Beat the Dealer, Edward O. Thorp
Beat the Dealer, Edward O. Thorp
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Beat the Dealer
A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One

Author: Edward O. Thorp

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/22/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The Book That Made Las Vegas Change the Rules
Over 1,000,000 Copies in Print

Edward O. Thorp is the father of card counting, and in this classic guide he shares the revolutionary point system that has been successfully used by professional and amateur card players for generations. This book provides:

o   an overview of the basic rules of the game
o   proven winning strategies ranging from simple to advanced
o   methods to overcome casino counter measures
o   ways to spot cheating 
o   charts and tables that clearly illustrate key concepts

A fascinating read and an indispensable resource for winning big, Beat the Dealer is the bible for players of this game of chance.
 
Includes a Bonus PDF of Strategy Charts

About The Author

Edward O. Thorp is the author of the best-seller Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One (Random House 1962, 1966). It presented the first scientific system ever devised for a major casino gambling game and revolutionized the game of blackjack. His book Beat the Market (Random House 1967, coauthored with S.T. Kassouf) helped launch the derivatives revolution that transformed world securities markets. His hedge funds and his personal portfolio have been profitable in 42 of the subsequent 43 years. Based on his work, he and Jay Regan launched the first market neutral hedge fund in 1969. Dr. Thorp, with Claude Shannon, also invented the first wearable computer in 1961 to win at roulette. He has also written Elementary Probability (1966), The Mathematics of Gambling (1984) and numerous mathematical papers on probability, game theory, and functional analysis.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tom on March 28, 2022

I guess other kids were reading Old Yeller, but my dad gave me this book to read before my 10th birthday. Dad fascinated with black jack and specifically the mathematical strategy behind winning. He would play blackjack with me in the morning before school. He would empty his wallet and give us his......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on August 20, 2009

Beat the Dealer by Edward O Thorp (pp. 240) Written in 1966, this is THE original gambling book. It started the blackjack craze in the 60s. Thorp was the scientist/math geek behind finding the best and most winning strategy for blackjack. He also backed up his theories by playing in the casinos and w......more

Goodreads review by Jack W on November 30, 2012

If you play blackjack, you must read this book. The author, E.O. Thorp invented the 'basic system' that every good blackjack player memorizes. Thorp invented and perfected card counting and the odds. Thorp actually was so effective, he changed the way casinos deal and manage blackjack. This is the or......more

Goodreads review by Xantd999 on June 10, 2022

Beat the Dealer. WOW this book was amazingly interesting in how it took fact, science, massive research, and personal adventures to go and explain something so massive and so simply complex that it can break the average mind just trying to use it. This book while helping explain basic strategy in bl......more

Goodreads review by David on May 23, 2022

A long time ago, a boy was left starry-eyed by offhand comment by his father, at a massive game of blackjack hosted by his grandmother at a Chinese New Year gathering. "If the dealer's up card is a 5, it's free money." Years later, and now a student of mathematics and probability himself, the boy un......more

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