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1. This is an amazing book. It's so entertaining and easy to read you don't even realize how much you're learning. The author asks questions I'd never even thought of, then he answers them so clearly and logically that I had no trouble absorbing the information. I've read a lot of blackjack books and was never really clear on the whys behind some of the recommendations. With this book, now I know what all the others were talking about.

5 comments about Betting On Blackjack: A Non-Counter's Breakthrough Guide to Making Profits at the Tables.

1. I've known that basic strategy alone was not the key to success at Blackjack.
   
   For the past couple of years, I began to look at the underlying patterns of wins and losses. I came up with a betting scheme that was similar to what's described in this book.
   
   This book combines sound play (basic strategy), intelligent money management, and the concept of loss recovery better than I was able to do on my own.
   
   In reference to the reviewer who talked about losing 20 some hands in a row...get a new hobby, bro.



2. I bought the book and slightly modified the betting system. I seperated my betting into three groups. The first group was 5 8 16 110clb 60clb 110 clb. Then if I lose that grouping, I go to 10 16 32 40clb 20 clb 40clb. (These bets are done in a row and each time you lose a bet, you move to the next in the sequence.) If I lose that grouping, on to the third, being 20 40 80 20clb 10 clb 20 clb. I have set money limit recovery as to when I can move back to a previous group, the goal being able to move back to the first betting group with a 110 clb. I decided to just create these grouping because while I found the authors gambling system to be excellent, I did run into some trouble about the set chart system of waiting to win two bets in a row (for a trend) and then betting up to a clb because I would frequently get nailed. So I used the authors foundations (which were excellent) and just came up with those three martingale style groupings. It is pretty hard to lose all those hands in a row and also they are a system of duck and fire, coming at the deck and retreating to give you a great opportunity to win. Sure you can lose 18 hands in a row but that is why you dont sit at the table taking it in the kiester for 18 losses in a row. There is a great book by the name of 21st century blackjack by walter something or the other where he did some studies on the computer and in casinos where for a control group he just had people sit and stay at the table no matter what, winning or losing. Even if losing 23 hands in a row. The other group left the table after losing 4 hands in a row and staying otherwise. There was a significant difference in the profit at the end of several days of the group that would leave after losing 4 hands in a row. No, the mathematics dont bear something like that out, but I am talking real life blackjack. Why stay at a table and lean into a punch? We have all seen tables where there are 3 guys sitting there moaning that they havnt won a hand in 10 minutes with a blazing hot dealer removing all thier money. I simply go to other tables and observe trends. If I see a dealer who had an upcard of 6 or under for 3 out of 5 hands I sit down. Otherwise I continue to observe or move on. And of course, if I lose 4 hands in a row, I walk. If you graze around the casino while playing blackjack, you are maximizing trends, and therefore your profits.



3. Most of the people reviewing this book are in fact correct. Even if they are on differing sides. NO BETTING SYSTEM WILL BEAT THE HOUSE. EVER. STOP TRYING. If you really want to win that badly learn to count. There is absolutely no way around this.
   
   However, this is where the controversy is. This system will not beat the house, as far as I know, I don't think the author claims that it will. What it can do, though is keep you in the game long enough to make your "goal profit." Any betting system that is worth a damn will have ups and downs. Of course, they all will eventually trend down. The key to the strategy that this author puts forward is you use this system until it has reached your "goal." If you set a resonable/realistic goal, like say $40 or $50 profit on a $200 bankroll, there is a good chance you will see your goal before the house's edge takes effect. Just remember, if you stay at the table past your goal you will lose the vast majority of the time. Even if you leave the moment you reach your goal...you will still lose some of the time.
   
   That being said, a lot of the math in this book is, well, flawed would be an understatement. This is not going to give you an edge, this just gives you a strategy that can make you a SMALL profit USUALLY. But no, this, like every other betting system since the begining of the world, will not beat the hosue in the long run.



4. This is the first blackjack book I read, and although I've read other books and aritcles throughout the years, I keep coming back to this one. In fact I usually review it before each trip to the casino. I really don't agree with any of the poor reviews here. First of all this book is well written simply from a gramatical standpoint. It is apparent that the author has quite a bit of intelligence and experience. The bottom line as the author points out is to keep your gambling experience sane. If you follow his methods you are sure to do just that. No longer do I have those long drives home from a few hours of the casino wondering why the heck I ever decided to gamble in the first place. So many people I see come to the blackjack table play without any coherent betting strategy. They may know how to play but have no idea how to bet, and without a betting strategy to add to your basic playing strategy I don't see how you can win in the long run. Card counting may be good, but I find it too taxing for me, and I was a math minor in college. Besides with all the concentration you have to do to count cards you tend to lose sight of the other nuances of the game. For example spotting trends. While some readers may scoff at the thought, believe me, I experience it everytime I sit at a blackjack table. What do you think it is when you lose 5, 6, 7, or up to 13 hands in row? Or win the same amount in a row? You ever notice that during a paticular shoe you're losing two hands and winning the next. Believe me it happens. The author has many other peices of wisdom that has proven true in my experience. Joining the table at the right time is important. If you obseve a table and notice that all the players are being consitantly creamed by the dealer then don't join that table. Try to play with as few players as you can, and if possible, go one on one with dealer. I've found that the advice in this book work for me. I'm not getting rich or breaking the casino, but people who have a lot more money than me have spent millions of dollars trying to do that and have failed (John Daley, Charles Barkley, Gladys Knight, etc.). I've found that I win a lot more and enjoy gambling a lot more because I follow the methods and advice in this book. I've modified the method somewhat to fit my style as the author suggest, but the advice I've come to realize, I should never modify. For instance, I try never go to the table without enough money to stay in the game long enough to win. Once I reach my goal I get up and take a break even if I'm winning. I also break my gambling up into scessions as advised by the author. I don't win all the time, but since using the method and advice in this book I'm ahead of the casino. This author stresses that dicipline will be the difference between winning and losing at the casino. I difintely agree.



5. There are many important points throughout this book that any player wil surely become much improved after reading the book, I read it in 2 days, and I practiced the methods immediately at home while I was reading it. I especialy liked the samples that were shown of 160 outcomes in a session and how there were more losses than wins and still profit gained!!
   One thing the writer never mentioned was the fact that making a side count of chips for your current loss balance can be seen as if you were e counting cards. Do yourself a favor and learn how to keep your CLB count in your head, it will require practice at home to be ready for the tables...
   I used to use a progression blackjack strategy and now I am on board with this books ethos, to increase your bet while losing, so as you lose you gain money so long as the losses do not compound and you remain in the zone. I have found so far that losing with this books strategy is definately rare, although it does happen often but it seems like the house has to be on an A++ game to beat this strategy regularly.
   
   Buy this book, very good for all blackjack players that are open to new strategies.

1 comments about Scarne on Card Games: How to Play and Win at Poker, Pinochle, Blackjack, Gin and Other Popular Card Games.

1. This is a Dover reprint of the 1965 edition of Scarne on Cards. However, the photos showing card cheating techniques are missing. Also, the reprint is the abridged paperback version by Mass Paperbacks. While Dover is famous for printing its books on high quality paper that are signature-stitched so that it can last a lifetime (and possibly be rebound), none of this is present. The paper it's printed on is like the paper of a low-quality paperback and not signature-stitched. I was hoping that it would have come out much better and unabridged.

2 comments about From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States.

1. A thorough study of a little known aspect of the labor story. Smith explains that the labor movement has never taken hold in the United States partly because employers, since the dawn of the age of industrial upheaval and continuing until today have turned to contractors who specialized in breaking strikes and smashing unions. Packed with great quotes, plenty of insight and lots of vilonce he plows virgin ground as he uncovers the wide spread use of hired guards, like the Pinkertons or Baldwin-Felts thugs, the tactics of armies of professional strikebreakers and the machinations of labor spies and labor relations consultants. A must read for labor historian, labor members and anyone interested in modern American history.



2. From Blackjacks to Briefcases: A History of Commercialized Strikebreaking and Unionbusting in the United States. By Robert Michael Smith. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2003. 179 pages. $44.95 hardback $16.95 paper. This book is as interesting as the title promises. It is an excellent little volume, succinct and well-researched. The main thesis of the book is compellingly laid out, bringing readers easily to share the author's contention that unionbusting today is much the same as it was in 1880. From Blackjacks to Briefcases deserves a place in the personal lending library of every labor educator and trade unionist in the country, and it should be passed from reader to reader. This book will fire up union supporters with frustration that labor's story is not told. Few people, even in the labor movement, know the tremendous investment and effort put into unionbusting over the past century. The book vividly demonstrates the need for labor history as an integral part of labor education and a stimulus to activism. For those who need convincing, this book presents compelling evidence of class warfare in America, even to this current day.

5 comments about Blackjack: Blood and Honor, The Graphic Novel (Blackjack).

1. What I love about Blackjack is the character. Blackjack is a wealthy, well educated, world-travelled black man at a time (the 1930's) when many people felt that wasn't a good thing to be. He is a complicated man--and no, he's not Shaft, and he's not Indiana Jones, he's a complex, three-dimensional character who I find utterly fascinating. Another plus is that the writer's historical settings are so accurate it almost feels like you're reading a true story about a person the history books forgot. A great book for anyone who loves well-written, well-drawn adventure in the grand tradition.



2. Alex Simmons's "Blackjack: Blood and Honor" is fresh and exciting, thoughtful and informative, and incredibly well-written. Yes, this is a graphic novel, and you are thinking, "I'm only into real books, man." Here's the bottom line, pal: This is a real book, just done in a fresh, thrilling way.

   Blackjack is an adventurer-for-hire, who takes a contract to protect a Japanese official opposed to the pre-World War II build up in Japan, circa 1938. I never even knew any leading Japanese were opposed the war! I found it great to learn something new while reading a strong action tale.

   Simmons writes more words than usually show up in graphic novels, and does it in such a way that this is, indeed, a very good thing. I forwarded my copy to a friend who commented that he didn't need the visuals to follow this tale; that is how clearly Simmons spins his yarns.

   But the art is wonderful to behold as well. From the intense cover painting to the frequent action sequences, the illustrations deliver the back up punch to the intelligent, intriguing prose. And additional pages such as "Shades of History" serve as exquisite desert to this hefty reading meal.

   So pick order it, sit on down, enjoy, and bon apetite!




3. Someone please make this into a film right now!



4. My comic book days are about over, but I remember them fondly. I remember some of my enduring favorites. The Spirit; The Green Lantern; The Blackhawks, to name a few. Now, my friend Alex has brought forth one who fills a deep void in the pantheon of world class heroes pitted against an evil force. BlackJack is one on a par with The Blackhawks, full of daring adventure in exotic places in the world. Bravo!

   --- Morgan Freeman, actor and film star ---




5. Mr. Simmons has done it, an action hero in the 1930's who is an African American. The book captures everything a good action book should and is a nessesity in any good collection

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