Una desordenada despedida de soltero en la que el novio y tres amigos se organizan una gran fiesta en Las Vegas. Como era de esperar, a la mañana siguiente tienen una resaca tan monumental que no pueden recordar nada de lo ocurrido la noche anterior. Lo más extraordinario es que el novio ha desaparecido y en la suite del hotel se encuentran un tigre y un bebé.
Gerry is a talented but down-on-his-luck gambler whose fortunes begin to change when he meets Curtis, a younger, highly charismatic poker player. The two strike up an immediate friendship and Gerry quickly persuades his new friend to accompany him on a road trip to a legendary high stakes poker game in New Orleans. As they make their way down the Mississippi River, Gerry and Curtis manage to find themselves in just about every bar, racetrack, casino, and pool hall they can find, experiencing both incredible highs and dispiriting lows, but ultimately forging a deep and genuine bond that will stay with them long after their adventure is over.
Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), un tímido y brillante estudiante del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachussets (MIT), recurre a los naipes para poder pagar la matrícula de la universidad. Se le presenta, además, la oportunidad de unirse a un grupo de estudiantes que viajan a Las Vegas para jugar al blackjack. Bajo la dirección del poco ortodoxo profesor de matemáticas y genio de la estadística Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), han conseguido descifrar el código del éxito, mediante el conteo de cartas.
En este papel que le valió el Oscar®, Dustin Hoffman al lado del rompecorazones de Hollywood Tom Cruise, nos ofrece una divertida y conmovedora historia de amor fraternal. El insensible Charlie Babbitt, espera recibir una enorme herencia tras la muerte de su alejado padre. Pero Raymond, su hermano mayor recluido en una institución y a quien prácticamente no conoce, es el único heredero. Raymond “es un sabio autista” con algunas habilidades mentales limitadas, pero con otras destrezas geniales. Cuando Charlie secuestra a Raymond, el recorrido a lo largo del país que los llevará hasta Los Ángeles, les enseña algunas lecciones para toda la vida. Así, mientras superan su mutua desconfianza, un fuerte lazo se forma al compartir recuerdos del pasado, problemas del presente y un posible y deslumbrante futuro juntos.
La doctora Diane Fairfax notifica al doctor James Xavier, un científico de prestigio internacional, que la fundación que ha estado financiando sus investigaciones sobre la vista no seguirá apoyándole debido a la falta de resultados. Esta desalentadora noticia hace que Xavier decida probar en sí mismo un peligroso suero que proporciona visión de rayos X.
Dan Selig is a bored thirty year-old math wiz who's looking for a way to change his life. His ray of light comes in the form of a curvy blonde named Alicia, who recruits Dan to join her blackjack card counting team for a one night Las Vegas score. Dan accepts the offer and meets Thomas, a Texas cowboy with a violent past. Alicia trains Dan and Thomas in the art of card counting and as the team hits the felt in Sin City, we learn that the perfect crime isn't so perfect. When things go from bad to worse, Dan will find out the hard way that with millions up for grabs, the only question is, who's playing who?
Samir has to pay his brother's debt by playing poker with the man he owes money to.
Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempts of the casinos' management to thwart them.
A young man fueled by the arrogance of his opponent must win a game of blackjack at any cost, even if it means bending the rules.
A Documentary Movie About Card Counting In The Casino Game of 21. The director used $5,000 of the movie's budget to learn the counting methods, and put them to the test on screen.
A trio of desperate men are forced to participate in a nightmarish game of blackjack for their souls. The circumstances behind how these fellows wound up in purgatory are revealed in three individual segments: Two vicious hoodlums break into the basement dwelling of an old hermit who isn't nearly as harmless as he appears to be; an unscrupulous entertainment lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he decides to steal several songs from a deceased blues singer; and a young ex-con agrees to help a scuzzy drug dealer rob a pharmaceutical lab in order to save his girlfriend from the clutches of said dope pusher.