John Patrick's Advanced Blackjack [Paperback]

John Patrick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

A few years ago John Patrick published a well-received book for beginning blackjack players. Now, he offers the next step up for seasoned players who know the game but somehow still manage to lose. This book will instruct players that with astute money management (& a little luck) they will leave the table winners. Watch for trends, Patrick urges players. When a player wins 3 out of 4 hands, it can be considered a positive sign that the shoe is with him. The reverse applies if the player loses 3 out of 4 hands. His methods explain how to keep count of the aces & face cards as well as the cards in between. Card counting has rarely been made so easy. Patrick is a professional gambler who gives seminars on gambling at various casinos.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818405821
• ISBN-13: 978-0818405822
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,025,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still making money with John Patrick's methods!, April 15, 2003

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Broons77 "MN" (Ridge, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Patrick's Advanced Blackjack (Paperback)

For all the people that gave this book a negative review, they definitely did not get his style of writing. Not once does he ever mention playing hunches which one reader wrote. Also, he never mentions "playing with the casinos money" as someone else wrote. Once you win that money it's your money. The casino doesn't say they're playing with your money when they win.

I have been winning consistently for many years using John Patrick's methods. I have become an emotionless robot when I play. Every move I make is pre-determined (no hunches) and every bet I make is pre-determined. It may not be as much fun playing the game, but the three hour ride home is great knowing how much more money is in my pocket.

He is the only author to say you don't always have to split Aces and Eights. I have read the other reviewers talking about computers and statistics. My degree in finance has me familiar with both, but it was only John Patrick's common sense explanations that stopped me from getting burnt anymore playing those hands. How many times have you split these hands only to get killed? But, it was the thing that you were "supposed to do". He makes you look at why you should be making moves in a logical sense, not because the computer said that you should and that's the way it has been handed down.

In conclusion, I can only say that this book has totally changed the way I look at blackjack and has definitely made me a winner, sometimes in less than twenty minutes. If you are open to new methods and want to win consistently, then read this book. If you are closed minded, need computer print-outs and statistics, or just don't feel that you will ever have the dicipline to be a winner, then don't read this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Simply Bad Advice, October 17, 2007

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Doug F. "doug9447" (Laurel, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Patrick's Advanced Blackjack (Paperback)

This book is obviously bad advice. General principles of probability are thrown out the window. I'm 90% sure that Patrick is employed by casino companies.

He does show his readers a standard basic strategy chart, but then decides that part of it is wrong, and even explains that his reasoning is NOT backed up by computer analysis, but his own observation.

For example, he deviates from a well-established play, doubling down on eleven versus a dealer's two: "I don't like laying out extra money, getting only one card and having that dealer pull to a two." That's ridiculous. The player would almost never WANT a second card in that situation, and would be in such a position of strength that laying out twice the bet is well worth the risk. Have no doubt Patrick knows this.

In my card counting experience, bad players are of course superstitious, and they tend to play scared and thus conservatively. His table modifications feed right into a bad player's fears. All of which pad the casino's bottom line.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Better with words than numbers, December 30, 1999

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Dick Sheppard (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Patrick's Advanced Blackjack (Paperback)

In Advanced Blackjack, John Patrick writes with style about a strategy without substance. Misinformation is the best way to characterize the contents of this book, and losing is the best way to characterize the strategy contained there in.