Beat Blackjack Now!: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! [Paperback]

Frank Scoblete (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 2010

You can beat the game of blackjack! Go from a traditional blackjack player to an advantage player with a real edge over the house in several easy-to-master steps in this breakthrough book. You'll learn:

• How the game of blackjack is really played
• Traditional basic strategy for one, two, four, six and eight-deck games
• Smart betting advice for all player levels
• Little known playing secrets that will actually reduce the house edge
• Which blackjack games to avoid
• Which blackjack games to play
• How to get a verifiable, mathematical edge - in less than an hour! - with the new, extremely easy-to-master Speed Count 
• How to add to your Speed Count edges with the new Optimum Basic Strategy
• Unique betting tactics to increase your monetary return
• Why Speed Count is nothing like traditional card counting methods
• How to play tournament blackjack to win 

Beat Blackjack Now! by best-selling gaming author Frank Scoblete is the only blackjack book you'll need to really beat the casinos. If you want to turn the tables on the house; if you want to do to the casinos what they do to the other players, then this is the book for you! This book can take you from a novice to an expert player!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Forget what you thought you knew about how to beat the house in blackjack. Counting cards, the hi-lo system, the +1/-1 system—throw them out the window. Scoblete, a prominent gaming writer, entertains as he teaches blackjack players how to get a real edge. Not meant for “ploppies”—those casual players who plop down at a table and hope for the best—this compendium is designed for the by-the-book players who know the rules and follow them to the letter. Tables, charts, and numbers abound, but they aren’t presented in a way to make the book unapproachable but rather to provide basic rules and to demonstrate numerically how the edge is achieved. Scoblete’s style is witty and inviting, which makes him the perfect town crier for promoting Speed Count, the method espoused here. Props are given to Dan Pronovost, who originally came up with the method. Scoblete’s role is to share the good word, and he does so in this fun, easy-to-use resource. --Mary Frances Wilkens

Review

From start to finish, this book can take you from a new player to a player who has a real edge over the casinos. --by Jerry Stickman, Casino City Times

I've always enjoyed Scoblete's work. He's eminently readable, entertaining and full of practical advice for making your game better.
--by John Grochowski, Chicago Sun Times

Frank Scoblete is one of few people in the world who can be considered a genuine authority on casino games. We recommend this book as a good source of information whether you intend to play blackjack for fun or play for profit.
--BlackjackChoice.com

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--Aaron Todd, Casino City Times

Scoblete's latest blackjack book proves to be an insightful guide for players. --Blackjack Odds

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Triumph Books; Original edition (May 20, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600783333
• ISBN-13: 978-1600783333
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #16 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Blackjack

More About the Author

Meet Frank Scoblete
America's #1 Best-Selling Gaming Writer

If you would like a free month on Frank's private web site, devoted to casino gambling, just send him an email at [e-mail].

Frank Scoblete's recent books are

"Casino Craps: Shoot to Win!" is he most comprehensive craps book ever written. Can take you from a novice to a dice controller. Information on "pushing the house," the 5-Count, and controlled dice shooting. Comes with a DVD showing unedited controlled throws!

"Cutting Edge Craps: Advanced Strategies for Serious Players!" has the most radically new and advanced dice strategies ever revealed! The book takes casino craps to new levels of sophistication and player advantage with never-before-revealed techniques that can make you a serious threat to the casinos. It turns traditional craps strategies on their head with brand new radical information.

"Beat Blackjack Now: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge!" can take you from a new player to a skilled advantage player in less than one hour!

"Slots Conquest: How to Beat the Slot Machines" you'll learn new and radically different information if you are looking to get the best possible game. Learn how to recognize machines that give you a real mathematical edge! Learn how to properly play these advantage slot machines! This is the most comprehensive book on slot machines ever written with totally new and important information that can radically transform your slot play. This is a must-read for all slot players interested in the finest strategies.

"The Virgin Kiss," the story of Frank's outrageous adventures in and out of the casinos.

Frank grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Our Lady of Angels grammar school. He attended St. John's Prep high school on a full athletic scholarship for baseball and basketball.

Switching directions, Frank attended college on a full, academic scholarship. In college, Frank boxed ("I was pummeled in my last fight. I have no memory of the last seven minutes.") and wrote for the school paper. He majored in history, literature and philosophy.

In 1975, Frank decided to try his hand at acting ("I've always been a ham!"). In 1979, Frank co-founded a professional touring troupe that played dinner theatres, resorts, and charities. From 1979 until he sold his share of the company in 1989, Frank produced, directed and acted in over 50 plays.

In 1986, Frank was researching the lead role for the hit play, The Only Game in Town - the story of a down-and-out gambler in Las Vegas. His co-star was Alene Paone. They went to Atlantic City to research their roles. "I was hooked. I began to realize that I enjoyed the casinos even more than I enjoyed working in the theatre." Alene and Frank toured in the play for four months, fell in love, and married.

In 1989, Frank sold his share of the theatre company and began his career as a gaming writer with articles and short stories for Win Magazine. In the 1990s Frank became a columnist for Casino Player Magazine and Midwest Gaming and Travel.

With the phenomenal success of his first book published in 1991 - which has subsequently become the best-selling craps book of all time - Frank began a successful climb to the top of the gaming mountain. He is now the most well known, respected and sought-after gaming writer and speaker in the country.

He has appeared frequently on television including the History Channel, A&E where his dice control team defeated three casinos in unedited action, also the Travel Channel, CNN, TBS, and the National Geographic Channel, among others. Frank has done hundreds of radio shows throughout the country.

Frank has two very popular websites: www.scoblete.com in association with CasinoCity.com; also www.goldentouchcraps.com. He has a private members-only website as well.

A charismatic speaker, Frank has been featured at many festivals, conventions and schools where he motivates people to get the "winning attitude."

He has also done "Frank Scoblete's Gamblers Jamborees" at many hotels across the country.

He has given talks at bookstores throughout the country, and also at libraries, charitable organizations, at fund-raising activities and at the Learning Anex.

Frank does about 15 private classes a year in craps where he and his Golden Touch team of dice experts teach players how to control the dice when they throw. One casino executive referred to him and his partner Dominator as the "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid of casino advantage play."

His recent DVD is Golden Touch: Beat Craps by Controlling the Dice which shows over 200 unedited controlled dice throws by Dominator, the world's greatest dice controller, best selling author Bill Burton, gaming expert Jerry "Stickman" and Frank himself.

Frank has been a regular contributor and columnist for over 50 magazines and newspapers in America, Canada, and the Islands. He is widely syndicated on the internet. You can go to www.goldentouchcraps.com for more information about him.

You can get in touch with Frank by emailing him at [e-mail].

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Count cards like a pro, July 12, 2010

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Crapsplayer "Crapsplayer" (Tampa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat Blackjack Now!: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! (Paperback)

I love craps and wanted to learn to count cards. I have read many of Mr Scoblete's books and they are easy and fun to read as well as a teaching the right way to beat casino games.

I learned Speed Count, the counting method in this book, in about 5 hours and in the 6 months I have used Speed Count I have won some huge amounts of money!

I have tried other counting methods but I couldn't walk into a casino and use them becasue I didn't feel confident in them becasue they were so hard to learn. As the author states, "a 12 year old can learn Speed Count" and it is true. It is so simple to learn!

A must for anyone that wants to beat blackjack by learning card counting which is the only way to beat blackjack, and wants to learn card counting in an easy and simple way!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, May 28, 2010

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Dice Pilot (Temecula, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat Blackjack Now!: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! (Paperback)

This book will teach you the basics of Blackjack and the incredible counting system called Speed Count. In just a few hours of practice, you will have an edge against the casinos. Learning to count cards has never been easier.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best counting system for the average player, July 22, 2011

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This review is from: Beat Blackjack Now!: The Easiest Way to Get the Edge! (Paperback)

If your one of those players who want to go deeper than basic strategy and doesent have countless hours to practice this is your book. This book teaches how to gain a real and useful edge in black jack without braking your head, and the best thing is that it is so easy and simple you still enjoy the game, not like the other system where you really need to concentrate and cant have fun.It is way more difficult to spot this counting system too so you will be worried free from casino bosses and its even simpler than using your phone counter so you can now imagine the simple this system is,this book is worth every penny.