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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Ben Mezrich
5.0
An exclusive blackjack club came up with a system to take the worldUs most sophisticated casinos for all they were worth. In two years, this ring of card savants earned more than three million dollars. Filled with tense action and incredibly close calls, this is a real-life adventure that could have stepped straight out of a Hollywood film.
Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One
Edward O. Thorp
4.9
The Book That Made Las Vegas Change the Rules Over 1,000,000 Copies in Print
Edward O. Thorp is the father of card counting, and in this classic guide he shares the revolutionary point system that has been successfully used by professional and amateur card players for generations. This book provides:
o an overview of the basic rules of the game o proven winning strategies ranging from simple to advanced o methods to overcome casino counter measures o ways to spot cheating o charts and tables that clearly illustrate key concepts
A fascinating read and an indispensable resource for winning big, Beat the Dealer is the bible for players of this game of chance.
Bring these strategies into the casino: Perforated cards included in the book
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The World Greatest Blackjack Book
Lance Humble and Carl Cooper
4.8
A revised edition of the blackjack player's bible, with complete information on the odds, betting strategies, and much more -- now updated to include the rules of play in Atlantic City as well as international playing rules.
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Blackjack Bluebook II: The Simplest Winning Strategies Ever Published, 2017; Current Updates & Strategy
Fred Renzey
4.8
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Professional Blackjack
Stanford Wong
4.8
This book explains how to win at blackjack. It contains a simple explanation of a powerful winning system plus comprehensive coverage of several related but more complicated systems. It tells how to win without getting kicked out of a casino. It has been thoroughly tested in casinos throughout the world.
Blackjack Insiders: How Two Pit Bosses Beat the Casinos at Their Own Game
Andrew Uyal
4.8
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Set of Six Blackjack Basic Strategy Cards
Kenneth R Smith
4.8
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Million Dollar Blackjack
Ken Uston
4.8
Contrary to popular opinion, anyone who enters a casino can win at blackjack. In blackjack, unlike many casino games, your winnings depend on skill rather than chance. Players have left behind billions of dollars at the blackjack table, but it doesn't have to be that way anymore!
World famous blackjack expert Ken Uston provides seven simple rules to improve your game and presents students with four levels of winning skills. Strategies start with the Simple Plus/Minus for beginners and work up to the Advanced Plus/Minus and the Uston Ace-Five Count. "Million Dollar Blackjack" also explains the Uston Advance Point Count method, used by some of the world's top blackjack professionals.
Notoriously hailed the "blackjack bible," "Million Dollar Blackjack" remains one of the most pivotal and comprehensive guides on the game. Breaking down the various rules, strategies, and counting methods, Uston discloses the tactics that made him a multi-million dollar winner. In this book, he covers nearly every aspect of casino blackjack from selecting the right game, to avoiding being barred, to the "illegal" side of blackjack, to cheating dealers and players.
"Million Dollar Blackjack" details a myriad of playing techniques fortified by insider information. Ken Uston has carefully evaluated all previous blackjack theories and schools to offer you the most comprehensive guide on the game.
Ken Uston (1935-1987) was arguably the world's foremost blackjack player and game strategist. He graduated from Yale with a BA in Economics and received his MBA in Finance from Harvard. After a stint as the Senior Vice President of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, Uston traded his three-piece suit for the unpredictable life of the professional gambler. During his blackjack career, he mastered card counting, which led him to be barred from a number of casinos. Uston won a lawsuit against casinos in New Jersey, which protested the banishment of card-counting players, and its ruling still holds today.
Uston has authored a number of bestselling books including "Ken Uston on Blackjack" and "Mastering Pac-Man."
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Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse (Morgan Horse Series, #1)
Ellen F. Feld, Eleven & Company, et al.
4.8
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Advanced Blackjack Strategy Cards, Set Of 12
Kenneth R Smith
4.7
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Blackjack for Blood: The Card-Counters' Bible and Complete Winning Guide
Bryce Carlson
4.7
The purpose of Blackjack for Blood, by Bryce Carlson, is to provide the reader with a comprehensive strategy for obtaining a winning edge at the game as it is commonly played in the casinos of Nevada and elsewhere, and also to entertain the reader with some sense of the glamour, excitement, and drama that are a part of the world of the professional gambler.
For a Twenty-One game plan to be effective, it must address three fundamental and very different issues. First, it must show the player how to bet his money properly and how to play the hands accurately. Second, it must instruct the player on how to deal effectively with casino personnel. And third, a professional approach to the game requires the ability to deal with yourself, to maintain control under pressure and in situations loaded with stress.
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The Further Adventures of Blackjack: The Champion Morgan Horse
Ellen F. Feld, Wordhelper, et al.
4.7
The Further Adventures of Blackjack, book seven in the Morgan Horse series, takes the reader to the exciting world of Morgan shows. Heather and Blackjack have had an awesome show season, winning top ribbons at all the New England Morgan shows. This could be the year that they get to go to Oklahoma to compete in the Grand National and World Championship Morgan Horse Show! But travel from New England to Oklahoma is quite expensive, especially with a 1,000 pound animal. In order to pay for the 1500 mile trip, Heather will have to make a very difficult decision, a decision that will involve one of her beloved horses. And there's a lot that can happen on a four-day trip across the United States with 15 frisky horses cramped into a large horse van.
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How to Win at Blackjack: Master the Basic Strategy, Count Cards Like a Pro, and Beat the Casino with a Proven Mathematical Edge
Julian Crane
4.7
*** Includes a FREE PRINTABLE FULL COLOR PDF (worth $19.99) with All Strategy & Deviation Tables – Perfect for Casino or Practice Use! [available for the next 100 orders only] ***Learn the Secret Math Behind Blackjack and Start Playing Like a Pro with 5 Levels of Mastery!!Do you want to walk into a casino and finally play knowing you have the edge?Are you tired of losing hands and relying on “luck” instead of skill?Ready to learn the exact systems used by professionals to beat the house over the long run?Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone who’s dabbled in blackjack without real results, this book will change the way you think about the game forever.“How to Win at Blackjack” is the most structured, accessible, and practical guide for anyone who wants to play smarter, sharper, and with a mathematical advantage — all without needing a PhD in statistics or years of casino experience.Inside This Book Guide, You’ll Learn:The Basics Made Simple: Understand rules, table flow, hand types, and core decisions — in clear, beginner-friendly termsThe Full Basic Strategy: Master the charts, logic, and exceptions that make or break your oddsThe Hi-Lo Card Counting System: Learn the most powerful, proven method to tilt the odds in your favorDeviations That Matter: Discover the top 20+ strategic plays that generate 95% of your edgeBet Spreads and Bankroll Management: Know when to raise, when to walk away, and how to avoid going brokeCasino Camouflage: Avoid detection, blend in, and keep playing under the radarA 5-Level Learning System: Practice-ready roadmap that takes you from total novice to confident counter in just 5 stepsAdvanced Tactics: Explore professional concepts like Deck Penetration, Risk of Ruin, EV, and even Zen counting & shuffle trackingFREE BONUS: Printable Color PDF with every chart in the book, optimized for real casino useYou don’t need to memorize entire decks or be a genius.You just need the right system, the right charts, and the right mindset.Whether your goal is to dominate at the tables, challenge yourself intellectually, or just stop being the s*cker, this is the guide that finally hands you the edge.Don’t rely on luck. Use math. Use discipline.Scroll up and click “BUY NOW” to unlock the secrets of Blackjack mastery today!
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Knock-Out Blackjack: The Easiest Card-Counting System Ever Devised
Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs
4.7
The Knock-Out card-counting system eliminates the mountain of mental arithmetic necessary to win at blackjack. The scientifically devised unbalanced K-O count can be used profitably anywhere blackjack is played: Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Mississippi, riverboat casinos, Native American casinos, the Bahamas, and on cruise ships.
This third edition, revised and expanded, is now easier to use than ever. Step into the ring and learn to:
Implement an abbreviated system—the “K-O Rookie”— that’s powerful enough to yield a player advantage and simple enough to be mastered in a few hours. Advance to a profession-level system—the “K-O Preferred”—which performs on par with the most sophisticated systems on the market. Win the cat-and-mouse game between the casinos and the players.
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Blackbelt in Blackjack: Playing Blackjack as a Martial Art
Arnold Snyder
4.7
In the spirit of Doyle Brunson's Super System, Arnold Snyder's Blackbelt in Blackjack is an underground gambling classic written by one of the grand masters of blackjack and a legend. This newly revised and updated edition is now made available for the first time to a national audience. This is blackjack as a martial art, targeted for serious and professional players looking to win real money at the game. Snyder reveals tips and tricks used by the pros-shuffle tracking, team play, multiple deck camouflage techniques so that the casino can't detect that the player is using winning techniques, and much more. 21 powerful chapters include a complete course on beating blackjack: the devastating red 7 count, the hi-lo count, the zen count, the true count, and so much more.
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Robin: The Lovable Morgan Horse (Morgan Horse Series, #4)
Ellen F. Feld and Jeanne Mellin
4.7
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Modern Card Counting: Blackjack
Patrick Linsenmeyer
4.7
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK if you don't take winning seriously. This is only for serious players who want to take advantage of a $350 Billion dollar industry to make a personal fortune.
Second Edition Updates -
30 new pages on Advanced Techniques to push your advantage even higher Updated with 15 reliable web resources Edited for content & grammar Free e-flashcards included to make learning fast Over 100 Casino coupons Modern Card Counting is the perfect book for serious players looking to beat the house. I've taught blackjack card counting to high school drop-out's and PHD's and I can teach it to you.
Beat the house at their own game. Find out how to make $1 Million with no statistical risk. Modern Card Counting includes absolutely everything you need to know... and more.
Includes lessons on...
Basic Strategy for any set of casino rules Level one and two card counting systems My own secret weapon - the Red Zen count Play Variations for most counting systems Team play How to avoid surveillance What "wonging" is and how to use it How to calculate your risk, expected, profit, and profit range How to find your exact advantage for your personal situation Reinvesting for exponential wealth creation Bonus lessons on Advanced Techniques Free e-flashcards to make learning fast and easy Over 140 pages of content for only $9.95 Card counting is legal, profitable, and fun. Make money playing blackjack and never look back. Leave wage slavery behind. Take control of your income and your life. Turn the $350 Billion dollar casino industry into your personal fortune.
Blackjack is the only casino game that can be mathematically beaten without cheating. While casinos have added measures to reduce the effectiveness of card counting (multiple decks, automatic shufflers) it is still possible to make serious money as a card counter.
Order this book now and become an elite advantage player.
For those experienced with counting - Includes Omega II & Zen play variation tables!
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All of Blackjack
Osamu Tezuka
4.7
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Rusty: The High-Flying Morgan Horse (Morgan Horse Series Book 3)
Ellen F. Feld, Wordhelper, et al.
4.7
"Rusty" is the third book in the popular Morgan Horse series. The first two titles in this series were each selected as winners of the prestigious Children's Choices award co-sponsored by The International Reading Association and The Children's Book Council.
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
Jennifer Niven
4.7
Now in paperback, the gripping and inspiring tale of a woman's survival alone in the Arctic.
In 1921, four men and one woman ventured deep into the Arctic. Two years later, only one returned.
When 23-year-old Inuit Ada Blackjack signed on as a seamstress for a top-secret Arctic expedition, her goal was simple: earn money and find a husband. But her terrifying experiences--both in the wild and back in civilization--comprise one of the most amazing untold adventures of the 20th century. Based on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Ada's never-before-seen diaries, bestselling author Jennifer Niven narrates this true story of an unheralded woman who became an unlikely hero.
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The Ultimate Beginner's Gambling Guide:: Learn How to Play Craps, How to Play Texas Hold'em Poker, & How to Play Blackjack by Learning the Rules, Hands, Tables, Chips, & Strategies
Steven Hartman
4.7
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The Theory of Blackjack: The Compleat Card Counter's Guide to the Casino Game of 21
Peter A. Griffin
4.7
Generally considered the bible for serious blackjack players, Peter Griffin's classic work provides insight into the methods and numbers behind the development of today's card-counting systems. Contains the most complete and accurate basic strategy.
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Frosty: The Adventures of a Morgan Horse (Morgan Horse Series Book 2)
Ellen F. Feld and Jeanne Mellin
4.7
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Blackjack Blueprint: How to Play Like a Pro … Part-Time
Rick'Night Train Blaine
4.7
From the first turn of the card to getting out of a foreign country with a suitcase full of cash, Blackjack Blueprint is the most comprehensive book ever written on learning to play blackjack for profit.
This book covers everything from basic strategy to counting cards, from maximizing potential going solo to playing on a blackjack team. Casino comps, tournaments, location play, shuffle tracking, playing in disguise, outwitting the eye in the sky, and other advantage-play techniques—it’s all here.
Best of all, the techniques you’ll learn in Blackjack Blueprint can be used part-time as a money-making hobby, just as author Rick Blaine has used them for years while pursuing a career in finance.
This revised edition contains new information on getting reimbursed for airline tickets to casino destinations, negotiating and optimizing rebates on gambling losses, hiding chips and disguising wins, security while on blackjack-related websites, mitigating the risk of identity theft by casino and credit-agency employees, and protecting your personal privacy when making large cash transactions at casinos.
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Burning the Tables in Las Vegas: Keys to Success in Blackjack and In Life
Ian Andersen
4.7
In the mid-1970s, Ian Andersen wrote Turning the Tables on Las Vegas, the classic book on casino comportment. As the first book to broach the all-important consideration of how to get away with getting the money, Turning was the book that launched a thousand blackjack careers. After its publication, however, Andersen disappeared from the scene. Where did he go? The answer is spelled out in this long-awaited sequel, Burning the Tables in Las Vegas—Keys to Success in Blackjack and in Life.
Since 1976, Andersen has been perfecting his personal program for success in blackjack, poker, and other of life’s games. His technique I combines elements of mathematics, psychology, and mental and physical well-being to create a never-before disclosed approach to winning.
Burning the Tables in Las Vegas addresses virtually every aspect of blackjack advantage play: game selection, longevity, tipping, employee relations, guises, disguises, false identification, credit, comps, risk, heat, dress, demeanor, and diet. Andersen also explains how emotions, such as guilt and anger, and skills, such as discipline and interpersonal competence, can affect your prospects for profit.
Peppered with fascinating anecdotes and stories from Andersen’s forays into the great casinos of the world, Burning the Tables in Las Vegas takes you on a vicarious journey into rarefied realm of the high-stakes blackjack pro—and show you what it takes to be one.
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How To Win A Game Of Blackjack Every Time At The Casino
Trevor Clinger
4.7
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Busting Vegas: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds
Ben Mezrich
4.7
He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life.
Semyon Dukach was known as the Darling of Las Vegas. A legend at age twenty-one, this cocky hotshot was the biggest high roller to appear in Sin City in decades, a mathematical genius with a system the casinos had never seen before and couldn't stop -- a system that has never been revealed until now; that has nothing to do with card counting, wasn't illegal, and was more powerful than anything that had been tried before.
Las Vegas. Atlantic City. Aruba. Barcelona. London. And the jewel of the gambling crown -- Monte Carlo.
Dukach and his fellow MIT students hit them all and made millions. They came in hard, with stacks of cash; big, seemingly insane bets; women hanging on their arms; and fake identities. Although they were taking classes and studying for exams during the week, over the weekends they stormed the blackjack tables only to be harassed, banned from casinos, threatened at gunpoint, and beaten in Vegas's notorious back rooms.
The stakes were high, the dangers very real, but the players were up to the challenges, consequences be damned. There was Semyon Dukach himself, bored with school and broke; Victor Cassius, the slick, brilliant MIT grad student who galvanized the team; Owen Keller, with stunning ability but a dark past that would catch up to him; and Allie Simpson, bright, clever, and a feast for the eyes.
In the classroom, they were geeks. On the casino floor, they were unstoppable.
Busting Vega$ is Dukach's unbelievably true story; a riveting account of monumental greed, excess, hubris, sex, love, violence, fear, and statistics that is high-stakes entertainment at its best.
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Robert B. Parker's Blackjack
Robert Knott
4.7
Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return in the gritty new installment of the New York Times-bestselling series. Appaloosa, the hometown of Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, continues to prosper, but with prosperity comes a slew of new trouble: carpetbaggers, gamblers, migrants, peddlers, drifters, thieves, and whores, all boiling in a cauldron of excess and greed. And there's a new menace in town: a wealthy, handsome easterner--and the owner of Appaloosa's new casino--Boston Bill Black.
Boston Bill is flashy and bigger than life. He's a prankster and a notorious womanizer, and with eight notches on the handle of his Colt, he's rumored quick on the draw. When he finds himself wanted for a series of murders, he quickly vanishes. Cole and Hitch locate and arrest him, but Boston Bill escapes once again. Another murder sets the duo on his trail, eventually taking them back to Appaloosa--where one woman in particular may, or may not, prove to be the apple of Boston Bill's eye.
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Burning the Tables in Las Vegas
Ian Andersen
4.7
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21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Ben Mezrich
4.7
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Hoyle's Rules of Games
Albert H. Morehead, Geoffrey Mott-Smith
4.7
In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published the definitive book on whist, the most popular card game of his day.
More than 250 years later, Hoyle is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of games, from bridge to backgammon, Scrabble to blackjack. This handy reference guide has now been updated and expanded and includes rules, strategies, and playing odds for more than 250 games.
Readers will learn how to play, hone their strategies, and settle disputes with this newest edition of the classic reference guide.
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Blackjack: Everything You Need to Know about Blackjack from Beginner to Expert
Ian Dunross
4.7
Have Fun and Win Every Blackjack Game Master the ultimate strategy and beat your opponents! When it comes to card games, one of the most played is known as Blackjack, or also known as twenty-one. You might already know the rules but do you find yourself at the losing end all the time? Well you're luck is just about to change! In this book, Blackjack: Everything You Need To Know About Blackjack From Beginner To Expert, the wheel is about to change! This book will show you effective techniques to win every match of Blackjack you'll ever be in. Below you will find: - Introduction To Black Jack - Black Jack Rules - Black Jack Math And Odds - Black Jack Strategy And Tips - Card Counting - Ultimate Secret To Black Jack Success - Black Jack Myths And Superstitions - Practice Your Black Jack Skills Online Whether you're just having fun with friends and family, or even bigger - join a tournament with all other experts that might just be your ground for earning cash, this book is your ultimate guide! Ian Dunross, the author of this book will show you how you can have fun and win at the same time. It's a very simple game that gives the players a different level of entertainment. Lastly, you don't have to be intimidated by the rules and the how-to's. This game is easy to learn, and the guide gives clear instructions for you to learn quickly. So what are you waiting for? Grab your own copy of Blackjack: Everything You Need To Know About Blackjack From Beginner To Expert TODAY! Good Luck!
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Beat Blackjack Now!: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge!
Frank Scoblete
4.7
You can beat the game of blackjack! Go from a traditional blackjack player to an advantage player with a real edge over the house in several easy-to-master steps in this breakthrough book. You'll learn:How the game of blackjack is really played Traditional basic strategy for one, two, four, six and eight-deck gamesSmart betting advice for all player levelsLittle known playing secrets that will actually reduce the house edge Which blackjack games to avoidWhich blackjack games to playHow to get a verifiable, mathematical edge - in less than an hour! - with the new, extremely easy-to-masterSpeed Count How to add to your Speed Count edges with the new Optimum Basic StrategyUnique betting tactics to increase your monetary returnWhy Speed Count is nothing like traditional card counting methodsHow to play tournament blackjack to win Beat Blackjack Now! by best-selling gaming author Frank Scoblete is the only blackjack book you'll need to really beat the casinos. If you want to turn the tables on the house; if you want to do to the casinos what they do to the other players, then this is the book for you! This book can take you from a novice to an expert player! "Frank Scoblete is an icon in this industry. His expertise is without question and his gambling advice is solid, no-nonsense info." ... Catherine Jaeger, Managing Editor, Midwest Gaming & Travel magazine"Frank Scoblete is an expert when it comes to the do's and don'ts of casino games. He knows what he is talking about and he explains it in a way everyone can understand."... Lori Beth Sussman, Editor, Jackpot magazine "Best-selling author Frank Scoblete will tell you the games as they really are and how to beat them. His books will teach you without confusing you so that you have the confidence to take on the casinos." ...Alan Reyes, publisher, Gaming South magazine
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Big Book of Blackjack
Arnold Snyder
4.7
The world’s greatest blackjack player, the legendary Arnold Snyder, updates a blackjack masterpiece, showing beginning and advanced players everything they need to know—and more—about the game of blackjack.
Arnold Snyder’s masterpiece is the most comprehensive and important book on casino blackjack ever published! Even the most knowledgeable student of the game is guaranteed to find a treasure of new discoveries and inside information on how to take the house’s money off the tables at the casinos’ most popular table game. Snyder reveals hundreds of the game’s insider secrets, many of which have never before been published. Players not only learn how to play and win at every traditional variation of casino blackjack—regardless of the rules and number of decks in play—but also the best systems for attacking the unusual and popularized variations of Super Fun 21, Double Exposure, Spanish 21, and Blackjack Switch. Players also learn how to beat popular side bets such as Over/Under 13, Royal Match, Lucky Ladies, and Super Sevens. Everything players ever wanted to know about blackjack is in this book, including the first encyclopedic history of the game with never-before-told stories of the game’s most famous, and most infamous, characters. No other author could have written this book, because no other author has Arnold Snyder’s vast knowledge and experience. This is the first book that tells the whole story—the good, the bad, the amazing, and everything in between.
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Casino Gambling for Dummies
Kevin Blackwood
4.7
Earn comps and avoid big losses
Bet wisely, beat the house, and bring home the bucks!
Crazy about casinos, but worried about losing your shirt? Relax! This hands-on guide is filled with insider secrets and tips for maximizing winnings and minimizing losses in the most popular casino games --blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, slots, and more. You get the scoop on everything from game rules and jargon to making the best bets (and knowing when to quit).
Discover how to • Understand the odds • Develop winning strategies • Avoid gimmicks and bad bets • Manage your money effectively • Gamble on the Internet • Deal with the IRS
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Repeat Until Rich: A Professional Card Counter's Chronicle of the Blackjack Wars
Josh Axelrad
4.6
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How to Count Cards: An Instructional Guide to Counting Cards in Blackjack for Significantly Improved Odds
Dominique Rhone
4.6
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Basic Blackjack
Stanford Wong
4.6
Includes basic strategy and value for all common rules, basic strategy and value for most exotic rules, and the best of Winning without counting.
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Blackjack Bluebook II: The Simplest Winning Strategies Ever Published, 2006
Fred Renzey
4.6
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Card Games For Dummies
Barry Rigal
4.6
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Gambling Theory and Other Topics: Expanded Edition (Gambling Theory Series)
Mason Malmuth
4.6
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Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
W. Jeffrey Bolster
4.6
Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved and free black men between 1740 and 1865. Tens of thousands of black seamen sailed on lofty clippers and modest coasters. They sailed in whalers, warships, and privateers. Some were slaves, forced to work at sea, but by 1800 most were free men, seeking liberty and economic opportunity aboard ship.Bolster brings an intimate understanding of the sea to this extraordinary chapter in the formation of black America. Because of their unusual mobility, sailors were the eyes and ears to worlds beyond the limited horizon of black communities ashore. Sometimes helping to smuggle slaves to freedom, they were more often a unique conduit for news and information of concern to blacks.But for all its opportunities, life at sea was difficult. Blacks actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture shared by all seamen, but were often outsiders within it. Capturing that tension, Black Jacks examines not only how common experiences drew black and white sailors together--even as deeply internalized prejudices drove them apart--but also how the meaning of race aboard ship changed with time. Bolster traces the story to the end of the Civil War, when emancipated blacks began to be systematically excluded from maritime work. Rescuing African American seamen from obscurity, this stirring account reveals the critical role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America.An epic tale of the rise and fall of black seafaring, Black Jacks is African Americans' freedom story presented from a fresh perspective.
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Getting the Best of It
David Sklansky
4.6
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Blackjack Bluebook: The Right Stuff for the Serious Player
Fred Renzey
4.6
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Packer Progression Betting System: The World's Fastest Winning Betting System (Games Book 1)
Richard CUI
4.6
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Sklansky Talks Blackjack
David Sklansky
4.6
Blackjack is the one casino game where the player can easily get an edge over the house. In spite of this fact, only a handful of people are taking advantage of this edge. Why is that? David Sklansky believes that most people think expert blackjack play is too hard to learn. They browse through a book and are struck by the complex charts and tables. Sklansky realized that these charts were not really needed to show someone how to play an almost perfect game. As a renowned teacher, as well as a professional gambler, Sklansky has devised a technique that literally "talks" you through everything you need to know to truly beat this popular game.
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Advantage Player: A Memoir of Blackjack, Backrooms, and Beginnings
Gina Fiore
4.6
One woman’s unlikely rise to the top of the professional blackjack world, mastering the art of advantage play while building an elite team to beat casinos at their own game.From an early age, Gina Fiore wanted to win. Her desire was borne from her family’s financial instability—countless evictions, living in a motel, learning to stave off debt collectors with a tightly rehearsed script dictated by her parents.After Gina dropped out of college, her mother taught her how to deal blackjack, and she got her first job dealing in a Las Vegas casino. It was there that she discovered some players win using skill and not luck. She wanted to learn how.Advantage Player follows Gina’s journey to becoming one of the best advantage players in the world, beating casinos out of millions by playing the games they offered better than they did. After teaching herself how to count cards, Gina mastered advanced techniques to gain an edge in the casino like hole-carding and edge sorting. Although the methods were legal, casinos didn’t tolerate players gaining the upper hand, and Gina and the advantage-play team she formed were under constant threat of being chased, assaulted, and detained in backrooms by casino employees and law enforcement.In this propulsive and captivating memoir, Gina pulls back the curtain on a system designed to create losers and how her ability to reinvent herself allowed her to survive both in the casino and in life.
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Poker: Everything You Need To Know About Poker From Beginner To Expert
Ian Dunross
4.6
Your Ultimate Poker Guide A Book That Let's You Win Every Poker Game! If there's one thing you need to know about the game of poker is that it starts in the mind. To win every game, one must know their numbers and sharpen their instincts. Poker is an exciting card game that everybody can enjoy! And today, you will gain a wealth of knowledge and become a better player! In this book are top essential tips that will help you get ready to hit the tables. All you need is a pocket full of patience, and a keen attention. And just like any other game, a huge amount of preparation is needed in order to achieve success. What you'll love about this book is that it reveals the 12 top secrets of poker that you can use as weapons for every game that you will have to play. And there's more! Below Are 7 Topics Covered In This Book: - Poker Hand Ratings - Personalities of Players - Bluffing your opponents - Observing and Reading Your Opponent - 21 Secrets to Dominating the Table in a Game of Poker - Let's Talk Poker - Common Terms Explained - The Reasons for Betting in Poker It doesn't end here! Above are only bits and pieces of information contained in this book, and if you want to get the full benefit you need to start reading and implementing the time tested strategies inside this book. Remember, to be the best, you need to practice like the best. Good luck in your new poker skills!
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Poker books: 5 Books in 1- Beginner's Guide+ Tips and Tricks+ Simple and Effective strategies+ Best practices & Advanced strategies
Kevin Bailey
4.6
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The Blackjack Zone: Lessons in Winning at Blackjack and Life
Eliot Jacobson Ph.D.
4.6
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Play Blackjack Like the Pros
Kevin Blackwood
4.6
Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood shares his million-dollar winning strategies for mastering the odds and consistently beating the house at their own game.
Play Blackjack Like the Pros is the requisite introduction to the modern game of blackjack, including high and low stakes casino, shoe games (several decks shuffled together), online, and tournaments. Blackwood begins with the basic rules of play and then moves on to teach his proven card-counting method, broken-down into three levels: novice, recreational, and professional. He also covers camouflaging techniques (it's perfectly legal to count cards, but if the house catches you they will kick you out), money management, and team play. Blackwood includes many stories of his and other professionals' triumphs at the tables and keeps the highly technical language that bogs down most gaming books to an absolute minimum.
Play Blackjack Like the Pros is written in the style of Phil Hellmuth's Play Poker Like the Pros using easy-to-understand lessons that all levels of players can quickly benefit from.
Blackwood is one of the world's top card counters. He began with only a few hundred dollars and has won over a million playing blackjack. In Play Blackjack Like the Pros he demonstrates how to earn over $10,000 a month from just a few days work.
Blackjack is set to balloon in popularity. Ben Mezrich's book on the MIT card counting team Bringing Down the House was on the New York Times bestseller list for weeks and is being made into a movie staring Kevin Spacey. Blackjack Tournaments are growing in popularity with many of the top casinos offering large prize pools. Online Blackjack is currently a multi-million dollar industry. Blackwood keeps the highly technical language that bogs down most gaming books to an absolute minimum.
Foreword by Stanford Wong, author of Professional Blackjack and the master of modern card counting.
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Advanced Advantage Play: Beating and Safeguarding Modern Casino Table Games, Side Bets and Promotions
Eliot Jacobson Ph.D.
4.6
Advanced Advantage Play is the most complete book ever made available to the general public on advantage play against casino table games. It examines beating and protecting nearly all of the table games and side bets that are currently available on casino floors internationally, including blackjack, baccarat and pai gow poker. Based on material first published in Dr. Eliot Jacobson's well-known blog APHeat.net, this book also covers advantage play against marketing and promotions. Easy-to-read and backed up by computer and statistical analysis, Advanced Advantage Play is a book that everyone who wants to beat or protect casino table games should own. This is exactly the same book as first published in 2015 by Blue Point Books. Reviews for the previous printing are here: https: //www.amazon.com/dp/188342339
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By Lance Humble - The World Greatest Blackjack Book
Lance Humble
4.6
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Blackjack Strategy: Winning at Blackjack: Tips and Strategies for Winning and Dominating at the Casino (Blackjack, Counting Cards, Blackjack Winning, Good at Blackjack, Black Jack, Card Counting)
Larry Pace
4.6
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Las Vegas Blackjack Diary
Stuart Perry
4.6
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The Art of Playing Cards: Over 100 Games, Tricks, and Skills to Amaze and Entertain
Rob Beattie
4.6
The Art of Playing Cards is your tour guide to a standard deck. This handbook covers the classic games, tricks, and skills you'll need to become an expert card shark.
There’s something about opening a new pack of cards. It doesn’t matter whether you buy them at a filling station to while away a few hours on the road or if they’re a classic deck of Bicycle cards bought specifically for a poker night—they smell the same. There’s the same whiff of possibility, of hands to play or chances to take, of bets to win and of fun just waiting to be had.
THE GAMES: There are thousands of games we could have included, but along with some of the most popular, we’ve also chosen those we think are the most fun, the most challenging, and the most exasperating. Also, much of the beauty of card games is that they vary so much, and we’ve included plenty of tips for trying something a bit different. Of course, when faced with so many variations and different games, it would be impossible to include them all here; we only hope that you like the ones we have squeezed in.
THE SKILLS: Shuffles, cuts, ribbon spreads, fans, flourishes, false cuts, forces, false shuffles, finger lifts, double lifts… they’re all here, explained in a simple step-by-step fashion that makes it easy for anyone to pick them up.
THE TRICKS: Here we’ve concentrated on tricks we think are easy and approachable because there are few things more frustrating than trying to do something that’s simply out of your league or utterly beyond your physical abilities. Thus, you won’t find any magician’s glue or funny specialized decks of cards; there are few props, and no fiendishly complex sleights and palms… and there are definitely no cards up anyone’s sleeves.
We hope the result is a book that you’ll be able to come back to again and again, whether it’s to brush up on your shuffling or because you want to learn a new game or a new trick for the holidays. If you do that, then this book has served its purpose. Oh, and always remember, it’s not the cards in your hand that count, it’s how you play them.
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World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table
Erick Lindgren
4.6
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How to Detect Casino Cheating at Blackjack
Bill Zender
4.6
Protect Yourself from Casino Cheats! Bill Zender, a highly paid consultant to the gambling industry, is widely respected as an expert on game protection. Although cheating is rare in today's modern, highly-regulated casinos, the proliferation of casinos throughout the U.S. and around the world has created new opportunities for crooked dealers, and new dangers for honest players. Never before has any casino insider revealed the hidden tricks of the trade of the scam artists. Zender describes in vivid detail how slick blackjack dealers can rob you. None of this information has ever been made available to the general public in the past. The cheats aren't talking, and the casinos rarely disclose this sensitive information because they don't want to scare players away from their games. With blackjack now being dealt on riverboats, Indian reservations, and vacation resorts, as well as in high stakes private games all over the country, the time has come for players to know how to recognize cheaters and how to protect themselves.
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Scarne on Cards: How to Win at Poker, Gin, Bridge, Blackjack, and Other Games
John Scarne, George Karger, et al.
4.6
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Probability Guide to Gambling: The Mathematics of Dice, Slots, Roulette, Baccarat, Blackjack, Poker, Lottery and Sport Bets
Catalin Barboianu
4.6
Over the past two decades, gamblers have begun taking mathematics into account more seriously than ever before. While probability theory is the only rigorous theory modeling the uncertainty, even though in idealized conditions, numerical probabilities are viewed not only as mere mathematical information, but also as a decision-making criterion, especially in gambling. This book presents the mathematics underlying the major games of chance and provides a precise account of the odds associated with all gaming events. It begins by explaining in simple terms the meaning of the concept of probability for the layman and goes on to become an enlightening journey through the mathematics of chance, randomness and risk. It then continues with the basics of discrete probability (definitions, properties, theorems and calculus formulas), combinatorics and counting arguments for those interested in the supporting mathematics. These mathematic sections may be skipped by readers who do not have a minimal background in mathematics; these readers can skip directly to the Guide to Numerical Results to pick the odds and recommendations they need for the desired gaming situation. Doing so is possible due to the organization of that chapter, in which the results are listed at the end of each section, mostly in the form of tables. The chapter titled The Mathematics of Games of Chance presents these games not only as a good application field for probability theory, but also in terms of human actions where probability-based strategies can be tried to achieve favorable results. Through suggestive examples, the reader can see what are the experiments, events and probability fields in games of chance and how probability calculus works there. The main portion of this work is a collection of probability results for each type of game. Each game s section is packed with formulas and tables. Each section also contains a description of the game, a classification of the gaming events and the applicable probability calculations. The primary goal of this work is to allow the reader to quickly find the odds for a specific gaming situation, in order to improve his or her betting/gaming decisions. Every type of gaming event is tabulated in a logical, consistent and comprehensive manner. The complete methodology and complete or partial calculations are shown to teach players how to calculate probability for any situation, for every stage of the game for any game. Here, readers can find the real odds, returned by precise mathematical formulas and not by partial simulations that most software uses. Collections of odds are presented, as well as strategic recommendations based on those odds, where necessary, for each type of gaming situation. The book contains much new and original material that has not been published previously and provides great coverage of probabilities for the following games of chance: Dice, Slots, Roulette, Baccarat, Blackjack, Texas Hold em Poker, Lottery and Sport Bets. Most of games of chance are predisposed to probability-based decisions. This is why the approach is not an exclusively statistical one (like many other titles published on this subject), but analytical: every gaming event is taken as an individual applied probability problem to solve. A special chapter defines the probability-based strategy and mathematically shows why such strategy is theoretically optimal. "
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Scarne on Cards: How to Win at Poker, Gin, Pinochle, Blackjack and other games
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Recommended by Howard Marks.
