Effects of the movie 21

[ihate17]

This is just my opinion and is based on my play mainly in Vegas and So Cal.

Effects of the movie 21:
ZILCH, NADA, NOTHING, at least of importance.

I see more people with that chicken dinner line than trying to count on the blackjack tables.
I do not see more basic strategy players.
I might have seen a slight increase in wannabee counters when the movie first came out but I believe they all have now lost their $500 bankroll and counters are still extremely rare.
A few people talked about the movie at the tables back then but no one talks about it now.
Games overall have not changed much since the movie.

It came, it went and the casinos and players just went on as they always do.

Overall effect: not much more than Zero

ihate17

[ccibball50]

Not so sure about that. I used the move to rekindle the card counting spirit of one of my friends, and now he is adamant about Card Couting. I do be lieve that there are more because of the movie, but that Card Counters are still rare.

[Dyepaintball12]

i agree with Ihate17.

Some people seemed to get into it for a short while, but now it's back to the same way it was

[fredperson]

The impact of the movie.....

The casinos become even more paranoid about BJ players...
So, more ASMs, more 6:5 BJs, crappier comps, fewer tournies, in other words, nothing good.
And to top it all off, the movie and book were probably 95% fiction to begin with.

[jimbiggs]

When the movie first came out, I noticed a big difference in smaller casino paranoia. Things seem to be back to normal now.

[emelhairus9]

This movie is about MIT students who take Las Vegas casinos for millions. It involves a gambling scam in Las Vegas using a mentally challenged relative. Otherwise, the films are about as similar as slot machines and craps

[SleightOfHand]

Originally Posted by emelhairus9

This movie is about MIT students who take Las Vegas casinos for millions. It involves a gambling scam in Las Vegas using a mentally challenged relative. Otherwise, the films are about as similar as slot machines and craps

Okay, I understand the first bit, which I agree with (regardless of the accuracy of how the movie portrayed it). But what are you talking about, "mentally challanged relative"? And what "films" are you comparing?

[johndoe]

It must be Rain Man. Classic line from casino security: "No one can count down a six-deck shoe!"

[prankster]

There are professional poker players today who claim they got thier interest in poker after watching Rounders. Blackjack AP's of course are secretive about thier countiing skills-so I think there could be people who will get into it big time because of the movie but we may never know. Maybe twenty years from now some Tommy Hyland type guy will mention in an interview that his interest in blackjack was sparked from watching the movie 21.

[moo321]

Originally Posted by prankster

There are professional poker players today who claim they got thier interest in poker after watching Rounders. Blackjack AP's of course are secretive about thier countiing skills-so I think there could be people who will get into it big time because of the movie but we may never know. Maybe twenty years from now some Tommy Hyland type guy will mention in an interview that his interest in blackjack was sparked from watching the movie 21.

My friends got into poker because it was on TV all the time, and I got into poker because I kept winning my friends' money, and I got into blackjack from poker.