Good books about gambling?

**Sam Odom** · 10-20-18, 12:36 PM

read about controlling the neg emotional and psychological side of yourself/human

then apply it to gambling

**biggie12** · 10-20-18, 12:44 PM

gza do u wanna learn to count cards playing blackjack?
if your local casino still deals out of a shoe and doesnt cut 2.5-3 decks out of shoe. lots of money to be made.

look up million dollar blackjack by ken uston

**Sam Odom** · 10-20-18, 12:50 PM

Originally posted by biggie12

look up million dollar blackjack by ken uston

good book

back in the day Sammy liked 'Playing Blackjack as a Business' by Lawrence Revere (alias) a tad better for practical application

it was said Uston used one of Revere's top tier Counts when he played

**biggie12** · 10-20-18, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

good book

back in the day Sammy liked 'Playing Blackjack as a Business' by Lawrence Revere (alias) a tad better for practical application

it was said Uston used one of Revere's top tier Counts when he played

revere got many systems. uston differs from revere as he has a -3 +3 system ... with 8 deck shoe u cant get anything better.

**GzaTheGenius** · 10-20-18, 12:59 PM

I'll check em out, thanks guys

Keep em coming. Could be anything, The Man with $100,000 Breasts by Micheal Kronin looks good

**biggie12** · 10-20-18, 01:00 PM

the real problem is getting ur money down. very seldom to find a bj shoe game where they arent cutting out 2.5-3 decks.... thats if u can find a shoe game. most are ASM now

in canada u wont find shoe games unless u play in the $100 high limit room tables in most casinos you need to have a decent size roll to beat the $25 min tables let alone $100

**Sam Odom** · 10-20-18, 01:05 PM

save this for later

fun read

Winning (habitually) in Vegas (Published 1976)

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/27/archives/winning-habitually-in-vegas-winning.html

Author Thomas Thompson in-depth article on Kenneth Uston's winning ways at blackjack tables; Upson is 1 of small but growing number of people that have become so skilled at blackjack that they win large sums of money; casino reaction to Uston and other 'card counters' described (L)

**Reload** · 10-20-18, 01:06 PM

Anything from Frank Scoblete is a good read. Mike Sexton’s book is good too.

**johnnyvegas13** · 10-20-18, 01:23 PM

It's been brought up before

Really r no good books on capping

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 10-20-18, 01:30 PM

https://www.amazon.com/Handicapper-Robert-Kalich/dp/051754024X

The Handicapper, by Kalich.

**RangeFinder** · 10-20-18, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by biggie12

the real problem is getting ur money down. very seldom to find a bj shoe game where they arent cutting out 2.5-3 decks.... thats if u can find a shoe game. most are ASM now

in canada u wont find shoe games unless u play in the $100 high limit room tables in most casinos you need to have a decent size roll to beat the $25 min tables let alone $100

Blackjack cannot be beat with the deck penetration they have now.

**Fieldysnuts44** · 10-20-18, 03:04 PM

Football Betting Made Easy by John Rothschild

Good Read IMO

Fieldy

**biggie12** · 10-20-18, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by RangeFinder

Blackjack cannot be beat with the deck penetration they have now.

yes it can.... well limired number of games and places but they still exist.

**jjgold** · 10-20-18, 05:27 PM

People that write books are failures as far as gambling

**Foxx** · 10-20-18, 05:57 PM

Smart Money
The Odds
Bringing Down the House
Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People
Betting on Myself

**johnnyvegas13** · 10-20-18, 11:43 PM

Originally posted by Foxx

Smart Money
The Odds
Bringing Down the House
Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People
Betting on Myself

Is th Amarillo slim book really good

Herd about him woudnt mind reading his book

**Foxx** · 10-20-18, 11:58 PM

Originally posted by johnnyvegas13

Is th Amarillo slim book really good
Herd about him woudnt mind reading his book

I read it 15 years ago so don’t recall much of the details, but I do remembering enjoying it and it being a good shitter book because the chapters were fairly short and could stand alone and you could finish one chapter per crap.

**eidolon** · 10-21-18, 09:51 PM

**MinnesotaFats** · 10-21-18, 10:27 PM

Unsinkable Titanic Thompson
Great stories of his gambling and hustling days

Gamblers Grifters and Good Boys
Funny anecdotes about gamblers

Last Sure Thing
Bobby Riggs