Chapter 5: Each stroke made Kevin's lungs burn. He was swimming very hard. Kevin had begun dating a girl he met at the library. Her name was Felicia and she had a swimmer's body, too, like Kevin. After Kevin swam, he saw Fisher and Martinez standing right near the pool. They told Kevin to follow them and brought Kevin to a classroom full of "The Club/Blackjack 101" members. He saw seven people including Kianna Lam (a pretty, young Asian), Michael Sloan (a blond tennis jock), and Brian Hale (a brilliant senior), the few that he recognized. Then the one standing at a blackboard was Micky Rosa, the leader of Blackjack 101. His teeth were gnarled and his clothes were two sizes too small. This was the M.I.T. Blackjack Team. Micky told Kevin how he had discovered the system of subjugating casinos at blackjack. It was a combination of card counting and communication. He wanted Kevin to join the team and go to Las Vegas. Kevin found out that each player had made about $100,000 spending their time in Vegas playing blackjack. Kevin decided to join the team but learned that he needed to pass the Test.
Chapter 6: Actually, Kevin had to pass three tests. If you were caught by the casinos when you card counted, you would have to leave and you were never welcome there again. If you were burned out of all the casinos in town, you would become extinct like a dinosaur. You were finished. The M.I.T blackjack team used team play which was split into three parts: Spotters, Gorillas, and Big Players. Everyone in the team started as a Spotter. The job of a Spotter was to find a good table with a good deck and then call a Gorilla or Big Player to the table. Spotters would sit at the table playing the minimum bet and counting the cards. When the count gets good, they would signal in either a Big Player or a Gorilla. After you are a Spotter, you get promoted to a Gorilla. Basically, when Gorilla's get signaled to a hot deck, they just stumble over as if they were a drunk, rich kid. They would throw down huge bets of money and watch for Spotter's signals to tell them when the run of the good cards is over. Then they would just stumble out of the table to receive a signal from another Spotter. Now being the Big Player was the hardest and most vital job. After a Spotter called you in to a hot deck, you would take over. You had to act, count, and bet! Big Players carry the big money and are the ones known by the casino personnel. You have to look the part of a Big Player. The first part of the test was learning how to be a Spotter. The second part was learning how to be a Gorilla. The third and last part of the test was to learn how to be a big player. Kevin learned that the higher the count, the better the deck, and the lower the count, the worse the deck. Kevin learned the Spotter's signal list and the oral count signals. Micky told Kevin that Kevin was ready and would be able to take the test Saturday night. Kevin was fatigued but felt a rush of adrenaline.
$$Connections$$
- Just like Kevin in chapter 4, I would feel extremely tired after swimming. I would be huffing and puffing to catch my breath.
- Like Kevin in chapter 6, I would feel very happy/excited even if I was tired because I qualified for something/won something!
1 comment:
Your summaries are good, but sound like you should be writing for a news paper. I would like them to be a bit more in your own language. The book sounds good, but jumping back and forth could get confusing.
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