Blackjack: A Winners Handbook

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From the Publisher
Winning Strategy And Vital Information ---
New For The Twenty-First Century

Blackjack is one of the simplest--and most challenging--games for today's gambler. In this completely revised and updated edition of the classic guide, Jerry L. Patterson, author and gambling expert, shares winning strategies that can help you beat the odds--whether you're a beginner or seasoned pro.

Packed with new information and tried-and-true strategies, this book gives you everything you need to know to find the winning edge--from card counting to playing at Internet casinos.

From the Author
This 2001 edition is the fifth edition of a book that was first published in 1978. The book, having sold over 250,000 copies, has established itself as a blackjack classic.

About the Author
Jerry Patterson has a B.A. from Willamette University (1956) and an MS from George Washington University (1968). Before becoming a blackjack player, gambling author and instructor, he spent 25 years in the computer systems and services field.

Jerry Patterson has been playing casino blackjack since 1956. He entered the gaming field full time in 1978 when the Atlantic City casinos opened. He played professional blackjack in the 1980s and managed several blackjack teams during that period. He is the author of five gambling books all published by The Berkley Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.

Founded in 1978, his gaming company, Jerry Patterson Enterprises, Inc. (JPE) AKA Jerry Patterson's Blackjack Clinic, is the oldest and most successful in the gambling instruction and services field.

Through this company and via his former syndicated casino gaming column published in newspapers and magazines internationally, Patterson has taught millions of gamblers the rudiments and the fine points of how to win at blackjack, craps, and roulette.

Patterson has been involved in researching and developing winning gambling systems since the early 1960s. An example of a notable accomplishment in the blackjack arena is the first Shuffle-tracking method published first in 1985 and then in the 1990s edition of this book.

Patterson's research and development activities in casino blackjack started in 1963 when he was working with two of the developers of the original basic strategy -- Will Cantey and Herb Maisel. With their help, he designed and implemented the first blackjack computer simulation model.

His attention turned to casino roulette and then to casino craps in the 1990s. Much of that work is documented in his book, Casino Gambling, a best seller since publication in 2000.

Eric Nielsen is a successful advantage player who has been closely associated with Jerry Patterson since 1990. He spends much of his time researching casino games and developing creative advantage play methodologies.

Eric lectures on casino gaming topics and has successfully led professional Blackjack, Craps, Baccarat and Roulette teams in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. He was the first to develop successful methods to exploit the dealer signature phenomenon in casino Roulette. Eric is also expert in the mental discipline aspects of professional play.

Eric developed the Signature Series Roulette program for casino Roulette and the Inner Track Guide to Winning mental readiness program for professional players. He co-authored Casino Gambling with Jerry Patterson, assisted in the development of the PARR program for casino craps and has authored numerous articles on advantage play topics.

Eric makes his home in south-central Connecticut and can be spotted frequently playing at blackjack, craps and roulette tables in Atlantic City, Las Vegas and, closer to his home, at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.

Product Description:
Here's what Blackjack: A Winner's Handbook will do for you:

* Reveal new information about the automatic shuffling machines, both the two-shoe type and the continuous shufflers, including a proven winning system

* Disclose that card counting does not always work and describe what you can do to avoid losing.

* Describe Count Profiles: A Bold New Strategy For Beating The Shoe Game.

* Show you how to choose an honest and fair Internet Casino for play.

* Enable you to get an edge at Internet Casinos before your first hand is dealt.

* Show you how to cull usable information from the thousands of blackjack web sites on the Internet.

* Teach you how to play the game (if you are a beginning player) and show you a simple basic strategy for playing each and every blackjack hand to maximize your gain and minimize your loss.

* Show you how to manage your gambling money so you’re always in control, whether you’re a beginner or advanced player.

* Provide a 5-step strategy for learning how to develop and use mental discipline to avoid losing and to increase your winning edge.

* Explain table biases caused by the casinos’ non-random shuffle, how to avoid the dealer biases and how to turn the player biases to your advantage.

* Provide you with a non-count strategy that minimizes losses while enabling you to score in those games where the dealer is breaking and the players are winning.

* Give you a complete home practice program including learning drills for basic strategy players and card counters.

* Tell you stories of team blackjack and teach you how to use team-play techniques to multiply your profits.

* Reveal extremely useful information for those blackjack players considering playing the game to make a living.