Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One
by Edward O. Thorp
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Author: Edward O. ThorpEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 1966-04-12
ISBN: 0394703103
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: This book and your own brain are all you need....well...a team...
Summary: 5 Stars
Next stop Macau
Still the classic for the high-low method, but nowadays you need to work in teams and with the perpetual continuous shuffle machines/decks the method has become harder to deploy in lots of casinos. Which is why those who use this with refined forced-card deck cutting are in the current gravy boat, although their day in the sun will also pass.
Most folks can intuitively understand card counting and shoe-skew. There are plenty of books on the topic of card counting. However, Thorp's original work is best and overlooked on several important points by most folks. The first point is: rigor. Thorp has backed up his method with solid empirical and theoretical underpinnings. This gave confidence to generations of card counters who refined his method. The second point is: clarity. Thorp is a first-string mathematician and easily could have stayed conversing with peers in jargon, or he even could have purposefully employed obscurantism to keep tables thin. Instead his prose style is lean, direct, and clear. Such is his brevity and Wittgensteinian exactness that you may need to re-read a few sentences here and there to absorb what he is saying, but on the whole this is an accessible narrative written by a mathematician for an intelligent audience.
A wonderful gift that opens up a new world combining math, fun and money.
Now about Kelly criterion in betting strategies......
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A winning strategy for the game of 21. The essentials, consolidated in simple charts, can be understood and memorized by the average player.Performing Arts Books
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