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Summary: A players review
Review: I've seen a lot of strategies, read a lot of books, looked at a lot of web pages. They all say the same thing, progressive betting systems don't work. Just look at the first reviewer who harangues the system. It didn't stand up to all of his umptybillion simulations. Well I don't live or play blackjack in a simulation. I've used this system over the last year and have yet to see it just break down and fail. Or on the same token do worse than flat betting. If you are a casual player that wants to win get this book. But be forewarned do not tell anyone how you are winning, because remember progressive betting doesn't work. On a more serious note, this book is extremely easy to read if a little longwinded. After seeing the size you may wonder what I mean. Well the strategy itself can be wrapped up in about 3 pages but you don't get to it until chapter 20 something. Not that I'm complaining I think the background is very important. My final word if your looking for a book that means you want to win. So try this strategy and find out for yourself. Don't let the "experts" fool you with their billion hand simulations, i've never played a billion hands , nor will you.
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Summary: This System is great for the Non Counter!
Review: Not everyone is a card counter and I believer that the average card counter struggles counting...Mr. Thomason's progression system with the stop points is just what the non-counter needs....Gambling of any kind is streaks and trends, all this does is help you take advantage of those streaks, you bet more when winning and less when losing...you are always doing it with money you have just won.... I have tried the different counts(Ko, Red 7 etc) and have found that for the most part, it takes the enjoyment out of playing......this progressive system helps....I'm not saying if you are a very good counter, you should stop and start using this and neither does Thomason...he is pretty much stating that this is better than flat betting.....needless to say, since I have started using Mr. Thomasons system, I am up $1,000 over about the last month and a half...(I live close to a couple of casinos and am able to go 4-6 times a week) and I am pretty much a $5-$10 better...I have used his $10 progression and have been ahead...Have I had losing sessions, yes, but if you are down $150 during a session, then this progression helps you get out or close to out of the hole your in....BUY THIS BOOK AND GIVE IT A TRY!
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Summary: Great "New" System
Review: Progressive betting has been around along time but Thomason's book is the first to explore hard data to back up his points. I have now been playing this system for six months on a four-time weekly basis and I have been consistently winning with it. It works because I put in a lot of hours of play. I have been reading Thomason's articles in The New Chance and Circumstance and I think he is the most radical blackjack theorist in the world. He is great and this book is great. If you don't want to waste endless hours trying to learn how to count cards and then being told to leave casinos once you do know how to count cards, this book is the way to go.
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Summary: Worth doing your own research
Review: Sceptical at first until tested in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada. At present time I am still testing at the basic $5 bet. Am winning at a 78% rate so far. Could prove to be the best overall methodology of playing blackjack. Make this your first blackjack bet.
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Summary: Makes a lot of sense
Review: The idea of progressive betting as illustrated by the author do make some sense. Most forms of gambling is often streaky in nature due to one important thing: Luck. Blackjack is not an exception. More often than not, either you keep winning or you keep losing. With the method of progressive betting coupled with the idea of 'quit points' as illustrated in this book, you will more often than not win more or lose less. You are in control when you follow the technique illustrated in the book. I'm really regretful of not being able to get this book earlier. It's a must have for any blackjack player, regardless of whether you are a flat bettor or a card counter.
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Summary: Move Over Thorp
Review: The last blackjack breakthrough was Ed Thorp's card counting in the 1960's. Now Walter Thomason has added a new dimension to the game by showing that his progressive betting style is much better than flat betting at the game. It won't beat expert card counting but it is the best way to play short of that. This book was excellent.
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Summary: Save your money!
Review: The most important thing you need to know about this book is that Thomason's system simply does NOT work. Despite Thomason's claims, there is no logical reason to think it should work; there is no convincing (that is, statistically significant) evidence that it does work; and there is CONSIDERABLE evidence, from both math and computer simulations, that it does NOT work. I have simulated this system using CVSim (a popular commercial simulator), with my own simulator, and with a modified version of a "freeware" simulator. All together, I have the results from many billions of hands. All three simulators gave precisely the same result: This progression produces slightly worse results, in terms of amount lost per dollar bet, than flat betting. My own simulator also accumulated results by "sessions" ranging from 100 hands (about an hour of playing time) up to 50,000 hands, and it also compared flat betting to the progression on the same hands, as Thomason does in the book. In ALL cases, the progression had fewer winning sessions than flat betting, and flat betting beat the progression in more than half the sessions. It seems likely that Thomason was merely self-deluded at the time he wrote the book (as a result of the insignificant number of blackjack hands that he used for testing), but he now knows about these results, after lengthy debate with myself and others on Stanford Wong's [...] forum. It's hard now for me to avoid the conclusion that Thomason simply doesn't care that a lot of people will lose a lot of money playing this system. You don't need to be one of them. Do NOT fall for the idiotic "reasoning" that since card counting is hard, you should play a progression. This is really just an example of Thomason's inability to deal with ordinary logic.
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Summary: Very good book.
Review: This book is very good, but although the title appears that it will give you new information to the game, most of the material is old. I would recommend it because it is a good beginners book. For a totally new approach to the game, read, Gregorian Strategy for multiple deck blackjack.
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Summary: Very Valuable Progression Method
Review: This is Thomason's best book to date. The Quit Points bring a wholly new dimension to the game. His progression are the most intelligent and an improvement on his previous ones.
I think he proves his case and makes no wild claims but is very fair and balanced.
Using his mehtods I am way up and what is more I can play higher limits on a smaller bankroll. This is the great value of his method. You get a shot at the House for little risk. Only the House can truly rely on the Law of Large Numbers to allow their built in advantages to play out. The rest of us have to make the most of winning streaks and limit our losses on losing shoes. This method allows one to do just that.
I use Mannorino's Gregorian Strategy NOT basic strategy as I believe this is a more powerful and advanced strategy against six and eight deck shoes.
The combination of these two methods is deadly. Ignore the dimwits who whine about Thomason's methods and proofs. Clearly they have not read the book or are merely jealous competitors. Perhaps they enjoy losing.
Blackjack is now fun again!
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Summary: Table observation + quit points
Review: Walter noted that there was a world of difference when suddenly he started using quit points. From another book I read I picked up another stunning idea : Table observation.Walk up to a table and observe the dealers upcard when he or she is dealing. If 3 out of 5 hands the dealers upcard is 6 or less, the dealer is having a bad trend, sit down and start playing. If the dealers upcards are paint or anything else keep observing until the above rule ( 3 out of 5 upcards [hands] being 6 or less)is met, then sit down. This amazing rule will allow you to never sit down in the middle of a dealer hot streak and causing you to lose 4 in a row so you have to use your quit point or have you sit down in a lukewarm table where you are losing clusters of 2 or 3 hands. This way the trend is cold for the dealer and you have a higher edge right off the bat. This along with quit points and Thompsons betting system make you a dangerous player. You are only sitting at the table when it is good for you and not the dealer. When the table goes bad, you are gone. When the table gets good while you are observing, you are in. Good luck.
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