Deal Page #3

How do you know?

When he has a bad hand, he lightly

scratches his face, like this.

He's done it every time.

It's a tell. Watch.

Well, didn't it rain

my children

Like that.

Didn't it didn't it didn't it

Oh, lucky guess.

Okay.

Pick someone,

anybody at the table.

How about this guy right here?

Didn't it rain

I say he's got a good hand.

Ace, king, maybe?

No. Ace, queen.

Damn. You should

be playing these guys.

I don't play anymore.

Hey, can you give me

that napkin, please?

It's a nice accent.

What is that, German?

No, it's Russian.

Oh.

You must drink a lot of vodka.

(WOMAN SCOFFING)

Boy, I hope you're better with

cards than you are with women.

Believe me, I am.

You know, I won $22,000 in

the Poker Stars Tournament.

Razor.

She just... Oh, man.

Cut you to ribbons.

You saw that?

Yeah.

Come on, man, I had bad cards.

It's not the cards.

You don't play the cards.

You play the player.

What do you have in mind?

Million-dollar payouts.

I'll cover the buy-ins and we'll

split 50-50, right down the middle.

What's the catch?

No catch. You just gotta win.

And you gotta listen to me.

Every word.

Why should I do that?

Because by the time you're

25, you'll be set for life.

Are you set for life?

I could've been if I'd had

someone to listen to.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Hey. ALEX:
Hey.

You found it, huh? Yeah.

Nice place. Right.

(CHUCKLING NERVOUSLY)

Would you like

something cold to drink?

You want a Coke,

soft drink, a beer?

Beer, yeah, I'll take a beer.

Okay.

(CHUCKLING)

Is this you?

Yeah, can you believe it?

'79 Reno Poker Final.

What's this?

(CHUCKLING) Oh...

My wife set that up there.

That's the hand I had

when I beat Doyle Brunson.

ALEX:
Oh, my God.

You beat Doyle Brunson

in the World Championships?

Well, they didn't call it World

Championships then, but...

Sh*t!

Yeah, it was just

called the game.

Now it's, you know,

multi-million dollar pots

and diamond bracelets.

So you never won

a championship, then?

I...

I was in the top ten.

I was doing great.

For five years,

I was kicking ass.

And then I...

I lost my confidence, you know,

and losing a lot of games...

I started borrowing

a lot of money

from my friends, family.

Kept on playing.

Then I hit the wall.

I mean, I hit...

I lost everything.

I almost lost my wife.

She told me if I quit,

she'd stay.

So...

I quit. I haven't...

I haven't played a game

of cards in 20 years.

Twenty years? You haven't

played poker in 20 years?

Not even a home game.

Oh, my God.

Do you miss it?

Not as much as I'd miss her.

Look, man, if I... You know,

if we're gonna do this

thing, I don't know...

Should we sign something or...

What do you say

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