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Summary: essential reading for serious players
Review: Possibly the best book on the subject. Could have been better if it had more info about the european style of play(no-hole card).
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Summary: Blackjack Attack is essential to serious players
Review: Schlesinger's book goes beyond the basics and lets you in on the real thing. It is written from the point of view of a real player who knows what it's like to win and to lose in the game of blackjack. Anyone who is serious about winning at blackjack needs to own this book, to read this book, to devour this book and to commit it to memory.
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Summary: Vastly Overrated
Review: Serious problems with this book:
a)The book is about card counting, yet the author does not provide any details as to a card counting system.b) It is academically self-indulgent to the point of unreadability. Chapters are glued together from the author's old articles with no cohesion. c) As the book says, you can spend 500 hours counting cards at blackjack and lose. Kind of pointless don't you think? The fine details of card counting in this book will not help much. You also need a minimum $50,000 dollars to start with. d) This page and the book itself is liberally sprinkled with comments from blackjack authors, software providers and webmasters all of whom are stablemates or have some financial interest in this book selling & succeeding. Are they all impartial? I very much doubt it. e) The author calls the book "playing the pros way", yet apparently has some flashy wall st. job. Its easy to make a small fortune at gambling if you start with a large fortune. Buy this book if you are a wealthy playboy with money and time to burn on a socially useless and unproductive activity.
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Summary: This book is a true "must have."
Review: There is much mathematical theory on blackjack. I have read pretty much all the major books on blackjack, and read most all its theory. The problem with some blackjack books is that it's based on bad mathematical theory. The problem with most of the other books is that it discusses the theory and math behind which a winning foundation can be built, but leaves the implementation of that theory at the casino table up to you. Some writers do a passable job at addressing the application of blackjack mathematics at a blackjack table. Some leave you on your own to guess a lot of it. But to date, I have seen only one author, in one book, who crosses both realms perfectly with an uncanny gift to pick out what's relevant, dismiss what's not, and then apply that knowledge to answer virtually every important question that can be asked about blackjack. This is the book. This is not a basic blackjack book. It assumes you already have one of those, already know a count, and wish to put it to work in the most effective manner possible. If you fall into this category, this is the book you've been waiting for all these years.
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Summary: Ridiculous Overkill
Review: This book had more research put into it than all off John Patrick and Frank Scoblete's books combined. I notice in some other reviews that some people find this book too hard a read and wonder if BJ is really that complicated. Yes, it is, and if you want the answers, here they are. If you don't then this book is not for you. Playing BJ At a basic level and playing with a full understanding you can come to have from reading this book is and understanding this book islike the difference between a G.E.D. and a masters from Harvard. There are few easy answers in BJ. This book answers the hard ones for you. If you want to feel like BJ is an easy game, by all means, pick up any of patrick's books, or any book that says you can win without counting in today's game.
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Summary: THE Authoritative book on BJ intricacies
Review: This book had more research put into it than all off John Patrick and Frank Scoblete's books combined. I notice in some other reviews that some people find this book too hard a read and wonder if BJ is really that complicated. Yes, it is, and if you want the answers, here they are. If you don't then this book is not for you. Playing BJ At a basic level and playing with a full understanding you can come to have from reading this book is and understanding this book islike the difference between a G.E.D. and a masters from Harvard. There are few easy answers in BJ. This book answers the hard ones for you. If you want to feel like BJ is an easy game, by all means, pick up any of patrick's books, or any book that says you can win without counting in today's game.
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Summary: A counter without BJA is like a conductor without a baton!
Review: This is a graduate course on winning at blackjack, not a basic primer. The author is extrememly creative in applying elementary probability theory to the tough practical questions that confront counters on a daily basis. This should probably not be your first book on blackjack - but if you plan to give the casinos a run for their money, you MUST study this book.
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Summary: for experienced card counters only
Review: This is definately not a book for blackjack beginners. It expects you to be proficient at basic strategy, at least one card counting system, and all the various rules variations. This book teaches you how to apply that knowledge in real world situations. The best chapters (IMHO) teach you how to accurately evaluate your risk and expectation for any set of casino rules. Unfortunately, the the rambling writing style is often difficult to follow and the graphics are weak. I still recommend it since I know of no other books containing this level of detail.
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Summary: An excellent look at the statistical math of Blackjack
Review: This is not a book in the traditional sense; it's really largely an anthology of Schlesinger's "Gospel" articles from Blackjack Forum magazine, dating back to the 1980s. Because of this, it's somewhat lacking in integrated cohesiveness, but it's a very valuable resource, nonetheless. Schlesinger covers most of the statistical aspects of Blackjack in a clear, concise and accurate fashion. In addition, Chapter 10, which is primarily the work of Schlesinger's collaborator, John Auston, is all-new and presents some very comprehensive game-selection and risk-of-ruin charts. All in all, an excellent and very useful resource for serious players.
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Summary: An excellent look at the statistical math of Blackjack
Review: This is not a book in the traditional sense; it's really largely an anthology of Schlesinger's "Gospel" articles from Blackjack Forum magazine, dating back to the 1980s. Because of this, it's somewhat lacking in integrated cohesiveness, but it's a very valuable resource, nonetheless. Schlesinger covers most of the statistical aspects of Blackjack in a clear, concise and accurate fashion. In addition, Chapter 10, which is primarily the work of Schlesinger's collaborator, John Auston, is all-new and presents some very comprehensive game-selection and risk-of-ruin charts. All in all, an excellent and very useful resource for serious players.
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