Product Description

This title contains book & CD. This book contains Speed Count, the easiest advantage blackjack method ever developed for the general public. It will forever change the way average players play blackjack. If you are an average blackjack player wishing you could get an edge at the game without all the hard work of learning how to count cards with difficult existing systems. If you have tried card counting and found it too difficult, time consuming or impossible to master. If you want to have fun when you play and not have to do the laborious job of using a traditional card counting system. Then this book is for you! The easiest advantage-play method ever created for blackjack is now available in this book...Speed Count. Maybe you have heard of card counting at blackjack, or even tried it. Blackjack books all say how easy it is, and at first glance it might seem simple enough? Just add numbers, subtract numbers, then divide numbers, and maybe multiply numbers, then keep track of the total. Then calculate how much you should bet. And then also memorise 18 to 200 or more changes to basic strategy according to the various counts. Then try not to have the casino bosses know you are counting cards and changing your strategy based on the count. Whew! That's a lot of work! Introducing the revolutionary Speed Count, the easiest advantage blackjack method ever developed and now available in print for the general public!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #876032 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 182 pages

Customer Reviews

Mmmm.... European player beware.
I am a novice but very interested blackjack player who has read several books on the subject. I bought this book as a response to a large number of very positive reviews on amazon.com as well as some online blackjack forums. Like many people interested in learning to count cards I was a little intimidated by the amount of time and commitment required to count competently and Scoblete's book seemed a good bet for an entry level counting system.

Mostly I enjoyed the book and the claims Scoblete makes about his system contain a lot of truth (there are a lot of dissenters out there but a lot of this is on the ranting side of the argument). He makes it clear that his system is not as effective as the hi-lo and others out there but that it more than compensates for this with ease of use. The system is presented in a very easy to use way and the writing style is enjoyable and not too math heavy, though there are a number of charts for R.O.R. Scoblete also introduces a series of new basic srategy tables to use with the count which incorporate camouflage play into them which is a very nice idea, hopefully throwing any prowling pit boss' of the scent without actually compromising the system which is vey nice.

On the surface it all sounds great but whilst practising the system at home a few problems emerged. To start with it assumes the dealer has a hole card. I emailed the GoldenTouch website about this and they promptly replied saying that this didn't matter too much and that the system still held up with the European No hole Card (ENHC) Im prepared to believe this, especially if there are more players at the table. However another problem emerged in that the adjusted basic strategy tables also assume the good U.S. rules and there are a number of anomalies regarding this. I emailed them again regarding this question but have recieved no reply. Perhaps they think my concerns are pedantic or just plain wrong but I would at least like to have been told. In a game where the margins are very fine (especially in the less powerful systems) and small rule adjustments really do matter over thousands of hands I think employing this system in European casinos is risky at best. People interested in this system had also be ready for the very large bankroll required to sustain the very large fluctuations inherent in this system especially bearing in mind the other concerns I have about European rules.

It gets three stars because it is an interesting and worthwhile addition to Blackjack writing but perhaps not on this side of the pond.