Online Poker Movie Runner Runner, you need to see

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Runner Runner is a true history about online poker Fraud from 2013.
You need to see this Movie with Ben Affleck.

After13 years with Online Poker Companies like Pokerstars, Ggpoker & Co. is the actually Situation very bad for the new poker players without enought experience in these DiRTy Online Poker World
 

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Runner Runner is a work of fiction, basically a rip off of rounders with Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake.... think I'll pass👍

Richie Furst used to have a lucrative career on Wall Street; this history prevents him from receiving tuition assistance at Princeton, so he funds his master's degree by referring students to online gambling, for which he receives a cut. After the dean threatens to expel him for these activities, Richie tries to win his tuition using his excellent poker skills in online gambling, but he loses all his money to a cheater, something he can prove by statistics.

Richie travels to Costa Rica to confront Ivan Block, who runs the biggest empire of online gambling websites in the world, including the one Richie lost his money on. After Ivan sees the statistics, he finds that coders have modified the software to allow them to cheat. After firing those involved, Ivan tells Richie he will pay him millions per year to stay in Costa Rica and assist with the site.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Runner Runner holds a rating of 8% based on 120 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It has an impressive cast and an intriguing premise, but Runner Runner wastes them on a bland, haphazardly assembled thriller with very little payoff."[8] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[4] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.
 
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Basically, a lot of movies are made to say that they are based on a true story. There are definitely movies like that, but most of them aren't. They said it in the beginning of the movies to get you a little more into the story. Regardless, the movie is good, I've seen it several times.
 
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I remember seeing Dory from Nemo, I just watched the trailer and read the synopsis above and then realized I've already seen it!

But I'll watch it again... Thanks for sharing!
I remember reading a post with great recommendations, but I couldn't find it here in the search engine...
 
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