Bringing Down the House

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich

#IdiomInsight

Although the idiom #DownForTheCount is sports metaphor that expresses a negative outcome for whoever or whatever the speaker is referencing, for some reason it made me think of counting cards & laying them down.

I chose this book & ā€21ā€¯ the movie made from it where 6 MIT math students used counting cards in Blackjack to get more than 3 million $$$ from Vegas casinos. ā™ ļø¸ā™�ļø¸ā™£ļø¸ā™¦ļø¸

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Great choices- I found 21 very enjoyable šˇ� 14mo

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich

Adding this #Nonfiction #historical book to my #TBR stack for #NFNov. This is the original.
@rsteve388 @Clwojick #NYTBestSeller

KristenDuck Interesting- I never even heard of this! 5y

Vivlio_Gnosi Let's hope it's fun for the both of us! 5y

Clwojick 1 pt 5y

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AtomCornett

21 Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich

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Don't watch these kids too closely now...

lauren.lerner

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich

Day #21 of #NovemberbytheNumbers & I am getting a little creative. š‰ This book, which is billed as #nonfiction but is at least partly fabricated and/or definitely exaggerated, was the basis for the movie 21 (2008). ā™ ļø¸ā™�ļø¸ā™£ļø¸ā™¦ļø¸

Synopsis: MIT students run number counting scams via the MIT Blackjack Team. I read this after the movie was released, on loan from a friend, & according to #Goodreads, gave it āļø¸āļø¸āļø¸. I remember nothing about it. š™

JoeStalksBeck, BibliophileMomma

Blaire Great choice. This was a fun read. 7y

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Cinfhen

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich

#NovemberByTheNumbers I saw the movie #21 have not read the book (which is a prompt for #pop18 ) loved the film,I‘ll let you know about the book....

MinDea I didn't know the movie was based on a book...I knew it was based on true events. I bet the book is good! 7y

tpixie I listened to the book and I enjoyed it & still need to see the movie. I think the movie is probably more dramatized than the book. If I remember right the book might read more like a biography then a story. 7y

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MicheleinPhilly

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions | Ben Mezrich

#booktober #LongTitles The book that made me think I could count cards in Vegas and get rich even though I still "carry the one" when adding. And I only do that if I don't have access to a calculator. ?

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