Tried my hand at commenting the poker action on Periscope. [video=youtube_share;H-KrG8Vtxf4]https://youtu.be/H-KrG8Vtxf4?si=QCExw7VUejsxG3fd[/video]
[QUOTE=kewlJ;158329]Come on, I know some of you guys got started with some card counting play, back in the day, even if you are now far removed from it. Mickeycrimm, Axelwolf, MaxPen, regnis, Midwest player? Any of you guys have any interactions with Arnold Snyder, in person or on forums or even just feel he and many books and math heavy concepts had any influence on you and your play? While again, he was before my time and didn't have much influence on me, it seems ...
I dealt single deck blackjack to Kreskin in 1979 on the graveyard shift at Harolds Club in Reno. He was doing a show at Harrah's and decided to play blackjack afterwards. The table was empty and he came up to my table and bought in with a $100 bill. Kreskin hardly said a word and spread $5-$20 and won a couple of hundred dollars. From seeing his shows, I was wondering if Kreskin could read my mind while peeking under a ten card or ace, looking for the dreaded dealer blackjack. Kreskin ...
In the summer of 2007, my wife and I stayed at Harvey's as we do every summer. Her cousin who has been a resident of South Lake Tahoe since 1976 visited us in our room. He brought his wife, son, and an old friend of his. His friend was named Joe. When he introduced us, he said Joe was the casino manager of Harvey's, but now retired. I looked at him and knew him right away since I worked at Harvey's in 1979. They laid me off because of the gas crisis then. Last one hired, first one fired. I told ...
In 1980, I was a craps dealer in Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas before getting a legit job at the USPS. Before becoming a dealer, I loved playing poker with my Greek-American friends once a week before turning 21. Also sneaked into casinos and played poker before coming of age. One time I drove 6 hours from a Sons of Pericles and Maids of Athena lake party (a Greek-American fraternity and sorority & Junior Order of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association or AHEPA) at Millerton ...
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