25 episodes
Risk of Ruin Half Kelly Media
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Audio documentaries about gambling.
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The Audacity of Help
Richard Munchkin and Darryl Purpose are career advantage players. Over the past 40 years they've teamed up to win millions of dollars from casinos. In this episode they recount some of the war stories and also offer reflections on the nature of teamwork.
Darryl Purpose's music website: https://darrylpurpose.com/
Richard Munchkin / Gambing With an Edge: https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/gambling-with-an-edge/category/podcast/
Earlier episode of Risk of Ruin featuring Richard and Darryl: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/david-goliath-part-i/id1527018692?i=1000493338179
James Grosjean's "Beyond Coupons": https://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/gambling-with-an-edge/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/beyondcouponsbjfo.pdf
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The Character Building Side Effect of Losing
Jason Strasser is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Caption Partners. While in college Jason became a high stakes poker player and was making $100k/month before he left competitive poker for Wall Street. Today he generates his edge trading options, looking for one-off events where the volatility of the options are mispriced by algorithms.
Follow Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strassa2
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David & Goliath, Part I
They went to Las Vegas as card counters and over years they discovered other ways to win in the casino. Eventually they became advantage players. This episode is about the Las Vegas that existed before mega resorts. Our heroes played hole cards, used computers in the casino, used video cameras in the casino - to name a few of the crazy stunts they pulled off.
Guests: Richard Munchkin, Mark Billings, Tommy Hyland, Darryl Purpose.
Contact the show: riskofruinpod@gmail.com
Twitter: @halfkelly
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Gambling Wizards, Richard Munchkin
The Ultimate Edge, Mark Billings
Fortune's Formula, William Poundstone -
David & Goliath, Part II
They went to Las Vegas as card counters and over years they discovered other ways to win in the casino. Eventually they became advantage players. This episode is about the Las Vegas that existed before mega resorts. Our heroes played hole cards, used computers in the casino, used video cameras in the casino - to name a few of the crazy stunts they pulled off.
Guests: Richard Munchkin, Mark Billings, Tommy Hyland, Darryl Purpose.
Contact the show: riskofruinpod@gmail.com
Twitter: @halfkelly -
Greetings from Las Vegas - Part I
Mark DeRosa, Zack White, and Rufus Peabody. The story a group of friends from Appalachian State that went on to team up with an econ grad from Yale. They started playing casino games and eventually would go on to bet the max at sports books all over Las Vegas.
Follow Zack White on Twitter.
Follow Mark DeRosa on Twitter.
Follow Rufus Peabody on Twitter.
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Greetings from Las Vegas - Part II
Mark DeRosa, Zack White, and Rufus Peabody. The story a group of friends from Appalachian State that went on to team up with an econ grad from Yale. They started playing casino games and eventually would go on to bet the max at sports books all over Las Vegas.
Follow Zack White on Twitter.
Follow Mark DeRosa on Twitter.
Follow Rufus Peabody on Twitter.
Rufus's betting analytics startup: Unabated.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic podcast
When you see that they have posted a new podcasted I immediately listen to it. Great topics, excellent guests and superb story telling.
Risk of Ruin
This podcast is excellent.
The content is different class and the production just as good.