Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.
It is absolutely amazing that something that is as much fun, dramatic, and thrilling as high-stakes hold-em poker has only generated one movie that is worth a crap. There are hundreds of decent movies about baseball, basketball, and football. Even chess has a couple of pretty good movies. Poker has only "Rounders". A good reason they haven't made a good one since 1998 is probably because I don't see how you could get much better. Matt Damon shows he is not just a one hit wonder by showing off his everyman quality once again. Edward Norton also has a breakout performance as Damon's troubled friend. The two proceed to attempt to win enough money to get themselves out of trouble with loan sharks. Poker is played everywhere from backrooms to casinos to VFW buildings along the way.
Beware though, if you choose to have poker night at your house, this movie will be quoted heavily.
Great movie. In my dvd collection.:D
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