BOOK SUMMARY:

IMAGINE: It's Friday night and you're on a red-eye to the city of sin. Strapped to your chest is half a million dollars; in your overnight bag is another twenty five thousand in blackjack chips; and in your wallet holds ten fake IDs. As soon as you land in Las Vegas, you are positive you are being investigated and followed. To top it all off, the IRS is auditing you, someone has been going through your mail-and you have a multivariable calculus exam on Monday morning. Welcome to the world of an exclusive group of audacious MIT math geniuses who legally took casinos for over three millon dollars-while still finding time for college keg parties, football games, and final exams.

In the midst of the go-go eighties and ninties, a group of overacheiving, anarchistic MIT students joined a decades old underground blackjack club dedicated to counting cards and beating the system at major casinos around the world. While their classmates were working long hours in labs and libraries, the blackjack team traveled weekly to Las Vegas and other glamorous gambling locales, with hundreds of thousands of dollars duct-taped to their bodies. Underwritten by shady investors they would never meet, these kids bet fifty thousand dollars a hand, enjoyed VIP suites and other upscale treats, and partied with showgirls and celebrities.

Handpicked by an eccentric mastermind-a former MIT professor and an obsessive player who had developed a unique system of verbal cues, body signals, and role-playing- this one ring of card savants earned more than three million dollarts from corporate Vegas, making them the object of the casinos' wrath and eventually targets of revenge. Here is their inside story, revealing their secrets for the first time.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I am sending this to BouncingFerret as part of a trade. Enjoy!!

Got this book in the mail as part of a trade! Should start it by the end of this month I'm hoping. Thanks again, ange. ^__^

This was a really great book. I had seen the movie (21) first, even though I usually like to read the books first. It was much different- I'd say better. The group of MIT students, particularly the main character, who win big money counting cards in casino around the U.S. Amazing true story. .
This book is now available for trade, if anyone would like to read it.

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