[1] Irvine was a part of the blackjack team featured in the best selling book, Bringing Down the House, by Ben Mezrich.
[2] Irvine was one of the members of a team of MIT students that won millions at blackjack tables around the world by counting cards.
The story of the MIT Blackjack Team was made into a major motion picture, 21, which was released in theaters on March 28, 2008.
[4][5][6] Irvine has spoken at various events describing his experiences with the team, including the Global Gaming Expo Conference in 2007, the Chicago University Private Equity Network in 2006, among other events.
[10] Irvine later graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, before completing a master's degree from Cornell University in 1997 and an M.B.A. from Purdue University in 2002.