Get a Blackbelt in Blackjack
Written by blackjack grand master Arnold Snyder, “Blackbelt in Blackjack” has been read and revered to almost mythical proportions. Its low print run made it a cult underground classic: difficult to find, but passed around from one gambler to another.Today, the book has been revised, updated, and released to the general public. It’s now readily available—you can order it from any online bookstore (as opposed to scouring dusty secondhand stores).
The book takes a unique approach to the game. Instead of just presenting charts or enumerating strategies, Snyder uses the metaphor of martial arts: one good move, like one swift kick, can take down an opponent regardless of how “powerful” their hand may seem.
Arnold Snyder’s “Blackbelt in Blackjack” is a good buy. For one thing, the strategies work, no doubt about it. They are probably more appropriate to those who have been playing the game for years and want to take the game to the next level. However, it’s not complicated. In fact, Synder argues that anything too complex will actually lower one’s chances of winning blackjack. He was the first to say that even if more complicated strategies could (at least in principle) make more money per hour, the mistakes that people make from mental fatigue and complexity can actually eat away at the gains. Simpler systems are more practical, and ultimately, more successful.
The book is packed with the tricks that have turned blackjack players millionaires: You’ll learn all about shuffle tracking, how to organize team play, and the secrets to multiple deck camouflage that escapes the close watch of casinos. Aside from that, you’ll find numerous things like the basics of blackjack, 10 rules that cut the casino’s edge to about 1%, the Red Seven Count and the Zen count, bank roll requirements, evaluating table conditions, and camouflage. The Red Seven Count and the Zen count are very easy to understand but naturally you have to practice them for a few weeks for it to become second nature. You don’t get a blackbelt overnight, after all.
Readers also praise how Synder is very honest about the estimated win rates and how long it will take for a beginner to practice card counting before seeing results. He’s also very no-nonsense. He knows most people aren’t aiming for a professional blackjack career, and can’t spend every single waking hour learning the game. So he makes his strategies as useful and manageable as possible.
This is very different from other blackjack books whose strategies are so unwieldy to implement that you end up giving up altogether. Most of us have jobs and families—a real life waiting outside of the blackjack tables—and the ultimate test of any book is that we can finish the book and say, “I can do this.” Snyder understands that, and he takes out the guesswork behind blackjack while considering that his readers may not necessarily be math geniuses or gambling professionals who will study the secrets 24/7.
By enhancing your blackjack play with the rules you’ll find in this book, you can confidently take on the blackjack tables and win.
Written by The Blackjack Advisor on August 6th, 2006 with
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