Blackjack Attack: Playing the Pros' Way

by Don Schlesinger

This third and final edition of Don Schlesinger’s essential blackjack tome, now in softcover, is the biggest and best ever—a massive 533 pages that contain more than 400 tables and charts. The softcover edition also includes a major a new appendix with “effects of removal” for playing and betting. These tables revise and expand the original work done by Peter Griffin in The Theory of Blackjack . Blackjack Attack is one of the most important books available to blackjack aficionados, and has been praised by every prominent blackjack expert. In it, Schlesinger answers virtually all of the thorny mathematical questions that have puzzled serious players for optimal betting, camouflage, risk analysis, team play, systems comparison, and much more. With twice as much material as its predecessor, this third, Ultimate, edition contains new studies that will intrigue even the most knowledgeable pro, including a complete reexamination of the late Peter Griffin’s work on expected values, and the publication of the most accurate basic strategy charts ever devised. Loaded with a stockpile of strategies, innovative analyses, and unique insights into the game, Blackjack Attack is the “Ultimate Weapon” in the blackjack player’s arsenal.

576 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2023

Reviews

[Carlos Jiménez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well-written and insightful guide that breaks down advanced blackjack strategy with clarity and real-world practicality. A must-read for serious players, not perfect, but highly valuable.