I studied some of the best blackjack books in the world years ago. In fact this was fantastic because at that time, we were looking at pre-internet so it wasnt easy to get your hands on the books that I had in the UK. This gave me a tremendous advantage over the casinos because while they knew about card counting, their level of knowledge was so basic that it was laughable.
They knew basic strategy at best and the high / low system at best and that counters went from betting table minimums to table maximums very quickly. Any player who did this was as basic an amateur as you could ever wish to meet. I had all of the knowledge of Stanford Wong, Ed Thorp, Lawrence Revere, Bryce Carlson, Peter Griffin, Donald Schlesinger, Ken Uston and Arnold Snyder behind me.
I had all thier knowledge and tons of my own. I had access to shuffle tracking software that barely anyone even knew existed at that time. I had profesisonal BJ count analyzers that could calculate your edge given what type of counting system you used and what strategy you adopted to give you your earn rate per 100 hands.
This was immensely powerful stuff at that time and this was equivalent to poker players using software today. But some of the best blackjack books in the world in 1998 are still the best blackjack books in the world now. For anyone who wants to study this game then I recommend the following books,
PROFESSIONAL BLACKJACK : Stanford Wong
MILLION DOLLAR BLACKJACK: Ken Uston
BLACKBELT IN BLACKJACK: Bryce Carlson
BLACKJACK ATTACK: Donald Schlesinger
THE THEORY OF BLACKJACK: Peter Griffin
Also anything by Arnold Snyder and especially his works on shuffle tracking, using this to compliment the shuffle trak programs is worth its weight in gold. It was amazing back in the 1990′s becasue I felt immensely powerful, I had almost top secret knowledge that even the owners of the companies didnt even have. For me though, the real profit lay in training people up.
Using proper anti-detection methods was the real art to the game……I still crave playing even now……its just in the blood. I am off to another casino this weekend….maybe I will have a little dabble 
see you soon
Carl
