Playing Blackjack As a Business: A Professional Player's Approach to the Game of "21
Author: Lawrence Revere
List Price: $25.00
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ISBN: 073510090X
Publisher: Replica Books (March, 1999)
Sales Rank: 299,773
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
the best card counter's guide ever written
If the reviews I read are accurate do not buy the republished version [Amazon should love this]; find an older one when it was published by Lyle Stuart. Then you have the benefit of the color charts. Be aware that the man who published under the name Lawrence Revere died of cancer in the late 1970s. But he did write the best tutorial ever on how to beat the twenty-one game by card counting. Revere was a fanatic who believed in study and practice. He first published in 1968, and didn't bother to copyright his writing till the following year. It was, I believe, John Luckman, former dealer at the Dunes and founder of the Gambler's Book Club, who urged him to protect his work. Careful reading of Revere's _Playing Blackjack as a Business_ and of Thorp's _Beat the Dealer_ (both the 1962 and 1966 editions) will teach more about the game than all the other writings combined. For anyone planning to make serious money at blackjack, it would be a mistake not to own and study these three books. The only worthwhile active contributor to blackjack literature writes under the name Stanford Wong. I recommend his software for generating decision tables. Other works I can recommend are the late Peter Griffin's _Theory of Blackjack_ and the late Ken Uston's _Million Dollar Blackjack_. And if you can find a copy (you almost certainly can't) read Dr. Alan Wilson's long out-of-print _Casino Gamblers Guide_ to learn the history of the game and the digital and empirical pioneers who first analysed it. All other writing on twenty-one is eyewash.
Rating: 5 out of 5
best of the best
I found this book to be a wonderful challenge. It covers every possible hand to your strategic advantage, and proves the game can be won if you are willing to put in the work needed to learn and practice. This book is still a present day authority on how to beat the game! My soft cover is in color! My condolences to the last reviewer. I have read many books and this is one of the best, no doubt.
Rating: 1 out of 5
The Charts Are Not in Color!
In the section titled "A Word on the Construction and Format of this Book" the first sentence reads as follows:"This book contains 70 charts, 36 of which are in color."
Well, none of the charts in the book are in color. A big disappointment giving the high price of the book.
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