Winning Blackjack Without Counting [Paperback]

David S. Popik (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000

A guide to blackjack, for the beginner and expert, outlines a basic strategy that players can use to gain a percentage of the house with no card counting necessary. Reprint.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806509635
• ISBN-13: 978-0806509631
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #982,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Some words about progression betting., March 16, 2000

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Richard Dale (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winning Blackjack Without Counting (Paperback)

I play blackjack for a living, and that means before I decided to do so you need to seperate the good from the bad books. I'm not the person to tell you what to do relating towards your goal playing blackjack, but one year after me trying to get it done the easy way, I,m glad that I switched to cardcounting. Remember do no think that blackjack is a easy money program. Many system sellers are making only money from selling books, or working indirectly for casinos. Any form of progression betting will get your cash in the longrun. I know from the early years of me playing blackjack that playing any form of progression you are able to winn money in the short run, but it will burn you out playing into the longrun, and I played too Popik's theory. But you can't compare a flip of a coin with 2 outcomes with a game of blackjack where you have 13 different outcomes relating to your hands.

I play about 100 hours a month, 1200 hours a month. It is not about the no. of sessions you winn, but the no. of hours.

Using Popik's system I won a majority of the sessions playing it in 1991, but the sessions I lost, I lost all what I won related to my winning sessions before. This is happening to all forms of progression play.

Therefore I would suggest you to start reading work from Stanfort Wong, Lance Humble, Arnold Snyder or Peter Griffin.

Again, I want you to winn but If you will ever decide to choose the profession I choosed you will realise that playing fulltime any progression system will hurt you playing about 1200 hours a year.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Radically different and successful!, December 31, 1998

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[e-mail] (Rockford, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winning Blackjack Without Counting (Paperback)

This book, unlike the standard, much publicized books on progression betting, places bets based on probabilities of winning and losing streaks. The bets are placed at specific intervals rather than just teasing the odds and leaving the same bet out as the odds continue to diminish against winning.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, Powerful Stuff! It works! READ THIS BOOK, June 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Winning Blackjack Without Counting (Paperback)

After listening to my friend explain his card counting methods -- I was impressed (actually amazed at his winnings) but discouraged to think I'd have to spend that much time and energy to beat the dealer at a game of Blackjack.

So I found a book for the non-counter by Donald Dahl titled Progression Blackjack. A worthwhile read, but while using his strategies playing online, I quickly saw that the systems were "missing something."

Then I read "Winning Blackjack Without Counting Cards" by David S. Popik! It's a real eye opener! He simply and powerfully shows that BJ is not a game of chance when certain rules are adhered to.... But MORE than that, he teaches a truly brilliant system for consistently beating the house! It's so simple a 12 year old couldn't lose with this strategy. The book's about an hour's reading time (or a little more to carefully go over all the numbers -- the author carefully documents all his findings)

In my first game online after reading this book, I won over $500 in less than 2 hours. Don't miss this one!