Blackjack: Play Like The Pros Author: Visit Amazon's John Bukofsky Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0818406569 | Format: EPUB
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"Blackjack is definitely a game that you can make money playing, and this book shows you how to do it!" --
Phil Hellmuth, Jr., winner of nine WSOP titles and author of Play Poker Like the ProsAbout the Author
John Bukofsky is an electrical engineer and expert blackjack player who has played throughout the United States and Europe. Because of his card counting skill, he has been barred from playing in Las Vegas, harassed in Atlantic City and Connecticut, and has played alongside some of the highest rollers in the world at the casinos in Monte Carlo. John is married with two children and lives in southern New Jersey.
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Lyle Stuart (July 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0818406569
- ISBN-13: 978-0818406560
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
There are a few misconceptions about counting cards. First, it's very difficult to do. While its not easy it does not require you to be mathematically gifted in any way. You do however need to be dedicated to practicing and patient at the blackjack table. The second misconception is that you will get rich fast. Card counters or advantage players can expect to gain about 1.5% percent per hand. For example, playing at a $5 dollar betting between $5 and $20 dollars (based on the true count) the expected return is $15 for every 100 hands played (about an hour at the average table).
I think this book should be the second blackjack book an aspering blackjack player should read. The first is Blackjack Bluebook II - the simplest winning strategies ever published (2006 edition) because it has more statistical analysis to prove why basic strategy works and has teaches ways of achieving a positive expectations without counting cards. In addition it offers a basic counting method called KISS (Keep it simple stupid.)
Finally, the review of this book. It offers explanations on all areas of advantage play:
Card counting
Betting strategies according to bankroll ($2,000 - 10,000)
Team play
Camouflage
Basic strategy and deviations according to the count
Expectations
Single deck games
Random tips throughout the book
I guess maybe there is no mathematical way to really have a positive expectation when you go to the casino with $100 dollars. Blackjack: Play Like the Pros says that you have to have a bankroll of $2000 to go at the tables with positive expectation.
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