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| The Smarter Bet Guide to Blackjack: Professional Strategies for Winning (Smarter Bet Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Basil Nestor
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
List Price: $4.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 941570
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1402715617
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.423
EAN: 9781402715617
ASIN: 1402715617
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
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Product Description
Strategy is the key to success at the blackjack table; that?s a mathematical fact, and you can count on these expert, easy-to-learn tactics to make you a victor. Here?s the deal: everything begins with the basic rules, and they?re laid out on these pages with smart little ?factoid? tips. Go through blackjack economics, which explain why cards fall the way they do, and what makes a good (and a sucker) bet. Easy-to-follow tables suggest strategies for splitting pairs and soft hands and provide dozens of other statistics and card probabilities. Keep digging deeper into the game and much more.
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 Wiser But Poorer - No Miracles Just Honest Advice March 19, 2008
After reading this book, I lose just as much money, but now I know why I do. Seriously, I have bought several of Nestor's books. They are all fantastic books, well worth the price you pay. Nestor knows gambling and knows statistics. He does not try to sell you on any questionable, feel-good strategies. This is straight forward, honest, scientifically-based advice. As for this particular book, it is an excellent guide to blackjack. It starts out with simple strategies and then builds on these as it advanced to much more complex strategies. There are many helpful charts and tables. Do not expect miracles, this is honest advice.
 Blackjack 101 February 24, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Smarter Bet Guide to Blackjack is a great introductory text. I does a good job of covering the rules and play. It's not so lengthy that you couldn't read it on a two hour flight to Vegas. It includes a Basic Strategy for both single deck and multiple deck Blackjack which are standard. Nestor includes a chapter on the variations such as Spanish 21, which a lot of books avoid. He includes a chapter on card counting which introduces the reader to counting. Lastly, he introduces progressive betting of which I am a proponent. This is a good introduction to Blackjack, and the price is right. Newly written Blackjack books generally sell for $15 or more, and this one is about $5. It's not thorough, but you can't expect a small and relatively short book to be comprehensive.
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