Hollywood movies often rely on camera tricks, realistic performances, and good locations to sell their story. More often than usual, the gambling scenes look almost unbelievable, while the schemes seem pretty easy to pull off. In reality, this is not the case.
First of all, counting cards is not very dramatic. Secondly, it’s extremely hard to learn how to count them, and lastly, casino guards are not brutes that beat people in the basements.
In a counting cards movie, we, most of the time, see exaggeration that exists to entertain the audience.