1 00:01:10,529 --> 00:01:13,824 [MAN NARRATING] Listen, here's the thing. 2 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:18,745 If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, 3 00:01:18,829 --> 00:01:21,081 then you are the sucker. 4 00:01:28,630 --> 00:01:32,009 Guys around here'll tell ya... you play for a living. 5 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:36,096 It's like any other job. You don't gamble. You grind it out. 6 00:01:36,180 --> 00:01:40,434 Your goal is to win one big bet an hour, that's it. 7 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:43,770 Get your money in when you have the best of it, and protect it when you don't. 8 00:01:43,854 --> 00:01:45,856 Don't give anything away. 9 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,775 That's how I've paid my way through half of law school. 10 00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:52,279 A true grinder. 11 00:01:52,362 --> 00:01:57,326 See, I learned how to win a little at a time. But finally, I've learned this... 12 00:01:57,367 --> 00:02:01,872 If you're too careful, your whole life can become a fuckin' grind. 13 00:02:10,172 --> 00:02:13,926 This is Teddy KGB's place. 14 00:02:14,009 --> 00:02:17,596 - [MAN] Five hundred. - You won't find it in the Yellow Pages. 15 00:02:17,679 --> 00:02:19,806 Nope. Not tonight. 16 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:21,850 No? What? 17 00:02:25,562 --> 00:02:28,023 Give me three stacks of high society. 18 00:02:42,496 --> 00:02:46,291 Thirty thousand. Count it. 19 00:02:51,922 --> 00:02:57,344 - That's good. - So, you're sitting the apple. 20 00:02:57,386 --> 00:03:00,514 - Good. Want a cookie? - No. 21 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:03,767 [NARRATING] He doesn't look like much, 22 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:07,521 but KGB is connected all the way to the top of the Russian mob. 23 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:10,607 He's the one guy in the game you don't want to fuck with. 24 00:03:10,691 --> 00:03:12,943 But if you're looking for high stakes, 25 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:14,987 this is the only place in town. 26 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:18,699 They all know me as a small-timer, but that's about to change. 27 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:28,458 Joey Knish is a New York legend. 28 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:31,336 He's been a rounder, earning his living at cards... 29 00:03:31,420 --> 00:03:34,006 since he was 19 years old. 30 00:03:34,089 --> 00:03:36,508 What are you, holdin' those for somebody? 31 00:03:36,592 --> 00:03:39,928 Uh, yeah, I'm holding 'em for you. 32 00:03:40,012 --> 00:03:41,972 - You should be. - [CHUCKLES] 33 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,850 'Cause I hope you're not thinking of putting all that glimmer in play. 34 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:48,228 [NARRATING] He's as close to a friend as there is in this place. 35 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:51,190 - Come here. - [Narrator] But tonight, I don't want to see him. 36 00:03:51,273 --> 00:03:53,525 Now, you don't wanna butt onions with these guys. 37 00:03:53,609 --> 00:03:56,737 'Cause they'll chew you up, take your whole bankroll. 38 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,574 - So you say. - There's plenty of easy games. 39 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:03,911 We get outta here, get some coffee, ride over to that soft seat in Queens. 40 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:06,371 I know what I'm doing. 41 00:04:08,665 --> 00:04:11,418 You're making a run at it, aren't you? 42 00:04:11,502 --> 00:04:14,087 Rolling up a stake and going to Vegas. 43 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:17,633 I'm right, right? 44 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,885 - I can beat the game. - Maybe. 45 00:04:19,968 --> 00:04:22,429 Maybe this is a game can be beat. 46 00:04:22,513 --> 00:04:25,307 But you know you can beat the 10-20 at the Chesterfield and the Hi-Low... 47 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:27,768 at that goulash joint on 79th Street. 48 00:04:29,353 --> 00:04:33,106 Okay. I understand. 49 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:39,029 I understand. Back to battle. 50 00:04:41,907 --> 00:04:44,785 [NARRATING] The game in question is No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em. 51 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:47,579 Minimum buy-in $25,000. 52 00:04:47,663 --> 00:04:50,999 A game like this doesn't come together often outside the casinos. 53 00:04:51,083 --> 00:04:53,210 The stakes attract rich flounders, 54 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,712 and they in turn attract the sharks. 55 00:05:00,342 --> 00:05:04,054 No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em is the Cadillac of poker. 56 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:07,558 Each player is dealt two cards face down. 57 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:10,811 Five cards are then dealt face up across the middle. 58 00:05:10,853 --> 00:05:14,314 These are community cards everyone can use to make the best five card hand. 59 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:18,777 The key to the game is playing the man, not the cards. 60 00:05:18,861 --> 00:05:21,280 Bet an eight ball. 61 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:27,578 There's no other game in which fortunes can change so much from hand to hand. 62 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:30,831 A brilliant player can get a strong hand cracked, go on tilt... 63 00:05:30,914 --> 00:05:33,876 and lose his mind along with every single chip in front of him. 64 00:05:33,959 --> 00:05:38,088 This is why the World Series of Poker is decided over a No-Limit Hold 'Em table. 65 00:05:38,172 --> 00:05:40,841 Some people, pros even, won't play No-Limit. 66 00:05:40,883 --> 00:05:43,177 They can't handle the swings. 67 00:05:44,553 --> 00:05:46,972 But there are others, like Doyle Brunson, 68 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:50,100 who consider No-Limit the only pure game left. 69 00:05:52,227 --> 00:05:57,774 Like Papa Wallenda said..."Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting." 70 00:05:57,858 --> 00:06:00,319 Pass it to you. 71 00:06:03,322 --> 00:06:05,741 All right, I raise. 72 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:08,660 - I'm gonna raise five hundred. - [MAN] Fold. 73 00:06:11,330 --> 00:06:14,166 It's a position raise. I call it. 74 00:06:19,213 --> 00:06:21,465 [NARRATING] Here's the beauty of this game. 75 00:06:23,217 --> 00:06:26,470 - Go ahead. - [NARRATING] I just got top two pair on the flop, 76 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:28,514 and I want to keep him in the hand. 77 00:06:28,597 --> 00:06:31,975 Against your average guy, I'd set a bear trap, hardly bet at all. 78 00:06:32,059 --> 00:06:35,020 Let him walk into it. But KGB's too smart for that. 79 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:37,940 So, what I've got to do is over-bet the pot, 80 00:06:38,023 --> 00:06:40,108 make it look like I'm trying to buy it. 81 00:06:40,192 --> 00:06:44,488 - I bet $2,000. - Then he plays back at me, and I get paid off. 82 00:07:15,978 --> 00:07:18,355 Call. 83 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,692 [NARRATING] My guess is Teddy's on a flush draw. 84 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,362 Burn and turn. 85 00:07:27,155 --> 00:07:29,116 [NARRATING] There's my money card, nine of hearts. 86 00:07:29,157 --> 00:07:31,201 I got a full house. 87 00:07:33,287 --> 00:07:35,622 - To the bettor. - Check's good. 88 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:39,459 [NARRATING] Now I hope a spade falls and Teddy makes his flush. 89 00:07:39,501 --> 00:07:43,547 That way he'll bet strong, and I'll beat him with my nines full over aces. 90 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:52,472 I'm going to bet... 91 00:07:52,514 --> 00:07:55,976 Bet... 92 00:07:56,018 --> 00:07:59,062 $15,000. 93 00:08:01,190 --> 00:08:03,650 Time. 94 00:08:06,570 --> 00:08:09,406 [NARRATING] I want him to think that I'm pondering a call, 95 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:13,327 but all I'm really thinking about is Vegas and the fucking Mirage. 96 00:08:28,383 --> 00:08:32,346 All right, your 15, plus I have another 33 to raise you. 97 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:34,389 Um... 98 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:42,189 Yeah, I'm gonna go all in, 'cause I don't think you got the spades. 99 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:49,863 You are right. I don't have spades. 100 00:08:55,077 --> 00:08:58,163 [NARRATING] I know before the cards are even turned over. 101 00:09:02,292 --> 00:09:05,379 Aces full, Mike. 102 00:09:34,783 --> 00:09:36,702 Get up. 103 00:09:39,705 --> 00:09:41,623 Come on. Come on. 104 00:09:46,461 --> 00:09:49,590 - Want some? - No. 105 00:09:49,631 --> 00:09:52,801 I'm down to the felt, Knish. I lost everything. 106 00:09:52,885 --> 00:09:57,055 MAN, I lost my case money. I lost my tuition. 107 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,227 It happens to everyone. Time to time, everyone goes bust. 108 00:10:02,311 --> 00:10:05,355 You'll be back in the game before you know it. 109 00:10:05,439 --> 00:10:08,483 I'm done. I'm out of it. 110 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:11,069 They all say that at first. 111 00:10:11,153 --> 00:10:14,281 Hey, man, let me stake you. Standard deal, you know. 112 00:10:14,364 --> 00:10:18,619 Fifty percent of your winnings. If you lose, it's on me. 113 00:10:20,412 --> 00:10:22,623 I'd just throw it away. 114 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:29,129 - You still got the truck? - Sure. 115 00:10:29,213 --> 00:10:31,173 Come on. 116 00:10:45,646 --> 00:10:49,608 [MIKE NARRATING] You don't hear much about guys who take their shot and miss, 117 00:10:49,691 --> 00:10:51,944 but I'll tell you what happens to 'em. 118 00:10:52,027 --> 00:10:54,863 They end up humping crappy jobs on graveyard shifts, 119 00:10:54,947 --> 00:10:57,950 trying to figure out how they came up short. 120 00:10:59,535 --> 00:11:01,703 See, I had this picture in my head. 121 00:11:01,787 --> 00:11:04,790 Me sitting at the big table, Doyle to my left, 122 00:11:04,873 --> 00:11:09,336 Amarillo Slim to my right, playing in the World Series of Poker. 123 00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:13,757 And I let that vision blind me at the table against KGB. 124 00:11:13,841 --> 00:11:16,677 Now, the closest I get to Vegas is west New York, 125 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:19,304 driving this lousy route handed down from Knish... 126 00:11:19,388 --> 00:11:22,683 to rounders who forget the cardinal fuckin' rule... 127 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:24,726 Always leave yourself outs. 128 00:11:24,768 --> 00:11:27,271 - Hey, Moogie. - Let me ask you a question. 129 00:11:27,354 --> 00:11:30,816 In a legal sense, can fuckin' Steinbrenner just move the Yankees? 130 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:33,527 Does he have the fuckin' right to just move them? 131 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:36,363 I don't know. How should I know that? 132 00:11:36,405 --> 00:11:40,367 - You didn't learn that yet? - No, we get to Steinbrenner in the third year of law school. 133 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:43,203 Oh. 134 00:11:43,287 --> 00:11:47,499 - Take care, man. - Yeah. 135 00:11:56,091 --> 00:11:59,386 - [CHATTERING] - [POKER CHIPS CLATTERING] 136 00:11:59,428 --> 00:12:01,346 [MIKE NARRATING] The judges' game. 137 00:12:01,430 --> 00:12:05,559 I'd heard about it for years on the street, before I was even in law school. 138 00:12:05,601 --> 00:12:09,229 A rotating group of ten or twelve judges, prosecutors and professors. 139 00:12:09,313 --> 00:12:11,732 They all have money, and in my playing days... 140 00:12:11,815 --> 00:12:15,277 it would have been pretty sweet to have any one of them owing me favors. 141 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,905 Only problem is, no one can get in the game anymore. 142 00:12:17,988 --> 00:12:22,034 One rounder, Crispy Linetta, sat under some pretense, 143 00:12:22,117 --> 00:12:26,580 but they found out he was a pro, he couldn't cross the street without a legal hassle. 144 00:12:26,663 --> 00:12:29,541 Even his regular club, Vorshay's, got shut down. 145 00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:32,544 Place had been open since 1907. 146 00:12:32,628 --> 00:12:34,505 Oh, Michael. 147 00:12:34,588 --> 00:12:37,257 - You got some things for me? - Yes, I do. 148 00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:39,635 Put 'em on the desk, it's all right. 149 00:12:41,053 --> 00:12:43,013 Kid, he paying you for this late night shit? 150 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:46,433 Oh, well, knowledge is my reward, sir. 151 00:12:46,517 --> 00:12:48,894 - [CHUCKLES] - Let me tell you, it ain't worth it. 152 00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:51,271 Why don't you become a jockey, do something useful. 153 00:12:51,313 --> 00:12:54,107 - [GROUP LAUGHS] - Kid's a little tall, isn't he, Gene? 154 00:12:54,149 --> 00:12:57,152 Enough with the Belmont recruiting spiel. Your bet. 155 00:12:57,194 --> 00:12:59,446 - All right. I call. - Michael is lead counsel... 156 00:12:59,530 --> 00:13:01,865 in the Moot Court you're presiding over next week, Gene. 157 00:13:01,949 --> 00:13:04,076 Besides, he could use the background if he's gonna... 158 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:07,204 clerk for one of you fellas this summer, right? 159 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:11,375 Abe, I thought you liked the kid. Why do you want to make him a civil servant? 160 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:14,837 Yeah, look... a word to the wise. Stay in the private sector. 161 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,882 That Nassau defense attorney's game? They use our chips for coasters. 162 00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:21,301 [MIKE NARRATING] The amazing thing is, in this collection of great legal minds, 163 00:13:21,385 --> 00:13:24,137 there isn't a single real card player. 164 00:13:24,221 --> 00:13:27,766 - I call. - Raise. 165 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:29,977 Um, the professor raises. 166 00:13:31,895 --> 00:13:35,274 Mike? [WHISPERS] Michael, I would have just called. 167 00:13:35,357 --> 00:13:37,276 No, you're good. 168 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:40,153 All right, I call. 169 00:13:40,195 --> 00:13:42,781 [MIKE NARRATING] I don't know if I'm going to bring my legal career to a crashing halt... 170 00:13:42,865 --> 00:13:47,035 before it even starts, but I just can't help myself. 171 00:13:47,119 --> 00:13:49,079 - Good. - I'm in. 172 00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:51,498 - [CLEARS THROAT] - Read 'em and weep. 173 00:13:55,252 --> 00:13:57,671 Threes check. 174 00:14:02,384 --> 00:14:05,345 Check to Martin and Lewis over there. 175 00:14:05,429 --> 00:14:08,432 - Check to the raiser. - Czechoslovakia. 176 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:12,769 - What's the limit? - $20. Big bet's $20. 177 00:14:12,853 --> 00:14:16,940 Okay. Good. There's $20. 178 00:14:17,024 --> 00:14:21,195 You've seen half a hand. How the fuck are you betting into us? 179 00:14:21,278 --> 00:14:23,864 You sure this is wise, Abe? It's your money the kid's bettin' with. 180 00:14:23,947 --> 00:14:28,327 It's plenty wise. We know what we're holding, and we know what you're holding. 181 00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:31,121 [CHUCKLES] The fuck you know what we all got. 182 00:14:31,205 --> 00:14:34,124 Summer clerkship in your office says I know what you're holding. 183 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:36,668 I don't bet with jobs like that. 184 00:14:36,752 --> 00:14:40,130 Let's just say I'll put you at the top of the list if you're right. 185 00:14:40,214 --> 00:14:44,134 Okay. [Clears Throat] Well, you were looking for that third three, 186 00:14:44,218 --> 00:14:47,054 but you forgot that Professor Green folded it on Fourth Street, 187 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:49,306 and now you're representing that you have it. 188 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,808 The D.A. made his two pair, but he knows they're no good. 189 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:55,521 Judge Kaplan was trying to squeeze out a diamond flush, but he came up short, 190 00:14:55,604 --> 00:14:57,981 and Mr. Eisen is futilely hoping that his queens are gonna stand up. 191 00:14:58,065 --> 00:15:01,401 So, like I said, the Dean's bet is $20. 192 00:15:01,443 --> 00:15:04,404 - Well, kiss my ass. - Kiss my ass. 193 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:08,116 [GROUP LAUGHS] 194 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,203 - What'd you have, Abe? - Nothin' but a busted straight. 195 00:15:11,286 --> 00:15:13,872 - Oh, come on. - It's good enough to win. Take it down. 196 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:17,417 All right, kid, your first assignment. Pull up a seat next to me. 197 00:15:17,501 --> 00:15:20,087 Oh, I'd like to. I can't, I can't. I don't play cards. 198 00:15:20,170 --> 00:15:23,757 - Get outta here! - See you tomorrow. 199 00:15:23,841 --> 00:15:26,176 - Whose deal? - My deal. 200 00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:29,012 - I like the kid, Abe. - Good kid. 201 00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:31,390 Smart kid. 202 00:15:31,473 --> 00:15:34,893 [MIKE NARRATING] I tell ya, it's hard leaving that game. 203 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:38,522 An open invitation to lay with those lambs. 204 00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:40,524 But I'm retired. 205 00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:45,737 The truth is, I can always find games, though. 206 00:15:45,821 --> 00:15:49,700 Easy games, tough games, straight games, crooked games, home games. 207 00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:53,954 I can turn this truck onto the Jersey Turnpike and be at the Taj in two hours. 208 00:15:55,372 --> 00:15:57,291 But I've made promises. 209 00:16:00,502 --> 00:16:02,921 I'm just a law student now. 210 00:16:04,673 --> 00:16:06,592 Hello? 211 00:16:06,675 --> 00:16:08,594 - Hey. - Hey. 212 00:16:10,179 --> 00:16:12,973 - How'd it go? - Oh, great. 213 00:16:17,227 --> 00:16:21,523 [SIGHS] I am sick of that fucking route. 214 00:16:21,607 --> 00:16:24,526 Don't worry. A few more semesters... 215 00:16:24,610 --> 00:16:27,654 Mmm. 216 00:16:27,738 --> 00:16:30,157 Oh, I gotta go. 217 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,493 - I'm really late. - Oh, just stay here. I'll be really quick. 218 00:16:33,577 --> 00:16:36,205 - You won't feel a thing. - [CHUCKLES] 219 00:16:36,288 --> 00:16:38,624 We both know that's not true. 220 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:41,376 Besides, you should get some sleep. 221 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:43,629 These fuckin' long nights are killing me. 222 00:16:43,712 --> 00:16:45,672 They never used to. 223 00:16:45,714 --> 00:16:47,758 Yeah, well, that's different. I mean, that was like... 224 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:50,511 buy in at 8:00, next thing you know it's morning. 225 00:16:50,594 --> 00:16:53,680 But hey, you know, I think I'm hooked up for this summer. 226 00:16:53,764 --> 00:16:55,807 Hooked up how? 227 00:16:55,891 --> 00:16:59,686 Well, after I left you last night at the library, I impressed Judge Marinacci. 228 00:16:59,728 --> 00:17:01,855 I think I might be in line for a clerkship. 229 00:17:03,357 --> 00:17:06,068 Tell me more. 230 00:17:06,151 --> 00:17:09,196 Well, those guys were all playing cards, and... 231 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:11,907 Just hear me out now, hear me out. 232 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,910 They were playing cards and I read his hand blind. 233 00:17:17,871 --> 00:17:21,291 So, instead of coming home, you went and played cards with some judge? 234 00:17:21,375 --> 00:17:24,378 No, I wasn't even playing. They were playing. 235 00:17:27,005 --> 00:17:29,007 I just caught his eye by reading his hand, that's all. 236 00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:32,886 I mean, as long as I don't fuck up Moot Court, I think the job's mine. 237 00:17:35,347 --> 00:17:37,933 What kind of job is that gonna be, Mike? 238 00:17:38,016 --> 00:17:40,519 Writing an opinion on high-stakes poker? 239 00:17:40,602 --> 00:17:43,188 Honey, you're the one who told me... 240 00:17:43,272 --> 00:17:45,858 that I should use my poker skills in the courtroom. 241 00:17:45,941 --> 00:17:48,318 Yeah, I know I said that, but... 242 00:17:48,402 --> 00:17:51,572 You know what I meant. I meant that you should use your head. 243 00:17:51,655 --> 00:17:55,826 You know, the way you calculate odds on the spot, the way you read people. 244 00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:59,872 That's what I meant. I didn't mean that you should try to con your way into a summer job. 245 00:17:59,955 --> 00:18:04,251 - Honey, con? I was networking. - [Laughs] Oh, God. 246 00:18:04,334 --> 00:18:07,838 Networking. Are you trying to con me now? 247 00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:10,674 No. 248 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:13,302 I just... I don't think you get it. 249 00:18:13,385 --> 00:18:16,930 You'll be just like one of those ex-college athletes. 250 00:18:17,014 --> 00:18:19,600 You know, great job at the D.A. 's office as long as... 251 00:18:19,683 --> 00:18:22,519 they never miss a lawyer's league game. 252 00:18:22,603 --> 00:18:26,023 It's true. I just think if you get in this way, 253 00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:28,275 you'll always be a hustler to them. 254 00:18:28,317 --> 00:18:30,319 Baby, I didn't even play. 255 00:18:32,404 --> 00:18:35,199 Okay. 256 00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:37,242 I'll see you later. 257 00:18:44,499 --> 00:18:46,418 Oh. 258 00:18:46,502 --> 00:18:50,923 - Hey, hon, can I take the Jeep tomorrow? - Yeah, where? 259 00:18:51,006 --> 00:18:53,800 Uh, Worm's gettin' out. I was gonna pick him up. 260 00:18:53,842 --> 00:18:56,428 Tomorrow. Beautiful. 261 00:18:56,512 --> 00:18:58,430 I promised I'd be there, hon. 262 00:18:58,514 --> 00:19:02,267 Worm. I just can't believe you still know someone called "Worm." 263 00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:04,311 He's like my brother. 264 00:19:06,605 --> 00:19:08,524 Shit. I didn't even play. 265 00:19:10,609 --> 00:19:14,613 [MIKE NARRATING] I met Worm at Dwight Inglewood Preparatory Academy over in Jersey. 266 00:19:14,696 --> 00:19:17,616 We were the only two kids attending who didn't have a trust fund. 267 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:20,827 My father's office was there. It said "Custodian" on the door. 268 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:23,455 That's why they took me. 269 00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:29,753 - [MAKES BUZZER SOUND] - Pow! 270 00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:35,467 W-Was that, like, your strong finish or something? 271 00:19:35,551 --> 00:19:38,345 - Motherfucker! - You leave me no choice, the way you play. 272 00:19:38,428 --> 00:19:41,181 That's the fourth time you done played that bitch of spades on my ass. 273 00:19:41,265 --> 00:19:43,684 No, no, no, no, no. 274 00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:46,812 Dowling had it three hands ago, and two hands ago I got the black Maria, 275 00:19:46,895 --> 00:19:48,814 so I don't want to hear you bitchin', okay? 276 00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:51,650 - Yeah, but he shot the moon on that hand, didn't he? - Yeah, I saw that. 277 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:55,863 - So it helped you. - Now... Okay, you're right. 278 00:19:55,946 --> 00:19:58,490 You ain't walking outta here with our grits, Worm. 279 00:19:58,574 --> 00:20:02,035 You know the drill, okay? I'm not gonna smoke 'em. I'll hold on to 'em. 280 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,873 if you want 'em back, you can trade me for 'em, or try to play double or nothing tomorrow. 281 00:20:05,914 --> 00:20:09,877 Murphy! What the hell you sittin' there for? You're processed. Come on. 282 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,549 Processed? This motherfucker's gettin' the jump. 283 00:20:15,632 --> 00:20:17,926 Come on, man, have some decency here, Worm. 284 00:20:18,010 --> 00:20:19,928 You can buy all the smokes you want in half an hour. 285 00:20:20,012 --> 00:20:23,682 - What are you talking about? I won these fair and square. - You don't even smoke, Worm. 286 00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:27,561 Jesus, you guys are such fuckin' babies. You know that? 287 00:20:27,644 --> 00:20:31,565 If you're determined to die of cancer, you really oughta learn how to play cards. 288 00:20:31,607 --> 00:20:33,817 Ain't a good idea to add insult to injury, yo. 289 00:20:33,901 --> 00:20:36,486 - That shit will come back and hurt you. - You know what? 290 00:20:36,570 --> 00:20:39,489 Not in this lifetime. Enjoy your time. 291 00:20:41,617 --> 00:20:44,077 Murphy. 292 00:20:44,161 --> 00:20:47,080 [MIKE NARRATING] Worm's dad did the grounds, when he wasn't too fuckin' drunk. 293 00:20:47,164 --> 00:20:49,208 That's when we did 'em. 294 00:20:49,291 --> 00:20:51,460 Of course, the grounds weren't all we did. 295 00:20:51,543 --> 00:20:55,547 Worm put us into a scam a day on all the young aristocrats we went to school with... 296 00:20:55,631 --> 00:21:00,344 selling 'em dime bags of oregano, nunchakus and firecrackers from Chinatown. 297 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:03,055 - Where's the rest? - Kept us in lunch money. 298 00:21:07,976 --> 00:21:09,895 - Thank you. - Until the time we went for... 299 00:21:09,978 --> 00:21:12,773 more than just pocket change and got caught. 300 00:21:12,814 --> 00:21:16,276 We had the starting five take a dive against Friends Academy. 301 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:20,113 The point guard snapped and gave Worm up. 302 00:21:24,785 --> 00:21:27,955 They hauled him up before the school board, offered him a deal. 303 00:21:27,996 --> 00:21:31,083 Tell us who else was involved, and we'll go easy on you. 304 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:34,586 Worm didn't say a fuckin' word. Got himself expelled. 305 00:21:37,047 --> 00:21:39,883 - I stayed in school and graduated. - [GUARD] Crank the outside. 306 00:21:39,967 --> 00:21:41,885 [BELL RINGS] 307 00:21:43,679 --> 00:21:47,140 Not many guys would stand up for a friend like that. 308 00:21:56,483 --> 00:21:59,444 - Ta-Da! - [BOTH LAUGH] 309 00:21:59,528 --> 00:22:02,114 - Mike McD. God. I knew you'd be here. - Aw, man. 310 00:22:02,197 --> 00:22:05,158 - You never let me down. - I would have been there every week if you let me, man. 311 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,203 I know, I know. I couldn't let you see me in this shit hole. 312 00:22:08,245 --> 00:22:10,831 - Look at you. You look great, man. - You too, you too. 313 00:22:10,873 --> 00:22:13,041 - Did they toughen you up in there? - No, no. 314 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:15,169 It was a piece of cake. Piece of cake. 315 00:22:15,252 --> 00:22:18,714 Man, look at your ride. You've been prospering while I've been away. 316 00:22:18,797 --> 00:22:21,258 - What have you been up to? - I borrowed it. 317 00:22:21,341 --> 00:22:25,846 Whatever. Just get in it and drive me far away from here. 318 00:22:27,723 --> 00:22:30,517 There's like two whole economies in there... there's cash and there's trade. 319 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:32,686 So I gotta keep three games going at once, all right? 320 00:22:32,769 --> 00:22:36,315 A game with the white guys, a game with the brothers, and a game with the guards. 321 00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:39,443 And the trick is, I gotta take enough cash off the white guys... 322 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:43,238 to lose it to the guards so that they keep doing me favors and shit, 323 00:22:43,322 --> 00:22:47,326 but I gotta trim enough smokes off the black guys that I can trade and keep myself... 324 00:22:47,409 --> 00:22:51,997 in the style that I've grown accustomed to, and all of this without getting my ass kicked. 325 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,041 So you're working with a partner? 326 00:22:54,124 --> 00:22:56,126 No. Who the hell am I gonna trust in there? 327 00:22:56,210 --> 00:22:58,295 - It's just me all alone. - What's this? Come here. 328 00:22:58,378 --> 00:23:00,881 - You like that? Isn't that beautiful? - What is that? 329 00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:03,800 It's like an ace up my sleeve. What else? 330 00:23:03,884 --> 00:23:06,720 Wait till I show you some of my chops, man. I've gotten pretty blinding. 331 00:23:06,762 --> 00:23:09,515 - It's like, it's like, you know... - All right. 332 00:23:09,598 --> 00:23:11,517 It's gonna blow your mind, blow your mind. 333 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,228 You been working? Is your game sharp? 334 00:23:14,269 --> 00:23:16,271 No, man, I'm off it. 335 00:23:16,313 --> 00:23:18,565 What, are you... you gettin' cold cards? 336 00:23:18,607 --> 00:23:21,151 No, man, I mean I quit. 337 00:23:21,235 --> 00:23:25,280 - [LAUGHS] What, are you shitting me? - No, man, l... 338 00:23:25,364 --> 00:23:29,243 - I got cleaned out. - Mike McD? You lost? 339 00:23:29,326 --> 00:23:33,413 Yeah, man, l... It was a real blood game over at KGB's place. 340 00:23:33,497 --> 00:23:36,416 You sat down with the Mad Russian and he emptied your pockets? 341 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:39,253 Yeah. I didn't want to tell you while you were in there. 342 00:23:39,336 --> 00:23:41,922 I didn't want to dispirit you like that. 343 00:23:42,005 --> 00:23:44,758 Jesus, what were you thinking? So, you're just a student now? 344 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,928 - What are you doing for money? - I'm driving Knish's truck. 345 00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:51,849 Oh, God, you're killin' me. Mike, Mike, we gotta get you back on the game. 346 00:23:51,932 --> 00:23:54,184 - The old partners here, we're gonna run like... - No, no, no, I'm off it. 347 00:23:54,268 --> 00:23:56,895 I mean, I really am. Done. 348 00:23:56,979 --> 00:24:00,357 You are, huh? All right. I know a game perfect for the two of us. 349 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,735 It's a berry patch right outside New York City... prime pickings. 350 00:24:03,819 --> 00:24:08,615 - I'll drop you... I'll drop you off. - Okay. 351 00:24:08,699 --> 00:24:11,618 - I mean it. No, I'm really off it. - I know, I know. 352 00:24:20,752 --> 00:24:22,754 This is it, this is it. 353 00:24:22,838 --> 00:24:25,424 So get this, here's the plan. I know this girl Barbara. 354 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:30,137 She's fuckin' hot. I was this close to bangin' her when they sent me away. 355 00:24:30,179 --> 00:24:33,640 She works as a hostess for all these fuckin' trust fund babies in here. 356 00:24:33,682 --> 00:24:35,642 She got me into their little game. 357 00:24:35,684 --> 00:24:40,147 She introduced me as her cousin from out of town who loves to gamble but wants to learn poker. 358 00:24:40,189 --> 00:24:42,149 That sounds solid. That's a nice hookup. 359 00:24:42,191 --> 00:24:46,153 It's all the way nice. There's only one problem. I got this feeling. 360 00:24:46,195 --> 00:24:50,782 - What feeling is that, exactly? - You know this feeling very well. 361 00:24:50,866 --> 00:24:52,868 - You know, when you got your table all set. - Uh-huh. 362 00:24:52,951 --> 00:24:56,205 - Knife, fork, sauce, A-1, Luger's, but... - Yeah. 363 00:24:56,288 --> 00:24:59,791 - You just don't have the stake. - Exactly. Glad you understand. 364 00:24:59,875 --> 00:25:02,503 A nickel would start me very nicely. 365 00:25:02,586 --> 00:25:05,047 Whoa, Jesus, what have you been livin' on? 366 00:25:05,130 --> 00:25:07,841 I'm livin' a little light, I told you. 367 00:25:07,883 --> 00:25:11,845 - Anyway, that's $220, so that'll get you started. - $220, I mean... 368 00:25:11,887 --> 00:25:15,974 Hey, thanks, but I mean, that's, like, 11 bets. 369 00:25:16,058 --> 00:25:18,477 I mean, I can't even get a table on this... 370 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,438 Good, so forget this game. I'll straighten you out in the city tomorrow. 371 00:25:21,522 --> 00:25:24,191 No way. I gotta get started. [CHUCKLES] 372 00:25:24,233 --> 00:25:26,235 I mean, I'm already behind here. 373 00:25:26,318 --> 00:25:28,737 You just got out. What's the big fuckin' hurry? 374 00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:31,198 The hurry is, other than you, my friend, there's about five guys, 375 00:25:31,281 --> 00:25:34,826 like, eagerly awaiting my release. 376 00:25:34,910 --> 00:25:37,371 - How much do you owe? - Like, ten. 377 00:25:37,454 --> 00:25:41,416 - Ten? - I can't even figure it with the juice. 378 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:45,629 Hey, look, I can get started on this easy if it's you and me working together. 379 00:25:47,381 --> 00:25:50,509 I heard you asking before, and I hear you asking now, but I can't do that. 380 00:25:50,592 --> 00:25:53,720 I just can't do that. I've made promises. 381 00:25:53,804 --> 00:25:57,015 Hey, you know what? What am I saying? I totally understand, I do. 382 00:25:57,099 --> 00:26:01,228 It's fine. I'll make a couple of moves earlier than I would have normally... 383 00:26:01,311 --> 00:26:04,523 - But thanks, I appreciate it. - Premium hands. 384 00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:09,486 - I'll catch you in the city tomorrow? - Yeah. 385 00:26:09,570 --> 00:26:12,531 Hey, Mike, man. Fuckin' great to see ya. 386 00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:14,700 You too. 387 00:26:57,326 --> 00:27:00,120 [MIKE NARRATING] In Confessions of a Winning Poker Player, Jack King said, 388 00:27:00,162 --> 00:27:03,498 "Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, 389 00:27:03,582 --> 00:27:06,251 "but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy... 390 00:27:06,335 --> 00:27:09,213 the outstanding tough beats of his career." 391 00:27:09,296 --> 00:27:11,256 Seems true to me. 'Cause walking in here, 392 00:27:11,340 --> 00:27:13,634 I can hardly remember how I built my bankroll, 393 00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:16,762 but I can't stop thinking of how I lost it. 394 00:27:16,845 --> 00:27:18,805 Mike. 395 00:27:18,847 --> 00:27:22,476 - Hi. - Barbara. Worm said you'd be running a little late. 396 00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:24,728 Just follow me. 397 00:27:30,484 --> 00:27:34,154 I probably won't even sit. You know, just kinda keep him company. 398 00:27:34,196 --> 00:27:36,323 No, no, that's not gonna work. 399 00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:40,118 Here's the play... you're my new boyfriend, you're looking for a regular game. 400 00:27:40,202 --> 00:27:43,247 Really? Well, I'm not much of a card player. 401 00:27:43,330 --> 00:27:47,584 Bullshit. Worm tells me that's precisely what you are. 402 00:27:50,212 --> 00:27:53,507 My cut is 25 per cent. 403 00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:57,010 - I see. - Good. Come on. 404 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:05,269 Gentlemen. 405 00:28:05,352 --> 00:28:07,521 - This is my boyfriend Michael. - [GROUP] Hello, Michael. 406 00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:10,649 [BARBARA] Be nice to him. 407 00:28:10,732 --> 00:28:13,777 - Leave him enough money to buy me breakfast. - [LAUGHTER] 408 00:28:13,861 --> 00:28:15,779 - Good luck. - Thanks, sweetie. 409 00:28:15,863 --> 00:28:18,031 Here, why don't you pull up a chair. 410 00:28:19,658 --> 00:28:23,161 - Okay, this one's Chicago. - You know Chicago? 411 00:28:23,245 --> 00:28:25,289 - Uh, remind me. - Stud game. 412 00:28:25,372 --> 00:28:27,541 High spade in the hole wins half the pot. 413 00:28:27,583 --> 00:28:30,711 Okay, well, deal me in, I guess. 414 00:28:33,755 --> 00:28:35,674 - That's you. - Oh, thanks. 415 00:28:37,259 --> 00:28:40,012 Okay. 416 00:28:41,889 --> 00:28:43,974 - That's two on you, Murph. - Oh, yeah. Sorry. 417 00:28:47,144 --> 00:28:49,980 - I'm in. - I'm gonna make it five. 418 00:28:50,063 --> 00:28:52,816 Hey, big spender. 419 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:56,987 [MIKE NARRATING] Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe. 420 00:28:57,070 --> 00:29:00,908 We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city... 421 00:29:00,991 --> 00:29:03,076 signalling, chip placing, trapping. 422 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,621 - We even run the old best hand play. - Raise. 423 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:08,415 I can probably crack the game just as quickly straight up, 424 00:29:08,457 --> 00:29:10,751 but there's no risk in this room. 425 00:29:10,834 --> 00:29:14,880 Now, some people might look down on Worm's mechanics, call it immoral. 426 00:29:14,963 --> 00:29:19,259 But as Canada Bill Jones said, "It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money." 427 00:29:19,343 --> 00:29:22,387 Like they teach you in One-L... 428 00:29:22,471 --> 00:29:25,015 caveat emptor, pal. 429 00:29:25,098 --> 00:29:29,061 - I got the boat, queens over. - [CHUCKLES] 430 00:29:29,144 --> 00:29:33,273 [CHUCKLES] He asked you if that stung, Birch. 431 00:29:33,357 --> 00:29:35,734 [MIKE NARRATING] Worm really has become an artist, too. 432 00:29:35,817 --> 00:29:39,029 Discard culls, pickup culls, overhand run ups, the Double Duke... 433 00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:43,075 His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off. 434 00:29:43,158 --> 00:29:45,619 A few times, I have to fold the case on him, just so it won't be obvious. 435 00:29:48,038 --> 00:29:52,084 Still, he plays the part of the loser to perfection. 436 00:29:52,167 --> 00:29:54,294 Flush. 437 00:29:54,336 --> 00:29:56,922 I got the full house. I got the queens over the aces. 438 00:29:57,005 --> 00:29:59,633 Ahh, fuck! You know what? 439 00:29:59,675 --> 00:30:03,720 - Fuck you and your never-ending string of boats, okay? - Hey. 440 00:30:07,057 --> 00:30:10,018 Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, 441 00:30:10,102 --> 00:30:13,897 so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes. 442 00:30:15,941 --> 00:30:20,320 Murph! Hey, come back any time. Your money's always good here. 443 00:30:20,404 --> 00:30:24,366 - [DOOR CLOSES] - Good night, Mike. See you next time. 444 00:30:24,449 --> 00:30:26,952 You guys, uh, wanna keep playing? 445 00:30:41,216 --> 00:30:44,178 How'd we do? Oh, beautiful. 446 00:30:44,219 --> 00:30:46,388 Fuckin' assholes, they deserved it. 447 00:30:46,471 --> 00:30:48,473 All right, $300, that's your cut. 448 00:30:48,515 --> 00:30:51,018 - Thank you very much, boys. - Hey, you were great. Great. 449 00:30:51,101 --> 00:30:54,229 - When can we do this again? - No, no, it was a one-time thing for me. 450 00:30:54,313 --> 00:30:56,523 - Just because. - Forget it. 451 00:30:56,565 --> 00:30:59,651 - Uh, two weeks. - Two weeks? Okay. Okay. 452 00:30:59,735 --> 00:31:03,697 - Hey, thanks a lot. Yeah. - [CHUCKLES] 453 00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:05,866 Hey, I had to try, right? 454 00:31:05,949 --> 00:31:07,951 Bye. 455 00:31:08,035 --> 00:31:09,995 Hey, how'd you know I was coming back? 456 00:31:10,078 --> 00:31:12,998 That's easy. Who's your favorite actor? 457 00:31:13,081 --> 00:31:16,877 Clint Eastwood. The Outlaw Josey Wales, man. The MAN with No Name. 458 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,004 He always doubles back for a friend. 459 00:31:20,422 --> 00:31:22,883 [WORM] Hey, we made good time. Wanna get breakfast? 460 00:31:22,925 --> 00:31:26,470 [MIKE] No, I gotta get home. If she hasn't already changed the locks on me. 461 00:31:26,553 --> 00:31:28,847 Just do me a favor. Give me five minutes. 462 00:31:28,931 --> 00:31:31,058 Get me straightened out. 463 00:31:35,312 --> 00:31:38,649 This may not look like Teddy's place, but it ain't the Ivy Leagues either. 464 00:31:38,732 --> 00:31:41,235 So don't fuck around. You gotta play on your belly. 465 00:31:41,318 --> 00:31:43,403 All right. No problem. 466 00:31:48,825 --> 00:31:51,203 Hey, you know I have no problem with the way you help yourself, 467 00:31:51,286 --> 00:31:53,830 but these guys are fast company. 468 00:31:53,914 --> 00:31:56,083 - They'll spot every move. - Tough customers, huh? 469 00:31:56,166 --> 00:31:58,168 - Yeah. I'm serious. - All right. 470 00:31:58,252 --> 00:32:00,212 - You won't just get a finger up your spine. - Okay, I hear ya. 471 00:32:00,295 --> 00:32:02,422 - I'm playing straight. - [BUZZES] 472 00:32:12,474 --> 00:32:15,477 Michael McDermott. 473 00:32:15,561 --> 00:32:17,688 - How you doin', Mikey? - Good, how you doin'? 474 00:32:17,771 --> 00:32:20,148 Good. You know, um, 475 00:32:20,232 --> 00:32:22,234 the computer tried to delete you last week. 476 00:32:22,317 --> 00:32:24,236 - Oh, yeah? - But I knew you'd be back. 477 00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:26,613 Oh, no, I'm not back, I just... 478 00:32:26,655 --> 00:32:29,032 - It's good to see you. - Good to see you, too. 479 00:32:29,116 --> 00:32:32,035 Um, this is Les Murphy. He's like my brother. 480 00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:34,079 Call me Worm. 481 00:32:34,162 --> 00:32:37,958 - [PHONE RINGS] - Hey. Don't wiggle away. 482 00:32:38,041 --> 00:32:40,627 Hey, what's she wearing the button for? 483 00:32:40,711 --> 00:32:43,630 They're wired right into the precinct. They got 'em on the payroll. 484 00:32:49,344 --> 00:32:52,472 - What are they playing? - Uh, 20-40 forced rotation. 485 00:32:52,514 --> 00:32:55,267 It's the only game going right now. 486 00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:57,978 Is that Fat Greggie sitting 20-40? The game's that soft? 487 00:32:58,061 --> 00:33:02,524 Yeah. It's a real live game. So, you guys gonna play? 488 00:33:02,608 --> 00:33:04,526 - No. - Hell, yeah, I'm gonna play. 489 00:33:04,610 --> 00:33:07,279 - Oh, come on, you're not gonna walk away from this. - Not gonna happen. 490 00:33:07,362 --> 00:33:10,157 Mike, we could cut this room up in an hour. 491 00:33:12,743 --> 00:33:16,872 All right, run along, then. Say hi to her for me. 492 00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:21,084 - Me, too. - I will. Take care of him. 493 00:33:25,047 --> 00:33:27,591 Jesus. What a fuckin' waste. 494 00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:30,135 Do you believe that? She's really got him by the balls. 495 00:33:30,219 --> 00:33:33,013 - That's not so bad, is it? - Depends on the grip. 496 00:33:33,055 --> 00:33:35,557 - Come on, give me $2,000. - On the finger? 497 00:33:35,641 --> 00:33:38,560 You heard Mike. He's good for it. Come on. 498 00:33:38,644 --> 00:33:41,980 Look, I'm gonna triple that in half an hour, princess. Let's go. 499 00:33:42,064 --> 00:33:44,399 Okay. 500 00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:50,489 [KEYS JINGLING] [DOOR OPENING] 501 00:34:02,292 --> 00:34:04,336 Hey. 502 00:34:04,419 --> 00:34:06,713 Reunion run a little late? 503 00:34:06,797 --> 00:34:09,591 I was gonna call, but I didn't want to wake you up. 504 00:34:09,675 --> 00:34:12,177 It's okay. I wasn't sleeping. 505 00:34:12,261 --> 00:34:14,847 Well, why don't you change and we'll get a cab. 506 00:34:17,432 --> 00:34:19,518 Um, why don't you just go ahead, and I'm gonna jump in the shower. 507 00:34:19,601 --> 00:34:23,355 And if I miss a little bit of the Mulligan meeting, just cover for me, all right? 508 00:34:31,947 --> 00:34:33,907 Hey. 509 00:34:35,284 --> 00:34:38,078 At least give me a story. You know, I mean... 510 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,455 I mean, tell me you were out drinking till you threw up. 511 00:34:40,539 --> 00:34:43,750 Tell me you were getting lap dances over at Scores. 512 00:34:43,834 --> 00:34:47,671 - I don't care, just give me something. - I was entertaining Worm. 513 00:34:47,754 --> 00:34:50,382 - Uh-huh. - The least I can do for the guy. 514 00:34:50,465 --> 00:34:54,094 - So, you were nowhere near a card game. - Sweetie. 515 00:34:54,178 --> 00:34:56,388 What? I'm asking you a question. 516 00:34:56,471 --> 00:34:59,933 - I'm just... - No. I was nowhere near a card game. 517 00:35:00,017 --> 00:35:02,269 All right? 518 00:35:02,352 --> 00:35:04,271 All right. I'll wait for you. 519 00:35:35,677 --> 00:35:39,515 I mean, the key is a seamless passing of the baton among the team. 520 00:35:39,598 --> 00:35:43,143 I think the most important thing is to be respectful to the judges but not obsequious. 521 00:35:43,227 --> 00:35:45,187 Now, wait a minute. Make sure to be deferential. 522 00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:47,314 Gene Marinacci won't buy deferential. 523 00:35:47,397 --> 00:35:49,441 Oh, it's Gene, is it? 524 00:35:49,525 --> 00:35:52,444 Well, I knew there was a reason why you were lead counsel, 525 00:35:52,528 --> 00:35:55,447 and it's got nothing to do with your punctuality. 526 00:35:55,531 --> 00:35:57,449 Sorry. I couldn't find a cab. 527 00:35:57,533 --> 00:36:01,411 Anyway, when you make the opening remarks, make sure you stick to the fact pattern. 528 00:36:01,495 --> 00:36:05,457 And use the right cites. Use book cites, not Lexis. 529 00:36:05,541 --> 00:36:07,584 Hi, Jo. 530 00:36:07,668 --> 00:36:09,586 - Long time. - Knish. How are you? 531 00:36:11,213 --> 00:36:14,258 The same. 532 00:36:14,341 --> 00:36:17,636 I don't mean to interrupt you future magistrates and noblemen, 533 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,680 but l, uh, I need a word. 534 00:36:21,557 --> 00:36:23,517 - Um... - It's important. 535 00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:26,019 Okay. Excuse me. 536 00:36:26,103 --> 00:36:28,146 Sorry. 537 00:36:30,649 --> 00:36:32,860 - I'll act as lead counsel. - It's all right, Kelly. 538 00:36:32,943 --> 00:36:35,028 We were gonna take a break anyway. 539 00:36:35,112 --> 00:36:37,614 Coffee time. 540 00:36:41,034 --> 00:36:44,329 The guy's a cheat. He always has been. 541 00:36:44,413 --> 00:36:47,040 Right now, he's over at Chesterfield's, ruining your reputation... 542 00:36:47,124 --> 00:36:49,042 with every lousy second he deals. 543 00:36:49,126 --> 00:36:51,670 Shit. I told him. Did anybody else see him? 544 00:36:51,753 --> 00:36:54,923 Nobody saw... I heard it. Snapping sound gave it away. 545 00:36:55,007 --> 00:36:57,426 I didn't know him, I might not have noticed. 546 00:36:57,509 --> 00:37:00,262 I turn around, and I see him with the mechanic's grip, I know. 547 00:37:00,345 --> 00:37:02,556 - You want one? - Did you give him the office? 548 00:37:02,598 --> 00:37:05,559 I tried to warn him, but he looked right through me. 549 00:37:05,601 --> 00:37:07,686 - All right, I'll go get him. - No, no, no. He's okay now. 550 00:37:07,769 --> 00:37:10,480 Most of those Georges are at the tail end of a 36-hour session. 551 00:37:10,564 --> 00:37:14,109 They can't see straight. Come on, I'll buy you a cup of coffee. 552 00:37:14,193 --> 00:37:16,486 But if he's still there when Roman and Maurice start their game, 553 00:37:16,570 --> 00:37:18,488 he's gonna wish he was still inside. 554 00:37:18,572 --> 00:37:20,490 I'm gonna go get him. 555 00:37:22,492 --> 00:37:26,330 [MIKE NARRATING] Amarillo Slim, the greatest proposition gambler of all time, 556 00:37:26,413 --> 00:37:28,457 held to his father's maxim... 557 00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:31,835 "You can shear a sheep many times, but skin him only once." 558 00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:34,171 Gotta bet my jacks. 559 00:37:34,254 --> 00:37:37,132 This is a lesson Worm's never bothered to learn. 560 00:37:37,216 --> 00:37:39,760 - [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] - Hey, guys. 561 00:37:39,843 --> 00:37:41,762 English only at the table, no Russian. 562 00:37:41,845 --> 00:37:44,932 - What are you talking about? - What am I talking about? 563 00:37:45,015 --> 00:37:47,601 If you want to see this seventh card, you're gonna stop speaking fuckin' Sputnik. 564 00:37:47,684 --> 00:37:50,395 - Oh, da, motherfucker. - You're worried we might work together. 565 00:37:50,479 --> 00:37:52,439 I'm sure you're just talking about perogies... 566 00:37:52,523 --> 00:37:54,566 and snow and shit, but let's cut it out, all right? 567 00:37:54,650 --> 00:37:56,818 There's the river, down and dirty. 568 00:37:58,820 --> 00:38:01,573 I think you got that ace, Roman, but I'm gonna pay for it. 569 00:38:03,116 --> 00:38:05,077 Okay, well, I got the jacks. Come on. 570 00:38:05,118 --> 00:38:07,287 - Ace. - Oh, you got it. - And six. 571 00:38:07,371 --> 00:38:09,456 Wow, two pair. But I got sevens, too, though. 572 00:38:09,540 --> 00:38:13,460 - With my jacks. - Motherfucker, slow rolling me like that. 573 00:38:13,502 --> 00:38:15,546 You said just jacks. 574 00:38:15,629 --> 00:38:17,548 But you made me for the sevens, Maurice. You're a player. 575 00:38:17,631 --> 00:38:20,676 - Fuck! - Hey, come on! Don't be a fuckin' baby. 576 00:38:20,759 --> 00:38:22,845 - Hey, Maurice. - [TOGETHER] Hey. 577 00:38:22,928 --> 00:38:25,430 Hey, Mike, you here to play? Come on, we need some new blood. 578 00:38:25,514 --> 00:38:28,433 They're putting a fucking bracelet on me tomorrow for four months. 579 00:38:28,517 --> 00:38:30,978 - I already stuck two racks. - Well, have a good rest, man. 580 00:38:31,061 --> 00:38:32,980 Can I talk to you for a second, Cosmonaut? 581 00:38:33,063 --> 00:38:36,149 No, man, I'm on a roll. This is a very emotional game. 582 00:38:36,233 --> 00:38:38,193 Gotta do it. 583 00:38:38,277 --> 00:38:40,779 - [SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN] - I counted these. 584 00:38:40,863 --> 00:38:42,823 Leave it. It's fine. 585 00:38:42,865 --> 00:38:45,325 [SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN] 586 00:38:48,871 --> 00:38:50,873 - What's going on? - Where are you at? 587 00:38:50,956 --> 00:38:54,001 I was pumped up eight G's. I was ready to go on a run when you came along. 588 00:38:54,084 --> 00:38:57,129 - All right, listen. - Hey, wait, I want a hot dog. 589 00:38:57,212 --> 00:38:59,965 You're in town for five fuckin' minutes, you already got a sign on your back. 590 00:39:00,007 --> 00:39:03,135 Oh, what, that fuckin' Knish rat me out? 591 00:39:03,177 --> 00:39:05,179 You gotta stop listening to that guy, man. 592 00:39:05,262 --> 00:39:07,556 He sees all the angles, but he doesn't have the balls to play one. 593 00:39:07,639 --> 00:39:09,892 Hey, that guy hasn't had to work in 15 years, Worm. 594 00:39:09,975 --> 00:39:12,311 You don't think that's work, what he does? 595 00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:14,688 Grinding it out on his fuckin' leather ass? No, thank you. 596 00:39:14,730 --> 00:39:17,691 I thought so, too, all right? Now I know what real work is. 597 00:39:17,774 --> 00:39:20,319 Speaking of which, are you even gonna get a job? 598 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,613 Or are you just gonna go back to printing those credit cards? 599 00:39:22,696 --> 00:39:24,948 - Huh? You gonna go away again? - I wasn't printing. 600 00:39:25,032 --> 00:39:27,868 I was distributing. Distributing. It's different, okay? 601 00:39:27,910 --> 00:39:30,078 Second of all, I'm never going back there. 602 00:39:30,162 --> 00:39:32,539 Stop worrying so much, okay? 603 00:39:32,623 --> 00:39:34,541 Come here. 604 00:39:36,376 --> 00:39:39,838 I just want you to think long term, all right? Be smart. 605 00:39:39,922 --> 00:39:42,758 Every place in MANhattan, they all keep books, all right? 606 00:39:42,841 --> 00:39:46,053 If you get listed as a mechanic, then not only are you gonna get the shit kicked out of you, 607 00:39:46,094 --> 00:39:48,847 you're not gonna get a fuckin' game anywhere in New York. 608 00:39:48,931 --> 00:39:51,225 It's stupid. It's just bad business. 609 00:39:51,308 --> 00:39:54,311 Look, this is what I love about you... you think about the big picture. 610 00:39:54,394 --> 00:39:56,313 That's great, okay? But it's not me. 611 00:39:56,396 --> 00:39:58,649 I don't play the game straight up, and then if I lose, 612 00:39:58,732 --> 00:40:00,651 go get some real work or something, okay? 613 00:40:00,734 --> 00:40:02,653 I see a mark, I take him down. 614 00:40:02,736 --> 00:40:04,738 That's what I do. That's the way I live. 615 00:40:04,821 --> 00:40:07,366 I know. Listen, you're the guy who taught me all the angles. 616 00:40:07,407 --> 00:40:10,410 - But I'm not the guy with my nose open right now. - Aw, come on. 617 00:40:10,494 --> 00:40:13,830 I'm not gonna preach to you, but those two guys in there, they're not rabbits. 618 00:40:13,914 --> 00:40:17,167 Roman and Maurice? They're Russian outfit guys. 619 00:40:17,251 --> 00:40:20,087 Not as bad as KGB, but you don't want to be fuckin' with those guys. 620 00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:24,174 With those fake Versace shirts and shit? Jesus. 621 00:40:24,258 --> 00:40:28,220 Look, you still got time. Just go back in there, right? 622 00:40:28,262 --> 00:40:30,222 Lose their fuckin' money back to 'em, all right? 623 00:40:30,264 --> 00:40:32,307 Just make it look good. Just catch a run of real shitty cards. 624 00:40:32,391 --> 00:40:34,393 - Give it back to 'em. - I can't. I can't. 625 00:40:34,434 --> 00:40:37,229 I gotta put some scratch together, man. I gotta get somethin' going. 626 00:40:37,271 --> 00:40:40,607 Then go out to suburbia, man. Play in a fuckin' dentist's game, okay? 627 00:40:40,691 --> 00:40:44,862 - Go to Swan Meadow, play in the golf pro game. - That's an idea. 628 00:40:44,945 --> 00:40:48,407 I'll definitely do that, but I can't dump to these guys. 629 00:40:48,490 --> 00:40:51,201 You got to. 630 00:40:51,285 --> 00:40:53,203 All right, whatever, whatever. 631 00:40:53,287 --> 00:40:56,039 Meet me at Stromboli's in half an hour, all right? 632 00:40:56,123 --> 00:40:58,083 I can't, I gotta go. I have a meeting. 633 00:40:58,125 --> 00:41:00,085 And then I gotta go to fuckin' Queens. I gotta load the truck. 634 00:41:00,127 --> 00:41:02,838 Jesus, man, you're such a fuckin' workin' man now. I'm never gonna see you. 635 00:41:02,921 --> 00:41:06,466 - Make it look good. I mean it, make it look good. - You know me. 636 00:41:18,645 --> 00:41:20,772 - So, how'd you do? - Ah, so-so. 637 00:41:22,482 --> 00:41:24,651 Six thousand, two thousand. 638 00:41:24,693 --> 00:41:28,280 Oh, hold on. Two more. 639 00:41:28,363 --> 00:41:30,324 All right, so it's ten grand total, 640 00:41:30,365 --> 00:41:32,326 take back the two we lent you, give you the white meat. 641 00:41:32,409 --> 00:41:34,369 You know what? 642 00:41:34,453 --> 00:41:36,955 Why don't you give me all of it? 643 00:41:37,039 --> 00:41:39,416 Usually, credit players only leave with their profit. 644 00:41:39,499 --> 00:41:41,752 Otherwise, the juice starts five points a week on Mike. 645 00:41:41,835 --> 00:41:43,754 Oh, okay. We'll owe you. 646 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:48,759 [SIGHS] 647 00:41:59,019 --> 00:42:03,148 Hey. I've been looking all over for you. 648 00:42:03,190 --> 00:42:05,150 Didn't want to be found. 649 00:42:05,192 --> 00:42:08,529 You know, Petrovsky waited and waited. So did the rest of the group. 650 00:42:08,612 --> 00:42:11,532 - Jo, look, I missed one meeting. - It's not about the meeting. 651 00:42:11,573 --> 00:42:15,118 I don't care about the meeting. Do you even know why I left this morning? 652 00:42:15,202 --> 00:42:18,288 - I found that gangster's roll in your pocket. - It's not what you think. 653 00:42:18,372 --> 00:42:22,501 - It's not what you think. - Who do you think I am? You lie right to my face? 654 00:42:22,543 --> 00:42:25,671 Look, old days at least you never lied. 655 00:42:25,712 --> 00:42:27,840 You lost everything, but at least you never lied. 656 00:42:30,217 --> 00:42:33,971 Jo, this wasn't even a real game. This was like Wiffle Ball. 657 00:42:34,054 --> 00:42:36,056 - Can you lose your rent playing Wiffle Ball? - No, I couldn't lose. 658 00:42:36,139 --> 00:42:38,684 - That's the point. - No, Mike, you can lose. 659 00:42:38,767 --> 00:42:41,728 I watched you, I stood by you while you lost everything before. 660 00:42:41,812 --> 00:42:44,523 - I don't think I can go through that with you again. - Jo, I wasn't gonna lose! 661 00:42:44,565 --> 00:42:46,900 Why does this still seem like gambling to you? 662 00:42:46,942 --> 00:42:49,403 Why do you think the same five guys make it to the final table... 663 00:42:49,486 --> 00:42:51,989 at the World Series of Poker every single year? 664 00:42:52,072 --> 00:42:54,199 What are they, the luckiest guys in Las Vegas? 665 00:42:54,241 --> 00:42:58,328 - It's a skill game, Jo. - Great. So why'd you have to lie to me? 666 00:42:58,412 --> 00:43:02,583 - Because I knew you wouldn't understand. - Understand what? 667 00:43:02,666 --> 00:43:06,587 Last night, I sat down at this card table. 668 00:43:06,628 --> 00:43:11,925 I felt alive for the first time since I got busted at KGB's joint, okay? 669 00:43:11,967 --> 00:43:15,012 You just told me you felt alive for the first time at a fucking card table. 670 00:43:15,095 --> 00:43:18,891 - No, what... - What's that supposed to make me understand? 671 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,441 [SIGHS] 672 00:43:30,819 --> 00:43:34,239 [ROCK] 673 00:43:44,166 --> 00:43:48,754 Midnight, gettin' uptight Where are you 674 00:43:48,837 --> 00:43:51,256 - You said you need me but it's quarter to 2:00 - I heard you was out. 675 00:43:51,298 --> 00:43:53,800 Hey, fuckin' Grama. How you doin'? 676 00:43:53,842 --> 00:43:56,053 - I was just thinkin' about you. You know, I could use you. - Oh, yeah? 677 00:43:56,136 --> 00:43:58,597 See me in, like, two weeks. I'll put you back on the payroll. 678 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:03,143 Well, I got some bad news for ya, Worm. I'm out on my own now. 679 00:44:03,185 --> 00:44:05,687 - Really? - Yeah. 680 00:44:05,771 --> 00:44:07,856 Go figure. 681 00:44:07,940 --> 00:44:11,318 There were a lot of angry people when you went away. A lot of people were mad. 682 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,695 I know, Grama, that's why I'm trying to put together a roll here. 683 00:44:13,779 --> 00:44:15,781 A lot of people coming up to me, asking if I could help, 684 00:44:15,822 --> 00:44:17,824 asking if I knew where to find you. 685 00:44:17,866 --> 00:44:20,494 - So, it got me to thinkin'. - Really, you thinkin' now? That's big. 686 00:44:20,577 --> 00:44:23,747 Hey, Jesus! Come on! Take it easy. 687 00:44:23,830 --> 00:44:26,250 It's just a friend of mine. 688 00:44:26,333 --> 00:44:29,670 Hey! Easy, easy, easy, easy. God! 689 00:44:29,753 --> 00:44:32,840 Get the fuck outta here. What did I say? 690 00:44:32,923 --> 00:44:36,176 - Hey, man, take it easy! - Get the fuck outta here! 691 00:44:37,761 --> 00:44:40,556 Okay. Here's what I'm thinkin'. 692 00:44:40,639 --> 00:44:44,142 Instead of you owing 15 grand spread out to five guys, you owe 25 to me. 693 00:44:44,226 --> 00:44:46,687 What? Where the fuck do you get off? 25 grand? 694 00:44:46,728 --> 00:44:49,314 Where the fuck do I get off? 695 00:44:49,356 --> 00:44:51,358 [GRUNTS] Ohh. 696 00:44:51,441 --> 00:44:55,362 Here's how it is. 25 grand, and the juice is still runnin'. 697 00:44:55,445 --> 00:44:57,906 Jesus Christ. 698 00:44:57,990 --> 00:45:00,117 What the fuck are you doin', man? You were my partner. 699 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,119 No, no, I was your lackey. 700 00:45:02,202 --> 00:45:04,121 But I learned a few things, Worm. 701 00:45:04,204 --> 00:45:07,958 I consolidated your outstanding debt. 702 00:45:08,041 --> 00:45:11,295 [SCOFFS] Where'd you get the scratch for that? 703 00:45:11,378 --> 00:45:14,590 You've been rolling fags in the Village again. [GRUNTS] 704 00:45:14,673 --> 00:45:17,092 - Still a wise ass. Unbelievable. - [SPITS] 705 00:45:17,176 --> 00:45:19,720 What I did was go partners with an old friend of yours. 706 00:45:19,803 --> 00:45:23,140 Teddy KGB backed me. 707 00:45:23,223 --> 00:45:25,684 Bullshit. Bullshit. 708 00:45:26,768 --> 00:45:30,355 [SPITS] Teddy's got plenty of goons. 709 00:45:30,439 --> 00:45:32,524 Why would he put you under his flag? 710 00:45:32,566 --> 00:45:37,321 Because as soon as he heard your name, he became real excited for the prospect. 711 00:45:37,404 --> 00:45:40,032 What, so you bought me up, Grama? [SCOFFS] 712 00:45:40,073 --> 00:45:43,368 Yeah, got a real sweet deal, too. 30 cents on the dollar. 713 00:45:43,410 --> 00:45:46,538 There's not a lot of faith in you out there in the business community. 714 00:45:46,622 --> 00:45:49,499 Great, so you're a banker now, Grama. That's really classy. 715 00:45:49,583 --> 00:45:53,420 Not exactly. I don't have to tell you my collection methods. 716 00:45:53,504 --> 00:45:55,422 [SIGHS] Oh, God. All right, look. 717 00:45:55,506 --> 00:45:57,466 Just take it easy, all right? 718 00:45:57,549 --> 00:45:59,593 I'll scrape something together, and I'll find you this week. 719 00:45:59,676 --> 00:46:01,970 - That's just what I figured. - No, no, no. 720 00:46:02,054 --> 00:46:05,933 - So I'm gonna take what you got on you right now. - Here. Fine. 721 00:46:05,974 --> 00:46:09,561 Have yourself a ball, okay? 722 00:46:09,603 --> 00:46:11,563 [SIGHS] [CHUCKLES] 723 00:46:11,605 --> 00:46:14,149 [GROANS] God! 724 00:46:14,233 --> 00:46:16,944 Damn! [GROANS] 725 00:46:29,206 --> 00:46:31,124 Excuse me. 726 00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:44,638 Mind if I sit? 727 00:46:44,721 --> 00:46:47,140 Michael. 728 00:46:47,224 --> 00:46:50,143 Please, please. Sit, sit. 729 00:46:52,312 --> 00:46:54,773 That was a nifty trick the other night. 730 00:46:56,817 --> 00:46:58,944 - It was wonderful. - [CHUCKLES] Thank you. 731 00:46:58,986 --> 00:47:02,739 Marinacci and the D.A. were ready to cut cards for your services at that point. 732 00:47:02,823 --> 00:47:05,242 [CHUCKLES] 733 00:47:05,325 --> 00:47:09,121 Of course, it was an altogether different trick, that disappearing act... 734 00:47:09,162 --> 00:47:11,164 you pulled today at your group's meeting. 735 00:47:11,248 --> 00:47:15,961 - Yeah. Well, I figure I owe you an explanation. - Ah, not to me. 736 00:47:16,003 --> 00:47:18,130 I'm sure there's a good reason you left. 737 00:47:18,172 --> 00:47:20,507 You'll just have to work harder. Prepare. 738 00:47:20,549 --> 00:47:24,011 - [CHUCKLES] - And smooth things out with the others. 739 00:47:24,052 --> 00:47:27,347 Right. Yeah. Okay. 740 00:47:27,389 --> 00:47:31,059 - Okay, well, thanks. - Stay. Take a drink. 741 00:47:32,519 --> 00:47:34,438 - Jamie? - Yeah? 742 00:47:34,521 --> 00:47:37,149 - Another glass, darling. - Sure. 743 00:47:37,191 --> 00:47:39,318 - What are you drinking? - Gin. Always gin. 744 00:47:39,401 --> 00:47:41,361 - Here you go. - Thanks, dear. 745 00:47:41,403 --> 00:47:43,780 Thank you. 746 00:47:43,864 --> 00:47:47,201 I know a magician doesn't divulge his secrets, but... 747 00:47:47,242 --> 00:47:49,912 [CHUCKLES] I'm no magician. 748 00:47:49,995 --> 00:47:53,373 Well, if it wasn't magic, 749 00:47:53,457 --> 00:47:56,043 how did you know what everyone held? 750 00:47:56,126 --> 00:47:59,046 It's a combination of things. 751 00:47:59,129 --> 00:48:01,173 Um, I was watching when the cards came out. 752 00:48:01,256 --> 00:48:05,719 That's... That's just an old habit with me, like breathing. 753 00:48:05,802 --> 00:48:07,846 You watch the cards. 754 00:48:07,888 --> 00:48:11,350 I watch the cards also, but I watch the players reacting to the cards. 755 00:48:11,391 --> 00:48:13,977 That's how I knew the D.A. made his two pair, 756 00:48:14,061 --> 00:48:16,480 and Judge Kaplan missed the flush. 757 00:48:16,563 --> 00:48:18,899 I was watching their eyes when they checked their river cards. 758 00:48:18,982 --> 00:48:22,236 - Their faces tell you everything. - You watch the man. 759 00:48:22,319 --> 00:48:26,490 l... I never knew you had to calculate so much at cards. 760 00:48:32,162 --> 00:48:35,916 All right, here's the thing. You only play premium hands. 761 00:48:35,999 --> 00:48:38,794 You only start with jacks or better split, 762 00:48:38,877 --> 00:48:41,380 nines or better wired, three high cards to a flush. 763 00:48:41,463 --> 00:48:44,299 If it's good enough to call, you gotta be in there raising, all right? 764 00:48:44,383 --> 00:48:48,262 I mean, tight, but aggressive. And I do mean aggressive. That's your style, Professor. 765 00:48:48,345 --> 00:48:51,098 I mean, you gotta... you gotta think of it as a war. 766 00:48:51,181 --> 00:48:55,227 You are officially never invited to our game again. [CHUCKLES] 767 00:48:57,396 --> 00:49:01,191 I don't blame you. Put a guy like me in a game like that, the cards don't even matter. 768 00:49:01,275 --> 00:49:03,193 I'll play it blind. 769 00:49:05,112 --> 00:49:08,448 Michael, 770 00:49:08,532 --> 00:49:11,618 - May I tell you a story? - Please. 771 00:49:11,702 --> 00:49:16,999 For generations, men of my family have been rabbis. 772 00:49:17,082 --> 00:49:20,127 In Israel, before that in Europe. 773 00:49:20,210 --> 00:49:23,922 It was to be my calling. I was quite a prodigy. 774 00:49:23,964 --> 00:49:26,383 The pride of my yeshiva. 775 00:49:26,466 --> 00:49:28,677 The elders said I had a 40-year-old's understanding... 776 00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,431 of the midrash by the time I was 12. 777 00:49:32,472 --> 00:49:34,766 But by the time I was 13, 778 00:49:36,268 --> 00:49:38,604 I knew I could never be a rabbi. 779 00:49:38,645 --> 00:49:40,606 Why not? 780 00:49:40,647 --> 00:49:43,984 Because for all I understood of the Talmud, 781 00:49:45,986 --> 00:49:48,655 I never saw God there. 782 00:49:48,739 --> 00:49:51,491 - You couldn't lie to yourself. - I tried. 783 00:49:51,575 --> 00:49:53,493 Tried like crazy. 784 00:49:53,577 --> 00:49:56,830 I mean, people were counting on me. 785 00:49:56,872 --> 00:49:59,958 But yours is a respectable profession. 786 00:50:00,042 --> 00:50:02,002 Not to my family. 787 00:50:02,044 --> 00:50:06,423 My parents were destroyed, devastated by my decision. 788 00:50:08,258 --> 00:50:13,555 My father sent me away to New York... 789 00:50:13,639 --> 00:50:16,391 to live with distant cousins. 790 00:50:16,475 --> 00:50:19,269 Eventually, l... I found my place, 791 00:50:19,353 --> 00:50:22,105 my life's work. 792 00:50:23,524 --> 00:50:25,943 What then? 793 00:50:26,026 --> 00:50:28,946 I immersed myself fully, I studied the minutiae, 794 00:50:29,029 --> 00:50:31,448 I learned everything I could about the law. 795 00:50:31,532 --> 00:50:34,493 I mean, I felt deeply inside that it was what I was born to do. 796 00:50:37,746 --> 00:50:41,124 - And did your parents get over it? - No. 797 00:50:41,208 --> 00:50:45,337 I always hoped that I would find... 798 00:50:45,379 --> 00:50:48,340 some way to change their minds, but... 799 00:50:52,052 --> 00:50:53,971 They were inconsolable. 800 00:50:55,973 --> 00:50:59,017 My father never spoke to me again. 801 00:51:03,021 --> 00:51:06,358 If you had to do it all over again, 802 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:10,237 would you make the same choices? 803 00:51:10,279 --> 00:51:12,573 What choice? 804 00:51:16,076 --> 00:51:19,246 The last thing I took away from the yeshiva is this... 805 00:51:21,498 --> 00:51:23,917 We can't run from who we are. 806 00:51:26,170 --> 00:51:28,422 Our destiny chooses us. 807 00:51:31,758 --> 00:51:34,386 Hey. L'chayim. 808 00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:57,159 Hey. 809 00:51:57,242 --> 00:51:59,203 Hey, where you been? I've been freezing my ass off. 810 00:51:59,286 --> 00:52:02,873 - What happened? - Ah, ran into a door. Don't worry about it. 811 00:52:02,956 --> 00:52:06,043 - What happened? - Hey! She crossed her legs too fast, all right? 812 00:52:06,126 --> 00:52:08,253 - Just mind your own business. - You comin' up? 813 00:52:08,295 --> 00:52:10,631 No, I've been standing out here all this time just to say hi. 814 00:52:10,672 --> 00:52:13,300 Listen, things haven't been that smooth on the home front, 815 00:52:13,383 --> 00:52:15,969 so tone it down a little, all right? 816 00:52:16,053 --> 00:52:18,680 - Tone down what, motherfucker? - Great. 817 00:52:18,764 --> 00:52:21,266 - Never mind. - [LAUGHS] 818 00:52:23,685 --> 00:52:26,647 When you become a big shot lawyer, could you find us an elevator building? 819 00:52:26,688 --> 00:52:28,649 Shut up. 820 00:52:32,569 --> 00:52:35,405 What, did you get robbed? 821 00:52:35,489 --> 00:52:38,158 Um, not exactly. 822 00:52:39,284 --> 00:52:43,080 Wait, wait, wait. Did she split on you? 823 00:52:43,163 --> 00:52:46,208 [SCOFFS] Oh, God. 824 00:52:47,918 --> 00:52:51,964 Oh, my God. Mike, she made off with your sheets. 825 00:52:52,005 --> 00:52:54,508 I always told her she'd be a good card player. 826 00:52:54,591 --> 00:52:57,928 - Know exactly when to release a shitty hand. - Come on, Mike, forget that. 827 00:52:58,011 --> 00:53:00,806 This girl is obviously wrapped way too tight for living. 828 00:53:00,848 --> 00:53:04,935 No, she was a good... I knew it. I fuckin' knew it. 829 00:53:10,023 --> 00:53:12,025 [SIGHS] It's depressing. 830 00:53:12,067 --> 00:53:14,152 You can't trust 'em. You can't trust 'em at all. 831 00:53:14,236 --> 00:53:18,031 I mean, look at you. You domesticated yourself for this girl. 832 00:53:18,073 --> 00:53:20,868 You took yourself out of the life. You walked the fuckin' line for her. 833 00:53:20,951 --> 00:53:24,329 And the minute you want a little of it back, she walks out on you. 834 00:53:24,371 --> 00:53:27,332 It's just like the saying says, you know? 835 00:53:27,374 --> 00:53:32,337 In the poker game of life, women are the rake. 836 00:53:32,379 --> 00:53:35,716 - They are the fuckin' rake. - What the fuck are you talking about? 837 00:53:35,757 --> 00:53:39,219 What saying? 838 00:53:39,303 --> 00:53:43,807 I don't know. But there oughta be one. 839 00:53:46,727 --> 00:53:51,565 - You know what cheers me up when I'm feelin' shitty? - What? 840 00:53:51,607 --> 00:53:54,193 Rolled up aces over kings. 841 00:53:57,613 --> 00:53:59,573 - That right? - Yeah. 842 00:53:59,615 --> 00:54:03,952 Check raising stupid tourists and taking huge pots off 'em. 843 00:54:04,036 --> 00:54:08,540 - Yeah? - Stacks and towers of checks I can't even see over. 844 00:54:08,582 --> 00:54:13,086 Playin' all night, high-limit Hold' Em at the Taj. 845 00:54:13,170 --> 00:54:16,757 - Where the sand turns to gold. - Fuck it, let's go. 846 00:54:18,258 --> 00:54:20,844 - Don't tease me. - Let's play some fuckin' cards. 847 00:54:34,775 --> 00:54:36,735 [MIKE NARRATING] The poker room at the Mirage in Vegas... 848 00:54:36,777 --> 00:54:39,613 is the center of the poker universe. 849 00:54:39,655 --> 00:54:41,949 Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Helmuth... 850 00:54:42,032 --> 00:54:44,284 The legends consider it their office. 851 00:54:44,368 --> 00:54:46,286 Every couple of days a new millionaire shows up... 852 00:54:46,370 --> 00:54:48,539 wanting to beat a world champion. 853 00:54:48,622 --> 00:54:51,792 Usually they go home with nothing but a story. 854 00:54:51,834 --> 00:54:53,919 Down here, the millionaires are scarce or they're playing craps, 855 00:54:53,961 --> 00:54:56,463 but there's still plenty of money for the taking. 856 00:54:56,547 --> 00:54:58,465 In fact, on the weekends you can't get a game in the city, 857 00:54:58,549 --> 00:55:01,760 because all the New York rounders are taking care of the tourists here. 858 00:55:01,802 --> 00:55:05,389 Hey, hey, why don't you warm up a seat for me. I'll catch up with you. 859 00:55:05,472 --> 00:55:07,808 - What? - Look. 860 00:55:07,891 --> 00:55:10,727 - I got certain needs I gotta attend to, okay? - Hey, good. 861 00:55:10,811 --> 00:55:13,146 - I mean, I'm overdue. - Good, man, hey, I was startin' to wonder about you. 862 00:55:13,188 --> 00:55:17,025 I thought, maybe, you know, the boys upstate brought about a few changes in you. 863 00:55:17,109 --> 00:55:20,946 Hey, in your dreams, lover. 864 00:55:28,495 --> 00:55:30,497 - Hey, Mikey! - Hey. - Hey, Mike. 865 00:55:30,581 --> 00:55:34,126 This is beautiful. Welcome to the Chesterfield south. 866 00:55:34,209 --> 00:55:36,503 - Ho! - Changing $500. 867 00:55:36,545 --> 00:55:39,381 Come all the way to Atlantic City just to see your mugs, huh? 868 00:55:39,464 --> 00:55:41,508 Twice in one week. 869 00:55:41,592 --> 00:55:44,595 For someone who don't play, you spend a lot of time in card rooms. 870 00:55:44,678 --> 00:55:46,597 This is what I like to see, huh? 871 00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:49,766 Mike McDermott where he belongs... sittin' with the scumbags. 872 00:55:49,850 --> 00:55:52,477 Tellin' jokes, draggin' the occasional pot. 873 00:55:52,519 --> 00:55:56,481 Occasional? Yeah, like my ex-wife occasionally went out with other men. 874 00:55:56,565 --> 00:56:01,028 Forget her, Face. I was actually gonna try and make some real money tonight. 875 00:56:01,111 --> 00:56:04,740 But in honor of Mike's alley-like return to the ring, 876 00:56:04,823 --> 00:56:06,783 I'll sit with you all for a while. 877 00:56:06,867 --> 00:56:08,911 Hey, don't do us any favors, Knish. 878 00:56:08,994 --> 00:56:12,289 - They're about to go to the board to fill these seats. - Bet it. 879 00:56:12,372 --> 00:56:15,876 I raise. You know, if we wanted to take each other's rolls, 880 00:56:15,959 --> 00:56:17,878 we could have just stayed home. 881 00:56:19,546 --> 00:56:21,507 [MIKE NARRATING] These two have no idea... 882 00:56:21,548 --> 00:56:25,010 what they're about to walk into. 883 00:56:25,052 --> 00:56:27,054 Down here to have a good time, they figure... 884 00:56:27,095 --> 00:56:30,474 why not give poker a try? 885 00:56:30,557 --> 00:56:32,643 After all, how different can it be from the home games... 886 00:56:32,726 --> 00:56:34,686 they've played their whole lives? 887 00:56:36,772 --> 00:56:41,235 All the luck in the world isn't gonna change things for these guys. 888 00:56:41,318 --> 00:56:44,571 They're simply overmatched. 889 00:56:46,823 --> 00:56:50,702 We're not playing together, but then again, we're not playing against each other either. 890 00:56:50,744 --> 00:56:54,998 It's like the Nature Channel. You don't see piranhas eating each other, do you? 891 00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:06,051 They wear their tells like signs around their necks. 892 00:57:06,093 --> 00:57:09,096 Facial tics, nervous fingers. 893 00:57:09,179 --> 00:57:11,098 A hand over a mouth. 894 00:57:11,181 --> 00:57:14,101 The way a cigarette is smoked. 895 00:57:14,142 --> 00:57:17,271 Little unconscious gestures that reveal the cards in their hands. 896 00:57:17,354 --> 00:57:19,773 We catch everything. 897 00:57:19,815 --> 00:57:22,401 If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing. 898 00:57:22,484 --> 00:57:25,946 If he acts meek, he's got a hand. It's that simple. 899 00:57:31,952 --> 00:57:34,413 - How are you, you workaholics? - Worm. 900 00:57:34,496 --> 00:57:37,082 Good to see ya. Glad you're out. 901 00:57:37,124 --> 00:57:39,251 Number's changed, of course. 902 00:57:39,293 --> 00:57:41,420 Lotta games this weekend, so you're gonna need the number. 903 00:57:41,503 --> 00:57:43,463 - I'll give you a ring. - Hey, Worm? 904 00:57:43,505 --> 00:57:45,799 Do they allow people like you in places like this? 905 00:57:45,841 --> 00:57:49,428 Zagosh, when you get yourself a job, then you can be my fuckin' P.O. 906 00:57:49,469 --> 00:57:51,430 How about that? 907 00:57:51,471 --> 00:57:54,099 Now, let's get started, shall we? 908 00:57:54,183 --> 00:57:56,143 I'm sorry, sir. 909 00:57:56,185 --> 00:57:58,896 You can't take chips from another player at the table. 910 00:57:58,979 --> 00:58:00,939 We all know each other here. 911 00:58:01,023 --> 00:58:03,817 We're like friends, so if nobody complains, do you have a problem? 912 00:58:03,901 --> 00:58:05,819 - It's all right. - No problem. 913 00:58:05,903 --> 00:58:10,449 - Sir, you have to buy 'em from me. - [SIGHS] 914 00:58:10,490 --> 00:58:15,454 Fuck this low-limit shit. Can we go get something to eat? I got comped at the noodle bar. 915 00:58:15,495 --> 00:58:17,372 I want to talk to you. 916 00:58:17,456 --> 00:58:19,625 Look who's treatin' to a free meal. 917 00:58:19,666 --> 00:58:22,878 Don't let that M.S.G. fuck up your head more than it is, Mikey. 918 00:58:22,961 --> 00:58:27,090 You keep grinding out that rent money, Joe. It's noble work you're doing. 919 00:58:27,174 --> 00:58:30,385 So, hey, uh, Nick the Greek. 920 00:58:30,469 --> 00:58:32,387 What's with kitin' my checks? 921 00:58:34,014 --> 00:58:36,558 - I'm on empty, that's why. - You are? You're tapped again? 922 00:58:36,642 --> 00:58:38,852 I mean... How much was the hooker? 923 00:58:38,936 --> 00:58:43,357 - Mike, please. Relaxation therapist. - [CHUCKLES] 924 00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:45,400 Okay? 925 00:58:45,484 --> 00:58:47,861 - It's not where it went. - Wait a minute. 926 00:58:47,903 --> 00:58:49,863 It went to Roman and Maurice? 927 00:58:49,905 --> 00:58:52,491 I told you, man, you didn't have to give it all back to 'em. 928 00:58:52,533 --> 00:58:55,118 Take a little money for your time, you know? 929 00:58:55,202 --> 00:58:57,162 Hey, that's not where it went either. 930 00:58:59,540 --> 00:59:01,750 - I ran into Grama tonight. - Yeah? 931 00:59:01,834 --> 00:59:03,794 Yeah. He took everything I had. 932 00:59:03,877 --> 00:59:06,213 You're kiddin' me. Wait, who's he working for? 933 00:59:08,215 --> 00:59:10,551 Well, he's sorta out on his own. 934 00:59:10,634 --> 00:59:13,345 This fucker went around and bought up all my debt. Grama. 935 00:59:13,387 --> 00:59:16,974 That turncoat motherfucker. Are you kiddin' me? 936 00:59:17,057 --> 00:59:19,476 So what do you owe him? 937 00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:21,812 I don't know. By his crazy fuckin' gorilla math? 938 00:59:21,895 --> 00:59:23,814 Like, 15. 939 00:59:23,897 --> 00:59:26,859 - Fifteen? Fifteen? - Yeah, I mean... 940 00:59:26,942 --> 00:59:29,987 He says the juice has been running the entire time on my ten. 941 00:59:30,070 --> 00:59:32,030 - So, it's just like... - Why didn't you tell me that, man? 942 00:59:32,072 --> 00:59:34,616 Why did you not tell me that? I could have paid that off. 943 00:59:34,700 --> 00:59:36,952 - I had the... I had the money. - Hey! 944 00:59:37,035 --> 00:59:39,872 I'm not gonna sit in the can and have my friend paying down my debt. 945 00:59:39,913 --> 00:59:41,874 I'm not a leech, all right? 946 00:59:41,915 --> 00:59:44,877 We can help each other, like always. That's why we're here. 947 00:59:44,918 --> 00:59:47,296 That's... That's why we gotta get in the bigger game. 948 00:59:47,379 --> 00:59:49,298 - Do you hear what I'm saying? - All right. All right. 949 00:59:49,381 --> 00:59:51,758 - Listen, man, I'll help you. You know I'll help you, man. - Yeah? 950 00:59:51,842 --> 00:59:54,178 - I mean, fuck that guy. We'll figure something out. - Yeah. 951 00:59:59,975 --> 01:00:01,935 How long should we wait? 952 01:00:01,977 --> 01:00:05,564 I suggest we wait another five minutes, and then choose another lead counsel. 953 01:00:10,152 --> 01:00:12,112 Here he comes. 954 01:00:14,156 --> 01:00:17,993 Mr. McDermott, perhaps we can begin now. 955 01:00:18,076 --> 01:00:20,996 I'm so sorry I'm late. 956 01:00:21,079 --> 01:00:25,751 Come to order in the matter of Slater v. New York State Higher Education Services. 957 01:00:25,792 --> 01:00:29,922 The facts have been stipulated, the briefs have been read. 958 01:00:29,963 --> 01:00:33,425 Lead counsel for plaintiff, Mr. McDermott, 959 01:00:34,885 --> 01:00:38,096 please proceed with oral arguments now. 960 01:00:38,138 --> 01:00:40,474 If that is convenient for you. 961 01:00:43,936 --> 01:00:46,980 Yes, it is, and again, I'm sorry, ah, that I'm late. 962 01:00:47,064 --> 01:00:49,816 Um... 963 01:00:49,858 --> 01:00:53,320 Well, I think clearly the, uh... 964 01:00:53,362 --> 01:00:58,283 the case which controls the issue at bar would be, uh, Texas v. Johnson, 965 01:00:58,325 --> 01:01:01,828 - Which holds... - [McKINNON] Texas v. Johnson? 966 01:01:01,912 --> 01:01:05,832 Mr. McDermott, that is a Supreme Court free speech case... 967 01:01:05,874 --> 01:01:08,669 that has no bearing in the premises. 968 01:01:08,752 --> 01:01:12,297 Each group was apprised to ignore that aspect of this matter... 969 01:01:12,339 --> 01:01:16,385 and focus instead on the idea of de facto segregation. 970 01:01:17,761 --> 01:01:20,389 Right. Um, well... 971 01:01:20,472 --> 01:01:22,391 Mr. McDermott has been unreachable, 972 01:01:22,474 --> 01:01:24,685 so I'll take over, if it pleases the court. 973 01:01:24,768 --> 01:01:28,981 Someone saying something meaningful would please us a great deal. 974 01:01:30,524 --> 01:01:33,235 What we have here is a clear case of gerrymandering, 975 01:01:33,318 --> 01:01:36,238 impacting schoolchildren and schools in the district... 976 01:01:36,321 --> 01:01:39,324 that was created solely to separate students by race. 977 01:01:39,366 --> 01:01:42,995 Although not dispositive, the student body is more than 99 percent white. 978 01:01:43,078 --> 01:01:45,581 Well, that was impressive. 979 01:01:45,664 --> 01:01:49,751 Usually you have to know something about a case to give an opening statement. 980 01:01:49,835 --> 01:01:52,171 Guys, what... what can I say? 981 01:01:52,212 --> 01:01:56,675 Hey, it worked out great for me, McDermott. I think I actually impressed Marinacci. 982 01:01:56,758 --> 01:01:58,719 Jo. 983 01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:02,097 - Jo. Jo. - What? 984 01:02:02,181 --> 01:02:06,310 We're not gonna talk? You left me pretty quick there. 985 01:02:06,393 --> 01:02:09,563 - You make it sound as if it was my decision. - Well, it wasn't mine. 986 01:02:09,646 --> 01:02:14,026 I came home and you were gone. You were just gonna drop me like that? 987 01:02:14,067 --> 01:02:16,069 I learned it from you, Mike. 988 01:02:16,153 --> 01:02:19,406 You always told me that this was the rule. 989 01:02:19,489 --> 01:02:22,409 Rule number one: Throw in your cards the moment you know they can't win. 990 01:02:22,492 --> 01:02:25,787 - Fold the hand. - Look, this is our thing that we're talking about. 991 01:02:25,871 --> 01:02:28,707 It's not some losing hand of poker. 992 01:02:28,749 --> 01:02:32,920 I know exactly what we're talking about, Mike. 993 01:02:36,590 --> 01:02:38,926 So, that's the last of it, then? 994 01:02:41,595 --> 01:02:43,555 Yeah. 995 01:02:45,098 --> 01:02:47,476 [SCOFFS] 996 01:02:52,898 --> 01:02:57,945 I mean, I'd say good luck, but I know it's not about luck in your game. 997 01:03:06,036 --> 01:03:08,580 [ANNOUNCER] Eric Seidel cannot win this hand, 998 01:03:08,622 --> 01:03:10,958 and yet he doesn't know it. 999 01:03:10,999 --> 01:03:16,088 Chan is trying to sucker him in by taking his time. 1000 01:03:16,171 --> 01:03:19,758 Oh, look at that look of the defending champ. 1001 01:03:19,842 --> 01:03:23,428 And now Fifth Street, a six of diamonds. No help. 1002 01:03:23,470 --> 01:03:27,099 Johnny Chan has a queen high straight. 1003 01:03:27,182 --> 01:03:30,978 Will Eric Seidel fall for the bait? 1004 01:03:31,019 --> 01:03:34,606 Yes, he's going all in, and Chan has him. 1005 01:03:34,648 --> 01:03:36,942 Johnny Chan, the master... 1006 01:03:39,444 --> 01:03:43,323 - Yes, he's going all in, and Chan has him. - [TELEPHONE RINGS] 1007 01:03:44,950 --> 01:03:50,038 - Hello. - Oh, hey, Mike. It's Petra. Can I come up? 1008 01:03:50,122 --> 01:03:52,040 Yeah, I'll buzz you in. 1009 01:03:52,124 --> 01:03:54,501 [BUZZING] 1010 01:03:56,461 --> 01:03:59,756 Well, that's the important thing with the game of Hold 'Em. 1011 01:03:59,840 --> 01:04:02,176 You're never down and out until your chips are all gone. 1012 01:04:04,219 --> 01:04:06,180 - Hey. - Hey. 1013 01:04:06,221 --> 01:04:08,348 - How you doing? - Good. 1014 01:04:10,559 --> 01:04:15,981 - [TV: MAN CONTINUES SPEAKING] - I haven't seen the place in a while. 1015 01:04:16,023 --> 01:04:17,983 Looks about the same. 1016 01:04:18,025 --> 01:04:22,362 - You want some scotch or something? - No, I'm fine. 1017 01:04:22,446 --> 01:04:27,034 - Oh, '88 World Series, huh? - Yeah. 1018 01:04:27,117 --> 01:04:29,036 Johnny Chan. 1019 01:04:29,119 --> 01:04:32,748 Flops the nut straight and has the discipline to wait him out. 1020 01:04:32,831 --> 01:04:35,501 He knows Seidel's gonna bluff at it. 1021 01:04:35,542 --> 01:04:38,504 - [ANNOUNCER] And yet he doesn't know it. - Johnny fucking Chan. 1022 01:04:38,545 --> 01:04:42,508 Chan is trying to sucker him in by taking his time. 1023 01:04:42,549 --> 01:04:45,427 Look at the control. Look at that fuck. 1024 01:04:45,511 --> 01:04:48,722 He knows his man well enough to check it all the way... 1025 01:04:48,764 --> 01:04:51,266 and risk winning nothing with those cards. 1026 01:04:51,350 --> 01:04:53,268 He owns him. 1027 01:04:53,352 --> 01:04:56,230 [ANNOUNCER] Will Eric Seidel fall for the bait? 1028 01:04:56,271 --> 01:04:59,733 Yes, he's going all in and Chan has him. 1029 01:04:59,816 --> 01:05:04,029 - Johnny Chan, the master. - Poor Seidel. Kid doesn't know what hit him. 1030 01:05:04,071 --> 01:05:06,740 Yeah, I know what that feels like. 1031 01:05:06,823 --> 01:05:10,077 It's like a locomotive running through your stomach. 1032 01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:14,581 You feel gut-shot. Fuck it. You didn't come here to talk about this. 1033 01:05:14,665 --> 01:05:16,708 What's going on? 1034 01:05:18,794 --> 01:05:22,756 - Tomorrow's a week. - A week of what? 1035 01:05:24,299 --> 01:05:27,177 The first two thousand you owe the Chesterfield. 1036 01:05:27,261 --> 01:05:31,056 - Oh. Worm. - Yes, it's kinda weird. 1037 01:05:31,098 --> 01:05:34,810 He'd just won eight grand. Why go on the line behind another two? 1038 01:05:34,893 --> 01:05:38,564 So, he took, what, about eight off of Roman and Maurice? 1039 01:05:38,647 --> 01:05:42,317 Yeah, yeah, he comes in after you leave, 1040 01:05:42,401 --> 01:05:44,695 sits for like another 20 more minutes, 1041 01:05:44,778 --> 01:05:47,614 cashes out for the full amount. 1042 01:05:47,656 --> 01:05:51,743 Maurice hasn't been back since. I think he's been playing across the street. 1043 01:05:51,785 --> 01:05:55,414 But, uh, Worm's been around plenty. 1044 01:05:55,497 --> 01:05:58,417 He's run you up just under seven grand. 1045 01:06:00,836 --> 01:06:04,423 Well, do me a favor and just put him on his own. 1046 01:06:04,464 --> 01:06:07,384 - Yeah? - Yeah, cut him off. 1047 01:06:07,467 --> 01:06:09,595 Um, I tell ya, I got a thousand. 1048 01:06:09,636 --> 01:06:12,306 I got a thou. And that's, you know... 1049 01:06:12,389 --> 01:06:14,683 I just started coming back, so... 1050 01:06:14,766 --> 01:06:19,980 - Thanks for making it easy, Mike. - Oh, yeah, yeah. 1051 01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:24,776 I'm, uh... I'm sorry to be back over here for this reason. 1052 01:06:24,818 --> 01:06:28,739 - Don't worry about it. - No, l... I like being here. 1053 01:06:28,822 --> 01:06:31,658 It's good to see you, Mike. 1054 01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,207 - I can stay. - Listen, I tell ya, I'Il... I'Il, um... 1055 01:06:38,290 --> 01:06:41,168 I'll come... I'll come... I'll see you down at the club. 1056 01:06:41,251 --> 01:06:43,962 - I'll come by this week. - Yeah. 1057 01:07:00,604 --> 01:07:03,357 [GLASS SHATTERS] 1058 01:07:24,795 --> 01:07:27,339 I know you're in here. 1059 01:07:33,053 --> 01:07:34,972 Mike? 1060 01:07:35,055 --> 01:07:37,975 Hey. I thought you were the janitor, man. 1061 01:07:38,058 --> 01:07:41,019 It's a good thing Grama doesn't know you as well as I do. 1062 01:07:41,103 --> 01:07:44,106 Come on. I'll play ya horse. Fifty bucks a letter. 1063 01:07:44,189 --> 01:07:48,402 Yeah? When I win, are you gonna pay me back with my own fucking money? 1064 01:07:48,443 --> 01:07:52,197 Oh, oh, easy. Relax. Don't wing it. Just... Just step and throw. 1065 01:07:57,578 --> 01:07:59,746 You need to work on your accuracy. 1066 01:07:59,830 --> 01:08:03,750 Will you stop fucking around for five goddamn minutes for once in your fucking life! 1067 01:08:03,792 --> 01:08:06,753 Whoa, Jesus. What happened? My old man just walked in the door. 1068 01:08:06,795 --> 01:08:09,923 I should fucking beat the shit out of you the way he used to. 1069 01:08:12,593 --> 01:08:15,220 You remember when we found this place, man? 1070 01:08:17,264 --> 01:08:19,766 Yeah, I remember when we found this place. 1071 01:08:19,850 --> 01:08:23,645 You were hiding from Tommy MANzy 'cause you thought he was gonna fucking pound you into oblivion. 1072 01:08:23,729 --> 01:08:26,648 Yeah, now, see? What did I ever do to that guy? 1073 01:08:26,732 --> 01:08:29,943 - You fucked his mother. - [LAUGHING] 1074 01:08:30,027 --> 01:08:33,780 Yeah, but she was a good-Iooking older woman. You gotta give me that. 1075 01:08:33,822 --> 01:08:37,784 You spent a year of your life hiding in this fucking gym from that sick fuck... 1076 01:08:37,868 --> 01:08:41,163 until he pissed off the wrong guy and someone dropped a garbage can on his head. 1077 01:08:41,246 --> 01:08:44,124 What do you want me to say? Those were wild times. You were there too. 1078 01:08:44,166 --> 01:08:46,293 Nothing's changed. Nothing has changed. 1079 01:08:46,376 --> 01:08:49,129 You were hiding from your troubles then. You're hiding from your troubles now. 1080 01:08:49,171 --> 01:08:51,757 I like to hide, and that's part of the fun for me, you know? 1081 01:08:51,798 --> 01:08:53,759 I don't like running solo. 1082 01:08:53,800 --> 01:08:56,094 It's like I used to have a running partner, you know what I'm saying? 1083 01:08:56,136 --> 01:08:58,597 If we fucked up back then and got caught, 1084 01:08:58,639 --> 01:09:02,726 the worst thing that was going to happen was maybe catch a beating, get expelled. 1085 01:09:02,809 --> 01:09:06,980 But, man, you're fixing to go down hard, and it almost seems like you want to. 1086 01:09:07,064 --> 01:09:09,900 Stop worrying so much about me, okay? I'm turning things around. 1087 01:09:09,983 --> 01:09:12,528 I'm not gonna let anybody drop a garbage can on my head. 1088 01:09:12,611 --> 01:09:15,822 No, no, you're gonna get out of the way. It's gonna land on me. 1089 01:09:15,864 --> 01:09:17,824 I'll see ya. 1090 01:09:21,203 --> 01:09:25,541 Come on, Mike. Hey. Come on, come on, come on. 1091 01:09:27,125 --> 01:09:29,586 I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry about the money. 1092 01:09:29,670 --> 01:09:31,588 I should've told you. 1093 01:09:31,672 --> 01:09:35,843 It's just... What do you want me to say? It's fucking embarrassing. 1094 01:09:35,926 --> 01:09:38,428 l, like, just get out, I'm in a big fucking hole. 1095 01:09:38,512 --> 01:09:41,473 I need something to get goin'. I gotta get started. 1096 01:09:41,557 --> 01:09:43,517 And? 1097 01:09:43,559 --> 01:09:46,812 Well, I'm not gonna lie. There's been some reversals. 1098 01:09:46,854 --> 01:09:51,316 - Some reversals. How much money do you have? - Nine hundred. 1099 01:09:51,358 --> 01:09:55,529 I mean, I caught a frozen wave of cards like you fucking read about. 1100 01:09:55,612 --> 01:09:59,324 I think I'm getting you outta hock, I find out I'm seven grand in. 1101 01:09:59,408 --> 01:10:02,369 I know, man. I was really... I was really up big. 1102 01:10:02,411 --> 01:10:04,371 I was cruising along. 1103 01:10:04,413 --> 01:10:07,332 I tried to beat that blackjack game at the Horseshoe Club in Brooklyn. 1104 01:10:07,374 --> 01:10:11,211 - That place is a mitt joint. - I know. It was, like, ouch. I'm so stupid. 1105 01:10:11,253 --> 01:10:14,381 I got so good with this, I thought I could neutralize 'em. 1106 01:10:14,464 --> 01:10:16,592 You're really jamming me up here, man. Seven grand. 1107 01:10:16,675 --> 01:10:21,346 - I know. - That's it. I can't go any deeper than that. You're off the tip. 1108 01:10:21,388 --> 01:10:23,765 - I understand. That's okay. - And you gotta talk with Grama. 1109 01:10:23,849 --> 01:10:26,852 - You gotta square things away with Grama. - No way, Mike. 1110 01:10:26,894 --> 01:10:29,188 I'm not talking to that fucking Judas. 1111 01:10:29,229 --> 01:10:31,190 You think there's any other way? 1112 01:10:34,735 --> 01:10:37,863 [MIKE NARRATING] I know all the reasons I shouldn't be here, 1113 01:10:37,946 --> 01:10:40,657 but sometimes reasons don't matter. 1114 01:10:40,741 --> 01:10:43,702 You see, no one's ever stood up for Worm. 1115 01:10:43,785 --> 01:10:47,080 The guy's been kicked around his whole life, from his father on down. 1116 01:10:49,166 --> 01:10:52,503 Maybe he's not the same guy he was when he went away, 1117 01:10:52,586 --> 01:10:55,547 but I can't give up on him that easy. 1118 01:10:55,589 --> 01:10:57,758 I'm all he's got. 1119 01:10:57,841 --> 01:11:00,093 Oh, what the hell. 1120 01:11:03,055 --> 01:11:05,682 - Hi, boys. - Hi. 1121 01:11:05,766 --> 01:11:08,644 You cops? You look like cops. 1122 01:11:08,727 --> 01:11:12,105 - We're not cops. - You wanna twirl then? 1123 01:11:12,147 --> 01:11:15,108 No, no, we're just here to see Grama. 1124 01:11:19,238 --> 01:11:21,156 Jesus. 1125 01:11:23,242 --> 01:11:26,787 - You sure about this? I got a bad feeling. - That's all right. Just... 1126 01:11:26,870 --> 01:11:30,165 Just let me do the talking, all right? 1127 01:11:34,586 --> 01:11:36,588 [MIKE] Hey, Grama. 1128 01:11:36,672 --> 01:11:39,925 - Long time. - Mike. 1129 01:11:39,967 --> 01:11:43,262 Hey, Worm. It's good you came. That's real smart thinking. 1130 01:11:43,303 --> 01:11:47,015 So, did you bring him along to help carry all my money? 1131 01:11:47,099 --> 01:11:49,017 Uh, there's no money today. 1132 01:11:49,101 --> 01:11:52,020 No money? There's gotta be some money. 1133 01:11:52,104 --> 01:11:54,273 Come on. Get outta here. 1134 01:11:56,525 --> 01:11:58,652 He's not kidding. I got nothing. 1135 01:11:58,735 --> 01:12:02,614 You owe 25. I'll take the rest in five days. 1136 01:12:02,656 --> 01:12:05,784 - Five grand in a week, and you keep the juice going... - Shh. Quiet. 1137 01:12:05,826 --> 01:12:09,371 - [DOG GROWLING] - You gotta catch 'em in the act. 1138 01:12:09,454 --> 01:12:10,956 [DOG GROWLING] 1139 01:12:13,959 --> 01:12:16,044 - [WHIMPERING, THUD] - Get in your hole, you bitch! 1140 01:12:16,128 --> 01:12:18,380 - Christ. - Fucking dog. 1141 01:12:18,463 --> 01:12:22,718 You can't let 'em get away with it or else they think they run the place. 1142 01:12:22,801 --> 01:12:26,013 - [SIGHS] So, where were we? - Five grand. 1143 01:12:26,054 --> 01:12:30,642 In a week. Grama, we want what you want. We wanna square this thing. 1144 01:12:30,726 --> 01:12:34,521 But three days... three days is impossible. All right? 1145 01:12:34,563 --> 01:12:37,858 No one's saying you're not the man. Just think of this as a business decision. 1146 01:12:37,941 --> 01:12:40,944 Look, he just got out. Let's put him on a plan. 1147 01:12:41,028 --> 01:12:43,822 No, no, no, no, no. This isn't The Money Store. 1148 01:12:43,864 --> 01:12:46,491 We're not negotiating here. I tell you how it works. 1149 01:12:46,575 --> 01:12:47,993 Well, then, I'm asking. 1150 01:12:50,037 --> 01:12:54,166 So, you're looking for a little grace, Lester, some charity? 1151 01:12:54,249 --> 01:12:57,878 You know what, Grama? I need your fucking charity like I need your cock in my ass. 1152 01:12:57,961 --> 01:13:01,173 - Shut the fuck up! - It's too late for him to shut up. 1153 01:13:01,215 --> 01:13:03,842 - Hey, listen! He's good for it. - He's good for it, Mike? 1154 01:13:03,884 --> 01:13:06,345 If you think he's good for it, it's on you too. 1155 01:13:06,386 --> 01:13:08,347 Then it's on me too. 1156 01:13:08,388 --> 01:13:11,850 - Fifteen large, five days, or I start breaking things. - I hear ya. 1157 01:13:11,892 --> 01:13:14,895 Get the fuck outta here. 1158 01:13:14,978 --> 01:13:16,939 Piece of shit. 1159 01:13:17,022 --> 01:13:19,441 Now, what the hell are you doing? 1160 01:13:19,525 --> 01:13:21,944 I'm not gonna get down on my knees for that jerk-off. 1161 01:13:22,027 --> 01:13:24,738 All I said is just keep your mouth shut for five seconds. 1162 01:13:24,821 --> 01:13:27,574 - Shit. I'm sorry. - Goddamn it. 1163 01:13:27,658 --> 01:13:30,911 That's it. I'm really sunk now. 1164 01:13:30,994 --> 01:13:35,332 No, 15 grand in five days. I can do that. I've gone on rushes like that before. 1165 01:13:35,415 --> 01:13:39,586 Ah, under optimum conditions with a bankroll, maybe. 1166 01:13:39,670 --> 01:13:42,589 - But what have you got on you? - Got, like, 350. 1167 01:13:42,673 --> 01:13:46,051 Ah, that's 1,200 between us. We might as well play the fucking Lotto. 1168 01:13:46,093 --> 01:13:49,721 No, man, no. Listen. Find the games, scout 'em out, I sit, I mop 'em up. 1169 01:13:49,763 --> 01:13:52,140 You know, we might have a shot at this... 1170 01:13:52,224 --> 01:13:54,852 if we sat together and just did our thing. 1171 01:13:54,935 --> 01:13:57,729 I'm not gonna do that. I'm gonna do this straight up. 1172 01:13:57,771 --> 01:13:59,648 - Oh, fuck, man. - I mean it. 1173 01:13:59,731 --> 01:14:02,860 - Well, where do you wanna start? - There's a 30-60 at the Chesterfield. 1174 01:14:02,943 --> 01:14:06,238 Come on, listen... there's the 4:00 a.m. in Woodside. There's the Greeks. 1175 01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:08,782 All right, there's a union game in Jersey. 1176 01:14:08,866 --> 01:14:11,785 - I know a guy whose cousin can get us in. - All right. 1177 01:14:11,869 --> 01:14:14,288 - There's four. - There's a cigar shop in Brooklyn. 1178 01:14:14,329 --> 01:14:18,500 - It's like an easy clean. - There's a golf pro game in Riverdale. That's six. 1179 01:14:18,584 --> 01:14:20,669 - You sure you're up for this? - I'm fucking up for this. 1180 01:14:20,752 --> 01:14:22,671 An 80. 1181 01:14:29,761 --> 01:14:32,264 I bet the full amount. 1182 01:14:32,347 --> 01:14:35,601 The full amount, huh? Well, let me look at you here. 1183 01:14:38,520 --> 01:14:40,939 Nope. You didn't do it this time. I'm gonna raise you. 1184 01:14:52,910 --> 01:14:55,037 - [WOMAN] I don't know. - [MAN] The bet's 50. 1185 01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:57,748 [WOMAN] I kinda like this robusto. 1186 01:14:57,831 --> 01:14:59,958 A nice, nutty finish. 1187 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,464 I love the Cameroon wrapper on this baby. Nice and oily. 1188 01:15:06,507 --> 01:15:09,968 I'll call. What do you got? 1189 01:15:10,052 --> 01:15:12,012 I have what's known as the wheel. 1190 01:15:12,095 --> 01:15:16,350 It's got earthy tones, a smooth draw, enough kick to win me the Hi and the Lo. 1191 01:15:17,851 --> 01:15:19,853 Call. 1192 01:15:19,895 --> 01:15:24,650 - Trip aces. - L... I only got a pair. 1193 01:15:24,691 --> 01:15:27,528 - Jacks. - What did you think he had? 1194 01:15:27,611 --> 01:15:30,197 Does he look like a man beaten by jacks? 1195 01:15:30,280 --> 01:15:33,742 Jacks are a monster compared to the crap you play, Taki. 1196 01:15:33,825 --> 01:15:37,746 - Ah, fuck you. Fuck you. - Fuck me? Fuck you! 1197 01:15:37,829 --> 01:15:40,916 [MAN] It's only money. I bet. 1198 01:15:40,999 --> 01:15:43,669 [MIKE] Then let's get some in there. 1199 01:15:43,710 --> 01:15:47,339 - Make it five. - You're raising me 300, kid? 1200 01:15:48,882 --> 01:15:50,843 I call your 300. 1201 01:15:50,884 --> 01:15:54,513 - How much is in there, Weitz? - About 1,500. 1,500. 1202 01:15:54,555 --> 01:15:57,766 [MAN] Here's a thousand. There's 500. 1203 01:15:57,850 --> 01:15:59,726 I bet you the pot limit, kiddo. 1204 01:15:59,810 --> 01:16:02,062 [WEITZ] Are you sure on that, Goldie? 1205 01:16:02,104 --> 01:16:05,691 You might want to leave a little something for your daughter's riding lessons. 1206 01:16:05,732 --> 01:16:08,360 There's a lot more where that came from, Weitz. 1207 01:16:12,030 --> 01:16:13,740 Take it down. 1208 01:16:13,824 --> 01:16:16,368 I got shit. I bluffed the big ringer. 1209 01:16:16,451 --> 01:16:18,912 - [LAUGHING] - [WORM] Let's go. Let's go. 1210 01:16:18,954 --> 01:16:22,749 Get up. Get off your ass. We're done. Come on. 1211 01:16:22,791 --> 01:16:25,711 Anytime, anyplace, anywhere... Oh, by the way, anybody. 1212 01:16:25,752 --> 01:16:28,463 Buy some real jewelry, you fucking cheap bastard. 1213 01:16:28,547 --> 01:16:30,048 Unbelievable. 1214 01:16:30,132 --> 01:16:32,926 - What were you doing in there? - I didn't have it. 1215 01:16:32,968 --> 01:16:34,928 You didn't have it? 1216 01:16:34,970 --> 01:16:37,973 Since when you have to have it to take a pot off a hump like that? 1217 01:16:38,056 --> 01:16:40,976 - A grade schooler would've played back at that guy. - I was waiting the guy out. 1218 01:16:41,059 --> 01:16:43,979 Eventually, he was going to bluff at the wrong pot. I was gonna take him. 1219 01:16:44,062 --> 01:16:48,025 We don't have time. That guy was papier-mache. You gotta make strong moves. 1220 01:16:48,108 --> 01:16:51,904 The move was folding. I can't lose what I don't put in the middle. 1221 01:16:51,945 --> 01:16:55,866 Oh, Jesus, you know what? Fuck all that 'cause we needed that pot. 1222 01:16:55,949 --> 01:16:58,285 Well, what are we up to? 1223 01:17:01,246 --> 01:17:03,165 That's like seven. Seven. 1224 01:17:03,248 --> 01:17:06,210 With that pot you just dumped on that fucking V-neck sweater, 1225 01:17:06,293 --> 01:17:08,212 we would've had ten. 1226 01:17:08,295 --> 01:17:11,465 Look at you. One 64-hour session, and you need a nap. 1227 01:17:11,548 --> 01:17:13,967 - No time for a fucking nap. - No, we don't. That's all right. 1228 01:17:14,051 --> 01:17:16,803 Come on. I know what you need. 1229 01:17:16,887 --> 01:17:19,473 I know... I got just the place for you. Yeah, yeah. 1230 01:17:19,556 --> 01:17:22,184 [MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] 1231 01:17:28,774 --> 01:17:32,486 Feel like I'm gonna get whacked sitting here like this. 1232 01:17:34,571 --> 01:17:40,118 We got 7,300, Mike. We gotta double that in two days. 1233 01:17:40,202 --> 01:17:44,665 Well, we're gonna get close. I'm sure if we come up a little short, Grama... 1234 01:17:44,706 --> 01:17:47,167 We come up even a little short, 1235 01:17:47,209 --> 01:17:50,170 Grama will shoot us and bury us in a hole somewhere. 1236 01:17:51,713 --> 01:17:54,341 Now, I know this game up in Binghamton. 1237 01:17:54,424 --> 01:17:56,635 - In Binghamton? - Yeah, yeah. 1238 01:17:56,677 --> 01:18:01,765 It's like 16 or 17 guys. Two full tables. All municipal workers. 1239 01:18:01,849 --> 01:18:05,811 They come play right after they get their paychecks. It's very fat. 1240 01:18:05,894 --> 01:18:09,523 Are you sure? Binghamton's five hours each way. 1241 01:18:09,606 --> 01:18:14,194 Well, look, I figure there's 15 or 20 grand in that room, okay? 1242 01:18:14,278 --> 01:18:17,906 If we get even half of that, we're home. 1243 01:18:17,990 --> 01:18:19,908 Lead me to it. 1244 01:18:30,377 --> 01:18:35,507 - Municipal workers, huh? - What? These guys work for the city. 1245 01:18:35,549 --> 01:18:37,926 They work for the state, you idiot. 1246 01:18:38,010 --> 01:18:41,180 Oh, this is just stupid. 1247 01:18:41,263 --> 01:18:44,183 Look, we're here, okay? 1248 01:18:44,224 --> 01:18:48,437 - You got any better ideas? - How the hell am I supposed to even get in this game? 1249 01:18:48,520 --> 01:18:52,608 No, it's easy. The whole time I was in the joint, I was just dumping money to guards. 1250 01:18:52,691 --> 01:18:57,196 This one guy, Pete Frye, I probably lost like ten grand over 18 months. 1251 01:18:57,237 --> 01:18:59,740 I mean, he thinks I'm a total fish. 1252 01:18:59,781 --> 01:19:02,868 He told me anytime I wanted a game when I got out, just look up his nephew. 1253 01:19:02,951 --> 01:19:06,580 You just go in there, you ask for Sean Frye, you're in. 1254 01:19:06,663 --> 01:19:09,917 You're gonna clean this game up. These guys are total suckers. 1255 01:19:09,958 --> 01:19:12,419 All right. Give me, like, eight hours. 1256 01:19:12,461 --> 01:19:16,048 - Come back at 7:00, 7:30. - What am I gonna do for eight hours? 1257 01:19:16,131 --> 01:19:20,135 - Why don't I come in? I'll sit for a little while. - No. 1258 01:19:20,219 --> 01:19:24,431 - No, not a chance. - I'll sit at the other table and play straight. 1259 01:19:24,515 --> 01:19:28,227 You wanna play straight? You go in there, I'll be back in eight hours. 1260 01:19:30,312 --> 01:19:32,272 Aw, Jesus. 1261 01:19:32,314 --> 01:19:35,776 All right, all right. I'll go find a fucking bowling alley. 1262 01:19:35,817 --> 01:19:37,444 I don't know. 1263 01:19:37,528 --> 01:19:40,447 [CHATTERING] 1264 01:19:41,782 --> 01:19:43,742 Excuse me. 1265 01:19:43,784 --> 01:19:47,871 - Can I help you? - Yeah, I'm looking for Sean Frye. 1266 01:19:50,290 --> 01:19:53,210 Yeah, right over there in that cap. 1267 01:19:53,293 --> 01:19:55,212 Thanks. 1268 01:20:00,384 --> 01:20:02,302 Let's go. 1269 01:20:02,386 --> 01:20:04,429 - Sean Frye? - That's right. 1270 01:20:04,513 --> 01:20:08,308 Yeah, your Uncle Pete told me to come by if I ever was around here. 1271 01:20:08,350 --> 01:20:10,561 You one of his students? 1272 01:20:12,646 --> 01:20:16,275 Oh, no, no, no, no. l... I wasn't inside. 1273 01:20:16,358 --> 01:20:19,653 - You know him from hunting then, huh? - Yeah, yeah, actually. 1274 01:20:19,695 --> 01:20:23,365 I met him over at, uh... He took me for like a grand over at the lodge. 1275 01:20:23,448 --> 01:20:27,119 Well, that's the buy-in here. We play 20-40 Stud. 1276 01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,621 - Grab a seat. - Great. 1277 01:20:39,131 --> 01:20:41,550 - How you doing? I'm Mike. - How you doing? Vitter. 1278 01:20:41,633 --> 01:20:44,303 - Osborne. - Hi. - This is Whitley. 1279 01:20:44,344 --> 01:20:46,305 Bet 40. 1280 01:20:46,346 --> 01:20:48,724 - Back at ya. - [CHIPS HIT TABLE] 1281 01:20:48,807 --> 01:20:52,269 - All right. - You and me, Mike. 1282 01:20:53,854 --> 01:20:55,772 Another 40. 1283 01:20:55,856 --> 01:20:58,942 All right, 40 it is. 1284 01:21:00,694 --> 01:21:02,654 - Flush. - Mm. 1285 01:21:02,696 --> 01:21:06,491 [MIKE NARRATING] Generally, the rule is, the nicer the guy, the poorer the card player. 1286 01:21:06,533 --> 01:21:09,995 And these guys, despite being cops, are real sweethearts. 1287 01:21:11,538 --> 01:21:14,166 I'm right on schedule, up 4,200. 1288 01:21:14,208 --> 01:21:18,170 - The morning can't get here soon enough. - [MEN LAUGHING] 1289 01:21:18,253 --> 01:21:21,173 [Worm] Holy shit! That's a hell of an elk. 1290 01:21:21,215 --> 01:21:23,884 My grandfather got that one. Ain't that a beauty? 1291 01:21:23,967 --> 01:21:26,011 - Hey, fellas. - [ALL] Hey, Bear! 1292 01:21:26,094 --> 01:21:29,348 Met this guy down at the bowling alley. Says he likes to play cards. 1293 01:21:29,389 --> 01:21:32,726 [VITTER] Well, you've come to the right place. 1294 01:21:32,809 --> 01:21:35,354 This is Whitley. Osborne. This guy's name is Mike. 1295 01:21:35,437 --> 01:21:38,023 - Mike? How are ya? Les Murphy. - This is Vitter. 1296 01:21:38,065 --> 01:21:40,400 - So, what are you guys playing? - 20-40 Stud. 1297 01:21:40,484 --> 01:21:42,402 Okay. Deal me in. 1298 01:21:42,486 --> 01:21:44,863 All right, your money's good here. 1299 01:21:44,905 --> 01:21:47,950 Give him some chips, start playing some cards. 1300 01:21:48,033 --> 01:21:50,953 [CHATTERING] 1301 01:21:52,538 --> 01:21:54,748 Everybody ante. 1302 01:21:59,378 --> 01:22:01,964 Let's play some cards. 1303 01:22:12,975 --> 01:22:16,770 - [WORM] Ace high bets. - Well, I like what I have. 1304 01:22:16,812 --> 01:22:18,897 The bet is 20. 1305 01:22:18,981 --> 01:22:21,316 I know that look. I'm gonna fold. 1306 01:22:22,901 --> 01:22:24,820 Fold too. 1307 01:22:24,903 --> 01:22:26,822 I'll take it. 1308 01:22:28,907 --> 01:22:31,910 - Yeah, everybody ready? Fourth Street. - Yes, sir. 1309 01:22:38,458 --> 01:22:40,419 Raise you. 1310 01:22:40,460 --> 01:22:44,464 - I'm in. - Wow. Wow. A lot of action. 1311 01:22:44,548 --> 01:22:48,760 A lot of action. 1312 01:22:52,055 --> 01:22:55,475 - I got the flush. - Show me. What you got in here? 1313 01:22:58,228 --> 01:23:01,523 - Jesus. Who wants more? - I'm in. 1314 01:23:01,607 --> 01:23:03,817 - I'm in. - Come on, come on. 1315 01:23:03,901 --> 01:23:06,361 I'm staging a late-night comeback here. 1316 01:23:07,988 --> 01:23:10,324 Late-night rally. 1317 01:23:10,365 --> 01:23:14,494 Okay? Just to... Just to warn you. 1318 01:23:16,079 --> 01:23:17,873 Ace high bets. 1319 01:23:20,876 --> 01:23:22,669 Uh, ace checks. 1320 01:23:22,753 --> 01:23:26,673 - Check. - Check on an ace. All right. I'll check. 1321 01:23:26,757 --> 01:23:28,675 - Check. - Check. 1322 01:23:28,759 --> 01:23:31,303 All right, free card. Here we go. 1323 01:23:31,345 --> 01:23:33,972 - Hold on there a fucking second. - Easy. What are you doing? 1324 01:23:34,014 --> 01:23:37,226 - Give me the deck. - Relax, man. Don't get so agitated. 1325 01:23:37,309 --> 01:23:40,687 - [VITTER] Looks like we got a road gang here. - [WORM] A what? 1326 01:23:40,729 --> 01:23:44,733 - What are you... What? - What the hell's going on over here, Stu? 1327 01:23:44,816 --> 01:23:46,902 This son of a bitch is base dealing. 1328 01:23:46,985 --> 01:23:49,655 - Caught a hanger, Sarge. - What? A hanger? 1329 01:23:49,738 --> 01:23:52,199 I don't even know what you're saying. 1330 01:23:52,241 --> 01:23:56,537 - He's saying you're dealing off the bottom of the deck. - Oh, God. Come on, guys. 1331 01:23:56,578 --> 01:23:58,956 - What did he give him? - To me? 1332 01:23:59,039 --> 01:24:03,502 - Seven of hearts. - You boys professionals? You working? 1333 01:24:03,544 --> 01:24:05,754 I was winning before this guy got here. 1334 01:24:05,838 --> 01:24:08,423 Okay, okay. Let's let the cards do the talking. 1335 01:24:08,507 --> 01:24:11,593 If the seven didn't help you, we'll listen to what you have to say. 1336 01:24:11,677 --> 01:24:14,388 Ozzy, turn the cards. 1337 01:24:14,471 --> 01:24:16,932 - [MURMURING] - Come on! It's three of a kind! 1338 01:24:17,015 --> 01:24:19,935 - Shut up! - I'm just sayin', it's three of a kind. 1339 01:24:20,018 --> 01:24:22,354 One last thing, Stu. 1340 01:24:23,647 --> 01:24:25,566 - [MURMURING] - Scumbag! 1341 01:24:25,649 --> 01:24:27,568 Hey, all right, take it easy. 1342 01:24:27,651 --> 01:24:30,070 Aren't you supposed to read us our rights? 1343 01:24:30,112 --> 01:24:31,864 Here's your fuckin' rights! 1344 01:24:31,947 --> 01:24:34,241 [ALL SHOUTING] 1345 01:24:35,784 --> 01:24:37,744 Fuck you! 1346 01:24:50,340 --> 01:24:55,596 Get the fuck outta here, you cocksuckers! Shit! 1347 01:24:57,306 --> 01:24:59,474 Aw, Jesus! 1348 01:25:01,810 --> 01:25:03,770 Worm. 1349 01:25:06,231 --> 01:25:08,150 Worm? 1350 01:25:08,233 --> 01:25:10,152 [MIKE GROANS] 1351 01:25:10,235 --> 01:25:12,654 Hey, Les. 1352 01:25:12,738 --> 01:25:14,656 Hey. 1353 01:25:14,740 --> 01:25:17,284 Hey, you all right? 1354 01:25:17,367 --> 01:25:19,286 Mike? 1355 01:25:19,369 --> 01:25:21,288 Yeah. 1356 01:25:22,873 --> 01:25:25,292 You should've played those kings, Mike. 1357 01:25:25,375 --> 01:25:28,212 - Aw, you're an asshole. - [GROANING] 1358 01:25:28,295 --> 01:25:32,174 I know. I know. I'm sorry. 1359 01:25:33,759 --> 01:25:35,844 They took every fucking nickel. 1360 01:25:35,928 --> 01:25:39,515 I think I got 300 in my boot somewhere. 1361 01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:44,228 Oh, look at you. Fuck! 1362 01:25:44,311 --> 01:25:47,147 Fuck, I cannot believe I caught a hanger. 1363 01:25:47,231 --> 01:25:52,027 - Aw, it's never happened, I swear to God. - Where's the car? 1364 01:25:52,110 --> 01:25:55,280 - God, I think I cracked a rib. - What the fuck were you thinking? 1365 01:25:55,364 --> 01:25:58,534 - I was trying to give us an edge. - I had 'em. 1366 01:25:58,617 --> 01:26:01,078 Hey, I'm sorry we got banged up, all right? 1367 01:26:01,161 --> 01:26:03,580 I took a shot and I missed. That happens. 1368 01:26:03,664 --> 01:26:07,292 - Fucking happens all the time around you. - What, it doesn't happen to you? 1369 01:26:07,376 --> 01:26:10,587 You're the guy who flushed his whole fucking bankroll on one hand, Mike. 1370 01:26:10,671 --> 01:26:14,591 - Oh, hey, fuck you, man. That was different. - Why? Explain that to me. 1371 01:26:14,675 --> 01:26:17,761 Why different, huh? What makes you so fucking special? 1372 01:26:17,845 --> 01:26:20,138 How come all your moves are so smart and noble... 1373 01:26:20,180 --> 01:26:22,558 and I'm always the idiot piece of shit? 1374 01:26:22,641 --> 01:26:25,352 You act like you're the only one with any fucking ambition. 1375 01:26:25,435 --> 01:26:28,981 What's your ambition, man? Tell me. I don't know. What is it? 1376 01:26:29,064 --> 01:26:32,818 - I don't even know. I don't think like that. - No, you don't think. 1377 01:26:32,860 --> 01:26:34,820 No, I don't think like you! 1378 01:26:34,862 --> 01:26:37,823 You always think you can beat the game straight up. That's not me. 1379 01:26:37,865 --> 01:26:40,868 - I told you, I'm always gonna look for that edge. Always. - What's the edge now? 1380 01:26:40,909 --> 01:26:43,370 We owe 15 grand in a day. What do we do? 1381 01:26:43,412 --> 01:26:46,248 It's easy. We get the fuck outta Dodge, all right? 1382 01:26:46,331 --> 01:26:49,168 We just steer clear of the city for a while. 1383 01:26:49,209 --> 01:26:52,546 We'll hit the road. We'll be up again in no time. This'll all blow over. 1384 01:26:52,629 --> 01:26:55,340 - We'll have a ball. - Not a fucking chance I'm gonna live like that. 1385 01:26:55,382 --> 01:27:00,179 - You talk to Grama. You get him to stake me. - It's not gonna work, okay? 1386 01:27:00,220 --> 01:27:02,848 We're not dealing with Grama. 1387 01:27:04,391 --> 01:27:07,519 You said Grama's on his own. 1388 01:27:07,561 --> 01:27:11,315 - You told me Grama's on his own. - KGB bankrolled him. 1389 01:27:13,025 --> 01:27:17,571 - So you've just fucked us right in the ass. - Yeah, all the way, okay? 1390 01:27:17,654 --> 01:27:21,700 So you see what I'm saying? No fooling around. It's highway time. 1391 01:27:21,742 --> 01:27:25,162 Are you with me or not? 1392 01:27:25,245 --> 01:27:27,539 No, I'm not this time. 1393 01:27:34,713 --> 01:27:38,717 - Give me the keys. - You're really gonna go back there? 1394 01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:42,095 Yeah. 1395 01:27:43,347 --> 01:27:46,308 I'll see you when I see you. 1396 01:27:48,352 --> 01:27:52,231 Hey. At least you're rounding again, right? 1397 01:27:52,272 --> 01:27:55,651 You're gonna thank me for that someday. 1398 01:27:55,734 --> 01:27:58,737 [ENGINE STARTS] 1399 01:27:58,779 --> 01:28:01,657 [CAR DRIVING AWAY] 1400 01:28:06,161 --> 01:28:10,207 [MIKE NARRATING] Fold or hang tough. Call or raise the bet. 1401 01:28:10,290 --> 01:28:13,377 These are decisions you make at the table. 1402 01:28:13,460 --> 01:28:16,964 Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear, there's only one way to play it. 1403 01:28:17,047 --> 01:28:21,093 Other times, like holding a small pair against two over cards, 1404 01:28:21,176 --> 01:28:23,804 it's six to five, or even money, either way. 1405 01:28:23,887 --> 01:28:27,432 Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts. 1406 01:28:28,517 --> 01:28:30,477 Well, look at you. 1407 01:28:30,561 --> 01:28:32,855 Look at me. 1408 01:28:32,938 --> 01:28:34,940 Come in. 1409 01:28:35,023 --> 01:28:36,984 No. 1410 01:28:37,025 --> 01:28:41,488 - Where's your friend? - Uh, he's gone. 1411 01:28:41,572 --> 01:28:45,492 - He's gone. - So you brought my money? 1412 01:28:47,077 --> 01:28:51,123 - I'm a little short. - How short? 1413 01:28:51,206 --> 01:28:53,000 The whole way. 1414 01:28:53,041 --> 01:28:56,128 There must be some kind of story. 1415 01:28:57,838 --> 01:28:59,882 Well... 1416 01:28:59,965 --> 01:29:03,468 as you can see, I can't pay you. 1417 01:29:03,510 --> 01:29:06,305 I see you're banged up pretty good. 1418 01:29:10,642 --> 01:29:13,812 You never should've vouched for that scumbag. 1419 01:29:16,940 --> 01:29:18,859 Maybe not. 1420 01:29:20,444 --> 01:29:23,864 - You're leaving me no outs here. - Why? 1421 01:29:23,906 --> 01:29:27,492 I can't trust you two aren't playing me. 1422 01:29:27,534 --> 01:29:30,037 I'm not the one working with a partner here. 1423 01:29:32,122 --> 01:29:36,376 You wanna take it up with KGB, you go right ahead. 1424 01:29:36,460 --> 01:29:42,007 Otherwise, you got one day, or this'll feel like a Swedish massage. 1425 01:29:42,049 --> 01:29:44,009 [DOOR SLAMS] 1426 01:29:59,358 --> 01:30:01,443 - Hey. - [KNISH] Hey, what's up? 1427 01:30:11,995 --> 01:30:15,749 You look like Duane Bobick after one round with Norton. 1428 01:30:15,832 --> 01:30:20,754 - What the fuck happened to you? - Ah, Worm. 1429 01:30:21,839 --> 01:30:24,049 When are you gonna listen? 1430 01:30:24,132 --> 01:30:26,593 I'm listening. 1431 01:30:26,677 --> 01:30:30,472 What do you need? 500? A grand? 1432 01:30:30,556 --> 01:30:33,141 - Huh? - I need... I need 15,000. 1433 01:30:33,225 --> 01:30:35,769 - Fifteen? - Yep. 1434 01:30:35,853 --> 01:30:38,939 I need a blow job from Christy Turlington. 1435 01:30:39,022 --> 01:30:42,609 - Get the fuck outta here. $15,000? - Seriously, Joey. 1436 01:30:42,693 --> 01:30:46,613 What can you do for me? Five hundred dollars is not even gonna get me started. 1437 01:30:46,697 --> 01:30:51,493 Goddamn it, Mike, if 500 won't help, what's two grand gonna do? 1438 01:30:53,078 --> 01:30:55,622 What kind of trouble you in? 1439 01:30:55,706 --> 01:30:58,750 I'm in the worst kind, with the worst guy. 1440 01:30:58,834 --> 01:31:00,919 - KGB? - Yep. 1441 01:31:03,005 --> 01:31:04,965 Come here. 1442 01:31:06,508 --> 01:31:08,760 Didn't I tell you... 1443 01:31:08,844 --> 01:31:11,763 to never let that guy get a hold of you? 1444 01:31:11,805 --> 01:31:15,184 - You told me a lot of things. - Yeah, yeah. And you don't listen. 1445 01:31:15,267 --> 01:31:18,187 I tell you to play within your means, you risk your whole bankroll. 1446 01:31:18,270 --> 01:31:20,772 I tell you not to overextend yourself, to rebuild, 1447 01:31:20,814 --> 01:31:23,233 you go into hock for more. 1448 01:31:23,317 --> 01:31:25,861 I was giving you a living, Mike, 1449 01:31:25,944 --> 01:31:29,364 showing you the playbook I put together off my own beats. 1450 01:31:29,448 --> 01:31:31,366 That wasn't enough for you... 1451 01:31:31,450 --> 01:31:35,329 This is one time I don't need you to tell me how I fucked up. 1452 01:31:35,370 --> 01:31:37,331 I know I fucked up. 1453 01:31:37,372 --> 01:31:40,334 What I need from you is money. 1454 01:31:40,417 --> 01:31:43,337 - I need whatever money you can give me. - See, that's the thing. 1455 01:31:43,378 --> 01:31:45,964 This time there is no money. 1456 01:31:46,048 --> 01:31:49,551 I give you two grand, what's that buy you? A day? 1457 01:31:49,635 --> 01:31:51,803 No, I give it to you, I'm wasting it. 1458 01:31:51,887 --> 01:31:54,640 - That's fucking great. - You did it to yourself. 1459 01:31:54,723 --> 01:31:57,684 You had to put it all on the line for some Vegas pipe dream. 1460 01:31:57,726 --> 01:31:59,770 Yeah, I took a risk. I took a risk. 1461 01:31:59,853 --> 01:32:02,314 You see all the angles. You never have the stones to play one. 1462 01:32:02,397 --> 01:32:06,193 "Stones"? You little punk. 1463 01:32:06,276 --> 01:32:09,112 I'm not playing for the thrill of fucking victory here. 1464 01:32:09,196 --> 01:32:14,451 I owe rent, alimony, child support. I play for money. 1465 01:32:14,535 --> 01:32:16,453 My kids eat. 1466 01:32:16,537 --> 01:32:18,997 I got stones enough not to chase cards, action... 1467 01:32:19,039 --> 01:32:22,876 or fucking pipe dreams of winning the World Series on ESPN. 1468 01:32:22,918 --> 01:32:25,546 You want me to, uh, call some people, 1469 01:32:25,629 --> 01:32:27,798 try and buy you some time, I will. 1470 01:32:27,881 --> 01:32:30,342 Place to stay, or the truck. No problem. 1471 01:32:30,425 --> 01:32:34,805 But about the money, I gotta do this. I gotta say no. 1472 01:32:34,888 --> 01:32:38,475 That's fine. I understand. 1473 01:32:41,687 --> 01:32:44,273 - Hey, listen. - What? 1474 01:32:44,356 --> 01:32:46,942 I put it all on the line. That's true. 1475 01:32:47,025 --> 01:32:50,696 And you know what? It wasn't a bad beat. 1476 01:32:50,737 --> 01:32:52,739 I wasn't unlucky. 1477 01:32:52,823 --> 01:32:55,659 I got outplayed. I got outplayed that time. 1478 01:32:57,244 --> 01:33:00,247 But I know I'm good enough to sit at that table. 1479 01:33:00,330 --> 01:33:02,791 It's not... It's not a fucking pipe dream. 1480 01:33:02,875 --> 01:33:05,335 I don't doubt your talent. 1481 01:33:05,419 --> 01:33:08,422 I never... I never told anybody this. 1482 01:33:08,505 --> 01:33:12,593 About eight, nine months ago, I'm at the Taj, it's late, 1483 01:33:12,676 --> 01:33:14,720 and I see Johnny Chan walk in. 1484 01:33:14,761 --> 01:33:16,722 And he goes, he sits 300-600. 1485 01:33:16,763 --> 01:33:19,600 And the whole place stops when Johnny Chan walks in. 1486 01:33:19,683 --> 01:33:21,768 Everybody puts an eye on him. 1487 01:33:21,852 --> 01:33:24,271 After a little while, there wasn't a crap game going... 1488 01:33:24,354 --> 01:33:26,773 'cause all the high rollers are over there watching him. 1489 01:33:26,857 --> 01:33:29,693 Some are playing with him, giving away their money to this guy to say... 1490 01:33:29,776 --> 01:33:31,695 "Oh, I played with the World Champion." 1491 01:33:31,778 --> 01:33:34,698 And you know what I did? I sat down. 1492 01:33:34,781 --> 01:33:38,452 Nah, you need 50, 60 grand to play right in that game. 1493 01:33:38,535 --> 01:33:41,038 Well, I had six, but I had to know. 1494 01:33:41,121 --> 01:33:43,040 What happened? 1495 01:33:43,123 --> 01:33:46,376 Played tight for an hour. I folded mostly, and then I made a score. 1496 01:33:46,460 --> 01:33:49,796 - Wired aces or kings? - Rags. 1497 01:33:51,131 --> 01:33:54,593 I had nothing. But he raised. 1498 01:33:54,676 --> 01:33:57,262 And I just decided, you know, I don't care about the money. 1499 01:33:57,346 --> 01:33:59,640 I'm just gonna outplay the guy. 1500 01:33:59,681 --> 01:34:02,351 I'm just gonna outplay this guy this hand. 1501 01:34:02,434 --> 01:34:05,103 - I re-raised. - Re-raise. 1502 01:34:05,187 --> 01:34:07,940 - You played right back at him, huh? - Oh, yeah. 1503 01:34:08,023 --> 01:34:10,526 And he just comes right back over the top of me, 1504 01:34:10,609 --> 01:34:13,111 trying to bully me like I'm some fucking tourist. 1505 01:34:13,195 --> 01:34:15,155 I hesitate for two seconds. I re-raised. 1506 01:34:15,197 --> 01:34:18,158 And he makes a move toward his checks, and he looks at me. 1507 01:34:18,242 --> 01:34:21,662 And he looks at his cards, and he looks at me again. 1508 01:34:21,745 --> 01:34:24,957 And he mucked it. I took it down. 1509 01:34:25,040 --> 01:34:29,920 "Did you have it?" "I'm sorry, John. I don't remember." 1510 01:34:31,755 --> 01:34:34,591 I got up, and I walked to the cashier. 1511 01:34:34,675 --> 01:34:38,220 I sat with the best in the world, and I won. 1512 01:34:38,303 --> 01:34:42,182 You put a fucking move on Chan, you son of a bitch. 1513 01:34:42,224 --> 01:34:45,352 So that's why you made that run on KGB's place. 1514 01:34:45,435 --> 01:34:47,855 That's right. 1515 01:34:47,938 --> 01:34:50,607 And I'll do it again if I can. 1516 01:34:52,276 --> 01:34:54,695 Well, then I'm rooting for you, Mike. 1517 01:34:55,779 --> 01:34:57,739 I'll see you around, Knish. 1518 01:34:59,283 --> 01:35:03,328 This is temporary? Will you be back next semester? 1519 01:35:03,370 --> 01:35:06,623 Oh, I think we both know I'm no lawyer. 1520 01:35:07,791 --> 01:35:10,669 I hope my story didn't discourage you. 1521 01:35:10,711 --> 01:35:15,757 No. It inspired me. I think I was on my way out anyway. 1522 01:35:15,841 --> 01:35:18,844 - But now you're here. - That's right. 1523 01:35:18,927 --> 01:35:22,514 - You're in trouble? - Yes, sir, I am. 1524 01:35:22,598 --> 01:35:27,436 Uh, not with the law. I owe. 1525 01:35:27,519 --> 01:35:31,398 - A gambling debt? - Yeah. 1526 01:35:31,440 --> 01:35:36,445 It's not mine. It's, uh... I vouched for the wrong guy. 1527 01:35:36,528 --> 01:35:39,281 Um, so now it's on me. 1528 01:35:39,364 --> 01:35:41,283 I understand. 1529 01:35:43,368 --> 01:35:46,371 So, what will it take for you to be free of this? 1530 01:35:48,582 --> 01:35:51,710 - I need 15,000 tonight. - Michael! 1531 01:35:51,793 --> 01:35:54,546 Michael! 1532 01:35:58,509 --> 01:36:01,553 - You know, I'm not a wealthy man, Michael. - I know. 1533 01:36:01,637 --> 01:36:05,057 And it kills me to ask you, but... 1534 01:36:05,098 --> 01:36:07,935 I don't have any other play here. 1535 01:36:07,976 --> 01:36:11,146 So, uh, if you can help me at all... 1536 01:36:11,230 --> 01:36:13,273 I hate to see you like this. 1537 01:36:13,357 --> 01:36:15,776 I want to help you, Michael. But $15,000, l... l... 1538 01:36:15,859 --> 01:36:17,736 I know. 1539 01:36:17,778 --> 01:36:19,738 [SIGHS] 1540 01:36:24,451 --> 01:36:26,495 If it must be tonight, 1541 01:36:28,080 --> 01:36:31,083 then ten is the best I can do. 1542 01:36:32,668 --> 01:36:34,753 Would you do that? 1543 01:36:39,258 --> 01:36:42,344 When my mother let me leave the yeshiva, 1544 01:36:42,427 --> 01:36:45,180 it nearly broke her. 1545 01:36:45,264 --> 01:36:49,476 But she knew... She knew the life I had to lead. 1546 01:36:51,562 --> 01:36:54,314 To do that for another is a mitzvah. 1547 01:36:57,192 --> 01:37:00,612 And for that, I owe. 1548 01:37:14,751 --> 01:37:18,380 So you take this money... 1549 01:37:18,463 --> 01:37:21,425 and you get yourself out of this trouble. 1550 01:37:21,508 --> 01:37:23,427 You hear me? 1551 01:37:28,515 --> 01:37:30,851 I know you can. 1552 01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:37,858 l... I promise that I'm gonna... I'll pay you back. 1553 01:37:38,942 --> 01:37:40,861 Good luck. 1554 01:38:03,008 --> 01:38:06,845 [MIKE NARRATING] I've often seen these people, these squares, at the table. 1555 01:38:06,887 --> 01:38:11,058 Short-stacked and long odds against, all their outs gone, 1556 01:38:11,141 --> 01:38:13,852 one last card in the deck that can help them. 1557 01:38:15,562 --> 01:38:19,900 I used to wonder how they could let themselves get into such bad shape... 1558 01:38:19,983 --> 01:38:23,195 and how the hell they thought they could turn it around. 1559 01:38:30,202 --> 01:38:32,704 Just walking in here makes me queasy. 1560 01:38:32,746 --> 01:38:35,874 The brick walls. The fucking mopes at the tables. 1561 01:38:35,958 --> 01:38:40,170 The musty smell. I feel like Buckner walking back into Shea. 1562 01:38:40,254 --> 01:38:42,714 But what choice do I have? 1563 01:38:42,798 --> 01:38:45,634 So, you have my money? 1564 01:38:45,717 --> 01:38:48,595 - I owe you that money tomorrow, right? - Da. 1565 01:38:50,180 --> 01:38:52,307 So it's still mine. 1566 01:38:52,391 --> 01:38:57,396 For the next eight hours, it is yours. 1567 01:38:57,479 --> 01:39:00,816 But if you don't have it all by then, 1568 01:39:00,899 --> 01:39:03,652 then you are mine. 1569 01:39:03,735 --> 01:39:05,654 Well... 1570 01:39:10,617 --> 01:39:15,289 I got $10,000. I'm looking for a game. 1571 01:39:16,498 --> 01:39:19,626 - You sure? - You heard me. 1572 01:39:23,255 --> 01:39:26,425 So, we'll play. Heads up. 1573 01:39:26,508 --> 01:39:29,720 We both start with a couple of racks. 1574 01:39:29,803 --> 01:39:33,515 Blinds, uh, 25 and 50? 1575 01:39:33,599 --> 01:39:38,270 And we don't stop until one of us has it all. 1576 01:39:40,314 --> 01:39:43,192 Let's do it. 1577 01:39:43,275 --> 01:39:46,195 [CARDS SHUFFLING] 1578 01:40:08,050 --> 01:40:10,844 I'm gonna raise. 1579 01:40:10,928 --> 01:40:12,971 Thousand straight. 1580 01:40:13,055 --> 01:40:15,557 Very aggressive. 1581 01:40:15,641 --> 01:40:18,352 A new day. 1582 01:40:18,435 --> 01:40:22,231 And you won't be pushed around. [CHUCKLING] 1583 01:40:22,314 --> 01:40:26,026 But... I re-raise. 1584 01:40:26,109 --> 01:40:29,905 Five thousand. 1585 01:40:31,990 --> 01:40:34,868 [MIKE NARRATING] Doyle Brunson says, "The key to No-Limit... 1586 01:40:34,910 --> 01:40:37,663 is to put a man to a decision for all his chips." 1587 01:40:37,704 --> 01:40:39,665 Teddy's just done it. 1588 01:40:39,706 --> 01:40:42,876 He's representing aces, the only hand better than my cowboys. 1589 01:40:42,960 --> 01:40:45,671 I can't call and give him a chance to catch. 1590 01:40:45,754 --> 01:40:48,841 I can only fold, if I believe him. Or... 1591 01:40:48,924 --> 01:40:51,343 I re-raise. I'm all in. 1592 01:41:21,915 --> 01:41:24,042 Take it down. 1593 01:41:31,967 --> 01:41:33,927 In a heads-up match, 1594 01:41:33,969 --> 01:41:38,140 the size of your stack is almost as important as the quality of your cards. 1595 01:41:38,223 --> 01:41:40,809 I chopped one of his legs out in the first hand. 1596 01:41:40,893 --> 01:41:45,189 - Now all I have to do is lean on him until he falls over. - Check. 1597 01:41:45,272 --> 01:41:47,733 Bet a thousand. 1598 01:41:47,774 --> 01:41:50,819 Call. I'll call. 1599 01:41:54,698 --> 01:41:56,283 Check. 1600 01:41:57,868 --> 01:42:01,496 What's that, 2,500 there? I'm gonna tap your tap. 1601 01:42:11,173 --> 01:42:12,633 Jacks up. 1602 01:42:15,093 --> 01:42:17,012 Very good. 1603 01:42:18,722 --> 01:42:21,016 Good hand. 1604 01:42:21,099 --> 01:42:25,479 Catching that Jack on the turn. 1605 01:42:25,562 --> 01:42:30,192 - You got lucky there. - Yep, it was luck. 1606 01:42:30,275 --> 01:42:34,279 So, that's it then, hmm? 1607 01:42:34,321 --> 01:42:39,368 Just like a young man coming in for a quickie. 1608 01:42:39,451 --> 01:42:44,206 I feel so unsatisfied. 1609 01:42:44,289 --> 01:42:46,208 I'm sorry. 1610 01:42:46,291 --> 01:42:50,003 You must feel proud and good. 1611 01:42:50,087 --> 01:42:53,173 Strong enough to beat the world. 1612 01:42:54,758 --> 01:42:59,429 - I feel fine. - Me too. I feel okay. 1613 01:43:00,931 --> 01:43:04,476 'Course maybe we check with one other guy, see how he feels. 1614 01:43:04,518 --> 01:43:07,145 Grama! 1615 01:43:10,023 --> 01:43:12,484 I thought I smelled him. 1616 01:43:12,526 --> 01:43:14,903 I'll take what's ours. 1617 01:43:14,987 --> 01:43:17,865 'Course you could let it ride, Mike. 1618 01:43:17,906 --> 01:43:20,993 Take your chances. You could let this happen, Grama? 1619 01:43:21,034 --> 01:43:23,078 Sure, partner. 1620 01:43:23,161 --> 01:43:26,331 He still has till morning to make good. 1621 01:43:26,415 --> 01:43:31,879 Uh, you know what? I got my five grand here. That's just fine by me. 1622 01:43:31,962 --> 01:43:35,174 - I'm going home. - Fine. 1623 01:43:35,257 --> 01:43:37,593 It's a fucking joke anyway. 1624 01:43:37,676 --> 01:43:42,347 After all, I am paying you with your money. 1625 01:43:45,225 --> 01:43:48,645 - What did you say? - Your money. 1626 01:43:48,729 --> 01:43:52,149 I am still up 20 grand... 1627 01:43:52,232 --> 01:43:55,777 from this last time I stick it in you. 1628 01:43:55,861 --> 01:44:00,032 [MIKE NARRATING] They're trying to goad me, trying to own me. 1629 01:44:00,115 --> 01:44:05,204 But this isn't a gunfight. It's not about pride or ego. It's only about money. 1630 01:44:05,287 --> 01:44:08,999 I can leave now, even with Grama and KGB... 1631 01:44:09,082 --> 01:44:12,544 and halfway to paying Petrovsky back. 1632 01:44:12,586 --> 01:44:14,546 That's the safe play. 1633 01:44:14,588 --> 01:44:18,300 I told Worm you can't lose what you don't put in the middle. 1634 01:44:18,383 --> 01:44:22,221 - Deal 'em. - But you can't win much either. 1635 01:44:24,431 --> 01:44:26,475 Checks! 1636 01:44:28,393 --> 01:44:32,356 - [MIKE] Double the blinds? - Yeah. 1637 01:44:32,439 --> 01:44:34,566 Table stakes. 1638 01:44:34,608 --> 01:44:38,153 Good. Feel free to reload at any time. 1639 01:44:39,404 --> 01:44:42,407 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 1640 01:44:54,336 --> 01:44:57,881 You must be kicking yourself... 1641 01:44:57,965 --> 01:45:02,094 for not walking out when you could. 1642 01:45:04,137 --> 01:45:06,598 Bad judgment. 1643 01:45:06,640 --> 01:45:08,851 But... 1644 01:45:08,934 --> 01:45:11,311 don't you worry, son. 1645 01:45:11,353 --> 01:45:15,357 It will all be over soon. 1646 01:45:20,779 --> 01:45:22,447 Okay. 1647 01:45:46,722 --> 01:45:48,682 Check. 1648 01:45:50,267 --> 01:45:53,812 No check here. I tap you. 1649 01:46:08,660 --> 01:46:10,996 I'm laying this down, Teddy. 1650 01:46:12,539 --> 01:46:14,875 Top two pair. 1651 01:46:14,958 --> 01:46:18,462 It's a monster hand, and I'm gonna lay that down... 1652 01:46:18,545 --> 01:46:22,508 'cause you got two-four, and I'm not gonna draw against a made hand. 1653 01:46:27,721 --> 01:46:31,517 Lays down a monster. 1654 01:46:37,397 --> 01:46:40,025 Should have paid me off on that. 1655 01:46:42,486 --> 01:46:46,031 Why the fuck did you lay that down? 1656 01:47:01,421 --> 01:47:04,925 Wow. Not hungry? 1657 01:47:05,008 --> 01:47:08,220 Mr. Son of a Bitch. 1658 01:47:08,262 --> 01:47:11,640 Let's play some cards. 1659 01:47:11,723 --> 01:47:13,642 [MIKE NARRATING] The rule is this: 1660 01:47:13,725 --> 01:47:17,020 You spot a man's tell, you don't say a fucking word. 1661 01:47:17,104 --> 01:47:19,022 I finally spotted KGB's. 1662 01:47:19,106 --> 01:47:23,402 And usually I would've let him go on chewing those Oreos till he was dead broke. 1663 01:47:23,443 --> 01:47:28,282 But I don't have that kind of time. I've only got till morning. 1664 01:47:28,323 --> 01:47:32,703 Not even Teddy KGB's immune to getting a little rattled. 1665 01:47:32,786 --> 01:47:36,540 Enough is enough, Teddy. Finish the fucking kid off. 1666 01:47:36,623 --> 01:47:39,585 Hanging around. Hanging around. 1667 01:47:39,626 --> 01:47:44,423 Kid's got alligator blood. Can't get rid of him. 1668 01:47:47,551 --> 01:47:50,345 No, I'm not going anywhere. Double the blind. 1669 01:47:50,429 --> 01:47:53,015 Okay. 1670 01:47:53,098 --> 01:47:54,808 I call. 1671 01:48:04,067 --> 01:48:05,986 Check. 1672 01:48:17,915 --> 01:48:20,125 Two grand. 1673 01:48:23,629 --> 01:48:25,881 All right, I'll call the two grand. I'll gamble. 1674 01:48:25,964 --> 01:48:28,342 Don't splash the pot. 1675 01:48:29,468 --> 01:48:33,388 You're on a draw, Mike? Go away. 1676 01:48:33,472 --> 01:48:35,807 This one is not good for you. 1677 01:48:35,849 --> 01:48:41,313 And in my club, I will splash the pot whenever the fuck I please. 1678 01:48:41,355 --> 01:48:43,482 Okay. 1679 01:48:48,737 --> 01:48:51,240 [SIGHS] 1680 01:48:51,323 --> 01:48:53,325 I'm gonna check, Teddy. 1681 01:48:54,868 --> 01:48:56,828 That's right. 1682 01:48:56,870 --> 01:49:01,333 Big daddy... 1683 01:49:01,375 --> 01:49:04,211 bets... 1684 01:49:04,294 --> 01:49:06,755 the pot. 1685 01:49:10,551 --> 01:49:12,511 That's 4,400. 1686 01:49:12,553 --> 01:49:15,931 All right, I'm gonna call you, or else I won't respect myself tomorrow morning. 1687 01:49:16,014 --> 01:49:19,685 Respect is all you'll have left in the morning. 1688 01:49:21,812 --> 01:49:25,357 Last card coming. 1689 01:49:35,617 --> 01:49:37,786 Check. 1690 01:49:37,870 --> 01:49:41,373 It hurts, doesn't it? 1691 01:49:41,456 --> 01:49:45,669 You can't believe what fell. 1692 01:49:45,752 --> 01:49:49,214 All your dreams... dashed. 1693 01:49:49,298 --> 01:49:53,385 Hopes down the fucking drain. 1694 01:49:53,427 --> 01:49:57,723 Your fate, he is sitting right beside you. 1695 01:49:57,806 --> 01:50:00,726 That ace could not have helped you. 1696 01:50:00,767 --> 01:50:03,061 [CHIPS RATTLING] 1697 01:50:03,103 --> 01:50:07,441 I bet it all. 1698 01:50:12,905 --> 01:50:16,491 You're right, Teddy. The ace didn't help me. 1699 01:50:18,744 --> 01:50:21,121 I flopped a nut straight. 1700 01:50:22,915 --> 01:50:26,293 Motherfucker! [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 1701 01:50:26,335 --> 01:50:29,922 - Motherfucker! That is it! - [GRAMA] That's it? 1702 01:50:30,005 --> 01:50:31,965 What the fuck you talking about? 1703 01:50:32,007 --> 01:50:34,259 - Take him down, Teddy. - Nyet! Nyet! No more! 1704 01:50:34,343 --> 01:50:36,678 No! Not tonight! 1705 01:50:36,762 --> 01:50:41,475 This son of bitch, all night he check, check, check. 1706 01:50:41,558 --> 01:50:43,477 He trapped me! 1707 01:50:43,560 --> 01:50:46,146 Well, you feeling satisfied now, Teddy? 1708 01:50:46,230 --> 01:50:49,316 'Cause I can go on busting you up all night. 1709 01:50:49,399 --> 01:50:52,027 Nyet! Nyet! 1710 01:50:57,324 --> 01:51:00,953 He beat me. Straight up. 1711 01:51:01,995 --> 01:51:03,956 Pay him. 1712 01:51:05,249 --> 01:51:07,960 Pay that man his money. 1713 01:51:49,835 --> 01:51:53,338 Turned my ten grand into just over 60. 1714 01:51:53,422 --> 01:51:57,009 Paid 15 to Grama, six went back to the Chesterfield. 1715 01:51:57,092 --> 01:52:00,596 As for Worm, well, I figure we're even. 1716 01:52:00,679 --> 01:52:03,724 And after the ten going back to the professor, 1717 01:52:03,807 --> 01:52:08,645 I'm back where I started, with three stacks of high society. 1718 01:52:17,738 --> 01:52:19,698 Hey. 1719 01:52:21,742 --> 01:52:27,039 - You look like hell. - Ah, well, you should've seen me yesterday. 1720 01:52:29,082 --> 01:52:32,336 - Are you okay? - Yeah, I'm okay. You? 1721 01:52:33,921 --> 01:52:36,048 Now I am. 1722 01:52:40,677 --> 01:52:42,804 So, you're outta here, huh? 1723 01:52:42,888 --> 01:52:48,560 Yeah, I'm... I figure there's nothing left for me here. 1724 01:52:48,644 --> 01:52:52,564 Listen, um, will you give this to Petrovsky? 1725 01:52:52,606 --> 01:52:56,652 I... didn't want to wake him up. It's still a little early. 1726 01:52:56,735 --> 01:52:59,738 Can I count on you to do that? 1727 01:52:59,821 --> 01:53:02,908 You could always count on me, Mike. 1728 01:53:04,493 --> 01:53:06,453 Thanks. 1729 01:53:06,495 --> 01:53:08,789 Take care, Jo. 1730 01:53:10,374 --> 01:53:14,294 Hey. Call me. 1731 01:53:15,712 --> 01:53:17,631 If you need a lawyer. 1732 01:53:17,714 --> 01:53:20,259 I will. 1733 01:53:20,300 --> 01:53:23,095 And I will. 1734 01:53:41,947 --> 01:53:43,866 Kennedy Airport. 1735 01:53:52,916 --> 01:53:57,004 - So, where you headed? - I'm going to Vegas. 1736 01:53:57,087 --> 01:53:59,464 - Vegas, huh? - Yeah. 1737 01:53:59,506 --> 01:54:01,466 Good luck, man. 1738 01:54:01,508 --> 01:54:04,636 [MIKE NARRATING] People insist on calling it luck. 1739 01:54:04,720 --> 01:54:06,680 Thanks. 1740 01:54:09,433 --> 01:54:13,061 First prize at the World Series of Poker is a million bucks. 1741 01:54:13,145 --> 01:54:16,565 Does it have my name on it? I don't know. 1742 01:54:16,648 --> 01:54:18,901 But I'm gonna find out. 1743 01:54:47,429 --> 01:54:50,182 Da, da, da, da 1744 01:54:50,224 --> 01:54:52,726 Da, da, da, da 1745 01:54:52,809 --> 01:54:55,229 Da, da, da, da 1746 01:54:55,270 --> 01:54:58,440 Da, da, da, da, yeah 1747 01:54:59,942 --> 01:55:03,904 La, la, la, la, la la, la, yeah 1748 01:55:06,073 --> 01:55:10,118 Gonna get out on the road tonight 1749 01:55:10,202 --> 01:55:14,331 'Cause I got a hollow in my head 1750 01:55:14,414 --> 01:55:19,545 Just checkin' it up, baby one more time for you 1751 01:55:19,628 --> 01:55:25,634 Checkin' it up until the pile hits the sky 1752 01:55:25,717 --> 01:55:30,389 It's like I think I'm sick of cocaine 1753 01:55:30,430 --> 01:55:34,977 But l, I got a feelin' like it's runnin' in my veins 1754 01:55:35,060 --> 01:55:40,440 Just checkin' it up, baby one more time for you 1755 01:55:40,524 --> 01:55:45,237 Checkin' it up until the pile hits the sky 1756 01:55:45,279 --> 01:55:49,157 Even the best years leave a lot to be desired 1757 01:55:49,241 --> 01:55:52,578 And then they've passed you by 1758 01:55:57,666 --> 01:56:00,252 All these seasons 1759 01:56:00,294 --> 01:56:05,424 All this time spinnin' past till they leave you 1760 01:56:05,507 --> 01:56:07,551 Far behind 1761 01:56:07,634 --> 01:56:12,598 Lay me down in the circle where the spotlight shines 1762 01:56:12,639 --> 01:56:19,605 'Cause all this pleasure gets me high 1763 01:56:25,736 --> 01:56:27,779 Da, da, da, da 1764 01:56:27,821 --> 01:56:30,365 Da, da, da, da 1765 01:56:30,449 --> 01:56:33,327 Da, da, da, da, yeah 1766 01:56:33,368 --> 01:56:35,621 Da, da, da, da 1767 01:56:35,704 --> 01:56:39,791 Some people will cut you till you're bleedin' 1768 01:56:39,875 --> 01:56:44,213 Not me 'cause I just wanna do it to myself 1769 01:56:44,296 --> 01:56:49,801 I'm just checkin' it up, baby one more time for you 1770 01:56:49,843 --> 01:56:55,307 Checkin' it up until the pile hits the sky 1771 01:56:55,349 --> 01:56:58,018 Even the best years are a waste of time 1772 01:56:58,101 --> 01:57:02,940 But, baby I'm a big star now 1773 01:57:03,023 --> 01:57:06,860 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 1774 01:57:06,944 --> 01:57:09,988 All these seasons 1775 01:57:10,072 --> 01:57:15,160 All this time spinnin' past till they leave you 1776 01:57:15,244 --> 01:57:17,204 Far behind 1777 01:57:17,246 --> 01:57:22,209 Lay me down in the circle where the spotlight shines 1778 01:57:22,292 --> 01:57:31,927 'Cause all this pleasure gets me high 1779 01:57:32,010 --> 01:57:34,888 Oh, oh 1780 01:57:34,972 --> 01:57:37,474 Da, da, da, da 1781 01:57:37,558 --> 01:57:40,394 Da, da, da, da, ha 1782 01:57:40,477 --> 01:57:41,979 Da, da, da, da 1783 01:57:42,062 --> 01:57:44,398 A-da, a-da, da 1784 01:58:26,773 --> 01:58:30,068 All these seasons 1785 01:58:30,110 --> 01:58:34,948 All this time spinnin' past till they leave you 1786 01:58:35,032 --> 01:58:36,950 Far behind 1787 01:58:37,034 --> 01:58:42,206 Lay me down in the circle where the spotlight shines 1788 01:58:42,289 --> 01:58:47,044 Turn your back on the people who draw the lines 1789 01:58:47,127 --> 01:58:52,257 Put your faith in the answers that you can't find 1790 01:58:52,341 --> 01:58:56,970 Hit the ground hard, runnin' down that highway line 1791 01:58:57,054 --> 01:59:02,643 Say a prayer for the ones you have left behind 1792 01:59:02,726 --> 01:59:10,943 'Cause all this pleasure gets them high 1793 01:59:11,026 --> 01:59:13,987 A-ha, ha, ha 1794 01:59:15,822 --> 01:59:17,950 Da, da, da, da 1795 01:59:18,033 --> 01:59:20,786 Da, da, da, da 1796 01:59:20,827 --> 01:59:23,705 Da, da, da, da, ah 1797 01:59:23,789 --> 01:59:26,458 'Cause I don't wanna give it back, no 1798 01:59:26,542 --> 01:59:28,877 And I don't wanna give it back, no 1799 01:59:28,961 --> 01:59:31,672 Said I don't wanna give it back, oh 1800 01:59:31,755 --> 01:59:34,258 I don't wanna give it back, uh, uh 1801 01:59:34,341 --> 01:59:36,969 I don't wanna give it back, no 1802 01:59:37,052 --> 01:59:38,971 I don't wanna give it back, no 1803 01:59:39,012 --> 01:59:41,640 Said I don't wanna give it back 1804 01:59:41,682 --> 01:59:44,935 Said I don't wanna I don't wanna, I don't wanna I don't wanna, I don't wanna 1805 01:59:45,018 --> 01:59:47,020 Give it back, no 1806 01:59:47,104 --> 01:59:49,565 Said I don't wanna give it back, no 1807 01:59:49,648 --> 01:59:51,817 Said I don't wanna give it back, no 1808 01:59:51,900 --> 01:59:54,987 Said I don't wanna I don't wanna, I don't wanna I don't wanna, I don't wanna 1809 01:59:55,028 --> 01:59:57,155 Give it back, no 1810 01:59:57,239 --> 01:59:59,658 Oh, I don't wanna give it back, no 1811 01:59:59,700 --> 02:00:02,244 Said I don't wanna give it back, no 1812 02:00:02,327 --> 02:00:06,540 Said I don't want to 1813 02:00:06,623 --> 02:00:08,876 No, no 1814 02:00:13,255 --> 02:00:19,011 I don't wanna give it back, no 1815 02:00:19,052 --> 02:00:28,478 Oh, oh, no, no, no, no no, no, no, no, no, no