ECUMaverick
Pair
Thought this might be interesting for some:
Breaking down gambling scenes from movies (1 Viewer)
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JP1984
Flush
Man I forgot how bad that Bond scene was!
My wife has been watching a British cop show called New Tricks. There was a poker scene in one of the episodes that infuriated me. I had to stop the show and yell to my wife about it. 
JP1984
Flush
@Beakertwang I know the scene you're talking about and did the same thing! The missus seemed more interested in the show than my complaints about the poker though!
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
Urkel with the slow-roll.
Issues:
Table-stakes Shmable-stakes.
Wrong showdown order
Misdeclared hand (but for comic effect.)
Issues:
Table-stakes Shmable-stakes.
Wrong showdown order
Misdeclared hand (but for comic effect.)
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JP1984
Flush
He deserved to die after the 
slowroll before the break!
Bond runs so good, kills 2 guys in the break, has a quick whisky and a shower, gets poisoned, has his missus restart his heart, then rocks up, crushes it and finishes up with the ultimate cooler. Must be nice!
slowroll before the break! Bond runs so good, kills 2 guys in the break, has a quick whisky and a shower, gets poisoned, has his missus restart his heart, then rocks up, crushes it and finishes up with the ultimate cooler. Must be nice!
JP1984
Flush
Basically the same idea here without the screeching kid gloating...
I might try the 2 pair line next time I hit quads, see how it goes...
ThinkingFold
Flush
This scene from Sopranos. Overall funny scene, but looks like they are playing seven card stud and says he has a flush but clearly does not. He flips his hand at 3:36 and shows what appears to be 
( screenshot below ). Makes me wonder if the actors had no clue how to play poker or just didn't care.
( screenshot below ). Makes me wonder if the actors had no clue how to play poker or just didn't care. 
Mr Winberg
Full House
I call it "Tuesday".
JP1984
Flush
Do we know what chips these are?!This scene from Sopranos. Overall funny scene, but looks like they are playing seven card stud and says he has a flush but clearly does not. He flips his hand at 3:36 and shows what appears to be
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Do we know what chips these are?!
Langworthy/RT?
JP1984
Flush
Great shout! I have no idea but figured someone would know!
Anybody who expects Casino Royale to depict gambling realistically is totally missing the point of a Bond movie.
Mr Winberg
Full House
So I finally watched the clip...or at least the part with bond.
When Le Chiffre raises with his full house and he and Bond has a stare down, the narrator claims Bond is trying to determine if Le Chiffre is bluffing. Bond is sitting with the nuts, I don't think that's the case. Sure, if he thinks the villain is bluffing there might be a reason to min raise and hope for an all-in bluff shove, but given the stacksizes that's not a likely scenario. A more reasonable explanation is that Bond is tanking to induce a light call in case Le Chiffre isn't that strong (a fish move if you ask me. I've never seen it work, and the fish at my game do it EVERY SINGLE TIME when they're strong).
Also, he explains that Bond tipped the dealer. That would mean that they are playing with cash chips, which would kinda make sense in a winner take all STT that keeps the total constant (i.e. doesn't round up on color-ups), but he didn't mention how unorthodox that would be.
I think someone in Maverick tips the dealer before the final table. Pretty douchy if you don't win!
Maverick: "Hey, I got shorted 5 grand!"
Dude: "Yeah, my bad, I tipped the dealer from the tournament chips..."
redeagle
3 of a Kind
Or women, or cars, or driving, or spies, or shooting, eh..... real life in general, haha.
Well, it does portray cats fairly realistic. "Pet me, but otherwise I don't give a shit".
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
They spent like 10-15 minutes on these scenes. That's a big hunk of the movie. They could have made a better effort.
The screenplay wasn't written to appease the poker experts. It was written to advance the plot, and had to explain just enough about the process of the game so a complete imbecile (like me, at the time) could follow the action. Of course it's not real, or even probable, and flouts the rules. So what? That's movie-making.
As wiser persons than me have said, "never let the truth get in the way of a good story." I don't argue with one of the most successful franchise re-boots in the history of cinema, both from acceptance from the fan base and worldwide box office receipts.
Mr Winberg
Full House
That was actually me, I said it after I won my third bracelet.
JustinInMN
4 of a Kind
The plot could have been about anything. They were just trying to capitalize on the "poker boom" in the post-Moneymaker/Raymer era and made poker games central to the plot. I'm not expecting "Rounders" level detail here, but given it's obvious they decided this plot decision was to fit a trend, they could have tried a little harder than they did.
I know this is an old post but I wanted to say that when I saw this the first time I was like a) you can't tip tourney chips and b) this would never happen IRL. Well the 2nd part came true. Basically I had TJ suited and I'm playing 8 handed in a tournament. Its been forever ago so I cant say the details for sure but the board was 4d6d7? a few bets, turn 7d I raise first people start going nuts reraise come around I say f-it I fold and the river is 8d. 4 players left all go all in, my buddy had naked Ad, player to my left has 77 quads another player had 44 and the last player 5d9d. I mean to me a straightflush is a straightflush to me no different than a royale at least in Holdem in other games maybe it might matter but that was once in a lifetime for me.
The Casino Royale version from 1953 actually has one of the best Baccarat/Chemin de Fer scenes in cinema history, in my opinion.
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