2
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Listen, here's the thing.

3
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If you can't spot the sucker
in your first half hour at the table,

4
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then you are the sucker.

5
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Guys around here'll tell ya...
you play for a living.

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It's like any other job.
You don't gamble. You grind it out.

7
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Your goal is to win
one big bet an hour, that's it.

8
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Get your money in when you have the best
of it, and protect it when you don't.

9
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Don't give anything away.

10
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That's how I've paid my way
through half of law school.

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A true grinder.

12
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See, I learned how to win a little at
a time. But finally, I've learned this...

13
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If you're too careful, your
whole life can become a fuckin' grind.

14
00:02:10,472 --> 00:02:14,226
This is Teddy KGB's place.

15
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- Five hundred.
- You won't find it in the Yellow Pages.

16
00:02:17,979 --> 00:02:20,106
Nope.
Not tonight.

17
00:02:20,190 --> 00:02:22,150
No? What?

18
00:02:25,862 --> 00:02:28,323
Give me three stacks of high society.

19
00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:46,591
Thirty thousand.
Count it.

20
00:02:52,222 --> 00:02:57,644
- That's good.
- So, you're sitting the apple.

21
00:02:57,686 --> 00:03:00,814
- Good. Want a cookie?
- No.

22
00:03:02,149 --> 00:03:04,067
He doesn't look like much,

23
00:03:04,151 --> 00:03:07,821
but KGB is connected all the way
to the top of the Russian mob.

24
00:03:07,904 --> 00:03:10,907
He's the one guy in the game
you don't want to fuck with.

25
00:03:10,991 --> 00:03:13,243
But if you're looking for high stakes,

26
00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:15,287
this is the only place in town.

27
00:03:15,370 --> 00:03:18,999
They all know me as a small-timer,
but that's about to change.

28
00:03:26,256 --> 00:03:28,758
Joey Knish is a New York legend.

29
00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:31,636
He's been a rounder,
earning his living at cards...

30
00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,306
since he was 19 years old.

31
00:03:34,389 --> 00:03:36,808
What are you, holdin' those for somebody?

32
00:03:36,892 --> 00:03:40,228
Uh, yeah, I'm holding 'em for you.

33
00:03:40,312 --> 00:03:42,272
You should be.

34
00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:45,150
'Cause I hope you're not thinking
of putting all that glimmer in play.

35
00:03:45,233 --> 00:03:48,528
He's as close to a friend
as there is in this place.

36
00:03:48,570 --> 00:03:51,490
- Come here.
- But tonight, I don't want to see him.

37
00:03:51,573 --> 00:03:53,825
Now, you don't wanna
butt onions with these guys.

38
00:03:53,909 --> 00:03:57,037
'Cause they'll chew you up,
take your whole bankroll.

39
00:03:58,538 --> 00:04:00,874
- So you say.
- There's plenty of easy games.

40
00:04:00,957 --> 00:04:04,211
We get outta here, get some coffee,
ride over to that soft seat in Queens.

41
00:04:04,252 --> 00:04:06,671
I know what I'm doing.

42
00:04:08,965 --> 00:04:11,718
You're making a run at it, aren't you?

43
00:04:11,802 --> 00:04:14,387
Rolling up a stake and going to Vegas.

44
00:04:14,429 --> 00:04:17,933
I'm right, right?

45
00:04:18,016 --> 00:04:20,185
- I can beat the game.
- Maybe.

46
00:04:20,268 --> 00:04:22,729
Maybe this is a game can be beat.

47
00:04:22,813 --> 00:04:25,607
But you know you can beat the 10-20
at the Chesterfield and the Hi-Low...

48
00:04:25,690 --> 00:04:28,068
at that goulash joint on 79th Street.

49
00:04:29,653 --> 00:04:33,406
Okay.
I understand.

50
00:04:35,617 --> 00:04:39,329
I understand.
Back to battle.

51
00:04:42,207 --> 00:04:45,085
The game in question is
No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em.

52
00:04:45,126 --> 00:04:47,879
Minimum buy-in $25,000.

53
00:04:47,963 --> 00:04:51,299
A game like this doesn't come together
often outside the casinos.

54
00:04:51,383 --> 00:04:53,510
The stakes attract rich flounders,

55
00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:56,012
and they in turn attract the sharks.

56
00:05:00,642 --> 00:05:04,354
No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em
is the Cadillac of poker.

57
00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:07,858
Each player is dealt two cards face down.

58
00:05:07,941 --> 00:05:11,111
Five cards are then dealt
face up across the middle.

59
00:05:11,153 --> 00:05:14,614
These are community cards everyone can
use to make the best five card hand.

60
00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:19,077
The key to the game is playing
the man, not the cards.

61
00:05:19,161 --> 00:05:21,580
Bet an eight ball.

62
00:05:23,748 --> 00:05:27,878
There's no other game in which fortunes
can change so much from hand to hand.

63
00:05:27,961 --> 00:05:31,131
A brilliant player can get
a strong hand cracked, go on tilt...

64
00:05:31,214 --> 00:05:34,176
and lose his mind along with
every single chip in front of him.

65
00:05:34,259 --> 00:05:38,388
This is why the World Series of Poker is
decided over a No-Limit Hold 'Em table.

66
00:05:38,472 --> 00:05:41,141
Some people, pros even,
won't play No-Limit.

67
00:05:41,183 --> 00:05:43,477
They can't handle the swings.

68
00:05:44,853 --> 00:05:47,272
But there are others, like Doyle Brunson,

69
00:05:47,355 --> 00:05:50,400
who consider No-Limit
the only pure game left.

70
00:05:52,527 --> 00:05:58,074
Like Papa Wallenda said..."Life is on
the wire. The rest is just waiting."

71
00:05:58,158 --> 00:06:00,619
Pass it to you.

72
00:06:03,622 --> 00:06:06,041
All right, I raise.

73
00:06:06,124 --> 00:06:08,960
- I'm gonna raise five hundred.
- Fold.

74
00:06:11,630 --> 00:06:14,466
It's a position raise.
I call it.

75
00:06:19,513 --> 00:06:21,765
Here's the beauty of this game.

76
00:06:23,517 --> 00:06:26,770
- Go ahead.
- I just got top two pair on the flop,

77
00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:28,814
and I want to keep him in the hand.

78
00:06:28,897 --> 00:06:32,275
Against your average guy,
I'd set a bear trap, hardly bet at all.

79
00:06:32,359 --> 00:06:35,320
Let him walk into it.
But KGB's too smart for that.

80
00:06:35,403 --> 00:06:38,240
So, what I've got to do
is over-bet the pot,

81
00:06:38,323 --> 00:06:40,408
make it look like I'm trying to buy it.

82
00:06:40,492 --> 00:06:44,788
- I bet $2,000.
- Then he plays back at me,
and I get paid off.

83
00:07:16,278 --> 00:07:18,655
Call.

84
00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:21,992
My guess is Teddy's on a flush draw.

85
00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:25,662
Burn and turn.

86
00:07:27,455 --> 00:07:29,416
There's my money card, nine of hearts.

87
00:07:29,457 --> 00:07:31,501
I got a full house.

88
00:07:33,587 --> 00:07:35,922
- To the bettor.
- Check's good.

89
00:07:35,964 --> 00:07:39,759
Now I hope
a spade falls and Teddy makes his flush.

90
00:07:39,801 --> 00:07:43,847
That way he'll bet strong, and I'll beat
him with my nines full over aces.

91
00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:52,772
I'm going to bet...

92
00:07:52,814 --> 00:07:56,276
Bet...

93
00:07:56,318 --> 00:07:59,362
$15,000.

94
00:08:01,490 --> 00:08:03,950
Time.

95
00:08:06,870 --> 00:08:09,706
I want him to think that I'm pondering a call,

96
00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:13,627
but all I'm really thinking about
is Vegas and the fucking Mirage.

97
00:08:28,683 --> 00:08:32,646
All right, your 15, plus
I have another 33 to raise you.

98
00:08:32,729 --> 00:08:34,689
Um...

99
00:08:38,860 --> 00:08:42,489
Yeah, I'm gonna go all in, 'cause
I don't think you got the spades.

100
00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:50,163
You are right.
I don't have spades.

101
00:08:55,377 --> 00:08:58,463
I know before the cards are even turned over.

102
00:09:02,592 --> 00:09:05,679
Aces full, Mike.

103
00:09:35,083 --> 00:09:37,002
Get up.

104
00:09:40,005 --> 00:09:41,923
Come on.
Come on.

105
00:09:46,761 --> 00:09:49,890
- Want some?
- No.

106
00:09:49,931 --> 00:09:53,101
I'm down to the felt, Knish.
I lost everything.

107
00:09:53,185 --> 00:09:57,355
Man, I lost my case money.
I lost my tuition.

108
00:09:58,940 --> 00:10:02,527
It happens to everyone.
Time to time, everyone goes bust.

109
00:10:02,611 --> 00:10:05,655
You'll be back in the game before you know it.

110
00:10:05,739 --> 00:10:08,783
I'm done.
I'm out of it.

111
00:10:08,867 --> 00:10:11,369
They all say that at first.

112
00:10:11,453 --> 00:10:14,581
Hey, man, let me stake you.
Standard deal, you know.

113
00:10:14,664 --> 00:10:18,919
Fifty percent of your winnings.
If you lose, it's on me.

114
00:10:20,712 --> 00:10:22,923
I'd just throw it away.

115
00:10:25,967 --> 00:10:29,429
- You still got the truck?
- Sure.

116
00:10:29,513 --> 00:10:31,473
Come on.

117
00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:49,908
You don't hear much
about guys who take their shot and miss,

118
00:10:49,991 --> 00:10:52,244
but I'll tell you what happens to 'em.

119
00:10:52,327 --> 00:10:55,163
They end up humping crappy jobs
on graveyard shifts,

120
00:10:55,247 --> 00:10:58,250
trying to figure out how they came up short.

121
00:10:59,835 --> 00:11:02,003
See, I had this picture in my head.

122
00:11:02,087 --> 00:11:05,090
Me sitting at the big table, Doyle to my left,

123
00:11:05,173 --> 00:11:09,636
Amarillo Slim to my right,
playing in the World Series of Poker.

124
00:11:09,719 --> 00:11:14,057
And I let that vision
blind me at the table against KGB.

125
00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:16,977
Now, the closest I get
to Vegas is west New York,

126
00:11:17,018 --> 00:11:19,604
driving this lousy route
handed down from Knish...

127
00:11:19,688 --> 00:11:22,983
to rounders who forget
the cardinal fuckin' rule...

128
00:11:23,024 --> 00:11:25,026
Always leave yourself outs.

129
00:11:25,068 --> 00:11:27,571
- Hey, Moogie.
- Let me ask you a question.

130
00:11:27,654 --> 00:11:31,116
In a legal sense, can fuckin'
Steinbrenner just move the Yankees?

131
00:11:31,199 --> 00:11:33,827
Does he have the fuckin' right
to just move them?

132
00:11:33,910 --> 00:11:36,663
I don't know.
How should I know that?

133
00:11:36,705 --> 00:11:40,667
- You didn't learn that yet?
- No, we get to Steinbrenner
in the third year of law school.

134
00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:43,503
Oh.

135
00:11:43,587 --> 00:11:47,799
- Take care, man.
- Yeah.

136
00:11:59,728 --> 00:12:01,646
The judges' game.

137
00:12:01,730 --> 00:12:05,859
I'd heard about it for years on the
street, before I was even in law school.

138
00:12:05,901 --> 00:12:09,529
A rotating group of ten or twelve
judges, prosecutors and professors.

139
00:12:09,613 --> 00:12:12,032
They all have money, and in my playing days...

140
00:12:12,115 --> 00:12:15,577
it would have been pretty sweet to have
any one of them owing me favors.

141
00:12:15,660 --> 00:12:18,205
Only problem is, no one
can get in the game anymore.

142
00:12:18,288 --> 00:12:22,334
One rounder, Crispy Linetta,
sat under some pretense,

143
00:12:22,417 --> 00:12:26,880
but they found out he was a pro,
he couldn't cross the street
without a legal hassle.

144
00:12:26,963 --> 00:12:29,841
Even his regular club, Vorshay's, got shut down.

145
00:12:29,925 --> 00:12:32,844
Place had been open since 1907.

146
00:12:32,928 --> 00:12:34,805
Oh, Michael.

147
00:12:34,888 --> 00:12:37,557
- You got some things for me?
- Yes, I do.

148
00:12:37,599 --> 00:12:39,935
Put 'em on the desk, it's all right.

149
00:12:41,353 --> 00:12:43,313
Kid, he paying you for this late night shit?

150
00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:46,733
Oh, well, knowledge is my reward, sir.

151
00:12:46,817 --> 00:12:49,194
Let me tell you, it ain't worth it.

152
00:12:49,277 --> 00:12:51,571
Why don't you become a jockey,
do something useful.

153
00:12:51,613 --> 00:12:54,407
Kid's a little tall, isn't he, Gene?

154
00:12:54,449 --> 00:12:57,452
Enough with the Belmont
recruiting spiel. Your bet.

155
00:12:57,494 --> 00:12:59,746
- All right. I call.
- Michael is lead counsel...

156
00:12:59,830 --> 00:13:02,165
in the Moot Court
you're presiding over next week, Gene.

157
00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:04,376
Besides, he could use
the background if he's gonna...

158
00:13:04,459 --> 00:13:07,504
clerk for one of you fellas this summer, right?

159
00:13:07,587 --> 00:13:11,675
Abe, I thought you liked the kid. Why do
you want to make him a civil servant?

160
00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:15,137
Yeah, look... a word to the wise.
Stay in the private sector.

161
00:13:15,220 --> 00:13:19,182
That Nassau defense attorney's game?
They use our chips for coasters.

162
00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:21,601
The amazing thing is, in this
collection of great legal minds,

163
00:13:21,685 --> 00:13:24,437
there isn't a single real card player.

164
00:13:24,521 --> 00:13:28,066
- I call.
- Raise.

165
00:13:28,150 --> 00:13:30,277
Um, the professor raises.

166
00:13:32,195 --> 00:13:35,574
Mike?
Michael, I would have just called.

167
00:13:35,657 --> 00:13:37,576
No, you're good.

168
00:13:37,659 --> 00:13:40,453
All right, I call.

169
00:13:40,495 --> 00:13:43,081
I don't know if I'm going to bring
my legal career to a crashing halt...

170
00:13:43,165 --> 00:13:47,335
before it even starts,
but I just can't help myself.

171
00:13:47,419 --> 00:13:49,379
- Good.
- I'm in.

172
00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:51,798
Read 'em and weep.

173
00:13:55,552 --> 00:13:57,971
Threes check.

174
00:14:02,684 --> 00:14:05,645
Check to Martin and Lewis over there.

175
00:14:05,729 --> 00:14:08,732
- Check to the raiser.
- Czechoslovakia.

176
00:14:08,815 --> 00:14:13,069
- What's the limit?
- $20. Big bet's $20.

177
00:14:13,153 --> 00:14:17,240
Okay. Good.
There's $20.

178
00:14:17,324 --> 00:14:21,495
You've seen half a hand. How the
fuck are you betting into us?

179
00:14:21,578 --> 00:14:24,164
You sure this is wise, Abe?
It's your money the kid's bettin' with.

180
00:14:24,247 --> 00:14:28,627
It's plenty wise.
We know what we're holding,
and we know what you're holding.

181
00:14:28,710 --> 00:14:31,421
The fuck you know what we all got.

182
00:14:31,505 --> 00:14:34,424
Summer clerkship in your office says
I know what you're holding.

183
00:14:34,508 --> 00:14:36,968
I don't bet with jobs like that.

184
00:14:37,052 --> 00:14:40,430
Let's just say I'll put you at the top
of the list if you're right.

185
00:14:40,514 --> 00:14:44,434
Okay. Well, you were looking for that third three,

186
00:14:44,518 --> 00:14:47,354
but you forgot that Professor Green
folded it on Fourth Street,

187
00:14:47,437 --> 00:14:49,606
and now you're representing that you have it.

188
00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:52,108
The D.A. made his two pair,
but he knows they're no good.

189
00:14:52,192 --> 00:14:55,821
Judge Kaplan was trying to squeeze out
a diamond flush, but he came up short,

190
00:14:55,904 --> 00:14:58,281
and Mr. Eisen is futilely hoping
that his queens are gonna stand up.

191
00:14:58,365 --> 00:15:01,701
So, like I said, the Dean's bet is $20.

192
00:15:01,743 --> 00:15:04,704
- Well, kiss my ass.
- Kiss my ass.

193
00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:11,503
- What'd you have, Abe?
- Nothin' but a busted straight.

194
00:15:11,586 --> 00:15:14,172
- Oh, come on.
- It's good enough to win. Take it down.

195
00:15:14,256 --> 00:15:17,717
All right, kid, your first assignment.
Pull up a seat next to me.

196
00:15:17,801 --> 00:15:20,387
Oh, I'd like to. I can't, I can't.
I don't play cards.

197
00:15:20,470 --> 00:15:24,057
- Get outta here!
- See you tomorrow.

198
00:15:24,141 --> 00:15:26,476
- Whose deal?
- My deal.

199
00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:29,312
- I like the kid, Abe.
- Good kid.

200
00:15:29,396 --> 00:15:31,690
Smart kid.

201
00:15:31,773 --> 00:15:35,193
I tell ya, it's hard leaving that game.

202
00:15:35,277 --> 00:15:38,822
An open invitation to lay with those lambs.

203
00:15:38,905 --> 00:15:40,824
But I'm retired.

204
00:15:43,285 --> 00:15:46,037
The truth is, I can always find games, though.

205
00:15:46,121 --> 00:15:50,000
Easy games, tough games, straight games,
crooked games, home games.

206
00:15:50,083 --> 00:15:54,254
I can turn this truck onto the Jersey
Turnpike and be at the Taj in two hours.

207
00:15:55,672 --> 00:15:57,591
But I've made promises.

208
00:16:00,802 --> 00:16:03,221
I'm just a law student now.

209
00:16:04,973 --> 00:16:06,892
Hello?

210
00:16:06,975 --> 00:16:08,894
- Hey.
- Hey.

211
00:16:10,479 --> 00:16:13,273
- How'd it go?
- Oh, great.

212
00:16:17,527 --> 00:16:21,823
I am sick of that fucking route.

213
00:16:21,907 --> 00:16:24,826
Don't worry.
A few more semesters...

214
00:16:24,910 --> 00:16:27,954
Mmm.

215
00:16:28,038 --> 00:16:30,457
Oh, I gotta go.

216
00:16:30,540 --> 00:16:33,793
- I'm really late.
- Oh, just stay here. I'll be really quick.

217
00:16:33,877 --> 00:16:36,505
You won't feel a thing.

218
00:16:36,588 --> 00:16:38,924
We both know that's not true.

219
00:16:39,007 --> 00:16:41,676
Besides, you should get some sleep.

220
00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,929
These fuckin' long nights are killing me.

221
00:16:44,012 --> 00:16:45,972
They never used to.

222
00:16:46,014 --> 00:16:48,058
Yeah, well, that's different.
I mean, that was like...

223
00:16:48,141 --> 00:16:50,811
buy in at 8:00, next thing
you know it's morning.

224
00:16:50,894 --> 00:16:53,980
But hey, you know, I think
I'm hooked up for this summer.

225
00:16:54,064 --> 00:16:56,107
Hooked up how?

226
00:16:56,191 --> 00:16:59,986
Well, after I left you last night at the
library, I impressed Judge Marinacci.

227
00:17:00,028 --> 00:17:02,155
I think I might be in line for a clerkship.

228
00:17:03,657 --> 00:17:06,368
Tell me more.

229
00:17:06,451 --> 00:17:09,496
Well, those guys were all playing cards, and...

230
00:17:09,579 --> 00:17:12,207
Just hear me out now, hear me out.

231
00:17:12,290 --> 00:17:15,210
They were playing cards
and I read his hand blind.

232
00:17:18,171 --> 00:17:21,591
So, instead of coming home, you went
and played cards with some judge?

233
00:17:21,675 --> 00:17:24,678
No, I wasn't even playing.
They were playing.

234
00:17:27,305 --> 00:17:29,307
I just caught his eye
by reading his hand, that's all.

235
00:17:29,391 --> 00:17:33,186
I mean, as long as I don't fuck
up Moot Court, I think the job's mine.

236
00:17:35,647 --> 00:17:38,233
What kind of job is that gonna be, Mike?

237
00:17:38,316 --> 00:17:40,819
Writing an opinion
on high-stakes poker?

238
00:17:40,902 --> 00:17:43,488
Honey, you're the one who told me...

239
00:17:43,572 --> 00:17:46,158
that I should use my poker skills
in the courtroom.

240
00:17:46,241 --> 00:17:48,618
Yeah, I know I said that, but...

241
00:17:48,702 --> 00:17:51,872
You know what I meant.
I meant that you should use your head.

242
00:17:51,955 --> 00:17:56,126
You know, the way you calculate odds
on the spot, the way you read people.

243
00:17:56,209 --> 00:18:00,172
That's what I meant.
I didn't mean that you should try to
con your way into a summer job.

244
00:18:00,255 --> 00:18:04,551
- Honey, con? I was networking.
- Oh, God.

245
00:18:04,634 --> 00:18:08,138
Networking. Are you trying
to con me now?

246
00:18:08,221 --> 00:18:10,974
No.

247
00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:13,602
I just...
I don't think you get it.

248
00:18:13,685 --> 00:18:17,230
You'll be just like one
of those ex-college athletes.

249
00:18:17,314 --> 00:18:19,900
You know, great job at the
D.A. 's office as long as...

250
00:18:19,983 --> 00:18:22,819
they never miss a lawyer's league game.

251
00:18:22,903 --> 00:18:26,323
It's true. I just think if you
get in this way,

252
00:18:26,406 --> 00:18:28,575
you'll always be a hustler to them.

253
00:18:28,617 --> 00:18:30,619
Baby, I didn't even play.

254
00:18:32,704 --> 00:18:35,499
Okay.

255
00:18:35,582 --> 00:18:37,542
I'll see you later.

256
00:18:44,799 --> 00:18:46,718
Oh.

257
00:18:46,802 --> 00:18:51,223
- Hey, hon, can I take
the Jeep tomorrow?
- Yeah, where?

258
00:18:51,306 --> 00:18:54,100
Uh, Worm's gettin' out.
I was gonna pick him up.

259
00:18:54,142 --> 00:18:56,728
Tomorrow.
Beautiful.

260
00:18:56,812 --> 00:18:58,730
I promised I'd be there, hon.

261
00:18:58,814 --> 00:19:02,567
Worm. I just can't believe you
still know someone called "Worm."

262
00:19:02,651 --> 00:19:04,611
He's like my brother.

263
00:19:06,905 --> 00:19:08,824
Shit.
I didn't even play.

264
00:19:10,909 --> 00:19:14,913
I met Worm
at Dwight Inglewood Preparatory
Academy over in Jersey.

265
00:19:14,996 --> 00:19:17,916
We were the only two kids attending
who didn't have a trust fund.

266
00:19:17,999 --> 00:19:21,127
My father's office was there.
It said "Custodian" on the door.

267
00:19:21,211 --> 00:19:23,755
That's why they took me.

268
00:19:26,633 --> 00:19:30,053
Pow!

269
00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:35,767
W-Was that, like,
your strong finish or something?

270
00:19:35,851 --> 00:19:38,645
- Motherfucker!
- You leave me no choice,
the way you play.

271
00:19:38,728 --> 00:19:41,481
That's the fourth time you done
played that bitch of spades on my ass.

272
00:19:41,565 --> 00:19:43,984
No, no, no, no, no.

273
00:19:44,025 --> 00:19:47,112
Dowling had it three hands ago, and
two hands ago I got the black Maria,

274
00:19:47,195 --> 00:19:49,114
so I don't want to hear you bitchin', okay?

275
00:19:49,197 --> 00:19:51,950
- Yeah, but he shot the moon
on that hand, didn't he?
- Yeah, I saw that.

276
00:19:52,033 --> 00:19:56,163
- So it helped you.
- Now... Okay, you're right.

277
00:19:56,246 --> 00:19:58,790
You ain't walking outta here
with our grits, Worm.

278
00:19:58,874 --> 00:20:02,335
You know the drill, okay? I'm not
gonna smoke 'em. I'll hold on to 'em.

279
00:20:02,419 --> 00:20:06,173
if you want 'em back, you can
trade me for 'em, or try to play
double or nothing tomorrow.

280
00:20:06,214 --> 00:20:10,177
Murphy! What the hell you sittin'
there for? You're processed. Come on.

281
00:20:12,220 --> 00:20:15,849
Processed? This motherfucker's
gettin' the jump.

282
00:20:15,932 --> 00:20:18,226
Come on, man, have some decency here, Worm.

283
00:20:18,310 --> 00:20:20,228
You can buy all the smokes
you want in half an hour.

284
00:20:20,312 --> 00:20:23,982
- What are you talking about?
I won these fair and square.
- You don't even smoke, Worm.

285
00:20:24,065 --> 00:20:27,861
Jesus, you guys are such
fuckin' babies. You know that?

286
00:20:27,944 --> 00:20:31,865
If you're determined to die
of cancer, you really oughta
learn how to play cards.

287
00:20:31,907 --> 00:20:34,117
Ain't a good idea to add insult to injury, yo.

288
00:20:34,201 --> 00:20:36,786
- That shit will come back and hurt you.
- You know what?

289
00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:39,789
Not in this lifetime.
Enjoy your time.

290
00:20:41,917 --> 00:20:44,377
Murphy.

291
00:20:44,461 --> 00:20:47,380
Worm's dad
did the grounds, when he wasn't
too fuckin' drunk.

292
00:20:47,464 --> 00:20:49,508
That's when we did 'em.

293
00:20:49,591 --> 00:20:51,760
Of course, the grounds weren't all we did.

294
00:20:51,843 --> 00:20:55,847
Worm put us into a scam a day
on all the young aristocrats
we went to school with...

295
00:20:55,931 --> 00:21:00,644
selling 'em dime bags
of oregano, nunchakus
and firecrackers from Chinatown.

296
00:21:00,727 --> 00:21:03,355
- Where's the rest?
- Kept us in lunch money.

297
00:21:08,276 --> 00:21:10,195
- Thank you.
- Until the time we went for...

298
00:21:10,278 --> 00:21:13,073
more than just pocket change and got caught.

299
00:21:13,114 --> 00:21:16,576
We had the starting five take a dive
against Friends Academy.

300
00:21:16,660 --> 00:21:20,413
The point guard snapped and gave Worm up.

301
00:21:25,085 --> 00:21:28,255
They hauled him up before
the school board, offered him a deal.

302
00:21:28,296 --> 00:21:31,383
Tell us who else was involved,
and we'll go easy on you.

303
00:21:31,466 --> 00:21:34,886
Worm didn't say a fuckin' word.
Got himself expelled.

304
00:21:37,347 --> 00:21:40,183
- I stayed in school and graduated.
- Crank the outside.

305
00:21:43,979 --> 00:21:47,440
Not many guys would stand up
for a friend like that.

306
00:21:56,783 --> 00:21:59,744
Ta-da!

307
00:21:59,828 --> 00:22:02,414
- Mike McD. God. I knew you'd be here.
- Aw, man.

308
00:22:02,497 --> 00:22:05,458
- You never let me down.
- I would have been there
every week if you let me, man.

309
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:08,503
I know, I know. I couldn't
let you see me in this shit hole.

310
00:22:08,545 --> 00:22:11,131
- Look at you. You look great, man.
- You too, you too.

311
00:22:11,173 --> 00:22:13,341
- Did they toughen you up in there?
- No, no.

312
00:22:13,425 --> 00:22:15,469
It was a piece of cake.
Piece of cake.

313
00:22:15,552 --> 00:22:19,014
Man, look at your ride. You've been
prospering while I've been away.

314
00:22:19,097 --> 00:22:21,558
- What have you been up to?
- I borrowed it.

315
00:22:21,641 --> 00:22:26,146
Whatever. Just get in it and
drive me far away from here.

316
00:22:28,023 --> 00:22:30,817
There's like two whole economies in
there... there's cash and there's trade.

317
00:22:30,859 --> 00:22:32,986
So I gotta keep three games
going at once, all right?

318
00:22:33,069 --> 00:22:36,615
A game with the white guys,
a game with the brothers,
and a game with the guards.

319
00:22:36,698 --> 00:22:39,743
And the trick is, I gotta take
enough cash off the white guys...

320
00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:43,538
to lose it to the guards so that
they keep doing me favors and shit,

321
00:22:43,622 --> 00:22:47,626
but I gotta trim enough smokes
off the black guys that I can
trade and keep myself...

322
00:22:47,709 --> 00:22:52,297
in the style that I've grown
accustomed to, and all of this
without getting my ass kicked.

323
00:22:52,380 --> 00:22:54,341
So you're working with a partner?

324
00:22:54,424 --> 00:22:56,426
No. Who the hell
am I gonna trust in there?

325
00:22:56,510 --> 00:22:58,595
- It's just me all alone.
- What's this? Come here.

326
00:22:58,678 --> 00:23:01,181
- You like that? Isn't that beautiful?
- What is that?

327
00:23:01,264 --> 00:23:04,100
It's like an ace up my sleeve.
What else?

328
00:23:04,184 --> 00:23:07,020
Wait till I show you some of my chops,
man. I've gotten pretty blinding.

329
00:23:07,062 --> 00:23:09,815
- It's like, it's like, you know...
- All right.

330
00:23:09,898 --> 00:23:11,817
It's gonna blow your mind, blow your mind.

331
00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:14,528
You been working?
Is your game sharp?

332
00:23:14,569 --> 00:23:16,571
No, man, I'm off it.

333
00:23:16,613 --> 00:23:18,865
What, are you...
you gettin' cold cards?

334
00:23:18,907 --> 00:23:21,451
No, man, I mean I quit.

335
00:23:21,535 --> 00:23:25,580
- What, are you shitting me?
- No, man, l...

336
00:23:25,664 --> 00:23:29,543
- I got cleaned out.
- Mike McD? You lost?

337
00:23:29,626 --> 00:23:33,713
Yeah, man, l... It was a real
blood game over at KGB's place.

338
00:23:33,797 --> 00:23:36,716
You sat down with the Mad Russian
and he emptied your pockets?

339
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,553
Yeah. I didn't want to tell you
while you were in there.

340
00:23:39,636 --> 00:23:42,222
I didn't want to dispirit you like that.

341
00:23:42,305 --> 00:23:45,058
Jesus, what were you thinking?
So, you're just a student now?

342
00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:48,228
- What are you doing for money?
- I'm driving Knish's truck.

343
00:23:48,311 --> 00:23:52,149
Oh, God, you're killin' me. Mike, Mike,
we gotta get you back on the game.

344
00:23:52,232 --> 00:23:54,484
- The old partners here,
we're gonna run like...
- No, no, no, I'm off it.

345
00:23:54,568 --> 00:23:57,195
I mean, I really am. Done.

346
00:23:57,279 --> 00:24:00,657
You are, huh? All right. I know a game
perfect for the two of us.

347
00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:04,035
It's a berry patch right outside
New York City... prime pickings.

348
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:08,915
- I'll drop you... I'll drop you off.
- Okay.

349
00:24:08,999 --> 00:24:11,918
- I mean it. No, I'm really off it.
- I know, I know.

350
00:24:21,052 --> 00:24:23,054
This is it, this is it.

351
00:24:23,138 --> 00:24:25,724
So get this, here's the plan.
I know this girl Barbara.

352
00:24:25,807 --> 00:24:30,437
She's fuckin' hot. I was this close
to bangin' her when they sent me away.

353
00:24:30,479 --> 00:24:33,940
She works as a hostess for all these
fuckin' trust fund babies in here.

354
00:24:33,982 --> 00:24:35,942
She got me into their little game.

355
00:24:35,984 --> 00:24:40,447
She introduced me as her cousin
from out of town who loves to
gamble but wants to learn poker.

356
00:24:40,489 --> 00:24:42,449
That sounds solid.
That's a nice hookup.

357
00:24:42,491 --> 00:24:46,453
It's all the way nice. There's only
one problem. I got this feeling.

358
00:24:46,495 --> 00:24:51,082
- What feeling is that, exactly?
- You know this feeling very well.

359
00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:53,168
- You know, when you got
your table all set.
- Uh-huh.

360
00:24:53,251 --> 00:24:56,505
- Knife, fork, sauce,
A-1, Luger's, but...
- Yeah.

361
00:24:56,588 --> 00:25:00,091
- You just don't have the stake.
- Exactly. Glad you understand.

362
00:25:00,175 --> 00:25:02,803
A nickel would start me very nicely.

363
00:25:02,886 --> 00:25:05,347
Whoa, Jesus, what have you been livin' on?

364
00:25:05,430 --> 00:25:08,141
I'm livin' a little light, I told you.

365
00:25:08,183 --> 00:25:12,145
- Anyway, that's $220,
so that'll get you started.
- $220, I mean...

366
00:25:12,187 --> 00:25:16,274
Hey, thanks, but I mean, that's, like, 11 bets.

367
00:25:16,358 --> 00:25:18,777
I mean, I can't even get a table on this...

368
00:25:18,860 --> 00:25:21,738
Good, so forget this game. I'll
straighten you out in the city tomorrow.

369
00:25:21,822 --> 00:25:24,491
No way. I gotta get started.

370
00:25:24,533 --> 00:25:26,535
I mean, I'm already behind here.

371
00:25:26,618 --> 00:25:29,037
You just got out.
What's the big fuckin' hurry?

372
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,498
The hurry is, other than you,
my friend, there's about five guys,

373
00:25:31,581 --> 00:25:35,126
like, eagerly awaiting my release.

374
00:25:35,210 --> 00:25:37,671
- How much do you owe?
- Like, ten.

375
00:25:37,754 --> 00:25:41,716
- Ten?
- I can't even figure it with the juice.

376
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,929
Hey, look, I can get
started on this easy
if it's you and me working together.

377
00:25:47,681 --> 00:25:50,809
I heard you asking before, and I hear
you asking now, but I can't do that.

378
00:25:50,892 --> 00:25:54,020
I just can't do that.
I've made promises.

379
00:25:54,104 --> 00:25:57,315
Hey, you know what? What am I saying?
I totally understand, I do.

380
00:25:57,399 --> 00:26:01,528
It's fine. I'll make a couple of moves
earlier than I would have normally...

381
00:26:01,611 --> 00:26:04,823
- But thanks, I appreciate it.
- Premium hands.

382
00:26:04,906 --> 00:26:09,786
- I'll catch you in the city tomorrow?
- Yeah.

383
00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:12,831
Hey, Mike, man.
Fuckin' great to see ya.

384
00:26:12,914 --> 00:26:15,000
You too.

385
00:26:57,626 --> 00:27:00,420
In Confessions of
a Winning Poker Player, Jack King said,

386
00:27:00,462 --> 00:27:03,798
"Few players recall big pots
they have won, strange as it seems,

387
00:27:03,882 --> 00:27:06,551
"but every player can remember
with remarkable accuracy...

388
00:27:06,635 --> 00:27:09,513
the outstanding tough beats
of his career."

389
00:27:09,596 --> 00:27:11,556
Seems true to me.
'Cause walking in here,

390
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,934
I can hardly remember how I built my bankroll,

391
00:27:13,975 --> 00:27:17,062
but I can't stop thinking of how I lost it.

392
00:27:17,145 --> 00:27:19,105
Mike.

393
00:27:19,147 --> 00:27:22,776
- Hi.
- Barbara. Worm said
you'd be running a little late.

394
00:27:22,859 --> 00:27:25,028
Just follow me.

395
00:27:30,784 --> 00:27:34,454
I probably won't even sit.
You know, just kinda keep him company.

396
00:27:34,496 --> 00:27:36,623
No, no, that's not gonna work.

397
00:27:36,706 --> 00:27:40,418
Here's the play...
you're my new boyfriend,
you're looking for a regular game.

398
00:27:40,502 --> 00:27:43,547
Really? Well, I'm not
much of a card player.

399
00:27:43,630 --> 00:27:47,884
Bullshit. Worm tells me that's
precisely what you are.

400
00:27:50,512 --> 00:27:53,807
My cut is 25 per cent.

401
00:27:53,890 --> 00:27:57,310
- I see.
- Good. Come on.

402
00:28:03,650 --> 00:28:05,569
Gentlemen.

403
00:28:05,652 --> 00:28:07,821
- This is my boyfriend Michael.
- Hello, Michael.

404
00:28:09,030 --> 00:28:10,949
Be nice to him.

405
00:28:11,032 --> 00:28:14,077
- Leave him enough money
to buy me breakfast.
- [Laughter]

406
00:28:14,161 --> 00:28:16,079
- Good luck.
- Thanks, sweetie.

407
00:28:16,163 --> 00:28:18,331
Here, why don't you pull up a chair.

408
00:28:19,958 --> 00:28:23,461
- Okay, this one's Chicago.
- You know Chicago?

409
00:28:23,545 --> 00:28:25,589
- Uh, remind me.
- Stud game.

410
00:28:25,672 --> 00:28:27,841
High spade in the hole wins half the pot.

411
00:28:27,883 --> 00:28:31,011
Okay, well, deal me in, I guess.

412
00:28:34,055 --> 00:28:35,974
- That's you.
- Oh, thanks.

413
00:28:37,559 --> 00:28:40,312
Okay.

414
00:28:42,189 --> 00:28:44,274
- That's two on you, Murph.
- Oh, yeah. Sorry.

415
00:28:47,444 --> 00:28:50,280
- I'm in.
- I'm gonna make it five.

416
00:28:50,363 --> 00:28:53,116
Hey, big spender.

417
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,287
Worm and I fall into our old rhythm
like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.

418
00:28:57,370 --> 00:29:01,208
We bring out all the old school tricks,
stuff that would
never play in the city...

419
00:29:01,291 --> 00:29:03,376
signalling, chip placing, trapping.

420
00:29:03,460 --> 00:29:05,921
- We even run the old best hand play.
- Raise.

421
00:29:06,004 --> 00:29:08,715
I can probably crack the game
just as quickly straight up,

422
00:29:08,757 --> 00:29:11,051
but there's no risk in this room.

423
00:29:11,134 --> 00:29:15,180
Now, some people might look down on
Worm's mechanics, call it immoral.

424
00:29:15,263 --> 00:29:19,559
But as Canada Bill Jones said, "It's
immoral to let a sucker keep his money."

425
00:29:19,643 --> 00:29:22,687
Like they teach you
in One-L...

426
00:29:22,771 --> 00:29:25,315
caveat emptor, pal.

427
00:29:25,398 --> 00:29:29,361
- I got the boat, queens over.
- [Chuckles]

428
00:29:29,444 --> 00:29:33,573
He asked you if that stung, Birch.

429
00:29:33,657 --> 00:29:36,034
Worm really has become an artist, too.

430
00:29:36,117 --> 00:29:39,329
Discard culls, pickup culls,
overhand run ups, the Double Duke...

431
00:29:39,412 --> 00:29:43,375
His technique is flawless.
But his judgment is a little off.

432
00:29:43,458 --> 00:29:45,919
A few times, I have to fold the case
on him, just so it won't be obvious.

433
00:29:48,338 --> 00:29:52,384
Still, he plays the part
of the loser to perfection.

434
00:29:52,467 --> 00:29:54,594
Flush.

435
00:29:54,636 --> 00:29:57,222
I got the full house.
I got the queens over the aces.

436
00:29:57,305 --> 00:29:59,933
Ahh, fuck!
You know what?

437
00:29:59,975 --> 00:30:04,020
- Fuck you and your never-ending
string of boats, okay?
- Hey.

438
00:30:07,357 --> 00:30:10,318
Well, my Uncle Les says when the
money's gone, it's time to move on,

439
00:30:10,402 --> 00:30:14,197
so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.

440
00:30:16,241 --> 00:30:20,620
Murph! Hey, come back any time.
Your money's always good here.

441
00:30:20,704 --> 00:30:24,666
Good night, Mike. See you next time.

442
00:30:24,749 --> 00:30:27,252
You guys, uh, wanna keep playing?

443
00:30:41,516 --> 00:30:44,478
How'd we do?
Oh, beautiful.

444
00:30:44,519 --> 00:30:46,688
Fuckin' assholes, they deserved it.

445
00:30:46,771 --> 00:30:48,773
All right, $300, that's your cut.

446
00:30:48,815 --> 00:30:51,318
- Thank you very much, boys.
- Hey, you were great. Great.

447
00:30:51,401 --> 00:30:54,529
- When can we do this again?
- No, no, it was a one-time thing for me.

448
00:30:54,613 --> 00:30:56,823
- Just because.
- Forget it.

449
00:30:56,865 --> 00:30:59,951
- Uh, two weeks.
- Two weeks? Okay. Okay.

450
00:31:00,035 --> 00:31:03,997
Hey, thanks a lot. Yeah.

451
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,166
Hey, I had to try, right?

452
00:31:06,249 --> 00:31:08,251
Bye.

453
00:31:08,335 --> 00:31:10,295
Hey, how'd you know I was coming back?

454
00:31:10,378 --> 00:31:13,298
That's easy.
Who's your favorite actor?

455
00:31:13,381 --> 00:31:17,177
Clint Eastwood. The Outlaw Josey Wales,
man. The Man with No Name.

456
00:31:17,260 --> 00:31:19,304
He always doubles back for a friend.

457
00:31:20,722 --> 00:31:23,183
Hey, we made good time.
Wanna get breakfast?

458
00:31:23,225 --> 00:31:26,770
No, I gotta get home. If she
hasn't already changed the locks on me.

459
00:31:26,853 --> 00:31:29,147
Just do me a favor.
Give me five minutes.

460
00:31:29,231 --> 00:31:31,358
Get me straightened out.

461
00:31:35,612 --> 00:31:38,949
This may not look like Teddy's place,
but it ain't the Ivy Leagues either.

462
00:31:39,032 --> 00:31:41,535
So don't fuck around.
You gotta play on your belly.

463
00:31:41,618 --> 00:31:43,703
All right.
No problem.

464
00:31:49,125 --> 00:31:51,503
Hey, you know I have no problem
with the way you help yourself,

465
00:31:51,586 --> 00:31:54,130
but these guys are fast company.

466
00:31:54,214 --> 00:31:56,383
- They'll spot every move.
- Tough customers, huh?

467
00:31:56,466 --> 00:31:58,468
- Yeah. I'm serious.
- All right.

468
00:31:58,552 --> 00:32:00,512
- You won't just get
a finger up your spine.
- Okay, I hear ya.

469
00:32:00,595 --> 00:32:02,722
I'm playing straight.

470
00:32:12,774 --> 00:32:15,777
Michael McDermott.

471
00:32:15,861 --> 00:32:17,988
- How you doin', Mikey?
- Good, how you doin'?

472
00:32:18,071 --> 00:32:20,448
Good. You know, um,

473
00:32:20,532 --> 00:32:22,534
the computer tried to delete you last week.

474
00:32:22,617 --> 00:32:24,536
- Oh, yeah?
- But I knew you'd be back.

475
00:32:24,619 --> 00:32:26,913
Oh, no, I'm not back, I just...

476
00:32:26,955 --> 00:32:29,332
- It's good to see you.
- Good to see you, too.

477
00:32:29,416 --> 00:32:32,335
Um, this is Les Murphy.
He's like my brother.

478
00:32:32,419 --> 00:32:34,379
Call me Worm.

479
00:32:34,462 --> 00:32:38,258
Hey. Don't wiggle away.

480
00:32:38,341 --> 00:32:40,927
Hey, what's she wearing the button for?

481
00:32:41,011 --> 00:32:43,930
They're wired right into the precinct.
They got 'em on the payroll.

482
00:32:49,644 --> 00:32:52,772
- What are they playing?
- Uh, 20-40 forced rotation.

483
00:32:52,814 --> 00:32:55,567
It's the only game going right now.

484
00:32:55,650 --> 00:32:58,278
Is that Fat Greggie sitting 20-40?
The game's that soft?

485
00:32:58,361 --> 00:33:02,824
Yeah. It's a real live game.
So, you guys gonna play?

486
00:33:02,908 --> 00:33:04,826
- No.
- Hell, yeah, I'm gonna play.

487
00:33:04,910 --> 00:33:07,579
- Oh, come on, you're not
gonna walk away from this.
- Not gonna happen.

488
00:33:07,662 --> 00:33:10,457
Mike, we could cut this room up in an hour.

489
00:33:13,043 --> 00:33:17,172
All right, run along, then.
Say hi to her for me.

490
00:33:17,255 --> 00:33:21,384
- Me, too.
- I will. Take care of him.

491
00:33:25,347 --> 00:33:27,891
Jesus. What a fuckin' waste.

492
00:33:27,974 --> 00:33:30,435
Do you believe that?
She's really got him by the balls.

493
00:33:30,519 --> 00:33:33,313
- That's not so bad, is it?
- Depends on the grip.

494
00:33:33,355 --> 00:33:35,857
- Come on, give me $2,000.
- On the finger?

495
00:33:35,941 --> 00:33:38,860
You heard Mike.
He's good for it. Come on.

496
00:33:38,944 --> 00:33:42,280
Look, I'm gonna triple that
in half an hour, princess. Let's go.

497
00:33:42,364 --> 00:33:44,699
Okay.

498
00:34:02,592 --> 00:34:04,636
Hey.

499
00:34:04,719 --> 00:34:07,013
Reunion run a little late?

500
00:34:07,097 --> 00:34:09,891
I was gonna call,
but I didn't want to wake you up.

501
00:34:09,975 --> 00:34:12,477
It's okay.
I wasn't sleeping.

502
00:34:12,561 --> 00:34:15,147
Well, why don't you change and we'll get a cab.

503
00:34:17,732 --> 00:34:19,818
Um, why don't you just go ahead,
and I'm gonna jump in the shower.

504
00:34:19,901 --> 00:34:23,655
And if I miss a little bit
of the Mulligan meeting,
just cover for me, all right?

505
00:34:32,247 --> 00:34:34,207
Hey.

506
00:34:35,584 --> 00:34:38,378
At least give me a story.
You know, I mean...

507
00:34:38,420 --> 00:34:40,755
I mean, tell me you were
out drinking till you threw up.

508
00:34:40,839 --> 00:34:44,050
Tell me you were getting
lap dances over at Scores.

509
00:34:44,134 --> 00:34:47,971
- I don't care, just give me something.
- I was entertaining Worm.

510
00:34:48,054 --> 00:34:50,682
- Uh-huh.
- The least I can do for the guy.

511
00:34:50,765 --> 00:34:54,394
- So, you were nowhere near a card game.
- Sweetie.

512
00:34:54,478 --> 00:34:56,688
What?
I'm asking you a question.

513
00:34:56,771 --> 00:35:00,233
- I'm just...
- No. I was nowhere near a card game.

514
00:35:00,317 --> 00:35:02,569
All right?

515
00:35:02,652 --> 00:35:04,571
All right.
I'll wait for you.

516
00:35:35,977 --> 00:35:39,815
I mean, the key is a seamless
passing of the baton among the team.

517
00:35:39,898 --> 00:35:43,443
I think the most important thing
is to be respectful to
the judges but not obsequious.

518
00:35:43,527 --> 00:35:45,487
Now, wait a minute.
Make sure to be deferential.

519
00:35:45,570 --> 00:35:47,614
Gene Marinacci won't buy deferential.

520
00:35:47,697 --> 00:35:49,741
Oh, it's Gene, is it?

521
00:35:49,825 --> 00:35:52,744
Well, I knew there was a reason
why you were lead counsel,

522
00:35:52,828 --> 00:35:55,747
and it's got nothing to do
with your punctuality.

523
00:35:55,831 --> 00:35:57,749
Sorry.
I couldn't find a cab.

524
00:35:57,833 --> 00:36:01,711
Anyway, when you make
the opening remarks, make sure
you stick to the fact pattern.

525
00:36:01,795 --> 00:36:05,757
And use the right cites.
Use book cites, not Lexis.

526
00:36:05,841 --> 00:36:07,884
Hi, Jo.

527
00:36:07,968 --> 00:36:09,886
- Long time.
- Knish. How are you?

528
00:36:11,513 --> 00:36:14,558
The same.

529
00:36:14,641 --> 00:36:17,936
I don't mean to interrupt
you future magistrates and noblemen,

530
00:36:18,019 --> 00:36:19,980
but l, uh, I need a word.

531
00:36:21,857 --> 00:36:23,817
- Um...
- It's important.

532
00:36:23,859 --> 00:36:26,319
Okay. Excuse me.

533
00:36:26,403 --> 00:36:28,446
Sorry.

534
00:36:30,949 --> 00:36:33,160
- I'll act as lead counsel.
- It's all right, Kelly.

535
00:36:33,243 --> 00:36:35,328
We were gonna take a break anyway.

536
00:36:35,412 --> 00:36:37,914
Coffee time.

537
00:36:41,334 --> 00:36:44,629
The guy's a cheat.
He always has been.

538
00:36:44,713 --> 00:36:47,340
Right now, he's over at Chesterfield's,
ruining your reputation...

539
00:36:47,424 --> 00:36:49,342
with every lousy second he deals.

540
00:36:49,426 --> 00:36:51,970
Shit. I told him.
Did anybody else see him?

541
00:36:52,053 --> 00:36:55,223
Nobody saw... I heard it.
Snapping sound gave it away.

542
00:36:55,307 --> 00:36:57,726
I didn't know him, I might not have noticed.

543
00:36:57,809 --> 00:37:00,562
I turn around, and I see him
with the mechanic's grip, I know.

544
00:37:00,645 --> 00:37:02,856
- You want one?
- Did you give him the office?

545
00:37:02,898 --> 00:37:05,859
I tried to warn him, but
he looked right through me.

546
00:37:05,901 --> 00:37:07,986
- All right, I'll go get him.
- No, no, no. He's okay now.

547
00:37:08,069 --> 00:37:10,780
Most of those Georges are at the tail
end of a 36-hour session.

548
00:37:10,864 --> 00:37:14,409
They can't see straight.
Come on, I'll buy you a cup of coffee.

549
00:37:14,493 --> 00:37:16,786
But if he's still there
when Roman and Maurice start their game,

550
00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:18,788
he's gonna wish he was still inside.

551
00:37:18,872 --> 00:37:20,790
I'm gonna go get him.

552
00:37:22,792 --> 00:37:26,630
Amarillo Slim, the greatest
proposition gambler of all time,

553
00:37:26,713 --> 00:37:28,757
held to his father's maxim...

554
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,135
"You can shear a sheep many times,
but skin him only once."

555
00:37:32,219 --> 00:37:34,471
Gotta bet my jacks.

556
00:37:34,554 --> 00:37:37,432
This is a lesson Worm's never bothered to learn.

557
00:37:37,516 --> 00:37:40,060
Hey, guys.

558
00:37:40,143 --> 00:37:42,062
English only at the table, no Russian.

559
00:37:42,145 --> 00:37:45,232
- What are you talking about?
- What am I talking about?

560
00:37:45,315 --> 00:37:47,901
If you want to see
this seventh card, you're gonna
stop speaking fuckin' Sputnik.

561
00:37:47,984 --> 00:37:50,695
- Oh, da, motherfucker.
- You're worried we might work together.

562
00:37:50,779 --> 00:37:52,739
I'm sure you're just talking about perogies...

563
00:37:52,823 --> 00:37:54,866
and snow and shit, but let's
cut it out, all right?

564
00:37:54,950 --> 00:37:57,118
There's the river, down and dirty.

565
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,873
I think you got that ace,
Roman, but I'm gonna pay for it.

566
00:38:03,416 --> 00:38:05,377
Okay, well,
I got the jacks. Come on.

567
00:38:05,418 --> 00:38:07,587
- Ace.
- Oh, you got it.
- And six.

568
00:38:07,671 --> 00:38:09,756
Wow, two pair.
But I got sevens, too, though.

569
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,760
- With my jacks.
- Motherfucker, slow rolling me
like that.

570
00:38:13,802 --> 00:38:15,846
You said just jacks.

571
00:38:15,929 --> 00:38:17,848
But you made me for the sevens,
Maurice. You're a player.

572
00:38:17,931 --> 00:38:20,976
- Fuck!
- Hey, come on! Don't be a fuckin' baby.

573
00:38:21,059 --> 00:38:23,145
- Hey, Maurice.
- Hey.

574
00:38:23,228 --> 00:38:25,730
Hey, Mike, you here to play?
Come on, we need some new blood.

575
00:38:25,814 --> 00:38:28,733
They're putting a fucking bracelet
on me tomorrow for four months.

576
00:38:28,817 --> 00:38:31,278
- I already stuck two racks.
- Well, have a good rest, man.

577
00:38:31,361 --> 00:38:33,280
Can I talk to you for a second, Cosmonaut?

578
00:38:33,363 --> 00:38:36,449
No, man, I'm on a roll.
This is a very emotional game.

579
00:38:36,533 --> 00:38:38,493
Gotta do it.

580
00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:41,079
I counted these.

581
00:38:41,163 --> 00:38:43,123
Leave it.
It's fine.

582
00:38:49,171 --> 00:38:51,173
- What's going on?
- Where are you at?

583
00:38:51,256 --> 00:38:54,301
I was pumped up eight G's. I was ready
to go on a run when you came along.

584
00:38:54,384 --> 00:38:57,429
- All right, listen.
- Hey, wait, I want a hot dog.

585
00:38:57,512 --> 00:39:00,265
You're in town for five fuckin' minutes,
you already got a sign on your back.

586
00:39:00,307 --> 00:39:03,435
Oh, what, that fuckin' Knish rat me out?

587
00:39:03,477 --> 00:39:05,479
You gotta stop listening to that guy, man.

588
00:39:05,562 --> 00:39:07,856
He sees all the angles, but
he doesn't have the balls to play one.

589
00:39:07,939 --> 00:39:10,192
Hey, that guy hasn't had to
work in 15 years, Worm.

590
00:39:10,275 --> 00:39:12,611
You don't think that's work, what he does?

591
00:39:12,652 --> 00:39:14,988
Grinding it out on his fuckin'
leather ass? No, thank you.

592
00:39:15,030 --> 00:39:17,991
I thought so, too, all right?
Now I know what real work is.

593
00:39:18,074 --> 00:39:20,619
Speaking of which, are you even gonna get a job?

594
00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:22,913
Or are you just gonna go back
to printing those credit cards?

595
00:39:22,996 --> 00:39:25,248
- Huh? You gonna go away again?
- I wasn't printing.

596
00:39:25,332 --> 00:39:28,168
I was distributing. Distributing.
It's different, okay?

597
00:39:28,210 --> 00:39:30,378
Second of all, I'm never going back there.

598
00:39:30,462 --> 00:39:32,839
Stop worrying so much, okay?

599
00:39:32,923 --> 00:39:34,841
Come here.

600
00:39:36,676 --> 00:39:40,138
I just want you to think
long term, all right? Be smart.

601
00:39:40,222 --> 00:39:43,058
Every place in Manhattan,
they all keep books, all right?

602
00:39:43,141 --> 00:39:46,353
If you get listed as a mechanic,
then not only are you gonna
get the shit kicked out of you,

603
00:39:46,394 --> 00:39:49,147
you're not gonna get a fuckin' game
anywhere in New York.

604
00:39:49,231 --> 00:39:51,525
It's stupid.
It's just bad business.

605
00:39:51,608 --> 00:39:54,611
Look, this is what I love about you...
you think about the big picture.

606
00:39:54,694 --> 00:39:56,613
That's great, okay?
But it's not me.

607
00:39:56,696 --> 00:39:58,949
I don't play the game straight up,
and then if I lose,

608
00:39:59,032 --> 00:40:00,951
go get some real work or something, okay?

609
00:40:01,034 --> 00:40:02,953
I see a mark, I take him down.

610
00:40:03,036 --> 00:40:05,038
That's what I do.
That's the way I live.

611
00:40:05,121 --> 00:40:07,666
I know. Listen, you're the guy
who taught me all the angles.

612
00:40:07,707 --> 00:40:10,710
- But I'm not the guy
with my nose open right now.
- Aw, come on.

613
00:40:10,794 --> 00:40:14,130
I'm not gonna preach to you, but those
two guys in there, they're not rabbits.

614
00:40:14,214 --> 00:40:17,467
Roman and Maurice?
They're Russian outfit guys.

615
00:40:17,551 --> 00:40:20,387
Not as bad as KGB, but you don't want
to be fuckin' with those guys.

616
00:40:20,470 --> 00:40:24,474
With those fake
Versace shirts and shit? Jesus.

617
00:40:24,558 --> 00:40:28,520
Look, you still got time.
Just go back in there, right?

618
00:40:28,562 --> 00:40:30,522
Lose their fuckin' money back to 'em, all right?

619
00:40:30,564 --> 00:40:32,607
Just make it look good.
Just catch a run of real shitty cards.

620
00:40:32,691 --> 00:40:34,693
- Give it back to 'em.
- I can't. I can't.

621
00:40:34,734 --> 00:40:37,529
I gotta put some scratch together, man.
I gotta get somethin' going.

622
00:40:37,571 --> 00:40:40,907
Then go out to suburbia, man. Play
in a fuckin' dentist's game, okay?

623
00:40:40,991 --> 00:40:45,162
- Go to Swan Meadow,
play in the golf pro game.
- That's an idea.

624
00:40:45,245 --> 00:40:48,707
I'll definitely do that,
but I can't dump to these guys.

625
00:40:48,790 --> 00:40:51,501
You got to.

626
00:40:51,585 --> 00:40:53,503
All right, whatever, whatever.

627
00:40:53,587 --> 00:40:56,339
Meet me at Stromboli's
in half an hour, all right?

628
00:40:56,423 --> 00:40:58,383
I can't, I gotta go.
I have a meeting.

629
00:40:58,425 --> 00:41:00,385
And then I gotta go to fuckin' Queens.
I gotta load the truck.

630
00:41:00,427 --> 00:41:03,138
Jesus, man, you're such
a fuckin' workin' man now.
I'm never gonna see you.

631
00:41:03,221 --> 00:41:06,766
- Make it look good.
I mean it, make it look good.
- You know me.

632
00:41:18,945 --> 00:41:21,072
- So, how'd you do?
- Ah, so-so.

633
00:41:22,782 --> 00:41:24,951
Six thousand, two thousand.

634
00:41:24,993 --> 00:41:28,580
Oh, hold on.
Two more.

635
00:41:28,663 --> 00:41:30,624
All right, so it's ten grand total,

636
00:41:30,665 --> 00:41:32,626
take back the two we lent you,
give you the white meat.

637
00:41:32,709 --> 00:41:34,669
You know what?

638
00:41:34,753 --> 00:41:37,255
Why don't you give me all of it?

639
00:41:37,339 --> 00:41:39,716
Usually, credit players
only leave with their profit.

640
00:41:39,799 --> 00:41:42,052
Otherwise, the juice starts
five points a week on Mike.

641
00:41:42,135 --> 00:41:44,054
Oh, okay.
We'll owe you.

642
00:41:59,319 --> 00:42:03,448
Hey. I've been looking
all over for you.

643
00:42:03,490 --> 00:42:05,450
Didn't want to be found.

644
00:42:05,492 --> 00:42:08,829
You know, Petrovsky waited and waited.
So did the rest of the group.

645
00:42:08,912 --> 00:42:11,832
- Jo, look, I missed one meeting.
- It's not about the meeting.

646
00:42:11,873 --> 00:42:15,418
I don't care about the meeting. Do
you even know why I left this morning?

647
00:42:15,502 --> 00:42:18,588
- I found that gangster's roll
in your pocket.
- It's not what you think.

648
00:42:18,672 --> 00:42:22,801
- It's not what you think.
- Who do you think I am?
You lie right to my face?

649
00:42:22,843 --> 00:42:25,971
Look, old days at least you never lied.

650
00:42:26,012 --> 00:42:28,140
You lost everything,
but at least you never lied.

651
00:42:30,517 --> 00:42:34,271
Jo, this wasn't even a real game.
This was like Wiffle Ball.

652
00:42:34,354 --> 00:42:36,356
- Can you lose your rent
playing Wiffle Ball?
- No, I couldn't lose.

653
00:42:36,439 --> 00:42:38,984
- That's the point.
- No, Mike, you can lose.

654
00:42:39,067 --> 00:42:42,028
I watched you, I stood by you while
you lost everything before.

655
00:42:42,112 --> 00:42:44,823
- I don't think I can go
through that with you again.
- Jo, I wasn't gonna lose!

656
00:42:44,865 --> 00:42:47,200
Why does this still seem like gambling to you?

657
00:42:47,242 --> 00:42:49,703
Why do you think the same five guys
make it to the final table...

658
00:42:49,786 --> 00:42:52,289
at the World Series of Poker every single year?

659
00:42:52,372 --> 00:42:54,499
What are they, the luckiest guys in Las Vegas?

660
00:42:54,541 --> 00:42:58,628
- It's a skill game, Jo.
- Great. So why'd you
have to lie to me?

661
00:42:58,712 --> 00:43:02,883
- Because I knew you wouldn't understand.
- Understand what?

662
00:43:02,966 --> 00:43:06,887
Last night, I sat down at this card table.

663
00:43:06,928 --> 00:43:12,225
I felt alive for the first time since
I got busted at KGB's joint, okay?

664
00:43:12,267 --> 00:43:15,312
You just told me you felt alive for
the first time at a fucking card table.

665
00:43:15,395 --> 00:43:19,191
- No, what...
- What's that supposed to
make me understand?

666
00:43:44,466 --> 00:43:49,054
Midnight, gettin' uptight Where are you

667
00:43:49,137 --> 00:43:51,556
- You said you need me
but it's quarter to 2:00
- I heard you was out.

668
00:43:51,598 --> 00:43:54,100
Hey, fuckin' Grama.
How you doin'?

669
00:43:54,142 --> 00:43:56,353
- I was just thinkin' about you.
You know, I could use you.
- Oh, yeah?

670
00:43:56,436 --> 00:43:58,897
See me in, like, two weeks.
I'll put you back on the payroll.

671
00:43:58,980 --> 00:44:03,443
Well, I got some bad news for ya, Worm.
I'm out on my own now.

672
00:44:03,485 --> 00:44:05,987
- Really?
- Yeah.

673
00:44:06,071 --> 00:44:08,156
Go figure.

674
00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:11,618
There were a lot of angry people when
you went away. A lot of people were mad.

675
00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:13,995
I know, Grama, that's why I'm trying
to put together a roll here.

676
00:44:14,079 --> 00:44:16,081
A lot of people coming up to me,
asking if I could help,

677
00:44:16,122 --> 00:44:18,124
asking if I knew where to find you.

678
00:44:18,166 --> 00:44:20,794
- So, it got me to thinkin'.
- Really, you thinkin' now? That's big.

679
00:44:20,877 --> 00:44:24,047
Hey, Jesus! Come on!
Take it easy.

680
00:44:24,130 --> 00:44:26,550
It's just a friend of mine.

681
00:44:26,633 --> 00:44:29,970
Hey! Easy, easy, easy, easy.
God!

682
00:44:30,053 --> 00:44:33,140
Get the fuck outta here.
What did I say?

683
00:44:33,223 --> 00:44:36,476
- Hey, man, take it easy!
- Get the fuck outta here!

684
00:44:38,061 --> 00:44:40,856
Okay.
Here's what I'm thinkin'.

685
00:44:40,939 --> 00:44:44,442
Instead of you owing 15 grand spread out
to five guys, you owe 25 to me.

686
00:44:44,526 --> 00:44:46,987
What? Where the fuck
do you get off? 25 grand?

687
00:44:47,028 --> 00:44:49,614
Where the fuck do I get off?

688
00:44:49,656 --> 00:44:51,658
Ohh.

689
00:44:51,741 --> 00:44:55,662
Here's how it is. 25 grand,
and the juice is still runnin'.

690
00:44:55,745 --> 00:44:58,206
Jesus Christ.

691
00:44:58,290 --> 00:45:00,417
What the fuck are you doin', man?
You were my partner.

692
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:02,419
No, no, I was your lackey.

693
00:45:02,502 --> 00:45:04,421
But I learned a few things, Worm.

694
00:45:04,504 --> 00:45:08,258
I consolidated your outstanding debt.

695
00:45:08,341 --> 00:45:11,595
Where'd you get the scratch for that?

696
00:45:11,678 --> 00:45:14,890
You've been rolling fags in the Village again.

697
00:45:14,973 --> 00:45:17,392
Still a wise ass. Unbelievable.

698
00:45:17,476 --> 00:45:20,020
What I did was go partners
with an old friend of yours.

699
00:45:20,103 --> 00:45:23,440
Teddy KGB backed me.

700
00:45:23,523 --> 00:45:25,984
Bullshit.
Bullshit.

701
00:45:27,068 --> 00:45:30,655
Teddy's got plenty of goons.

702
00:45:30,739 --> 00:45:32,824
Why would he put you under his flag?

703
00:45:32,866 --> 00:45:37,621
Because as soon as he heard your name,
he became real excited for the prospect.

704
00:45:37,704 --> 00:45:40,332
What, so you bought me up, Grama?

705
00:45:40,373 --> 00:45:43,668
Yeah, got a real sweet deal, too.
30 cents on the dollar.

706
00:45:43,710 --> 00:45:46,838
There's not a lot of faith in you
out there in the business community.

707
00:45:46,922 --> 00:45:49,799
Great, so you're a banker now, Grama.
That's really classy.

708
00:45:49,883 --> 00:45:53,720
Not exactly. I don't have to tell you
my collection methods.

709
00:45:53,804 --> 00:45:55,722
Oh, God. All right, look.

710
00:45:55,806 --> 00:45:57,766
Just take it easy, all right?

711
00:45:57,849 --> 00:45:59,893
I'll scrape something together,
and I'll find you this week.

712
00:45:59,976 --> 00:46:02,270
- That's just what I figured.
- No, no, no.

713
00:46:02,354 --> 00:46:06,233
- So I'm gonna take what you
got on you right now.
- Here. Fine.

714
00:46:06,274 --> 00:46:09,861
Have yourself a ball, okay?

715
00:46:11,905 --> 00:46:14,449
God!

716
00:46:14,533 --> 00:46:17,244
Damn!

717
00:46:29,506 --> 00:46:31,424
Excuse me.

718
00:46:43,019 --> 00:46:44,938
Mind if I sit?

719
00:46:45,021 --> 00:46:47,440
Michael.

720
00:46:47,524 --> 00:46:50,443
Please, please.
Sit, sit.

721
00:46:52,612 --> 00:46:55,073
That was a nifty trick the other night.

722
00:46:57,117 --> 00:46:59,244
- It was wonderful.
- Thank you.

723
00:46:59,286 --> 00:47:03,039
Marinacci and the D.A. were ready to cut
cards for your services at that point.

724
00:47:05,625 --> 00:47:09,421
Of course,
it was an altogether different trick,
that disappearing act...

725
00:47:09,462 --> 00:47:11,464
you pulled today at your group's meeting.

726
00:47:11,548 --> 00:47:16,261
- Yeah. Well, I figure
I owe you an explanation.
- Ah, not to me.

727
00:47:16,303 --> 00:47:18,430
I'm sure there's a good reason you left.

728
00:47:18,472 --> 00:47:20,807
You'll just have to
work harder. Prepare.

729
00:47:20,849 --> 00:47:24,311
And smooth things out with the others.

730
00:47:24,352 --> 00:47:27,647
Right. Yeah.
Okay.

731
00:47:27,689 --> 00:47:31,359
- Okay, well, thanks.
- Stay. Take a drink.

732
00:47:32,819 --> 00:47:34,738
- Jamie?
- Yeah?

733
00:47:34,821 --> 00:47:37,449
- Another glass, darling.
- Sure.

734
00:47:37,491 --> 00:47:39,618
- What are you drinking?
- Gin. Always gin.

735
00:47:39,701 --> 00:47:41,661
- Here you go.
- Thanks, dear.

736
00:47:41,703 --> 00:47:44,080
Thank you.

737
00:47:44,164 --> 00:47:47,501
I know a magician doesn't
divulge his secrets, but...

738
00:47:47,542 --> 00:47:50,212
I'm no magician.

739
00:47:50,295 --> 00:47:53,673
Well, if it wasn't magic,

740
00:47:53,757 --> 00:47:56,343
how did you know what everyone held?

741
00:47:56,426 --> 00:47:59,346
It's a combination of things.

742
00:47:59,429 --> 00:48:01,473
Um, I was watching when the cards came out.

743
00:48:01,556 --> 00:48:06,019
That's... That's just an old habit
with me, like breathing.

744
00:48:06,102 --> 00:48:08,146
You watch the cards.

745
00:48:08,188 --> 00:48:11,650
I watch the cards also, but I watch
the players reacting to the cards.

746
00:48:11,691 --> 00:48:14,277
That's how I knew the D.A.
made his two pair,

747
00:48:14,361 --> 00:48:16,780
and Judge Kaplan missed the flush.

748
00:48:16,863 --> 00:48:19,199
I was watching their eyes
when they checked their river cards.

749
00:48:19,282 --> 00:48:22,536
- Their faces tell you everything.
- You watch the man.

750
00:48:22,619 --> 00:48:26,790
l... I never knew you had
to calculate so much at cards.

751
00:48:32,462 --> 00:48:36,216
All right, here's the thing.
You only play premium hands.

752
00:48:36,299 --> 00:48:39,094
You only start with jacks or better split,

753
00:48:39,177 --> 00:48:41,680
nines or better wired,
three high cards to a flush.

754
00:48:41,763 --> 00:48:44,599
If it's good enough to call, you gotta
be in there raising, all right?

755
00:48:44,683 --> 00:48:48,562
I mean, tight, but aggressive.
And I do mean aggressive.
That's your style, Professor.

756
00:48:48,645 --> 00:48:51,398
I mean, you gotta...
you gotta think of it as a war.

757
00:48:51,481 --> 00:48:55,527
You are officially never
invited to our game again.

758
00:48:57,696 --> 00:49:01,491
I don't blame you. Put a guy
like me in a game like that,
the cards don't even matter.

759
00:49:01,575 --> 00:49:03,493
I'll play it blind.

760
00:49:05,412 --> 00:49:08,748
Michael,

761
00:49:08,832 --> 00:49:11,918
- May I tell you a story?
- Please.

762
00:49:12,002 --> 00:49:17,299
For generations,
men of my family have been rabbis.

763
00:49:17,382 --> 00:49:20,427
In Israel, before that in Europe.

764
00:49:20,510 --> 00:49:24,222
It was to be my calling.
I was quite a prodigy.

765
00:49:24,264 --> 00:49:26,683
The pride of my yeshiva.

766
00:49:26,766 --> 00:49:28,977
The elders said I had
a 40-year-old's understanding...

767
00:49:29,060 --> 00:49:32,731
of the midrash by the time I was 12.

768
00:49:32,772 --> 00:49:35,066
But by the time I was 13,

769
00:49:36,568 --> 00:49:38,904
I knew I could never be a rabbi.

770
00:49:38,945 --> 00:49:40,906
Why not?

771
00:49:40,947 --> 00:49:44,284
Because for all I understood of the Talmud,

772
00:49:46,286 --> 00:49:48,955
I never saw God there.

773
00:49:49,039 --> 00:49:51,791
- You couldn't lie to yourself.
- I tried.

774
00:49:51,875 --> 00:49:53,793
Tried like crazy.

775
00:49:53,877 --> 00:49:57,130
I mean, people were counting on me.

776
00:49:57,172 --> 00:50:00,258
But yours is a respectable profession.

777
00:50:00,342 --> 00:50:02,302
Not to my family.

778
00:50:02,344 --> 00:50:06,723
My parents were destroyed,
devastated by my decision.

779
00:50:08,558 --> 00:50:13,855
My father sent me away to New York...

780
00:50:13,939 --> 00:50:16,691
to live with distant cousins.

781
00:50:16,775 --> 00:50:19,569
Eventually, l...
I found my place,

782
00:50:19,653 --> 00:50:22,405
my life's work.

783
00:50:23,824 --> 00:50:26,243
What then?

784
00:50:26,326 --> 00:50:29,246
I immersed myself fully, I studied the minutiae,

785
00:50:29,329 --> 00:50:31,748
I learned everything I could about the law.

786
00:50:31,832 --> 00:50:34,793
I mean, I felt deeply inside
that it was what I was born to do.

787
00:50:38,046 --> 00:50:41,424
- And did your parents get over it?
- No.

788
00:50:41,508 --> 00:50:45,637
I always hoped that I would find...

789
00:50:45,679 --> 00:50:48,640
some way to change their minds, but...

790
00:50:52,352 --> 00:50:54,271
They were inconsolable.

791
00:50:56,273 --> 00:50:59,317
My father never spoke to me again.

792
00:51:03,321 --> 00:51:06,658
If you had to do it all over again,

793
00:51:06,700 --> 00:51:10,537
would you make the same choices?

794
00:51:10,579 --> 00:51:12,873
What choice?

795
00:51:16,376 --> 00:51:19,546
The last thing I took away
from the yeshiva is this...

796
00:51:21,798 --> 00:51:24,217
We can't run from who we are.

797
00:51:26,470 --> 00:51:28,722
Our destiny chooses us.

798
00:51:32,058 --> 00:51:34,686
Hey.
L'chayim.

799
00:51:55,540 --> 00:51:57,459
Hey.

800
00:51:57,542 --> 00:51:59,503
Hey, where you been?
I've been freezing my ass off.

801
00:51:59,586 --> 00:52:03,173
- What happened?
- Ah, ran into a door.
Don't worry about it.

802
00:52:03,256 --> 00:52:06,343
- What happened?
- Hey! She crossed her legs
too fast, all right?

803
00:52:06,426 --> 00:52:08,553
- Just mind your own business.
- You comin' up?

804
00:52:08,595 --> 00:52:10,931
No, I've been standing out here
all this time just to say hi.

805
00:52:10,972 --> 00:52:13,600
Listen, things haven't
been that smooth on the home front,

806
00:52:13,683 --> 00:52:16,269
so tone it down a little, all right?

807
00:52:16,353 --> 00:52:18,980
- Tone down what, motherfucker?
- Great.

808
00:52:19,064 --> 00:52:21,566
Never mind.

809
00:52:23,985 --> 00:52:26,947
When you become a big shot lawyer,
could you find us an elevator building?

810
00:52:26,988 --> 00:52:28,949
Shut up.

811
00:52:32,869 --> 00:52:35,705
What, did you get robbed?

812
00:52:35,789 --> 00:52:38,458
Um, not exactly.

813
00:52:39,584 --> 00:52:43,380
Wait, wait, wait.
Did she split on you?

814
00:52:43,463 --> 00:52:46,508
Oh, God.

815
00:52:48,218 --> 00:52:52,264
Oh, my God. Mike, she made off
with your sheets.

816
00:52:52,305 --> 00:52:54,808
I always told her she'd be a good card player.

817
00:52:54,891 --> 00:52:58,228
- Know exactly when
to release a shitty hand.
- Come on, Mike, forget that.

818
00:52:58,311 --> 00:53:01,106
This girl is obviously
wrapped way too tight for living.

819
00:53:01,148 --> 00:53:05,235
No, she was a good... I knew it.
I fuckin' knew it.

820
00:53:10,323 --> 00:53:12,325
It's depressing.

821
00:53:12,367 --> 00:53:14,452
You can't trust 'em.
You can't trust 'em at all.

822
00:53:14,536 --> 00:53:18,331
I mean, look at you.
You domesticated yourself for this girl.

823
00:53:18,373 --> 00:53:21,168
You took yourself out of the life.
You walked the fuckin' line for her.

824
00:53:21,251 --> 00:53:24,629
And the minute you want a little
of it back, she walks out on you.

825
00:53:24,671 --> 00:53:27,632
It's just like the saying says, you know?

826
00:53:27,674 --> 00:53:32,637
In the poker game of life, women are the rake.

827
00:53:32,679 --> 00:53:36,016
- They are the fuckin' rake.
- What the fuck are you talking about?

828
00:53:36,057 --> 00:53:39,519
What saying?

829
00:53:39,603 --> 00:53:44,107
I don't know.
But there oughta be one.

830
00:53:47,027 --> 00:53:51,865
- You know what cheers me up
when I'm feelin' shitty?
- What?

831
00:53:51,907 --> 00:53:54,493
Rolled up aces over kings.

832
00:53:57,913 --> 00:53:59,873
- That right?
- Yeah.

833
00:53:59,915 --> 00:54:04,252
Check raising stupid tourists
and taking huge pots off 'em.

834
00:54:04,336 --> 00:54:08,840
- Yeah?
- Stacks and towers of checks
I can't even see over.

835
00:54:08,882 --> 00:54:13,386
Playin' all night,
high-limit Hold' Em at the Taj.

836
00:54:13,470 --> 00:54:17,057
- Where the sand turns to gold.
- Fuck it, let's go.

837
00:54:18,558 --> 00:54:21,144
- Don't tease me.
- Let's play some fuckin' cards.

838
00:54:35,075 --> 00:54:37,035
The poker room at the Mirage in Vegas...

839
00:54:37,077 --> 00:54:39,913
is the center of the poker universe.

840
00:54:39,955 --> 00:54:42,249
Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Helmuth...

841
00:54:42,332 --> 00:54:44,584
The legends consider it their office.

842
00:54:44,668 --> 00:54:46,586
Every couple of days
a new millionaire shows up...

843
00:54:46,670 --> 00:54:48,839
wanting to beat a world champion.

844
00:54:48,922 --> 00:54:52,092
Usually they go home with nothing but a story.

845
00:54:52,134 --> 00:54:54,219
Down here, the millionaires are scarce
or they're playing craps,

846
00:54:54,261 --> 00:54:56,763
but there's still
plenty of money for the taking.

847
00:54:56,847 --> 00:54:58,765
In fact, on the weekends
you can't get a game in the city,

848
00:54:58,849 --> 00:55:02,060
because all the New York rounders
are taking care of the tourists here.

849
00:55:02,102 --> 00:55:05,689
Hey, hey, why don't you warm up
a seat for me. I'll catch up with you.

850
00:55:05,772 --> 00:55:08,108
- What?
- Look.

851
00:55:08,191 --> 00:55:11,027
- I got certain needs
I gotta attend to, okay?
- Hey, good.

852
00:55:11,111 --> 00:55:13,446
- I mean, I'm overdue.
- Good, man, hey, I was startin'
to wonder about you.

853
00:55:13,488 --> 00:55:17,325
I thought, maybe, you know,
the boys upstate brought about
a few changes in you.

854
00:55:17,409 --> 00:55:21,246
Hey, in your dreams, lover.

855
00:55:28,795 --> 00:55:30,797
- Hey, Mikey!
- Hey.
- Hey, Mike.

856
00:55:30,881 --> 00:55:34,426
This is beautiful.
Welcome to the Chesterfield south.

857
00:55:34,509 --> 00:55:36,803
- Ho!
- Changing $500.

858
00:55:36,845 --> 00:55:39,681
Come all the way to Atlantic City
just to see your mugs, huh?

859
00:55:39,764 --> 00:55:41,808
Twice in one week.

860
00:55:41,892 --> 00:55:44,895
For someone who don't play, you spend
a lot of time in card rooms.

861
00:55:44,978 --> 00:55:46,897
This is what I like to see, huh?

862
00:55:46,980 --> 00:55:50,066
Mike McDermott where he belongs...
sittin' with the scumbags.

863
00:55:50,150 --> 00:55:52,777
Tellin' jokes, draggin' the occasional pot.

864
00:55:52,819 --> 00:55:56,781
Occasional? Yeah, like my ex-wife
occasionally went out with other men.

865
00:55:56,865 --> 00:56:01,328
Forget her, Face. I was actually gonna
try and make some real money tonight.

866
00:56:01,411 --> 00:56:05,040
But in honor of Mike's
alley-like return to the ring,

867
00:56:05,123 --> 00:56:07,083
I'll sit with you all for a while.

868
00:56:07,167 --> 00:56:09,211
Hey, don't do us any favors, Knish.

869
00:56:09,294 --> 00:56:12,589
- They're about to go to
the board to fill these seats.
- Bet it.

870
00:56:12,672 --> 00:56:16,176
I raise. You know, if we wanted
to take each other's rolls,

871
00:56:16,259 --> 00:56:18,178
we could have just stayed home.

872
00:56:19,846 --> 00:56:21,807
These two have no idea...

873
00:56:21,848 --> 00:56:25,310
what they're about to walk into.

874
00:56:25,352 --> 00:56:27,354
Down here to have a good time, they figure...

875
00:56:27,395 --> 00:56:30,774
why not give poker a try?

876
00:56:30,857 --> 00:56:32,943
After all, how different
can it be from the home games...

877
00:56:33,026 --> 00:56:34,986
they've played their whole lives?

878
00:56:37,072 --> 00:56:41,535
All the luck in the world isn't
gonna change things for these guys.

879
00:56:41,618 --> 00:56:44,871
They're simply overmatched.

880
00:56:47,123 --> 00:56:51,002
We're not playing together,
but then again, we're not playing
against each other either.

881
00:56:51,044 --> 00:56:55,298
It's like the Nature Channel. You don't
see piranhas eating each other, do you?

882
00:57:03,140 --> 00:57:06,351
They wear their tells
like signs around their necks.

883
00:57:06,393 --> 00:57:09,396
Facial tics, nervous fingers.

884
00:57:09,479 --> 00:57:11,398
A hand over a mouth.

885
00:57:11,481 --> 00:57:14,401
The way a cigarette is smoked.

886
00:57:14,442 --> 00:57:17,571
Little unconscious gestures
that reveal the cards in their hands.

887
00:57:17,654 --> 00:57:20,073
We catch everything.

888
00:57:20,115 --> 00:57:22,701
If a fish acts strong, he's bluffing.

889
00:57:22,784 --> 00:57:26,246
If he acts meek,
he's got a hand. It's that simple.

890
00:57:32,252 --> 00:57:34,713
- How are you, you workaholics?
- Worm.

891
00:57:34,796 --> 00:57:37,382
Good to see ya.
Glad you're out.

892
00:57:37,424 --> 00:57:39,551
Number's changed, of course.

893
00:57:39,593 --> 00:57:41,720
Lotta games this weekend,
so you're gonna need the number.

894
00:57:41,803 --> 00:57:43,763
- I'll give you a ring.
- Hey, Worm?

895
00:57:43,805 --> 00:57:46,099
Do they allow people like you
in places like this?

896
00:57:46,141 --> 00:57:49,728
Zagosh, when you get yourself a job,
then you can be my fuckin' P.O.

897
00:57:49,769 --> 00:57:51,730
How about that?

898
00:57:51,771 --> 00:57:54,399
Now, let's get started, shall we?

899
00:57:54,483 --> 00:57:56,443
I'm sorry, sir.

900
00:57:56,485 --> 00:57:59,196
You can't take chips
from another player at the table.

901
00:57:59,279 --> 00:58:01,239
We all know each other here.

902
00:58:01,323 --> 00:58:04,117
We're like friends, so if nobody
complains, do you have a problem?

903
00:58:04,201 --> 00:58:06,119
- It's all right.
- No problem.

904
00:58:06,203 --> 00:58:10,749
Sir, you have to buy 'em from me.

905
00:58:10,790 --> 00:58:15,754
Fuck this low-limit shit.
Can we go get something to eat?
I got comped at the noodle bar.

906
00:58:15,795 --> 00:58:17,672
I want to talk to you.

907
00:58:17,756 --> 00:58:19,925
Look who's treatin' to a free meal.

908
00:58:19,966 --> 00:58:23,178
Don't let that M.S.G. fuck
up your head more than it is, Mikey.

909
00:58:23,261 --> 00:58:27,390
You keep grinding out that rent money,
Joe. It's noble work you're doing.

910
00:58:27,474 --> 00:58:30,685
So, hey, uh, Nick the Greek.

911
00:58:30,769 --> 00:58:32,687
What's with kitin' my checks?

912
00:58:34,314 --> 00:58:36,858
- I'm on empty, that's why.
- You are? You're tapped again?

913
00:58:36,942 --> 00:58:39,152
I mean...
How much was the hooker?

914
00:58:39,236 --> 00:58:43,657
Mike, please. Relaxation therapist.

915
00:58:43,740 --> 00:58:45,700
Okay?

916
00:58:45,784 --> 00:58:48,161
- It's not where it went.
- Wait a minute.

917
00:58:48,203 --> 00:58:50,163
It went to Roman and Maurice?

918
00:58:50,205 --> 00:58:52,791
I told you, man, you didn't have to
give it all back to 'em.

919
00:58:52,833 --> 00:58:55,418
Take a little money for your time, you know?

920
00:58:55,502 --> 00:58:57,462
Hey, that's not where it went either.

921
00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:02,050
- I ran into Grama tonight.
- Yeah?

922
00:59:02,134 --> 00:59:04,094
Yeah. He took
everything I had.

923
00:59:04,177 --> 00:59:06,513
You're kiddin' me.
Wait, who's he working for?

924
00:59:08,515 --> 00:59:10,851
Well, he's sorta out on his own.

925
00:59:10,934 --> 00:59:13,645
This fucker went around
and bought up all my debt. Grama.

926
00:59:13,687 --> 00:59:17,274
That turncoat motherfucker.
Are you kiddin' me?

927
00:59:17,357 --> 00:59:19,776
So what do you owe him?

928
00:59:19,860 --> 00:59:22,112
I don't know. By his crazy fuckin'
gorilla math?

929
00:59:22,195 --> 00:59:24,114
Like, 15.

930
00:59:24,197 --> 00:59:27,159
- Fifteen? Fifteen?
- Yeah, I mean...

931
00:59:27,242 --> 00:59:30,287
He says the juice has been running
the entire time on my ten.

932
00:59:30,370 --> 00:59:32,330
- So, it's just like...
- Why didn't you tell me that, man?

933
00:59:32,372 --> 00:59:34,916
Why did you not tell me that?
I could have paid that off.

934
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:37,252
- I had the... I had the money.
- Hey!

935
00:59:37,335 --> 00:59:40,172
I'm not gonna sit in the can and have
my friend paying down my debt.

936
00:59:40,213 --> 00:59:42,174
I'm not a leech, all right?

937
00:59:42,215 --> 00:59:45,177
We can help each other, like always.
That's why we're here.

938
00:59:45,218 --> 00:59:47,596
That's... That's why we gotta
get in the bigger game.

939
00:59:47,679 --> 00:59:49,598
- Do you hear what I'm saying?
- All right. All right.

940
00:59:49,681 --> 00:59:52,058
- Listen, man, I'll help you.
You know I'll help you, man.
- Yeah?

941
00:59:52,142 --> 00:59:54,478
- I mean, fuck that guy.
We'll figure something out.
- Yeah.

942
01:00:00,275 --> 01:00:02,235
How long should we wait?

943
01:00:02,277 --> 01:00:05,864
I suggest we wait another five minutes,
and then choose another lead counsel.

944
01:00:10,452 --> 01:00:12,412
Here he comes.

945
01:00:14,456 --> 01:00:18,293
Mr. McDermott,
perhaps we can begin now.

946
01:00:18,376 --> 01:00:21,296
I'm so sorry I'm late.

947
01:00:21,379 --> 01:00:26,051
Come to order in the matter
of Slater v. New York State
Higher Education Services.

948
01:00:26,092 --> 01:00:30,222
The facts have been stipulated,
the briefs have been read.

949
01:00:30,263 --> 01:00:33,725
Lead counsel for plaintiff,
Mr. McDermott,

950
01:00:35,185 --> 01:00:38,396
please proceed with oral arguments now.

951
01:00:38,438 --> 01:00:40,774
If that is convenient for you.

952
01:00:44,236 --> 01:00:47,280
Yes, it is, and again,
I'm sorry, ah, that I'm late.

953
01:00:47,364 --> 01:00:50,116
Um...

954
01:00:50,158 --> 01:00:53,620
Well, I think clearly the, uh...

955
01:00:53,662 --> 01:00:58,583
the case which controls the issue at bar
would be, uh, Texas v. Johnson,

956
01:00:58,625 --> 01:01:02,128
- Which holds...
- Texas v. Johnson?

957
01:01:02,212 --> 01:01:06,132
Mr. McDermott, that is a Supreme Court
free speech case...

958
01:01:06,174 --> 01:01:08,969
that has no bearing in the premises.

959
01:01:09,052 --> 01:01:12,597
Each group was apprised to ignore
that aspect of this matter...

960
01:01:12,639 --> 01:01:16,685
and focus instead on the idea
of de facto segregation.

961
01:01:18,061 --> 01:01:20,689
Right. Um, well...

962
01:01:20,772 --> 01:01:22,691
Mr. McDermott has
been unreachable,

963
01:01:22,774 --> 01:01:24,985
so I'll take over, if it pleases the court.

964
01:01:25,068 --> 01:01:29,281
Someone saying something meaningful
would please us a great deal.

965
01:01:30,824 --> 01:01:33,535
What we have here is a clear case
of gerrymandering,

966
01:01:33,618 --> 01:01:36,538
impacting schoolchildren
and schools in the district...

967
01:01:36,621 --> 01:01:39,624
that was created solely
to separate students by race.

968
01:01:39,666 --> 01:01:43,295
Although not dispositive, the student
body is more than 99 percent white.

969
01:01:43,378 --> 01:01:45,881
Well, that was impressive.

970
01:01:45,964 --> 01:01:50,051
Usually you have to know something about
a case to give an opening statement.

971
01:01:50,135 --> 01:01:52,471
Guys, what...
what can I say?

972
01:01:52,512 --> 01:01:56,975
Hey, it worked out great
for me, McDermott. I think
I actually impressed Marinacci.

973
01:01:57,058 --> 01:01:59,019
Jo.

974
01:02:00,020 --> 01:02:02,397
- Jo. Jo.
- What?

975
01:02:02,481 --> 01:02:06,610
We're not gonna talk?
You left me pretty quick there.

976
01:02:06,693 --> 01:02:09,863
- You make it sound
as if it was my decision.
- Well, it wasn't mine.

977
01:02:09,946 --> 01:02:14,326
I came home and you were gone.
You were just gonna drop me like that?

978
01:02:14,367 --> 01:02:16,369
I learned it from you, Mike.

979
01:02:16,453 --> 01:02:19,706
You always told me that this was the rule.

980
01:02:19,789 --> 01:02:22,709
Rule number one: Throw in your cards
the moment you know they can't win.

981
01:02:22,792 --> 01:02:26,087
- Fold the hand.
- Look, this is our thing
that we're talking about.

982
01:02:26,171 --> 01:02:29,007
It's not some losing hand of poker.

983
01:02:29,049 --> 01:02:33,220
I know exactly what we're talking about, Mike.

984
01:02:36,890 --> 01:02:39,226
So, that's the last of it, then?

985
01:02:41,895 --> 01:02:43,855
Yeah.

986
01:02:53,198 --> 01:02:58,245
I mean, I'd say good luck, but I know
it's not about luck in your game.

987
01:03:06,336 --> 01:03:08,880
Eric Seidel cannot win this hand,

988
01:03:08,922 --> 01:03:11,258
and yet he doesn't know it.

989
01:03:11,299 --> 01:03:16,388
Chan is trying to sucker him in
by taking his time.

990
01:03:16,471 --> 01:03:20,058
Oh, look at that look of the defending champ.

991
01:03:20,142 --> 01:03:23,728
And now Fifth Street,
a six of diamonds. No help.

992
01:03:23,770 --> 01:03:27,399
Johnny Chan has a queen high straight.

993
01:03:27,482 --> 01:03:31,278
Will Eric Seidel fall for the bait?

994
01:03:31,319 --> 01:03:34,906
Yes, he's going all in, and Chan has him.

995
01:03:34,948 --> 01:03:37,242
Johnny Chan, the master...

996
01:03:39,744 --> 01:03:43,623
Yes, he's going all in, and Chan has him.

997
01:03:45,250 --> 01:03:50,338
- Hello.
- Oh, hey, Mike. It's Petra.
Can I come up?

998
01:03:50,422 --> 01:03:52,340
Yeah, I'll buzz you in.

999
01:03:56,761 --> 01:04:00,056
Well, that's the important thing
with the game of Hold 'Em.

1000
01:04:00,140 --> 01:04:02,476
You're never down and out
until your chips are all gone.

1001
01:04:04,519 --> 01:04:06,480
- Hey.
- Hey.

1002
01:04:06,521 --> 01:04:08,648
- How you doing?
- Good.

1003
01:04:10,859 --> 01:04:16,281
I haven't seen the place in a while.

1004
01:04:16,323 --> 01:04:18,283
Looks about the same.

1005
01:04:18,325 --> 01:04:22,662
- You want some scotch or something?
- No, I'm fine.

1006
01:04:22,746 --> 01:04:27,334
- Oh, '88 World Series, huh?
- Yeah.

1007
01:04:27,417 --> 01:04:29,336
Johnny Chan.

1008
01:04:29,419 --> 01:04:33,048
Flops the nut straight and
has the discipline to wait him out.

1009
01:04:33,131 --> 01:04:35,801
He knows Seidel's gonna bluff at it.

1010
01:04:35,842 --> 01:04:38,804
- <i>And yet he doesn't know it.</i>
- Johnny fucking Chan.

1011
01:04:38,845 --> 01:04:42,808
Chan is trying to sucker him in
by taking his time.

1012
01:04:42,849 --> 01:04:45,727
Look at the control.
Look at that fuck.

1013
01:04:45,811 --> 01:04:49,022
He knows his man well enough
to check it all the way...

1014
01:04:49,064 --> 01:04:51,566
and risk winning nothing with those cards.

1015
01:04:51,650 --> 01:04:53,568
He owns him.

1016
01:04:53,652 --> 01:04:56,530
Will Eric Seidel fall for the bait?

1017
01:04:56,571 --> 01:05:00,033
Yes, he's going all in and Chan has him.

1018
01:05:00,116 --> 01:05:04,329
- Johnny Chan, the master.
- Poor Seidel.
Kid doesn't know what hit him.

1019
01:05:04,371 --> 01:05:07,040
Yeah, I know what that feels like.

1020
01:05:07,123 --> 01:05:10,377
It's like a locomotive
running through your stomach.

1021
01:05:10,460 --> 01:05:14,881
You feel gut-shot. Fuck it.
You didn't come here to talk about this.

1022
01:05:14,965 --> 01:05:17,008
What's going on?

1023
01:05:19,094 --> 01:05:23,056
- Tomorrow's a week.
- A week of what?

1024
01:05:24,599 --> 01:05:27,477
The first two thousand you owe the Chesterfield.

1025
01:05:27,561 --> 01:05:31,356
- Oh. Worm.
- Yes, it's kinda weird.

1026
01:05:31,398 --> 01:05:35,110
He'd just won eight grand.
Why go on the line behind another two?

1027
01:05:35,193 --> 01:05:38,864
So, he took, what, about eight
off of Roman and Maurice?

1028
01:05:38,947 --> 01:05:42,617
Yeah, yeah, he comes in after you leave,

1029
01:05:42,701 --> 01:05:44,995
sits for like another 20 more minutes,

1030
01:05:45,078 --> 01:05:47,914
cashes out for the full amount.

1031
01:05:47,956 --> 01:05:52,043
Maurice hasn't been back since. I think
he's been playing across the street.

1032
01:05:52,085 --> 01:05:55,714
But, uh, Worm's been around plenty.

1033
01:05:55,797 --> 01:05:58,717
He's run you up just under seven grand.

1034
01:06:01,136 --> 01:06:04,723
Well, do me a favor and just put him on his own.

1035
01:06:04,764 --> 01:06:07,684
- Yeah?
- Yeah, cut him off.

1036
01:06:07,767 --> 01:06:09,895
Um, I tell ya, I got a thousand.

1037
01:06:09,936 --> 01:06:12,606
I got a thou.
And that's, you know...

1038
01:06:12,689 --> 01:06:14,983
I just started coming back, so...

1039
01:06:15,066 --> 01:06:20,280
- Thanks for making it easy, Mike.
- Oh, yeah, yeah.

1040
01:06:21,740 --> 01:06:25,076
I'm, uh... I'm sorry to be back
over here for this reason.

1041
01:06:25,118 --> 01:06:29,039
- Don't worry about it.
- No, l... I like being here.

1042
01:06:29,122 --> 01:06:31,958
It's good to see you, Mike.

1043
01:06:35,420 --> 01:06:38,507
- I can stay.
- Listen, I tell ya, I'Il... I'Il, um...

1044
01:06:38,590 --> 01:06:41,468
I'll come... I'll come...
I'll see you down at the club.

1045
01:06:41,551 --> 01:06:44,262
- I'll come by this week.
- Yeah.

1046
01:07:25,095 --> 01:07:27,639
I know you're in here.

1047
01:07:33,353 --> 01:07:35,272
Mike?

1048
01:07:35,355 --> 01:07:38,275
Hey. I thought you
were the janitor, man.

1049
01:07:38,358 --> 01:07:41,319
It's a good thing Grama
doesn't know you as well as I do.

1050
01:07:41,403 --> 01:07:44,406
Come on. I'll play ya horse.
Fifty bucks a letter.

1051
01:07:44,489 --> 01:07:48,702
Yeah? When I win, are you gonna pay
me back with my own fucking money?

1052
01:07:48,743 --> 01:07:52,497
Oh, oh, easy. Relax. Don't wing it.
Just... Just step and throw.

1053
01:07:57,878 --> 01:08:00,046
You need to work on your accuracy.

1054
01:08:00,130 --> 01:08:04,050
Will you stop fucking around
for five goddamn minutes
for once in your fucking life!

1055
01:08:04,092 --> 01:08:07,053
Whoa, Jesus. What happened?
My old man just walked in the door.

1056
01:08:07,095 --> 01:08:10,223
I should fucking beat the shit
out of you the way he used to.

1057
01:08:12,893 --> 01:08:15,520
You remember when we found this place, man?

1058
01:08:17,564 --> 01:08:20,066
Yeah, I remember when we found this place.

1059
01:08:20,150 --> 01:08:23,945
You were hiding from Tommy Manzy
'cause you thought he was gonna
fucking pound you into oblivion.

1060
01:08:24,029 --> 01:08:26,948
Yeah, now, see?
What did I ever do to that guy?

1061
01:08:27,032 --> 01:08:30,243
You fucked his mother.

1062
01:08:30,327 --> 01:08:34,080
Yeah, but she was a good-Iooking
older woman. You gotta give me that.

1063
01:08:34,122 --> 01:08:38,084
You spent a year of your life hiding in
this fucking gym from that sick fuck...

1064
01:08:38,168 --> 01:08:41,463
until he pissed off
the wrong guy and someone dropped
a garbage can on his head.

1065
01:08:41,546 --> 01:08:44,424
What do you want me to say? Those
were wild times. You were there too.

1066
01:08:44,466 --> 01:08:46,593
Nothing's changed.
Nothing has changed.

1067
01:08:46,676 --> 01:08:49,429
You were hiding from your troubles then.
You're hiding from your troubles now.

1068
01:08:49,471 --> 01:08:52,057
I like to hide, and that's
part of the fun for me, you know?

1069
01:08:52,098 --> 01:08:54,059
I don't like running solo.

1070
01:08:54,100 --> 01:08:56,394
It's like I used to have a running
partner, you know what I'm saying?

1071
01:08:56,436 --> 01:08:58,897
If we fucked up back then and got caught,

1072
01:08:58,939 --> 01:09:03,026
the worst thing that was going to happen
was maybe catch a beating, get expelled.

1073
01:09:03,109 --> 01:09:07,280
But, man, you're fixing to go down hard,
and it almost seems like you want to.

1074
01:09:07,364 --> 01:09:10,200
Stop worrying so much about me, okay?
I'm turning things around.

1075
01:09:10,283 --> 01:09:12,828
I'm not gonna let anybody
drop a garbage can on my head.

1076
01:09:12,911 --> 01:09:16,122
No, no, you're gonna get out of the way.
It's gonna land on me.

1077
01:09:16,164 --> 01:09:18,124
I'll see ya.

1078
01:09:21,503 --> 01:09:25,841
Come on, Mike. Hey.
Come on, come on, come on.

1079
01:09:27,425 --> 01:09:29,886
I'm sorry, okay?
I'm sorry about the money.

1080
01:09:29,970 --> 01:09:31,888
I should've told you.

1081
01:09:31,972 --> 01:09:36,143
It's just... What do you want me to say?
It's fucking embarrassing.

1082
01:09:36,226 --> 01:09:38,728
l, like, just get out,
I'm in a big fucking hole.

1083
01:09:38,812 --> 01:09:41,773
I need something to get goin'.
I gotta get started.

1084
01:09:41,857 --> 01:09:43,817
And?

1085
01:09:43,859 --> 01:09:47,112
Well, I'm not gonna lie.
There's been some reversals.

1086
01:09:47,154 --> 01:09:51,616
- Some reversals.
How much money do you have?
- Nine hundred.

1087
01:09:51,658 --> 01:09:55,829
I mean, I caught a frozen wave of cards
like you fucking read about.

1088
01:09:55,912 --> 01:09:59,624
I think I'm getting you outta hock,
I find out I'm seven grand in.

1089
01:09:59,708 --> 01:10:02,669
I know, man. I was really...
I was really up big.

1090
01:10:02,711 --> 01:10:04,671
I was cruising along.

1091
01:10:04,713 --> 01:10:07,632
I tried to beat that blackjack game
at the Horseshoe Club in Brooklyn.

1092
01:10:07,674 --> 01:10:11,511
- That place is a mitt joint.
- I know. It was,
like, ouch. I'm so stupid.

1093
01:10:11,553 --> 01:10:14,681
I got so good with this,
I thought I could neutralize 'em.

1094
01:10:14,764 --> 01:10:16,892
You're really jamming me up
here, man. Seven grand.

1095
01:10:16,975 --> 01:10:21,646
- I know.
- That's it. I can't go any deeper
than that. You're off the tip.

1096
01:10:21,688 --> 01:10:24,065
- I understand. That's okay.
- And you gotta talk with Grama.

1097
01:10:24,149 --> 01:10:27,152
- You gotta square things
away with Grama.
- No way, Mike.

1098
01:10:27,194 --> 01:10:29,488
I'm not talking to that fucking Judas.

1099
01:10:29,529 --> 01:10:31,490
You think there's any other way?

1100
01:10:35,035 --> 01:10:38,163
I know all the reasons I shouldn't be here,

1101
01:10:38,246 --> 01:10:40,957
but sometimes reasons don't matter.

1102
01:10:41,041 --> 01:10:44,002
You see, no one's ever stood up for Worm.

1103
01:10:44,085 --> 01:10:47,380
The guy's been kicked around
his whole life, from his father on down.

1104
01:10:49,466 --> 01:10:52,803
Maybe he's not the same guy
he was when he went away,

1105
01:10:52,886 --> 01:10:55,847
but I can't give up on him that easy.

1106
01:10:55,889 --> 01:10:58,058
I'm all he's got.

1107
01:10:58,141 --> 01:11:00,393
Oh, what the hell.

1108
01:11:03,355 --> 01:11:05,982
- Hi, boys.
- Hi.

1109
01:11:06,066 --> 01:11:08,944
You cops?
You look like cops.

1110
01:11:09,027 --> 01:11:12,405
- We're not cops.
- You wanna twirl then?

1111
01:11:12,447 --> 01:11:15,408
No, no, we're just here to see Grama.

1112
01:11:19,538 --> 01:11:21,456
Jesus.

1113
01:11:23,542 --> 01:11:27,087
- You sure about this?
I got a bad feeling.
- That's all right. Just...

1114
01:11:27,170 --> 01:11:30,465
Just let me do the talking, all right?

1115
01:11:34,886 --> 01:11:36,888
Hey, Grama.

1116
01:11:36,972 --> 01:11:40,225
- Long time.
- Mike.

1117
01:11:40,267 --> 01:11:43,562
Hey, Worm. It's good you came.
That's real smart thinking.

1118
01:11:43,603 --> 01:11:47,315
So, did you bring him along
to help carry all my money?

1119
01:11:47,399 --> 01:11:49,317
Uh, there's no money today.

1120
01:11:49,401 --> 01:11:52,320
No money?
There's gotta be some money.

1121
01:11:52,404 --> 01:11:54,573
Come on. Get outta here.

1122
01:11:56,825 --> 01:11:58,952
He's not kidding.
I got nothing.

1123
01:11:59,035 --> 01:12:02,914
You owe 25. I'll take
the rest in five days.

1124
01:12:02,956 --> 01:12:06,084
- Five grand in a week,
and you keep the juice going...
- Shh. Quiet.

1125
01:12:06,126 --> 01:12:09,671
You gotta catch 'em in the act.

1126
01:12:14,259 --> 01:12:16,344
Get in your hole, you bitch!

1127
01:12:16,428 --> 01:12:18,680
- Christ.
- Fucking dog.

1128
01:12:18,763 --> 01:12:23,018
You can't let 'em get away with it
or else they think they run the place.

1129
01:12:23,101 --> 01:12:26,313
- So, where were we?
- Five grand.

1130
01:12:26,354 --> 01:12:30,942
In a week. Grama, we want what
you want. We wanna square this thing.

1131
01:12:31,026 --> 01:12:34,821
But three days... three days
is impossible. All right?

1132
01:12:34,863 --> 01:12:38,158
No one's saying you're not the man. Just
think of this as a business decision.

1133
01:12:38,241 --> 01:12:41,244
Look, he just got out.
Let's put him on a plan.

1134
01:12:41,328 --> 01:12:44,122
No, no, no, no, no.
This isn't The Money Store.

1135
01:12:44,164 --> 01:12:46,791
We're not negotiating here.
I tell you how it works.

1136
01:12:46,875 --> 01:12:48,293
Well, then, I'm asking.

1137
01:12:50,337 --> 01:12:54,466
So, you're looking for a
little grace, Lester, some charity?

1138
01:12:54,549 --> 01:12:58,178
You know what, Grama?
I need your fucking charity
like I need your cock in my ass.

1139
01:12:58,261 --> 01:13:01,473
- Shut the fuck up!
- It's too late for him to shut up.

1140
01:13:01,515 --> 01:13:04,142
- Hey, listen! He's good for it.
- He's good for it, Mike?

1141
01:13:04,184 --> 01:13:06,645
If you think he's good for it, it's on you too.

1142
01:13:06,686 --> 01:13:08,647
Then it's on me too.

1143
01:13:08,688 --> 01:13:12,150
- Fifteen large, five days,
or I start breaking things.
- I hear ya.

1144
01:13:12,192 --> 01:13:15,195
Get the fuck outta here.

1145
01:13:15,278 --> 01:13:17,239
Piece of shit.

1146
01:13:17,322 --> 01:13:19,741
Now, what the hell are you doing?

1147
01:13:19,825 --> 01:13:22,244
I'm not gonna get down on my knees
for that jerk-off.

1148
01:13:22,327 --> 01:13:25,038
All I said is just keep
your mouth shut for five seconds.

1149
01:13:25,121 --> 01:13:27,874
- Shit. I'm sorry.
- Goddamn it.

1150
01:13:27,958 --> 01:13:31,211
That's it.
I'm really sunk now.

1151
01:13:31,294 --> 01:13:35,632
No, 15 grand in five days.
I can do that. I've gone
on rushes like that before.

1152
01:13:35,715 --> 01:13:39,886
Ah, under optimum conditions
with a bankroll, maybe.

1153
01:13:39,970 --> 01:13:42,889
- But what have you got on you?
- Got, like, 350.

1154
01:13:42,973 --> 01:13:46,351
Ah, that's 1,200 between us.
We might as well play the fucking Lotto.

1155
01:13:46,393 --> 01:13:50,021
No, man, no. Listen. Find the games,
scout 'em out, I sit, I mop 'em up.

1156
01:13:50,063 --> 01:13:52,440
You know, we might have a shot at this...

1157
01:13:52,524 --> 01:13:55,152
if we sat together and just did our thing.

1158
01:13:55,235 --> 01:13:58,029
I'm not gonna do that.
I'm gonna do this straight up.

1159
01:13:58,071 --> 01:13:59,948
- Oh, fuck, man.
- I mean it.

1160
01:14:00,031 --> 01:14:03,160
- Well, where do you wanna start?
- There's a 30-60 at the Chesterfield.

1161
01:14:03,243 --> 01:14:06,538
Come on, listen... there's the 4:00 a.m.
in Woodside. There's the Greeks.

1162
01:14:06,580 --> 01:14:09,082
All right, there's a union game in Jersey.

1163
01:14:09,166 --> 01:14:12,085
- I know a guy
whose cousin can get us in.
- All right.

1164
01:14:12,169 --> 01:14:14,588
- There's four.
- There's a cigar shop in Brooklyn.

1165
01:14:14,629 --> 01:14:18,800
- It's like an easy clean.
- There's a golf pro game
in Riverdale. That's six.

1166
01:14:18,884 --> 01:14:20,969
- You sure you're up for this?
- I'm fucking up for this.

1167
01:14:21,052 --> 01:14:22,971
An 80.

1168
01:14:30,061 --> 01:14:32,564
I bet the full amount.

1169
01:14:32,647 --> 01:14:35,901
The full amount, huh?
Well, let me look at you here.

1170
01:14:38,820 --> 01:14:41,239
Nope. You didn't do it this time.
I'm gonna raise you.

1171
01:14:53,210 --> 01:14:55,337
- I don't know.
- The bet's 50.

1172
01:14:55,420 --> 01:14:58,048
I kinda like this robusto.

1173
01:14:58,131 --> 01:15:00,258
A nice, nutty finish.

1174
01:15:00,300 --> 01:15:05,764
I love the Cameroon wrapper
on this baby. Nice and oily.

1175
01:15:06,807 --> 01:15:10,268
I'll call.
What do you got?

1176
01:15:10,352 --> 01:15:12,312
I have what's known as the wheel.

1177
01:15:12,395 --> 01:15:16,650
It's got earthy tones, a smooth draw,
enough kick to win me the Hi and the Lo.

1178
01:15:18,151 --> 01:15:20,153
Call.

1179
01:15:20,195 --> 01:15:24,950
- Trip aces.
- L... I only got a pair.

1180
01:15:24,991 --> 01:15:27,828
- Jacks.
- What did you think he had?

1181
01:15:27,911 --> 01:15:30,497
Does he look like a man beaten by jacks?

1182
01:15:30,580 --> 01:15:34,042
Jacks are a monster compared
to the crap you play, Taki.

1183
01:15:34,125 --> 01:15:38,046
- Ah, fuck you. Fuck you.
- Fuck me? Fuck you!

1184
01:15:38,129 --> 01:15:41,216
It's only money. I bet.

1185
01:15:41,299 --> 01:15:43,969
Then let's get some in there.

1186
01:15:44,010 --> 01:15:47,639
- Make it five.
- You're raising me 300, kid?

1187
01:15:49,182 --> 01:15:51,143
I call your 300.

1188
01:15:51,184 --> 01:15:54,813
- How much is in there, Weitz?
- About 1,500. 1,500.

1189
01:15:54,855 --> 01:15:58,066
Here's a thousand. There's 500.

1190
01:15:58,150 --> 01:16:00,026
I bet you the pot limit, kiddo.

1191
01:16:00,110 --> 01:16:02,362
Are you sure on that, Goldie?

1192
01:16:02,404 --> 01:16:05,991
You might want to leave
a little something for
your daughter's riding lessons.

1193
01:16:06,032 --> 01:16:08,660
There's a lot more where that came from, Weitz.

1194
01:16:12,330 --> 01:16:14,040
Take it down.

1195
01:16:14,124 --> 01:16:16,668
I got shit.
I bluffed the big ringer.

1196
01:16:16,751 --> 01:16:19,212
Let's go. Let's go.

1197
01:16:19,254 --> 01:16:23,049
Get up. Get off your ass.
We're done. Come on.

1198
01:16:23,091 --> 01:16:26,011
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere...
Oh, by the way, anybody.

1199
01:16:26,052 --> 01:16:28,763
Buy some real jewelry,
you fucking cheap bastard.

1200
01:16:28,847 --> 01:16:30,348
Unbelievable.

1201
01:16:30,432 --> 01:16:33,226
- What were you doing in there?
- I didn't have it.

1202
01:16:33,268 --> 01:16:35,228
You didn't have it?

1203
01:16:35,270 --> 01:16:38,273
Since when you have to have it to
take a pot off a hump like that?

1204
01:16:38,356 --> 01:16:41,276
- A grade schooler would've
played back at that guy.
- I was waiting the guy out.

1205
01:16:41,359 --> 01:16:44,279
Eventually, he was going to bluff
at the wrong pot. I was gonna take him.

1206
01:16:44,362 --> 01:16:48,325
We don't have time.
That guy was papier-mache.
You gotta make strong moves.

1207
01:16:48,408 --> 01:16:52,204
The move was folding. I can't lose
what I don't put in the middle.

1208
01:16:52,245 --> 01:16:56,166
Oh, Jesus, you know what?
Fuck all that 'cause we needed that pot.

1209
01:16:56,249 --> 01:16:58,585
Well, what are we up to?

1210
01:17:01,546 --> 01:17:03,465
That's like seven.
Seven.

1211
01:17:03,548 --> 01:17:06,510
With that pot you just dumped
on that fucking V-neck sweater,

1212
01:17:06,593 --> 01:17:08,512
we would've had ten.

1213
01:17:08,595 --> 01:17:11,765
Look at you. One 64-hour session,
and you need a nap.

1214
01:17:11,848 --> 01:17:14,267
- No time for a fucking nap.
- No, we don't. That's all right.

1215
01:17:14,351 --> 01:17:17,103
Come on.
I know what you need.

1216
01:17:17,187 --> 01:17:19,773
I know... I got just the place
for you. Yeah, yeah.

1217
01:17:29,074 --> 01:17:32,786
Feel like I'm gonna get whacked
sitting here like this.

1218
01:17:34,871 --> 01:17:40,418
We got 7,300, Mike.
We gotta double that in two days.

1219
01:17:40,502 --> 01:17:44,965
Well, we're gonna get close. I'm sure
if we come up a little short, Grama...

1220
01:17:45,006 --> 01:17:47,467
We come up even a little short,

1221
01:17:47,509 --> 01:17:50,470
Grama will shoot us and bury us
in a hole somewhere.

1222
01:17:52,013 --> 01:17:54,641
Now, I know this game up in Binghamton.

1223
01:17:54,724 --> 01:17:56,935
- In Binghamton?
- Yeah, yeah.

1224
01:17:56,977 --> 01:18:02,065
It's like 16 or 17 guys.
Two full tables. All municipal workers.

1225
01:18:02,149 --> 01:18:06,111
They come play right after
they get their paychecks. It's very fat.

1226
01:18:06,194 --> 01:18:09,823
Are you sure? Binghamton's
five hours each way.

1227
01:18:09,906 --> 01:18:14,494
Well, look, I figure there's
15 or 20 grand in that room, okay?

1228
01:18:14,578 --> 01:18:18,206
If we get even half of that, we're home.

1229
01:18:18,290 --> 01:18:20,208
Lead me to it.

1230
01:18:30,677 --> 01:18:35,807
- Municipal workers, huh?
- What? These guys work for the city.

1231
01:18:35,849 --> 01:18:38,226
They work for the state, you idiot.

1232
01:18:38,310 --> 01:18:41,480
Oh, this is just stupid.

1233
01:18:41,563 --> 01:18:44,483
Look, we're here, okay?

1234
01:18:44,524 --> 01:18:48,737
- You got any better ideas?
- How the hell am I supposed
to even get in this game?

1235
01:18:48,820 --> 01:18:52,908
No, it's easy.
The whole time I was in the joint,
I was just dumping money to guards.

1236
01:18:52,991 --> 01:18:57,496
This one guy, Pete Frye, I probably lost
like ten grand over 18 months.

1237
01:18:57,537 --> 01:19:00,040
I mean, he thinks I'm a total fish.

1238
01:19:00,081 --> 01:19:03,168
He told me anytime I wanted a game
when I got out, just look up his nephew.

1239
01:19:03,251 --> 01:19:06,880
You just go in there,
you ask for Sean Frye, you're in.

1240
01:19:06,963 --> 01:19:10,217
You're gonna clean this game up.
These guys are total suckers.

1241
01:19:10,258 --> 01:19:12,719
All right. Give me,
like, eight hours.

1242
01:19:12,761 --> 01:19:16,348
- Come back at 7:00, 7:30.
- What am I gonna do for eight hours?

1243
01:19:16,431 --> 01:19:20,435
- Why don't I come in?
I'll sit for a little while.
- No.

1244
01:19:20,519 --> 01:19:24,731
- No, not a chance.
- I'll sit at the other table
and play straight.

1245
01:19:24,815 --> 01:19:28,527
You wanna play straight? You go
in there, I'll be back in eight hours.

1246
01:19:30,612 --> 01:19:32,572
Aw, Jesus.

1247
01:19:32,614 --> 01:19:36,076
All right, all right. I'll go find
a fucking bowling alley.

1248
01:19:36,117 --> 01:19:37,744
I don't know.

1249
01:19:42,082 --> 01:19:44,042
Excuse me.

1250
01:19:44,084 --> 01:19:48,171
- Can I help you?
- Yeah, I'm looking for Sean Frye.

1251
01:19:50,590 --> 01:19:53,510
Yeah, right over there in that cap.

1252
01:19:53,593 --> 01:19:55,512
Thanks.

1253
01:20:00,684 --> 01:20:02,602
Let's go.

1254
01:20:02,686 --> 01:20:04,729
- Sean Frye?
- That's right.

1255
01:20:04,813 --> 01:20:08,608
Yeah, your Uncle Pete told me
to come by if I ever was around here.

1256
01:20:08,650 --> 01:20:10,861
You one of his students?

1257
01:20:12,946 --> 01:20:16,575
Oh, no, no, no, no.
l... I wasn't inside.

1258
01:20:16,658 --> 01:20:19,953
- You know him from hunting then, huh?
- Yeah, yeah, actually.

1259
01:20:19,995 --> 01:20:23,665
I met him over at, uh... He took me
for like a grand over at the lodge.

1260
01:20:23,748 --> 01:20:27,419
Well, that's the buy-in here.
We play 20-40 Stud.

1261
01:20:27,460 --> 01:20:29,921
- Grab a seat.
- Great.

1262
01:20:39,431 --> 01:20:41,850
- How you doing? I'm Mike.
- How you doing? Vitter.

1263
01:20:41,933 --> 01:20:44,603
- Osborne.
- Hi.
- This is Whitley.

1264
01:20:44,644 --> 01:20:46,605
Bet 40.

1265
01:20:46,646 --> 01:20:49,024
Back at ya.

1266
01:20:49,107 --> 01:20:52,569
- All right.
- You and me, Mike.

1267
01:20:54,154 --> 01:20:56,072
Another 40.

1268
01:20:56,156 --> 01:20:59,242
All right, 40 it is.

1269
01:21:00,994 --> 01:21:02,954
- Flush.
- Mm.

1270
01:21:02,996 --> 01:21:06,791
Generally,
the rule is, the nicer the guy,
the poorer the card player.

1271
01:21:06,833 --> 01:21:10,295
And these guys, despite being cops,
are real sweethearts.

1272
01:21:11,838 --> 01:21:14,466
I'm right on schedule, up 4,200.

1273
01:21:14,508 --> 01:21:18,470
The morning can't get here soon enough.

1274
01:21:18,553 --> 01:21:21,473
Holy shit! That's a hell of an elk.

1275
01:21:21,515 --> 01:21:24,184
My grandfather got that one.
Ain't that a beauty?

1276
01:21:24,267 --> 01:21:26,311
- Hey, fellas.
- Hey, Bear!

1277
01:21:26,394 --> 01:21:29,648
Met this guy down at the bowling alley.
Says he likes to play cards.

1278
01:21:29,689 --> 01:21:33,026
Well, you've come to the right place.

1279
01:21:33,109 --> 01:21:35,654
This is Whitley. Osborne.
This guy's name is Mike.

1280
01:21:35,737 --> 01:21:38,323
- Mike? How are ya? Les Murphy.
- This is Vitter.

1281
01:21:38,365 --> 01:21:40,700
- So, what are you guys playing?
- 20-40 Stud.

1282
01:21:40,784 --> 01:21:42,702
Okay.
Deal me in.

1283
01:21:42,786 --> 01:21:45,163
All right, your money's good here.

1284
01:21:45,205 --> 01:21:48,250
Give him some chips, start playing some cards.

1285
01:21:52,838 --> 01:21:55,048
Everybody ante.

1286
01:21:59,678 --> 01:22:02,264
Let's play some cards.

1287
01:22:13,275 --> 01:22:17,070
- Ace high bets.
- Well, I like what I have.

1288
01:22:17,112 --> 01:22:19,197
The bet is 20.

1289
01:22:19,281 --> 01:22:21,616
I know that look.
I'm gonna fold.

1290
01:22:23,201 --> 01:22:25,120
Fold too.

1291
01:22:25,203 --> 01:22:27,122
I'll take it.

1292
01:22:29,207 --> 01:22:32,210
- Yeah, everybody ready? Fourth Street.
- Yes, sir.

1293
01:22:38,758 --> 01:22:40,719
Raise you.

1294
01:22:40,760 --> 01:22:44,764
- I'm in.
- Wow. Wow. A lot of action.

1295
01:22:44,848 --> 01:22:49,060
A lot of action.

1296
01:22:52,355 --> 01:22:55,775
- I got the flush.
- Show me. What you got in here?

1297
01:22:58,528 --> 01:23:01,823
- Jesus. Who wants more?
- I'm in.

1298
01:23:01,907 --> 01:23:04,117
- I'm in.
- Come on, come on.

1299
01:23:04,201 --> 01:23:06,661
I'm staging
a late-night comeback here.

1300
01:23:08,288 --> 01:23:10,624
Late-night rally.

1301
01:23:10,665 --> 01:23:14,794
Okay? Just to...
Just to warn you.

1302
01:23:16,379 --> 01:23:18,173
Ace high bets.

1303
01:23:21,176 --> 01:23:22,969
Uh, ace checks.

1304
01:23:23,053 --> 01:23:26,973
- Check.
- Check on an ace. All right. I'll check.

1305
01:23:27,057 --> 01:23:28,975
- Check.
- Check.

1306
01:23:29,059 --> 01:23:31,603
All right, free card.
Here we go.

1307
01:23:31,645 --> 01:23:34,272
- Hold on there a fucking second.
- Easy. What are you doing?

1308
01:23:34,314 --> 01:23:37,526
- Give me the deck.
- Relax, man. Don't get so agitated.

1309
01:23:37,609 --> 01:23:40,987
- Looks like we got a road gang here.
- A what?

1310
01:23:41,029 --> 01:23:45,033
- What are you... What?
- What the hell's going
on over here, Stu?

1311
01:23:45,116 --> 01:23:47,202
This son of a bitch is base dealing.

1312
01:23:47,285 --> 01:23:49,955
- Caught a hanger, Sarge.
- What? A hanger?

1313
01:23:50,038 --> 01:23:52,499
I don't even know what you're saying.

1314
01:23:52,541 --> 01:23:56,837
- He's saying you're dealing
off the bottom of the deck.
- Oh, God. Come on, guys.

1315
01:23:56,878 --> 01:23:59,256
- What did he give him?
- To me?

1316
01:23:59,339 --> 01:24:03,802
- Seven of hearts.
- You boys professionals? You working?

1317
01:24:03,844 --> 01:24:06,054
I was winning before this guy got here.

1318
01:24:06,138 --> 01:24:08,723
Okay, okay. Let's let the cards
do the talking.

1319
01:24:08,807 --> 01:24:11,893
If the seven didn't help you,
we'll listen to what you have to say.

1320
01:24:11,977 --> 01:24:14,688
Ozzy, turn the cards.

1321
01:24:14,771 --> 01:24:17,232
Come on! It's three of a kind!

1322
01:24:17,315 --> 01:24:20,235
- Shut up!
- I'm just sayin', it's three of a kind.

1323
01:24:20,318 --> 01:24:22,654
One last thing, Stu.

1324
01:24:23,947 --> 01:24:25,866
Scumbag!

1325
01:24:25,949 --> 01:24:27,868
Hey, all right, take it easy.

1326
01:24:27,951 --> 01:24:30,370
Aren't you supposed to read us our rights?

1327
01:24:30,412 --> 01:24:32,164
Here's your fuckin' rights!

1328
01:24:36,084 --> 01:24:38,044
Fuck you!

1329
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:55,896
Get the fuck outta here,
you cocksuckers! Shit!

1330
01:24:57,606 --> 01:24:59,774
Aw, Jesus!

1331
01:25:02,110 --> 01:25:04,070
Worm.

1332
01:25:06,531 --> 01:25:08,450
Worm?

1333
01:25:10,535 --> 01:25:12,954
Hey, Les.

1334
01:25:13,038 --> 01:25:14,956
Hey.

1335
01:25:15,040 --> 01:25:17,584
Hey, you all right?

1336
01:25:17,667 --> 01:25:19,586
Mike?

1337
01:25:19,669 --> 01:25:21,588
Yeah.

1338
01:25:23,173 --> 01:25:25,592
You should've played those kings, Mike.

1339
01:25:25,675 --> 01:25:28,512
Aw, you're an asshole.

1340
01:25:28,595 --> 01:25:32,474
I know. I know.
I'm sorry.

1341
01:25:34,059 --> 01:25:36,144
They took every fucking nickel.

1342
01:25:36,228 --> 01:25:39,815
I think I got 300 in my boot somewhere.

1343
01:25:41,900 --> 01:25:44,528
Oh, look at you.
Fuck!

1344
01:25:44,611 --> 01:25:47,447
Fuck, I cannot believe I caught a hanger.

1345
01:25:47,531 --> 01:25:52,327
- Aw, it's never happened,
I swear to God.
- Where's the car?

1346
01:25:52,410 --> 01:25:55,580
- God, I think I cracked a rib.
- What the fuck were you thinking?

1347
01:25:55,664 --> 01:25:58,834
- I was trying to give us an edge.
- I had 'em.

1348
01:25:58,917 --> 01:26:01,378
Hey, I'm sorry we got banged up, all right?

1349
01:26:01,461 --> 01:26:03,880
I took a shot and I missed.
That happens.

1350
01:26:03,964 --> 01:26:07,592
- Fucking happens
all the time around you.
- What, it doesn't happen to you?

1351
01:26:07,676 --> 01:26:10,887
You're the guy who flushed his whole
fucking bankroll on one hand, Mike.

1352
01:26:10,971 --> 01:26:14,891
- Oh, hey, fuck you, man.
That was different.
- Why? Explain that to me.

1353
01:26:14,975 --> 01:26:18,061
Why different, huh?
What makes you so fucking special?

1354
01:26:18,145 --> 01:26:20,438
How come all your moves
are so smart and noble...

1355
01:26:20,480 --> 01:26:22,858
and I'm always the idiot piece of shit?

1356
01:26:22,941 --> 01:26:25,652
You act like you're the only one
with any fucking ambition.

1357
01:26:25,735 --> 01:26:29,281
What's your ambition, man? Tell me.
I don't know. What is it?

1358
01:26:29,364 --> 01:26:33,118
- I don't even know.
I don't think like that.
- No, you don't think.

1359
01:26:33,160 --> 01:26:35,120
No, I don't think like you!

1360
01:26:35,162 --> 01:26:38,123
You always think you can beat the game
straight up. That's not me.

1361
01:26:38,165 --> 01:26:41,168
- I told you, I'm always gonna
look for that edge. Always.
- What's the edge now?

1362
01:26:41,209 --> 01:26:43,670
We owe 15 grand in a day.
What do we do?

1363
01:26:43,712 --> 01:26:46,548
It's easy. We get
the fuck outta Dodge, all right?

1364
01:26:46,631 --> 01:26:49,468
We just steer clear of the city for a while.

1365
01:26:49,509 --> 01:26:52,846
We'll hit the road. We'll be up again
in no time. This'll all blow over.

1366
01:26:52,929 --> 01:26:55,640
- We'll have a ball.
- Not a fucking chance
I'm gonna live like that.

1367
01:26:55,682 --> 01:27:00,479
- You talk to Grama.
You get him to stake me.
- It's not gonna work, okay?

1368
01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:03,148
We're not dealing with Grama.

1369
01:27:04,691 --> 01:27:07,819
You said Grama's on his own.

1370
01:27:07,861 --> 01:27:11,615
- You told me Grama's on his own.
- KGB bankrolled him.

1371
01:27:13,325 --> 01:27:17,871
- So you've just fucked us
right in the ass.
- Yeah, all the way, okay?

1372
01:27:17,954 --> 01:27:22,000
So you see what I'm saying?
No fooling around. It's highway time.

1373
01:27:22,042 --> 01:27:25,462
Are you with me or not?

1374
01:27:25,545 --> 01:27:27,839
No, I'm not this time.

1375
01:27:35,013 --> 01:27:39,017
- Give me the keys.
- You're really gonna go back there?

1376
01:27:40,060 --> 01:27:42,395
Yeah.

1377
01:27:43,647 --> 01:27:46,608
I'll see you when I see you.

1378
01:27:48,652 --> 01:27:52,531
Hey. At least you're
rounding again, right?

1379
01:27:52,572 --> 01:27:55,951
You're gonna thank me for that someday.

1380
01:28:06,461 --> 01:28:10,507
Fold or hang tough.
Call or raise the bet.

1381
01:28:10,590 --> 01:28:13,677
These are decisions you make at the table.

1382
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:17,264
Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear,
there's only one way to play it.

1383
01:28:17,347 --> 01:28:21,393
Other times, like holding a small pair
against two over cards,

1384
01:28:21,476 --> 01:28:24,104
it's six to five, or even money, either way.

1385
01:28:24,187 --> 01:28:27,732
Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts.

1386
01:28:28,817 --> 01:28:30,777
Well, look at you.

1387
01:28:30,861 --> 01:28:33,155
Look at me.

1388
01:28:33,238 --> 01:28:35,240
Come in.

1389
01:28:35,323 --> 01:28:37,284
No.

1390
01:28:37,325 --> 01:28:41,788
- Where's your friend?
- Uh, he's gone.

1391
01:28:41,872 --> 01:28:45,792
- He's gone.
- So you brought my money?

1392
01:28:47,377 --> 01:28:51,423
- I'm a little short.
- How short?

1393
01:28:51,506 --> 01:28:53,300
The whole way.

1394
01:28:53,341 --> 01:28:56,428
There must be some kind of story.

1395
01:28:58,138 --> 01:29:00,182
Well...

1396
01:29:00,265 --> 01:29:03,768
as you can see, I can't pay you.

1397
01:29:03,810 --> 01:29:06,605
I see you're banged up pretty good.

1398
01:29:10,942 --> 01:29:14,112
You never should've vouched for that scumbag.

1399
01:29:17,240 --> 01:29:19,159
Maybe not.

1400
01:29:20,744 --> 01:29:24,164
- You're leaving me no outs here.
- Why?

1401
01:29:24,206 --> 01:29:27,792
I can't trust you two aren't playing me.

1402
01:29:27,834 --> 01:29:30,337
I'm not the one working with a partner here.

1403
01:29:32,422 --> 01:29:36,676
You wanna take it up with KGB,
you go right ahead.

1404
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:42,307
Otherwise, you got one day,
or this'll feel like a Swedish massage.

1405
01:29:59,658 --> 01:30:01,743
- Hey.
- Hey, what's up?

1406
01:30:12,295 --> 01:30:16,049
You look like Duane Bobick
after one round with Norton.

1407
01:30:16,132 --> 01:30:21,054
- What the fuck happened to you?
- Ah, Worm.

1408
01:30:22,139 --> 01:30:24,349
When are you gonna listen?

1409
01:30:24,432 --> 01:30:26,893
I'm listening.

1410
01:30:26,977 --> 01:30:30,772
What do you need?
500? A grand?

1411
01:30:30,856 --> 01:30:33,441
- Huh?
- I need... I need 15,000.

1412
01:30:33,525 --> 01:30:36,069
- Fifteen?
- Yep.

1413
01:30:36,153 --> 01:30:39,239
I need a blow job from Christy Turlington.

1414
01:30:39,322 --> 01:30:42,909
- Get the fuck outta here. $15,000?
- Seriously, Joey.

1415
01:30:42,993 --> 01:30:46,913
What can you do for me?
Five hundred dollars is not
even gonna get me started.

1416
01:30:46,997 --> 01:30:51,793
Goddamn it, Mike, if 500 won't
help, what's two grand gonna do?

1417
01:30:53,378 --> 01:30:55,922
What kind of trouble you in?

1418
01:30:56,006 --> 01:30:59,050
I'm in the worst kind, with the worst guy.

1419
01:30:59,134 --> 01:31:01,219
- KGB?
- Yep.

1420
01:31:03,305 --> 01:31:05,265
Come here.

1421
01:31:06,808 --> 01:31:09,060
Didn't I tell you...

1422
01:31:09,144 --> 01:31:12,063
to never let that guy get a hold of you?

1423
01:31:12,105 --> 01:31:15,484
- You told me a lot of things.
- Yeah, yeah. And you don't listen.

1424
01:31:15,567 --> 01:31:18,487
I tell you to play within your means,
you risk your whole bankroll.

1425
01:31:18,570 --> 01:31:21,072
I tell you not to
overextend yourself, to rebuild,

1426
01:31:21,114 --> 01:31:23,533
you go into hock for more.

1427
01:31:23,617 --> 01:31:26,161
I was giving you a living, Mike,

1428
01:31:26,244 --> 01:31:29,664
showing you the playbook
I put together off my own beats.

1429
01:31:29,748 --> 01:31:31,666
That wasn't enough for you...

1430
01:31:31,750 --> 01:31:35,629
This is one time I don't need
you to tell me how I fucked up.

1431
01:31:35,670 --> 01:31:37,631
I know I fucked up.

1432
01:31:37,672 --> 01:31:40,634
What I need from you is money.

1433
01:31:40,717 --> 01:31:43,637
- I need whatever money you can give me.
- See, that's the thing.

1434
01:31:43,678 --> 01:31:46,264
This time there is no money.

1435
01:31:46,348 --> 01:31:49,851
I give you two grand,
what's that buy you? A day?

1436
01:31:49,935 --> 01:31:52,103
No, I give it to you, I'm wasting it.

1437
01:31:52,187 --> 01:31:54,940
- That's fucking great.
- You did it to yourself.

1438
01:31:55,023 --> 01:31:57,984
You had to put it all on the line
for some Vegas pipe dream.

1439
01:31:58,026 --> 01:32:00,070
Yeah, I took a risk.
I took a risk.

1440
01:32:00,153 --> 01:32:02,614
You see all the angles.
You never have the stones to play one.

1441
01:32:02,697 --> 01:32:06,493
"Stones"?
You little punk.

1442
01:32:06,576 --> 01:32:09,412
I'm not playing for the thrill
of fucking victory here.

1443
01:32:09,496 --> 01:32:14,751
I owe rent, alimony, child support.
I play for money.

1444
01:32:14,835 --> 01:32:16,753
My kids eat.

1445
01:32:16,837 --> 01:32:19,297
I got stones enough
not to chase cards, action...

1446
01:32:19,339 --> 01:32:23,176
or fucking pipe dreams
of winning the World Series on ESPN.

1447
01:32:23,218 --> 01:32:25,846
You want me to, uh, call some people,

1448
01:32:25,929 --> 01:32:28,098
try and buy you some time, I will.

1449
01:32:28,181 --> 01:32:30,642
Place to stay, or the truck.
No problem.

1450
01:32:30,725 --> 01:32:35,105
But about the money,
I gotta do this. I gotta say no.

1451
01:32:35,188 --> 01:32:38,775
That's fine.
I understand.

1452
01:32:41,987 --> 01:32:44,573
- Hey, listen.
- What?

1453
01:32:44,656 --> 01:32:47,242
I put it all on the line.
That's true.

1454
01:32:47,325 --> 01:32:50,996
And you know what?
It wasn't a bad beat.

1455
01:32:51,037 --> 01:32:53,039
I wasn't unlucky.

1456
01:32:53,123 --> 01:32:55,959
I got outplayed.
I got outplayed that time.

1457
01:32:57,544 --> 01:33:00,547
But I know I'm good enough to sit at that table.

1458
01:33:00,630 --> 01:33:03,091
It's not... It's not
a fucking pipe dream.

1459
01:33:03,175 --> 01:33:05,635
I don't doubt your talent.

1460
01:33:05,719 --> 01:33:08,722
I never...
I never told anybody this.

1461
01:33:08,805 --> 01:33:12,893
About eight, nine months ago,
I'm at the Taj, it's late,

1462
01:33:12,976 --> 01:33:15,020
and I see Johnny Chan walk in.

1463
01:33:15,061 --> 01:33:17,022
And he goes,
he sits 300-600.

1464
01:33:17,063 --> 01:33:19,900
And the whole place stops
when Johnny Chan walks in.

1465
01:33:19,983 --> 01:33:22,068
Everybody puts an eye on him.

1466
01:33:22,152 --> 01:33:24,571
After a little while,
there wasn't a crap game going...

1467
01:33:24,654 --> 01:33:27,073
'cause all the high rollers
are over there watching him.

1468
01:33:27,157 --> 01:33:29,993
Some are playing with him, giving
away their money to this guy to say...

1469
01:33:30,076 --> 01:33:31,995
"Oh, I played
with the World Champion."

1470
01:33:32,078 --> 01:33:34,998
And you know what I did?
I sat down.

1471
01:33:35,081 --> 01:33:38,752
Nah, you need 50, 60 grand
to play right in that game.

1472
01:33:38,835 --> 01:33:41,338
Well, I had six, but I had to know.

1473
01:33:41,421 --> 01:33:43,340
What happened?

1474
01:33:43,423 --> 01:33:46,676
Played tight for an hour. I folded
mostly, and then I made a score.

1475
01:33:46,760 --> 01:33:50,096
- Wired aces or kings?
- Rags.

1476
01:33:51,431 --> 01:33:54,893
I had nothing.
But he raised.

1477
01:33:54,976 --> 01:33:57,562
And I just decided, you know,
I don't care about the money.

1478
01:33:57,646 --> 01:33:59,940
I'm just gonna outplay the guy.

1479
01:33:59,981 --> 01:34:02,651
I'm just gonna outplay this guy this hand.

1480
01:34:02,734 --> 01:34:05,403
- I re-raised.
- Re-raise.

1481
01:34:05,487 --> 01:34:08,240
- You played right back at him, huh?
- Oh, yeah.

1482
01:34:08,323 --> 01:34:10,826
And he just comes right back over the top of me,

1483
01:34:10,909 --> 01:34:13,411
trying to bully me like
I'm some fucking tourist.

1484
01:34:13,495 --> 01:34:15,455
I hesitate for two seconds.
I re-raised.

1485
01:34:15,497 --> 01:34:18,458
And he makes a move toward his checks,
and he looks at me.

1486
01:34:18,542 --> 01:34:21,962
And he looks at his cards,
and he looks at me again.

1487
01:34:22,045 --> 01:34:25,257
And he mucked it.
I took it down.

1488
01:34:25,340 --> 01:34:30,220
"Did you have it?"
"I'm sorry, John. I don't remember."

1489
01:34:32,055 --> 01:34:34,891
I got up, and I walked to the cashier.

1490
01:34:34,975 --> 01:34:38,520
I sat with the best in the world, and I won.

1491
01:34:38,603 --> 01:34:42,482
You put a fucking move on Chan,
you son of a bitch.

1492
01:34:42,524 --> 01:34:45,652
So that's why you made that run on KGB's place.

1493
01:34:45,735 --> 01:34:48,155
That's right.

1494
01:34:48,238 --> 01:34:50,907
And I'll do it again if I can.

1495
01:34:52,576 --> 01:34:54,995
Well, then I'm rooting for you, Mike.

1496
01:34:56,079 --> 01:34:58,039
I'll see you around, Knish.

1497
01:34:59,583 --> 01:35:03,628
This is temporary?
Will you be back next semester?

1498
01:35:03,670 --> 01:35:06,923
Oh, I think we both know I'm no lawyer.

1499
01:35:08,091 --> 01:35:10,969
I hope my story didn't discourage you.

1500
01:35:11,011 --> 01:35:16,057
No. It inspired me.
I think I was on my way out anyway.

1501
01:35:16,141 --> 01:35:19,144
- But now you're here.
- That's right.

1502
01:35:19,227 --> 01:35:22,814
- You're in trouble?
- Yes, sir, I am.

1503
01:35:22,898 --> 01:35:27,736
Uh, not with the law.
I owe.

1504
01:35:27,819 --> 01:35:31,698
- A gambling debt?
- Yeah.

1505
01:35:31,740 --> 01:35:36,745
It's not mine. It's, uh...
I vouched for the wrong guy.

1506
01:35:36,828 --> 01:35:39,581
Um, so now it's on me.

1507
01:35:39,664 --> 01:35:41,583
I understand.

1508
01:35:43,668 --> 01:35:46,671
So, what will it take
for you to be free of this?

1509
01:35:48,882 --> 01:35:52,010
- I need 15,000 tonight.
- Michael!

1510
01:35:52,093 --> 01:35:54,846
Michael!

1511
01:35:58,809 --> 01:36:01,853
- You know, I'm not
a wealthy man, Michael.
- I know.

1512
01:36:01,937 --> 01:36:05,357
And it kills me to ask you, but...

1513
01:36:05,398 --> 01:36:08,235
I don't have any other play here.

1514
01:36:08,276 --> 01:36:11,446
So, uh, if you can help me at all...

1515
01:36:11,530 --> 01:36:13,573
I hate to see you like this.

1516
01:36:13,657 --> 01:36:16,076
I want to help you, Michael.
But $15,000, l... l...

1517
01:36:16,159 --> 01:36:18,036
I know.

1518
01:36:24,751 --> 01:36:26,795
If it must be tonight,

1519
01:36:28,380 --> 01:36:31,383
then ten is the best I can do.

1520
01:36:32,968 --> 01:36:35,053
Would you do that?

1521
01:36:39,558 --> 01:36:42,644
When my mother let me leave the yeshiva,

1522
01:36:42,727 --> 01:36:45,480
it nearly broke her.

1523
01:36:45,564 --> 01:36:49,776
But she knew...
She knew the life I had to lead.

1524
01:36:51,862 --> 01:36:54,614
To do that for another is a mitzvah.

1525
01:36:57,492 --> 01:37:00,912
And for that, I owe.

1526
01:37:15,051 --> 01:37:18,680
So you take this money...

1527
01:37:18,763 --> 01:37:21,725
and you get yourself out of this trouble.

1528
01:37:21,808 --> 01:37:23,727
You hear me?

1529
01:37:28,815 --> 01:37:31,151
I know you can.

1530
01:37:33,820 --> 01:37:38,158
l... I promise that I'm gonna...
I'll pay you back.

1531
01:37:39,242 --> 01:37:41,161
Good luck.

1532
01:38:03,308 --> 01:38:07,145
I've often seen these people,
these squares, at the table.

1533
01:38:07,187 --> 01:38:11,358
Short-stacked and long odds against,
all their outs gone,

1534
01:38:11,441 --> 01:38:14,152
one last card in the deck that can help them.

1535
01:38:15,862 --> 01:38:20,200
I used to wonder how they could let
themselves get into such bad shape...

1536
01:38:20,283 --> 01:38:23,495
and how the hell they thought
they could turn it around.

1537
01:38:30,502 --> 01:38:33,004
Just walking in here makes me queasy.

1538
01:38:33,046 --> 01:38:36,174
The brick walls.
The fucking mopes at the tables.

1539
01:38:36,258 --> 01:38:40,470
The musty smell. I feel like Buckner
walking back into Shea.

1540
01:38:40,554 --> 01:38:43,014
But what choice do I have?

1541
01:38:43,098 --> 01:38:45,934
So, you have my money?

1542
01:38:46,017 --> 01:38:48,895
- I owe you that money tomorrow, right?
- Da.

1543
01:38:50,480 --> 01:38:52,607
So it's still mine.

1544
01:38:52,691 --> 01:38:57,696
For the next eight hours, it is yours.

1545
01:38:57,779 --> 01:39:01,116
But if you don't have it all by then,

1546
01:39:01,199 --> 01:39:03,952
then you are mine.

1547
01:39:04,035 --> 01:39:05,954
Well...

1548
01:39:10,917 --> 01:39:15,589
I got $10,000.
I'm looking for a game.

1549
01:39:16,798 --> 01:39:19,926
- You sure?
- You heard me.

1550
01:39:23,555 --> 01:39:26,725
So, we'll play. Heads up.

1551
01:39:26,808 --> 01:39:30,020
We both start with a couple of racks.

1552
01:39:30,103 --> 01:39:33,815
Blinds, uh, 25 and 50?

1553
01:39:33,899 --> 01:39:38,570
And we don't stop until one of us has it all.

1554
01:39:40,614 --> 01:39:43,492
Let's do it.

1555
01:40:08,350 --> 01:40:11,144
I'm gonna raise.

1556
01:40:11,228 --> 01:40:13,271
Thousand straight.

1557
01:40:13,355 --> 01:40:15,857
Very aggressive.

1558
01:40:15,941 --> 01:40:18,652
A new day.

1559
01:40:18,735 --> 01:40:22,531
And you won't be pushed around.

1560
01:40:22,614 --> 01:40:26,326
But... I re-raise.

1561
01:40:26,409 --> 01:40:30,205
Five thousand.

1562
01:40:32,290 --> 01:40:35,168
Doyle Brunson says,
"The key to No-Limit...

1563
01:40:35,210 --> 01:40:37,963
is to put a man to a decision
for all his chips."

1564
01:40:38,004 --> 01:40:39,965
Teddy's just done it.

1565
01:40:40,006 --> 01:40:43,176
He's representing aces,
the only hand better than my cowboys.

1566
01:40:43,260 --> 01:40:45,971
I can't call and give him a chance to catch.

1567
01:40:46,054 --> 01:40:49,141
I can only fold,
if I believe him. Or...

1568
01:40:49,224 --> 01:40:51,643
I re-raise. I'm all in.

1569
01:41:22,215 --> 01:41:24,342
Take it down.

1570
01:41:32,267 --> 01:41:34,227
In a heads-up match,

1571
01:41:34,269 --> 01:41:38,440
the size of your stack is almost as
important as the quality of your cards.

1572
01:41:38,523 --> 01:41:41,109
I chopped one of his legs out in the first hand.

1573
01:41:41,193 --> 01:41:45,489
- Now all I have to do is lean
on him until he falls over.
- Check.

1574
01:41:45,572 --> 01:41:48,033
Bet a thousand.

1575
01:41:48,074 --> 01:41:51,119
Call. I'll call.

1576
01:41:54,998 --> 01:41:56,583
Check.

1577
01:41:58,168 --> 01:42:01,796
What's that, 2,500 there?
I'm gonna tap your tap.

1578
01:42:11,473 --> 01:42:12,933
Jacks up.

1579
01:42:15,393 --> 01:42:17,312
Very good.

1580
01:42:19,022 --> 01:42:21,316
Good hand.

1581
01:42:21,399 --> 01:42:25,779
Catching that Jack on the turn.

1582
01:42:25,862 --> 01:42:30,492
- You got lucky there.
- Yep, it was luck.

1583
01:42:30,575 --> 01:42:34,579
So, that's it then, hmm?

1584
01:42:34,621 --> 01:42:39,668
Just like a young man coming in for a quickie.

1585
01:42:39,751 --> 01:42:44,506
I feel so unsatisfied.

1586
01:42:44,589 --> 01:42:46,508
I'm sorry.

1587
01:42:46,591 --> 01:42:50,303
You must feel proud and good.

1588
01:42:50,387 --> 01:42:53,473
Strong enough to beat the world.

1589
01:42:55,058 --> 01:42:59,729
- I feel fine.
- Me too. I feel okay.

1590
01:43:01,231 --> 01:43:04,776
'Course maybe we check
with one other guy, see how he feels.

1591
01:43:04,818 --> 01:43:07,445
Grama!

1592
01:43:10,323 --> 01:43:12,784
I thought I smelled him.

1593
01:43:12,826 --> 01:43:15,203
I'll take what's ours.

1594
01:43:15,287 --> 01:43:18,165
'Course you could let it ride, Mike.

1595
01:43:18,206 --> 01:43:21,293
Take your chances.
You could let this happen, Grama?

1596
01:43:21,334 --> 01:43:23,378
Sure, partner.

1597
01:43:23,461 --> 01:43:26,631
He still has till morning to make good.

1598
01:43:26,715 --> 01:43:32,179
Uh, you know what? I got my
five grand here. That's just fine by me.

1599
01:43:32,262 --> 01:43:35,474
- I'm going home.
- Fine.

1600
01:43:35,557 --> 01:43:37,893
It's a fucking joke anyway.

1601
01:43:37,976 --> 01:43:42,647
After all, I am paying you with your money.

1602
01:43:45,525 --> 01:43:48,945
- What did you say?
- Your money.

1603
01:43:49,029 --> 01:43:52,449
I am still up 20 grand...

1604
01:43:52,532 --> 01:43:56,077
from this last time I stick it in you.

1605
01:43:56,161 --> 01:44:00,332
They're trying to goad me, trying to own me.

1606
01:44:00,415 --> 01:44:05,504
But this isn't a gunfight.
It's not about pride or ego.
It's only about money.

1607
01:44:05,587 --> 01:44:09,299
I can leave now, even with Grama and KGB...

1608
01:44:09,382 --> 01:44:12,844
and halfway to paying Petrovsky back.

1609
01:44:12,886 --> 01:44:14,846
That's the safe play.

1610
01:44:14,888 --> 01:44:18,600
I told Worm you can't lose
what you don't put in the middle.

1611
01:44:18,683 --> 01:44:22,521
- Deal 'em.
- But you can't win much either.

1612
01:44:24,731 --> 01:44:26,775
Checks!

1613
01:44:28,693 --> 01:44:32,656
- Double the blinds?
- Yeah.

1614
01:44:32,739 --> 01:44:34,866
Table stakes.

1615
01:44:34,908 --> 01:44:38,453
Good. Feel free
to reload at any time.

1616
01:44:54,636 --> 01:44:58,181
You must be kicking yourself...

1617
01:44:58,265 --> 01:45:02,394
for not walking out when you could.

1618
01:45:04,437 --> 01:45:06,898
Bad judgment.

1619
01:45:06,940 --> 01:45:09,151
But...

1620
01:45:09,234 --> 01:45:11,611
don't you worry, son.

1621
01:45:11,653 --> 01:45:15,657
It will all be over soon.

1622
01:45:21,079 --> 01:45:22,747
Okay.

1623
01:45:47,022 --> 01:45:48,982
Check.

1624
01:45:50,567 --> 01:45:54,112
No check here.
I tap you.

1625
01:46:08,960 --> 01:46:11,296
I'm laying this down, Teddy.

1626
01:46:12,839 --> 01:46:15,175
Top two pair.

1627
01:46:15,258 --> 01:46:18,762
It's a monster hand,
and I'm gonna lay that down...

1628
01:46:18,845 --> 01:46:22,808
'cause you got two-four, and I'm
not gonna draw against a made hand.

1629
01:46:28,021 --> 01:46:31,817
Lays down a monster.

1630
01:46:37,697 --> 01:46:40,325
Should have paid me off on that.

1631
01:46:42,786 --> 01:46:46,331
Why the fuck did you lay that down?

1632
01:47:01,721 --> 01:47:05,225
Wow.
Not hungry?

1633
01:47:05,308 --> 01:47:08,520
Mr. Son of a Bitch.

1634
01:47:08,562 --> 01:47:11,940
Let's play some cards.

1635
01:47:12,023 --> 01:47:13,942
The rule is this:

1636
01:47:14,025 --> 01:47:17,320
You spot a man's tell,
you don't say a fucking word.

1637
01:47:17,404 --> 01:47:19,322
I finally spotted KGB's.

1638
01:47:19,406 --> 01:47:23,702
And usually I would've let him
go on chewing those Oreos
till he was dead broke.

1639
01:47:23,743 --> 01:47:28,582
But I don't have that kind of time.
I've only got till morning.

1640
01:47:28,623 --> 01:47:33,003
Not even Teddy KGB's immune
to getting a little rattled.

1641
01:47:33,086 --> 01:47:36,840
Enough is enough, Teddy.
Finish the fucking kid off.

1642
01:47:36,923 --> 01:47:39,885
Hanging around.
Hanging around.

1643
01:47:39,926 --> 01:47:44,723
Kid's got alligator blood.
Can't get rid of him.

1644
01:47:47,851 --> 01:47:50,645
No, I'm not going anywhere.
Double the blind.

1645
01:47:50,729 --> 01:47:53,315
Okay.

1646
01:47:53,398 --> 01:47:55,108
I call.

1647
01:48:04,367 --> 01:48:06,286
Check.

1648
01:48:18,215 --> 01:48:20,425
Two grand.

1649
01:48:23,929 --> 01:48:26,181
All right, I'll call the two grand.
I'll gamble.

1650
01:48:26,264 --> 01:48:28,642
Don't splash the pot.

1651
01:48:29,768 --> 01:48:33,688
You're on a draw, Mike?
Go away.

1652
01:48:33,772 --> 01:48:36,107
This one is not good for you.

1653
01:48:36,149 --> 01:48:41,613
And in my club, I will splash the pot
whenever the fuck I please.

1654
01:48:41,655 --> 01:48:43,782
Okay.

1655
01:48:51,623 --> 01:48:53,625
I'm gonna check, Teddy.

1656
01:48:55,168 --> 01:48:57,128
That's right.

1657
01:48:57,170 --> 01:49:01,633
Big daddy...

1658
01:49:01,675 --> 01:49:04,511
bets...

1659
01:49:04,594 --> 01:49:07,055
the pot.

1660
01:49:10,851 --> 01:49:12,811
That's 4,400.

1661
01:49:12,853 --> 01:49:16,231
All right, I'm gonna call you, or else
I won't respect myself tomorrow morning.

1662
01:49:16,314 --> 01:49:19,985
Respect is all you'll have left in the morning.

1663
01:49:22,112 --> 01:49:25,657
Last card coming.

1664
01:49:35,917 --> 01:49:38,086
Check.

1665
01:49:38,170 --> 01:49:41,673
It hurts, doesn't it?

1666
01:49:41,756 --> 01:49:45,969
You can't believe what fell.

1667
01:49:46,052 --> 01:49:49,514
All your dreams... dashed.

1668
01:49:49,598 --> 01:49:53,685
Hopes down the fucking drain.

1669
01:49:53,727 --> 01:49:58,023
Your fate, he is sitting right beside you.

1670
01:49:58,106 --> 01:50:01,026
That ace could not have helped you.

1671
01:50:03,403 --> 01:50:07,741
I bet it all.

1672
01:50:13,205 --> 01:50:16,791
You're right, Teddy.
The ace didn't help me.

1673
01:50:19,044 --> 01:50:21,421
I flopped a nut straight.

1674
01:50:23,215 --> 01:50:26,593
Motherfucker!

1675
01:50:26,635 --> 01:50:30,222
- Motherfucker! That is it!
- That's it?

1676
01:50:30,305 --> 01:50:32,265
What the fuck you talking about?

1677
01:50:32,307 --> 01:50:34,559
- Take him down, Teddy.
- Nyet! Nyet! No more!

1678
01:50:34,643 --> 01:50:36,978
No! Not tonight!

1679
01:50:37,062 --> 01:50:41,775
This son of bitch,
all night he check, check, check.

1680
01:50:41,858 --> 01:50:43,777
He trapped me!

1681
01:50:43,860 --> 01:50:46,446
Well, you feeling satisfied now, Teddy?

1682
01:50:46,530 --> 01:50:49,616
'Cause I can go on busting you up all night.

1683
01:50:49,699 --> 01:50:52,327
Nyet! Nyet!

1684
01:50:57,624 --> 01:51:01,253
He beat me.
Straight up.

1685
01:51:02,295 --> 01:51:04,256
Pay him.

1686
01:51:05,549 --> 01:51:08,260
Pay that man his money.

1687
01:51:50,135 --> 01:51:53,638
Turned my ten grand into just over 60.

1688
01:51:53,722 --> 01:51:57,309
Paid 15 to Grama, six went back
to the Chesterfield.

1689
01:51:57,392 --> 01:52:00,896
As for Worm, well, I figure we're even.

1690
01:52:00,979 --> 01:52:04,024
And after the ten going back to the professor,

1691
01:52:04,107 --> 01:52:08,945
I'm back where I started,
with three stacks of high society.

1692
01:52:18,038 --> 01:52:19,998
Hey.

1693
01:52:22,042 --> 01:52:27,339
- You look like hell.
- Ah, well, you should've
seen me yesterday.

1694
01:52:29,382 --> 01:52:32,636
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm okay. You?

1695
01:52:34,221 --> 01:52:36,348
Now I am.

1696
01:52:40,977 --> 01:52:43,104
So, you're outta here, huh?

1697
01:52:43,188 --> 01:52:48,860
Yeah, I'm... I figure
there's nothing left for me here.

1698
01:52:48,944 --> 01:52:52,864
Listen, um, will you give this to Petrovsky?

1699
01:52:52,906 --> 01:52:56,952
I... didn't want to wake him up.
It's still a little early.

1700
01:52:57,035 --> 01:53:00,038
Can I count on you to do that?

1701
01:53:00,121 --> 01:53:03,208
You could always count on me, Mike.

1702
01:53:04,793 --> 01:53:06,753
Thanks.

1703
01:53:06,795 --> 01:53:09,089
Take care, Jo.

1704
01:53:10,674 --> 01:53:14,594
Hey. Call me.

1705
01:53:16,012 --> 01:53:17,931
If you need a lawyer.

1706
01:53:18,014 --> 01:53:20,559
I will.

1707
01:53:20,600 --> 01:53:23,395
And I will.

1708
01:53:42,247 --> 01:53:44,166
Kennedy Airport.

1709
01:53:53,216 --> 01:53:57,304
- So, where you headed?
- I'm going to Vegas.

1710
01:53:57,387 --> 01:53:59,764
- Vegas, huh?
- Yeah.

1711
01:53:59,806 --> 01:54:01,766
Good luck, man.

1712
01:54:01,808 --> 01:54:04,936
People insist on calling it luck.

1713
01:54:05,020 --> 01:54:06,980
Thanks.

1714
01:54:09,733 --> 01:54:13,361
First prize at the World Series
of Poker is a million bucks.

1715
01:54:13,445 --> 01:54:16,865
Does it have my name on it?
I don't know.

1716
01:54:16,948 --> 01:54:19,201
But I'm gonna find out.