Erik Seidel and Steve Zolotow were among the gamblers to come out of the storied Mayfair Club in New York City. The Mayfair inspired some of the locations in Rounders, and is also known for the breadth of success that its players have had in poker. The episode covers the history of the club, its bridge and backgammon roots, and the careers of Erik and Steve.

Special thanks to Larry Bernstein.

Email the show: Risk of ruin pod at gmail
Twitter: @halfkelly

Follow Erik on Twitter: @Erik_Seidel

Jim and Dan Pasko talk about their father and son sportsbetting operation. The Paskos use math to find positive EV bets like correlated parlays and player props. Jim Pasko has been a professional gambler for almost his entire adult life, first starting as a backgammon player during the heyday of that game. Dan joined him in professional gambling when they found opportunities with the early internet sportsbooks.

Follow Dan on Twitter: @dan_pasko
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Kai talks about leaving the work world behind in favor of early retirement, and the part time pursuit of bank and credit card bonuses. He also discusses Lean FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) and how churning bonuses fits into his FIRE plan.

Kai's podcast: The Daily Churn
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily-churn/id1577648675

Email the show: [email protected]
Twitter: @halfkelly

To this point we've published 33 podcast episodes covering everything from slot machines to hedge funds. This episode is Part II of an attempt to make sense of the guests, and make sense of the domain they operate in.

To find the show on all of the platforms check out the Linktree.

https://linktr.ee/johnreeder

To this point we've published 33 podcast episodes covering everything from slot machines to hedge funds. This episode is Part I of an attempt to make sense of the guests, and make sense of the domain they operate in.

To find the show on all of the platforms check out the Linktree.

https://linktr.ee/johnreeder

Bill Perkins is a natural gas trader, a minor celebrity in the poker world, and the author of "Die With Zero." Bill talks about his start in the markets and becoming an energy trader. He tells the story of almost blowing up during an extremely cold winter.

Links:

Die With Zero
https://www.diewithzerobook.com/

Bill's Twitter
https://twitter.com/bp22

Bill's Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/billperkins/?hl=en

WSJ Article titled "The Last Cowboy"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-perkins-is-the-last-cowboy-betting-on-volatile-gas-markets-1501844400

Email the show:
[email protected]

Twitter
https://twitter.com/halfkelly

They went to Las Vegas as card counters and over years they discovered other ways to win in the casino. Eventually they became advantage players. This episode is about the Las Vegas that existed before mega resorts. Our heroes played hole cards, used computers in the casino, used video cameras in the casino - to name a few of the crazy stunts they pulled off.

Guests: Richard Munchkin, Mark Billings, Tommy Hyland, Darryl Purpose.

Contact the show: [email protected]
Twitter: @halfkelly

Links:
Gambling Wizards, Richard Munchkin
The Ultimate Edge, Mark Billings
Fortune's Formula, William Poundstone

They went to Las Vegas as card counters and over years they discovered other ways to win in the casino. Eventually they became advantage players. This episode is about the Las Vegas that existed before mega resorts. Our heroes played hole cards, used computers in the casino, used video cameras in the casino - to name a few of the crazy stunts they pulled off.

Guests: Richard Munchkin, Mark Billings, Tommy Hyland, Darryl Purpose.

Contact the show: [email protected]
Twitter: @halfkelly

Marc Cohodes was the subject of the prior episode titled "Life's Too Short." Marc returns to the podcast to talk about figuring out the FTX scheme, using that to short Silvergate, and Signature Banks, and also the banking turmoil that has followed.

Follow Marc on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AlderLaneEggs

Life's Too Short
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-too-short/id1527018692?i=1000498472731

Odd Lots episode with Sam Bankman-Fried
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-bankman-fried-and-matt-levine-on-how-the/id1056200096?i=1000531062191

Alan Lane on the Pomp Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alan-lane-ceo-of-silvergate-why-bitcoiners-shouldnt/id1434060078?i=1000457223824

Risk of Ruin Newsletter
https://riskofruinpod.substack.com/

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An episode about the ever elusive idea of winning at craps using physical skill, aka dice control. 

Guests: Advantage player Frank B., PhD economist Robert Scott, and special guest Richard Munchkin.

Risk of Ruin Newsletter: https://riskofruinpod.substack.com/

Links: Robert Scott's papers on dice control
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1375&context=grrj
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1415&context=grrj

Gambling With an Edge episodes on dice control:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWapKXDCH0
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gambling-with-an-edge-guest-frank-b-on-dice-control/id459476611?i=1000520531943
http://www.slot-machine-resource.com/podcasts/kc.mp3