Combinatorics Meets Luck

Just returned from a poker weekend at MGM National Harbor, just outside Washington DC. It was a good and profitable … More

Trust Thyself

Staring at the guy at the far end of the table, I see his eyes blink rapidly several times. Really … More

Every week the geeks at FiveThirtyEight.com post a couple of riddles for their followers to solve. One of last week’s … More

NOTE: This entry was originally posted on a different site on February 24, 2017 and has been slightly edited prior … More

NOTE: This entry was originally posted on a different site on June 16, 2016 and has been slightly edited prior … More

I just returned from a weekend poker trip to New Orleans. There were eight guys on this trip, one of … More

I may have been too nitty on this hand last night. When this happened, I was having a bad night, … More