Busting Vegas; Ben Mezrich

He looked up from the chips, at the two pit bosses. Even though Semyon and Allie had just jumped their bets to sixty grand in one hand, the pit bosses weren't suspicious at all. They had bought Semyon's act completly. They would have never guessed that Semyon had actually manipulated the cards to deal his own teammate an ace. Christ, this really was to freaking easy. Semyon looked at Allie, and she matched his eyes. "Well, Dyevchik, are we ready for another hand?" Allie flashed her eyelashes at him. "Of course, Nikolai. The night is just getting started." Victor was right. They were going to bring the casinos to their knees.

This book tells the tale of the MIT whiz kid who brought the casinos to their knees. Upon stumbling across a sign that read "Make money. Play blackjack" Semyon was falling into a slump Massachusetts Institute of Technology or known as MIT. Staring at green computer screens everyday all day created a lack of boredom. Semyon is very sharp in his classes, but somehow this black jack sign that had the word money on it stopped his doing. Within a few weeks Semyon was practicing card couning, learning three techniques, and making it on the black jack team. Semyon went from staring at computer screens all day to playing blackjack in casinos like Monte Carlo. Not just playing blackjack, but winning huge. This books tells the secrets to how Semyon Dukach beat the blackjack system with a team. To me this book was one of the best ones i've ever read. This book is based on a real story which makes it really interesting. The book is confusing at first, but once you get it, you won't be able to put it down. I'd rank this book a 5/5.