Blackjack: Take the Money and Run
Once you read a certain amount of books on blackjack, it becomes readily apparent when a book is trying to play on a certain aspect of blackjack. Some books start out very academically, and then suddenly turn into sermons on the glory of the Martingdale system. Other books go straight for the throat with a hard-nosed card-counting system. The interesting thing about Blackjack: Take the Money and Run is that it comes from neither of these positions.
If you're looking for a book to teach you the basics of card counting, then you would be happy with this book. It gives a variety of card counting methods and allows you, the reader, to choose the method that best fits your playing experience level. The sounds basis in card counting is good reading for anyone who has an interest in counting the cards.
On the other side of the coin, however, Henry Tamburin sometimes gives tips that aren't completely logical, and border on the simply wrong. Tamburin advocates leaving the table if there is a bad player, for example, while most gamblers today know that the other bad player is only going to hurt themselves. We know to wait it out.
The book is only 150 pages and was published in 1994. If you want to pick up a new copy of Blackjack: Take the Money and Run, you will pay around $10. If you want to go online and buy a used copy, you can find them for under $1! It's a good book to read if you're interested in blackjack books as a genre, but if you want to learn the game there are better books available.
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