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    Once again, thread hijacked. Title has nothing to do with Hi-Lo or Hi-Opt II, or betting ramps and bins.

    Why can’t posters stick to aims of OP’s???
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    I got involved because the statements about constructing ramps seemed to be made by someone that was unfamiliar with constructing level 2 ramps. The more bins you have to use when constructing ramps, generally the more exacting you can get. The range from a simple count to the the most complex count is like the difference between using a sharp rock to do surgery and choosing the exact scalpel appropriate for the job at hand when it comes to getting exact with things. BJ is a pretty blah when it comes to betting so everything works to varying degrees but if you ever attack other games more bins can be very helpful for constructing much stronger ramps in more ways than one. First you have to figure out how to construct a count that would discern the various different types of advantage. Each type has very different deck compositions and quite different stats to base bets on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltynuts View Post
    What are some good ones you would recommend? Main purpose would be strategies, counting, etc. But I'd also like something interesting. Like stories out playing. Maybe that takes multiple books. Any suggestions appreciated!

    Thanks!
    My favorite "1st' is The Big Book of Blackjack by Snyder because he gives the history of the game.

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    Blackjack for Dummies )

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    The Theory of Blackjack, 6th ed. is dirt cheap and very informative.

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    I love it, Theory of Blackjack for beginners, hehe...

    Blackjack Blueprint is a very good book for starters. And I am also a big fan of Norm's book Modern Blackjack; in fact, if there was one single book that I would recommend a beginner to devour, it would be that book.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scuba View Post
    "I love it, Theory of Blackjack for beginners, hehe..."

    Scuba ... Is that you smirking, or are you suffering partial anoxia?

    There is enormous value in this priceless work, even for the semi-innumerate.

    If you ever want to learn/teach anything complex, you commence with

    THEORY.

    In fact, The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky is also the correct place for

    poker players to begin.


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    Yup, you commence with theory...

    Yes, when I learned how to ride a bike, I clearly remember studying the theory of bicycle riding thoroughly, inside and out, before I rode my bike down the street.

    The same thing with my times tables. Theory, all theory!

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    Scuba
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    Yeah sure! You must have been home-schooled by an Amish family
    or a bunch of fundamentalist "preppers" who think that evolution is
    a theory. Of course, you know that North Korean and Muslim students
    are never taught theories of any kind.

    So nobody ever taught you that if your Scuba gear fails and you have
    to rise from a solid depth quickly, without decompression, it is the
    nitrogen bubbles forced into your blood-stream that causes the very
    dangerous "bends", they just said "Don't do it" and that was fine with
    you ?

    I suppose that you never read "The True Count Theorem"

    Something tells me that you may lack formal education.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ZenMaster_Flash View Post

    I suppose that you never read "The True Count Theorem"
    Good thing it wasn't Mathprof responding
    As a kid, I ignored the theorem, preferring to go straight to the practicum.

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