Archive | February, 2012

A Book for All Blackjack Fans: Legends of Blackjack

Legends of Blackjack was written by Kevin Blackwood and Larry Barker and is available as an eBook or in the kindle version for under ten dollars.  This blackjack book is highly recommended for all players who are serious about blackjack.

In this book you will find the stories of all the blackjack pioneers and greats and how they managed to win millions by using certain techniques in blackjack rooms all over the world.

Expect to find the following stories in the Legends of Blackjack eBook:

  • How Ed Thorp managed to invent card counting and how he took his skills to the test in Reno.
  • The story of how Frank Salerno created the ingenious Big Player system and carried it through by teaching it to teams of blackjack players.
  • One of the most entertaining blackjack stories ever, the colorful past of Tommy “The Terminator” Andropulis.  Andropulis is one of the most feared skilled blackjack players ever.
  • The story about how Keith Taft designed and used hidden blackjack computers and how Mickey Weinberg then refined this invention.
  • How a legendary Czech blackjack card team managed to beat casino in Europe, Atlantic City, Africa, Korea, just to mention a few.
  • Various short stories on blackjack greats, pioneers and teachers like: Ralph Stricker, Stanford Wong, Anthony Curtis, Bryce Carlson, Donald Schlesinger, including a whole host of others.
  • Background on the infamous Tommy Hyland and team who have played a great role in blackjack for the last couple of decades and who are still giving casinos a run for their money.
  • The story behind the MIT Team, on who the movie ’21’ was based.   How team leaders Mike Aponte and John Chang manage to clean out casinos in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, the Caribbean, as well as Connecticut.
  • Plus, finally the answer to that niggling question of: Who is the best blackjack player of them all?

Ensure not to miss out on this great blackjack book.