Best poker movie

#1 27-01-2007, 8:02 PM

i choose Rounders. It got me to start playing. Does anyone else have a favorite poker movie

#2 27-01-2007, 8:04 PM

Rounders is really the only one that i've seen and liked... Hopefully there are some good ones out there, I would love to watch another good one..

#3 27-01-2007, 8:04 PM

Rounders is the best....Stu unger story is good for documentry

#4 27-01-2007, 9:00 PM

Shade is a good movie - but not better than Rounders.

Shade is a movie w/ Sly Stallone, Melanie Griffith, and Jamie Foxx. It's about cheating at poker...pretty good movie.

#5 27-01-2007, 9:03 PM

i haven't seen either of them may have to check them out

#6 27-01-2007, 9:05 PM

rounders is the only poker movie, anything after that is just a pretender.

#7 27-01-2007, 9:07 PM

lol. ok thanks. i will keep that in mind.

#8 27-01-2007, 9:42 PM

Rounders is a little too trendy...this is the first poker movie I ever saw and (arguably) the best. It's my favorite anyways:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060165/

It's called A Big Hand For a Little Lady, a comedy starring Henry Fonda and Joanne Woodward. I love it. It's a really great con movie.

#9 27-01-2007, 9:49 PM

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059037/

#10 27-01-2007, 9:51 PM

I agree with List, "The Cincinati Kid". Rounders is good but to say it's the only good poker movie is a stretch.

#11 27-01-2007, 10:13 PM

Trendy because its the BEST!!!!

#12 27-01-2007, 10:27 PM

what is that,"rounders"? a movie...?

#13 27-01-2007, 10:31 PM

If you haven't seen Rounders and you like to play Texas Holdem then you need to get it right away.

I definately think Rounders is the best Poker movie out there. Why? Because they do a good job of teaching some of the BASICS (and I mean BASICS) of the game...and there is enough poker game sequences to really make it stand out among other poker "stories".

Ed and Matt actually played in a tourney to get a "feel" for their characters.

It's not the only movie, but it's the best.

#14 27-01-2007, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aliz

what is that,"rounders"? a movie...?

lol, the name of the thread is like "favorite poker movie"
and people have said movie in every sentence in every post....

....

so with that said, yes rounders is a movie... a pretty good movie

#15 27-01-2007, 10:36 PM

thank you...

#16 27-01-2007, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aliz

what is that,"rounders"? a movie...?

LOL, from someone at a poker chat site.

Anyway, everyone has different opinions about whats better in entertainment. I would suggest that if you haven't seen the Cincinati Kid that you rent it and check it out. It's not Hold-em, it's 5 card stud but it's 40 years ago. One of the best lines aobut poker ever uttered is said in this movie.

Bonus point for anyone that gets it and who said it. List doesn't count since he obviously knows it.

#17 27-01-2007, 10:48 PM

there was many really good quotes

are you talking about second best

#18 27-01-2007, 10:51 PM

Well I think I'm talking about the best, one that is often repeated in play even today. I don't want to say too much and give it away, I want to see if anyone can get it. Message me with what you think it is List.

#19 27-01-2007, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrsnake3695

. One of the best lines aobut poker ever uttered is said in this movie.

.

BS.

best quote ever in poker from rounders

"pay him, Pay that man his money"

#20 27-01-2007, 11:46 PM

Rounders is obviously the front runner, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned Maverick with Mel Gibson, another great poker movie ranks right up there with Rounders for me. Not equal, but close.

#21 28-01-2007, 5:01 AM

this thread inspired me to watch Rounders again this evening, and while I agree with the poker info within it, for the first time I realized that, as a movie, it really isn't good. There are a lot of things that don't make sense to me.

1. His girlfriend is such a bitch. I never bought their relationship. Why would his character be with her? Stupid.

2. He continually supports his friend Worm throughout the movie even after getting screwed over again and again, and again. Why would he do that? Stupid.

3. The professor would never give out 10 grand like that. I don't care how much he knows Mike as a student, it just doesn't happen. Stupid.

4. The music is way overdone and obvious.

5. It's never explained what happens to Worm. Stupid.

6. It hints at an attraction between Mike and Petra but never goes anywhere with it. Why not? Stupid.

7. After he busts Teddy in the final scene, Grama gets all pissed off and throws chairs and such. This doesn't make sense. He got his money. Why is he pissed off? Stupid.

Little plot holes like these add up and take me out of the movie.

I'm so sorry for overanalyzing.

#22 28-01-2007, 6:09 AM

rounders is a great movie...and really the only one i know of that has to do w/ the game of poker

#23 28-01-2007, 7:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBove

this thread inspired me to watch Rounders again this evening, and while I agree with the poker info within it, for the first time I realized that, as a movie, it really isn't good. There are a lot of things that don't make sense to me.

1. His girlfriend is such a bitch. I never bought their relationship. Why would his character be with her? Stupid.

love is a funny thing my friend!

2. He continually supports his friend Worm throughout the movie even after getting screwed over again and again, and again. Why would he do that? Stupid.

because he owed him alot since worm took the fall for all of them

3. The professor would never give out 10 grand like that. I don't care how much he knows Mike as a student, it just doesn't happen. Stupid.

Mike reminded him of himself when he was young, while I agree 10k was over the limit without that 10k the ending would of been like, Mike gets beat up movie over.

4. The music is way overdone and obvious.

didnt notice

5. It's never explained what happens to Worm. Stupid.

dosent matter

6. It hints at an attraction between Mike and Petra but never goes anywhere with it. Why not? Stupid.

what the heck, who cares if they hook up or not.

7. After he busts Teddy in the final scene, Grama gets all pissed off and throws chairs and such. This doesn't make sense. He got his money. Why is he pissed off? Stupid.

because he is muscle he likes beating people up.

Little plot holes like these add up and take me out of the movie.

I'm so sorry for overanalyzing.

RED.

#24 28-01-2007, 8:16 AM

Quote:

rounders is a great movie...and really the only one i know of that has to do w/ the game of poker

I disagree that it's a "great movie"...it would be saying something like..."Pretty Woman" or "Top Gun" is a really great movie. It may be a good/ok movie, and one of the best poker movies ever made....but I wouldn't consider it great by any means.

#25 28-01-2007, 12:58 PM

ok guys thanks for analyzing this movie to deathaand telling me how it ends.

( busting Tony in final scene)

#26 28-01-2007, 1:37 PM

The Movie is called Boogie Nuts. I dont know if it already came out but it is starring Burt Reynolds. Looks good as far as I can see.

#27 28-01-2007, 2:02 PM

ok, my submission for best line in a poker movie is from "The Cincinati Kid"

players are at the table playing 5 card stud. A fill player and Edward G. Robinsone are in a hand. The fill player looks at his notebook, does some math in the book and makes an exact bet of some odd figure. Edward G. calls the bet and the fill player folds, saying "it doesn't mater what I have if he can call me he wins" He then says "you were supposed to fold to that bet, how could you call?" Edward G. answers:

"As the man once said, you paid to see the cards, lessons are extra."

#28 28-01-2007, 4:14 PM

My vote is the Cincinati Kid. Favourite line is after the game finishes and Edward G says: "You're good, kid, but as long as I'm around, you're only second best."

#29 28-01-2007, 4:34 PM

i definetly agrre,rounders is no#1 anything after is a wanna be

#30 28-01-2007, 5:47 PM

Haha, much appreciated critique of my critique, stormswa

Touchè

#31 28-01-2007, 6:12 PM

I'm on the Cincinnati Kid bandwagon.

Check out a favorite poker lyric below!

Doc

#32 28-01-2007, 6:40 PM

Just to back up Rounders a bit...there may be some plot holes...but I don't think anything major.

It is one of my favorite movies, but I wouldn't put it in classic movie realm or a best of all-time movie.

But I own it and enjoy it. Sometimes I'll watch it while I'm playing online.

#33 28-01-2007, 7:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBove

Haha, much appreciated critique of my critique, stormswa

Touchè

NP thats what im here for.

#34 28-01-2007, 7:42 PM

List nails this one. The Cincinnati Kid.

#35 28-01-2007, 7:46 PM

big hand for little lady is pretty awesome


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