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Professional Blackjack Stanford Wong Pdf Professional blackjack stanford wong pdf Continue For the main character of the book, see Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time. John Ferguson (born 1943), known by the pseudonym Stanford Wong, is the author of Gambling, best known for his book Professional Blackjack, first published in 1975. Wong's Blackjack Analyzer computer program, originally created for personal use, was one of the first parts of the commercially available blackjack chance analysis software. Wong appeared on television several times as a participant in the blackjack tournament or as a gambling expert. He owns Pi Yee Press, which has published books by other gambling authors, including King Yao. Blackjack Wong began playing blackjack in 1964, teaching financial courses at San Francisco State University and earning a doctorate in finance from Stanford University in California. Not content with teaching, Wong agreed to receive a salary of $1 for the last term of school, so as not to attend teacher meetings and to continue his gambling career. The term Wong (v.) or Wonging began to mean a certain technique of advantage in blackjack, which Wong made popular in the 1980s. and then go out again. Wonging is the reason that some casinos have signs on some blackjack tables saying: No Mid-Shoe Entry, meaning that a new player has to wait until just first hand after shuffling to start playing. He reviewed or acted as a consultant to blackjack writers and researchers, including Don Schlesinger and Jan Andersen. Wong is known to have been the main operator of the team's advantage players who targeted casino tournaments including Blackjack, Craps and Video Poker in and around Las Vegas. At the beginning of the team's work, Wong was the main financier providing travel expenses and buying bets for other players. The current owner of Las Vegas Advisor Anthony Curtis was among the members of this team. Wong is a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Current Blackjack News In 1979, Wong began publishing monthly newsletters on blackjack. They grew into one of the main magazines for professional blackjack players, Wong Current Blackjack News, ranking with The Blackjack Forum's Arnold Snyder. As of 2007, Wong's newsletter is published on Wong's official website. The magazine provides information on the rules and conditions of blackjack games in casinos in the United States and some other countries. Stanford Wong's website BJ21 has been online since 1997. It contains a free zone and a limited, subscriber-only area called Green Chip. Each month, one message from the exclusion zone is chosen by Wong as the post of the month and The author wins a prize of $100. The Record holder for the number of Post of the Month awards is a blackjack expert known as MathProf, with 16 wins. Craps Wong wrote Wong on Dice, which allegedly shows how a casino dice game can be beaten through controlled dice throwing. Many Blackjack experts are skeptical of Wong's bone claims, and this is a hotly contested issue, as opposed to counting cards in blackjack, which can be mathematically proven. Wong himself was initially skeptical of the suggestion that the bones could be controlled in craps. Personal Life Name Stanford Wong is a pseudonym; the author's real name is John Ferguson. His first choice for the alias was Nevada Smith, but that name was accepted. Stanford Wong was chosen by a friend in the PhD program, taking his alma mater as his name and Asian surname to provide the mysticism of the East. Wong lives in La Jolla, California, with his wife. They have two adult children who are college graduates and married. Wong's Company Pi Yee Press is currently based in Las Vegas. Books Professional Blackjack (1975) Professional video poker Wong on the dice (2006). Pi Yee Press (pdf). ISBN 0-935926-26-7 Blackjack Secrets Essential Blackjack (1992). Pi Yee Press, ISBN 0-935926-19-4 Tournament Blackjack Tournament Craps Full Idiot Management Guide T Optimal Strategy for Pai Go Poker Vegas Downtown Blackjack Sharp Sports Betting Casino Strategies Cheap Claims Winning Without Counting Full Idiot Gambling Guide as BlackjackInfo.com Pro Notes Received April 5, 2014. - Basic Blackjack, p. 4 - Information on green chip BJ21.com Archive 2011-10-27 in Wayback Machine - Post of the Month wins $100 for MathProf BJ21.com, July 2, 2011 Archived April 25, 2012 at Wayback Machine and Cooper, Marc (August 29, 2007). Gambling on distribution: Las Vegas-style sports betting. Los Angeles Times. Received on September 28, 2009. Storms, Steve. Meet Stanford Wong - Guru Blackjack. American Casino Guide. Received on October 21, 2010. Stanford Wong Biography. BJ21.com archive from the original 2007-06-26. Links Stanford Wong (1992). Basic Blackjack. Pi And Press. ISBN 0-935926-19-4. External Links Official Website Stanford Wong Sharp Sports Betting Blackjacked - Card counters condemn the casino's rough tactics of Bob Shemeligian, Las Vegas Mercury, October 16, 2003 extracted from the Showing 1-10 Beginning of Your Review of Professional Blackjack March 14, 2015 William rated it very much though, it's a solid reference that every serious blackjack should have a player in his. Contains full sets of index numbers for the popular Hi-Lo System. Samn rated it was amazing february 03, 2014 Kevin Dietzler appreciated it was amazing July 05, 2013 Brad appreciated it really liked February 14, 2013 Joe Lanham appreciated it was amazing December 28, 2014 10 CHAPTER 1 Gambler INTRODUCTIONs around the world to win and lose millions in blackjack casinos and private clubs and private clubs. A handful of professionals support themselves by playing blackjack, and they call themselves investors, not players. Investing means waiting for money to grow and sometimes putting it in a risky situation. Gambling means placing money in a risky situation and hoping that it will grow, but knowing that it is likely to shrink. The investor buys stocks and bonds and real estate while the player plays dice and keno and slot machines. For most people, playing blackjack gambling; but, for some, it's an investment. Casino owners set blackjack rules, and the card counter always remains within these rules. You don't break the law when you win money using a card counting system. Blackjack is a sporting proposition. The casinos issued the call; The card counter takes on casino terms and usually wins. It's always nice to beat someone in that person's own game. The purpose of this book is to serve as a convenient reference to blackjack players. When you travel, if there is a chance that you will come across a blackjack game, take this book with you. Whatever rules you encounter in blackjack, you should be able to open this book and find a basic strategy, and usually strategy numbers that advise you when to deviate from the main strategy. Chapter 2 of the Organization presents a common basic strategy. The rest of the book looks at situations where it is appropriate to disassociate yourself from the overall baseline strategy. Deviations from the overall baseline strategy are highlighted by a bold type. Chapter 3 presents a system of high low vote counting for one common set of rules. Below are the chapters, at the heart of the main strategies and insurance indices, double down, splitting and capitulating. Chapter 8 is dedicated to blackjack games in which the dealer does not accept the hole card. Then come chapters dedicated to straights, ties, aces, and busted hands. Chapters are dedicated to multi-card bonuses and hand bonuses, such as 6-7-8 of the same suit. You should be able to find the index strategy numbers you need for the rules you face in the casino of your choice. Chapter 16 is dedicated to older/under 13 years of age, which is a two-party bet. You can bet that your first two cards will be a total of more than thirteen or thirteen years old. Aces are considered one, not eleven, and thirteen loses. Over/under 13 can be used profitably by card counters. Chapter 17 is dedicated rates are not covered elsewhere in the book. Chapter 18 presents a more powerful system of counting votes, halves. Chapter 19 is dedicated to double exposure. It's This. a blackjack in which both dealer cards are exposed before the players act, and the connections go to the dealer. Chapter 20 and up explain some of the intricacies of blackjack, such as other ways to gain an advantage, the subtle points of blackjack play, how to play without getting kicked out, like winning faster, tokes, comps, and cheating on the part of the dealer. Chapter 29 presents several studies of casino shuffling. The app contains tables of strategies, expectations, and frequencies of specific hands. The underlying strategy of the Casino arrived in blackjack almost entirely due to players deviating from the main strategy. The average player knows almost nothing about the correct hand blackjack game, makes mistakes about 15% of the time, and loses at a rate of about 1.4% worse than the basic strategy. (Peter Griffin has studied this topic; these figures come from Chapter 15 of his extra things.) Standing on all stiffs against 2.3.4, 5 and 6 and hitting all the stiffness against 7, 8, 9, 10, and An ace will take you out of the 1.4% category and make you a better-than-average player. Even with good blackjack books available in stores across the country for decades, most players still stand at sixteen vs. 7; it's an expensive mistake. If you want to play blackjack to win, you should at least know the approach to the main strategy.
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