Topic: Gambling Book/Website Suggestions ? (Read 753 times)

Are you also interested to follow your father's footstep OP? Or are you just curious on how to play Blackjack and Poker? If so, you can watch tutorial videos on Youtube and search in google for free. But for me, I don't really know how to play and honestly didn't see how the Blackjack was supposed to play, and I just know the basic skills about Poker but I found this link (below) in the internernet that might help on what you need about these games, so please feel free to check if it's a helpful tips.

https://www.johnslots.com/en/blackjack/how-to-win-at-blackjack/
http://www.pokerprofessor.com/university/how-to-win-at-poker/advanced-poker-strategy

Whenever someone is trying to sell you something 9 times out of 10 you should assume that whatever comes out of their mouth is either an exaggeration or an outright lie, there are several books that can help you understand gambling games in a better, way, in fact something I have not seen recommended yet is a book about the field of statistics and probabilities, as if you study the subject you realize how difficult it is to beat the house and why those tactics you see in those videos will never work out.

They wont able to take some action against YouTube itself but somewhat the company is really trying out their best on to get rid of those things which are against and non ethical.
Newcome mistakes are very common due to lack of experience or lets say that they aren't really that using their common sense.

In regards of Gambling book or website then I don't see for it to be much needed unless if you are really that serious on learning something and we know that
everything could really be searched up on net.

YouTube and other online tutorials are everywhere.

These days the best advice if you want to learn many things is via Youtube - there are all sorts of guides and even documentaries that can teach you how to play blackjack profitably. Unfortunately technology is so good these days that you are unlikely to be able to beat the house for very long before you get banned from the casino. There is no law against counting cards (the only consistent way to win) however the casinos are very good at bullying players because they know all the tricks in use. You might be better off mastering a new skill like poker where you can gradually improve and eek out a profit from the comfort of your own home - it requires a lot of determination, patience, time and perseverance however.

Your dad is exceptionally gifted with the ability to always research first before jumping to a new venture. Few people ever have this ability which down the line causes them to incur losses. As per books that will help him study how Blackjack works, I would suggest the World's Greatest Blackjack Book written by Lance Humble, and Blackjack Play Like a Pro written by John Bukofsky. These books are jam-packed with information on how to beat the dealer, what strategies work best for certain situations, and more. I'm sure he'll love these masterpieces because they are very easy to read too. What I would suggest your dad do is to analyse the most common situations and combinations of events that happen in each game, make a statistical report from it, and from there derive the most effective strategies he can use in order to counter such eventualities. Of course not every strategy works for the person and for the particular game you're playing but if you narrow it down to a common denominator, you can get positive information you are sure you can use in each game.

And then they say to the newcomer: "he himself is a fool, why did he believe ...".  In general, I think that such a problem of fake stories should be banned at the level of state policy.  After all, how many children and teenagers are deceived by these greedy advertisers and casinos who order such advertising.  But, it is clear that it is very difficult to track down and formulate the relevant laws and norms of law.  I don't even know if Legislators can somehow pacify YouTube and the rest of the streamers and everyone else in the foreseeable future.

True to that. It should always be taken with a grain of salt if it's for the winnings. But if you think that the strategy being used is applicable to you then you're free to try it.
In all of the strategies that are coming out everywhere, you're the one to choose which works for you the best and if there's none then you have to explore and make your own one.

To add to the discussion and what you've said, if there was a guaranteed strategy that works for anyone and every one who applies it out there, then don't you guys think we all will be rich? There would be no poor man anywhere cus all one would have to do is apply the same strategy others have applied to make money.
So strategies aren't guaranteed to make anyone richer than they already are.

And again, watching YouTube videos and streams and believing everything the host says or do is a big mistake, we should all understand that most of this YouTube reviews we see are paid promotion, the you tubers are paid to do or say whatever they do or say, how about the winnings? 99 if not 100 percent of those are already programed to be so even before they click the "Go Live" button, all those are for advertisment purposes, there were never meant to be taken seriously, but noobs still do unfortunately.

This is definitely noticed! 
Of course, the use of any strategy is always determined by the psychological profile of the person who uses it.  One player's reaction is fast, another's is slower, and now there is no longer a 100% reliable application of this strategy.  Therefore, there are probably no strategies that are universal for use and take into account human psychology and, by the way, the psyche too.  But, if you watch YouTube and the corresponding videos of streamers, they win millions of dollars , then this should be treated as if you are watching a comedy fantasy film, and nothing more.

I do agree with that. Many are making a gimmick but I think that there are still some legitimate strategies. But when a working strategy works for them, it's not 100% going to work for the others.
It's the same to us that there could a strategy that works for us but when it's applied to the others, it's not going to work for them because there's no guaranteed strategy that works for everybody.

I think that in YouTube it is no longer possible to find normal and reliable information about game strategies.  Almost all videos are staged performances, some more realistic, others just fantastic. 
And everywhere they have a 100% success.
All this is a lie and all this is done by the casinos themselves, YouTube, streamers, etc. So it's better not to watch anything like that at all. 
And to develop your own strategy, short-term may well work.  If you are able to think over your moves in detail, and not make them in a state of excitement

Not just from streamers alone but to those that upload videos with their gambling activities. They are not streamers but they're content creators that upload videos that they think are helpful to those people that are also looking for the same content of what they upload. They're different from streamers but as you said they could also be paid by casinos to promote their videos. But the difference is they have to tell it on their video that they're being sponsored. As I know, it's a requirement of YouTube to tell that your video is sponsored.

^ You mean watching strategies from streamers? No, I will not recommend them, they are just hyping their casino to lure gamblers and I think the reason why most becomes fall into the trap. Besides, if you will analyze will, there is no strategy that will work in a long period of time, probably it could be a short period of time and I have doubt that every casino has patches to their system that they think once there is an account that has a consistently won they will adjust it that could be it won't work in the next session.

Well, it is true that not all strategies that you see on every YouTube video about playing blackjack or others won't work at all times. Going with all of the videos will take your time.
I think choose those with a lot of views and good comments and you don't have to go through with each video that you see because it's a total waste of time and you might see just the same content and strategies.

This are excellent recommendations, I've seen alot of people post about "The World's Greatest Blackjack" here which makes me think it's really a good book to read in the subject of gambling, and you recommending it again in your post kind of affirms my assumptions.

I sure will look out for this two books when next I visit the book store, I would have probably searched google and download the pdf versions of it but I've discovered that reading books on my phone or laptop isn't as exciting and uplifting as reading the hardcopy, so thank you for this and I will sure come back with feedback after reading them.

I have two book recommendations for you that I can attest will help you learn the basics and fundamentals to win from gambling. The first one would be "The World's Greatest Balckjack" which showcases the complete details about what you need to know in betting, calculating the odds of winning, strategies and gameplays, and how to spot cheating, how to avoid being cheated on, and most importantly how to pick and chose your dealer. This book can give you so much knowledge which you can use everytime you play. You just have to familiarize with whatever is written on the book and of course, execute what you have learned.

Second one would be "Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty One". This book is full of useful information as well like the former one I have mentioned. This book also contains the details about betting and utilizing your card to your advantage to win. This also has the information needed to spot cheating and the strategies that will be your armor whenever you are playing. You can trust this book because it was written by a reputable author which is known to be very excellent in his field. I can assure you that this is a nice book to be a primary source when you're looking for one.

I hope I was able to help. If you can, please drop a feedback if you happen to pick these books I recommended. It would be of great help to future users here with the same question too.

You wouldnt learn unless you do try and this is the basic principles in life thats why its no harm if you do really make out some application of those things had been
stated or been showed on videos or ebooks online.

It is just a matter of application whether you do really follow but the main point of seeing those things is on how to be done or simply being
aware and able to learn up things.

All of things can be searched through online and does matter on how you do apply it.

If you use the term "tips/advices on blackjack," you will find tons of videos on Youtube so you can directly watch one by one to find what you think you can try the tips or advice. But I never tried by myself because playing Blackjack is not as simple as the other while it is a card game that needs more experience. Maybe after you get one or two strategies, you can practice or modify the strategy to work for you because I do not think that every strategy you get from the internet will always work for you.

This was to be expected, card counting has been known for a very long time and casinos have taken many measures to reduce and eliminate the advantage of the card counters, when you are playing in a live casino you can expect them to use several decks, constant shuffling and in many instances the dealer also keeps the count and they see if anyone is changing their betting patterns when they have advantage on the count, and if someone does then they can ask you to leave as casinos do not like someone that plays with an advantage over them.

You can use this site to get some basic practice with card counting: https://www.blackjackapprenticeship.com/blackjack-training-drills/

But there is a reason why card counters nowadays spend more time trying to market their course or training program instead of actually card counting at casinos.

Physical casinos numbers are dwindling and increasingly you won't find good tables to play at for long periods of time for Blackjack. Online casinos don't have good deck penetration whatsoever. So you're not going to see returns on your time investment even if you have a big bankroll as an advantage player.