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Teaching Advanced 8/5 Bonus

The new semester of free video poker classes at the South Point will begin on Wednesday, January 27, at noon, in the Grandview Lounge — which is eight days after this article is originally published. Everyone at least 21 years of age is welcome. Continue reading Teaching Advanced 8/5 Bonus

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Attending the 2015 Blackjack Ball — Part II of II

This is the second part of a story about this year’s Blackjack Ball. If you didn’t read last week’s installment, check it out here

The game of 21 Questions as devised by Max Rubin is very difficult. Success requires some specific knowledge, often some mathematical ability, and a lot of fortuitous guessing. In 2013, I won this part of the competition (only to blow out quickly in the skills contest). In 2014, my guessing hat must have been on backwards and I didn’t do well at all. In 2015, I barely missed qualifying for the finals. In fact, if I had only correctly answered the question that I had submitted, I would have advanced to the skills contest. I’ll soon describe how this happened. Continue reading Attending the 2015 Blackjack Ball — Part II of II

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Seeking Out Unfair Games

Many times I’ve written about video poker games that I consider fair. And what I mean by “fair” is that every unseen card has an equal chance of appearing next.

Most people seem to accept my definition — or at least understand what I am talking about.

However, I recently received an email at [email protected] from someone who calls himself “Reno Master.” The email read as follows: Continue reading Seeking Out Unfair Games

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A Look at Wong on Dice

Stanford Wong is one of my heroes. He has written knowledgeably about many different casino games — from video poker to blackjack to Pai Gow poker to sports betting to casino tournaments to . . . He is a friend and has been a repeat visitor to Gambling with an Edge. He will be appearing again this Thursday night, 7-8 p.m. 1230AM in Las Vegas. Live streaming at www.klav1230am.com. And it will be archived the next day on www.bobdancer.com. Continue reading A Look at Wong on Dice