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Article: New Blackjack Books Bolster Basic Skills
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 19, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1996 Chicago Sun-Times. (Hide copyright information)
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The blackjack books we've looked at the last couple of weeks have
stood the test of time - Ed Thorp, Peter Griffin and Stanford Wong
are musts in any would-be blackjack expert's library.
But blackjack publishing is by no means frozen in time. New
books have met the demand created by the growth of casino gaming in
the '90s. Some play into the wishful thinking of gullible gamblers.
They promise too much, telling readers they can play a winning game
without counting cards by using basic strategy, betting progressions
and money management schemes. It sounds too good to be true - and it
is. These techniques can only narrow the house edge; they can't
overcome it.
The better new blackjack ...
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... ... Albuquerque, while Scoblete, Henry Tamburin, Jean Scott, John Robison ... blackjack. If you know your basic strategy, blackjack blows away Three ... based table games. A basic strategy player can get the house ... But if you don't learn basic strategy, it's a different game ...
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