Blackjack Book List

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Recommendation Mark

• BJ FAQ
• Arnold Synder (in Blackbelt in Blackjack)
• Michael Dalton (in Blackjack: A Professional Reference)
• Olaf Vacura (in Knock-Out Blackjack)
• Stuart Perry (in Las Vegas Blackjack Diary)
• Mason Malmuth (in Gambling Theory and Other Topics)

Reference

• [DALTON93] ,"Blackjack: A Professional Reference (Third Edition) - The Encyclopedia of Casino Twenty-One! -", Michael Dalton, Spur of the Moment Publishing, 1993, $29.95, ISBN: 1-879712-02-4

Mathematics

• [GRIFFIN96] ,"The Theory of Blackjack (Sixth Edition) - The Compleat Card Counter's Guide to the Casino Game of 21 " , Peter A. Griffin, Huntingtion Press, 1996, $11.95, ISBN: 0-92971213-7
• [EPSTEIN77], "The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic (Revised edition), Richard A. Epstein, Academic Press, 1977, $39.95, ISBN: 0-12-240761-X
• [PARRILLO93], "Blackjack by The Numbers", Richard Parrillo, Sibylline Books, 1993, $14.95, ISBN: 0963196103 (0-96319614-6?)
• [GRIFFIN91] , "Extra Stuff--Gambling Ramblings", Peter Griffin, Huntington Press, 1991, $11.95, ISBN: 0929712005
• [PACKEL81]," "The Mathematics of Games and Gambling (New Mathematical Library, No 28)", Edward W. Packel, The Mathematical Association of America, 1981, $20.95 ISBN: 088385628x
• [MAITRA96], " Discrete Gambling and Stochastic Games (Applications of Mathematics,32)" ,Ashok P. Maitra, William D. Sudderth, Springer Verlag, 1996, $60.95, 244 pages, ISBN: 0387946284
• [MALMUTH94], "Gambling Theory and Other Topics",, Mason Malmuth, Two Plus Two Publishing, 1994, $29.95, ISBN: 1880685035
• [THORP84] , "The Mathematics of Gambling", Edward O. Thorp, 1984, ISBN: 0897460197
• [SKLANSKY89], , "Getting the Best of It ",, David Sklansky, Two Plus Two Publishing, 1989, $29.95, 310 pages ISBN: 1880685043>
• [CARO84], , "Caro on Gambling",, Mike Caro, Lyle Stuart Book, 1984, $6.95, ISBN: 0897460294
• [PARRILLO94], "Multi-Deck Blackjack by The Numbers", Richard Parrillo, Sibylline Books, 1994, ?, ISBN: 0963196162
• [WILSON70], "The Casino Gambler's Guide", Allan Wilson, 1970, ISBN:0060146745[Out of Print]

Basic

• [MALMUTH93], ,"Fundamentals of 21", Mason Malmuth and Lynne Loomis, ISBN: 1880685132
• [WONG92] ,"Basic Blackjack", Stanford Wong, Pi Yee Press, $14.95, ISBN: 0935926194
• [CHAMBLISS90] ,"Fundamentals of Blackjack", Carlson R. Chambliss & Thomas C. Roginski ISBN: 089650705X

Strategy

• [THORP66], "Beat The Dealer - A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One-", Edward O. Thorp, Vintage Books, 1966, $10.00, ISBN: 0-394-70310-3
• [USTON81] ,"Million Dollar Blackjack", Ken Uston, Carol Publishing Group Edition, 1981, $19.65, ISBN 0-89746-068-5
• [WONG94] ,"Professional Blackjack" , Stanford Wong, Pi Yee Press, 1994, $19.95, ISBN 0-935926-21-6
• [HUMBLE87] ,"The World's Greatest Blackjack Book", Lance Humble & Carl Cooper, Doubleday, 1987, $10.95, ISBN: 0-38515382-1
• [WONG93] , "Blackjack Secrets", Stanford Wong, Pi Yee Press, 1993, $14.95, ISBN: 0-935926-20-8
• [CARLSON94] ,"Blackjack For Blood (Revised Edition)", Bryce Carlson, CompuStar Press, 1994, $19.95 , ISBN: 0-9633684-0-0
• [REVERE69] ,"Playing Blackjack as a Business", Lawrence Revere, Lyle Stuart Book, 1969, $15.95, ISBN 0-81840064-1
• [SNYDER83] , "Blackbelt in Blackjack -Playing 21 as a Martial Art", Arnold Snyder, RGE Publishing, 1983, $12.95, ISBN 0-910575-02-9
• [SYNDER98], "Blackbelt in Blackjack - Playing 21 as a Martial Art", Arnold Snyder, RGE Publishing, 1998, $19.95, ISBN: 0-910575-05-3
• [VANCURA98], "Knock-Out Blackjack - The easiest card-counting system ever devised (Second Edition)", Olaf Vancura & Ken Fuchs, Huntington Press, Sep 1998, $17.95, ISBN 0-92971231-5 , WWW
• [ZENDER90] , "Card Counting for the Casino Executive", Bill Zender, Self published, 1990, $20.00, ISBN:--
• [MOORE97], "Card Counting Revolution", J.C. Moore, Nutshell Books, 1997, $17.00, ISBN: --
• [SCOBLETE98],"Armada Strategies for Spanish 21 - Sink the Casinos' Hottest New Game", Frank Scoblete, Bonus Books, Inc., 1998, $12.95, ISBN 1-56625-106-0
• [ROBERTS84], "The Gambling Times Guide to Blackjack" , Stanley Roberts, Gambling Times Inc., 1984, $12.95, ISBN: 0-89746-015-4
• [PATTERSON90], ,"Blackjack: A Winner's Handbook", Jerry L. Patterson, Perigee Book, $12.00, ISBN: 0399515984
• [SYNDER87], ,"Beat the X-Deck Game" (X=1,2,4,6,8), Arnold Snyder
• [SYNDER80], , "The Blackjack Formula" , Arnold Snyder
• [WONG?], , "Casino Tournament Strategy", Stanford Wong, ISBN: 0935926224
• [WONG80], , "Winning Without Counting", Stanford Wong, [out of print], $200.00?
• [UTSON77], , "The Big Player", Ken Uston, 1977 ISBN: 0030169216
• [WONG79], , "Blackjack in Asia", Stanford Wong
• [BRAUN80] ,"How to Play Winning Blackjack", Julian H. Braun, ISBN: 0935822003
• [ANDERSEN99] ,"Burning the Tables in Las Vegas", Ian Andersen, 1999
• [GEORGE96] ,"The Unbalanced Zen II", George C., 1996
• [STRICKER96] ,"The Silver Fox Blackjack System", Ralph Stricker, 1996
• [VANCURA96] ,"Smart Casino Gambling", Olaf Vancura, 1996

Super Strategy

• [FORTE86] ,"Read the Dealer" , Steve Forte, RGE Publishing, 1986, $40.00, ISBN: 0-910575-03-7
• [GEORGE96], "Shuffle Tracking for Beginners", George C., Self published, 1996, $39.95, ISBN:--
• [ANDERSEN76] ,"Turning the Tables on Las Vegas", Ian Andersen, 1976, [out of print] ISBN: 0814907768

Cheating

• [MARKS94] "Cheating* at Blackjack * and Advantage Play", Dustin D. Marks, Index Publishing Group Inc., 1994, $19.95, ISBN 1-568-66071-5
• [MARKS96] "Cheating at Blackjack Squared -The dark Side of Gambling-", Dustin D. Marks, Index Publishing Group Inc., 1996, $24.95, ISBN 1-56866-073-1
• [BUCKLEY46], "Card Control -Practical Methods and Forty Origianl Card Experiments-" , Arthur H. Buckley, Dover Books, 1946, $8.95, ISBN 0-486-27757-7
• [ORTIZ93], "Gambling Scams", Darwn Ortiz, Carol Publishing Group, 1993, $11.95, ISBN: 0-8184-0529-5
• [JOSEPH], "Hand Mucking", Geo Joseph, 50 pages

Dealing

• [TAUCER93],"Blackjack Dealing and Suprevision - A Complete manual to instruct dealing and supervising casino style Blackjack", Vic Taucer, CASINO Creations, inc. 1993, $29.95, ISBN: 0-924719-07-9
• [RUSSELL], "Blackjack Dealer", Wanda Russell

Essay and Misc

• [SNYDER97], "BLACKJACK Wisdom", Arnold Snyder, RGE Publishing, 1997, $19.95, ISBN: 0-910575-06-1
• [PERRY97] ,"Las Vegas Blackjack Diary", Stuart Perry, ConJelCo, 1997, $19.95, ISBN: 1-886070-08-3
• [MALMUTH96], "Blackjack Essays -For Today's Modern Casino Player- ", Mason Malmuth, Two Plus Two Publishing, May 1996, $19.95, ISBN: 1-880685-05-1
• [LEMBECK], "Beat the House" , Frederick Lembeck, A citadel Press Book, $12.95, ISBN: 0-8065-1607-0
• [CARDOZA] "Beat the House Companion" , Avery Cardoza, Interplay
• [USTON86] ,"Ken Uston on Blackjack" , Ken Uston, Barricade Books Inc., 1986, $12.95, ISBN: 0942637569
• [SPANIER], "Inside the Gambler's Mind", David Spanier, University of Nevada Press, 1994, $14.95, ISBN: 087417242x
• [SCHLESINGER97] ,"Blackjack Attack", Don Schlesinger, 1997, ISBN: 0910575045
• [UTSON?] ,"Two Books on Blackjack", Ken Utson,
• [ROSE98] ,"Blackjack and the Law", I. Nelson Rose, Robert A. Loeb, Jeremy Wolff (Photographer), Lea Jacobson (Editor), RGE Publishing, 1998, $24.95, ISBN: 0910575088
• [ROSE86] ,"Gambing and the Law", I. Nelson Rose, 1986, ISBN:0897460669
• [SYNDER] ,"Blackjack for Profit", Arnold Snyder, RGE Publishing