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Arnold Snyder is a
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and
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author. He was elected by professional
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players as one of the seven original inductees into the
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which is hosted at
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for his record as a blackjack player and his innovations in professional gambling techniques. He was the first blackjack authority to publish the importance of deck penetration (depth of the deal) in
card counting Card counting is a blackjack strategy used to determine whether the player or the dealer has an advantage on the next hand. Card counters are advantage players who try to overcome the casino house edge by keeping a running count of high and low ...
, in his 1980 book ''The Blackjack Formula''. He was also the first blackjack researcher to publish (in ''Blackjack Forum'', 1981–1983) that radical simplification of blackjack card counting systems did not hurt earnings. Since 1981, Arnold Snyder has been the editor of ''Blackjack Forum'', a quarterly trade journal for professional gamblers. In 2004 Snyder moved the publication of ''Blackjack Forum'' from print to online due to time constraints imposed by playing more frequently and the frustration with dealing with the business side of the publication industry. ''Blackjack Forum'' has published many articles about professional gambling, discussion of strategies and approaches for various games and interviews with many professional gamblers including
Al Francesco Al Francesco (born Frank Schipani; December 2, 1933) is an American blackjack player and gambling strategist. Considered to be “The Godfather of Blackjack”, Francesco is recognized as the creator of the team play concept, the “big player” s ...
, Keith Taft and Marty Taft,
Tommy Hyland Thomas Hyland is an American professional blackjack player and a 2002 inductee to the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Hyland studied political science at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Since 1979, he has been recognized for his role in for ...
, Johnny Chang,
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. His book ''Blackbelt in Blackjack'' is a guide to card counting and other professional gambling techniques in blackjack, with an emphasis on advice for winning in real-life
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play. In his book ''The Blackjack Shuffle Tracker's Cookbook'', he published the first mathematical analysis of the value of different types of blackjack
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tracking, as well as the first analysis of how to most profitably track today's more complicated casino shuffles. ''The Big Book of Blackjack'' covers the history of blackjack, especially the history of the achievements of blackjack's most successful professional players. In 2006, his book ''The Poker Tournament Formula'' provides mathematical analysis of the optimal strategy for multi-table
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tournaments with blind levels lasting less than an hour. The book also includes analysis of bankroll requirements for professional
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players, as well as mathematical analysis of optimal poker tournament rebuy strategy. Snyder has reviewed books by numerous gambling authors including the first edition of "Blackjack Attack" by
Don Schlesinger Donald Schlesinger is a gaming mathematician, author, lecturer, player, and member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame who specializes in the casino game of blackjack. His work in the field has spanned almost five decades. He is the author of the book ...
and "The Blackjack Life" by Nathaniel Tilton and has exposed numerous phony gambling systems. Snyder's recommendations on gambling books and systems can be found at his websites. Arnold Snyder is also known as an advocate for the rights of professional gamblers. His testimony in the
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trial of blackjack team manager
Tommy Hyland Thomas Hyland is an American professional blackjack player and a 2002 inductee to the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Hyland studied political science at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Since 1979, he has been recognized for his role in for ...
was instrumental in preserving the legal right to blackjack team play in Canadian and U.S. casinos. He has also testified as an expert witness in court cases involving the rights of blackjack hole-card players and dealer-tell players. Arnold Snyder also compiled a book, ''Radical Blackjack'' that was due for publication in 2011 but was never released. Snyder decided not to publish the book due to some of the discussed techniques still being actively used by professional players and as such not wishing to endanger the integrity of the plays.


Books by Arnold Snyder

*''Blackbelt in Blackjack'' *''Big Book of Blackjack'' *''How to Beat the Internet Casinos and Poker Rooms'' *''The Poker Tournament Formula'' *''The Poker Tournament Formula 2'' *''The Blackjack Shuffle-Trackers Cookbook: How Players Win (And Why They Lose) With Shuffle Tracking'' *''The Blackjack Formula'' *''The Over/Under Report''


See also

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Blackjack Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is a casino banking game. The most widely played casino banking game in the world, it uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as Twenty-One. This fami ...


References


External links


Official siteArnold Snyder: Blackjack Champ Biography and PhotoArnold Snyder's Fiction Blog
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