Play Blackjack Like the Pros

by Kevin Blackwood

On Sale: 03/29/2005

Play Blackjack Like the Pros

by Kevin Blackwood

On Sale: 03/29/2005

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About the Book

Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood shares his million-dollar winning strategies for mastering the odds and consistently beating the house at their own game.

Play Blackjack Like the Pros is the requisite introduction to the modern game of blackjack, including high and low stakes casino, shoe games (several decks shuffled together), online, and tournaments. Blackwood begins with the basic rules of play and then moves on to teach his proven card-counting method, broken-down into three levels: novice, recreational, and professional. He also covers camouflaging techniques (it's perfectly legal to count cards, but if the house catches you they will kick you out), money management, and team play. Blackwood includes many stories of his and other professionals' triumphs at the tables and keeps the highly technical language that bogs down most gaming books to an absolute minimum.

Play Blackjack Like the Pros is written in the style of Phil Hellmuth's Play Poker Like the Pros using easy-to-understand lessons that all levels of players can quickly benefit from.

  • Blackwood is one of the world's top card counters. He began with only a few hundred dollars and has won over a million playing blackjack. In Play Blackjack Like the Pros he demonstrates how to earn over $10,000 a month from just a few days work.
  • Blackjack is set to balloon in popularity. Ben Mezrich's book on the MIT card counting team Bringing Down the House was on the New York Times bestseller list for weeks and is being made into a movie staring Kevin Spacey. Blackjack Tournaments are growing in popularity with many of the top casinos offering large prize pools. Online Blackjack is currently a multi-million dollar industry. Blackwood keeps the highly technical language that bogs down most gaming books to an absolute minimum.
  • Foreword by Stanford Wong, author of Professional Blackjack and the master of modern card counting.

Critical Praise

“This is the most comprehensive book on card counting that I have ever read.” — MIT Mike, 2004 World Series of Blackjack Champion

“Play Blackjack Like the Pros is the perfect name for a book written by the consummate blackjack professional.” — Anthony Curtis, publisher Las Vegas Advisor

“This has everything you need to become a long term winner. Don’t play another hand until you read Blackwood’s book.” — Henry Tamburin, author of Take The Money & Run and publisher of Blackjack Insider Newsletter. Henry Tamburin, author of Take The Money & Run and publisher of Blackjack Insider Newsletter

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060731120
  • ISBN 10: 0060731125
  • Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
  • On Sale: 03/29/2005
  • Pages: 288
  • List Price:24.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : GAMES / Reference
  • BISAC2 : GAMES / Card Games / Blackjack
  • BISAC3 : GAMES / Card Games / Bridge
  • BISAC4 : GAMES / Gambling / Table

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