Got my Blackjack Zone book yesterday

[Automatic Monkey]

Signed and dated, the date happened to be my 40th birthday. Almst prophetic, being the first BJ book I've ever read.

Interesting book- ideal for lending to friends and family members to explain exactly what it is we do out there. The next thing I need is a book to explain why it isn't generally fun. When I have a losing session and I tell a non-counter about it, they always say "Well at least you had fun, right?" No, I didn't have fun. It's only marginally fun when I win and it's no fun at all when I lose. I get cursed at, smoked at, occasionally asked to leave the casino, excessively tired and sometimes driven to eat or drink too much, all the while watching a week's pay fly away in 5 minutes. I only do it for the money.

 

[Shaggy18vw]

Amazed

Automatic,
I am amazed that The Blackjack Zone is the first blackjack book you have ever read. How did you learn counting without books? Was it solely the internet, or did you have a mentor of some sort? Just curious.

 

[Auotmatic Monkey]

Online & with software

There are plenty of references online, just reading the articles here, BJMath, etc. have enough information, but the most valuable tool is the Qfit software. I spend many hours working on simulations and that way you can get a good theoretical idea of how it works. And the rest is just sit down at the table and white-knuckle it until you're good at something, find out exactly what your good at and what your not, and modify it from there. I'm fortunate to be able to learn things that way.

 

[Shaggy18vw]

Glad to hear it.

I myself get all my specific info from the CVdata. Running the numbers is the best. The online articles are good as well. I suppose to each their own. I've put about 30 blackjack books under my belt. I don't use any for reference per se, I guess I just use them for inspiration when I am not on a trip. Unfortunately I am not able to play on a weekly basis so I fill in that spare time with reading about blackjack. I'm only able to do about 12 trips a year.