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A friend bought me Richard Harvey's "Cutting Edge Blackjack" as a gift. I haven't read it yet. Is there anything valuable in it? Also, I saw that "Blackbelt in Blackjack" is back in print. Is it worth getting, other than for historical value? By the way, picked up "The Blackjack Zone". All I...

So last week was my "big" LV counting adventure. I learned a lot and lost very little in the scheme of things. First, my results: 1/16/2005 2D H17 DAS Gold Coast $5 $70 55% Pen, kept good count, $5 tip 1/16/2005 6D H17 DAS Gold Coast $5 $12.50 65% Pen 1/17/2005 2D H17 DAS Gold Coast $5 $27...

The Blackjack Zone Availability Can I just pick up The Blackjack Zone in las Vegas? Does Gamblers Book Shop carry it?

Thanks Thanks for all the info. A few months back I had purchase Blackjack Attack and felt that the math was over my head. But the tables in Chapter 10 turned out to be more easy to understand than I had thought. I've been practicing with CV every day. This has been good because I set up the 2...

Discovery - Times has been doing a series of shows about Las Vegas called Casino Diaries. They had an episode where they were following Tommy Hyland around and then they are in the security room at the Hard Rock when they spot Hyland and have him ejected. Why would he expose himself on TV if he...

Hi, I'm a beginning counter and have some questions about betting. I honestly don't know how to figure it out and can't seem to get a straight answer. I have a Vegas trip coming up. I plane to play 2 deck and 6 deck at the $5 to $10 level. I'm going mid-week and this seems realistic.My plan is...