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RADIO DJ:
This is New Country, 95.5,
country from the heart,

sending out a big welcome
to all the hopefuls in town

for the 2003 World Series
of Poker.

Here's a George Jones classic
for all you players

in the game of cards...
Or the game of love.

(COUNTRY BALLAD PLAYING)

♪ I've had good luck

(ENTRY BELL CLANGING)

♪ Bad luck

♪ And no luck, it's true

♪ But I always get lucky
with you

Evening.

150.

Brand-new,
never been used.

I got three of 'em.
150.

It costs 500.
150.

I need three.

Sorry.

♪ But I always get lucky
with you

You have three
digital cameras,

all the same.

Pretty much.

Well, here's what you can
do with four cameras

that you can't do
with three.

You take two of the cameras,
you price them identically.

The third camera,
you price a little less.

The fourth camera you
price a little higher.

Customer comes in
wanting to buy a camera.

Figures the least expensive
camera is either a bargain

or there's something
wrong with it.

But it gets him thinking.

It gets him
talking to you.

In other words, you've
got him in the game.

Odds are he doesn't take
camera number three

'cause he reads
it as defective.

But it pushes him towards
cameras one and two,

which he already thinks
are a good deal,

because of the higher price
of camera number four.

Or maybe he's drawn
to camera number four.

I mean, why is this
camera more expensive?

You tell him it's
never been used.

You point out that
cameras one and two

have never been used either,
the only difference is,

camera number four
is still in the box.

Now, he does one
of two things.

He either buys one of your
cameras at the regular price,

which he now
thinks is a bargain,

or he springs for
the one in the box,

because he plans
to give it to someone

as a present and he needs
the box so it looks new

and not like some camera he
just picked up at a pawn shop.

You're good.

So, by purchasing this
camera in its box,

you increase the
value of the three cameras
you already have.

You work this hard
at your day job?

(CHUCKLES)

Only problem is,
my cameras all
have boxes.

♪ I've been turned on

♪ Turned down

What?

I'll tell you what.

If you could show
me your boxes,

I'll give you my
camera for nothing.

But if you can't, you pay
three bills for mine.

You're pretty
sure of yourself.

You don't have
the boxes, do you?

I'll give you the 150...

Plus 50 for the entertainment,
but that's as high as I go.

Done.

♪ I've had two strikes
against me

♪ Most all of the time ♪

What about this?

What's it worth?

To me or to you?

Well, it's worth a lot to me.
It was my mother's.

She used to take it off when
she was doing the dishes,

and then, one day, my dad took
off with it to get some cash.

How'd you get it?

I won it off him
in a poker game.

It was too late to do
my mom any good, though.

Sorry to hear that.

Plain band,
nothing special.

I could give you 100 for it,
you'll have your 300.

He told me it was worth
a lot more than that.

So sell it back to him.

I'm not selling
it to you.

I'll be back for it.

What's your name?

Huck.

Well, Huck...

I'll give you another buck
and a half for the ring.

And you have 120 days
to come back and see me.

(ENGINE RUMBLING)

("LUCKY TOWN"
BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PLAYS)

♪ Well, house got too crowded

♪ Clothes got too tight

♪ And I don't know
just where I'm going tonight

♪ Out where the sky's been
cleared by a good hard rain

♪ There's somebody callin'
my secret name

♪ I'm going down
to Lucky Town

♪ Going down to Lucky Town

♪ I wanna lose
these blues I've found

♪ Down in Lucky Town ♪

♪ Baby, down in Lucky Town

♪ Well, here's to your
good looks, baby

♪ Now here's to my health

♪ Here's to the loaded places
that we take ourselves

♪ When it comes to luck
you make your own

♪ Tonight I got dirt
on my hands

♪ But I'm building me
a new home

♪ Baby, down in
Lucky Town

(SONG FADING OUT)

FEMALE SINGER:
♪ Dance me through the panic

♪ Till I'm gathered
safely in

♪ Lift me
like an olive branch

♪ And be my homeless dove

♪ Dance me to
the end of love

Hey, Huck.

♪ Dance me to
the end of love ♪

(COINS CLINKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SLOT MACHINES RINGING)

WOMAN 1: There's a
seat available at
table number four

in just a few minutes for you.
MAN 1: Thank you.

WOMAN 2: Sir, can I
get you a cocktail?
MAN 2: Uh, what I'd like is...

What time can you
have it here then?

All right.
Best you can do.

Get it here
soon as you can.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

Beating up on a whale.

Some real estate guy
from Florida.

I guess you could
call that a tell.

He's stuck a
quarter mil and change.

I'm down with the little fish
tonight, Tommy.

Swim with the guppies
for a while.

Okay, kid, good luck.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Get some good cards, dealer.

350.

Small blind, big blind.

Sir, you want to post?
Yeah.

WAITRESS:
Water, Huck?

Yeah, thanks.

I raise.

MAN: Hmm.

Let's raise it up then.

Oh, that's a good
decision. You, too.

All very
good decisions,

especially you,
water boy.

How do you like
that river, water boy?

16's the bet.

It'll only hurt
for a little while.

Really.

You're betting like
you have the eight
for the belly straight.

Or you might have
caught a third seven.

Hmm...

No matter how I look at it,
you probably got me beat.

But then again...

Maybe you don't.

He's raised to 32.

Thank you.

(CHUCKLES)

Screw it.

Never touch
another player's cards.

Nothin'.

You raised me
with nothin'?

Sometimes nothin's enough.

(LAUGHING)

(MOCKING LAUGHTER)
Let's blind 'em up, boys.

Show cards, please.

Pair of queens.

Maverick, jacks and queens.

Two pair is good, sir.

A winner.

Thank you.

Gentlemen.

It's great to be alive,
isn't it?

(CHIPS CLICKING)

Raise.

Sometime today, sunshine.

You in a hurry?

Places to go, people to see?

Maybe.

See if we can get you there
a little faster, cowboy.

Raise.

Back at you.

HOSTESS:
I'll take care
of it right away.

Giddyap.

Okay, that's eight...

10,000...

228.

Do you want that
in cash or chips?

Give me the 10 in chips,
Lorena.

Robin, grab Huck's box
for me, please.

(WHISPERING)
What time's your shift end?

Oh, not for another
three hours.

Ah, my first bad beat tonight.

(ISLAND-STYLE MUSIC PLAYING)

Get it over!
(SPECTATORS SHOUTING)

(ALL GROANING)

What was that?
Here you go.
Here you go.

All right,
the over/under is three.

All right, I got the under.
Who's got over?

Hey, Huck, how you doing?

Hey, three times over the net
pays off, five pays double.

You want some
of the action?

No, no thanks, Eddie.
Okay.

All right, all right, who's
got points on the side?

That's payday.
That's payday.

Come on. You can do
better than that!

Smell it. It's new.

Smells good, right?

Yes.

(CHUCKLES)

But it's not cologne
or deodorant or anything.

It's just me.

(CHUCKLING)
It's just like my natural...

I know, it's weird,
but I...

Sorry, time
got away from me.

It happens.

I know, but I keep saying
it won't happen again.

But it does.

And I'm late.

(STAMMERING)
So you guys are...

Yeah.

Nice to have met you.

Nice to have
met you.

Do you always intrude
on private conversations?

Well, it seemed like
an intrusion might be welcome.

So you're a mind reader.

Body.

Your body language
indicated a certain
lack of enthusiasm.

You might have been wrong.

(CHUCKLES)

Huck.

Billie.

New in town?

No.

Really?

So you are wrong
every once in a while.

Hey. Sorry I'm late.

That's what he just said.

Yeah, but he's
a poker player, Billie,

so you can't believe
anything he says.

Busted. Suzanne.

How you doing, Huck?

Great, now that
I've met your friend.

My sister.

Your sister?

My little sister.

Little sister.
Even better.

Ginger, hey.

Hey, Huck.

Ginger.

This is my sister
Billie.

She just got in
from Bakersfield.

This is Gary.

Hey, you work
at the...

At the Venetian.
You're the gondola guy.

That was last year.

I'm a Nubian slave
at the Luxor now.

We got to go.
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

See you Saturday
at the party?

Yeah.
Hope you enjoy your visit.

Suzanne.

That was a fast
withdrawal.

Yeah, well, Huck's not
one to waste any time.

You're my sister. There's no
way I'm letting that happen.

Bad news?

There's quite a few who would
say it's a good time.

Does that include you?

No, I had Huck's number
pretty early on.

What number is that?

Hustle, ten.
Commitment, zero.

Maybe he hasn't found
what he's looking for.

Billie...

No, don't even think about it.

Come on, we've been
through this before.

Some people don't
want to be fixed.

They like things
just the way they are.

♪ Yeah, yeah, hey,
I'm all shook up ♪

TOMMY:
French toast,
bacon on the side,

fruit, strawberries only...

Uh, hang on a second, Lucy.

Why don't you just go
rest up a little, Huck?
We never close.

No time like
the present, Tommy.

WOMAN:
Oh, I should have
gotten away from that.

Hey, Huck.
Hey.

How are things going, Huck?
Okay, Sam.

Fasten your seat belts.
Huck is here.

What's for breakfast?

Don't say "You are."

(LAUGHTER)

DEALER:
86 for low.

87.

Ace wins for high.

MAN 1: Whoo!
MAN 2: You win the whole pot.

Nice game.
Another one, Huck.

Look who's here,
everybody.
L.C.: Good morning, gentlemen.

Oh, he's back.
Hey, L.C.

What's going on?
Good to see you.

How you doing?
Sammy. Chow.

Hey, L.C.,
good to see you.

Michelle, my belle.
Mmm...

MICHELLE:
You in town
for the tournament?

L.C.:
Yeah, well,
someone's got to try

and stem the tide of
those couch potatoes.

Is there an empty seat?

Yeah, right here,
between me and Chow.

20,000.

Couldn't go another world
series without you, L.C.

So how was
the south of France?

French.

They hate our politics,
but they love our games.

I'm happy to say.

(LAUGHTER)

Yeah.
Looks like the kid

has got the jump
on everybody.

What's new and
different, kid?

Your hair,
for one thing.

PLAYERS: Ooh.

Kid tries to bring out
the worst in people.

As I get on in years,
like all human beings,

I've become acquainted
with vanity.

(LAUGHTER)

How about you?
You still blasting away?

1,000 to go.

Re-raise.

Nice to play
with you again, kid.

What do you say?

Not a spectator sport.

5,000.

How deep are you?

Oh, I've got
about 18,000.

Okay.

I'm putting you all in.

Well, I'm going to have
to call you, L.C.,

'cause my pretty ladies are
just dying to step out.

Well, they'll be
in good company.

(PLAYERS GASP AND GROAN)
MAN: Three kings.

(CHUCKLES)
You son of a bitch.

You're the only man
I enjoy losing money to.

Loan me 20, L.C.?

Is there anybody
who doesn't owe you?

L.C.: Just you, kid.

Just you.

DEALER: 8,000.

L.C.: It's an
interesting situation.

I had you sitting
with a medium pocket pair.

Nines wired, perhaps,

which would give you a set.

You had me figured
for a straight draw.

The question is,
am I four to a flush, too?

Now, with a pot
this size,

I'll call you no matter
what you raise.

The prudent thing
would be to just call,

protect your chips, so you
can play again another day.

No, Prudence,
the question is,

are you talking
'cause you got the diamonds

or are you talking
'cause you don't?

You and I both know what the
book says you should do, kid.

Is that what
you do now?

Just play by the book?

You might as well
play online.

Raise.

I'm all in.

You're sure? Now, you can
pull it back if you want.
(LAUGHING)

I'd bet more if I had it.

You would?
Yeah.

I'll gladly let you throw
in that charm of yours,

that wedding ring
you're fond of carrying.

Although, I notice you
don't have it with you.

You're right. I don't.

But I'll put up
the pawn ticket
that redeems it

against that wristwatch
you're wearing.

Yeah?

Okay, may I?

Get out of here.

A buck and a half?

You must have been
up against it, kid.

I know that ring's worth
a lot more than that to you.

And my watch is worth
a lot more than that to me.

My father's 1938 Bulova.

He wore it
through the war.

But I'll take that bet.

Anybody mind?

MAN:
Are you kidding?

Come on.
This is
between you two.

But we're happy
to watch.

So insane.
(CHUCKLING)

I got you covered.

Possible flush,

open-ended
straight draw.

How are you fixed?

L.C.:
Pocket nines.

Imagine that.

(CHUCKLING)

Let's see the river.

DEALER:
Diamond flush the winner.

(SCOFFS)

This hurts.
Too bad, Huckleberry.

Sometimes it pays
to be prudent.

Hey, Huck, you know
what your problem is?

You.

You're a great player.
You know the math.

I think you read
your opponents

as well as anybody
I've ever seen.

The trouble is,
you're a blaster.

You always have been.

Thanks for
the analysis.

Listen, go for broke, you're
going to wind up broke.

He drew lucky.

I caught a case
of second best.

Yeah, yeah,
you want sympathy?

You'll find it somewhere
between "shit"

and "syphilis"
In the dictionary.

I'm telling you, if you don't
leave your volatility at home,

you're never gonna
be in the same league
with these guys.

What do you want, Roy?

I want you to play
with my money.

It'll even you out.
It'll make you
a better player.

Your money's not involved.

Your emotions will be
less involved.

I'll stake you the 10 grand
buy-in to the World Series,

we split the winnings,
60 me, 40 you.

Let me ask
you something.

How much
do you weigh?

150, give or take a little.

How much do
you think I weigh?

185.

185.

Now, you tell me. How well do
you think I'm gonna play

with an additional
150 pounds on my back?

Give or take a little.

That is an
arbitration clause,

but it may not
be binding.

We may be in very good luck.

Why don't you read me
paragraph two again,

one more time from the top,
will you?

Hope this isn't
about money.

It's good to see
you, Huckster.

(PHONE RINGING)

1-900-Mental.
MAN (ON PHONE)
Is this a real psychologist?

Yes, all of our
psychologists

are board-certified
and credited.

That's a relief because--
One moment, please.

Okay.
(PHONE RINGING)

I have a--
1-900-Defend, please hold.

Yes, this is Dr. Schuman.
Uh, may I ask your name?

(ON PHONE) Yeah, Toby.

What seems to be
the problem, Toby?
(PHONE BEEPS)

It's my girlfriend.
I keep catching her in lies...

Come on, Jack.
Turn into 1-900-Loans,

spot me 1,000
to get me going again.

What did I
just tell you?

Dr. Schuman, you there?
Uh, sorry, Toby, yes.

But when I drive
by her house, she's out.

Well, what do you think
she's telling you

with this chronic
behavior?

I don't know.

I'm wondering if I
shouldn't put you on

with our relationship
and commitment therapist...

Dr. Gregory.
Okay.

You're playing a losing hand.
Sorry to keep you on hold.

TOBY:
Really? You think so?

This is a classic case
of throwing good money
after bad.

You should just
get out, Toby.

Thanks, Doctor.
Uh, hold on
one moment.

Our contract specialist
will be with you presently.

What are you doing?
What?

Rule number one.
Be a listener.

Listen.

I can't help you, Huck.
I want to, but I can't.

Jack, come on, you
know I'm good for it.

WOMAN: (ON PHONE)
Why does everyone
try to take advantage of me?

Cheryl, I am hearing you

express your pain and
I'm feeling empathy.

You understand,
don't you, Doctor?

Yes, from my
own experience.

I know how
disheartening it is

to feel that you're being
taken advantage of by friends.

All they do is take from me.

Exactly, Cheryl.

When the motives
become monetary,

it's parasitic.

It is parasitic.

(PHONE BEEPS)
Julie split
and took the kids.

I think she
means it this time.

(SCOFFS)
She always means it.
No, I'm telling you.

She does not even want to
talk about talking about it.

You might have to dial
1-900-It's-Over.

Thanks.

CHERYL: (ON PHONE)
I don't have anyone
to go to movies with.

I don't even
go to restaurants.

You okay?

I don't have anybody
to talk to.

No.

I'm never going to be happy.

I just have to face it.
Don't you ever get lonely?

I don't know what I'm going
to do with myself.

I feel as though
I'm stuck here,

waiting for my life to start.

If I could just
hit a button...

With friends like you?

Never.

Still not getting
nickel one.

Damn.

(CHERYL CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY)

That's not fair
to you, Cheryl.

Are you gonna
accept that?

(HUMMING QUIETLY)

HUCK:
You locked out?

Either that, or I just enjoy
sitting on staircases.

How long before Suzanne
will be back?

I don't know.

She was gonna
loan me some money.

Oh, yeah?

Well...

I've got...

...$19, is that enough?

That's all you
brought with you?

And $1,000
in traveler's checks.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Excuse me.

Hello?

Yes, this is she.

Yes, hello.

Tonight? Yes.

All right,
thank you very much.

I got a job!

Singing at Dean's.

Dino's?

You know the place!
Sure.

It's my first job
singing professionally.

Well, we should celebrate.

This is an occasion.

You're right. It is.

Well, let's go.

(MUSIC PLAYING)
CASHIER:
Good luck to you.

Thank you.

Discipline's the key.

We have serious
celebrating to do.

So we only play until
we double our money.

Okay.

Do you know how
to play poker?

I know that three of
a kind beats two pair.

Very good.
Thank you!

ANNOUNCER: (OVER PA)
Binion's Horseshoe
Casino in downtown Las Vegas,

the proud home
of the World Series of Poker.

The 2003 Omaha event
will commence in two hours

in Benny's Bullpen.

DEALER:
Lines, please.

Okay, in Texas Hold 'Em,

each player gets two cards
that no one else sees.

Okay.

And five cards are dealt
face up on the table.

Now, these are cards
that everybody can use.

So if you think you have
the best two cards,

or two cards you'd like
to draw to, you bet.

And if you don't,
you fold.

Raise.

DEALER: Call.

DEALER: Four players.

Check.
Check.

(SOFTLY)
If, for instance,

someone had a king
in the hall,

they'd now have two pair,

kings and fours.

One more heart,
and you've got a flush.

(GASPS)

(LAUGHS)
That's right.

Of course, the trick is to not
let the other players know

when you've got
something good.

Okay.
Hence the expression
"poker face."

DEALER:
Three players.

Check.
DEALER:
Check it.

DEALER: 40.

DEALER: Raise it to 80.

I call.

DEALER: Call 80.

Check.

DEALER: Check it.

Check it.

What are you doing?

DEALER: 40.

I'll raise.

DEALER: Raise it to 80.

I give her a king
and a queen in the hole

for an ace-high straight.

Yeah?
DEALER: Fold.

I call. I've got
Broderick Crawford.

Tens and fours, two pair.

A straight.

Ace-high straight, the winner.

MAN: Nice hand.

MAN 2: Over and out.

How'd you know?

It was the way she
bet before the flop,

and the way she
bet after the flop.

A good fold is as
important as a win,

sometimes more important.

Pair of kings.
Kings are the winner.

(SPUTTERS)

(LAUGHS)
This is fun.

DEALER:
Lines, please.

Hey, Huck,
how they falling?

Lester.

Billie Offer.

Nice to meet you.

Hey, Huck, Ready Eddie
just bet me 20 large

I couldn't live
in the bathroom

at the Aladdin for a month.

You going to take
him up on it?
I'm thinking about it.

Hey, you want a piece
of my action if I do?

Thirty days in the bathroom.
How hard can it be?

Maybe I can even get him
to give us odds.

I'm kind of financially
handicapped right now.

So, Billie.

100 bucks says

I can make it from here
to the end of the room

without touching the ground.

Uh...
Bet.

Fold.

MAN 1: Call 40.
MAN 2: 20 to call.

(LAUGHING)

DEALER: Three players.

Send the 100 over.

Well, you still
owe me $1,000

from miniature golf, remember?

Shovel against the rake?

Then put it on my account.

Did that man have breasts or
is he physically challenged?

DEALER:
Call is 40.

Well, someone said
he'd bet him 50 grand

he wouldn't get
breast implants

and keep them for six months.

A guy named Zenbick did it for
12 months a couple years ago.

He said the women went
wild for the breasts,

so Lester took the bet.

DEALER:
Raise. Play for 80.

Well, he should wear
a more flattering blouse.

Hey, Huck, can I
get you anything?

No, thanks, Sherry.

You must play a lot.

You know so many people.

This is what I do.

What, like a job?

You don't work,
you just gamble?

Well, who said
it's not work?

It's the work this
city is all about.

I'm all in.

Raise, all in.

Playing for 35.

It's 35 to play.

Call.

(WHISPERS) Why did you turn
your cards over?

Well, he's out of chips.

So there's
no more betting.

DEALER:
Two players.
Oh.

DEALER:
Pair of queens.

Unless he gets
another nine,
we've got him.

Come on, nine.

(SING-SONG)
♪ Come on, nine ♪

Come on, nine.

Yes!
Yes!

DEALER:
Three nines
the winner.

(LAUGHING)

DEALER:
Thank you.
Well, you beat him once.

It doesn't work like that.

Well, maybe
it should.

MAN 3:
L.C.! Great to see you.
How you doing?

It's been a while.
Yes, it has.

DEALER:
Lines, please.

Hello, Huck.

Hey!
Hey.

You remember Isabel.

Beautiful as ever.

Mmm, thank you.

I hear that your left
pocket is empty.

Really?

(CHUCKLING)

How you hittin' 'em?

Down the middle.

Well, we should tee it up.
It's been a long time.

I, uh, went and got
this out of hock.

It's nice to
have it back.

I have a feeling it's
gonna bring me luck.

I'm L.C.

Hi, I'm Billie Offer.
Nice to meet you.

DEALER:
Thank you very much.

Is he related to you?

Why do you say that?

'Cause your eyes
went all quiet.

DEALER:
Lines, please.

In poker, we call
that a "tell."

He's my father.

Dr. Laura says
if you live your life
angry at your parents,

you're only hurting yourself.

Well, who said I was
angry at anybody?

MAN 1: Raise.

Call.

You know what?
I should get going.

WOMAN: Call.
DEALER: Five players.

I don't want to be late
for my first night of work.

Anybody mind?

Nah, nobody cares.

Your stake plus
a 20% return.

You don't have
to do that.

No, fair is fair.

But do you mind
cashing it in yourself?

It's just that I've got
the best of it right now,

and I really shouldn't
leave the table.

And I'm sorry we didn't
get around to celebrating.

No, don't be.

I haven't had this much fun
since junior high.

PLAYER: Raise.

Raise.

DEALER:
Re-raise.

BOBBY: (CHANTING)
♪ Here we go, Adelaide.
Here we go!

♪ Here we go, Adelaide.
Here we go! ♪

What are you watching?

Australian games.
Not bad.

It helps with
the March Madness withdrawal.

You got any money?

I don't loan money to
gamblers. You know that.

I got to get up to 10
for the World Series.

Save your money.
That's a sucker bet.

You against a thousand
computer geeks.

Hey, foul! He's fouling him.
That's a foul.

How about
advancing the rent?

I'm paid up till
the NCAA finals 2008.

You want to buy the house?

You grew up in this house.

Plus, the bank
already owns it.

Thirty seconds.

All right, just
dribble out the clock.

Come on.

Okay, pick it up.
Get it back.

Get it back.
Get it back! Oh!

(CROWD CHEERS ON TV)

I'm heading
back east tonight.

Hey.

You haven't seen
my digital camera, have you?

♪ You think that
you're a real man

♪ But you're nothing
but a fool

♪ The way you run away
from love

♪ The way you try
to play it cool

♪ I'm gonna say this
just one time

♪ Time is runnin' out on you

♪ You'd best remember me,
my friend

♪ I am the cold hard truth ♪

I was so nervous.

Didn't show.

(SIGHS)

I didn't expect
to see you so soon.

You're not trying
to rustle me, are you?

(CHUCKLES)

What about that
celebration?

It's kind of late,
isn't it?

This is Las Vegas.

I don't know.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(ENGINE REVS)

(LAUGHS)

Can it be Chinese?

Let's go.

Thanks.

Vroom, vroom.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

WAITER: Can I get you
something to drink, sir?

Billie?

Do you mind if I get
my fortune cookie first?

I like to think about
it during the meal.

Can you bring her
a fortune cookie
before we order?

What about you?

Don't you want to
read your fortune?

I can't afford
to be superstitious.

Don't you
believe in luck?

I believe in skill.

Although, it did seem
as though the cards

ran a little better for me
when you were around.

(CHUCKLES)

What happened to
the best of it?

Turned into a little bit
of the worst of it.

Mmm.

Maybe after dinner--
Buenas noches, Huck!

Hey!
Como estas?

Billie Offer, Chico Banh.

My pleasure.
Hello.

Mi familia esta aqui
para ver me play
in the World Series, huh?

(LAUGHS)
You get a seat yet?

I'm working on it.

Mucho gusto.

He doesn't look Mexican.

Vietnamese.

Grew up in Texas.

Speaks Spanish better
than he does English

and plays tournament poker

better than just
about anybody.

Really?
Mmm-hmm.

What?
What's it say?

"Big contest is yours
to win, and riches, too."

Let me see that.

"He who thinks too much
is thinking too much."

Gotcha, Mr. I-can't-afford-
to-be-superstitious.

(GIGGLES)

Okay.

When someone says "left
pocket," what does that mean?

It's where you keep
your important money.

Like the money you need
to enter the tournament.

Mmm-hmm.

And the winner
of the World Series
is the best there is?

Tournaments are for
the public, you know,
perception of who's best.

To determine who's really
the best, you'd have
to play head-to-head,

no limit, with
your own money.

Then why do you want
to play in it?

Did your father win it?

Twice.

Was he always a gambler?

He was an English professor
when he married my mother.

She stuck by him
until he left her, after he
stole everything he could.

The leaf doesn't fall
far from the tree.

Hmm?

You hate him,
but you still play poker.

He taught me to play.

Pennies, nickels and dimes
on the kitchen table.

I could never beat him,
and he never let me win.

Mama was a piano teacher,

and she taught her students
Brahms and Chopin,

but her real love
was Nashville.

We used to sing together,

all around the house
and in the car.

I always wanted
to try it for real.

So your mother must
be proud of you.

She died last October.

But tonight, I almost felt
like she was listening.

WOMAN SINGING:
♪ Maybe this time

♪ I'll be lucky

♪ Maybe this time he'll stay

♪ Maybe this time

♪ For the first time

♪ Love won't hurry

♪ Away

♪ He will hold me fast

You know what I think?

I think everybody's just
trying not to be lonely.

♪ I'll be home at last

♪ Not a loser

♪ Anymore

You cold?
A little.

♪ Like the last time
and the time before

♪ Everybody

♪ Loves a winner
Thank you.

♪ So nobody loves me ♪

Where's all
the furniture?

I'm redecorating.

(LAUGHS)

Come on, let me show you what
I've done with the rest
of the place.

MAN 1: All in.
MAN 2: How much you got?

MAN 1: 12,200.

WAITRESS:
Coffee?
MAN 2: Yes, please.

You've been running over
everybody all morning.

Don't chase what
you can't catch.

No matter what's prudent,

sometimes you got
to play your gut.

I think I got him.

I think he knows it, too.

Don't let your ego
get involved.

If you're so sure,

want a side bet?

Yeah.
For the ring?

Against 500.

The price of poker's
gone up.

(WHISPERING)
You're on.

Which one of you
am I playing?

Or is this a team?

Call.

Stuck on deuces.

Deuces?

All you got is deuces?

And you called me
with this shit?

(SIGHS)

DEALER:
Deuces the winner.

That was a great call.

Thanks, Robin.

Thanks, Huck.

WOMAN:
How'd you do?
WOMAN 2: Not bad.

Where you going, Huck?

That real estate guy
just walked in.

We're starting
the big game.

(ENGINE RUMBLES)

You stole from me!

Borrowed.
I... I had it way up.

Borrowing is
when you ask!

You can get it back--
I worked hard for that money!

I needed that money.
I've got responsibilities
and bills.

I'm trying to get
a place on my own.

If I'd have won, you'd have
had a share, just like before.

You think that the only
person that matters is you!

What you need,
when you need it!

You're a sick pony!

Puppy.

Billie, look,
it was wrong,

but I'm gonna pay you back.
I'm not a bank.

You can't make deposits
and withdrawals

whenever you feel like it.
Wait, just let me--

Don't say it.

You say whatever you think
somebody wants to hear.

It's dangerous
to be around you.

That's why you came
to the club, isn't it?

You knew I had the money.

Decided, why not get some
put-out at the same time?

It wasn't like that.
Here, you missed some.

(DOOR SLAMS)

ANNOUNCER: (OVER PA)
We're a couple of minutes away

from starting the
super-satellite. The winner
gets the $10,000 seat...

Hey, Bill.

Hey. You entering
the super-satellite, huh?

How many entries
you have?
Well, let's see.

Slug your way
through 44 wannabes,

you got yourself a
seat in the big one.

Two and a quarter if
you want to try it.

WOMAN: I call.

(CROWD GROANS)
ANNOUNCER:
And then there were three.

Mr. Ray Zumbro,
Mr. Huck Cheever,

and the current chip leader,
Miss Shannon Kincaid.

Cheever?
L.C. Cheever's son?

And you play cards?

That takes balls.

DEALER: Heads up.

(SIGHS)

I'm all in.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)
MAN: Wow!

Call.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)
Oh!

(CROWD GASPING)

DEALER: Two pair,
kings and deuces.

Kings and eights,
the winner.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)

WOMAN:
She didn't play well.

Must be tough playing
in the shadow of your father.

Little coffee-housing
for distraction?

No, you wouldn't be bothered
by anything like that.

I mean, you wouldn't
have gotten this far

if you couldn't stand
on your own two feet.

I'm all in.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)

You're not trying
to steal the blinds, are you?

How much does he have?

Oh, Jesus, old man,
where'd you learn
to count, huh?

It's 20 a stack. See?

5,100, sir.

Call.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)

Pair of eights.

DEALER: Tens to eights.
(SPECTATORS MURMURING)

HOST: Tens to eights
still stand.

Pair of tens are
still tall. Last card.

The tens stand up.

Mr. Cheever wins
a seat in the World Series!

Sorry I won't be
seeing you at the big dance.

Hey, wait a minute.
There's only two burn cards.

What?

MAN:
There are only two burn cards.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)

Mr. Cheever!
Mr. Cheever.

MAN: They gotta
burn three, see...

HOST:
I'm afraid...

We've had a misdeal.

What do you mean
you've had a misdeal?

No card was burned.

The dealer neglected
to burn a card
before the river.

Yeah, well, that's
not my problem.

A card laid is
a card played.

No, I'm sorry, Huck,
but house rules require

a card to be burned
before any cards are turned.

And in the event
of this situation,

the card is put back,
it's used as a burn card,

and then a new
river is dealt.

(SPECTATORS MURMURING)

HOST:
Take back the six.

Burn it.

Deal the river.

RAY: Yeah!

(SPECTATORS GASPING)
Yeah, baby!

HOST: A set.

Three eights,
the winner.

Guess you won't be
needing to press your dress
quite yet, Cinderella.

("LIKE A ROLLING STONE"
BY BOB DYLAN PLAYING)

I heard about the misdeal.

Boy, talk
about a bad beat, huh?

Okay, so you
put up the 10,

we split anything
I win 50-50.

70-30.

What happened
to 60-40?

Went away

when your tens went down
to a set of eights.

Okay, 65-35.

Fine, 70-30.

I need an
extra $1,200.

It's that or no deal.

♪ You said
you never compromise

♪ With the mystery tramp,
but now you realize ♪

You took the bet.

It's like
stealing money.

Look at him,

checking up on me.

He's so hoping
I'm gonna sneak out.

(CHUCKLES)

He's having a party now,
three days into it.

In a week,
he'll be begging to
get out of here.

You play any golf lately?

A little.
A little.

Four handicap
and he says a little.

Six from the
black tees.

I tell you what.

I'll bet you $5,000
that you can't run five miles,

shoot 18 holes of golf,
78 or under,

in three hours or less.

Forget it.

Room service.
Oh, yeah.

Put it right here, boss.

Hey, Paulie's
right outside that door

just in case you're thinking
of trying anything.

Think about
that bet, huh?

Comfort food.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(ENGINE SHUTS OFF)

Hi.

Hi.

I'm truly sorry, Billie.

I want you to give
me another chance.

Why should I?

You know what
you said before

about everybody trying
not to be lonely?

I feel like we have a chance
at something special here.

And if you cut
it off now...

We'll never know.

Why don't you just come
have breakfast with me
and see how it goes?

BILLIE: Thanks.

Don't you ever sleep?

I don't need much sleep.

So you play
poker instead.

Why do you like it so much?

Is it the money?

Money's just the way
of keeping score.

Poker is competition
in the purest sense.

Doesn't matter who you are
or what you are,

everybody's equal
at the table.

But you can't have
sympathy and win.

In order for you to win,
someone else has to lose.

It seems so cruel.

So you just gamble
all the time?

I never bet on sports.

I never play
against the house,
and I only bet on my skills

against the skills
of other people.

That sounds like
an alcoholic saying,

"I only drink tequila."

What about Festus,
or whatever his name is,

jumping across the floor?

You bet on that.

Chair thing's an old gag,
and I did it for you

'cause I thought you'd
think it was funny.

Ms. Offer.

Mr. Cheever.

I thought
you might be here.

I hear Roy Durucher's
backing you.

You know I'd have backed you,
if you asked me.

If I'd asked.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello.

Yes.

Excuse me.

Yes, it is available.

That's the second time
I've seen you with her.

Must be some kind of record.

She thinks
I'm compulsive.

Are you?

If I am, I'm not hurting
anyone but myself.

Ooh. Touche.

It was a good day
when I figured out

how to play poker
and have a life, too.

I recommend it.

The Grecian Formula's
in aisle three.

Or did you come
for the waffles?

(CHUCKLES)

Not a bad idea.

Good to see there's something
of the old town left.

Now, humor me a minute.

How would
you have played this?

Okay, here's how it went.

Seat three, he bet,
seat four, he raises,

seats five and six fold,
seat seven calls,

seat eight folds,
seat one raises

over the top.

Seats two and three fold,
seats four and seven call.

Only three players
left to see the flop.

You're seat four.

The raise and the call.
You're sitting on something.

Flop comes,

king of spades,
four of clubs, jack of hearts,

hand one checks, I bet,
hand seven folds.

Hand one...

...raises.

Sandbag.

Probably two pair
or three of a kind.

Most likely.

He's certain to make
a small raise and he--

Calls.

Why do you say that?

He reads you
for pocket aces.

Wants to drag you along,
get at least another bet in

before he puts
the hammer down.

Risky. I might improve.

Well, if he's two pair,
he's 74% favored

and three of a kind
makes him 90.

Ohh!

Yeah.

Okay.
Two of us left.

I turn six of clubs.

No help, I check.

He bets.

I call.

Okay, on the river,
what should show up?

Another ace.

Makes me a man and a half,
three aces.

So I bet.

He says, "I don't think
you had aces going in.

"I think you got stubborn
with a bully ace.

"I think my hand
is still tall."

And he raises.

Big.

Something doesn't feel right,
like, uh...

I'm about to walk into Hydra
with his nine heads.

So I just...

I call and I turn over
my pocket aces.

(SCOFFS)

And he rolls over...

Two clubs.

One of them a king.

You got it.

Club flush,
on the come all along.

That was
a $267,000 lesson.

I should have
gotten away from him.

I hatched
a hard-on for my aces,

I never looked
beyond the obvious.

(CHUCKLES)

What's the worst thing
could happen
to a poker player?

Lose his nerve.

What else?

Nobody's that much better
than anybody else
at the big tables.

They have different styles,

different ways
of doing things, but...

Everybody knows
how to play.

The key to winning
is watching and understanding.

There's things
I don't see anymore.

A blind spot.

It's just a hand.

Could have
happened to anybody.

You saw it.

Okay, guts...
Head-to-head, a nickel a pop.

Why not a dime?

Let's go.

$2,000 burn.

(SHUFFLING CARDS)

I'm in.
I'm with you.

Queen-seven.

Queen-ten.

It's coming.

Check.

I'm in.

Re-ante.

(SHUFFLING MONEY)

(SHUFFLING CARDS)

I'm in.

Call.

King-ten.

Big slick.

Check.

(SIGHS)

I'm in.
Call.

Pair of tens.

I'm in.

I've improved.

You needed to.
Call.

Caught the cowboy.

Kings and tens.

Caught the bullet
and his little friend,

aces and threes.

You might want
to think about quitting

'cause I've got
the best of it.

Re-ante.

$4,000 burn.

I don't want to clean
you out, Huckleberry.

You playing or not?

Won't be happy
till you have nothing left.

(SHUFFLING CARDS)

(SIGHS)

I'm in.

Call.

Jack-four.

Nice read.

I'm weak, but not
quite that weak.

Jack-five.

I'm in.

(FLIPS CARDS)

Ooh.

It's yours.

(SIGHS)

This was your stake
for the big one.

Take it.

(SCOFFS)
I don't want it.

Pick it up.

Pick it up!

I could have played it safe,
that's not who I am.

You got it backwards, kid.

You play cards the way
you should lead your life,

and you lead your life
the way you should play cards.

Maybe everybody
has a blind spot.

Maybe everybody has to learn
from their mistakes.

I sure learned from mine.

Fun game?

Yeah.

You've come a long way since
pennies, nickels and dimes

on the kitchen table.

Excuse me a minute.

(CHUCKLES)

Boys will be boys.

Fathers will be fathers.

I tried to give
it back to him.

You could leave
it on the table.

Then the waitress will get
a... A $10,000 tip.

Yeah, well, if he's gonna
take anything from me,

he's gonna have to win it.

And that's
not likely to happen.

Maybe...
Giving and receiving

are more complicated
than winning and losing.

Maybe so.

Good day, Ms. Offer.

Right.

Right, right.

Yeah, okay, Eddie.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

He'll go for it.
He'll go for the 10.

Want to come along?
Some moral support?

Sure. I'm
getting an education

on what it's like
not to be compulsive.

Come on.

EDDIE: Just so we're straight,

you have to run five miles,
shoot 18 holes of golf,

78 strokes or under,
in less than three hours.

And the ball
has to be in the cup

before the time expires,

for $10,000.

Bet?

She holds
the stopwatch.

She holds where I can
see it. Bet?

Bet.

You ready?
Ready.

EDDIE: Get set.

Go!

BILLIE: Go!

(ENGINE STARTS)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

BILLIE: 19 seconds, 20,

21, 22.

Billie, every couple
of minutes will do just fine.

BILLIE:
20 minutes!

You've gone three miles.

There it is!

39 minutes, 10 seconds.

Pop the trunk!

BILLIE: Pop the trunk,
pop the trunk.

EDDIE:
Hit a duck
and it's two strokes!

All right, you get
the golf cart,

we'll meet you
on the green.

Great shot!

40 minutes, 10 seconds!

(WHISPERS)
Get in there.

(GROANS)

How many shots?

Four. Damn it.

Here, move over.
I'll drive.

BILLIE:
46 minutes and 50 seconds!

HUCK:
Fore!

Playing through.

MAN: Hey, what...
Who is that?

(PANTING)

BILLIE:
Yes!

Two hours and 13 minutes,
and you're two shots ahead!

EDDIE:
You're in the rough,
Huckster!

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

EDDIE:
This is the last hole,
Hucky baby!

(PANTING)

BILLIE:
You only have seven minutes
and 45 seconds!

You bogey this,
you're toast.

BILLIE:
That's 75.

EDDIE:
Only three more!

EDDIE: Ah...

Should've put some
hazards on this hole.

Yes!
Shit!

BILLIE:
76 shots.

EDDIE:
All right, all right.

BILLIE:
Two hours,
57 minutes and 40 seconds!

EDDIE:
You shank this,
it's all over.

BILLIE:
Get in the hole!

EDDIE:
Stay out of the hole.

Go, ball, go!

Yes, baby.
Legs, legs, legs!

Good boy, good boy!

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

All right.

It's not
an impossible putt.

I think Jack Nicklaus
made it once.

Two hours, 59 minutes

and 46 seconds!

47, 48...

Your dick's
beginning to sweat.

BILLIE:
50, 51, 52...

EDDIE:
Your arms are heavy!

BILLIE:
54, 55, 56,

57, 58...

Yes!

(HUCK WHOOPING)

(EDDIE GROANS)

(CHUCKLES)
Woo-hoo!

Three hours and two seconds.

You lost.

EDDIE: Yes!

Yes! Yes!

I win! I win!

(LAUGHING)
I win!

I win!

(LAUGHING)

Whoo-hoo!

(EDDIE'S CELL RINGING)
Yes!

(LAUGHING)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Three hours
and two seconds.

Two seconds, baby!
Yeah!

Hey!
Where you going?

I'll catch up with you!

(SHOUTS) Where's my money?

Come back here!

How come you couldn't have
helped me out a little?

Helped you out?

Yeah, just a couple
of seconds.

You mean cheated.

Is that what you mean
by "moral support"?

I'm stuck 20,000,
and I still got no entry fee.

I don't lie,
cheat or steal,

for anything or anyone.

All you had to do
was give me a little edge.

(LAUGHS) Call it
what you like, it's cheating.

It was two seconds!

Anybody would have done that.

I don't believe that.

That's the way it is.

You always have
the hard answers, don't you?

How do you live with yourself?

You mean
the easy answers, Billie.

No, I mean the hard ones!

I don't want
to see you anymore.
Just stop this thing.

Billie, what are you doing?

Making a good fold.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Hey, what happened
to your furniture?

Who are you?

Mr. Durucher
was upset to hear

you lost his 10 grand
to Ready Eddie.

Tell Mr. Durucher he's got
nothing to worry about.

We'll get a seat
in the big show.

Nice pool.

Shame there's no water.

Hey!

(SCREAMS)

(GROANING)

You got 24 hours to return
Mr. Durucher his money,

or get a seat
in the tournament.

What happened to you?

Is Billie here?

Do you believe in karma?

Is this a trick question?

Everyone over 21
gets what they deserve.

Come on, Suzanne.
Give me a little more
than that.

I'm sorry, Suzanne.
About everything.

Her seeing me
wasn't her fault.
It was mine.

I know you and I know Billie.

What are you doing here?

This isn't your style,
going out on a limb.

Some people think I spent
my whole life out on a limb.

Maybe at the poker table.

But in real life,
you play it pretty tight.

More power to Billie.

She got through to you.

She went back to Bakersfield
for a couple days.

So, this thing,

safe to assume
it's about money?

I got a day to clear it up.

Mmm.

Well, what's that old
poker saying about
a chip and a chair?

If anyone could turn
nothing into something,
it's you, Huck.

Trouble is,

you always throw it away.

Good night, Huck.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

MAN: I can almost
predict these cards.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

I'm out.

I have something
you said you valued.

Buck and a half,
just like the pawn shop.

Five. Fair is fair.

Thanks.

L.C.: Huck?

Good skill.

("LET IT RIDE"
BY RYAN ADAMS PLAYING)

♪ Twenty-seven years
of nothing but failures

♪ And promises
that I couldn't keep

♪ Oh, Lord
I wasn't ready to go

♪ I'm never ready to go

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it ride easy
down the road

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it take away
all of the darkness

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it rock me in the arms

♪ Of stranger's angels

♪ Until it brings me home

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it roll

♪ Let it go

♪ I want to see you tonight

♪ Dancing in
the endless moonlight

♪ In the parking lot
in the headlights of cars

♪ Someplace on the moon

♪ Where they moved
the drive-in theater

♪ Where I left the car
that I can't find

♪ But I still got the keys to

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it ride easy
down the road

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it take away
all of this darkness

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it rock me in the arms
of stranger's angels

♪ Until it brings me home

♪ Let it ride

♪ Let it roll, let it go ♪

(SIGHS)

Got a seat in the tournament.

You...

You came all the way out here
to tell me that?

You're the only one
I wanted to tell.

You were right not to cheat.

You've been right about a lot.

Hard answers...

My telling people
what they want to hear.

Ever since I was a kid,

I've always been able to talk
my way out of things.

But when I told you
we had a chance
at something special,

I meant it.

Just wanted you to know that.

GIL: We will high card

for the button
on table number 58.

MAN: That's my ace.

GIL: The button starts
in seat number 5.

MAN: Button starts here, boys.

All right, dealers.

Put the button
at seat number 5.

Dealers, make sure
you're checking receipts
and seat cards.

Make sure everybody's
at the correct table and seat.

Two minutes till we start
the World Series
of Poker, main event.

COMMENTATOR: Here,
at the featured table,
the hole-card cam

is being used
for the first time
at the World Series of Poker.

And even though
no one will see

what the camera sees until
the tournament is broadcast

months from now, the camera
is getting mixed reviews
from the players.

Two-time world champion,
L.C. Cheever,

your thoughts
on the hole-card cam?

(LAUGHS) Well,
I made a good living

for a long time because
people don't know how I play.

I'd rather keep it that way.

COMMENTATOR: And there
you have it. Like it or not,

poker, as a spectator sport,

is about to undergo
an enormous change.

Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the world series
of poker.

Dealers, shuffle up and deal.
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Let's get those cards
in the air.

COMMENTATOR: Jack Binion's
Father, Benny Binion,

started the World Series
in 1970.

Today, there are
over 800 players.

Five days from now,

the winner will receive
$2.5 million,

the richest individual prize
in sports.

ANNOUNCER: We're down
to 320 players.

Halfway through day number 2.

Good luck.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies
and gentlemen,

Doyle Brunson has just
been eliminated.

(CHEERING)

Sam, you're out?

This guy over there,

he never played a live
tournament in his life.

And he beat me.

I don't know
if this makes me feel
better or worse.

So I hear Huck's doing
really well in the tournament.

Good.

That's nice.

GIL: We're breaking
another table.

Only 135 players remain.

Dealers, please check
all incoming player's
seat cards.

Look who's here.

I managed to get
my dress pressed after all.

DEALER: Head's up.

DEALER: 30,000.

All in.

Whoa.

Do I really like these cards,

or is it just the irresistible
lure of sending you home?

(PLAYERS CHUCKLING)

How much to call?

It's about 150.

I mean, do you need
an exact count?

Call.

DEALER: Ace, king high.

Pair of fives the winner.

(GROANS)

(SIGHS) Yes.

Nice hand.

GIL: Michelle has aces
and jacks, two pair,
and wins the pot.

(CROWD APPLAUDS)

It's 3:00 a.m.

We'll stay until
we eliminate one more player,

then the final table
will be set.

The action is to Huck Cheever.

And Huck raises it to 40,000.

And Frank folds.

Jason re-raises to 100,000.

Michelle folds.

And L.C. folds.

Chico folds.

The action is to Karim Kesai.

All in.

GIL: Karim Kesai
is all in.

(CROWD MURMURS)

Josh is out.

The actions to Huck Cheever.

(CHIPS RATTLING)

Huck folds, and the action's
back to Jason Keyes.

JASON: How much?

GIL: He's asked
for a count.

COMMENTATOR: I'm somewhat
surprised at the play
of Huck Cheever.

He has the reputation
of being a blaster.

He's playing
very patiently here.

52 to call.

52,000 more.

Call.

GIL: And he's called.
Action's complete.

Let's see them, please.
(CROWD MURMURING)

Ace-queen.

GIL: Karim Kesai
has ace-queen.

Jason Keyes, two kings!

(CROWD GROANS)

GIL: Two kings
verse ace-queen.

And the flop.

It's a three...
And two queens!

Yes! Beautiful!

GIL: Karim Kesai
has made trip queens.

Beautiful!
You like?

(CROWD LAUGHING)

The women, they love me!

GIL: Turn card
coming up.

It's a jack.

Karim Kesai
looking to double up.

One card left,
and here it is.

It's a king!

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

A full house for Jason,
and Karim Kesai
has been eliminated!

Unbelievable.

Gracias, muchacho.

GIL: Congratulations,
everybody.

That's it.
Congratulations.

ANNOUNCER: We've reached
our final table.

See you in the morning.

Hey, it happens.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

GIL: Ladies
and gentlemen, welcome.

We've reached the final table

of the World Series of Poker,
main event.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

That's tournament director,
Gil Edwards,

about to introduce the players
at the final table.

GIL: And the players are...

In seat number one,
from Toronto, Canada,
680,000 in chips.

Mr. Josh Cohen.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

In seat number 2,
from Tucson, Arizona,

551,000 in chips,
Jason Keyes.

MAN: That a boy, son!
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

COMMENTATOR: Jason Keyes,

the amateur Internet player
from Tucson, Arizona,

playing in his first
live tournament.

GIL: In seat number 3,
664,000 in chips,

from Detroit, Michigan,
Frank Belando.

COMMENTATOR: The retired owner
of a tire dealership

who's living his life's dream.

GIL: In seat number 4,
from Las Vegas, Nevada,

790,000 in chips,
Huck Cheever.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

In seat 5,
from Houston, Texas,

he's a former world champion,

420,000 in chips, Chico Banh.

(CROWD CHEERING)

MAN: Chico!
Good luck, Chico!

GIL: In seat number 6,
also from Las Vegas,

1,344,000, Michelle Carson.

(CROWD WHISTLING)
COMMENTATOR: Michelle Carson,

the second woman player
in 33 years

to make it to the final table.

GIL: In seat number 7,
with 753,000 in chips,

from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, Ralph Kaczynski.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

In seat number 9,
from Monterey Park,
California,

1,072,000 in chips,
David Chen.

MAN: Yeah, David!
Hey, guys.

GIL: And our chip leader,
in seat number 8,

most recently
from the south of France,

two-time world champion,
2,116,000,

L.C. Cheever!

MAN: Go for three, L.C.!
COMMENTATOR: L.C.
and Huck Chee ver.

The first time ever,

a father and son
have competed
against each other

at the final table
of the World Series.

GIL: The blinds are still
8,000 and 16,000,

and the button will start
in seat number 4
with Huck Cheever.

Good luck, players.
Shuffle up and deal.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CHIPS RATTLING)

GIL: The action will start
with Ralph Kaczynski.

Ralph folds.

L.C. raises to 50,000.

David folds.

Josh is out.

Jason folds.

Frank folds.

Huck re-raises to 250,000.

(LAUGHING)

Chico folds.

Michelle folds.

The action is back
to L.C. Cheever.

You trying
to steamroll us, kid?

Another 200,000,
you can find out.

I know you're reckless,
Huckleberry,

but I also know you don't want
to be the first to go out.

GIL: L.C. folds,
and Huck Cheever wins
the first pot.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

COMMENTATOR: The action
is still early,
here at the final table.

But Huck Cheever
remains consistent.

He's the only player
refusing to show his cards

to the hole-card cam.

Even Chico Banh
and L.C. Cheever,

two former world champions,
have acquiesced.

GIL: The river...

Is a five.
Chico Banh wins the pot.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Josh Cohen
is our ninth-place finisher.

♪ When I get home from my job

♪ I turn on the TV

♪ But I can't keep my mind
on the show

♪ When I lay down at night

♪ I don't get no sleep

♪ So I turn on the radio

GIL: That's 250,000...
♪ But, Lord

♪ The only thing I hear

♪ Is you whispering in my ear

♪ The words that
you used to say

GIL: And the river...
Is a jack. Huck Cheever
wins the pot.

David Chen finishes
in eighth place.

♪ Every day ♪
I'm all in.

GIL: Michelle Carson
is all in.
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

I call.

GIL: Frank calls.
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Frank Belando finishes
in seventh place.

Nice playing with you.

Thanks.

How much does he have left?

About...

270.

Raise.

400.

GIL: Ralph re-raises
to 400,000.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

L.C. folds.

The action's back
to Chico Banh.

Call.
GIL: Chico's all in
with two eights.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Ralph Kaczynski has ace-king.

Two eights versus ace-king.

And the flop.

Flop is a king,
a seven and a deuce.

Two kings for Ralph Kaczynski,
two eights for Chico Banh.

(SOFTLY)
Unless the Spanish-speaking
Vietnamese catches

another eight,
it's hasta la vista,
for Chico Banh.

GIL: And the turn.

It's a three.

Only an eight
will save Chico Banh.

And the river...

Is a jack!
(CROWD GROANS)

(CROWD APPLAUDS)
MAN: Next time, Chico!

GIL: Chico Banh,
our sixth-place finisher

takes home $200,000.
(CROWD CHEERING)

Good luck, Huck.

(CROWD WHOOPING)

Michelle.
Chico.

(CROWD WHOOPING)

GIL: And the flop.

Queen, nine, six, all clubs.

L.C. bets 200,000.

Huck folds.

Call.
GIL: Michelle calls.

The turn card...

Is a deuce of clubs.
(CROWD MURMURS)

COMMENTATOR:
You have to assume
they both have flushes.

The question is, who has
the highest club in the hole?

GIL:
L.C. checks.

Michelle bets $400,000.

(APPLAUSE)

L.C. calls.

(APPLAUSE)

And the river...

Is an eight of clubs.

(CROWD MURMURING)

L.C. checks.

(SIGHS)

I'm all in.
GIL: Michelle Carson
is al l in.

MAN:
Yeah, get him, Michelle!

(APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING)

Call.
L.C. calls.

GIL: Michelle has
a king of clubs

for a king-high flush.

Very nice.

But not nice enough?

(GASPS)
Geez!

GIL:
A straight flush!
(CROWD EXCLAIMING)

L.C. Cheever
has eliminated Michelle Carson

with a straight flush.
(APPLAUSE)

(SPECTATORS WHISTLING)

COMMENTATOR:
The last straight flush
at the final table

in the World Series of Poker
was 1994.

There were none before that.

(WHISTLING)

WOMAN: Go, Michelle!
GIL: And Michelle Carson,

our fifth-place finisher,
wins $320,000.

Thanks.

Nice hand.

(CHUCKLES)
Yeah.

It's usually not the big
hands that do it, though.

Twenty-eight years ago,
I was head-to-head
with Doyle Brunson

at the final table,

and he caught a ten
on the river for three tens,

and he won the tournament.
It was his time.

Two years later,
I knocked Bobby Baldwin out

with a pair of jacks.

It was my time.

This is gonna be
my last chance
to win this thing again.

Tournament's too big,
luck's too much
of a factor now.

Why do you even care?
You got nothing to prove.

You've already
won it twice.

Legacy. See?

If I can win a third time,

it'll be in the book,
on the first page.

(CHUCKLES)

One way or the
other, we're...

We're making a kind
of history here,

you and me, at the...
Final table.

Yeah, that's one way
to look at it.

How do you look at it?

Well, you can call it
what you like.

What goes around
comes around.

(EXHALES)

It's a long time
ago, Huckleberry.

Your mother forgave me.

Why can't you?

What makes you think
she ever forgave you?

She told me so when she
gave me back her wedding ring.

You stole the ring.

That's right, I did.

Hocked it, redeemed it,
gave it back to her.

She never wore it again.

Before she died,
she gave it back to me.

I kept the ring

because your mother's
forgiveness meant a lot to me.

Then why'd you
gamble with it?

I won it from
you, remember?

Because she's your mother.

Hey, Eddie.
Welcome back.

Yeah.

Here you go.

Thank you.

He's the man.

GIL:
Huck raises to $90,000.

Raise.

GIL:
Ralph re-raises to $300,000.

L.C. folds.

Jason folds.

Having fun, Ralph?

GIL: Huck folds,
and Ralph wins the pot.

Jason raises to $100,000.

Huck calls.

And Ralph calls.

That's three players
in the pot. And the flop.

Jack, four, three,
all different suits.

Huck checks.

Ralph bets $350,000.

(SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE)

GIL: Jason calls.

(APPLAUSE)

And Huck calls.

This pot is now
over $1 million.

(APPLAUSE)

And the turn...

Is the king of hearts.

Huck checks.

I'm all in.

950.

GIL:
Ralph Kaczynski's
all in for $950,000.

(APPLAUSE)

(SIGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

MAN: Oh, my God.
GIL: Jason folds.

Call.
And Huck calls!

(CROWD EXCLAIMS AND APPLAUDS)

COMMENTATOR: Ralph Kaczynski
can't be feeling too good
about this.

In fact, he probably feels
a little like a bear

who's walked into a trap.

GIL:
Ralph Kaczynski
has kings and jacks, two pair.

Huck has a set of threes!
(GASPS AND APPLAUSE)

COMMENTATOR:
Kaczynski needs
a king or a jack.

Anything else,

and Huck Cheever has knocked
him out of this tournament.

GIL:
And the river.

And the river is a queen!

(CHEERS, WHISTLING)
And Huck Cheever
has won the pot.

MAN:
Great hand, Huck!

(WHISTLING)

(CHIPS CLINKING)
MAN: Well played.

COMMENTATOR: Ralph Kaczynski
wins $440,000
with his fourth-place finish.

GIL:
Down to our final three.

Yeah, that was...
Smooth play, man.

GIL:
Huck is first
to act on the button.

Huck calls $40,000.

L.C. raises to $100,000.

Jason folds.

Just call.

GIL:
Huck calls.

What do you mean
"just" call?

Take it any way you want.
It's just a call.

Yeah.

GIL:
And the flop.

Flop is seven, five,
deuce, rainbow.

Let's play for three.

L.C. makes
it $300,000.

(CROWD MURMURS)

Raise.

Your three...

And three more.
(CROWD MURMURS)

GIL:
Huck re-raises to $600,000.
(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

Interesting raise,
Huckleberry.

(SIGHS)

Just call.

(CHUCKLING FROM CROWD)

GIL:
L.C. calls.

Turn?

Turn is a deuce of spades.

Another five to go.

GIL:
L.C. bets $500,000.

(APPLAUSE)

(INHALES AND EXHALES DEEPLY)

Call.
GIL:
Huck calls.

(APPLAUSE)
Pot is now $2 million.

Now you smooth call.

The book says if you're
holding the bullets,

now would be the time
to go over the top.

Go all in.

GIL:
The river?

River's the eight of hearts.

So here we are.

Here we are.

How much do you have?

About 650.

I think I have you,
Huckleberry.

All in.

GIL: L.C. Cheever is all in.
(CROWD MURMURS)

(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)

GIL: If Huck calls,
he'll double up,
or be out.

Call.
GIL:
Huck calls!

(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)

L.C. has two kings.

Kings.

Nice hand.

GIL:
They're good.

(SPECTATOR WHOOPS)

L.C. Cheever wins the pot.

(CHEERING)

Huck Cheever is
our third place finisher,

winning $650,000.

Thank you.

Huck!

GIL:
This is it, we're down
to the final two players

for the world championship.

L.C. Cheever and our chip
leader, Jason Keyes.

(LAUGHING)

Make way for
the $2.5 million in cash!

(CROWD CHEERING)

Huck.

I put you on
queens, right?

Right, queens.

Huck, a couple of
words with you?

Knocked out by
your own father.
Kind of cold-blooded, huh?

GIL:
L.C. re-raises to $620,000.

Jason raises one more time...

Well, somebody who
understands the game
very well once said,

"Poker's cruel.

"You can't have
sympathy and win."

GIL: L.C. Cheever is all in.

Excuse me.

(APPLAUSE)

GIL: The action
is to Jason Keyes.

This could be it.

JASON: Call.
GIL:
Jason Keyes calls!

(CROWD EXCLAIMS)

L.C. has ace-king.

Jason Keyes has
ace-queen of diamonds.
(CROWD GROANS)

Jason Keyes needs a queen,

and the river.

It's a queen!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Jason Keyes is the
world champion of poker.

JASON:
Yeah!

GIL: And L.C. Cheever,
our runner-up,
wins $1.3 million.

(CROWD CHEERING)

L.C.: Huck! Hey!

You had the bullets,
didn't you?

Your kings were good.

No, no.

You gave it to me. Why?

Let's just say
I thought it was your time.

Well...
(CHUCKLES)

You were wrong about that.

(CHUCKLES)

So where to now?
Back to France?

No.
Tunica, Atlantic City...

Tournaments.

Yeah.

They're flying a couple
of us old-timers down,

comping the entrance fees.

The game's being marketed now,
they need celebrity gamblers.

Like everything else,

they want to pretend
it's the way it used to be.

Let's play.

Play?
Yeah.

Right now, you and me,
head-to-head.

Come on.

Like the old days.

Do us both good.

Clear the air.

As far as I'm concerned,
the air is clear.

Then you'll play better.

Come on.

Cut for deal.

Angelina, we need
some change over here.

(LAUGHING)

Gotcha.

Pennies, nickels
and dimes.

♪ There are still places

♪ Where people like me
can hang out

♪ With nothing at all
in this old world

♪ To worry about

♪ They tore them
all down, yeah

♪ And said every man
for himself

♪ Or polish them up

♪ Until nothin'
worth keepin' is left ♪

Night, Billie.

Night, Andy.

Can we talk?

Outside.
I need some fresh air.

So how did the
tournament go?

Win some, lose some.

Easy come, easy go?

Yeah, same old story.

And the money's just a
way of keeping score.

Yeah.

Except for my
left-pocket winnings.

The important money.

HUCK: $4 and 37 cents.

Pennies, nickels and dimes.

Like on the kitchen table.

You got it.

You let your father win
in the tournament, didn't you?

You were there.

Am I that easy to read?

When you know the tells.

(CHUCKLES)

♪ Well, I wandered alone

♪ Through a desert of stone

♪ And I dreamt
of my future wife

♪ My son's in my hand

♪ And I'm next in command

♪ In this vision of death
called life

♪ My plate and my cup

♪ I racked straight up

♪ I took a rose
from the hand of a child

♪ When I kiss your lips

♪ The honey drips

♪ I'm gonna have to
put you down for a while

♪ Every day we meet

♪ On any old street

♪ And you're in
your girlish prime

♪ The short and the tall

♪ Are coming to the ball

♪ I go there all of the time

♪ Behind every tree

♪ There's something to see

♪ The river is wider
than a mile

♪ I tried you twice

♪ You can't be nice

♪ I'm gonna have to
put you down for a while

♪ Here come the nurse

♪ With money in her purse

♪ Here come
the ladies and men

♪ You push it all in

♪ And you have
no chance to win

♪ You play them
on down to the end

♪ I'm laying in the sand

♪ Getting a sunshine tan

♪ Moving along,
riding in style

♪ From my toes to my head

♪ You knock me dead

♪ I'm gonna have to
put you down for a while

♪ I count the years

♪ And I shed no tears

♪ I'm blinded to
what might have been

♪ Nature's voice
makes my heart rejoice

♪ Play me the wild song
of the wind

♪ I found hopeless love

♪ In the room above

♪ When the sun
and the weather were mild

♪ You're as fine as wine

♪ I ain't handing you no line

♪ But I'm gonna have to
put you down for a while

♪ All the merry little elves

♪ Can go hang themselves

♪ My faith is
as cold as can be

♪ I'm stacked high to the roof

♪ And I'm not without proof

♪ If you don't believe me,
come see

♪ You think I'm blue

♪ I think so, too

♪ In my words,
you'll find no guile

♪ The game's gotten old

♪ The deck's gone cold

♪ And I'm gonna have to
put you down for a while

♪ The game's gotten old

♪ The deck's gone cold

♪ I'm gonna have to
put you down for a while ♪

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

(LAUGHS)

Guess what, buddy.

You just lost $20,000.

Thirty days, it's a month.
You lose.

Hate to tell you this,
there's 31 days in May.

Oh.

Well, how many
days in August?

August?
Yeah.

Thirty, I think.

Double or nothing
says there's 31.
Bet.

Yo, buddy.