Gambling With an Edge - 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 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."

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.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/7418966/houstoncurtis2
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Show Notes

[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://SouthPointCasino.com

http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

http://VideoPoker.com/gwae

Guest Links:

http://Twitter.com/houston_curtis

http://Kardsharp.com

http://Liveatthebike.com

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

http://Liveatthebike.com

Gambling With an Edge - 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 you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.

 

Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction of Anthony Curtis, publisher of The Huntington Press and The Las Vegas Advisor

[00:30]  Upcoming books by James Grosjean from The Huntington Press

[06:34]  Other upcoming books from The Huntington Press

[09:48]  Houston Curtis' upcoming book

[18:08]  New ownership at The Palms

[28:00]  South Point Casino June Promotions - $600k Spin to Win

[29:33]  http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com - blackjack training site with analytical software, training guides, members forum, and chat room

[30:02]  http://VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners   

[32:56]  WSOP on The Strip, online poker

[37:20]  CIrca football contests, recent Circa Sports hires

[40:29]  Video poker at The D and Golden Gate

[44:46]  Recreational marijuana and cannabis lounges

[47:30]  Topless Vegas

[50:57]  The Plaza

[54:53]  Recommended:  Card Magic by Jason on Instagram, Binion's Steakhouse, Rouge at The Strat

Sponsored Links:

http://SouthPointCasino.com

http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

http://VideoPoker.com/gwae

Anthony Curtis' Links:

http://Huntingtonpress.com

http://Lasvegasadvisor.com

http://Youtube.com/c/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW

http://Toplessvegasonline.com

Recommended:

http://Instagram.com/cardmagicbyjason

http://Binions.com/dining/binions_steakhouse.php

http://Thestrat.com/entertainment/featured/rouge

Gambling With an Edge - 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 https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.

 

 

Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction

[00:38]  Double Up feature in video poker

[02:46]  Effect of variance when playing multiple hands on blackjack

[04:00]  Playing online vs playing in-person

[05:50]  Legality of relaying hole card information

[08:06]  Pressing a casino on a jackpot that might have gone unpaid

[10:48]  Tax evasion versus tax avoidance

[15:31]  The value of strategy deviations in blackjack

[16:57]  Continue to play after being flyered?

[20:54]  Keno tournaments

[23:36]  Expected value in video poker progressives

[24:16]  Players who won $90,000 in cash

[27:22]  Getting a pin-locked players card

[29:30]  Playing rated versus unrated

[30:44]  South Point Casino June Promotions - $600k Spin to Win

[32:31]  http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com - blackjack training site with analytical software, training guides, members forum, and chat room

[33:04]  http://VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners   

[33:54]  Asian food in Las Vegas

[36:35]  Slot points for video poker variants

[39:16]  Using free play on high variance video poker games

[43:33]  Harrah's North Carolina properties

[46:28]  Recommended:  Margins of Error podcast, William Bernhardt law drama books

Sponsored Links:

http://SouthPointCasino.com

http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

http://VideoPoker.com/gwae

Books Referenced;

Blackjack Attack by Don Schlesinger - https://amzn.to/3NUSDGJ

Theory of Blackjack by Peter Griffin - https://amzn.to/39u4X1S

Links Referenced:

http://Youtube.com/c/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW

Recommended:

Margins of Error podcast http://Cnn.com/audio/podcasts/margins-of-error/episodes/7156fbc3-2cab-48b6-bf27-ae8e0182547c

William Bernhardt legal thrillers - https://amzn.to/3aXE4DP

 

Gambling With an Edge - 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 https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.

 

Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction of sports bettor, Fats

[00:37]  Fats' Twitter prediction about William Hill and Circa Sports, Twitter.com/real_fats

[03:17]  Torturing Spiro The Greek

[08:09]  Meeting with the heads of offshore books

[11:03]  1992 Billy Walters' computer trial

[21:28]  South Point Casino June Promotions - $600k Spin to Win

[23:07]  http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com - blackjack training site with analytical software, training guides, members forum, and chat room

[23:39]  http://VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners   

[24:50]  Fats and Spanky were arrested

[42:15]  Advice for new sports bettors

[47:45]  Sports betting tournaments

[54:57]  Recommended:  Ed Thorpe on Tim Ferris podcast, The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor, Bad Sport on Netflix

Sponsored Links:

http://SouthPointCasino.com

http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

http://VideoPoker.com/gwae

Recommended:

Ed Thorp interview http://Tim.blog/2022/05/24/ed-thorp/

The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor https://amzn.to/3aITQlM

Bad Sports http://Netflix.com/title/81084829

Gambling With an Edge - professional 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.

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.

Show Notes

 [00:00]  Introduction of sports bettor, Fats

[00:50]  Fats' Twitter, Twitter.com/real_fats

[04:52]  Fats' introduction to sports betting

[06:01]  Getting backed off from betting

[08:15]  Betting with "The Businessman"

[11:17]  Fats' math background

[12:51]  Betting baseball

[17:07]  Does Fats originate bets?

[27:00]  Top down versus chasing steam

[29:09]  South Point Casino June Promotions - $600k Spin to Win

[30:46]  http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com - blackjack training site with analytical software, training guides, members forum, and chat room

[31:17]  http://VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners   

[32:07]  Working with Billy Walters

[32:51]  Interviewing and hiring runners

[39:01]  Stories about runners stealing

[48:37]  Playing backgammon in Las Vegas and Costa Rica

[56:06]  Recommended:  Turning Work into Play episode of Freakonomics, Never by Ken Follett, We Were Wise Guys and Didn't Know It by Scott Schettler

Sponsored Links:

http://SouthPointCasino.com

http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

http://VideoPoker.com/gwae

Links Referenced:

http://Anchor.fm/bebetterbettors/episodes/Fats-Interview-erbs9k

Recommended:

http://Freakonomics.com/podcast/turning-work-into-play

Never by Ken Follett - https://amzn.to/3PS9ifP