21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
by Ben Mezrich

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Book Review: Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
Summary: 5 Stars

Mezrich takes you through the world of mathematics, suggesting exactly the intertwined nature of this with blackjack. He takes you into the world of the big casinos, and leads you onto (after a lengthy 79 pages) the main character of the piece, Kevin Lewis and how he becomes drawn in to a world of a big money, big stakes Las Vegas living.

He forms a partnership with five other students, after discovering what two of his fellow students get up to on their weekends. The story then takes you through a whirlwind of events in big Vegas casinos, which finally ends with the splitting up of the team, and an attempt by Kevin to recreate the magic with new team members.

From the aspects of their work (with the categorisation of different types of players such as 'gorillas' and 'big players', that they use in their strategy), to the intricacies of the signals used to let each other know when the 'eye in the sky' was upon them, Mezrich lets you into a life that most of us will never get experience, but most would love to.

I have never gambled at a casino before, but this book would tempt me, just to see if these strategies would work. A thoroughly good book.

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