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 https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.
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Show Notes
Bob and I get a return visit from long time slot director Buddy Frank, and this was taped immediately after the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) show, the biggest casino industry trade show of the year. We spend a lot of time talking about the new things we saw.
Our guest this week is named Veganmav. We talk about his starting with $2.50 during the internet poker boom, and building that bankroll to mid seven figures. And yes, he still eats out of dumpsters.
Our guests this week are Jim Pasko, and his son Dan. Jim has been one of the best backgammon players in the world for 40 years, and together with his son Dan they have been very successful as sports bettors, primarily focused on prop bets.
[00:00] Introduction of gamblers, Jim and Dan Pasko
[00:35] Does Jim still play backgammon?
[03:17] Studying backgammon before bots, taking risk
[09:33] Cheating stories from The Cavendish, scams, magnetic dice
[17:06] Sport betting
[19:36] Jim and Dan's background in math
[23:29] Betting football and nba props, increasing market efficiency
[26:37] Solving problems for other bettors, combinatorics
[29:12] Erosion of edges as markets change and evolve
[32:42] SouthPointCasino.com
[33:36] BlackjackApprenticeship.com
[34:20] VideoPoker.com/gwae
[35:22] Unabated.com
[35:58] How to contact Jim and Dan
[37:15] Backgammon, learning curves, Stu Ungar
[41:51] Bomb pots
[49:06] Recommended; The Great on Hulu, The Duke, Good Will Hunting, Tombstone
Sponsored Links:
http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Recommended:
"The Great" http://Hulu.com/series/the-great
"The Duke" http://Mubi.com/films/the-duke-2020
"Good Will Hunting" http://Miramax.com/movie/good-will-hunting
"Tombstone" http://Imdb.com/title/tt0108358/
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 you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.
podcast - https://www.spreaker.com/user/7418966/ac09202022
Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of Anthony Curtis, publisher of The Las Vegas Advisor and Huntington Press
[00:35] Remembering Cat Hulbert
[01:51] James Grosjean's books
[07:16] Upcoming books from The Huntington Press
[09:28] Football contests
[12:48] Errant line at MGM
[17:49] Football parties in Las Vegas
[22:52] http://SouthPointCasino.com
[23:36] http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
[24:05] http://VideoPoker.com/gwae
[25:44] http://Unabated.com
[26:22] Station Casino property demolitions
[32:35] Casino Del Sol offering unique football lines
[37:03] W2-G on video roulette
[44:12] Legends Bay in Sparks
[48:05] Blackjack in California
[50:15] Recommended: T-Mobile internet, The Outfit, "Sharks" by Imagine Dragons
Sponsored Links:
http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Guest Links:
http://Youtube.com/c/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW
Episodes Referenced:
http://Lasvegasadvisor.com/gambling-with-an-edge/gambling-with-edge-guest-cat-hulber/
Recommended:
"The Outfit" - http://Amazon.com/Outfit-Mark-Rylance/dp/B09V536PRC
"Sharks" by Imagine Dragons - http://Youtube.com/watch?v=Te3_VlimRw0
No guest this week as we answer questions from our mail bag.
Our guest this week is Rob Pizzola. Rob is a professional sports bettor, and one of the owners of Betstamp, http://betstamp.com. He also has a podcast called, Circles Off.
Our guest this week is Captain Jack Andrews here to talk about the new football season, and what is new at http://unabated.com.
We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.
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Our guest this week is legendary bridge player Bob Hamman. Bob also runs a company called SCA that basically insures large unlikely events. One example would be the Pepsi promotion where someone could win a billion dollars.
Our guest this week is Shane Sigsbee. Shane started a company called "I am a Whale" that backed professional poker players, and then moved into sports arbitrage, and getting down for other pros.
No guest this week as we answer questions from our mail bag.
[00:00] Introduction
[00:30] Bill Benter's published material
[02:02] Risk of ruin for 8/5 and 8/6 Jack or Better
[03:47] Getting flat-bet at a Strip casino
[05:06] Intermittent fasting
[17:00] Getting cut off from comps at a small locals casino
[19:39] Backed off aggressively for counting at a Native American casino
[22:26] Relationship between net worth and bankroll
[26:55] Gambling advice, blackjack on Vice
[30:16] https://SouthPointCasino.com
[31:06] https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
[31:38] https://VideoPoker.com/gwae
[33:05] Average daily theoretical calculations across properties
[34:18] Dating tips for a single professional gambler
[37:11] Speed of shuffling on video poker games
[38:20] Paying off markers with a credit card
[40:05] Video poker training software, Win Poker
[41:43] Does a property care about the use of video poker strategy cards
[43:01] Calculating the edge on a video poker loss rebate
[49:11] Video poker progressives
[50:57] Recommended: The Bear on Hulu, Official Secrets on Netflix
Sponsored Links:
https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Sites Referenced:
Vice episode https://youtu.be/PsZpnoELOus
Bill Benter's 1994 paper:
https://www.gwern.net/docs/statistics/decision/1994-benter.pdf
Bloomberg article:
Recommended:
"The Bear" https://Hulu.com/series/the-bear
"Official Secrets" https://Netflix.com/title/81052553
Our guest this week is tax expert Russell Fox on to talk about tax stuff for gamblers. He provided updates for the latest edition of Tax Help For Gamblers
We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of Russel Fox from Clayton Tax Services
[00:37] Tax implications of sports betting in different states
[03:14] Splitting a large DFS jackpot
[04:17] Reporting recreational horse player income
[07:40] Shared sports betting at online sites
[08:47] FBAR
[11:13] Crypto and FBAR
[12:15] RV expenses
[14:46] Paypal reporting transactions, 1099-K
[17:08] Group slot pulls
[20:03] W-2 G from a Native American casino
[23:23] Gambling partnerships
[25:22] Cherokee North Carolina winnings
[27:08] https://SouthPointCasino.com
[28:00] https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
[28:31] https://VideoPoker.com/gwae
[29:21] Withholding SSN on W-2 G
[31:40] Tax liability for WSOP Main Event
[34:54] Deducting gambling losses
[36:29] Filing as a professional for part of the year
[37:15] S-corp for professional gamblers
[42:12] Frequently overlooked tax deductions
[43:15] Constructive receipt
[45:00] Taxes and beard accounts
[49:56] Recommended: Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, Something Missing by Matthew Dicks, For Good and Evil by Charles Adams
Sponsored Links:
https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Guest Links:
Tax Help For Gamblers - https://amzn.to/3P1sSEM
Recommended:
Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin - https://amzn.to/3zWFkkA
Something Missing by Matthew Dicks - https://amzn.to/3P1cjsv
For Good and Evil by Charles Adams - https://amzn.to/3zTV5Jc
No guest this week as we answer questions from our mail bag.
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 backgammon, poker, and sports betting.
[00:00] Introduction of Norman Zadeh
[00:39] Norman’s gambling background, poker, backgammon
[04:41] Writing a poker book
[07:15] Does Norman still play backgammon?
[08:48] Superstition, cosmic unconsciousness
[11:35] Sports betting, handicapping
[13:49] Modeling baseball
[16:46] Handicapping basketball
[20:13] Investing, trading in the stock markets
[21:35] Opportunities to make money with math
[23:58] Writing software, writing songs
[26:11] Analyzing backgammon in the 1970s, brute force, XG
[31:40] Kyle Larsen story
[33:00] Investing versus betting
[37:44] https://SouthPointCasino.com
[38:32] https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
[39:01] https://VideoPoker.com/gwae
[39:55] Norman’s books
[42:39] Norman’s investing competition
[51:20] Recommended: The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat, Risk of Ruin Podcast episode “The Audacity of Help” education in math or computer science
Sponsored Links:
https://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Guest Links:
https://Financial-competitions.com
Books by Norman Zadeh - https://amzn.to/3oD52o5
Recommended:
The Master Mechanic by I.G. Broat - https://amzn.to/3PvKh98
https://Podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/risk-of-ruin/id1527018692
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.
[00:00] Introduction of advantage player, Will
[01:07] Will's gambling background
[03:59] Early bet spreads and late night minimums
[04:54] Getting deterred by early losses, blackjack forums, finding a team
[10:17] Trying to return to the team after a 100-hour losing streak, learning new system, retesting
[12:27] Playing with Darryl Purpose
[14:59] Moving to Las Vegas, finding games in the U.S.
[21:48] Hole-carding
[22:48] Getting backed-off, barred, etc
[28:37] Differences in advantage play between the U.S. and U.K.
[31:42] Card counting rules in London clubs
[33:03] Commercial break
[35:24] Will's career since 2015
[38:41] Computer programming
[41:28] Weak DFS markets
[44:18] DFS pools versus head-to-head
[46:28] DFS mindset versus AP mindset
[50:15] Atlantic City friendly kidnapping story
[57:45] Recommended: Laos Asia Market, Death on the Nile, Other Ship app
Sponsored Links:
http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Recommended:
Laos Asia Market https://www.yelp.com/biz/laos-asia-market-las-vegas?start=40
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 giving bookmakers bettor tools for servicing their customers.
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 scandals and what you can do to protect yourself. He is also the author of Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist, and his experiences playing in "Molly's Game."
[00:00] Introduction of Houston Curtis, sleight of hand and game protection expert
[00:41] GWAE is changing podcast platforms
[02:23] Live at The Bike
[07:45] Limon
[08:46] Cheating in card games
[13:28] RFID, hole cards, Mike Postel, home games
[20:09] Shufflemaster vulnerabilities in Texas
[27:47] South Point Casino July Promotions - $25k and $1k-$2.5k casino wide progressives
[28:33] http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com - blackjack training site with analytical software, training guides, members forum, and chat room
[29:04] http://VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners
[30:40] Houston's video content
[34:24] Using cheating knowledge to protect games versus to cheat games
[35:34] Responses to cheating and proactive measures like limiting dirty money, social media
[39:18] Selecting players for Live at the Bike
[43:59] Producing 1,000 hours of content per year
[44:58] Houston's upcoming book, Million Dollar Mechanics, to be published by The Huntington Press
[47:13] Steve Forte
[52:09] Recommended - The Old Man on FX and Hulu, How to Tell a Story audiobook by The Moth, Live at The Bike
Sponsored Links:
http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com
Guest Links:
http://Twitter.com/houston_curtis
Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist https://amzn.to/3AlyhT4
Recommended:
http://Fxnetworks.com/shows/the-old-man
How to Tell a Story by The Moth https://amzn.to/3xVGBX2
Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis. We talk about what's new in Las Vegas, and upcoming books from Huntington Press.
Show Notes
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