Three to a Straight

Richard Burke
George sat next to me on a sunny Wednesday afternoon in the fall with a question. Had he understood correctly that when there are exactly three trumps on the tableau, the odds are two to one that no one would have been dealt two trumps in a ten-handed Hold’Em game? Yes, I explained that […]

Reno vs. Las Vegas

Reno vs. Las Vegas
Reno and Las Vegas may be in the same state, but there the similarity ends. The two towns relate like Cain and Abel, Lee and Grant, Bush and Kerry. Reno was built by cowboys, ranchers, railroaders, and miners; hard working folks. Las Vegas was the creation of gangsters; a guy with a […]