Dave Schwartz Interviews Mark David (podcast) Mark’s strategy is to populate multi-race tickets by starting with the low-odds horses you can eliminate. Take a “Chaos” point-of-view on Pick3s. Start with who you aren’t going to play. If no value, then skip that race and those Pick3s. You don’t have to play every Pick3. Listen to the podcast […]
How to Score the Big Dollar Horse in a Chaos Race
“Simply put, a chaos race is a race where you can predict in advance that handicapping will likely fail.” – DS Share The idea for this blog post came from a handful of phone calls I received from our HorseStreet Handicapper software users about this race, from Saturday, November 12, 2016. (I promise this is not […]
Using Monty Hall to Handicap
Monty Hall by the Numbers By Ray Wallin Share I admit that I was at first a bit skeptical of the Monty Hall Problem. After all, I consider myself a sound handicapper. I know where my strengths and weakness lie. I have been a winning horseplayer for years and, while happy to be turning a […]
Interview With a Professional Gambler – 2 years later
Pace Makes The Race Podcast: The Gambler Part 2 In November 2012, I interviewed a full-time, self-supporting professional gambler. Now, 2.5 years later we have gotten together for another interview. I think you will find his story continues to be interesting. https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/pmtr-videos/Talk-hcp/ProGambler2.mp3 Click here to listen to the original interview, from Nov. 2012
Podcast-0006 – Streaks and Gambler’s Ruin
Dave Schwartz, The Horse Handicapping Authority, discusses the impact of winning and losing streaks. Also discussed is the Gambler’s Ruin Problem! Share Gambler’s Ruin Problem! What are the chances of going broke with a small advantage? What are the chances of winning with a small disadvantage? Streaks and Betting Strategies Who is the house? Only […]