Have you ever heard about counting cards or card counting? If you have watched the true story movie titled “21” starred by Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts and Kevin Spacey, you will fathom what card counting really is. The movie is based on a real story of the MIT Blackjack Team (4 MIT students) who used all their knowledge and tactics to trick the Major casinos in Vegas. Although, the movie was not exactly happened in the real life story, it gives a clear view on how MIT Blackjack Team used the strategy.
What is Card counting?
Card counting is a strategy used in betting casinos and blackjack games by using a formula or mathematics of probability and statistics. Through card counting, players can easily alter the decisions of the players based on the probability of the remaining cards. This trick allows the player to determine the distribution of the remaining high cards by keeping a consecutively count of low and high cards seen exposed by the players. In short, card counting gives less risk for losses and higher chance for the player to win the game. All professional casino and blackjack gamblers especially the MIT Blackjack Team use card counting up to today and the system has verified and proved to be workable.
Who were the real MIT Blackjack Team?
In 1980s, the biggest nightmares for major casinos raised due to the gambling strategies used by the MIT blackjack team. The team is an assembly of students and former students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Harvard Business School, and other major colleges who were masters on card counting techniques and other more sophisticated betting strategies at casinos worldwide. The organization started to operate in 1979, and have been winning in the major casinos worldwide.
The team uses flyers throughout the campus to recruit students and player’s friends and train them for free. They do initial assessments and testing for potential players to be qualified member of the team. Qualified members undergo full training, supervision and intense “trial-by-fire” in actual casino and blackjack play to become ace players.
The MIT Blackjack Team Founders
J.P. Massar was the most popular MIT Blackjack member who was also one the pioneering MIT students who joined the team for 10 years, and create another group specialize on card counting. He has also been one of the ace players and the manager of the team. J.P. Massar invited Bill Kaplan who became the team’s leader which brought consistent success to the team. J.P. Massar was the financier and created the team, Kaplan was the one who taught radical card counting technique which made the team to win over millions of dollars in Las Vegas. Bill Kaplan made casino blackjacks a business and a moneymaking enterprise for over 10 years.
Another influential original member of the team was John Chang, graduated as an electrical engineering in 1985, also, from MIT. He became the co-manager of the original team in 1990s. These three individuals are the most known Blackjack players who led the original MIT Blackjack Team.
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