Blackjack Basic (Playing) Strategy, 4-8 Decks

Features

• Cards
• Published by: Stickysoft Corp. July 25, 2003
• ISBN 10 Number: 0974038466
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0974038469
• Book Dimensions: 5.1 x 3.5 x 0.1 inches
• Weighs: 0.8 ounces

Henry Tamburin, Blackjack Insider Newsletter, September 2003
Perfect strategy at your fingertips. You've never seen strategy cards like this before.

Anthony Curtis, Las Vegas Advisor, September 2003
These cards are hot.

Reader Reviews
First of all, don't get me wrong. I think that a fair amount of thought went into these cards before they slapped a $5/set price tag on them however I wouldn't rate these as 4 or 5 stars personally. Why? PROS: 1) LARGE: These are large laminated cards that could withstand liquid spills at the table and are easy to read when your eyes are bleary and it's 3AM in the morning in the casino. 2) COLOR: The colors on these cards make them easy to read. Many cards lack the color and only have H, S, P, U on them. CONS: 1) ONLY 1 SHOE TYPE? They charge $5 for 4-8 deck shoes, then charge another $5 for 2 deck, then charge another $5 for 1 deck. I don't know about you but that kind of reeks of an overcharge. If anything they should have just packaged them up as $9.99 for all 3 sets. 2) ORGANIZATION: This might be a personal preference on the basis of books I've read but the player starting hands go top to bottom from 17 down to 8, the do A-9 down to A-2, then pairs from 10-10 to 2-2. ...I REALLY, REALLY HATE THIS. Again, this might just be a personal preference but back in the day, I was taught with tables that started with player hands (top to bottom) 8-11, then A-2 to A-9, then pairs of 2-2 to 10-10. The organization is completely upside down compared to what's historically been in my head and in my books, rendering these cards pretty much useless to me, so while I'm giving the cards 3 stars on the merit of their potential value to someone else, I'd return all 3 sets if this wasn't such a cheap purchase in the final analysis. Again, the author clearly put a lot of time and effort into insuring that a person's $5 bucks were well spent and I don't want to knock them for that, but for me, because the tables were formatted differently from what I'd learned and practiced years ago, they weren't very useful for me or the people I teach who also use the same table organizational structure. Comment | | (Report this)