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Review by George C. (author, mathematician, blackjack guru) This book is an enticing and simplified methodology that squeezes every last drop from the KO count. A beginner shouldn’t have any problems taking the original KO count and by using the color coded “cool, hot and warm” concepts shown by Daniel to optimize their play. You’ll be playing professionally just after reading and applying the concepts that Daniel shows in the first four chapters of the book. I sim… More >>
The Color of Blackjack : A revolutionary method to learn card counting
Although this book is rather expensive for a paperback, it is well worth the cost to blackjack players struggling to master basic strategy and card counting. The print is very readable, and
the illustrations are exceptionaly well done for a blackjack book. The design of the basic strategy chart is the best I have ever seen, and the explanation of true knockout count represents a real advance in card counting that can serve the nonprofessional counter very well indeed. Search [...]—and then Buy the Book!
Rating: 5 / 5
Hi-lo, Hi-Opt 1, Hi-Opt 2, Omega 2, – Enough! I tried them all. I understood them but they were too hard to put into play in real life. They were like trying to run with 10 lbs weights on your ankles. Then on a blackjack forum I saw a new book called “The Color of Blackjack” being talked about. The ivory tower, math gurus simmed it to death and the numbers prove it is one of the most powerful systems out there. It’s KO on steroids with no heavy math. I got it and it works!! The weights are off. I’m sprinting. Let me save you a lot of time. If you want to learn card counting and beat casinos get this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have successfully been using KO for years and adding this simple, powerful, common-sense approach to true-counting KO has given my game new octane! This book has changed my game forever. I suggest having a firm grasp of the concepts in KO Blackjack before you read this book. I have read every book ever published on the subject of blackjack at least three times. This book cuts through the theoretical drudgery and gives practical advice for the player who doesn’t want to wallow in the mathematical minutia, but wants to play the game! Highly recommended from a real-world player!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is a road map to card counting. The subtitle should be “cut to the chase”. The first words are “How to extract money from a casino”. I don’t know about you but that’s what I wanted to learn. It’s lean and mean and it delivers. I’ve tried reading some of the soporific tomes written by math PH.Ds. The math of blackjack seems to be the favorite topic for their theses, but they never set foot in a casino. They don’t know the difference between a pit boss and a pit bull. Actually, according to Dravot there is none. Learn a system from a guy on the front line.
Rating: 5 / 5
One of the problems with KO is that the ease of using an unbalanced system is offset somewhat by the fact that your estimated advantage is most accurate around the pivot point, and that because no true count is being taken, advantage is underestimated early in the shoe and overestimated later in the shoe. This excellent book remedies that problem. Overall, the win rate for Hi Lo appears in independent testing to be higher for single and double deck games than using KO, but if you don’t want to keep a running count, KO supplemented with this book is the way to go. I haven’t seen any data on the effect modifying one’s bets using the ideas in this book has on the expectation from the baseline KO system, but given that those ideas address the specific reason why Hi Lo tends to outperform KO, I can’t help but think implementing the system outlined by Mr. Dravot will narrow the gap between the two systems, if not close it entirely. In any event, betting more closely aligned with one’s advantage can’t be a bad thing. I would recommend becoming proficient in KO before implementing the ideas in this book, and Knock-Out Blackjack is definitely required reading before delving into this one.
Rating: 5 / 5