Upcoming Travels, Mastodon Weekend, AlCantHang, Cherokee Expansion, Running a home game.

Falstaff and Special K talk about some upcoming trips to Seattle casinos, WVa casinos, and some of their own Gambling Tales from those locations. Since Mastodon Weekend is coming up, the boys share a tale or two about last years party.  AlCantHang, poker reporter for Full Tilt Poker, is this weeks special guest and he shared some great tales from his travels. Then Falstaff and Special K come back to talk about the Cherokee casino and the big advantages is enjoys and then cover a few tips about running a good home game.

AlCantHang’s information:

• Dead Money = Sir AlCanthang

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino

• Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel & Casino

NAPT, PaddyPower.com, Tom Sexton on Mike Pt. 2, and Short-Stacked Shamus on Cowboys Full..

Falstaff and Special K discuss recent gambling highlights like the new North America Poker Tour and wagers that are available on PaddyPower.com.  Tom Sexton joins the show to finish his stories about his brother Mike.  Short-Stacked Shamus joins the hosts to talk books, particularly the history of poker titled Cowboys Full by Jim McManus.

Tom Sexton’s information:

• Sexton’s Corner
• Email Tom Sexton at to TSStarbuck1@aol.com

Short-Stacked Shamus

• Hard Boiled Poker Blog

Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker by James McManus

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:

• NFL.com

Full Tilt Poker

• www.fulltilt.net

Jim the Knife

• Jim Esposito on Facebook

Short-Stacked Shamus

• Hard Boiled Poker Blog

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

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

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:

• Cake Poker
• www.leejones.com
• Winning Low-Limit Hold’em

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

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:

• Cake Poker
• Wikipedia page for Lee Jones
• Winning Low-Limit Hold’em

Research for the Richard Canfield story used Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling in part.

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:

• Riding the F Train
• Pot Committed

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:

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.