Mensa Guide to Blackjack

by Joshua Hornik

These are the smartest, simplest, most solid strategies for winning blackjack ever--even a total novice can bet on it. Hornik belongs to a group of professionals who prove their talents at the table every day (MIT blackjack team), and he knows the system for coming out on top. It's all about counting the cards--do it right and the odds are on your side. He explains blackjack's rules and basic tactics, how to do the actual card counting, and how to use the information the numbers reveal to make the right bets. Back-counting, comps and heat, shuffle tracking, ace tracking, and playing with a team--it's all covered.

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Burning the Tables in Las Vegas

by Ian Andersen

This is the long-awaited sequel to the author's best selling (out of print) classic, Turning the Tables on Las Vegas. With a quarter century's worth of experiences in high-stakes gambling, Andersen here forges a blueprint for success in blackjack, poker and other games of life. He addresses virtually every aspect of blackjack advantage play: game selection, longevity, tipping, employee relations, guises, disguises, false identification, credit, comps, risk, heat, dress, demeanor and even diet. Peppered with anecdotes and stories, the book takes you on a vicarious journey into the rarefied realm of the blackjack pro and shows you what it takes to be one.

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Blackjack Training Software

ACE - Advanced Count Explorer

for $19.99

An effective tool that transforms user-input, count-specific simulation statistics into accurate, conclusive data. ACE by Carl Ursini quickly determines figures such as: Risk of Ruin, fractional Kelly optimality calculations, desirability indices, and short-term/trip statistics, just to name a few. Alter the numerous input variables to analyze the diverse effects on your results. A powerful utility program for the serious blackjack player.

Blackjack 6-7-8 by StickySoft

for $39.95

An excellent tool for the beginning blackjack player or card counter, Blackjack 6-7-8 introduces basic strategy, counting, betting, bankroll and strategy indexes. It's an excellent practice tool, but it can also run high-speed simulations of win rates, risk of ruin and more, develop playing strategies for various rules and rank count indexes in count index playing strategies for the intermediate and expert player.

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Blackjack Trainer

for $75

ConJelCo's Blackjack Trainer is a program that teaches professional blackjack play. It is fully configurable, as you can set any number of blackjack rules, number of decks used, and playing and betting strategies. Blackjack Trainer is great for practicing play, provides extensive strategy drills, and has high-speed simulation capability.

Cheating at Blackjack (CAB) 2000

for $47.95

Dustin Marks, author of Cheating at Blackjack and Cheating at Blackjack Squared, is back with a vengeance. CAB 2000 explores the secret world of Blackjack cheating like never before. Using witty text, crystal clear color photos, animations, and razor sharp video clips, this CD-ROM explains and shows 59 different cheating moves like nothing before in the history of gambling literature. CAB 2000 provides hours of entertainment by taking advantage of all multimedia capabilities: sound, animation, video, hidden mouseovers and more. CAB 2000 contains interviews with some of the biggest names in Blackjack and others whose livelihood depends on secrecy.

Hit or Stand

for $Free

Hit or Stand is a free online blackjack game and trainer that teaches you blackjack strategy while you play. The goal of the game is to make a high percentage of correct moves, not to earn money. You can also play against other players and try to become the high scorer for the day.
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Shuffle Trak 2000

for $75.00

Mesa Verde Software Systems. The only software on the market that allows you to practice against most casino shuffles in the world. Define all types of casino shuffles. Zone, riffle & restack, stepladder, multiple pile criss-cross, multi-pass. Allows multi break cutoff plugs. Define, Map and Practice all in one package. If you have ever wondered where those cards go after they're shuffled and how they got there, this is the software that gets the job done. Acclaimed by industry experts nationwide. Windows.

Tournament Blackjack

for $46.95

Stanford Wong. Practice blackjack tournaments. Several players can compete against one another, or you can practice by yourself. Choose the tournament format, blackjack rules, number of players, skill levels. Simulation feature to analyze a specific scenario. Windows.