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Book Description:

Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution! contains Speed Count, the easiest advantage blackjack method ever developed for the general public. It will forever change the way average players play blackjack.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #284691 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-01
• Released on: 2006-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 182 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780912177168
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Review
"Speed Count is appropriate for basic strategy players who want an advantage with less effort than hi-lo card counting." -- Michael “Wizard of Odds” Shackleford, Blackjack Insider Newsletter

Book Description:

Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution! 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...

Customer Reviews

A Card Counter's Perspective
After reading this book, I have to agree with Scoblete and say that this is definitely the easiest card counting system on the market. What makes this system different from the norm is the fact that you are mostly working with addition and very little (but simple) subtraction, with no true count conversion needed. The basic strategy card deviations serve as good camouflage to the pit crew considering some table entries are different than normal basic strategy.

This book was written for the basic strategy player who tried counting cards but found it too hard to accomplish. This system only takes a day or two of practicing before you get it down and the system itself works slowly as you play (you don't count the cards as they come out, you count them after each hand has been played), which is much easier on the brain. I like the fact that the author provides millions of computer simulation results to back up the system. The results show that depending on how aggresive of a bettor you are, this system is 70% to 95% as powerful as the HI-LO. So you do obtain a long term edge over the house...HOWEVER...

If you have already learned a more advanced system than this and have it down pat, I don't think you will want to switch to the Golden Touch method. Before reading this book I had been using the HI-LO with success to the point where counting came second nature to me and I wasn't making any mental errors while at the tables. And while this system will give you an edge over the casino, it is still a downgrade from the more advanced. The biggest disadvantage of this system is that the standard deviation of your edge is very large. What this means is that your calculated edge at times is not nearly as accurate as with other systems. There will be times while using the Golden Touch system that you will be asked to put up your maximum bet while the edge is very small. For example, if you are using the HI-LO and the count is +2, you will only be putting up a 1 or 2 unit bet while the GT system in that same situation may ask you to put up a 4 or 5 unit bet. You are still betting more $$$ when the count is positive giving you an edge, but there will be circumstances when using the GT system that you will be overbetting your bankroll and as a result you will experience much larger financial swings than in other more advanced systems. Because of this, the GT system requires a larger bankroll to sustain the much more dramatic ups and downs long term.

Like I said, if you are a basic strategy player that tried to learn card counting with little or no success but you still want to beat the casinos, then the GT sytem is definitely for you. If you are an experienced card counter that has mastered a system of "HI-LO quality" or better, stick with what you have.

Good luck at the tables everyone!

Counter Heaven
I've read many books on BJ counting. I've used several methods in counting. But, I've never found any that are this simple to learn and accurate to use. Other methods are complex and hard to remember everything involved. Speed Count is easy. I have such confidence when sitting at a table. I feel that I know I'm going to win and I do. It's so cool to play and know you have the advantage and then calmly rake in the chips. This system is a revolution. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain the advantage and be a winner.

From Loser to Winner
I have been a basic strategy player for years. I have tried other card counting methods and found them way to hard to learn. A friend of mine recommended The Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution to me. He always had the same problems that I have had with other card counting methods, but found that this was the easiest to learn and even better it worked!

I read the book in one day, and study Speed Count using the CD that comes with the book on the second day. I then took my new skills to the casino and it was as Frank Scoblete said, the easiest to learn and revolutionary! It has worked now for me in the 15 sessions I have had in the casinos. I have been a winner each time!

The book was an easy read and well written buy a respected author. I recommend this book and Speed Count to all basic strategy players that have been losers most of their lives. The only way to beat the game is by learning to count cards and with this book you will learn in two days!