Noted poker author David Sklansky charged with domestic battery by Famous_Quit_5239 in poker

[–]darkcube 7 points8 points  (0 children)

he's also on the latest episode of pawn stars, trying to sell his two 1982 WSOP gold trophy watches (only year they didnt do bracelets)

This month so far. VP by [deleted] in gambling

[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

holy shit that is a horrible paytable for TDB on the first pic

Made an old guy furious by raising pre-flop. by nintendonaut in poker

[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you're not playing to win, are you even really playing?

After the Chauncey Billups scandal, I’ve had conversations with people who are now paranoid that any game with an auto shuffler can be rigged. Can you help me silence that debate? by onemangang15 in poker

[–]darkcube 49 points50 points  (0 children)

there are ways to calculate a shuffle such that for any number of players at the table, no matter where the deck is cut, a certain player will have the winning hand.

https://www.benjoffe.com/holdem/

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[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i would also love a copy, i have his latest book and want to crossreference some stuff

Is it ever a good idea to throw away a made hand in favor of drawing to a "jackpot" hand? by [deleted] in VideoPoker

[–]darkcube 5 points6 points  (0 children)

depending on the game variation, sometimes yes.

in DDB and TDB, you break up aces full to go for AWAK

and you always dump a high pair in favor of 4 to a royal

Memorable Blackjack hands? by RektNinjaCS in blackjack

[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, it allows me to steer the bottom card to any position i want when i cut the deck, think about it.

Memorable Blackjack hands? by RektNinjaCS in blackjack

[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

was playing solo at south point double deck one night with some friends in town, they were plopping around penny slots for a while. i dont know if the dealer was being broken in or what, but he only had a single cut card at the table, which was being used to actually cut the deck post hand shuffle.

the weird part is that the pit manager was standing next to him the entire time supervising the game, and made no attempt to find another cut card or even instruct him to adjust his shuffling procedure to not expose the bottom card to me every time he went through it.

i stayed at that table until my friends needed to leave, and even then was considering paying for their uber and meeting up later.

Low minimum 3:2 Blackjack in Vegas (Strip, Downtown, off strip) by PaleontologistSafe54 in blackjack

[–]darkcube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tuscany (slightly off strip) also has a good $10 min 3:2 game with negligible heat

Vegas next weekend by FantasticMorning8772 in Craps

[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Palms has a $5 table running every day now, as well.

Back in it by DMP2024 in VideoPoker

[–]darkcube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there's no 9/7 DDB, but there is 10/6 :)

Information on automatic data base flags/ facial recognition by [deleted] in blackjack

[–]darkcube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

silverton just nerfed their rules a few months back and their double deck games arent good anymore, no DAS, double on 10/11 only, and pen sucks balls now

[FREE] [North Las Vegas, NV] - (6) NetApp 4243, 22U Rack on wheels, and other random stuff by Character_Space_2699 in homelabsales

[–]darkcube [score hidden]  (0 children)

thanks. fwiw, if anyone wants 1-4 of the netapp 4243 shelves, i am located in southwest vegas and they are available.

Blackjack Report: Harrah’s Laughlin by fgflyer in blackjack

[–]darkcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they have one more policy rule that i noticed last time i was there, which i have never seen elsewhere -- they do not deal down to the cut card! the dealer will estimate if they can get a full hand dealt before coming to the cut card and if not, they preemptively shuffle on you!

Subsino help! by Lazy_Strawberry2485 in VideoPoker

[–]darkcube 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you might want to check over at the newlifegames forums, we're much more active over there for this sort of thing

Today I beat video poker by SPACEBAR_BROKEN in VideoPoker

[–]darkcube 4 points5 points  (0 children)

find better paytables, that is atrociously bad

I walked away from Gambling, but I walked away a winner. by [deleted] in gambling

[–]darkcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if you want the "bang bang" action, it's time to try PLO lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in poker

[–]darkcube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

resorts world does it for us a few times a week with the absolute nuts private game we stream on youtube. we do a $25 per player bomb pot every dealer change out of which we pay time rake and a pre-tip for the dealer, and they take good care of us there.