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Loading... Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took…by Ben Mezrich
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. What a fantastic book. I couldn't put it down. the writing kept me at the edge of my seat and at times, I felt as if I was in the casinos with "the team". I loved the happy ending too. (  )laurie_library | May 26, 2009 |   Reads like a movie. (  )frederikv | Mar 23, 2009 | This is a story of a bunch of smart (MIT) kids winning millions of dollars playing blackjack, using "hi-lo" method of card counting. This is also a story of how these kids change vegas and how vegas, ultimately, changes them. Author claims this book is his first foray in to non fiction, but it seems a central character (Micky Rosa) and several key incidents were made up by the author. It is worth reading this book in spite of this false advertisement, as it is well written. (  )naastik | Feb 9, 2009 | Reads like a suspense novel, but it's a fantastic and interesting true story! Loved it! One of the best non-fiction books I've ever read! (  )bribre01 | Jan 12, 2009 | I really enjoyed this book. I know next to nothing about card counting and had only vaguely heard about the MIT teams. Fun, but not over technically work. ( )skinglist | Jan 10, 2009 | 0.064 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743249992, Paperback)#1 National Bestseller!The amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T.students who beat the system in Vegas -- and lived to tell how. Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.'s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Their small blackjack club develops from an experiment in counting cards on M.I.T.'s campus into a ring of card savants with a system for playing large and winning big. In less than two years they take some of the world's most sophisticated casinos for more than three million dollars. But their success also brings with it the formidable ire of casino owners and launches them into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas with its private investigators and other violent heavies. Filled with tense action, high stakes, and incredibly close calls, Bringing Down the House is a nail-biting read that chronicles a real-life Ocean's Eleven. It's one story that Vegas does not want you to read. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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