Knock-Out Blackjack

The subtitle of this book is "The Easiest Card Counting System Ever Devised" and this book actually lives up to that hype. Authors Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs have produced a revolution in the blackjack world with their simple but extremely effective counting method, the KO system.

Most card counting systems require a player to convert the current "running count" into a "true count" by adjusting for the number of cards that have not yet been played. KO's genius comes from using an unbalanced counting method that eliminates the error-prone conversion. The KO system instead uses just the running count for all betting and playing decisions.

As a result, this has become my first recommendation when a new player asks me which counting system they should learn.

Paperback.