Lawrence Revere, the prominent blackjack strategist, author and player, managed to take the world by storm when he first published his book series that outlined his Revere Advanced system. A major factor in the critical and commercial success that Revere managed to achieve was due to the fact that he provided his information in a very easy to understand manner. Combined with a gentle learning curve, plenty of practical, well-annotated examples and a deliberate minimization of jargon terminology, Revere really developed a well rounded system.
Superficial, initial impressions of the Revere system would indicate that the inclusion of charts is little more than a gimmick to spark interest, however, a more analytical study of the system quickly provides us with the truth.
One of the major flaws that blackjack wagering systems suffer from is that they cater for a specific type of blackjack player exclusively and so they do so at the detriment of the other types of players. Therefore, systems such as the Wong Halves or Hi Opt 2 system are designed solely for advanced and intermediate players.
The Revere system on the other hand actively sought to be as inclusive and accommodating as possible to any and all possible users of it and so in the interests of ensuring that the entire learning process was somewhat streamlined, Revere ensured that he colour coded his charts. This way, any blackjack player could pick up one of his guides and from there, find the most salient information for them.
However it is worth noting that although the Revere 15 Count System was, and indeed still is, a very powerful system that provides an unprecedented level of power and precision to the player who decides to rely upon its support, it also requires a significant contribution from the player as well. As such then, the Revere 14 Count system has been identified as being a level 4 system.
In practical terms, this means that it is only players who have a proficiency whether natural or acquired at card counting who will be able to garner any substantial benefits with this system.
Just how effective is this blackjack wagering system in terms of providing practical, measureable and quantifiable results for the player? Quite a lot actually. Specifically, conservative estimates have identified that this system will enable the player to correctly estimate around 65% of all situations. With odds like that, who can complain?
Lawrence Revere published a book in 1971 which was critically acclaimed and which managed to enjoy a very strong commercial presence on the market. One of the secrets to Revere’s ultimate success was that rather than trying to pass himself off as some sort of enigmatic, blackjack guru, he took the somewhat bold approach of documenting everything he did in remarkable detail.
Providing quality content, in an easy to understand, precise and confident manner, Revere did not feel the need to belittle other blackjack authors to try and boost his own ego, or the sales of his books.
Revere created a system which he called the Revere Plus Minus system which was specifically designed in such a way so as to act more readily as a counting system which would function on one level. One of the most defining characteristics of the Revere Plus Minus system was that the player would be required to attribute a value to the different cards that came into circulation within the game.
Under the terms of the Plus Minus System, cards 2-6 were classified as being “small cards” and so this meant that they would be given a value of +1, which would come into effect whenever those cards were removed from the current deck from which they had been dealt from.
Aces, 10’s and all the royal cards would be given a value of -1 which would duly come into effect as soon as the cards were removed from the current deck from which they had been dealt from. The 7’s, 8’s and 9’s of the deck were all totally excluded from the Revere Plus Minus counting system due to the fact that they were given a neutral value.
How then, does the attributing of arbitrary values to the cards contained within a deck dictate and determine the strategy to be relied upon by the player?
In his instructions to the players, Revere identified that if the value of the count should ever be equal to +1 or higher, and the dealer has a hand that is valued at between 3-6, then the player should never stand if the value of their own hand is equal to 12.
Therefore, the overarching principle associated with this particular blackjack wagering system was that the player would make a decision as to whether or not they would place a wager, as well as the actual value of that wager, based upon the value of the count.
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