/>\n[26:55]  Does Refinery still count cards?<br \/>\n[28:24]  How does Refinery&#8217;s wife feel about AP?<br \/>\n[29:29]  Using a player&#8217;s card<br \/>\n[30:38]  Bankroll usage and part-time AP decisions<br \/>\n[32:42]  Getting flat bet at MGM National Harbor<br \/>\n[36:04]  BJ21 post about MGM National Harbor<br \/>\n[40:21]  South Point Casino March Promotions &#8211; Free Play with a Kicker<br \/>\n[41:49]  <a href=\"http:\/\/predictit.org\/promo\/edge\">Predictit.org\/promo\/edge<\/a> &#8211; place small bets on political events, $20 deposit match for GWAE listeners<br \/>\n[43:06]  <a href=\"http:\/\/blackjackapprenticeship.com\/\">BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a> &#8211; counter counting training website and community<br \/>\n[43:30]  <a href=\"http:\/\/videopoker.com\/edge\">VideoPoker.com\/edge<\/a> &#8211; Gold Membership offers correction on most games, Pro Membership includes Quick Quads and Ultimate X<br \/>\n[44:28]  A technique for great penetration at blackjack<br \/>\n[52:33]  Facial recognition software<\/p>\n<p><b>Sponsors<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southpointcasino.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SouthPointCasino.com <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/predictit.org\/promo\/edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PredictIt.org\/promo\/edge <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blackjackapprenticeship.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BlackjackApprenticeship.com <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/videopoker.com\/edge\">VideoPoker.com\/edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Books:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Blackjack Attack by Don Schlesinger&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UdzkhB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UdzkhB<\/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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He combines blackjack play, with carnival games, and slots. We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or&nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge. podcast Click to listen &#8211; Alt click to download Show Notes [00:00] Introduction of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[243,54,56],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Podcast - Refinery, part 1 - Gambling With An Edge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-guest-refinery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast - Refinery, part 1 - Gambling With An Edge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our guest this week is an advantage player we call Refinery. 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