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I really loved this book. It's a very easy system to learn and apply. As far as how effective it is. I have to say I expect to win every time I sit at a blackjack table with decent rules.
This ia a great book for people looking to enhance their blackjack game. It teaches you the basics of counting, but more importantly it teaches you statistics and good pointers for play.
I bought a copy of this book 10 years ago, and have won money at blackjack almost every time that I *diligently* followed this system. And.you must practice, practice, practice to be successful.
Same with Hi-Low, although easier, it is mentally taxing. Remember, you have to play over million hands to actually see these results. You won't. Do that for 5 years, and maybe you'll stiff 6 figure gain. LOL. So, it's possible with KO. I once made over $2k playing $15 table in 2.5 hours.
Go there to have fun, make some money if you are lucky, just don't expect to be rich unless you plan on 12h x 7d x 50wks x50yrs BJ life. Hope this helps.Edit: I forgot to add this tidbit, since I mostly play AC and they only have shoe games. This book specifically tells you why he wrote it from the beginning, and mentioned all the ins and outs of the count. It's taxing, but not so much as balanced system. But you gotta be lucky too.
The great thing is you don't have to take his word for it. It is well written, and if you have IQ over 50, you'll understand it. Not only have I used this system, I have also used Hi-Low, and Hi-Low OptI. I actually sat at a same table ($15) and played for 8 hours straight using KO. What they have to do is, do it for an hour and move on to another casino, or table after break. Oh, unbalanced system becomes more accurate as deeper you penetrate the deck, so don't go crazy early on. Don't expect to leave the casinos with a whad of cash, if you're lucky it can happen.
.65% is little over 1% advantage over the house. Hi-Low OptI is very draining on your mental fatigue, I doubt even 20 year pros can keep doing it for that long. 4200x50 = 210K hands. Why, try Hi-Low OptI count for 8 hours at a packed casino. (exaggerating little bit, but you get the point)So, what I'm trying to say is KO is a GREAT system for casual players, as this book was written for. I usually don't write reviews, but I decided to on this one, because there are some reviews that are idiotic.
This is the grind. I played many shoes that I didn't even get to bet big, it's ok. It's also a good system for pros, since it's similar to Hi-Low in returns. You can download some of these testing softwares or buy it, and run the test yourself, and you should get a similar results.Now, the final point. BJinsider did a great article (i think it's newsletter 29 - free) that showed how KO, Red7, BlackA did against Hi-Low on a 6-deck.
You ain't going to make thousands consistently playing 500-600 hands a week. That's what it is designed for.The book comes out telling you that it's not good as balanced count system, but by miniscule fraction. Now the real story.Basically unbalanced count was developed for the "real" world. You want a LIFE like that. Not only have I read this book, I have actually USED the system. You have to play 7x600 = 4200 hands. Hi-Low was.68% gain, vs.67% for Red7,.65% for KO and.63% for BlackA.
But for shoes games KO and Red7 is just as nice. wait for 3-4 decks to be gone, so each deck you'll only have 2 or 3 chances to bet big. So, let me share with you my experience. Because I've also been busted couple of times too ($400 max each session). It's over the long haul he's talking about. that's like 600 hands avg a day.
They main objective is to get as many hands played possible (they also cheated little using team work, but we'll leave that for another day). If you can get 45-60 hands/hour, you can probably play 10-12 hours/day with break in between. Try going there 8pm on friday night, and see if you'll find a table with 3 players only. Big spreads are best, but can get heat, so learn some stealth from this book or other books. All these statistics for counting are using A LARGE # of hands played, to minimize noise and get the actual true "worth" of the system. That why there was the mit "TEAM".
That's still good enough if you get lucky, since odds are with you. But for 1 or 2 deck games, I'd recommend learning the Hi-Low as you want more accurate count then.
This is extremely valuable in a casino environment when you have cocktail watresses grabbing you every 10 minutes and the guy beside you won't shut his trap. Forget about hi/lo.
Get out your credit card and order this book. I ordered this book a little over a year ago, and since then I am 8-1-1 in my last 10 casino visits.
If you are an amateur, which you probably are if you are reading this, stop reading right now. This is the most effective simple system you can learn to use.
I am UNDEFEATED (too many games to count) in local private games with low table limits, which are fairly common here in this college town. This was all after practicing card counting for 30 minutes per day for about a month.
Knock-Out is an unbalanced system, which means there is no need to keep a true count. Order this book, get a deck of cards, print off the strategy tables and go to work.
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