Gambling With an Edge

Sid Wyman — Life is a GambleGuest: Sid Wyman — pool player, golf gambler, poker player, and what they used to call a rounder (or cross-roader).Show Notes00:00 Growing the show — please subscribe and review02:45 Meet Sid Wyman: pool player, golf gambler, rounder03:54 Fort Smith kid: the bookie umpire and the CB radio05:24 Bought a new Cadillac the day he turned 1608:56 Chauffeur for Big Eddie...

This is a throwback episode that I cut from 2 episodes in 2019.Vagabond has played in over 100 countries. A former Air Force interrogation analyst who spent five years at Fort Meade working for the NSA. He talks about how that training shapes the way he questions dealers, how he moves cash across borders.Show Notes00:00 Introduction — Vagabond, 100+ countries (and a bad mic)00:45 How he got...

Mark Billings — author of The Ultimate Edge — joins Bob Dancer and Richard Munchkin to talk about beating blackjack in the 1980s: shuffle tracking, hole-carding, and computers strapped to players' legs. Mark tells the stories behind the plays, from the "slicing and dicing" cut-card move to the shoe computer busted at the Desert Inn — including the gaming agent who went on TV and completely made...

This week we sit down with Gina Fiore to discuss her new book, "Advantage Player: A Memoir of Blackjack, Backrooms, and Beginnings".Get the book - https://amzn.to/3W7mZyLShow NotesShow Notes[00:00] Introduction of Gina Fiore, professional gambler and author of Advantage Player[01:05] Dealing Blackjack in Nevada and California[02:35] What prompted Gina’s move into advantage play?[03:22] Learning...

This is an episode that originally aired in 2013. It has been reedited. They were Christians. They counted cards. And they took millions from casinos. Colin Jones co-founded the Church Team — the blackjack team featured in the documentary Holy Rollers — and went on to found BlackjackApprenticeship.com, where he's trained a generation of card counters. In this episode: the disguises (including...

Many casinos are resetting slot machines after players have built up free spins or other bonus features. We speak with Buddy Frank, a former slot director who contacted the Nevada Gaming control Board about this. In addition we talk about some of the new things Buddy saw at the annual Global Gaming Conference.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of Buddy Frank, experienced slot and casino operations...

Laurance Scott has been beating roulette for over 30 years. He was first on our show 13 years ago. (Link below to that episode) He is now retiring, and joins us to talk about his start and how the game has changed.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of roulette player, Laurance Scott[00:48] Getting started in roulette[06:00] Playing Huxley wheels[07:27] Roulette teams[09:12] Device laws outside of the...

Milkshake lost all his money following a tout, and it set him off on a journey to figure out how to win money sports betting.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of sports better, Milkshake[00:38] Milkshake’s path into advantage play[03:09] Top-down betting and going to BetBash 2[05:25] Moving for professional bettors[09:38] Odds screens, arbitrage, limiting, and nuances of top-down[15:42] Why did $600...

Charles Star is a self-described podcast slut. He went from lawyer to comedian and is now on a quest to do 53 podcasts in 52 weeks.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of Charles Small[00:36] Podcast appearances bet[03:25] No Homework and City Saint, Country Saint podcasts[05:57] Transitioning from law into comedy [14:07] Leaving standup[15:58] Podcasting[17:08] Gambling and sports better...

Elizabeth Reichelt seems to choose the riskiest professions. I don't mean dangerous, I mean the chance of success is tiny, but the payoff can be huge. She went from dancer, to stand up comic, to television writer.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction of Elizabeth Reichelt[00:38] High risk and high reward professions[03:09] Identity crises[06:10] Moving to Los Angeles[08:25] Passion for social...