I'm probably biased here because when I started playing home games, small game mind you, which makes it worst because everyone knows everyone we had what they call a mechanic. A mechanic can basically rig the deck to his liking. The movie shade has this whole theme about it. One of my favorite quotes from a movie they were playing 5 card draw. Jamie Fox says to the villain, I've only had four girlfriends my whole life and they allve been tens. The next guy was they all must of been screwin a guy named jack.
zaxxorr said:
Not seen that one before, but it's on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pt2AOIz1wk
Here you have a good list of movies..
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050205482/
some of them are really good...
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050205482/
some of them are really good...
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
The film stars Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Paul Ford, and Jason Robards, with Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, and John Qualen.
The five richest men in the territory gather in Laredo for their annual high-stakes poker game. The high rollers let nothing get in the way of their yearly showdown. When undertaker Tropp calls for them in his horse-drawn hearse, cattleman Henry Drummond forces a postponement of his daughter's wedding, while lawyer Otto Habershaw abandons his closing arguments in a trial, with his client's life hanging in the balance. They are joined by Wilcox and Buford in the back room of Sam's saloon, while the curious gather outside for occasional reports.
Settlers Meredith, his wife Mary, and their young son Jackie are passing through, on their way to purchase a farm near San Antonio, when a wheel on their wagon breaks. They wait at Sam's while the local blacksmith repairs it. Meredith, a recovering gambler, learns of the big poker game and begins to feel the excitement once again.....
Joanne Woodward was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Female Comedy Performance
The film stars Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Paul Ford, and Jason Robards, with Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, and John Qualen.
The five richest men in the territory gather in Laredo for their annual high-stakes poker game. The high rollers let nothing get in the way of their yearly showdown. When undertaker Tropp calls for them in his horse-drawn hearse, cattleman Henry Drummond forces a postponement of his daughter's wedding, while lawyer Otto Habershaw abandons his closing arguments in a trial, with his client's life hanging in the balance. They are joined by Wilcox and Buford in the back room of Sam's saloon, while the curious gather outside for occasional reports.
Settlers Meredith, his wife Mary, and their young son Jackie are passing through, on their way to purchase a farm near San Antonio, when a wheel on their wagon breaks. They wait at Sam's while the local blacksmith repairs it. Meredith, a recovering gambler, learns of the big poker game and begins to feel the excitement once again.....
Joanne Woodward was nominated for the Golden Laurel Award for Female Comedy Performance
So I followed this thread's advice and watched Runner Runner and i was really disappointed because I thought that 'd be getting a movie about poker but apart from the opening scene when Justin Timberlake's character dabbled in a short stint of online poker (maybe 2 minute screen time tops), it was just a ordinary movie nothing to distinguish it as a poker movie apart from odd references to poker in it periodically, might as well they said BINGO, the synopsis would be the same..............So if any one else mentions Runner Runner i'm gonna have a fit....
Favorite Poker Movie
I really like BET RAISE FOLD - great documentary on online poker. It's one of those movies that every poker player should see. Check it out here; http://goo.gl/uU83K2
I really like BET RAISE FOLD - great documentary on online poker. It's one of those movies that every poker player should see. Check it out here; http://goo.gl/uU83K2
