Special K interviews a poker room manager from a small town in Washington state.  There are some interesting differences between the big vegas rooms and the Oak Bowl Poker Room.

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Special K interviews Mike Reedy, a poker room manager from a small town in Washington state.  There are some interesting differences between the big vegas rooms and the Oak Bowl Card Room.  In some ways, it is very progressive and in other ways Mike has kept the best of the past alive.

Send comments about the podcast and your best gambling tale on to gtpodcast@live.com or leave comments below. The best stories can be told by the authors on future shows.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Oak Bowl Card Room - http://www.oakbowl.com/poker/index.html
• John G. Hartness on Amazon.com- http://www.amazon.com/John-G.-Hartness/e/B0043EUZHC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Falstaff and Special K tell the stories of Galileo and George Washington and their connections to gambling.

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Falstaff and Special K tell the stories of Galileo and George Washington and their connections to gambling.  Did you know that Galileo may have supported himself with his card play?  That GW played but banned is army from playing while the Revolution was financed partly through gambling?

Send comments about the podcast and your best gambling tale on to gtpodcast@live.com leave comments below. The best stories can be told by the authors on future shows.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Galileo by J. L. Heilbron – http://www.amazon.com/Galileo-John-Heilbron/dp/0199583528
• Roll the Bones by David G. Schwartz – http://www.amazon.com/Roll-Bones-Gambling-David-Schwartz/dp/B001OMHUQU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301884266&sr=1-1
• WSOP.com gives us no love, so no link for them!

Falstaff returns to the studio.  He and Special K talk about the current state of online poker and its chances of being legalized.

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Falstaff returns to the studio.  He and Special K talk about the current state of online poker and its chances of being legalized.  They have some fun at the expense of F-Train, Jim the Knife, and UB (of course).

Special K also give the password for this week’s listener freeroll poker tournament. Hint: You’ll need the password to participate and you’ll want to make sure you listen to the whole show to get it. The freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast and your best gambling tale to gtpodcast@live.com. The best stories will be told by the authors on future shows.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Riding the F-Train- http://ftrain.blogspot.com/
• WSOP.com gives us no love, so no link for them!

Special K learned how to never have to look at his hold cards more than once, even in Omaha.  It’s a simple memory trick that anyone can learn.  He tells how in this edition.

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Special K learned how to never have to look at his hold cards more than once, even in Omaha.  He’ll soon be able to memorize the order of cards for half a deck.  It’s a simple memory trick that anyone can learn.  He tells how in this edition. 

Special K also give the password for this week’s listener freeroll poker tournament. Hint: You’ll need the password to participate and you’ll want to make sure you listen to the whole show to get it. The freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Joshua Foer “Secrets of a Mind-gamer” – http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/20/magazine/mind-secrets.html
• Grey Matters: Mental Gym – http://gmmentalgym.blogspot.com/2010/10/playing-card-memorization.html

Special K is joined by Jim the Knife to talk about the gambling that goes on in every town in America.  That would be the gambling at the local pool hall.  Special K reviews an interesting book called Running the Table by L. Jon Wertheim that is the story of Kid Delicious.

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Special K is joined by Jim the Knife to talk about the gambling that goes on in every town in America.  That would be the gambling at the local pool hall.  Special K reviews an interesting book called Running the Table by L. Jon Wertheim that is the story of Kid Delicious.

The Gambling Tales Podcast is also looking for great gambling tales. Listners can submit their tales to us at gtpodcast@live.com or in the comments below.

The listner’s freeroll is back this week. Listen for the password somewhere in the show. The on-line poker freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.

Mentioned in this episode:

Running the Table by L. Jon Wertheim  http://www.amazon.com/Running-Table-Delicious-American-Hustler/dp/0547086121/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1299452542&sr=8-6

Black Widow of Poker (“Asian Jew”) – http://bwop.blogspot.com/

Special K is joined by Jim the Knife to talk about some odd variations on the game of poker.

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With the Hold’em Poker boom entering it’s eighth year, more varations of poker are showing up everywhere you look.  Special K is joined by Jim the Knife to talk about some odd variations on the game of poker.

The Gambling Tales Podcast is also looking for great gambling tales. Listners can submit their tales to us at gtpodcast@live.com or in the comments below.

The listner’s freeroll is back this week. Listen for the password somewhere in the show. The freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.

Special K is joined by Jim the Knife to talk about the Local Poker Scene.  It’s probably a lot like the poker scene in your town.

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Special K is joined by Jim the Knife to talk about the Local Poker Scene.  It’s probably a lot like the poker scene in your town.

The Gambling Tales Podcast is also looking for great gambling tales. Listners can submit their tales to us at gtpodcast@live.com.

The listner’s freeroll is back this week.  Listen for the password somewhere in the show. The freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.

Special K goes it alone this week with a brief preview to a must-read blog post about a bet to run 70 miles in 24 hours.  A second story is told involving Special K and Grilled Cheese Tilt.

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Special K goes it alone this week with a brief preview to a must-read blog post about a bet to run 70 miles in 24 hours.  There’s a lot more to it than just who wins or loses.  A second story is told involving Special K and Grilled Cheese Tilt. 

The Gambling Tales Podcast is also looking for great gambling tales. Listners can submit their tales to us at gtpodcast@live.com.  There will be no freeroll online poker tournament this week.  Hopefully that will pick back up next week. When we have it, the freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.

Mentioned in this Show

• CardRunners: The Million Dollar Bet
• BWOP: Black Widow of Poker 
• Full Tilt Poker: www.fulltiltpoker.com

Falstaff reads a casino scene from his novel The Chosen.

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Falstaff reads a casino scene from his novel The Chosen.  The Gambling Tales Podcast is also looking for great gambling tales.  Listners can submit their tales to us at gtpodcast@live.com.  The show also gives the password for this week’s listener freeroll online poker tournament. Hint: You’ll need the password to participate and you’ll want to make sure you listen to the whole show to get it. The freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.

The Chosen is available from www.JohnHartness.com and from Amazon.

Falstaff and Special K tell a story by Richard Marcus about the Bet and Dash scam. This story is from Richard’s book The World’s Greatest Gambling Scams.

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Falstaff and Special K tell a story by Richard Marcus about the Bet and Dash scam. This story is from Richard’s book The World’s Greatest Gambling Scams.  They also give the password for this week’s listener freeroll poker  tournament. Hint: You’ll need the password to participate and you’ll want to make sure you listen to the whole show to get it. The freeroll is courtesy of Full Tilt Poker. Send comments about the podcast to gtpodcast@live.com.