Why Don't You Come to Hooters?

[Lancehac]

lol

1. Casino-ology2, Bill Zender (Kindle ed.) - less than $10

2. Richardmunchkin.com - look for the interview/podcast with casino surveillance person. Or, there's also a transcript of said interview.

...just like any other competition, you gotta know your "enemy" in order to devise a better plan.
good luck!

[VABJ]

- Sun Tzu

1. "Know thy enemy."
AP's invariably discuss/rant about casino (idiotic) management decisions, to which I whole heartedly agree. But I perceive/read that these discussions show little insight and understanding underlying such idiotic management decisions. Thus, seek to know the "enemy," and you'll get a clearer understanding of WHY casinos do what they do. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I AGREE WITH THOSE DECISIONS!


2. "To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy."
I just finished reading with much concentration, the latest, most renown casino management book, by THE well-known casino management consultant. Full of great insight, numbers, stats, etc. Why did I "waste" my time reading the opposite of AP material? -because I wanted to know in DETAIL what the other side thinks, does, fails/succeeds at.


3. "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
The AP game of blackjack has "unfolded" more to me after I read that book(s) and incorporated that understanding into (the art of) AP blackjack.


- For all the $$$ and time we APs spend reading blackjack books, forums, articles and practicing, reading that one casino management book will be a drop-in-the-bucket of time, producing a tidal wave of AP benefits.

Makes me think of Sun Tzu
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu

We can learn from history.