Blackjack Strategies Sources

Blackjack strategies with their sources are summarized here. The books can be purchased at Blackjack Books. See Card Counting Strategies for a comparison of these systems. See the Blackjack Strategy Advisor for advice on selecting a strategy. CV Card Counting Software can generate Blackjack Strategy Cards for these systems.

• Canfield Expert – A simple, Level 1, balanced card counting strategy optimized for Playing Efficiency found in Richard Canfield's Blackjack Your Way to Riches, Carol Publishing Group, 1977, rev. 1994.
• Canfield Master – A proprietary, advanced, Level 2, balanced Blackjack strategy available from Canfield Associates since the mid-70's.
• Hi-Lo – The Hi-Lo Blackjack strategy is a Level 1, balanced strategy optimized for Betting originally created by Harvey Dubner in 1963. The Hi-Lo strategy was later refined by Julian Braun, published by Edward Thorp and refined again by Stanford Wong. In CV, Wong's Hi-Lo strategy is used as published in Professional Blackjack, Pi Yee Press, 1975, rev. 1994.
• Hi-Opt I – A simple, Level 1, balanced strategy developed by Lance Humble and Carl Cooper. This strategy was built on the Einstein count developed by Charles Einstein in the late 60's. The current version can be found in The World's Greatest Blackjack Book, Doubleday & Company, 1980 by Lance Humble and Carl Cooper.
• Hi-Opt II – A more complex, Level 2, balanced strategy developed by Lance Humble and Julian Braun. Found to be more powerful than even some Level 3 card counting strategies. (See Blackjack Attack.)
• KISS – Easy, yet powerful, unbalanced strategies found in Blackjack Bluebook II by Fred Renzey, Blackjack Mentor Press, 2003.
• KO – KO stands for Knock Out Blackjack and also Ken and Olaf, the designers of the KO Count. A very easy, yet powerful, unbalanced strategy optimized for betting. Becoming one of the most popular card counting systems and probably the easiest of Blackjack strategies. Described in Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs book Knock-Out Blackjack, Isochoric Publishing, 1996.
• Mentor – Level II balanced strategy suitable for shoes or pitch games found in Blackjack Bluebook II by Fred Renzey, Blackjack Mentor Press, 2003.
• Omega II – An advanced, Level 2, balanced strategy with a large number of indexes similar to Canfield Master. An Ace side count improves betting efficiency. It can be found in Bryce Carlson's Blackjack for Blood, CompuStar Press, 1992, rev. 1994.
• Red Seven – A Level 1+, unbalanced card counting technique optimized for betting found in Arnold Snyder's Blackbelt in Blackjack. Another one of the easy Blackjack strategies. RGE Publishing, 1983.
• REKO – A simplified version of KO available on this site at REKO Strategy.
• Revere Advanced Plus-Minus – A Level 1, balanced strategy found in Lawrence Revere's Playing Blackjack as a Business, Lyle Stuart, 1980.
• Revere Point Count – An advanced, Level 2, balanced strategy optimized for betting. Revere created many Blackjack strategies. I believe this to be his best and one of the best overall of card counting strategies for shoes.
• Revere RAPC and 14 Count – These proprietary strategies are still sold by Revere's family. However they are very complex and little used these days.
• Silver Fox – A Level 1, balanced strategy optimized for betting. This is an inexpensive, proprietary system similar to the Green Fountain Count and described in The Silver Fox Blackjack System by Ralph Stricker.
• Unbalanced Zen 11 – A simple, Level 2, unbalanced card counting system optimized for betting. This is an inexpensive, proprietary strategy published by George C. in 1995.
• Uston Advanced Plus-Minus – A Level 1, balanced strategy optimized for betting found in Ken Uston's Million Dollar Blackjack, Gambling Times Inc., 1981.
• Uston APC – An advanced, Level 3, balanced strategy with a large number of indexes optimized for Playing Efficiency. This is one of the more complex card counting strategies. More complex than most people think needed. Found in Ken Uston's Million Dollar Blackjack, Gambling Times Inc., 1981.
• Uston SS – An advanced, Level 3, unbalanced strategy optimized for betting. This is a proprietary strategy developed by Ken Uston, Arnold Snyder and Sam Case found in The Uston SS Count, Gambling Times Inc., 1986.
• Wong Halves – An advanced, Level 3, balanced strategy, using fractions and optimized for betting found in Professional Blackjack, Pi Yee Press, 1975, rev. 1994.
• Zen Count – An advanced, Level 2, balanced Blackjack strategy optimized for betting found in Arnold Snyder's Blackbelt in Blackjack, RGE Publishing, 1983.