NBA summer league in Vegas
For those of you jonesing on lack of basketball, well that long dry spell is almost over. Starting next Friday on July 7 the summer league hits Las Vegas. Summer league here runs for 10 days, and the...
View ArticleWhich Is the Better Place?
I received an email asking which of two casinos was the better choice for this player. Casino A had 9/6 Jacks or Better with a 0.1% slot club with no multiple points ever. Casino B had 8/5 Bonus Poker...
View ArticleGambling With an Edge – listener emails 2
We have no guest this week. Bob and Richard answer questions from our listeners. We always welcome your questions so post them below, or send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com. podcast Click...
View ArticleThe Main Event!
It’s Main Event (ME) time already! The ME is the pinnacle of poker, and thousands of players are flocking to the Rio. Many an amateur player’s bucket list gets a check mark this time of year. The...
View ArticleAccidental Quadruple Deuces
A version of this article first appeared about 10 years ago. Regular Deuces Wild, played for quarters, returns $250 for four deuces. Double Deuces returns $500 for the same hand, but takes away...
View ArticleBob Nersesian coming to GWAE
Our guest next week will be everyone’s favorite lawyer, Bob Nersesian. If you have questions for Bob send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com or post them below. The post Bob Nersesian coming...
View ArticleThe Road Less Taken
One of the principles of advantage sports betting is to target those opportunities that are difficult to make solid lines for. When the oddsmakers are forced to put a number up for events they deal...
View ArticleGambling With an Edge – guest tax man Russell Fox
Our guest this week is Russell Fox. Russell is a certified tax professional who handles many professional gamblers. We talk about strategies that effect people with gambling income. podcast click to...
View ArticleMy WSOP in the Books
The WSOP is over, at least for me. I went out early on Day 3 with AK vs KQ. It’s extremely painful to get knocked out of the ME, and I always say I’m done with poker for a while. Then, after a day or...
View ArticleWhat Can I Say?
Emails and letters from video poker players are part of my life, and often I get the same sort of question or request over and over again. Every month or so I get some version of the following: Dear...
View ArticleGambling With an Edge – guest Bob Nersesian #17
The guest this week is Bob Nersesian. Bob is a frequent guest to the show, and always entertaining. Bob is the lawyer who advocates for the players against the casinos, and has successfully sued many...
View ArticleWe Have a Winner!
The Main Event is over, played out live on ESPN. When I get knocked out of the ME, I always tell myself I’m sick of poker and don’t care about the ME. After a day or so I find myself glued to the...
View ArticleComparing 9/6 Jacks or Better with 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe at the Advanced Level
This next semester of free video poker classes at the South Point casino will be on Wednesdays between August 2 and October 4. Each semester I include one game taught at the advanced level. The...
View ArticleGambling With an Edge – guest Bob Nersesian #18
The guest this week is Bob Nersesian. Bob is a frequent guest to the show, and always entertaining. Bob is the lawyer who advocates for the players against the casinos, and has successfully sued many...
View ArticleDoes This Make Sense?
This is a column for “low intermediate” players and it involves 4-card inside straights in games where you get your money back for a pair of jacks or better, same payout for two pair, and 4-for-1 for...
View ArticleGambling With an Edge – guest Rich Muny of the PPA
The guest this week is Rich Muny of The Poker Players Alliance. The PPA lobbies for legal regulated poker in the US. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download SHOW NOTES [00:55] What is Poker...
View ArticleMeet the Russian Slot Hacker Behind Slot Machine Exploitation
Wired magazine recently contained an article about a Russian hacker who specializes in turning slot machines into his personal ATM. This is a follow-up story to one that ran about a year ago....
View ArticleDealing with Anguish
I received the following email recently: “I have been playing a few years and consider myself a pretty good player. I consider myself Bob Dancer-trained and try to play accordingly. I have given up at...
View ArticleGambling With an Edge – guest Cartwright #4
This week’s guest is Cartwright. We discuss the blackjack games in CO which had a new side bet called 21 Magic. Cartwright did the analysis of this bet, and then with a partner named Spence, crushed...
View ArticleWant to be a Co-Host on Gambling with an Edge?
There is a recent book from Huntington Press called Rock Vegas: Live Music Explodes in the Neon Desert, by Pat Christenson. It covers concerts in Las Vegas over the past 30 or so years. It’s not...
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