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Title: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich ISBN: 0-7432-4999-2 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.15 (204 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Fictionalized account of a "true" story.
Comment: This book is way over-hyped for what it really is. For anyone who has ever played blackjack, or spent any time in Vegas, there are too many incorrect items and half-truths to just pass it off as anything but a fictionalized version of a partially true story and a not very intriguingly written account at that.
If you want some light reading while you're flying to Vegas this will do but you won't really gain any deep insight to what really happened.
There are far more interesting books regarding Blackjack and Las Vegas. You might start with "The Big Player" by Ken Uston (circa 1976). He and his people did what the MIT kids exploited and they did it in the early 70s.
Rating: 2
Summary: Circus Peanuts
Comment: This book grabs one's attention. At least it grabbed mine -- it was difficult to put down. I also enjoy eating Circus Peanuts, not because of their nutritional value but because they are soft and chewey.
This book will not rot one's tooth, but it will irritate the sensibilities of most folks. There are two main irritants embedded in the book. One is the writing itself. While the characters in this little tale were counting cards, I was counting grammatical gaffes. Unlike them, I lost count. I can't believe the author was a Harvard grad. The only explanation is that he was using bad grammar for effect. If so, why? It's irritating in any case.
The second irritant was the inept dropping of technical terms. The text is littered with these technical malaprops. The author might as well have announced: "Hey, I don't really know what I'm talking about." Again, he may have planted these unhappy usages into the text for effect. But again (again), why?
The two stars, by the way, were for the engaging, racy style. As I said, I do enjoy Circus Peanuts.
Rating: 5
Summary: Dont start this book if you have to get up early the next da
Comment: I read an excerpt of this book in Wired Magazine and could not wait for it to come out in paperback. I was not disappointed. By now all readers know its about 6 brilliant MIT students coached by a former mathematics professor (Mickey Rosa) into a cool, cunning, and colorful cabal of casino raiders. For anyone who has been to Vegas it will conjur up memories of the flight to the desert, the gaming, the girls, the "high-rollers" and the over the top events that are all part of the magic of Sin City. But the twist here is that the player actually beats the house.
Be prepared to be entertained. Though other reviewers were disappointed at the authors style or technical errors, the author develops his story through the narrative voice of one main MIT student(Kevin Lewis). Mezrich's pace, character development, transitions and story-telling ability are evident in just about every page and truly qualify this book as a page turner. Readers who like the "can't put it down suspense" of a Ludlum, will love this book.
In an almost surreal aside, as I was 200+ pages into this enthralling book, I looked up to my TV to see none other than the "real" Mickey Rosa winning a Blackjack tournament at none other than the Mohegan Sun Casino. Is truth stranger than Fiction? Read the book and decide for yourself!! Enjoy!
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Title: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ISBN: 0393057658 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 10 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker by James McManus ISBN: 0374236488 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 16 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One by Edward O. Thorp ISBN: 0394703103 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 April, 1966 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Knock-Out Blackjack: The Easiest Card-Counting System Ever Devised by Olaf Vancura, Ken Fuchs ISBN: 0929712315 Publisher: Huntington Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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