Blackjack The Smart Way

A soup-to-nuts best-seller on famed blackjack innovator Richard Harvey's leading edge blackjack strategies. The book that's turned the blackjack world on its head.

It's super hot! The successor to two Sold Out editions of Blackjack The Smart Way was already back-ordered before its June 2000 release!And no wonder. Richard Harvey's been in demand nationwide, as a radio talk show guest, for book signing events from coast to coast, and as a public speaker, ever since the first edition of Blackjack The Smart Way was released in mid-1999. His workshops and seminars have been taken by hundreds nationwide, and his unique new system for winning at blackjack has been featured in many newspaper articles nationwide.Blackjack The Smart Way is unique in many, many ways -- including its amazing win rate of 88.24% in real-world casino field tests. While most other blackjack books are aimed at wealthy gamblers and mathematical geniuses, this is easy to understand, with explanations and illustrations that cater to the average casino-goer and is equally successful for low-stakes and high-stakes table players alike.Richard Harvey teaches there are many overlooked factors in becoming a winner -- including the skills of picking a good casino and a good table.His card strategy is built upon the author's breakthrough research on which dealer up cards are really good for the player -- No Other Blackjack Book has this Information. He reveals that some dealer up cards traditionally thought favorable to the player are actually Not, and that some dealer up cards traditionally thought favorable to the dealer are actually Not. That changes things a lot, and allows the player to make brilliant, winning moves.Other concepts found nowhere else include: the author's own Card Observation Method, which is simpler and more effective than card counting in predicting whatthe dealer's important hole card will be, and what card the player might get next; the author's X Factor Method, which tells players how to manage their bets, and tells them when to leave -- either up or down; and, the 3-Level Notch-Up, Notch-Down Money Management System, which maximizes your gains, while limiting downside risk.Sure to generate controversy, it debunks the myth of card counting as ruler of the blackjack universe, while presenting a new way to count cards that includes All the Cards, unlike other systems. The author's main contention is that card counting should Not be linked with how much players should bet. And there's much more...

A revised and updated edition of the blackjack player’s bible with complete information on the odds, betting strategies, and much more “A significant contribution to the literature of blackjack . . . I recommend the book to beginners as well as experts.”—Edward O. Thorpe, author of Beat the Dealer This is the most comprehensive guide ever published on blackjack, the only casino game in which a knowledgeable player can gain an advantage over the house. It features the Hi-Opt I, the most powerful simple betting system available today, and has been revised and updated to include the rules of play in Atlantic City as well as the latest information on international playing rules. No matter what your level of experience, it will teach you how to make the most money possible playing your cards. You'll learn: • How to pick a casino, with ever major casino in the world evaluated by name • How to pick a dealer • How to keep from being cheated • How to play the cards, using the Basic Strategy to your best advantage • How to win at home and at “Las Vegas nights” • How to keep from being banned once you are a winner

THE most state-of-the-art blackjack best-seller on the market today. Based upon history-making card and computer studies.

Published annually since 1992, the 2005 edition of this bestselling guide continues to gain fame as the best available source for information on U.S. casinos. The new 2005 edition lists more than 650 casinos in 35 states and comes complete with maps of all states showing where the casinos are located, plus detailed maps of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno and the Mississippi gambling resort towns of Biloxi and Tunica.

With the help of numerous easy-to-master steps in this breakthrough book, readers will go from being a traditional blackjack player to being an advantage player with a real edge over the house. Insight into how the game of blackjack is really played pairs with traditional strategies for one, two, fours, six, and eight deck games, in this ultimate resources for mastering the blackjack table. Additional topics include smart betting advice for the non-advantage player, little-known secrets to minimize the house edge, which blackjack games to avoid, how to get a verifiable mathematical edge with the new easy-to-master Speed Count, unique betting techniques to increase monetary returns, why Speed Count is nothing like traditional card-counting methods, and how to play tournament blackjack to win.