Show 007
Gilbert Arenas, Rush Poker, Jim the Knife, and Short-Stacked Shamus.
Falstaff and Special K start out talking about the Super Football Game coming up and betting on it. They move on to comments about Gilbert Arenas with guns and Rush Poker on Full Tilt Poker. Jim the Knife stops by the studio to talk about Sports Betting, and Shamus chats with the hosts about the Best Poker Books of the Last Decade.
NFL:
Full Tilt Poker
Jim the Knife
Short-Stacked Shamus
Books mentioned in this show: Super System 2, Harrington on Hold ‘em, Small Stakes Hold ‘em, The Professor, The Banker, and the Suicide King, Check-Raising the Devil, Positively Fifth Street, Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book, Hunting Fish
Show 006
Gift Books, New Years Tourney, Tom Sexton, and Terrance Watanabe vs Harrahs
Falstaff and Special K tell the tales of their Christmas presents and a New Years poker tournament, interview Tom Sexton, the older brother of Hall of Famer Mike Sexton (part 1 of 2), and tell the tale of Terrance Watanabe, the biggest whale of them all.
Tom Sexton’s information:
- Sexton’s Corner
- Email Tom Sexton at to TSStarbuck1@aol.com
Show 005
Trip to Las Vegas – WPBT, Lee Jones Interview Part 2, and the tale of Isildur1.
Falstaff and Special K tell the tales of their recent trip to Vegas with the poker bloggers, interview internet poker room manager Lee Jones (part 2 of 2), and tell the tale of Isildur, CardRunners, Sweden’s Tax Laws, and Full Tilt’s terms and conditions of play. Simple, right?
Lee Jones web site:
Cardrunners – http://www.cardrunners.com
Dan Michalski’s Pokerati – http://pokerati.com
Poker News – http://www.pokernews.com
Neon Boneyard – http://www.neonmuseum.org
Steel Panther – http://www.steelpantherrocks.com
Show 004
Recent gambling trips, Lee Jones, and the tale of Richard Canfield.
Falstaff and Special K tell the tales of their recent gambling trips, interview internet poker room manager Lee Jones (part 1 of 2), and tell the tale of Richard Canfield, the ‘Steve Wynn’ of the 19th century.
Lee Jones web site:
Research for the Richard Canfield story used Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling in part.
Show 003
The Poker Hall of Fame episode: James “Wild Bill” Hickok, Dr. David Schwartz, and Hall of Fame chat.
Falstaff and Special K discuss the induction of Mike Sexton to the Poker Hall of Fame and make some World Series of Poker final table observations. The Falstaff and Special K have a fun and informative interview with Dr. David Schwartz, the author of Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling. We finish with some well known and not-so-well known tales about “Wild Bill” Hickok.
Dr. David G. Schwartz’ web site:
Works by Dr. Schwartz:
- Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling
- Cutting The Wire: Gaming Prohibition And The Internet
- Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond
- The Vegas Gang Podcast
Blogs mentioned in this edition:
Show 002
The lovers episode: Casanova, Dr. Pauly, Falstaff and Special K.
Falstaff and Special K discuss gambling and the recession. Special K has a fun interview with Dr. Pauly where the good doctor talks about growing up gambling and tells a Gus Hanson tale. We finish with some surprising stories about Casanova the gambler.
Dr. Pauly’s web sites:
Show 001
Well, we had to start somewhere.
Gambling Tales Podcast Show 001
Falstaff and Special K discuss the WSOP Final table and predict who will win, badly. This show, Special K interviews Badblood who shares a great tale. Finally, the hosts talk about the origins of gambling.
Badblood’s Web Site: Badblood on Poker
