| The World Greatest Blackjack Book |  | Author: Lance Humble
Publisher: Main Street Books
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0385153821
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.42
EAN: 9780385153829
ASIN: 0385153821
Publication Date: March 17, 1987
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Now, for the first time, the most comprehensive guide to blackjack ever written is available as a trade paperback.
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 A college course March 8, 2009
M. Gaskey (Indianapolis)
I've had a copy of this book since 1992 when riverboats first began operating in Illinois. While a bit dated at this point it is still a worthwhile read. The counting system it recommends is efficient but the real value(s) it brings to the table are: 1) the overall discussion of the game and the environments where the game is played, 2) the references to other worthwhile sources. I would purchase it again if I ever lost my current copy and would pick up a Kindle version if one became available. I highly recommend it.
 Good book March 8, 2007
jipPro
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gook book to read on BJ. I hope everyone knows that you cannot make a professional living playing BJ in this country by counting cards. Go checkout blackjack forums first. Again, you cannot make money consistently by counting cards. It's a myth spread by the casinos, not the players. However, you will have an edge, ever slight. BJ should be played recreationally to get as much comps as possible without losing money. At least that's my goal.
 Good basic starategy book. September 29, 2005
Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Lance Humble and Clark Cooper, The World's Greatest Blackjack Book (revised edition) (Broadway Books, 1980)
The problem with the classic in the genre, Edward Thorp's Beat the Dealer, is that it's simply too complex for English majors like me to figure out. If you don't have a head for numbers, trying to put Thorp's work into practice is liable to send you to the nuthatch for long stretches of time. Humble and Cooper, after a good deal of expository prose (most of which is long, long out of date-- much of it, they surmise at various times, was probably out of date by the time the book rolled off the press), introduce first a basic non-counting system, then build on that to introduce the Hi-Opt (High Optimization) counting system. As it's a gradual process, it's already easier for boneheads like me to make sense out of. It does get complicated towards the end, of course, but as you're learning it in steps, things certainly seem a good deal easier. Besides, the big fad these days is Texas Hold 'Em, so you might actually be able to find a seat at the blackjack tables for once (or, better yet, at a no-dealer game administered by machine, where you can range your bets without a pit boss getting after you). The expository prose may be outdated, but the system is a "now more than ever" kind of thing. *** ½
A great first book July 8, 2005
John Salerno (Houston, TX, USA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is the type of book that, if I were to look at it now after having learned a lot about blackjack, I would probably consider one of the "dumb" or "mainstream" books that try to convince you there's a system you can use to beat roulette. I think the title might help lend it this idea as well.
But in reality this is the book that started it all for me. I don't know why I chose it first, but I learned *everything* about blackjack from this book, except for advanced card-counting techniques (which are here as well, but I chose to learn a simpler system, the KO Count). This book does an excellent job of describing the game for those who are new to it, and it presents Basic Strategy very clearly and concisely. I still refer to it to refresh my memory every time I go to a casino. In a lot of ways it really is one of the greatest books, at least in my experience.
This book is a worth while read but... September 19, 2004
hard_wired
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was the first book I read on blackjack and overall it provided a thorough description of how to play the game, outlined basic strategy using tables and desciptions, and a coherent explanation of Hi-opt1 counting strategy. What it didn't do is provide sound reasoning for using the hi-opt1 counting system over the more common, and in my opinion simpler, braun method. The book also fell short in how it explains betting correlation. It gave a textual description of how to do it with a few short paragraphs but then spent most of a chapter discussing how to mask your bets. The emphasis on betting correlation seemed to get lost among a lot of "covert ops" to disguise your card counting. Many of these secret methods are useless until you actually learn how to correlate your bets anyway.
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