Publisher of the finest books and software on blackjack, video poker, and other gambling topics byStanford Wong.

1. Professional Blackjack Analyzer Software
2. Professional Blackjack Analyzer Software For Mac
3. Professional Blackjack Analyzer Software

1. IBM DOS Software by Stanford Wong. If you want all those things, and you want them in a format that is user friendly, then you want Blackjack Count Analyzer. NOTE: This is a DOS program for IBM compatible PCs and will run under the DOS command window in Microsoft Windows environments.
2. Blackjack Count Analyzer free download - Index.dat Analyzer, MixMeister BPM Analyzer (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP), Sound Card Analyzer, and many more programs.
3. Wong's computer program 'Blackjack Analyzer', initially created for personal use, was one of the first pieces of commercially available blackjack odds analyzing software. Wong has appeared on TV multiple times as a blackjack tournament contestant or as a gambling expert.

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Books

• Professional Blackjack by Stanford Wong
• Blackjack Secrets by Stanford Wong
• Basic Blackjack by Stanford Wong
• Professional Video Poker by Stanford Wong
• Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker by Stanford Wong
• Casino Tournament Strategy by Stanford Wong
• Betting Cheap Claimers by Stanford Wong

  Newsletters

• Stanford Wong's Current Blackjack News

  Software

This easy-to-use spreadsheet allows you to analyze every critical risk factor that threatens your bankroll. Recommended companion for Burning the Tables in Las Vegas. (Primarily for blackjack play.) Requires Windows 95 running Microsoft Excel version 7.0 or later. BlackjackInfo community member MGP has kindly released his blackjack combinatorial analyzer software for Windows as freeware. Download the zip file here: MGPBJCASetup.zip (7.6 MB). The software license grants free usage for private, non-commercial use. Unzip the downloaded file and run the included Setup.exe file.

About Stanford Wong

Stanford Wong loves to solve puzzles. And that is what winning fromcasinos is all about - solving puzzles the casinos have created. Hegets more satisfaction out of solving the puzzles than using thesolutions to win money in casinos.

Of course he has done his share of win ning. When he was in graduateschool, play ing blackjack was his major source of income, and hestayed in school long enough to earn a Ph.D. from Stanford.

Now he has it made - a wonderful wife, two great kids, and acomfortable home in La Jolla, one of the garden spots of the world. Hehas converted two oftheir seven bedrooms to offices, so commuting towork in the morning means strolling down a hallway. One of the officesoverlooks their pool. Everyday he runs along a fabulous ocean view toget his mail. He is his own boss. Anything that has to be done that hedoes not feel like doing himself, he hires someone else to do. He couldnot have a more pleasant life had he chosen to do something other thantry to beat the casinos.

Perhaps you are wondering whether his advice is accurate, and if it isvaluable why is he selling it instead of using it himself. His adviceis accurate and valuable. He does use it himself. But he prefers tospend a majorpart of his time writing a new hook or creating a newsoftware product Probably he could earn more money by investing histime in casinos instead of writing books, but why should he? Spendingmore time in casinos would not be an improvement in his life style. Andhe truly does get more satisfaction out of teaching others to beat thecasinos than beating them himself. So - he writes the books, and youcan use them to win money in casinos.

Professional Blackjack

This is the 1994 revision of a classic first published in 1975. Professional Blackjackteaches card counting. New in the 1994 edition: strategies for playingnew rules such as over/under, simulation results to replace all the'best guesses' of earlier editions, and tables of expectations.

'It is an outstanding blackjack text. There is no other blackjacksystem that is both simpler and more powerful.'
***Edward O. Thorp,author of Beat the Dealer.

'Stanford Wong's new Professional Blackjack is an absolutelyoutstanding book. Not only is it the most technically accurate anddetailed reference to the high-low and halves counts, it is also oneof the best sources for information on the finer points of the game.'
***Michael Dalton, author ofBlackjack: A Professional Reference andeditor ofBlackjack Review.

ISBN 0-935926-21-6, 352p, MSRP $19.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Blackjack Secrets

Blackjack Secrets explains how to get away with playing a winingblackjack game without getting kicked out of the casino. It covers suchtopics as good plays to avoid, how to get away with bet size variation,finding good games, the importance of penetration, stashing chips,heat, giving your name to casinos, streaks, what to do with a big betat the shuffle, and acting like a gambler.

A 24-page chapter on winning faster covers such topics as tokingadvantage of unusual circumstances, break-in dealers, forcing ashuffle, team play, learning to see faster, the delayed raise, andcutting for advantage.

A chapter entitled 'Turning Pro' answers letters from people who wantto become professional blackjack players.

ISBN 0-935926-20-8, 256p, MSRP $14.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Basic Blackjack

What blackjack neophytes need is basic strategy. It must be masteredbefore one goes on to card counting. Basic Blackjack has the mostcomplete explanation of basic strategy available anywhere.

Example: In early 1993, blackjack players of Ramada Express in Laughlinwere pleasantly surprised to find the casino had decided to pay 3:2 onfive-card hands at blackjack. Those customers who had Basic Blackjackhad only to open to table 21 to find basic strategy for exploiting thisrule.

Basic Blackjack also contains the best of Winning Without Counting, anout-of-print book on getting an edge at blackjack without countingcards that initially sold for $200 per copy.

ISBN 0-935926-19-4, 224p, MSRP $14.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Professional Video Poker

Professional Video Poker is a book that shows how to get an edge atvideo poker at Nevada and Atlantic City casinos. The material has beencasino-tested by pros who support themselves almost entirely on whatthey wi playing video poker.

The video-poker strategies were devised with the intent of maximizingwirings per hour. Each strategy is presented in a compact chart thatuses easy abbreviations for the different possible draws. You don'thave to memorize the strategy because you can find the correct play forany hand in just seconds.

The most common beatable machine is a progressive with a high jackpot.Professional Video Poker explains how high the jackpot must be to giveyou an edge, how to calculate your expected earnings per hour, and howto calculate risk.

In the best video-poker opportunity l personally have played, in early1987, I estimate my time was worth $150 an hour. Today you cannot hopeto find such a valuable situation. But $30-an-hour opportunities arecommon, and pros still exist.

ISBN 0-935926-15-1, 159p, MSRP $14.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker

Pai gow poker is a game of skill, and Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker explains how to win. Itexplains the optimal play of every possible hand that can be dealt.

Included are lists of how frequently each five-card hand and eachtwo-card hand are achieved. Also included is advice for playing in apal gow poker tournament.

Mike Caro, 'America's Mad Genius,' and author of Professional Pai GowPoker Report, says: 'Those serious players seeking to make a living atpai gow poker will find Wong's Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker analmost perfect path to profit.'

Anthony Curtis, publisher ofLas Vegas Advisor, says: 'Whatever yourmotives for playing pai gow poker - comps, cover, fun or profit -Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker provides all the information you'llneed to analyze a game and play intelligently.'

ISBN 0-935926-17-8, 160p, MSRP $14.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Casino Tournament Strategy

Casino Tournament Strategy contains advice on getting an edge attournaments in blackjack, craps, baccarat and keno.

Getting an edge in a tournament for the most part means correct moneymanagement, i.e. betting the right amounts at the right times. Inblackjack tournaments it also means proper playing strategy, includingplaying some hands differently in certain situations than in a regularblackjack game. This book explains it all.

Anthony Curtis, publisher of Las Vegas Advisor, says: 'Tournament playoffers a greater opportunity for profit than any other gamblingactivity available today. I've won a lot of money at tournamentsapplying the techniques outlined in Wong's book. My biggest tournamentwins to date are $125,000 at craps, $76,000 at blackjack, and $50,000at keno.'

ISBN 0-935926-18-6, 256p, MSRP $19.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Betting Cheap Claimers

Betting Cheap Claimers explains how to make money betting on thoroughbreds. Itsmethods work best on cheap claimers, hence the title. Most horse racesare for cheap claimers.

Betting Cheap Claimers not only provides empirical support for themethods a casual racebook customer can use to get an edge, but it alsoexplains the methodology so that you can do your own empirical testingof other theories.

There is a chapter explaining how to get a big edge at handicappingtournaments.

I thought I had the key to the vault when in December of 1988 I madebets of $32,345 and cashed tickets of $45,890, for a net of $13,545.Those profits were due to success on betting huge biases atPhiladelphia and Bay Meadows, both of which had fast rails at the time.How to recognize and take advantage of biases is one of the chapters inBetting Cheap Claimers.

ISBN 0-935926-16-X, 190p, MSRP $14.95.Order from ConJelCo.

Stanford Wong's

Current Blackjack News has been published since 1979. It covers the whole United States.Regular monthly newsletters are mailed to you and contain updated lists of casinos coveringrules, number of decks used, penetration, and anything else that you need to know to be able togo straight to the best blackjack games.

Special issues cover great money-making opportunities that pop up between regular monthly issues.Eight special issues were published in 1994, and 1995 is on the same pace. Here is an example. Aspecial issue dated 26 May 1995 announced that Morongo in Palm Springs would pay 3:1 on naturalsduring 'happy hour' starting 1 June 1995. When you receive 3:1 on naturals you have an edge greaterthan 6%. Morongo held happy hour three times a day, two days a week for bets up to $100. Therewere fifteen happy hours, and readers who played them all cleared $5,000 per person.You can have special issues sent to you by e-mail, fax, or snail-mail.

MSRP $10 (single issue), $49 (one year, e-mail), $79 (one year, snail-mail),$99.00 (one year, both e-mail and snail-mail),$395.00 (one year, e-mail plus e-mailed special issues of particularly goodnews),$445.00 (one year, e-mail or snail-mail, with faxed special issues).Order from ConJelCo.

Blackjack Count Analyzer

Blackjack Forum ratedBlackjack Count Analyzer the 'best user-friendlydo-everything software' for blackjack.

You can set up almost any set of blackjack rules ever offered,including the new bustout and over/ under bets. The program calculatesbasic strategy and count strategy indexes for your rules. If you wishyou can input your own strategy indexes. The program has a game modeand runs high-speed simulations.

Practicing in the game mode is the best way to learn how to countcards. Blackjack Count Analyzer can be set to tell you if you make anerror. Not only is this a fun way to learn, but you can build suchincredible speed playing against a computer that you can easily handlethe fastest human dealer alive.

Blackjack Count Analyzer is as user-friendly as a program can get. Youwill have no trouble setting up your own blackjack rules, printing outa hard copy of basic and count strategy for those rules, and either beplaying a game or running a high-speed simulation, all within fiveminutes of turning on your computer.

Here is a sample application of Blackjack Count Analyzer. I got a phonecall from a player who discovered a casino paying 3:1 on naturals. Hethought he had a big edge, but had lost $600 in one hour of betting twohands of $25 each.

So I called up Blackjack Count Analyzer and set up the rules of thegame. After simulating a million pairs of hands, I was able to informthe player that in an average 100 pairs of hands he would win $310,with a standard deviation of $495. That truly was a fabulous game - aplayer edge of 6.2%.

Blackjack Count Analyzer also has a simulation-within-a-simulationfeature that I used to find the probability of losing $600 in an hourat that game. The answer is 0.03. The program also found the chance ofthe low point being a loss of $600 or more: 0.07; the chance of endingup a winner of $600 or more: 0.27; and the chance of being up by $600or more at some point during the 100 rounds: 0.39.

Doing all of the above, including running the simulation, took lessthan an hour on a 486-66. And it was easy A first-time user of theprogram would get these results as fast as I did.

MSRP $79.95, Requires a 386 or faster DOS-compatible computer with hard drive. 3.5'disk sent. 5.25' by request.Order from ConJelCo.

Blackjack Analyzer

Also available:Blackjack Analyzer, which isBlackjack Count Analyzerwithout the card counting. If you want to learn basic strategy, or ifyou just want to play blackjack on your computer, Blackjack Analyzer isall you need. Blackjack Analyzer allows you to set up any set of rules,finds basic strategy for your rules, runs simulations using basicstrategy, and allows you to play blackjack as a game. If you wish, itwill notify you when you deviate from basic strategy. The price onBlackjack Analyzer is $29.95.

Do not buy both Blackjack Count Analyzer and Blackjack Analyzer becausethe former will do everything the latter does.

MSRP $29.95, Requires a 386 or faster DOS-compatible computer with hard drive. 3.5'disk sent. 5.25' by request.Order from ConJelCo.

BJedge

BJedge is a Windows program that acts like a spread sheet to find thecasino's edge for any set of rules and any number of decks. It is not agame. It does not run simulations, but rather summarizes the results ofhundreds of large simulations I have already run using Blackjack CountAnalyzer.

I wrote BJedge to quickly generate some of the data needed forCurrentBlackjack News. Whenever a casino changes its blackjack rules, I set upthe new rules on BJedge to find, to two places past the decimal, thecasino's edge. For example, if a casino sets up a six-deck game withdouble after splits, resplit aces, and the dealers hit soft seventeen,it takes just a few seconds to determine from BJedge that the casino'sedge is 0.55%.

MSRP $19.95, Requires a PC with Windows 3.0 or higher and a mouse or other pointing device. 3.5'disk sent. 5.25' by request.Order from ConJelCo.

Tournament Blackjack

With Stanford Wong's newTournament Blackjack software you can play andanalyze blackjack tournaments.

Suppose that as you are playing in a real blackjack tournament, youencounter a situation that you would like to analyze. Perhaps you arewondering whether a big bet or a small bet would be better. Or whetherdoubling down or hitting is better. First, remember or write down allthe details. Then, input all those details into Tournament Blackjackand run a simulation.

Tournament Blackjack maintains the Pi Yee Press reputation for user-friendliness.

You can set up almost any tournament format you wish. Each player canbe set to automatic or manual play Set your opponents to make flatbets, use a Martingale, count cards, parlay their bets, etc.

Bet query: Find out what bet the computer would make if it were playingyour hand.

Deja vu: Recreate the situation at the start of any round you havealready played. Then review the previous play of that round bet by betand play by play.

Fast forward: Set up a sixty-hand tournament and then zip right throughthe early rounds to get to the interesting part: the final few rounds.

Live play: Play Tournament Blackjack like a game.

Rules: You can fine-tune the rules of the game to duplicate those ofalmost any tournament.

MSRP $49.95, Requires a PC with Windows 3.0 or higher and a mouse or other pointing device. 3.5'disk sent. 5.25' by request.Order from ConJelCo.

Stanford Wong Video Poker

Stanford Wong Video Poker is both a game and a tool for analyzing videopoker.

Graphics: Your own computer will look as good as the best casino videopoker machine. You have the option of standard playing cards or IGTcasino video-poker cards, with or without animation.

This program is a great way to learn playing strategy Simply inputwhatever payoff schedule you want, and start playing. You can ask theprogram to tell you the best play on every hand, alert you whenever youmisplay a hand, or sit quietly until you want advice on a hand. Within30 minutes you will have learned how to play all the most common hands.

Make deuces wild if you want Add a joker if you want. Use any payoffschedule you want. Make each four of a kind pay something different ifyou want.

Calculations of the various ways to play each hand are done on the fly,and thus the program's advice on the best way to play each hand isaccurate.

With Stanford Wong Video Poker you can play tournaments. You have achoice of a variety of one-person and two-person tournaments.

Stanford Wong Video Poker requires color. If your computer cannothandle color, ask for Video Poker Analyzer. (Stanford Wong Video Pokeris Villa Crespo Software's revision of Pi Yee Press's Video PokerAnalyzer.) Order from ConJelCo.

MSRP $19.95, Requires a PC with Windows 3.0 or higher, color monitor, and a mouse or other pointing device. 3.5'disk sent. 5.25' by request.

VPEXACT

This is not a game. For a game, seeStanford Wong Video Poker.

VPEXACT was written at the request of a video poker pro. The programhas only one function: It tells you the exact overall payback and theprobability of getting each winning combination. It does this bycycling through every possible hand, finding the best cards to hold,and keeping track of the results of playing the hand perfectly.

Finding the best play when all suits pay the same takes two hours on a486-66. If you want to specify different payoffs for royals ofdifferent suits, the calculation time on a 486-66 is one day.

VPEXACT includes the option of exiting the program temporarily andrestarting at the break point, so that you can use your computer forother things and do the video-poker calculations during slack times.

VPEXACT works only on DOS machines such as PCs. It is the only softwarePl Yee Press sells that is monochrome. It requires only 100k RAM.

MSRP $29.95, Requires a 386 or faster DOS-compatible computer. 3.5'disk sent. 5.25' by request.Order from ConJelCo.

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John Ferguson (born 1943), known by his pen name, Stanford Wong, is a gambling author best known for his book Professional Blackjack, first published in 1975. Wong's computer program 'Blackjack Analyzer', initially created for personal use, was one of the first pieces of commercially available blackjack odds analyzing software. Wong has appeared on TV multiple times as a blackjack tournament contestant or as a gambling expert. He owns a publishing house, Pi Yee Press, which has published books by other gambling authors including King Yao.

Blackjack[edit]

Wong began playing blackjack in 1964^[1] while teaching finance courses at San Francisco State University and getting his Ph.D in Finance from Stanford University in California. Not content with the teaching life, Wong agreed to be paid a salary of $1 for his last term of teaching at the school in order to not attend faculty meetings and to pursue his gambling career.

The term 'wong' (v.) or 'wonging' has come to mean a specific advantage technique in blackjack, which Wong made popular in the 1980s.^{[citation needed]} It involves watching the play of cards in a game without actually wagering your own money, until the count becomes advantageous, and then stepping in and playing only while the count remains in the player's favor, and then stepping out again. 'Wonging' is the reason that some casinos have signs on some blackjack tables saying, 'No Mid-Shoe Entry', meaning that a new player must wait until exactly the first hand after a shuffle to begin playing.

He has reviewed or acted as a consultant for blackjack writers and researchers, including Don Schlesinger and Ian Andersen.

Professional Blackjack Analyzer Software

Wong is known to have been the principal operator of a team of advantage players that targeted casino tournaments including Blackjack, Craps and Video Poker in and around Las Vegas. At the beginning of the team's operation Wong was the primary financier providing the travelling expenses and buy in stakes for the other players.^[2] The current owner of the Las Vegas Advisor Anthony Curtis was among the members of this team.

Wong is a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.

Current Blackjack News[edit]

In 1979, Wong began publishing monthly newsletters on the subject of blackjack.^[3] These grew into one of the major journals for professional blackjack players, Wong's Current Blackjack News, ranking with Arnold Snyder's Blackjack Forum. As of 2007, Wong's newsletter is published via Wong's official website.

The journal contains information about rules and conditions of blackjack games in casinos in the United States and some other countries.

Website[edit]

Stanford Wong's BJ21 has been online since 1997. It contains a free area and a restricted, subscribers-only area, called Green Chip. Every month, one message from the restricted area is selected by Wong as Post of the Month and its author wins a prize of $100.^[4]

The record holder for most Post of the Month awards won is the blackjack expert known as MathProf, with a total of 16 wins.^[5]

Craps[edit]

Wong wrote Wong on Dice which purports to show how the game of casinocraps can be beaten through controlled dice throwing. Many blackjack experts are skeptical of Wong's craps claims, and this is a hotly disputed issue—unlike card counting in blackjack, which can be mathematically proven. Wong himself was initially skeptical of the proposition that dice can be controlled in craps.

Personal life[edit]

The name 'Stanford Wong' is a pseudonym; the author's real name is John Ferguson. His first choice for a pen name was 'Nevada Smith,' but that name had been taken. 'Stanford Wong' was selected by a friend in the PhD program by taking his alma mater as his first name and an Asian last name to provide the 'mystique of the Orient'.^[6][7]

Wong resides in La Jolla, California with his wife. They have two grown children who are both college graduates and married. Wong's company Pi Yee Press is now based in Las Vegas.^[8]

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Books[edit]

• Professional Blackjack (1975)
• Professional Video Poker
• Wong on Dice (2006). Pi Yee Press (pdf). ISBN0-935926-26-7
• Blackjack Secrets
• Basic Blackjack (1992). Pi Yee Press, ISBN0-935926-19-4
• Tournament Blackjack
• Tournament Craps
• Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing your T
• Optimal Strategy for Pai Gow Poker
• Vegas Downtown Blackjack
• Sharp Sports Betting
• Casino Tournament Strategy
• Betting Cheap Claimers
• Winning Without Counting
• Complete Idiot's Guide to Gambling Like a Pro

Notes[edit]

1. ^BlackjackInfo.com Interview with Stanford Wong
2. ^'ThePOGG Interviews - Anthony Curtis - Owner of the Las Vegas Advisor'. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
3. ^Basic Blackjack, p. 4
4. ^Green Chip information BJ21.com Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^'Post of the Month wins $100 for MathProf' BJ21.com, 2 July 2011 Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^Cooper, Marc (29 August 2007). 'Gambling on the spread: sports betting Las Vegas-style'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
7. ^Bourie, Steve. 'Meet Stanford Wong - The 'Guru' of Blackjack'. American Casino Guide. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
8. ^'Stanford Wong Biography'. BJ21.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26.

References[edit]

• Stanford Wong (1992). Basic Blackjack. Pi Yee Press. ISBN0-935926-19-4.

External links[edit]

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• 'Blackjacked - Card counters decry casinos' rough tactics' by Bob Shemeligian, Las Vegas Mercury, October 16, 2003