Bettie: Advantage Play for the Casino Executive by Bill Zender

[Bettie]

This is the info I was given by Bill regarding his new book, which will be available at the end of the month.

Bettie

Advantage Play for the Casino Executive
by Bill Zender

Introduction to Advantage Play
Blackjack: The Advantage Player?s Playground
?Hole Card Play
??Front loading
??Indexing
??Back loading
??Spooking
??First Basing
??Getting the hole card in the shoe game
?Shuffle Tracking
??Zone tracking
??Sequential tracking
??Key card tracking
?Key Card Location
??Location and steering technique
??Location during the riffle shuffle and during the cut
?Other Blackjack Techniques
??Dealer bends
??Reading dealer tells
??Sorts: playing card irregularities
??Correlation betting in card counting
Wheel Bias in Roulette
Advantage Play in Dice - Rhythm Rolling
Final thoughts about advantage play
?Getting the card information in peripheral card games
?Understanding full pay machines, club points, and comps
?Steps for solving problems in gaming

The book will be in 8.5? X 11? format, and will consist of approximately 170 pages with B&W pictures, diagrams, tables, appendix information, and references, with a recommended retail price of $28.00.

[ES]

Bill Zender is knowledgeable and not hostile to card counters. The price is very reasonable. I am curious as to his thoughts on advantage play at craps. I am somewhat skeptical as to whether a dice-setter can increase his probability of rolling a 7 (or any other total) sufficiently to overcome the house edge. I wish BZ would have included an update on card counting from his earlier book. Reserve a copy for me.

[Sun Runner]

.. why the ire for EJ? I know Bill Zender is a stand-up guy but why should Eliot not be givien the same chance?

[Don Schlesinger]

> .. why the ire for EJ? I know Bill Zender is a
> stand-up guy but why should Eliot not be givien the
> same chance?

You don't want to know.

Don

[Bettie]

> I wish
> BZ would have included an update on card counting from
> his earlier book. Reserve a copy for me.

He probably didn't want to render that book useless, so this way a person wanting all the info has to buy both books. Besides, since he markets these books primarily toward casino personnel, the less they know, the happier I am. I'm not at all eager for this book to come out, but you can bet I'll sell it so that we always know what the casino does.

His first batch of books is actually going to the World Gaming Protection Conference at the MGM next week, and he has a bunch of backorders from some casino personnel magazine that has been running parts of the book already. However, he has promised to call as soon as he has some for me, and seems to think that they'll be available at the end of the month. I'll let you know when I do!

Bettie

[Sun Runner]

> You don't want to know.

So my clamourning for him to be given a fair shake is mis-placed?

Uh-oh.

[ES]

Arnold Snyder's "The Big Book of Blackjack" was just released. It has an interesting history of the game. It covers Scarne vs. Thorp. Comprehensive basic strategy and Red 7 count are included. It has chapters on BS and Red 7 for Double Exposure, Super Fun 21 and Blackjack Switch. I like Snyder's caustic comments about the casinos. Don and "Blackjack Attack" are totally ignored. There is a chapter on the Blackjack Hall of Fame.

Also released: Snyder's "How to beat Internet Casinos and Poker Rooms"

[Bettie]

> Arnold Snyder's "The Big Book of Blackjack"
> was just released.

When was this? When I called Cardoza last week, they told me it was still with the author. Maybe they got it confused with another book?

Thanks,
Bettie

[ES]

I have it in my possession.

[Don Schlesinger]

> Comprehensive
> basic strategy ... included.

Wonder where he got that from? :-)

> Don and "Blackjack
> Attack" are totally ignored.

What a surprise!

> There is a chapter on the Blackjack Hall of Fame.

No, really? What a bigger surprise.

Don

[Don Schlesinger]

> I have it in my possession.

Lucky you.

Don