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Summary: Best Blackjack is Comprehensive and Enjoyable
Review: Frank Scoblete's book "Best Blackjack" has several outstanding virtues. It is extremely well written. Most gambling books are not. Scoblete's style is flawless and he makes the game of blackjack actually fun to read about. The book contains valuable information about basic strategy and card counting. Although these things are by no means unique to Scoblete's book, he is the first to really explain in simple language which blackjack games can actually be beaten using these techniques and which can't. he is very honest about the natureof the edge that a blackjack card counter can get and how easy itis for the casino to offer inferior games that even skilled players can't beat. That was refreshing. Other blackjack books that I've read tend to overstate what you really can achieve playing this game. Scoblete has some unique sections in this book, some dealing with techniques to figure out the dealer's hole card such as "tells". He intersperses the analytical with absolutely fantastic stories about Las Vegas players and events. His blackjack diary at the end is worth the price of the book alone. This is the best book on blackjack that I've read. Ihave used Scoblete's advice on the gaming ships and I can tell you from my own personal experience, the man knows what he's talking about.
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Summary: More anecdotes than technique
Review: Good introduction for absolute begginers or for seasoned players looking for a book on blackjack anecdotes. As an intermediary players like me looking for new strategy insights, it left me on my appetite.That was the first book I ever bought on the subject, so I can't rate it against other publications. Overall, I don't regret the purchase. But don't expect a book with high technical focus.
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Summary: I Went from Pathetic to Semi Pro
Review: Scoblete has the ability to mix useful information and storytelling in a unique way. Many other books and authors, although informative, can put you to sleep with their dry style of writing and the same old re-hashed info about how to play and counting. Scoblete is anything but this, and interlaces the "lessons" with real life stories and experiences, sometimes extremely funny! Especially interesting is his 17-day foray into Las Vegas, with a day-by-day tally of his wins and losses, sprinkled with the usual anecdotes about the strange casino players he calls "Ploppies."
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