Tabular reference book for playing blackjack

A compact handheld book apparatus for recommending plays fast and accurately during the game of blackjack, comprising:

• a cover member having an inner surface and an outer surface,
• a plurality of sheets, each having a sheet first face and a sheet second face,
• a binder securing said cover member and said sheets together,
• an enlarged up card symbol printed on top of each said sheet identifying a possible dealer up card, said up card symbol and dealer up card identified by said up card symbol varying from sheet to sheet,
• a vertical recommended play column printed on each said sheet and containing recommended play symbols for a player to make,
• a vertical player hand column of player hand symbols printed on a portion of said cover member inner surface and extending beyond said sheets, beside said player hand column printed on each said sheet,
• said play hand symbols corresponding to and substantially aligning with individual said play symbols in said play column on each said sheet for the particular dealer up card printed on each said sheet, wherein said dealer up card symbols are printed on said sheet first faces and wherein said sheet second faces are printed to become sheet first faces of other said sheets, for increased book compactness,
• a tab extending sideways from each said sheet, each said tab displaying the given dealer up card symbol marked on the particular said sheet from which the given said tab extends, each of the tabs being readable and accessible when the sheets are in a closed position, and
• color coding each of said sheets, so that hard hands are represented in a first color, soft hands are represented in a second color, and identical card hands are represented in a third color, for rapid and convenient access to recommended play information, wherein a player can select plays by picking the tab and the sheet corresponding to the dealer up card symbol fast and accurately during the game of blackjack.