I dunno if everybody picks up on that, or people who just happen to have played poker.
I use to play a lot online and sometimes in casinos, so when I see movies that have poker in it, I find it interesting.
Did you ever see Rounders? I like that scene where Matt Damon is bragging about how he beat Johnny Chan heads up in a cash game, and used that as evidence that he's a good player. However; if you listen to his story, it's not as big of a moment as you realize.
He basically tells a story where he plays tight the entire night, and then on one hand, he raises, Chan re-raises, Damon re-raises and then Chan mucks. Only a total donkey would re-raise a guy who has played tight the entire night and then re-raises your raise.(Damon then gets up and leaves the table). Wow, so you played super tight all night and got a pro to fold one hand? Congrats bro.
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WallaceHasLanded
9 years ago
Ive played a ton of poker. Online from 2001-2007 and then I took my game to the brick and mortar side from 2008-2013. So yes...Ive seen Rounders about a million times.
Your assessment of that scene with Chan is spot on. "I sat down with the best, and I won" Mikey McDermett says. All he did was nit it up all night and then played his table image against a guy who is good enough to put his hand in the muck against a 4bet. Standard.
Rounders is thought of as being the best poker movie ever...yet it still doesn't quite get it right.
Notice how the pivotal scene ending hands play out in that film? 9s full of aces vs Teddy KGB's Aces full of 9s. Again, absolute monster hands that you just rarely see, especially in short handed situations
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