Sunday, December 21, 2008

21 (Movie by Columbia Pictures)


I've watched this movie yesterday morning after reading they synopsis. I got hooked to the synopsis that i can't wait to watch it with my wife. I had to drag her out from the bedroom because she enjoys sleeping in the morning, while i enjoy taking afternoon nap. :-)




The true story of the very brightest young minds in the country - and how they took Vegas for millions. Ben Campbell 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 school's 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 leading the way, they've 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, Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn't 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.

It's definitely one of my favourite movies because:
  1. This movie is inspired by a True Story
  2. It's about brightest minds of students combining their knowledge to beat the Casino
  3. Their system of beating the casino deals with Odds and Probability, which is my favourite subject back in the school days.
  4. Unlike majority who "Gambles" in casino, they "Invest". Over a long term, they can't lose.
  5. They use their Talent to make money.

Download the movie in Tvfreeload.com's Forum
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Read more about Card Counting in Blackjack : http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-count-cards (it's written by a math teacher)



Will i try to do Card Counting (In Blackjack) to beat the Dealer?
I don't think so. I rather keep to Valuing Public Listed Companies and "trade" with anonymous people. At least, nobody knows the who they are trading with in Stocks.

I might write about the similarities of their system with Investing (in Common Stocks), if there is enough demand for it.

5 comments:

** OUT OF TRACK 思 想 出 軌 ** said...

I'm very interested in this too, Pete.
It would be great if you could write before you collected 'enough demand'

I love watching this movie too. I actually go for anything by Kevin Spacey. But I would hate you to drag me from bed in the morning while I enjoying my beauty sleep, if i were your wife. It is very important for a woman to maintain good sleep, do you know that? LOL

** OUT OF TRACK 思 想 出 軌 ** said...

Of cos, it is very darling of you to share good things with her :)

Peter Lim said...

Okie, i'll write it once i've finished a few updates which i'm thinking of writing. It should be out within this month. :-)

My wife will kill me if i have another wife. :-). hehehe.

Anonymous said...

I realize this post is almost a year old. I was looking for Hock Chew food/recipe and stumbled upon your blog. There is a fallacy in your logic because you didn't take into account the the capital loss on the losing bet. A bettor places $5.50 bet on A and $1 bet on B; if the outcome is A, then the bet is a wash. But the bettor is still down $1 because he/she lost the bet on B. So it not risk free as you like to portray.

Peter Lim said...

Hello Anonymous,

Are you referring to this 21 movie post?

I would appreciate if you could post on the right place, and i'll answer it appropriately. Thanks!