Bringing Down the House first brought attention to the exploits of the MIT team back in 2003, but later on, many former members of the group went on to say publicly that Mezrich’s take on their story had been greatly exaggerated. You might remember the title from our infamous list of gambling books. Such people do not exist, at least not under the same name or ethnicity! The film 21 is actually based on Ben Mezrich’s bestseller Bringing Down the House. Those of you looking up the names of Ben Campbell, Micky Rosa, Jill Taylor or anyone else from the MIT card counting movie will be left disappointed. The idea pit bosses are allowed to beat you up Much to everyone’s surprise, pit bosses can count cards too!ĥ. The notion that pit bosses are clueless meatheads The notion that card counting can win you every handĬard counting simply allows you to make the best guessĤ. Everyone has the faculties to exploit card countingģ. The inference that card counting is only for geniuses Your objective is to beat the dealer’s handĢ.
“Get as close to 21 as possible without going over”
