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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich | Superb Read

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	Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions Ben Mezrich Free Press, 2003 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 427 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Novel-like

Bringing Down the House tells the story of Kevin Lewis and his teammates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who formed a team to win millions from Las Vegas by counting cards at blackjack. The story focuses on "Lewis" and chronicles how he is brought into the group and becomes entranced by the excitement and the money.

The book reads like a novel. The author's background in fiction may have influenced his nonfiction style. While it's possible that the author takes minor liberties with some of the facts, the book DOES make for an enjoyable read.

The team has great success due to the fact that their approach is much more efficient than the standard card counting strategy used by individual players. With multiple players sitting at the tables keeping track of the "count" and a "big player" roaming around, the big player can move from table to table when the conditions are favorable for winning.

A rudimentary explanation of the card counting methods used is given, but the book is definitely NOT an instructional manual on how to make money in Vegas. What it IS is a fast reading story of how a bunch of college kids outsmarted the system and how the money and success affected them...

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Superb Read

This true story really takes you into the hair raising lifestyle of Vegas, and then propels you into the blackjack world and the realities of getting caught at counting cards. Hell of a read, makes me want to learn to count cards.

A page-turner that doesn't teach you card tricks

It's a Robin Hood-story of a group of math students from the MIT-ivory tower using their brains to get rich at Las Vegas giants' expenses. I must say it is truly a page turner and if you weren't interested in Blackjack before, you increase your chances of becoming. Looking back, the story is almost too cliché, but if you immerse yourself without skepticism, you'll will love it!

Just a comment: the book does not make you better at Blackjack, I understand that Knock-Out Blackjack by Vancura & Fuchs is the one to turn to.

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Easy to read, hard to believe

I have a hard time believing that the events that unfolded in this book are all entirely true. I think the author took some liberties for the sake of spicing up the tale. I don't know, but I'm not convinced that it was all true.

Bringing Down the House

When I read a half of the book, I can imagine the rest half.
It's a interesting story, but, second half is boring.

reviews: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, page 19, 20

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