{"id":124409,"date":"2022-10-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=124409"},"modified":"2022-10-06T07:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:48:58","slug":"podcast-blackjack-ball-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-blackjack-ball-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Blackjack Ball 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our guests this week are Max Rubin, and Darryl Purpose. This episode is about the 2022 Blackjack Ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Podcast &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/7418966\/bjball2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/7418966\/bjball2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Show Notes<br><\/strong>[00:00] Introduction of Max Rubin and Darryl Purpose<br>[00:56] How was this year&#8217;s Blackjack Ball different?<br>[02:32] The Blackjack Ball 501c3<br>[05:43] Organizing the Blackjack Ball and logistics<br>[07:35] Blair Hull receives the Ed Thorp Lifetime Achievement Award<br>[11:00] Test questions<br>[17:47] Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health<br>[19:46] Guessing states with tribal casinos<br>[25:28] <a href=\"http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><br>[26:19] <a href=\"http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a><br>[27:00] <a href=\"http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae<\/a><br>[28:15] <a href=\"http:\/\/Unabated.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/Unabated.com<\/a><br>[28:56] Skills test at the final table<br>[31:39] Estimating the number of cards in the discard rack<br>[34:46] Cutting a card to the dealer<br>[37:08] Hole card strategy<br>[40:08] Memorization of cards, counting down a deck<br>[45:46] Indoor and outdoor areas<br>[46:43] Jason England<br>[49:03] Darryl&#8217;s plans for champagne<br>[53:58] Recommended: Mint Mobile, Walter Tevis science fiction books, &#8220;Eddie and Jules&#8221; by Darry Purpose, Breath by James Nestor, BlackjackReview.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sponsored Links:<br><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\n\">http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><br>http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae<br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/Unabated.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/Unabated.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended:<br><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Mintmobile.com\">http:\/\/Mintmobile.com<\/a><br>&#8220;Eddie and Jules&#8221; by Darry Purpose <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/lance-cowan-1\/eddie-jules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/lance-cowan-1\/eddie-jules<\/a><br>Breath by James Nestor &#8211; 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This episode is about the 2022 Blackjack Ball. We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge. Podcast &#8211; https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/7418966\/bjball2022 Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of Max Rubin and Darryl Purpose[00:56] How was this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":122216,"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":[282],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Podcast - Blackjack Ball 2022 - 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-blackjack-ball-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast - Blackjack Ball 2022 - Gambling With An Edge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our guests this week are Max Rubin, and Darryl Purpose. 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