Arnold "Church of Blackjack" Snyder is one of the best blackjack writers I've seen. His book takes you from beginning counting strategies up until the advanced ones that will bring you in for the win! This book helped me big time in the casinos, even after I could already play the game.

He even gives good camoflauge advice so the casino won't be able to tell you're counting the cards. I have two editions of this book, the newest one is of course the better but the first was what helped me. I recommend this to anyone who wants to learn a more advanced counting strategy for casino play. It will definitely help you.

The last chapter is worth the whole cost of the book. Read it first, then decide how you want to approach blackjack at Vegas while reading techniques here and from other books.

This is the best card counting guide I have come across! I'm a newer person in the card counting arena and own over 20 books on the subject. The book takes you from the "White Belt" to "Black Belt" level of card counting. The author, Arnold Snyder, is a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame and his knowledge and expertise on the subject is matched by very few. I highly reccommend this book and wish it was the first book I purchased on the subject of card counting!

I have read over thirty books on the subject of blackjack. The third edition of Blackbelt ranks right up there as one of the best. It is the most comprehensive, well rounded text that I have read. The beginning blackjack player will learn everything they need in this one source to become a proficient advantage player. The expert player will learn advanced techniques that are only mentioned in other books.

This book isn't a terrible one, it explains the theory and practice of card counting. But, personally I found I knew most of this information, and even if you didn't, it would be better learned elsewhere (eg Ed Thorpe's original). The count system presented in the book has been surpassed by the popular, more powerful, and more simple, K-0 system. You continually get the unsettling feeling that the book is giving you outdated info.