Kellen: Books to start with

[Kellen]

Hey, I'm a new player and would like some people to recommend some books to study. I am just overwhelmed with the various books out there and interested in starting to count, using the Hi lo system. Let me know

[Parker]

> Hey, I'm a new player and would like some
> people to recommend some books to study. I
> am just overwhelmed with the various books
> out there and interested in starting to
> count, using the Hi lo system. Let me know

Rather than repeat myself, I'll just direct you to the post I made a few days ago. Link below.

If you're using Hi-lo, Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong is a must-have. This is the definitive reference work on that counting system.

books

[Franz Joseph]

Arnold Snyder's Black Belt in Blackjack
Don Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack - advanced book
Peter Griffin's The Theory of Blackjack - advanced book, has great table for basic strategy for various numbers of decks
Ed Thorp's Beat the Dealer - outmoded, but this first book with a counting system is still valuable
Allan Wilson's The Casino Gambler's Guide - see comments on Thorp's book

Lawrence Revere's Playing Blackjack as a Business
outmoded, some incorrect advice, e.g. not to play at a table with bad players, and hatchet job on Hi-Opt systems
Lance Humble's and Carl Cooper's The World's Greatest Blackjack Book - Presents Hi-Opt I, which is NOT a betting system, notwithstanding the cover, humorous anectdotes, grossly overstates cheating, some bad advice, e.g. not to play against tough-looking dealers-this is blackjack, not extreme fighting
Ken Uston's Million Dollar Blackjack - Ignore his relative comparison of books by Stanford Wong and books by Stanley Roberts.
Stanford Wong's Basic Blackjack - basic strategy only, and for multi deck games with every different currently available rule variation except Spanish 21, which is not a good game.

Stay away from books by John Patrick, Jerry Paterson or John Scarne, and, from any book with an incorrect basic strategy.