Blackjack cardcounting books

[Senacchrib]

How is comp. worthwhile if you need to use it at the casino? If I had my choice I would never buy anything at the casino.

Thank you for the advice about Wong's. I think I will go and pick up one of those other books right away. The charts of Wong's are very tedious to read, and HiLo is extremely easy in concept, but in execution is quite difficult. Which count will benefit me more in the long run, KO, Zen, or that other one? I feel like an idiot now for shelling out 20 bucks for Wongs.

 

[zengrifter]

How is comp. worthwhile if you need to use it at the casino? If I had my choice I would never buy anything at the casino.

Thank you for the advice about Wong's. I think I will go and pick up one of those other books right away. The charts of Wong's are very tedious to read, and HiLo is extremely easy in concept, but in execution is quite difficult. Which count will benefit me more in the long run, KO, Zen, or that other one? I feel like an idiot now for shelling out 20 bucks for Wongs.

Yes, exactly - never buy anything at the casino - get everything for free. If you travel to a casino zone like Vegas, etc., free rooms and food come in handy. I estimate that comps are 15-20% of my card-counting profit.

ZEN is the strongest, but not by much.

The other three are equal to Wong's HiLo but easier. KO and Red7 are the easiest BECAUSE they don't require a "true-count" adjustment, they are based on a different principal and all betting and playing decisions are strictly based on the 'running-count'.

HiLoLite is the same count as HiLo but the chart is simpler, without losing any performance. zg

 

[tck]

Wong's Pro BJ is a definitive text on counting... BUT its a bit dated as to tactics... AND it has TOO MANY CHARTS AND DIFFERENT SETS OF INDICES. A newbie will tend to be confused by it.

So its very good, but DON'T LEARN THE CHARTS - Learn KO, or in Blackbelt learn Red7 or HiLoLite (or ZEN) - make your decision after you've read all three. zg

I am using (partially) only one summary chart from the book, and the most useful bit of info, as often mentioned here, is that bet variation accounts for 87% of gains (strategy variation only 13%)