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Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who needing to pay school tuition finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the schools most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor.
With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, theyve cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits.
Though counting cards isnt illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne).
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey
Director: Robert Luketic
Genre:Drama
Language: English
Release Date:22 May 2008 -
watch already online ,at first dun quite understand how they count cards so check on wikipedia.Its very interesting , might try it in a real casino and see if it works
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Not out in cinemas leh.
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Out liao.
Coming soooon.
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Watched le.... Its nice... I downloaded it from pspiso.com
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Watched the DVDRip, nice. Not sure how it works though.
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I rather it's on a roulette table.
As Einstein quoted - you cannot beat a roulette table unless you cheat
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Originally posted by technoboy:
Watched the DVDRip, nice. Not sure how it works though.
its actually very simple,low cards from 2 to 6 = +1,cards 7-9 = 0, high ones 10-Ace = -1
so the spotter counts until theres a lot of low cards like +16,then they signal for the player to join and said something with a keyword like sweet(means +16). From there the player counts the cards himself and the odds of high cards are good which favors him.
for more info:
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While Las Vegas is Sin City personified, having been there in person actually stripped away much of the glitz and glamour that comes courtesy of various movies and television series. Maybe because I'm not a high roller (or even a simple punter to begin with) that I don't get to enjoy the sexiness that comes with attention lavished at their well-known, well-paying customers. But in any case, the mathematics of it is that the house always win, and it is not a zero sum game, always in favour of the house. A bus driver in Vagas once told me that it's simple logic - look at the hotel above the casino. The larger it is, the higher the overheads, and guess where their revenue is coming from? You guessed it.
Continues at http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2008/06/21.html
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Originally posted by xfool:
watch already online ,at first dun quite understand how they count cards so check on wikipedia.Its very interesting , might try it in a real casino and see if it works
based on some true story if i am not wrong.. and some chinese student really did that b4 too... -
Oh now I understand how it works, but then only applies to casino lah...
Normally when we play we will shuffle the cards after every round.
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Originally posted by technoboy:
Oh now I understand how it works, but then only applies to casino lah...
Normally when we play we will shuffle the cards after every round.
Ya lor.
and normally when me and my friends play, we'll only show one of the two cards.
Damn.
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There is no free lunch in this world.
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I just watched the movie on DVD. I must say the movie is pretty cool. But what I do not get was the part where the professor asked Ben about the 3 doors question to winning a car:
"There are 3 doors, one holds the grand prize of a car, the other 2 doors holds a goat in each. The player chooses the 1st door. But without knowing what is behind the first door yet, the host picks the 3rd door, revealing it to be a goat. So the question is, would one still stick with the choice of the 1st door, or change his selection such that his probability of winning a car increases?"
Is it some kind of conditional probability question? Ben said it had something to do with variable change. Anyone care to explain the logic behind this question???
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Originally posted by -Wanderer-:
I just watched the movie on DVD. I must say the movie is pretty cool. But what I do not get was the part where the professor asked Ben about the 3 doors question to winning a car:
"There are 3 doors, one holds the grand prize of a car, the other 2 doors holds a goat in each. The player chooses the 1st door. But without knowing what is behind the first door yet, the host picks the 3rd door, revealing it to be a goat. So the question is, would one still stick with the choice of the 1st door, or change his selection such that his probability of winning a car increases?"
Is it some kind of conditional probability question? Ben said it had something to do with variable change. Anyone care to explain the logic behind this question???
The Monty Hall problem...
