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Chances Are...
Your Winning Blackjack
Strategy
by Matt Summers
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6 x 9 inches,
trade paperback |
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144 pages
with 20 illustrations |
| ISBN: |
ISBN
1-892495-29-5 |
| Price: |
US$14.95
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- On average, the house
always wins—so don’t be
average
- You can win—without
counting cards
- How to size up the
situation quickly
- Develop a winning
strategy for the cards you
hold
- Calculate specific
odds with every
combination of cards
- Understanding the
percentages
- How to stay in control
of your game
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Don't be average:
learn to work with percentages and
put them to your advantage. |
About the book
In casinos and card rooms,
blackjack is probably the most
popular card game. For good reason,
because a skilled player can turn
the tables on the house, overcoming
the house’s advantage with
intelligent strategy. Chances
Are... shows how to develop that
winning strategy.
Chances Are... introduces
the concept of "percentage
expectations," a unique process with
a set of simple rules with which you
can quickly determine what is the
next move to give you the most
favorable chances. No, you won’t win
every game, but you will
significantly improve your winning
ratio to the point where you will
regularly come home with more money
than you left with.
About the author
Matt Summers has
been making his living as a
professional card player for many
years. When he started to play
blackjack, he was fascinated to
figure out that none of the existing
strategies, including counting
cards, worked right for him, or for
most other players. He set to work
to develop a comprehensive set of
rules based on games actually played
and came up with his unique concept
of "percentage expectations," which
he shares with his readers in
Chances Are....
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 7
2. Basic Beliefs and Fallacies
of the Game 12
3. Card Counting — Does It Work?
16
4. Plastic Cards 21
5. Finding the Right Table 24
6. Surrender? 29
7. Blackjack Etiquette 31
8. Explanation of Percentages 35
9. Introduction to the Game 37
10. The Basis of Percentage
Playing 43
11. How Percentage Expectation
Works 50
12. Percentage Play — Section
One 54
13. Percentage Play — Section
Two 60
14. Percentage Play — Section
Three 65
15. Percentage Play — Section
Four 70
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16. Percentage Play —
Section Five 75
17. The Mother-in-Law Hand: 17
80
18. Money Matters 81
19. Percentage Expectation on
Splitting Pairs 89
20. Splitting 10s — A
Comprehensive Look 98
21. Percentage Expectation on
Doubling Down 103
22. Hitting and Doubling Down on
Soft Count Hands 107
23. Is Blackjack Skill or Luck?
113
24. Cheating 115
25. “Spanish 21” 120
26. Let the Dealer Break 123
27. Explanation of Strategy
Chart 125
28. Closing Remarks 127
Appendix 131
Glossary 141
Bibliography 142
Index 143
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