John Dahl: Rounders (1998) The Final Hand

Source:Mzybert- Matt Damon as Mike McDermott.

“Movie Rounders.

Starring:

Matt Damon

Edward Norton

John Turturro

Famke Janssen

Gretchen Mol

with John Malkovich

and Martin Landau”

Source:Mzybert

Great scene because this is really about a guy Mike McDermott who at best is a part-time law student, but who really makes a living as a gambler and poker player. Who makes his money reading other people’s faces and mannerism’s who is in a deep hole of ten-thousand dollars. Actually, a hole he inherited from his friend Worm (played by Edward Norton) who ran up a big debt losing in poker. And Mike is trying to help his irresponsible friend out. And that is where he get’s into trouble because his friend is not good for the debt.

So Mike goes into this game hours away from having to pay his debt off. Or get his ass kicked by gangsters he owes the money to thanks to Worm. So he goes to the one guy who has the money that he could win from him to get the money he needs to pay off the debt. And so he’s down to his last play late in the game fourth and twenty. And he comes through and makes the play or risk getting his ass handed to him and perhaps not surviving the experience.

This is the ultimate scene about one guy putting everything on the line and coming out on top. Beating the best poker player in New York City by not getting lucky which is really not what poker is about. But by using his poker skills to read KGB and beat him at his own game and not only wins enough money to pay off all of his debts. But walk away from the game with a profit and he kicks KGB’s ass at his own game and walks away the winner.

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