This ad for the movie has Jim Sturgess talk about card counting as the cardinal sin of vegas because you are beating the house. It is comical how casinos suggest that you should come and beat them at their game to lure you in the doors but if they find that you are actually doing it they kick you out.
This is just a plug for the movie but she does make a good point. We discuss cover techniques in our advanced blackjack videos available at the video course.
The Soundtrack of the new movie “21” based on the MIT card counting team will be released by Columbia records.
The headlining track is a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” performed by the Belgian alt-rock band Soulwax. Here is a list of the other tracks as well:
1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones (Soulwax Remix)
2. Time To Pretend – MGMT
3. Big Ideas – LCD Soundsystem
4. Giant – D. Sardy featuring Liela Moss
5. Always – Amon Tobin
6. Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John
7. Mad Pursuit – Junkie XL featuring Electrocute
8. Sister Self Doubt – Get Shakes
9. I Am Unknown – The Aliens
10. Shut Up And Drive – Rihanna
11. Alright – Knivez Out
12. Tropical Moonlight – Domino
13. Hold My Hand – UNKLE
14. L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever) – Mark Ronson featuring Kasabian
15. Tender Buttons – Broadcast
Gambling movies can be pretty damn good. Think “Casino” and “Rounders.” They can also can fall flat. Anyone ever hear of “Hit Me” or what was that movie about high stakes poker with Drew Barrymore and the guy from Munich?
Anyone care to wager on how this new movie on card counting starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth is going to be?
There will be a lot of interest in card counting after the movie “21″ comes out on March 28th. How will this affect you if you if you count cards professionally. Here are a couple thoughts:
Positives:
1. As far as casinos should be concerned, the popularity of card counting is the best thing that ever happened for the game of blackjack. Since people know blackjack can be beaten there are more people who are drawn to play it with an unfounded confidence that they can beat it too, while there are very few people who actually learn what it really takes to beat the game. So the casinos get more people playing at their tables and more people handing them money.
2. Some casinos have really good rules and single deck or double deck games to seduce those type of players. If there is a jump in interest in beating blackjack more casinos may create better rules to compete for these kind of players. Real card counters will benefit from these better rules t00.
3. If there are more people playing blackjack at the tables who think they can beat the game this will add cover for those who are actually doing it. More cover means you will last longer. (I think the best cover any card counter could ask for is for the general blackjack player to spread there bet without a systematic counting system but on whether or not they just saw a string of high or low cards.)
Negatives:
1. Occasionally I have had dealers and pits spot me as a card counter because of my betting patterns, but generally (outside of Vegas) most people don’t know what to look for. After every pit boss, dealer, and security monitor in the country watches the movie will have card counting on the brain and they will understand better what to look for. This might mean less playing time.
If you haven’t seen it yet here is the trailer for the movie coming out next month called “21″