How Do I Prepare to Stay Awake?
I received the following question for Richard’s and my mailbag show on Gambling with an Edge. It’s too involved to answer on the air. I thought I’d give it a go here. Can you describe the steps you...
View ArticlePodcast – Mail bag 5/26/2022
No guest this week as we answer questions from our mail bag. We welcome your questions – send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or...
View ArticleI Get By with a Little Help From My Friends
The last week in May, Bonnie and I will spend aboard a railroad traveling through the Canadian Rockies. We’re scheduled to travel east from Vancouver and fly home from Calgary eight days later....
View ArticlePodcast – Pros sports bettor, Fats
Our guest this week is professional sports bettor known as Fats. Fats has been at it over 30 years, and has worked with the best of the best, as well as running his own crew. The man can tell a story....
View ArticleTraveling Through the Canadian Rockies — Part I of II
In a recent column, I mentioned that Bonnie and I were taking a week-long train trip through the Canadian Rockies. Turns out we didn’t. We only spent two days on the train, and only about three hours...
View ArticlePodcast – Fats part 2
Our guest this week is a return visit from professional sports bettor, Fats. We welcome your questions – send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or...
View ArticleTraveling Through the Canadian Rockies — Part II of II
This is a non-gambling trip report begun last week. Bonnie and I spent a week traveling in Western Canada. We decided that we’re both getting older, maybe we won’t be able to travel in five years, so...
View ArticlePodcast – mail bag 6/16/2022
No guest this week as we answer questions from our mail bag. We welcome your questions – send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or...
View ArticleIt Might Not Scratch My Itch
I was walking through Sam’s Town here in Las Vegas on a Tuesday in June. The casino offers 10x points (worth 0.5%) for seniors on Tuesdays and I was scouting the place looking to see if anything might...
View ArticlePodcast – guest Anthony Curtis 6/23/2022
Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis. We talk about what’s new in Las Vegas, and upcoming books from Huntington Press. We welcome your questions – send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or...
View ArticleIn Case of Recession
Richard Munchkin and I received the following question for our mailbag show on Gambling with an Edge. I think my complete answer is too involved to answer on the podcast, so I’m going to attempt it...
View ArticlePodcast – guest Houston Curtis
Our guest this week is Houston Curtis. Houston is a sleight of hand expert, and executive producer of the live streaming poker show “Live At The Bike.” We talk about some of the recent poker cheating...
View ArticleAn Unusual Requirement
I received an offer from a Vegas casino for a 7-day NCL cruise. The offer stated that I had to take a room for two nights to get the cruise. I called to sign up for the offer. I told the lady I spoke...
View ArticlePodcast – Adam Bjorn
Our guest this week is Adam Bjorn. Adam has worked both sides of the counter for over 30 years, He is both a professional bettor, and a bookmaker, and now is working for a software company aimed at...
View ArticleHow Long Can It Last?
I was leaving the South Point one morning in early June and “Sam,” a man who has attended many of my classes over the years, approached me and said, “Bob, I have to ask you. How long can a losing...
View ArticlePodcast – AP turned sports bettor, Will
Our guest this week is Will. Will started out as a card counter, moved on to other forms of AP, and then moved into DFS and sports betting. We welcome your questions – send them to us at...
View ArticleAdding Triple Double Bonus to WinPoker
I was associated with WinPoker for many years. It was, and is, a good product. Our breakup happened when Video Poker for Winners invited me along and promised to have a strategy calculator — a feature...
View ArticlePodcast – Norman Zadeh
Our guest this week is Norman Zadeh. Norman is a former mathematics professor, and longtime gambler. He wrote one of the first math based poker books back in 1974. He has been a winning gambler at...
View ArticleIs Kill Phil Relevant in Today’s Poker Tournaments?
Poker is an American game that blossomed in the Old West and on the Mississippi riverboats of the 1800s. Cheaters ruled in those days, to the point where poker was widely known as “the cheating game.”...
View ArticleMy Lucky Shirt — Part 1 of 2
This true story happened some time ago, but so far, I haven’t written about it. I was playing $25 single line Double Double Bonus (DDB), rather heavily, at an out-of-town casino for more than a week....
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