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Mike McDermott:
[talking in one of the corners of the Russian and Turkish bathhouse]
I never told anybody this, about eight nine months ago, I'm at the Taj it's late and I see Johnny Chan walk in and he goes and sits in the three hundred six hundred section and the whole place stops and everybody puts an eye on him, after a while there wasn't a crap going on because all the high rollers are over there watching and some of them playing but they're giving their money to him and say "oh", I played with the world champion", you know what I did? Joey Knish:
What? Mike McDermott:
I sat down Joey Knish:
You need fifty to sixty grand to play right in that game Mike McDermott:
I had six but I had to know Joey Knish:
what happened? Mike McDermott:
Played tight for an hour, folded mostly then I made a score Joey Knish:
With what? aces or kings? Mike McDermott:
Rags, I had nothing, but he raised and I decided I don't care about the money, I'm just going to out play the guy, I'm going to out play this guy, this hand, I'll re-raise Joey Knish:
Re-raise? You play right back at him? Mike McDermott:
Yeah, he comes back over the top at me trying bully me like I'm some tourist, I hesitate for like two seconds then I'll re-raise and he makes a move to his checks and he looks at me, check his cards and looks at me again, and he mucked it, I took it down Mike McDermott:
[Flash back narrates Johnny Chan]
did you have it? Mike McDermott:
[Flash back narrates]
I'm sorry John, I don't remember Mike McDermott:
I got up and walked to the cashier, I sat with the best in the world, and I won Joey Knish:
You made a fucking move on Chan you son of a bitch, so that's why you made that run at KGB's place Mike McDermott:
That's right I'll do it again if I can
[talking in one of the corners of the Russian and Turkish bathhouse]
I never told anybody this, about eight nine months ago, I'm at the Taj it's late and I see Johnny Chan walk in and he goes and sits in the three hundred six hundred section and the whole place stops and everybody puts an eye on him, after a while there wasn't a crap going on because all the high rollers are over there watching and some of them playing but they're giving their money to him and say "oh", I played with the world champion", you know what I did? Joey Knish:
What? Mike McDermott:
I sat down Joey Knish:
You need fifty to sixty grand to play right in that game Mike McDermott:
I had six but I had to know Joey Knish:
what happened? Mike McDermott:
Played tight for an hour, folded mostly then I made a score Joey Knish:
With what? aces or kings? Mike McDermott:
Rags, I had nothing, but he raised and I decided I don't care about the money, I'm just going to out play the guy, I'm going to out play this guy, this hand, I'll re-raise Joey Knish:
Re-raise? You play right back at him? Mike McDermott:
Yeah, he comes back over the top at me trying bully me like I'm some tourist, I hesitate for like two seconds then I'll re-raise and he makes a move to his checks and he looks at me, check his cards and looks at me again, and he mucked it, I took it down Mike McDermott:
[Flash back narrates Johnny Chan]
did you have it? Mike McDermott:
[Flash back narrates]
I'm sorry John, I don't remember Mike McDermott:
I got up and walked to the cashier, I sat with the best in the world, and I won Joey Knish:
You made a fucking move on Chan you son of a bitch, so that's why you made that run at KGB's place Mike McDermott:
That's right I'll do it again if I can
Full Transcript
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I had nothing But he raised
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And I just decided you know I don't care about the money
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I'm just gonna outplay the guy
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I'm just gonna outplay this guy this hand
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I re raised Re raise
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You played right back at him huh Oh yeah
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And he just comes right back over the top of me
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trying to bully me like I'm some fucking tourist
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I hesitate for two seconds I re raised
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And he makes a move toward his checks and he looks at me
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And he looks at his cards and he looks at me again
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And he mucked it I took it down
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Movie Summary
A young, reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.

