Deal

I'm in.

Alright ladies, twenty dollars.

What ya got Phil, are you in or not? - I'm out.

Let me guess. Raise?

Well, I wasn't going to, but now that you put the idea in my head, sure, why not?

I've seen that look before. I'm out.

You don't wanna do that? - I think you're bluffin'.

That's an awful lot. - Could be.

It could also be that the cards in my hand plus the cards already showing

give me an 86 percent chance of winning.

You know what, Tory, you've got a 14 percent window to lose.

You're so full of shit. - Am I?

This is so much fun, gentlemen. I fold. - So what's next?

Shit, I didn't even need it.

Every single time.

One more round? - I gotta go.

This sucks. - What sucks?

This! College is half over, no fun.

Alex's room. - I'm not here, Buddy.

No, this is Ben, who's this?

Yeah, just a second. Dude, it's Melissa.

What? She says she's calling you back for like two weeks going.

I can't talk now. Tell her I'm not there.

You can't? You've got the biggest crush on this girl for the past six months.

You're gonna talk to her now.

Melissa, Hi.

No, I'm in the middle of something right now. Can I call you back?... Right.

Who are you? - I know.

What happens if he wins?

- Alex plays in a Poker Stars tournament on TV.

What if he doesn't? - He's making photocopies for a law firm.

Guys please, I've been up all night.

What do you need? - A pair of ladies.

Hey, guys.

We're so proud of you. - Definitely.

Magna cum laude, not bad.

But suma cum laude would have landed you a full scholarship for law school.

Hello everyone, Mr. and Mrs. S. - Hi, Ben.

How are you, son?

Where are all the girls wanted it?

Open your eyes kid.

You've haven't said anything? - No.

Said what about what?

Alex?

I put in for a tournament. - Sweet!

I got him. - It's only for a couple days.

You promised it was just a hobby. - It won't get out of hand.

'Get out of hand'. Come on, I beat out hundreds of people.

I stuck my neck out to get you that job. - And I'll still be there.

This is a big deal.

I'm Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer and working with me is Joseph Hachem.

So Greg, what've you got today? - Well Joe, in case any of our players don't show up today...

I'm ready to jump in anytime they want.

These are our players.

Antonio 'Magician' Esfandiara. The 'Unabomber' Phil Laak.

Tex Button, and of course the very famous, Karen 'Razor' Jones.

Do you want a drink? - No, no, I'm fine.

We will see if to our newcomers.

You want to give me a hand in here?

Player's on third, be right in.

Each player first are dealt two down cards. And then they bet a round.

Then come the community cards with the flop, the turn, and the river.

In the end the best five card combination wins the hand and takes the pot.

Let's take a closer look at one of their newest challengers.

I guess you could say I've always been good with numbers.

born and raised in Los Angeles,

learned to play poker in just the last three years.

And when this whiz kid went off to college in the east,

he realized that there might be a little bit more to his poker hand.

Good luck all.

4,000. You have to bet, Karen?

Too steep for me. - Alex, who had by far the most chips...

but he has already lost the most since the start of play.

Let but see then.

Have fun. - Looks like I've scared everyone out.

10,000.

He may run into problems. - Not really.

If you don't know how well the cards of Razor, it's top pair.

He likes his hand. Alright, I call.

It's all up to you.

Ten of clubs. Interesting.

I'm all in. - Should you see.

Hey, you're gonna wish you'd paid more attention.

I tripped up

Razor keeps pace. Once see what the river.

I think Alex will be very disappointed.

Thus feels zero percent now.

You didn't get a card when you needed it, but you were already reports.

See you around. Go back to school.

He was lucky that he came extent.

Hopefully he learned for the next time.

Alex, when you get a moment, I need you to get Mr. Wallace the briefs for the Longhorn case.

By the way, today is pay day,

but they don't give you your first check until the end of the next pay period.

Do you think you can make it two more weeks? - I think I can manage.

OK, Good. - OK

Oh, and Alex, be careful. That sorter is almost at capacity.

Find anything better?

There's one cruise left that leaves in July.

We can afford a third class cabin, but that's about it.

We do get a lobster night right now

Really, lobster.

Why don't we go first class?

Oh, come on.

Honey,

what's the matter?

That's a lot of the money and we have to make it last our whole lives.

Alright, for 400 dollars. I even go to the casino.

You don't have to gamble, I'll gonna go with you.

Oh, wait a minute. - I just go to see it.

And what about Helen? - I just saw Helen, she's doing fine.

You go watch your pledge. - Not true. I look only.

That may not be a problem. - I ain't takin' the rap for you.

As if you play against a baby. - Of a baby who plays himself?

I understand him. I'm still young. That's really funny.

To bad there's no minimum age for making money.

Ok, that was fun.

But I must go, otherwise I come home too late.

Pocket money for the next month.

Get that out for me.

You need to do this professionally.

Nice playin' in there. - Thank you. That's nice.

What do you think, Tommy?

I think he could have done a lot better.

Are you talking about me?

If I saw you bluffing, everybody at the table saw you bluffing.

What are you talking about, I flopped a set. - You missed the flush.

Maybe you need to get your eyes checked. - Maybe.

Listen, you have a lot of potential, so if you ever want to talk about strategy...

I think he's ok.

You could do a whole lot worse.

Okay then.

Tommy Vinson.

What he was talking about? - He is determined drunk.

Did you really flop a set?

No, I missed my flush.

I knew that you would show up.

No, I came to play cards.

No, just give me five minutes.

See that guy with the red hat?

What about him? - What kind of hand has he got?

Good or bad?

Good. - Wrong.

You know how I know? - How?

When he has bad cards, he scratches to his face.

He does this every time. It's a tell. Watch.

In that way.

You were just lucky.

Pick somebody. Anybody.

That guy over there.

He has a good hand.

Ace-King maybe, or an Ace-Queen.

You should be playing against them.

I don't play.

Can you give me that napkin please?

Nice accent. Is it German?

No, Russian.

Then you drink a lot of vodka then.

I hope you're better with cards than you are with women.

Really I am. You know I won $22,000 in PokerStars last month?

The Razor, she's just so...

She ate you up. - You saw it?

I had really bad cards.

It's not on the cards.

You don't play against cards, you play against players.

What do you have in mind? Million dollar pay outs.

I cover the buy-ins and we split 50-50 right down the middle.

Cash? - Not yet, first you gotta win.

But you gotta listen to me, every word.

Why should I do that?

Because by the time you're twenty-five, you'll be set for life.

You set for life?

I could have been, if I'd had someone to listen too.

You found it.

Nice house.

Would you like something cold to drink? A coke, soft drink, beer?

Beer.

Is that you? - Yes. Not to believe, eh?

The poker finale of 1979 in Reno. What's this?

My wife put that up there.

That's the hand I was dealt when I beat Doyle Bronson.

Oh, My God.

You beat Doyle Brunson in the World Championship?

They didn't call it that back then.

Shit.

It was just called 'the game'.

Now it's for huge pots,

diamond bracelets.

You never won a Championship?

I was in the top ten.

It was great.

For five years I was the best there was.

And then I...

I lost my confidence.

You lose a lot of games...

you borrow a lot of money...

from friends...

family.

You keep on playing... and you hate the world.

I mean... I lost everything.