References¶
Primary Sources¶
Schlesinger, Don. Blackjack Attack: Playing the Pros' Way. 3rd ed. RGE Publishing, 2005. BJW references this book for DI, SCORE, N₀, deviation, and blackjack simulation literature. BJW's current variable-betting variance decomposition is a BJW implementation choice; it is not currently presented as a direct quoted equation from this book.
Griffin, Peter A. The Theory of Blackjack: The Compleat Card Counter's Guide to the Casino Game of 21. 6th ed. Huntington Press, 1999. Foundational mathematical treatment of blackjack probability, house edge, and card counting theory.
Wong, Stanford. Professional Blackjack. Pi Yee Press, 1994. Reference for basic strategy tables, counting system applications, and practical advantage play methodology.
External Tools Used as References¶
Wattenberger, Norm. CVData / CVCX. Casino Verite Software. Used as the primary external comparison reference throughout BJW's validation campaign. CVData is a closed-source commercial simulator. BJW's output was compared against CVData across 8 core scenarios at 1 billion rounds each. Results are published in the Validation Position page.
Where BJW and CVData disagree, see the validation position page for the full delta table, root cause classification, and our interpretation.
Deviation Sources¶
Illustrious 18 deviation indices: Schlesinger, Blackjack Attack, Chapter 11.
KO Preferred and Full deviation sets: Vancura, Olaf, and Ken Fuchs. Knock-Out Blackjack. Huntington Press, 1998.