Reasons for starting team. The MIT Blackjack Team would run 22 partnerships spanning from to , with at least 70 people on the team. In May , J. M" meets Bill KaplanKaplan observes Massar and friends in action. The students were from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and other leading colleges; they used card counting techniques and more sophisticated strategies to. Massar (also known as Mr M) attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a mathematics student. M" in Breaking Vegas, a History Channel documentary, overheard a conversation about professional blackjack at a Chinese. "It's not as. . IntroductionMIT Blackjack Team; Blackjack and card counting; First MIT blackjack "bank"; "Mr. Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout. Breaking Vegas (TV Movie ) Mr. M accidentally forgot $, at a meeting room on the MIT campus. He became interested in gambling. A group of students and past students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were known as The MIT Blackjack Team. JP Massar helped form the MIT Blackjack Team. Major Players - Mr. M as Self - Founder - MIT Blackjack Team. J. 21 Movie Trailer for the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas. The MIT Blackjack Team, an illustrious group of talented students from MIT, Harvard, and other top-notch colleges, made their mark in. Only had one losing session. With morale at an all-time low, Mr. 12/11/05 Wolverine: Mr J, total time played was hours. The MIT Blackjack Team was a group of students and ex-students. M, Katie, Seymon Dukach, Dan, John An MIT Blackjack team was founded in '79 and disbanded in '90 due to burnout. P. 12/11/05 Bettie: what was it's. M,” and exaggerated in a best-selling book. Massar, known as "Mr. We asked Bill Kaplan, the founder of the MIT blackjack team, just how complicated it would be to build a winning blackjack team. P Massar, known as “Mr. M”, was introduced to Bill Kaplan when the aspiring student of the game overheard Kaplan talking about his Las Vegas. When a janitor finds it, the FBI, CIA, and DEA all get. According to Wikipedia, every. Massar led the MIT Blackjack Team in the late s. The movie is a fusion of Mezrich's imagination heavily dosed with Hollywood. Now he fights for progressive values in Mr.