{"id":336,"date":"2015-03-31T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/burning-the-tables-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:19:58","slug":"burning-the-tables-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/burning-the-tables-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning the Tables in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1944877754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Audiobook\/B0D9CH1P5J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Audible_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id999582560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iBooks_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/burning-the-tables-in-las-vegas-ian-andersen\/1111908748?ean=2940013073074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nook_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p1\">In <em>Burning the Tables in Las Vegas<\/em>, Ian Andersen, author of the classic <em>Turning the Tables on Las Vegas<\/em>\u00a0and one of the most successful high-stakes blackjack players of all time, shares his personal program for success at blackjack, poker, and life. First published in 1999, this second edition contains three important new chapters: one on the use of the surrender option at blackjack as a camouflage technique, one on green-chip play for medium rollers; and one on understanding casino psychology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The \u201cCrazy Surrender\u201d chapter expands Andersen\u2019s Ultimate Gambit and adds another dimension to his technique of using elements of mathematics and psychology to remain below the casino radar. This new second edition also contains a Foreword by blackjack legend Stanford Wong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Click to see the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/BurningTheTablesSample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Burning the Tables in Las Vegas<\/u><\/a><\/strong> Table of Contents and to read an excerpt.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\">About The Author<\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ian Andersen<\/strong> has been a world-class professional gambler and an international man of mystery since the late 1960s, when he began collecting material for his ground-breaking book about the psychology of advantage play, <em>Turning the Tables on Las Vegas<\/em>. After 35 years, he\u2019s still out there, plying his unique gambling trade, wherever he likes. He lives with his wife somewhere on the face of the Earth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gold standard in blackjack books, <em>Burning the Tables<\/em> explains the art of \u201ccover play\u201d\u2014disguising one\u2019s expertise in order to maintain one\u2019s welcome at casinos. This book also describes how to stay healthy while spending hours, days, and weeks in the casino environment.<\/p>\n<p>This product is available on Amazon only:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1944877754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-609763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21st-century-card-counter-3-300x111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21st-century-card-counter-3.png?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21st-century-card-counter-3.png?resize=445%2C164&amp;ssl=1 445w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21st-century-card-counter-3.png?resize=768%2C284&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/21st-century-card-counter-3.png?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[35,8,1917,1918,378],"product_tag":[148,188,154,149,173,172,181,171,192,155,152,191,554,190,177],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}