Inside The Edge Blackjack Documentary

Inside the edge blackjack documentary

A new documentary documenting the life of a professional card counter has been released, showing the highs and lows of the card counting lifestyle.

The result is a new documentary, “Inside the Edge: A Professional Blackjack Adventure,” which will be released May 21 on streaming sites such as iTunes and Amazon Prime. “It was a thrill ride,” said Buddy, recalling some tense and hostile moments when KC was ejected for card-counting by casino security who figured out what he was up to.

The movie is titled “Inside the Edge: A Professional Blackjack Adventure” and follows the exploits of card counter KC as he travels the United States in an RV. During this road trip, he visits as many casinos as he can, plays blackjack, wins big, and get out before casino security is on to him. Of course, not everything plays out exactly how KC wants each time, and viewers get to experience the stress that goes into being a professional card counter.

The film is a short hour and twelve-minute affair, but it offers an enticing look at the life of a real card counter, rather than the fiction of a film like 21. We should also mention that the film features a few segments with Mike Shackleford, also known as the Wizard of Odds. Mike is the namesake behind our sister site Wizard of Odds and Wizard of Vegas, and we’re glad to see him on the big screen.

You can purchase the film via most major outlets like Amazon and iTunes.

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  1. Inside the Edge: A Professional Blackjack Adventure offers a friendly visual guide to card counting and a few other secrets of the Advantage Players. Directory Buddy also brings in a few other members of this secret society, including John Chang, Max Rubin, James Grosjean, Arnold Snyder, Stanford Wong, and Richard Munchkin.
  2. Inside the Edge features the world's most elite professional blackjack players who take on casinos for millions all while trying to evade casino surveillance as well as local law enforcement. Director Chris Buddy follows the life of KC, a second-generation professional blackjack player, as he concludes his blackjack career traveling the United.
  3. Podcast – Inside The Edge June 20, 2019 1 Comment Written by Richard Munchkin Our guests this week are KC and Chris Buddy, on to talk about their new documentary “Inside the Edge,” which follows a successful blackjack player across the country.

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Blackjack is one of the most popular casino games, if not the most popular among big name players. It has become such a household name, that Hollywood is jumping on the bandwagon train to get some inspiration from the game.

Casino games have long ago been immortalized in movies, starting from James Bond and his eternal love for baccarat and other casino games, to the big name actors such as Robert De Niro and his great role in Casino. However, documentaries linked with casino games have been a rarity in the past. At least until the last few years.

It looks like it is time for casino documentaries, and blackjack documentaries for that matter to emerge from the shadows. We present you three blackjack documentaries, all focusing on the popular game, as well as playing. Let’s take a look at the history of blackjack online and see firsthand how some people have beaten the system in the world of card counting and blackjack.

Breaking Vegas

The documentary was aired as a television series, starting in 2004 in the US. The background for the popular documentary was set when the book by Ben Mizrich, one of the team members, emerged in libraries. The book became a national scandal in the US, as casinos got a chance to read how they were scammed.

Breaking Vegas is a great dramatic recreation of the popular blackjack teams by MIT students. The documentary tells the whole story, but doesn’t add unnecessary dramatics. Breaking Vegas is a true documentary, following a documentary style that really suits the subject it covers.

The movie shows the method the players used, but one can be sure that it is not 100% the method the MIT team used, as players all over the world would try to copy it. That is the only downside of the documentary, as not enough substantive mathematics is explained. The team didn’t explain other strategies as well in the movie.

The Player: Secrets of a Vegas Whale

Another documentary inspired by a real life story, “The Player” tells the story of Don Johnson, one of the best gamblers in the history of Vegas. Johnson managed to walk away with $15 million in a single winning streak.

Johnson is known for beating three casinos in Vegas in a single night. In the documentary, Johnson explains his strategy, and admits he needed a little luck, but his winnings were mostly due to smart gambling.

In the documentary, the big whale player explains how he beat the system, and how he managed to turn the odds to his favor playing table games. As most veteran players know, it is almost impossible to win lot of money with table games, as odds are always stacked against you.

The theory explained in the documentary is simple, when casinos in Vegas and Atlantic City were down in popularity and money, they needed big name whales such as Johnson to play. They offered whales benefits, which Johnson used to take advantage of the system.

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His system was simple, he managed to arrange a 20% refund every time he lost money, and by splitting and doubling, he managed to get up to $50,000 in free play. Using different methodologies, as well as scaring dealers into committing errors, Johnson is still ranked as one of the top 10 winners in a single night in casinos.

The Hot Shoe

Inside The Edge Blackjack Documentary

Unlike other documentaries on this list, The Hot Shoe offers more historic look into blackjack and playing blackjack online. The movie offers a great access to the history and system of card counting and blackjack.

The Hot Shoe features many interviews with famous blackjack players and experts, as well as people writing on the topic of card counting. An interesting twist is the addition of casino executives, lawyers and detectives, offering their insight how they manage to fight with card counting.

Inside The Edge Blackjack Documentary

Naturally, there is a throwback to the MIT Blackjack team, one of the most famous blackjack teams that practically invented card counting system in blackjack. And of course, the detective that put an end to their winning streak is part of the documentary, offering his insight in an interview.

The documentary goes into details on card counting, what it means, and how to use it in casinos. Unlike other blackjack documentaries that follow a specific team, the Hot Shoe puts the focus on the card counting itself.

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The documentary by filmmaker David Layton also offers a fantastic “how-to” section, and several hints and tips.