This is why I dont buy anything. The guy asks what is the best book, singular noun. He gets a list of 50 books. Kudos to the people who only contributed one book to the list, instead of 8.
0 out of 3 members found this post helpful. Don't bother, I already know.
Last edited by Boz; 02-19-2013 at 10:11 AM.
Oh bullhickey. He received several suggestions, all of which of merit, for which he can now weigh what was said about each (and who said it}, and how many times it was recommended. He can look for the most inexpensive ones, often times available for a couple of bucks. All of this should take him all of 10 minutes online.
Obviously there's not going to be a single correct answer, he solicited suggestions - he received suggestions. He is better off for it.
And in the meantime, he has also received several recommendations for an immensely helpful FREE book that he likely didn't know existed and would serve him well. A free resource that you railed on about as being stupid (after just reading the table of contents) when you first showed up, despite the fact it carried direct and easy-to-find answers to a question you begged other members for in a previous thread.
"I did it for me..... I liked it. I was good at it...and I was...really...I was alive..."
Indeed! What makes "Blackjack Blueprint" so appealing to me is that it contains photographies illustrating complex strategies such as Shuffle Tracking and Ace Sequencing, rather than only presenting them in text form. This is very rare among blackjack books.Originally Posted by Halbruno
My "current library" in order of appearance:
Playing BJ as a Business/Revere/reprinted1994
Knock-out Blackjack/Vancura-Fuchs/reprinted 1995
Professional Blackjack/Wong 1994 edition
Blackjack Attack/Schlesinger/3rd edition, Rev. 2005
Blackjack Secrets/Wong 1998
Color of Blackjack/Dravot/rev. 2009
Blackbelt in Blackjack/Snyder/3rd printing 2005
Don't bother with "Take the Money and Run"/Tamburin and the other silly book that features the "Speed Count".
Gotta go, got a cookbook I gotta read LOL
Last edited by metronome; 05-03-2013 at 05:25 PM. Reason: Forgot BJ attack !!!!
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Mine may not be the best blackjack book from a purely educational perspective, but it sure is a hoot! If you send me your mailing address via private message, I'll send you a copy. Same thing goes for the first five of you who respond via private message.
Glen Wiggy
Author of "1536 Free Waters and Other Blackjack Endeavors--Finding Profit and Humor in Card-Counting"
I'm going to add "The Blackjack Life" to the list.
It covers a different part of the Game that i feel is more important than the math.
What good is the math if you can't use it?
We need the math so don't go getting nuts on me but this book teaches how to stay in the Game.
Plus it's a great story and Fun to read.
Personally i don't think one book is enough.
Knowledge is Power and to us Money so why not learn as much as you can?
Last edited by njrich; 05-03-2013 at 09:48 PM.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
So I remember being a beginner (but that doesn't mean I now consider myself an expert) and finding myself a little tired of all the memorizing and the over and over the same things. The constant drilling trying to make everything a reflex instead of something I had to think about. I really liked everyone's suggestions as I already own most of these book titles myself but sometimes you need a little motivation to keep going and I thought a great book for every beginner was "Blackjack Life".
Blackjack Life wasn't written as an instruction manual, even though I did get a couple helpful hints out of it, but rather as a reminder to keep going because it will pay off. It also let me know not get to anxious about heading to the casino to try things out before I was ready. You and I both know that this can be one of the most expensive mistakes a beginner can make which all by itself can be worth the twenty bucks (or whatever) the book cost.
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