Blackjack what's a good book to learn how to count cards?

i've always been fascinated with card counting but never actually gave it a shot. can any of the peeps who are into blackjack recommend a good book that teaches you how to count cards like a pro? i mean the real deal, nitty gritty type stuff, including how to avoid getting busted by the all-seeing and all-knowing casinos.

 

You asked for it: "Card Counting" E-Book by "John Patrick"

There you might find what you are looking for.

I am not a BJ player but the author John Patrick is the one who made me a disciplined roulette player.

For recreational purposes only. P;lay at your own risk.

Nathan Detroit

 

You can have an overview of card counting in this topic:

 

The group of Professionals / Semi-Professionals that I played with back in the late 80's used 2 different counts -

For single and double deck games the preferred count was the Revere Point Count -
( 2 and 7 = +1 , 3 , 4, 5 and 6 = +2, 8 and 9 = 0, and all the 10 value cards and the Aces = -2 ) -

For multiple deck shoe games - 4, 6 and 8 deck games - the preferred count was the " Silver Fox / Green Fountain " count -
( 2 thru 7 = +1 , 8 = 0, 9, 10's and Aces = -1 )

Both counts were " balanced " counts - which means at the beginning and at the end of the pack your count should equal Zero -

If you counted correctly.

The RPC is explained in a book authored by Lawrence Revere, and the Green Fountain / Silver Fox count is explained in a book by Koko Ita.

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Amazon has a DVD -Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch. He was a member of the MIT team

It is discounted to $8.36. It is very well made with professional production.

It has all you need to know to start out.

 

thanks for the recommendations guys. i will check them out. i don't know if i have the discipline required to count cards (i'm easily distracted!), but i would like to give it a try.

 

I would also put in a vote on Beating Blackjack with Andy Bloch. Excellent video that really gives the basics of card counting, how to properly size the bets (that is something that gets noted by dealers and pit bosses) and other great information.

 

Mightymike, email me your address and I will send you two great BJ books free of charge.

 

Nothing by John Patrick should ever be purchased. The best current book IMHO is

"Blackjack Blueprint" by Rick Blaine. It's got a brand new edition available on Kindle.

Everyone should read
Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong
and
Blackjack Attack by Don Schlesinger.

 

That is funny, Mr. Detroit,

 

Just to give a background to Zengrifter. He came up with an amazingly good way to exploit one's edge at blackjack. He is an advantage-player that most blackjack experts respect.

 

I recommend two for starters -

Beat BJ Now by Frank Scoblete
Big Book of BJ by Arnold Snyder​

 

APPLY YOURSELF to the TASK at HAND !

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Here's an unsolicited citation that I am proud to have received -
> Grifter's Gambit Tactic in Scoblete's Beat BJ Now