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BIG BOOK OF BLACKJACK, 1st ED. (2005), BY ARNOLD SNYDER
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BIG BOOK OF BLACKJACK, 1st ED. (2005), BY ARNOLD SNYDER Table of Contents Introduction: Blackjack: The War for the Money SECTION I: THE MYSTERY HISTORY 1 The Long, Slow Birth of the Most Popular Casino Card Game in the World In the Beginning... Vingt Un Before the Beginning. . . Quinze, Like Blackjack with Bluffing If You Cut Quinze in Half . . . Still Bluffing And as for Insurance . . . But Before Quinze . . . Trente-Un, and a Sixteenth Century Card Sharp The Bone Ace Connection . . . where the Ace Equals One or Eleven Vingt-Un Makes a Splash in Europe Players Like to Make Decisions 2 Blackjack in the Wild West, or How 21 Became Blackjack House Rules Change the Game Forever Let the Games Begin . . . The First 21 Pro Was a Woman The Cheaters Thrived Canfield’s Prophecy Twenty-One Becomes “Blackjack” 3 Ed Thorp Versus the World The Real Story of Ed Thorp’s Attack on the Casinos Julian Braun on “System Smitty” Mickey MacDougall, the “Card Detective” Thorp’s Wins and Losses in his 1962 Test of Ten-Count John Scarne, “The World’s Foremost Expert on Gambling” The Scarne/MacDougall Feud Scarne Triumphs Enter Edward Oakley Thorp . . . Scarne to the Rescue! The Downfall of John Scarne Jacoby Claims the Credit! Meanwhile, Back at the “World’s Foremost Gambling Expert” The $100,000 Challenge Scarne’s Mysterious WWII “Ten-Card Count” Pamphlet 4 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! How Did It Get This Way? More Mathematicians Get Involved Beat the Dealer, Second Edition The Griffin Agency is Born Enter Lawrence Revere The Birth of “Team Play” in the 1970s Electronics Enter the Players’ Arsenal How Do You Use a Concealed Blackjack Computer? Enter Stanford Wong Did Ken Uston Betray His Mentor? 5 Big Boom on the Boardwalk The Cops versus the Robbers Atlantic City, Here We Come! The “Experiment” The Party’s Over Uston Continues His Media Hype An Expert Goes Down the Tubes The Inside Scoop on the Campione Case The Atlantic City Casinos Fight for the Rights of the Stupid 6 Indians, Riverboats, Lawsuits and Loot The Michigan Indians Lead the Way The Feds Put the Law on the Indians Side The Indian Casino Expansion Begins Bye-Bye Welfare, Hello, Wealth! The Danger of Crooked Games The Cowboys Challenge the Indians Fast Fun in Phoenix But More Casinos Open in Other States The Wackiness in Windsor: Hyland’s Team Arrested Options, Options, Options As the Industry Grew, so Did the Opportunities to Exploit It The New Game Protectors SECTION II: THE GAME, THE RULES, THE STRATEGIES 7 Playing the Game The Basic Structure and Object of the Game “Hard” Hands and “Soft” Hands Playing the Hands Card Handling Etiquette Insurance Hitting and Standing Busting Doubling Down Splitting, Resplitting, and Doubling After Splits Surrender No Hole Card Multi-Action The Dealer’s Hand Uncommon Rules, Bonuses, and Side-Bets 8 Playing the Game Right The Basic Strategy Why Basic Strategy Works . . . The “Odds” What is a Half-Percent Advantage in Dollars and Cents? How Basic Strategy Works . . . The Logic The False Logic Basic Strategy for Any Number of Decks Using the Basic Strategy Chart The Order of Decisions How to Practice Basic Strategy Simplified Basic Strategy Insurance? Never! (Well . . . Maybe Sometimes . . .) The Cost of Errors The Costliest Common Mistake 9 The Odd Truth about “Even Money” The Value of a Blackjack When the Dealer Has a 10 Up When the Dealer Has an Ace Up How the Casino Thinks of Even Money How the Professional Player Thinks of Even Money How Should You Think of Even Money? A True Story But Not All Mathematicians Are Dumb! 10 Meet the Cards Meet the Ace, the Player’s Strongest Ally When the Dealer Shows an Ace What the Ace Means to the Player’s Hand A Brief History of Aces Meet the 10, the Most Important Denomination Meet the 9, 8, and 7, the Invisible Cards Meet the 6, 5, and 4—the Cards from Hell Meet the 3 and 2—the Trouble Cards 11 How to Count Cards The Red Seven Count How to Practice Counting Cards The World’s Fastest Card Counter Setting Your Starting Count for Casino Play The Red Seven Betting Strategy Beating the Multiple-Deck Games The “Trip” Bankroll The “Total” Bankroll The Red Seven Playing Strategy Table Conditions Keep It Simple 12 Rules, Rules, Rules, and More Rules So Why All the New Rules? The Number of Decks in Play The Soft 17 Rule Doubling Down The Pair-Split Variations Surrender The General Rule on Rules The Good Rules The Great Rules The Alton Belle Massacre The Double Down Dilemma The Bad Rules The Miserable Rules The Non-Basic Rules Multi-Action The I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-Blackjack Games 13 How to Beat “Over/Under 13” A Brief History of Over/Under Some Sample Hands: The Over Count Values 14 How to Beat “Royal Match” A Bit of History But You Don’t Need to Count the Four Suits The Simple Royal Match System What’s It Worth? Nevada Casinos with One-Deck Royal Match Games 15 How to Beat “Super Sevens” Super Sevens Payout Schedule 16 How to Beat “Lucky Ladies” Lucky Ladies Two-Deck Pay Table Lucky Ladies Six-Deck Pay Table What’s it Worth? A Word About Those Damnable Flux Beware of the Big-Flux Bankroll Eaters! 17 How to Beat “Spanish 21” The Big Trick Simplified Spanish 21 Basic Strategy The Full Strategy So How Do You Beat Spanish 21? 18 How to Beat “Super Fun 21” The Big Trick Super Fun 21 Basic Strategy (Compared to the Traditional Game) Beating Super Fun 21 with the Red Seven Count Who Invented Super Fun 21? 19 How to Beat “Double Exposure” The Big Trick The Basic Theory The Simplified Basic Strategy The Red Seven Betting Strategy The Red Seven Playing Strategy Some Basic Strategy Practice Hands The Double Exposure Quiz Who Invented Double Exposure? 20 How to Beat “Blackjack Switch” The Gimmick The Big Trick The Rules of the Game The Switch Defining the Dealer’s Upcard Defining the Player’s Hands with the WLPC System Some Sample Hands The Two-Hand Set Power Ratings When Switching Does Not Change the Power Rating When to Switch a Chance/Chance for Another Chance/Chance When to Switch a Loser/Loser for Another Loser/Loser When to Switch a Winner/Winner for Another Winner/Winner When to Switch a Winner/Chance for Another Winner/Chance The Rules on Switching Blackjacks Blackjack Switch Quiz The Blackjack Switch Basic Strategy Beating Blackjack Switch with the Red Seven Count 21 How to Beat Those Weird California Games No House Bank How Much Does That Commission Cost? Target = 22 No Bust Wild Cards Dealer’s Options How Can the Average Player Beat the California Games? SECTION III: HAVING FUN IN A COMBAT ZONE 22 Like It or Not, You Are the Enemy Play versus Work, Us versus Them The Field of Battle The Customer is Always Suspect A Glossary of Surveillance Terms (with thanks to Cellini) Buzzards Squirrels Scorpions Headstones Peek Freaks Rat-Holers Sluggers Heat-Seekers Nursers Average Annual Salaries for Las Vegas Strip Casino Personnel Know Your Enemy: The Dealer Know Your Enemy: The Floor Person Know Your Enemy: The Pit Boss Know Your Enemy: The Shift Boss Know Your Enemy: The Casino Manager Know Your Enemy: The Surveillance Agent Know Your Enemy: The Security Guard 23 Winning is Dangerous Story #1 Story #2 The Moral Survival Tips How to Rat-Hole Chips “Barred” versus “Backed Off” But Isn’t Barring Illegal Discrimination? 24 Cheating? At Blackjack? Blackjack’s Sordid Past Why Cheat? What Will it Cost You? Payout “Errors” Three Simple Rules To Avoid Payout Errors Cheating in Single-Deck Games Dealing Seconds Four Simple Rules To Avoid Seconds Dealers Stacking a Blackjack Three Simple Rules To Avoid Blackjack Stackers Marked Cards Other Peeking Scams Preferential Shuffling Three Simple Steps To Avoid Preferential Shuffles Cheating in Multi-Deck Shoe Games The Short Shoe My Experience with Short Shoes Two Simple Rules To Avoid Being Short-Shoed Cutting the High Cards Out of Play What If the Dealer Cheats to Help You? What If You Suspect You’ve Been Cheated? 25 The Eye in the Sky The Important Things to Know About Surveillance Should You Be a Refusal? The Pros and the Cons Should You Get a Player’s Card? The Pros and the Cons Four Tips to Keep the Eye From Identifying You As a Pro 26 Team Play Why Form a Blackjack Team? Why Not Form a Blackjack Team? Guidelines for Forming a Team 27 Hole Cards, Devices, Shuffle Tracking, and Nevada-Style “Justice” Hole Card Play: Warps, Front Loaders, Spooks The Peek Freaks Win in a Nevada Court But “Video Front Loading” Gets the Shaft The Anti-Device Law is Tried and Found . . . Vague More Nevada Justice “Tell” Play Tested in a Reno Courtroom Shuffle Tracking SECTION IV: ODDS, ENDS, AND OTHER WEIRD STUFF 28 The Blackjack Hall of Fame Julian Braun Al Francesco Peter Griffin Tommy Hyland Lawrence Revere Max Rubin Arnold Snyder Keith Taft Edward O. Thorp Ken Uston Stanford Wong 29 Twenty-One Questions 30 Poetry (with apologies...) A Visit from St. Who? Aces The Charge of the Count Brigade Do Not Go Gentle Into That Back Room The Griffin Prowl 31 Blackjack Reality versus Blackjack Hype APPENDIX Comprehensive Basic Blackjack Strategy Spanish 21 Basic Strategy Super Fun 21 Basic Strategy Double Exposure Basic Strategy Blackjack Switch Basic Strategy Acknowledgments and References Index Back to Recommended Gambling Books Back to Blackjack Forum Online Home |
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