Arnold Snyder

Arnold Snyder is a high-stakes professional gambler who has been writing about casino games for over two decades. He was the publisher and editor of Blackjack Forum, a quarterly journal for professional gamblers, from 1981 through 2006. His books The Blackjack Formula, Blackbelt in Blackjack, and Poker Tournament Formula 1 and 2 each challenged the conventional wisdom on optimal strategy for beating these games. In January 2002, Snyder was elected one of the seven charter members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Snyder's 2012 novel Risk of Ruin is his first published work of fiction. Other novels in his Smut4Nerds series include Pink Wedge, Transplant, and When the Wolfbane Blooms.