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Breaking Vegas

  • TV Movie
  • 2004
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Breaking Vegas (2004)
DocumentaryDrama

Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempt... Read allDocumentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempts of the casinos' management to thwart them.Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempts of the casinos' management to thwart them.

  • Director
    • Bruce David Klein
  • Writer
    • Bruce David Klein
  • Stars
    • Jon Hirschtick
    • Ben Mezrich
    • Mr. M
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    251
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    • Director
      • Bruce David Klein
    • Writer
      • Bruce David Klein
    • Stars
      • Jon Hirschtick
      • Ben Mezrich
      • Mr. M
    • 5User reviews
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    Jon Hirschtick
    • Self - Investor…
    Ben Mezrich
    Ben Mezrich
    • Self - Author of 'Bringing Down the House'
    Mr. M
    • Self - Founder - MIT Blackjack Team
    Max Rubin
    • Self - Blackjack Master
    Semyon Dukach
    Semyon Dukach
    • Self - Player - MIT Blackjack Team
    Beverly Griffin
    • Self - Griffin Investigations
    Andy Anderson
    • Self - Casino Detective
    Katie Byl
    • Self - Player - MIT Blackjack Team
    • (as Katie)
    William Hecht
    • Self - MIT Alumni Association
    • (as Bill Hecht)
    Edward O. Thorp
    • Self - Blackjack Theorist
    Aaron Stanford
    Aaron Stanford
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Staas Yudenko
    Staas Yudenko
    • Semyon
    Hannes Phinney
    • Mr. M
    Catherine Kresge
    Catherine Kresge
    • Katie
    Gary Lucy
    Michael Bou
    • John C.
    Edward F. Villaume
    Edward F. Villaume
    • Bill
    • (as Ed Villaume)
    Bud Watson
    Bud Watson
    • Andy Anderson
    • Director
      • Bruce David Klein
    • Writer
      • Bruce David Klein
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    1michaelgross-00138

    Bro i hate Jon Hirschtick so much

    He is the worst ever creator and his onshape program is absolute hell and deserved to be destroyed, I haven't watched this movie but I don't have to because it is absolute trash if it has Jon Hirschtick in it.

    I hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much i hate Jon Hirschtick so much.
    8rmbarge

    Solid Docudrama

    Really a pretty good dramatic recreation of the popular MIT blackjack team. It tells the story without adding a lot of unnecessary dramatics -- the documentary style really suits the subject matter. The actors were quite good and the pacing and editing skillful for such a limited budget film.

    The shortcoming of the movie is that not enough substantive mathematics is explained. I doubt the counting method shown was the one actually used by the players, as there are much more powerful methods that are very nearly as easy to use, such as "red 7". Also, they didn't flesh out the mysterious "other techniques" used.

    The comment saying that their system could be "gamed" is ignorant. The entire basis of counting cards and changing bets when the count is favorable effectively changes the odds in favor of the player. I'm not sure what "gamed" means, exactly. If it means the casinos cheated, well, I highly doubt it -- if they got caught, it would cost them many hundreds of times more than any counting team could take.

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Breaking Vegas: The True Story of the MIT Blackjack Team
    • Filming locations
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production company
      • Atlas Media
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