MIT Blackjack Team knew how to play and knew how to win at the game. The group of college students walked away with millions of dollars from casinos in Vegas over the years due to their skills. They developed a careful strategy and mastered their skills, which allowed them to count cards and win money each time. It took years of practice and careful training for the MIT members to excel at card counting.
Several MIT members have since then become very popular.
The MIT Blackjack Team first came into existence in 1980. It was started by Bill Kaplan (part of the inspiration for Kevin Spacey's character), who founded the team on the same business principles and practices that he had employed in starting and running a Vegas based team for the previous three years.
J.P. Massar
It is only fair to say that the MIT team consisted of math geniuses, and their names are really worth to remember as they formed the MIT team for blackjack. By knowing math and learning card-counting techniques, they beat casinos across the US. During the 1990’s, they went their separate ways, and even so, they remained legends. It is only fair to say that the MIT team consisted of math geniuses, and their names are really worth to remember as they formed the MIT team for blackjack. By knowing math and learning card-counting techniques, they beat casinos across the US. During the 1990’s, they went their separate ways, and even so, they remained legends.
J.P. Massar had been the founding member of the legendary MIT Blackjack Team. Massar was a member of the first ever team from MIT that had used the card counting technique in a group format to earn profits at the casinos in Atlantic City.
Bill Kaplan
Bill Kaplan had been managing his own team for three years before he met Massar from the original MIT Team. Bill Kaplan was the man who turned around the team's fate by introducing various strategies and team management techniques in the MIT Blackjack Team.
Mike Aponte
Mike Aponte had never been interested in card games until he attended MIT and learnt about the MIT Blackjack Team. Mike was soon hooked and quickly became one of the most successful members of the MIT team.
Dave Irvine
David Irvine, or as he is popularly known, Dave Irvine was a member of the famous MIT Blackjack Team. He had been a member of the same team as Mike Aponte. The team had won millions of dollars at casinos all over US and even abroad during their career.
Semyon Dukach
Semyon Dukach had been a member of the MIT Blackjack Team and a professional blackjack player. He had been featured in the books Bringing down the house and Busting Vegas, and the only player to be referred to by his real name in the book.
Johnny Chang
Johnny Chang was a member of the famous MIT Blackjack Team. He was also one of the very few members that had been a part of the team from beginning to end. Johnny Chang has also received the honor of being included in the Blackjack Hall of Fame.
MIT Books
Bringing Down the House
by Ben Mezrich
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Busting Vegas
by Ben Mezrich
Mit Blackjack Team Winnings
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Million Dollar Blackjack
by Ken Uston
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MIT Blackjack Team Videos
By: Ed Teller The MIT Teams operated from 1979 through the mid 1990's and changed the way Casinos view and protect their blackjack games. Their escapades were widely reported by the news media, by Hollywood with movies glamorizing their successes and failures and by numerous books. Here is a collection..
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Mit Blackjack Team Movies
By: Ed Teller21 Movie
Don't want to be a pro but would like to lose less frequently and win more often?..
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