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Author Roy West's down-to-earth style makes for entertaining and informative lessons. If your goal is to learn 7-Card Stud, there is no better place to start. Whether you are brand new to poker or just seeking growth beyond your Hold'em / Omaha experience, this book will get you on the fast track to low-limit winning. By the time the reader has completed this book, he will have gained a superior understanding of the value and strength of the hand he his holding. For example, would you rather start T-J-Q off-suit or with a pair of 5's and an Ace kicker? Naturally, it depends greatly on the players at the table and the LIVE cards you are holding. West helps put all of these factors into perspective to help the beginner form reasonable conclusions as to where he stands.

There is a great section on 3rd-street decisions that help the beginner avoid making the most costly mistake of all - playing through 3rd-street and beyond when they never should have been in the hand in the first place. Armed with the knowledge from this book, I won about $100 per session in the first five $3-$6 stud sessions I ever played in a casino. This book is a perfect primer and prelude to David Sklansky's Seven-Card Stud for Advanced Players. Please note that West's book is specifically designed for lower limits, while Sklansky's is geared towards $30-$60 games (and up).

The information contained in this book is, quite literally, worth more than its weight in gold. It's been several years since I initially read it, but I do use it as a reference from time to time. I normally play $6-$12 and sometimes $15-30 these days. If I start running a bad streak it is to this book I return to help get me grounded again in the solid fundamentals. These days Roy West is a regular contributor to CardPlayer Magazine in column called "This and That About Poker." You can read his latest articles for free at CardPlayer's website, or pick up a free issue at your local card room. If you'd like to start playing winning low-limit 7-Card Stud, this book is a must.

This is my first book at 7 card stud.
The book had 42 lessons and it will improve your game at the low and medium level.

The language is very simple.
It will give you good understanding of the game.

Good buy.

I found this a great book to build a solid foundation for people getting into seven card stud. Written in a way that's easy to grasp, but contains a lot of important information for the up and coming player.

This is the first book I've read on 7 card stud, and I found it helpful for giving me the basic concepts. It's easy to read and you can get through it in a few hours. The concepts aren't particularly deep. It's in "42 lessons" although some of the "lessons" are less useful than others: Lesson 1, for instance, is one page that says "It takes the right 'stuff' to win at poker".

Things do get better, but I found the concepts a bit high level and could have done with much more illustration. There is one lesson (17) that has some examples of 3rd street hands but it's not enough.

For a book published in its present form in 2004, I would have expected to see some mention at least of internet play, but it is entirely focused on live play. In fact only on live play in Las Vegas - no information how to adapt to European card rooms for example.

Another ommission (and maybe this is to prevent confusion, as starting hands are quire different), is there is no mention of Hi-lo, which is quite popular these days.

The book encourages you to play in a "straightforward" way at these limits (medium and low)... however this means that it doesn't tell you how really good players play. I found the advice fairly sound in the $1/2 room (the second lowest) on PartyPoker, but anything above that and the players are far more aggressive and you'll probably start losing.

Importantly, there's little mention of how to vary your starting hand requirements depending on the size of the antes. This makes a big difference because for example on PartyPoker the antes are the same size on the $.5/1 tables as for $2/4 and you have to vary your play accordingly.

Editing is sloppy and I found quite a few glaring mistakes. For example in Lesson 8 it talks about an increase in antes from $1 to $3 and calls it a 300% increase (actually a 200% increase). And lesson 42 has 2 whole paragraphs from earlier in the chapter repeated at the end clearly by mistake.

Despite the ommissions and sloppy editing it does contain some good ideas and I'd recommend beginners read it. I haven't read any other books on the subject so I can't say if this is any better or worse. ;)

This is the must read book for novices on 7 card stud. Other poker authors have said this is the best poker book they have ever read. Roy West writes in an easy style and, most importantly, presents his material in a way that sticks. This is in sharp contrast to the Sklansky books that are so difficult to wade through. What a shame Roy West didn't write Sklansky's material for him! This book makes it fun to study 7 card stud. It's a no-brainer that it rates 5 stars.

The suggestions in this book could be used effectively at mini baccarat,if the casino does not burn a card after the end of every deal like they do at some asian casinos. Also, there is the shuffling machine barrier to deal with which is difficult to figure out.
You may have the best strategies but if the casinos do their very best to minimise card counters and people who shuffle spook then a totally different approach to the game is neccessary if you want to get a better fighting chance at the tables.

This was not at all worth buying. Worthless information. very very basic. Thought it would help my game but is full of nonsense. dont buy, save money.bad, bad, bad!!

This is by far the best of 3 books I've read on Baccarat. I find it hard to believe that another book would have any more to add. The counting system is difficult (to perform, not to understand) but mathematically viable.

Avoid John Patrick's book at all costs.

This is probably the best book on Baccarat, and I preciously keep my copy for reference. John May's mastery of all historical, social and quantitative aspects of the game is remarkable. My only complaint is that the author tends to get carried away when he suggests "winning" strategies. Don't expect to find a practical way of making money in this book: unfortunately, a baccarat deck is much more stable than a blackjack deck. Still, if someone ever finds a winning strategy for baccarat, he will probably have read this book.

Finally, a very minor point: there is a small mistake in the description of the rules of Baccarat Banque... although since Baccarat Banque is hardly ever played today it does not really matter.

I just want to say that John has a counting system in this book that is hard for the casino to beat. I have only been playing his system for about a week now and I am up about $1500 and I only started with about $200, I think with his system you can bet the casino over time, that is just my view, but I can tell you I have not been this lucky in all my life, I have been out to the casino 6 times and only lost once.

Thanks John :)

Jeff

My boyfriend wanted a book on the rules of different pool games because him and his buddies had many different rules to play various games. So I bought him this and they got to see who was right and who was wrong. It was the perfect gift for pool players. Very GOOD!

I have learned to play more than just straight 8-ball. This book has the rules for tons of other fun and easy games, including pictures.

WOW! I WISH I HAD THIS BOOK ON THANKSGIVING - IT SURE WOULD HAVE SAVED SOME TIME AND EVERYONE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO PLAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT ONE PERSON THAT SAYS, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT' OR 'POOL HASN'T BEEN PLAYED LIKE THAT IN YEARS", AND THEN -- WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU

Every bar, tavern, club and hall with a pool table (in the US) should have a copy of this on-hand. The horrendous inconsistence and outright ridiculousness of most local and house "rules", not to mention individual "rules", has made a sorry mess of recreational American pocket billiards. I can only hope that the REAL games of 8-ball, 9-ball, etc., become better known to amateur players over time, and that the bogus, corrupt, yokel variants of these games finally die off some day.

What's the point in selling an outdated copy? I'm looking for the latest version 2000 or 2001. So many rules have changed since 1998 that the copy your selling is almost useless to those of us that are billiard buffs and take the game seriously.

Not the most elequent writer I've ever read, but if your looking for the basics of Craps and some great strategy that will help you avoid losing and generate reasonable winnings...this is the book!

I have always been intimidated by craps because I knew NOTHING about it. I found this book very helpful in describing the odds and protocol. When I used the advice at the table, dealers talked to me as if I were a professional gambler, and by playing conservatively and consistantly, I won money at the table when everyone around me was losing. I love craps!

This book doesn't really have much of interest in it. For just a little bit more money you can buy "American Mensa Guide to Casino Gambling" which has a lot of good information.

John Patrick is dead on. I love this book because it explains a professional gambler's betting strategy and why in terms understood by a beginner. I knew very little about craps except that I liked the energy of the game. The book was great for explaining the types of bets and the pros & cons of each. The style was honest and very enjoyable. Do not expect to make the big hit with the methods in this book. The numerous small hits may not be as exciting but really add up.

I read the book, downloaded some casino software, and became disciplined with the strategies on my PC. Weeks later I went to Vegas to try my variation of Twenty Two Inside. At the end of the trip my small winnings and ultra-conservative style added up to $350 and I was (very very) lucky enough to take money from all seven casinos I played. I could sense that the macho players were mocking me when I stated 'Take Me Down'. Of course, a couple of rolls later the 7 popped up and they watched the dealer take their money. John was dead on about this too.

Mr. Patrick's book "Craps for the clueless" has allowed me to win at craps almost everytime I play.

Yes there has been days when I violated the rules he has layed down and went home a loser but usually under $100 bucks.

I just got back from Lake Tahoe and took them for $170.00 large. ha

Just learn the place bets of putting your money on 6 and 8. that is all you need. Of course a 2-way hard 6 is nice when you are winning and remember to give the bar babe at least a $5 dollar chip when she comes by with your drink, you cheap ass.
Ty

A group of students and researcher types are hanging out together and generally having a good time. They come up with a project, trying to beat casinos at roulette. After a long time spent on experiments and various methods, they manage to come up with one. It, of course involves various social techniques as well as the scientific ones to prevent them being booted out, as per usual. It is something that won't work today, though.

I'll admit it: I'm a geek, and the idea of a bunch of math geniuses using homebuilt computers to beat roulette is right up my alley. The plot does not disappoint, as an eccentric band of high-octane misfits create a commune motivated by discovery, innovation and greed.

Unfortunately, the author's style is often ham-handed, leaving the reader with the unsettling feeling that the story should have been told differently. For one thing, the plot follows the project's timeline with mind-numbing accuracy. It's okay for journalism, but it leaves many of the juiciest details buried amongst mundane activities. In addition, the pacing does not change, giving the book a feel of bloodless efficiency rather than real passion or excitement.

A few years ago I read Paul Hoffman's "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers," the excellent biography of mathemetician Paul Erdos. The whole way through "Eudamonic Pie" I found myself wishing that Thomas Bass had emulated Hoffman's engaging intertwining of Erdos' life, the history of math and the obscure culture and argot of top mathemeticians. Instead, I found this book to be an interesting plot bogged down by a flat and lifeless style.

Sort of like Leonard Nimoy singing "Proud Mary."

What this team set out to do was only possible to get away with during a very narrow window in history. Sharp analytical and electronic skills at the dawn of the microelectronic age made it possible, and at a time when casinos weren't paying much attention to the threat posed by this emerging technology. Those days are gone forever. The casinos finally wised up around 1983.

Bass has done a great job of telling the story of how a couple of physics postgraduate students and their friends develop tiny computers controlled by toe switches enable them to achieve an edge over the casino at roulette.

This was particularly poignant for me, because I independently developed similar wheel-clocking methods and verified a 26% advantage over the house on a rented casino quality roulette wheel in 1976. The 'device law', which Nevada passed in the early 80's in response to people attempting to use technology to sack their coffers, largely put an end to concealed computers in casinos. Those to whom a felony rap is no deterrent are presumably still at it, using extremely advanced and difficult-to-detect hardware.

Bass' story is a fascinating read and highly reccommended.

- Love this story! There is some validity in the reviews that critique the pace/style of the writing. However, I read it back in the early 90s, and the fact that it is still a vivid recollection counts for something. The advantage of time passage in analysis is better context and objectivity. Of course the disadvantage is that the details are not fresh. Probably I have forgotten minor irritations with style, while the strongly positive impression lingers. I do not give 5 stars lightly; though in this case the rating is more for the intrinsic wonder of the tale more than the technical adeptness in the telling.

- The story is ultimately not about the goal, not about winning or losing or beating the house. Its really about the journeying. A unique shared human experience of some ordinary yet extraordinary people in ordinary yet extraordinary times. The ordinary draws the reader in with a continual reminder that it's a true story, magnifying the extraordinary nature of events. Somehow I found it intensely compelling to follow the characters and realize that in the same month I was, say, starting a newspaper route or trying to make the varsity soccer team, these offbeat-yet-practical, idealistic-yet-enterprising, brilliant-yet-sidetracked, anachronistic hippie-tinged grad students were mathematically modeling a roulette table in their central california bungalow or troubleshooting a shock-giving computer taped to their body in a casino bathroom hoping security won't find them out. Its a human story because its about about creativity, determination, curiosity, fear, motivation, joy, friendship and pain. Its a techno-geek-as-hero story as they blaze trails at the forefront of computer technology before you could even think about buying a TRS-80, much less a Commodore 64. I think Azeel's review quite accurately hints at a successful fusion of eclectic but fascinating elements.

- Is the book too long? Should the pace be quicker? Perhaps, but the bottom line is it works. Some other stories may be generally comparable as far as being in the category of true story of a group on some venture (e.g. Fullness of Wings by Dorsey) but Eudaemonic Pie is different than anything else I've read. Partially this is because the slice of time and place in the silicon valley spanning the era of post Vietnam-disco-hostage crisis-Reaganomics is different. It's not for everyone, if you don't give it a try you may miss out on a flavor not to be served anywhere else.

hey if you want to read a well written book look somewhere else. I managed to finish this book because I kept in near my bed and it got me to sleep faster. Well not sure how this author got published but you can read the book for yourself if you want to fin d out. If you know what this book is about already then there's really no point in actually reading it. You certainly won't gain any insight into physics or science, the writing only skims the surface and does keeps it relativelly bland. Kindof of like a science fiction movie with computers that flash a bunch of images on computer screens for effects without actually attempting to penetrate the actual science of it all. I could go on and on, but that's what the book already did.

Enlightening book on why even though you are a winner in the long run your short term fluctuations can be so large. Great section on bankroll requirements.

I have many books that tell me "what" to do. This is the only one that really explains "why" to do it. While not always easy reading, there are amazing and valuable lessons in here. The topics apply directly to poker but also to Life.

This book helped me incredibly understand the odds and help beat the casino at their games. I recommend it.

When this book came out it garnered a lot of respect within the poker world. Even today his section on the standard deviation and it's importance to poker players understanding how good or bad they can run just as a function of luck as well as "non-self weighting poker ideas" are still considered required reading by many players..

Unfortunately, much of the rest of the book is outdated and of little use to today's players: He discusses lowball and jacks or better draw, he discusses "bingo", he talks about the "new games" of PaiGow and Pan 9. This book is almost 19 years old now much of the original text is outdated or obsolete. Another section that seems a bit suspect is his discussion of tournaments. Although it contains some interesting mathematical ideas, it seems of little use in the "real" world of tournament poker. The fact that Malmouth chooses not to play in tournaments has stirred controversy over the years from those whose primary involvement in poker is tournaments. This text( with the noted exceptions in paragraph one) is in need of an overhaul in my opinion and is not much more than an interesting philosophical or theoretical overview of gambling.

One other section that is actually of value is his review of many of the popular gambling and poker titles by other writers. A number of players I have talked with like this section the best as it gives them direction in their book reading and book buying decisions.

The book gives a understanding of how gamling works. It explains the fluctation that create illusions among players. Illusions about how good they are, what card that makes a profit. If you want to be a serious poker player, this book gives you a fundamental understanding that you fail to find in other poker books.

This is the best horse racing book ever! I went to the Derby last year and won over $150,000 using the pointers described in this book! Since then I've quit my day job and now travel the country implementing the very techniques in this book. It's amazing! I never thought that two hours reading time would turn in to a fortune! I thought it would take years to learn to play the horses, it only took two hours! Highly recomended read, it will change your life!

I read the book in about 1-1/2 hours two nights ago. The author is not a skilled writer. Like a lot of horse racing books, he repeats certain information far too much. The book is also small and thin (starts on page 11 and ends on page 82 with blank and significantly less than full pages between. I will not agree with the author with respect to Martingale betting and in over simplifications regarding professional, rational and irrational bettors. The book appears to have been written over a two week period in November 2004.

I think there are some reasonable points raised with respect to ideas such as wagering on Belmont Stakes (bettors caught up in hype), types of races to look for (e.g. 3+ yo vs. 2 & 3 yo), and strategies for certain types of races (e.g. MCl and MSW races). Many books I have read advocate avoiding horses higher than 5:1, but the author has some ideas for higher odds horses (not tried). He also tries to tie the ideas together at the end.

If you play the horses regularly you'll want to keep the insights of Handicapping The Wall Street Way: Picking Extra Winners At The Track close at hand: it's a slim handbook but packed with insights analyzing the betting market, the psychology involved, strategies for successful horseplaying at the track, and developing an effective personal risk profile to hone risk and skills. A very basic, excellent introduction to handicapping horse races!

This book is a beautiful blend of both stock market and handicapping theory. Mark Ripple has the double fortune of an advanced knowledge of both and it shows in "Handicapping the Wall Street Way." He takes the time to explain how to win certain races, and utilize strategies that he developed. I found that extremely helpful. He picked Pleasant Home at 30-1 to win the Distaff on Breeder's Cup day (not in the book; a Las Vegas radio show) and gosh, that was amazing in it of itself. There is a great section on exactas as well. This book pieces a lot of things together for me, and that is the point I am trying to make. Previous handicapping books were fine, but when you tie this one in, you will soon see that past, present, and future books (even this one) are not meant to stand alone, and that one really needs a library of them.

After reading about this handicapping book in an interview Mark E. Ripple did for CBS Marketwatch.com shortly before the Kentucky Derby, I bought it, and was able to coax my friends into making a few online racing bets. The results were fantastic! In that interview, Amy Hoak called Mark Ripple an expert, and I will agree that he certainly is an expert teacher.

Handicapping the Wall Street Way is a very well-written, easy to understand book for novice horseplayers like me. Another one of my friends, who I would consider an intermediate to advanced player herself, said that she could relate to the stock market, financial aspect of it, and it changed the way she thinks about certain types of bets. I have a financial background, and I'd wager that I will start to rethink some of my investment plays as well.

I wasted a lot of money on a lot of handicapping books, and I can honestly say that for $12.95, this is by far the Handicapping the Wall Street Way: Picking Xtra Winners at the Track.

For a variety of reasons, we felt this book was a waste of money. First, fifty pages of the 85-page book is taken up with lottery tables up to 2005. It did not provide any new information and it is mathematically flawed.

If we had read all of the post-review comments before buying the book, we would not have purchased it but we based our decision on the apparent good reviews. If you look closely, one of the five-star reviews is by the author himself.

If you still feel drawn to buy this book, then go for it. We were not happy with it and felt it was not worth the money but that does not mean you will be unhappy with it. It may very well be the book that changes your life through a significant lottery win. The method may never work for anyone else, but if you win the jackpot with the methods provided, it doesn't matter what anyone else's experience of it is, or even what anyone else thinks. We recommend that you look at all the post-review comments before you make your decision.

It's no secret that actually winning a lottery jackpot is a long shot...But anyone who follows this mathematically-flawed method of number selection and partial wheeling is virtually guaranteed to NEVER win a lottery jackpot, just like its author. By selecting your 6 numbers (in a std 6/49 lotto) from some combination of the author's 9 number groups, he claims that you can lower the odds of winning the jackpot from nearly 14 million/1 down to 210/1. Is there really a need to go any further with this?

EVERYONE has to pick 6 numbers from a drawing pool of 49 numbers. How you decide to pick your 6 numbers has absolutely NO EFFECT on your odds of winning the jackpot in a random drawing...[...]

I recommend this lotto book to every one who is interested in winning every lotto game.

02 July, 2008, tonight's Lotto winning numbers were, 3, 4, 12, 23, 30, 31
Or, in my method

3= 03-12-30
4= 04-31
5= 23

I hope someone with my book used them, because my book is written to give others the chance to win PRIZES, including the Jackpot. For tonight's Draw I had used 7,8,9 numbers for my Lotto lines. Oooops!

Lotto Draw 11 June, 2008
The winning numbers were > 01-08-22-28-35-44 >>> Or, in my method >>>

1 = 01-28
4 = 04
8 = 08-35-44


On the Euro Millions Draw for 27 June, 2008, all 5 winning numbers came from 3 numbers in my Method, with £46,162,270, or, some $92 MILLIONS jackpot prize on offer, if you had 5 and 7 as your Star Numbers.

There was just ONE Spanish Winner. May be he/she used my Method from the Spanish version of my book. It is translated in French as well.

2 = 20
5 = 05-50
8 = 26-44


Mega Millions winning numbers for 5/2/20008, with $100 MILLION jackpot on offer, the 5 winning numbers were >>>

8-28-37-53-55 with Mega Ball 26

In my method, these numbers are >>

1 = 28-37-55
8 = 08-53 and (26) Mega Ball

Number 1 and 8, make just 13 numbers in total among the 56 numbers on Mega Millions


Again, in only the previous Mega Million Draw on 4/29/2008, with $85 Millions top prize, these were the winning numbers >>

19-24-35-44-51, and Mega Ball was 26

Or,

1 = 19
6 = 24-51
8 = 35-44 and (26) Mega Ball


They make just 19 numbers in total, and, I hope you will agree that with millions of people playing the lotto in the USA, there would be untold number of people who would pick their selections from numbers 1, 6 and 8, if my methods was known to them all.
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Please, don't let any ignorant fool tell you that picking your selections from 13 or 19 SPECIFIC numbers as in the above two latest Mega Millions WINNING numbers example is no better than picking your numbers randomly from 56 numbers.

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I have been testing this system on paper for the past few weeks and it really works. I was already interested in numerology and this system works on that concept. If I had actually played two of the combinations in NY's Pick 10, I would have won a jackpot prize. However, as with all systems, you have to pick the right combination on the right day. I generally find that I have more luck on one of my lucky days, a day equal to a 5 or 6. [...]

Really did enjoy this book and will refer to it again and again to re-inforce some of the material in here. Very sound advice and the content is easily grasped. My only criticism (and it's a minor issue) is that some of the topics aren't covered in deep enough detail (IMO) i.e. Some of the topics are written in 2-3 paragraphs when I felt they needed a little more in depth coverage on them.

That aside, it's a good read and useful resource in a genre where quality is hard to come by.

I agree as many of the other reviews before. That's it's a good book for beginners in sports betting. The math is quite simple to understand. If you never done sports betting and want to learn more about how to calculate EV and to understand how sports betting is working, this is the book for you.

The book gives the basics, but some are questionable. The author needs to move into the 21st century and realise that Vegas is a shadow and online books are the way to go. How many readers will interested in hearing about the heat in Nevada? He needed to tackle this from an online perspective, as this is how most people bet.

There is no talk of College football or hoops, nor is the NBA regular season mentioned

Also, the author does not understand efficient markets and fails to realise that the more a market is efficient, the harder it is to beat

Can a book be too good? First, you must decide what is meant by "good" . . . Deep insight to some, is inscrutable for others. I've run a major sports betting website for many years, and what is undebatable is that the average fan is looking for guidelines, rather than a complicated forumla. But if you are looking to dig deeper, this book offers valuable insight.

This book is easily worth the 14 dollar investment. I gave this book 4 stars as I was primarily looking for handicapping ideas or methods whereas the book excels in providing "betting" advice which he has learned through the use of his extensive databases.

The book is essential reading if one is new to sports gambling and has not read Stanford Wong's "Sharp Sports Betting". It is especially nice that King Yao provides the reader with information such as fair betting lines for firts half (4.5 innings) baseball lines, as well as fair first half NFL lines corresponding to a full game line.

Overall, very good book and easily worth the money

In his article "Splitting Tens," Tamburin explains the down side of splitting 10s by stating that, with a 1 dollar original bet, "In 100 tries I expect to win two dollars 64% of the time and lose two dollars 36% of the time and thus be ahead $56 ($128-$72). This is a net expectation of 56 cents per hand." Let's look at this. If we win $2 64% of the time, and lose $2 36% of the time, this means that we will either win or lose $2 100% of the time. What if we push on both hands? Impossible by these odds. What if we win one hand and lose the other? Equally impossible. Win one, push the other? Lose one, push the other? You guessed it. Both impossible! The numbers don't add up.

Tamburin gives you the three steps (The Play, The Betting & The Card Count) necessary to win. He also gives you the easier approach and the better, harder approach. Explanation of the true count calculation was harder than it should have been, but otherwise an excellent book. Has greatly improved my game. I now win more than I lose.

Fantastic book!. Since I've bought it, I have stepped away from a Casino, always as a winner. I am not a proffesional gambler, but I love to win some extra money when I visit a Casino. I am looking forward to buy the rest of Mr. Tamburin's books. He deserves it.

I bought this book on in an airport and enjoyed it. I got me interested in learning how to play blackjack correctly, so, in that sense, it was great. It's relatively clear and geared toward the beginner. The mathematical focus of some sections made the strategies more easy to understand. The problem with this book, however, is that it sometimes rejects the correct play. If you are ahead in the count, keep playing. Leaving the table, even when you're losing, basically amounts to wasting all the effort you put into counting. Also, streak betting is just plain superstition. If you can count, this information is more valuable than the tendancy for streaks to indicate a favorable count. Finally, If somebody at the table doesn't make the correct plays, you don't have to leave. It is just as likely to help as to hurt you. It was ok, but I'm sure there are better books than this.

Having never played blackjack at a casino I found this book highly informative and reader friendly. The author is very specific in his presentation of statistical analysis of the game and presents a plausible method for winning this game. However, the authors insitance that one leave the casino when they reach a certain level of winnings is clearly a gamblers fallacy and leads me to question the accuracy of his stated statistics. The truth is that the statistics should never vary according to an individual player's win or loss streak. A 65% probability is a 65% probability. The author claims to feel better when he leaves a winner. How bizarre this seems for a man who claims to be a "professional" gambler.

His proposition is that somehow taking a break from the game increases one's odds of winning. Nothing could be futher from statistical truth. If in fact as he states that card counting gives a player a 1-2% edge then logic dictates that playing continuosly is the way to maximiz one's profits.

One must test his propositions in order to feel comfortable using these card counting strategies.