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Columns in 2010:
Aug 31 Trade Off Between EV and Variance
Aug 24 Life as a Master
Aug 18 One Coin or Five -- Revisited
Aug 10 A New Twist on Drawings
Aug 03 A Different Perspective on 'Take It Or Trade It'
Jul 27 The Highest Returning Game at the Palms has in Even Higher Variance
Jul 20 Staying in the Game
Jul 13 Churchill was Right
Jul 06 How Does it Make You Feel?
Jun 29 Getting Too Greedy?
Jun 22 How Good Do You Want to Be?
Jun 15 Video Poker Strategies are Transitive --- Usually
Jun 08 The Changing Face of Video Poker Classes
Jun 02 It's Not the Same
May 25 Tropicana Not to be Trusted --- Part II of II
May 18 Tropicana Not to be Trusted --- Part I of II
May 11 Adventure at the Tropicana --- Part II of II
May 04 Adventure at the Tropicana --- Part I of II
Apr 27 A Look at 8-5 Bonus Poker Quick Quads -- Part II of II
Apr 20 A Look at 8-5 Bonus Poker Quick Quads -- Part I of II
Apr 13 The Best Strategy at Wheel Poker Deluxe
Apr 06 Harry's Problem
Mar 30 Comparing Bonus Deuces Wild with Double Bonus Deuces Wild --- Part II of II
Mar 23 Comparing Bonus Deuces Wild with Double Bonus Deuces Wild --- Part I of II
Mar 16 For Reasons of Security
Mar 09 An Interesting Logical Inference in Double Double Bonus
Mar 02 How Accurately Must You Play? --- Part II of II
Feb 23 How Accurately Must You Play? --- Part I of II
Feb 15 It's Harder Than It Looks
Feb 09 A Meaningful Distinction?
Feb 02 "I'm Dying to Know"
Jan 26 What is a Mistake?
Jan 19 An Unusual Play with Bonus Poker Deluxe
Jan 12 Casino Month at South Point
Jan 05 An Interesting Logical Inference in Double Double Bonus
Columns in 2009:
Dec 29 You Can't Make Any Money That Way
Dec 22 A Look at DreamCard --- Part II of II
Dec 15 A Look at DreamCard -- Part I of II
Dec 08 It Doesn't Seem Fair
Dec 01 A Sexy Correlation
Nov 24 Learning a New Game for a One-Time Deal --- Part II of II
Nov 17 Learning a New Game for a One-Time Deal --- Part I of II
Nov 10 Learning Additional Skills
Nov 03 It's not the Base Percentage that is Most Important
Oct 27 I Can't Afford That
Oct 20 What Should I Do With Her?
Oct 13 Diversification of Income
Oct 06 Using Strategy Cards
Sep 29 Trolling for Trinkets
Sep 22 Making Mistakes?
Sep 15 A Look at Ten Cycles
Sep 08 Moving Up?
Sep 01 It Might be Impossible
Aug 25 Learning About Multi Strike
Aug 18 An Interesting Situation in 8/5 Bonus Poker Multi Strike
Aug 11 Players Should Feel Free to Personalize Their Strategy
Aug 04 Analyzing a Royal Flush Promotion
Jul 28 The Wrong Side of Random
Jul 21 Trying for a Sequential Royal
Jul 14 Who's The Better Player?
Jul 07 Caught in the Crossfire
Jun 30 Different Parameters for Different Players
Jun 23 Knowing the Name of the Rule
Jun 16 Things Aren't Always What They Seem
Jun 09 A Quick Quads Conundrum
Jun 02 Some Math Behind Quick Quads
May 26 Another Quick Quads Puzzler
May 19 Taking the Money Home
May 12 Bonuses Matter
May 05 Sampling the Evidence
Apr 28 Dealing with Changing Casino Conditions
Apr 21 How Many Video Poker Games Should You Know Well?
Apr 14 Slot Club Points in the Face of Struggling Casinos
Apr 07 How Much Is Your Time Worth?
Mar 31 We are All Students
Mar 24 Unusual Penalty Card Situations in Quick Quads
Mar 17 They'd Love You in Illinois!
Mar 10 How I Figured It
Mar 03 Eastside Cannery Certified Best on Boulder Video Poker
Feb 24 A Different Reason to Play at Many Casinos
Feb 17 Dealt Quads in Quick Quads
Feb 10 A Class on Quick Quads
Feb 03 What is Your Time Horizon?
Jan 28 Life Is Not Fair
Jan 21 Which Denomination Should I Play?
Jan 13 My New Book: "Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner"
Jan 06 Feedback for Video Poker Players
Columns in 2008:
Dec 23 Gambling with a Handicap
Dec 16 Eastside Cannery Attempts to Get Back on Right Track --- Part I of II
Dec 09 Holding Kickers
Dec 02 Best Casino Versus the Best Results
Nov 25 Destructive Competitions
Nov 18 Knowing the Rules
Nov 11 When the Rules are Ambiguous
Nov 04 Randomness in Video Poker Results
Oct 28 Winning the Wrong Way or Losing the Right Way
Oct 21 Gold Coast Turnaround
Oct 14 Two Easy Puzzlers in Kings or Better Joker Wild
Oct 07 Killing for Deuces
Sep 30 Is this a Good Game?
Sep 23 What's the Difference? Redux
Sep 16 What the Difference?
Sep 09 A Quick Primer on Quick Quads
Sep 02 Adam Fine 1969-2008
Aug 26 More About Wheel Poker
Aug 19 Getting Around a Problem with Video Poker for Winners
Aug 12 Subtitle: Hoisted on my own Petard!
Aug 05 When the Rules Are Enforced
Jul 28 Taking Care of Business
Jul 22 Taking From Others
Jul 15 Buying a Multiplier
Jul 08 A Money Management Idea
Jul 01 Figuring Out the Strategy
Jun 24 Playing With Real Money
Jun 17 "I Knew You'd Say That"
Jun 10 Is It Fair?
Jun 03 Almost an Advantage
May 27 Which is Better?
May 20 Getting Trashed on the Radio
May 13 A Change in the Law
May 06 A Hypothetical Example
Apr 29 What's The Next Game? Part II of II
Apr 22 What's The Next Game? Part I of II
Apr 15 A Strange Use for a Strange Comp
Apr 08 Comments on the Movie "21"
Apr 01 A Look at Unsuited AQJ in White Hot Aces and Triple Bonus Poker Plus
Mar 25 A Kings or Better Joker Wild Puzzler
Mar 18 Comparing Two Games
Mar 11 What it takes to Stay on a Mailing List
Mar 04 Comparing '345' and '456' in Deuces Wild
Feb 26 Jack-High Double Inside Straight Flushes with an off-suit Queen in Bonus Poker
Feb 19 Which One Is Luckier?
Feb 12 An Interesting Situation from Bonus Poker
Feb 05 Unpenalized Straight Potential in Deuces Wild
Jan 29 The Value of Three Deuces in Wild Royals
Jan 23 A Simple Penalty Card Lesson from 9/5 Triple Bonus Poker Plus
Jan 15 Perfecting your play on Joker Ace King Hands
Jan 08 Joker Ace or King versus mid-range straight flushes in KBJW
Jan 01 A Look at 1-deuce 4-card straights in NSU Deuces Wild
Columns in 2007:
Dec 25 Why Kings or Better Joker Wild strategy is so strange
Dec 18 Three-Card Royal Flushes in Kings or Better Joker Wild
Dec 10 A Logical Dilemma
Dec 04 Playing Better 10/7 Double Bonus Poker --- Part II of II
Nov 27 Playing Better 10/7 Double Bonus Poker --- Part I of II
Nov 20 Robbie's Rule
Nov 13 Playing Better NSU -- Part II of II
Nov 06 Playing Better NSU Deuces Wild --- Part I of II
Oct 30 Hidden Benefits to Palms "Presents for Points" Promotion
Oct 23 An Interesting Situation in Double Deuces
Oct 16 Playing 8/5 Bonus Poker Better
Oct 09 A Matter of Perspective
Oct 02 An Interesting Lesson from Triple Bonus Poker Plus
Sep 25 Learning Better 9/6 Jacks or Better
Sep 18 A Variation on "Chicken Versus Gambler"
Sep 11 How Different is it?
Sep 04 An Interesting Situation in Deuces Bonus Poker
Aug 27 Casinos Versus Pubs
Aug 20 An Interesting Strategy Twist in Super Double Double Bonus
Aug 13 Me and Anthony
Aug 07 An Obvious Mistake
Jul 31 A Bad Sense of Color
Jul 24 Jury Duty
Jul 17 East of Chicago
Jul 10 Learning a New Game
Jul 3 Who Uses Strategy Cards?
Jun 26 When A Mistake Happens
Jun 19 A Ruling from the Gaming Control Board --- Part 2 of 2
Jun 12 A Ruling from the Gaming Control Board --- Part 1 of 2
Jun 05 A Visit to the Real Monte Carlo
May 29 Learning the Right Lesson
May 22 Still More On When You Get the Runaround
May 08 What Do You Do When There's No Game to Play?
May 01 When You Get The Run Around
Apr 24 A Double Bonus Deuces Wild Problem
Apr 17 It's All Variance
Apr 10 When The Best Possible Result Doesn't Make You Happy
Apr 03 An Unusual Promotion Calls for an Unusual Strategy
Mar 27 Comparing Deuces Bonus to Deuces Wild
Mar 20 How Do You Figure?
Mar 13 Analyzing a Promotion
Mar 06 If it's good enough for Dancer . . .
Feb 27 Comparing Two "Super" Games
Feb 20 Riding Into a New Decade
Feb 13 Accidental Quadruple Deuces
Feb 06 An Unusual Video Poker Tournament --- Part II of II
Jan 30 An Unusual Video Poker Tournament --- Part I of II
Jan 23 Learning a New Game
Jan 16 "Even Money" at Video Poker
Jan 09 A Simple NSU Distinction
Jan 02 When Does It Count?
Columns in 2006:
Dec 26 Another Look at Penalty Card Error Report
Dec 19 Ninety Days is not the same as Three Months
Dec 12 Does the Rooster Crowing Cause the Sun to Rise?
Dec 05 See You Later, Craig
Nov 28 Short-Run Bankroll Calculations
Nov 21 Penalty Cards and Video Poker for Winners!
Nov 14 Types of Discipline
Nov 07 Figuring Risk of Ruin for MultiHand Games
Oct 31 Some Interesting Puzzles about Changing Games
Oct 24 Creating Video Poker Strategies via Computer Program
Oct 17 AKQJ versus 3-card Straight Flushes
Oct 10 Is There a Tiger In Your Tank?
Oct 04 These Hands Are Fit to Be Tied --- Part 3 of 3
Sep 26 These Hands Are Fit to Be Tied --- Part 2 of 3
Sep 20 These Hands Are Fit to Be Tied --- Part 1 of 3
Sep 12 When Casinos Change the Rules
Sep 05 An Interesting Insight from "Kill Phil"
Aug 29 Bob Dancer Classes at Silverton
Aug 08 Learning Joker Mid-Cards in Kings or Better Joker Wild
Aug 01 Another Video Poker Tournament --- Another Strategy
Ju1 25 Do You Have To Make the Changes?
Ju1 11 A Look at Video Poker Math
Jul 04 A Look At Super Bonus Deuces Wild
Jun 27 A Change of Plan?
Jun 20 Cashback versus Bounce Back versus Free Play
Jun 13 How Much Is It Worth?
Jun 06 What Goes Around Comes Around
May 30 What Would You Do?
May 16 A Video Poker Ethical Question
May 09 Another Look at Tournament Strategy
May 02 Another Interesting Strategy Problem
Apr 25 An Intriguing Strategy Problem
Apr 18 How Do You Play This Hand?
Apr 11 An Unusual Video Poker Tournament Strategy
Apr 04 How Much Money Do You Have?
Mar 28 Lots of Ties in Super NSU
Mar 21 A Double Double Bonus Paradox
Mar 15 Sometimes You Just Don't Know
Feb 28 Bankroll Leakages
Feb 21 Learning One Game First
Feb 14 Who's the Customer?
Feb 06 An Interesting Deuces Wild Puzzler
Jan 31 What Constitutes the Best Video Poker?
Jan 24 Bally's After the Changeover
Jan 17 So Long As The Green Light Is On ...
Jan 10 How Good At Juggling Are You?
Jan 03 Dollar Full Pay Deuces Wild

Columns in 2005:
Dec 27 Being a Professional Dancer is a Fine Occupation
Dec 20 Keeping Track of It All
Dec 13 How Come Others are Luckier than Me?
Nov 29 Using 9/6 Jacks or Better Strategy to play 8/5 Bonus Poker
Nov 22 Paying to Enter a Drawing
Nov 15 Creating Flow Charts?
Nov 08 Why Do I Bother With Penalty Cards?
Nov 01 Do I Wish I Played Regular Poker?
Oct 25 Is Video Poker Going to Hell in a Hand Basket?
Oct 18 Is This Fair?
Oct 11 A Different Version of NSU Deuces Wild --- Part III of III
Oct 04 A Different Version of NSU Deuces Wild --- Part II of III
Sep 27 A Different Version of NSU Deuces Wild --- Part I of III
Sep 20 Comparing the Values of 3-card Straight Flushes Between Games
Sep 13 Ranking of 3-Card Royal Flushes
Sep 05 The Flexibility to Learn New Games
Aug 30 What Should I Do?
Aug 23 Protecting Your Chances At Drawings
Aug 16 Palms Agrees to Replace High Limit NSU Deuces Wild --- At a Price
Aug 09 Card Pulling Plusses and Minuses
Aug 02 Sharp Angles Can Cut You
Jul 26 It's Instructive to Read a Different Point of View
Jul 19 How Often Do You Obtain Two Pair?
Jul 12 Answer to the Multi Strike Puzzler
Jul 05 A Homework Assignment in Multi Strike
Jun 28 Logic Behind Multi Strike's "6,4,2" Rule
Jun 14 A Surprising Result in Kings or Better Joker Wild
Jun 07 Just The Straight Flush is Different --- Part II of II
May 31 Just The Straight Flush is Different --- Part I of II
May 24 Mid-Range Straight Flushes in Kings or Better Joker Wild
May 17 An Observation and a Puzzle
May 10 Thinking Like A Casino Manager
May 03 Lessons Learned as a Programmer
Apr 26 Interesting Point Adjustment at the Palms
Apr 12 How Do You Figure?
Apr 05 Figuring Out Sequential Royals
Mar 29 The Percentage Play Isn't Always Correct
Mar 22 An Interesting Point of View Concerning Which Game to Play
Mar 15 Which GAME to Play During Card of the Day
Mar 08 Which is the Better Day to Play?
Mar 01 Filling Out Entry Tickets
Feb 22 An Unsuited Ace Jack in 9-5 Super Double Bonus
Feb 15 More Interesting Features of 9-5 Super Double Bonus
Feb 08 How I Play Progressives
Feb 01 Double Bonus Poker Plus
Jan 25 Why Teach Advanced Double Bonus?
Jan 18 Deja vu All Over Again
Jan 11 Nothing But Net
Jan 04 Guarding Against the Big Mistake
 
Columns in 2004:
Dec 28 Finding The Differences
Dec 21 Using Baseball Statistics to Understand Video Poker
Dec 15 A Puzzle from 10-7-80 Double Bonus
Dec 07 That's My Song
Nov 30 Still More 9-5 Super Double Bonus Puzzlers
Nov 23 More 9-5 Super Double Bonus Puzzlers
Nov 16 Some Puzzlers in Super Double Bonus
Nov 09 Successful Gambling Has Always Been Survival of the Fittest
Nov 02: An Interesting Phenomenon in Joker Wild
Oct 26: A 5-of-a-kind Puzzler
Oct 19: How Do You Figure?
Oct 12: Different meanings of Transitivity
Oct 05: Winning and Whining
Sep 28: A Simplified Look At Bankroll Requirements
Sep 21: A Subtle Play in Two Pair Joker Wild
Sep 14: The Wrong Field of Mathematics
Sep 07: How Often Are You Dealt Deuces?
Aug 31: Mistake in Kings or Better Joker Wild Strategy
Aug 24: How Often do Things Happen?
Aug 17: What Exactly is a Video Poker Sex Novel?
Aug 10: Deuce Four Five Rules in NSU Deuces Wild (Part II of II)
Aug 03: Deuce Four Five Rules in NSU Deuces Wild (Part I of II)
July 27: The Best Available is a Relative Thing
July 20: Playing 9/6 Bonus Deluxe by the seat of your pants
July 13:: How Real are Dollar-per-Hour Figures?
July 06:: Understanding Momentum
June 29:: A Fun Video Poker Cruise
June 22:: Looking For Love In All the Wrong Places
June 15:: Getting Ready To Play
June 8:: How Difficult is 9/6 Jacks or Better?
June 1:: An Interesting Strategy Card Creation Problem
May 25: Interesting Hands in Kings or Better Joker Wild
May 18: 4-Card Straights in Kings or Better Joker Wild
May 11: Joker Ace King in Kings or Better Joker Wild
May 04: Insides Versus Gaps
April 27: Leaving Behind Gamblers
April 20: Switching from Kings or Better Joker Wild to Joker Two Pair � Part II
April 13: Switching from Kings or Better Joker Wild to Joker Two Pair � Part I
April 06: Another Interesting Combination in Joker Two Pair
March 30: More Interesting Hands In Joker Two Pair
March 23: An Interesting Observation About Joker Two Pair
March 16: What if you're not hitting today?
March 09: A Relatively Uncommon Penalty Card Situation
March 02: Do You Know When To Quit?
February 24: An Example from Robert Ludlum
February 17: An Advanced Look at Joker Ace King in Kings or Better Joker Wild
February 10: Which is the Better Casino?
February 3: It Doesn't Seem Fair
January 27: I've Been Misunderstood
January 19: Standardization of Bet Size
January 13: Some Quickie Gambling Thoughts
January 6: The Best Games To Learn
 
Columns in 2003:
December 30: Comparing Games of Different Denominations
December 23: Too Good To Be True
December 16: Station Casinos Reduces Return on Loosest Video Poker
December 9: It's not the same
December 2: An NSU Straight Flush Puzzler
November 25: Penalty Card Situations in Full Pay Deuces Wild --- Part II of II
November 18: Penalty Card Situations in Full Pay Deuces Wild --- Part I of II
November 11: An Interesting 3-card Straight Flush Observation
November 4: A Puzzler from Double Bonus
October 28: Differences in Double Double Bonus strategies
October 21: The Tricky Hands in Pick'Em Poker
October 14: Video Poker on a Cruise Ship
October 7: A Continued Look At Bankroll Requirements
September 30: A Different Look at The Difference in Pay Schedules
September 23: An Interesting Hand in Double Double Bonus Poker
September 16: A General Principle in Double Double Bonus Poker
September 9: Paradise Found and Paradise Lacking
September 2: General Principles Versus Strategy Rules in Pick'Em Poker
August 26: An Interesting Way to Break a Tie
August 19: Wild Three Card Royals in Joker Wild
August 12: Evaluating a Machine
August 5: August Card of the Day Promotion at the Palms
July 29: Adjusting NSU Deuces Wild for a Card of the Day promotion
July 22: Examples of Penalty Cards in 10/6 Double Double Bonus
July 15: New Penalty Card Designations for Double Double Bonus Poker
July 8: Learning to Walk Before You Run
July 1: What Good Does It Do Me?
 
Last update: Sepember 3, 2008
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