"Number eleven." "Some players increase their chatter when nervous or anxious." "This usually happens with extroverts who find great comfort in babbling to reduce tension." "Number twelve." "Furrowing of the forehead." "Furrowing of the forehead is a good indicator that something is amiss or the person is insecure." "It is also seen when people are concentrating or trying to make sense of something." "It is usually associated with doubt, weakness or concern." "Number thirteen." "Sneaking a nose touch." "Sneaking a passifying touch by ever so slightly rubbing the nose with the index finger..." "Hello." "Hey Gerry." "How's the knee?" "Ughhh." "It's getting there." "Good luck." "Hey Gerry." "That was you on Saturday." "Parking ticket." "What for?" "They said the cops..." "Anyone know the spread on the hawkeyes game?" "Six points." "Gettin' warm out there." "It's just weather." "What does that mean, "it's just weather?"" "Warm, cold..." "It's just weather, baby." "I like that." ""It's just weather, baby."" "Yeah, well, it's just poker, baby." "How's that?" "You like that one?" "Anybody see that rainbow yesterday?" "Table seven, looks like heaven." "How's everybody feeling tonight?" "That's okay by me." "Let's play some cards, huh?" "Iowa." "Hit me with some Iowa trivia." "Tell me something I don't know." "Like what?" "Aces are good right?" "Raise." "Six-hundred total." "Call." "Call." "Heads up." "Aces, huh?" "Fold." "Thank you very much." "Anybody over here need any drinks?" "Bloody Mary." "Bourbon." "What is the bourbon?" "It's just the cheap stuff." "Make mine a woodford." "Umm, I'm not sure we have that..." "Hey, friend, you want a woodford?" "Aww, no, no no." "Bring him a woodford too." "Uh, no no no." "Cheap stuff's fine with me." "It's fine." "I got it." "I got it." "Great." "My old buddy, Tony Roundtree, does anybody know Tony?" "Hosts a high rollers game every other month in new Orleans." "Anyway, I knew him up in Detroit..." "Are you from Detroit?" "Me?" "Naww." "I'm from all over but I knew Tony Roundtree in Detroit." "This guy he loved to play poker but he kept dodging my invitations to play in the casinos." "Apparently Tony, he had a little bit of a gambling problem before I met him." "You guys know about the disassociated persons list?" "You have that in Iowa?" "Okay, well in some states you can put yourself on this list if you're trying to quit gambling, which means that you are legally banned from all casinos in the state..." " for life." "For life." "So you know what I'm talking about, right, makes sense." "Right?" "Well, pfft." "Not to Tony." "He puts himself on this list to show his girlfriend that he's serious about changing his ways." "Well, a couple months go by and..." "Of course..." "She dumps him." "For a guitar player." "It's always a guitar player." "It is always a guitar player, isn't it?" "Why is that?" "Nice hands." " So he's lonely." " He's depressed." "And he starts getting the itch to play poker again." "Walks into mgm, "sorry buddy."" "Goes over to Greek town, "no can do amigo."" "Motor city, "no dice pal." What does he do?" "Disguise." "Yes!" "He puts on a disguise." "Yeah." "Sunglasses, fake mustache, a wig." "C'mon." "A wig?" "He walks right through the doors, blows past security, sits down at the poker table and he is in heaven." "He is brand..." " we didn't have woodford, so sorry about that." "But that is our top shelf." "It's bulleit bourbon." " Alright." " I'm not paying for his though." "Excuse me?" "Well I said his woodford is on me and that's not a woodford..." "I'm just kidding." "I'm kidding lady." "I'm joking." "Here c'mon." "Thank you." "Keep the change." "Very cute." "Alright, good luck to you my friend." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Better than the cheap shit right?" "Yeah, not bad." "Placed third." "Congrats." "What's the payoff on that?" "Nine-hundred dollars." "What's the score?" "Not sure." "Have a seat." "The usual for ya?" "Actually, have you got woodford?" " We have that." " Yeah." "C'mon." "Let's get one of those." "Let's get a woodford." "Okay, Oregon's up by six." "That's not so bad." "That's okay." " How much you got on this?" " Uhhh, nine-hundred." " It's a woodford kindof night." " What's that mean?" "The guy back there shooting darts, he likes it too." "Hey woodford man!" "Next one on me!" "Poker man!" "I'm Curtis." "Curtis." "Nice, like, uh, Toby." "No." "Like Mayfield." "Curtis Mayfield." "Okay." "I'm Gerry." " Like Lewis." " Nope." "Jerry Lewis." "Nope." "Gerry, "G" Gerald." "Like Ford I guess." "How'd it go for you tonight?" " Not bad." " What's not bad?" "Second." "Get outta here that's great." "Second." "Coulda been first." "Coulda been first if you didn't bully me outta that Mountain before you left." "I can never last in those tournaments." "I..." "Why'd you buy in?" "I like people." "Yeah?" "You shouldda stuck around." "You're a good player." "For a few hours maybe, but I-I-I don't have the stamina for poker." " Yeah?" " Restless." "What's your game." "What do you like?" " Darts." " Darts?" "Any good?" "I can hit the board." "Sure." "I gotta ask you, what..." " What was I holding?" " Yeah." "Pair a deuces." " Really?" " That's it." " That's all?" " That's all." "Shit." "Cause I'm usually good at reading' people but you were all over the map." "I can't spot your tell." " You wanna know why?" " Yeah." "I don't care about winning." " Oh that's bullshit." " I really don't." "I just like to play." "I really do." "Did you see that rainbow yesterday?" "Oh." "Yeah." "That was beautiful." "Gorgeous." "Wasn't that the most fucking-amazing-I mean that" " rainbow was beautiful." " Best rainbow ever." "How come I've never seen you before?" " Just passin' through." " Where you headed?" "New Orleans." "Me too." "Ohh." "You're going to your friend's home game right?" "Who?" "Tony Roundtree?" "No, I don't have that kinda money." " Then why?" " What do you mean?" "What, you just head down to new Orleans for the hell of it?" "Pretty much." "That sounds alright." "That's alright with me." "Dale!" "Dale." "He just sits there starin' at me." "Okay buddy, pick a card." "I'll let you see either of these cards." "Whichever card he turns over he's gonna think it's a full boat." "Aw that's beautiful." "Yeah, it really was." "Ha." "Okay umm, heads or tails." "Tails." "Yeah." "Again." "Hold on." "Aaand, call it." "Tails." "Where did you come from?" "Noo!" "Noo!" "Hey, Denise, do you have any coconut oil?" "I have lotion." "So, umm, your his, uh..." "Just friends." "Thanks for the couch." "You want breakfast?" "Dog races start at one." "What time is it?" "Nine-thirty." "Aww, shit." "Oh, shit." " What's wrong?" " I have work." "You have a job?" "Yeah, where did I park the car?" "Hey, look at this." "See that?" "Look who's running the sixth race:" "Dynamic Rainbow." "Is that not our dog?" "Look me in the eye and tell me that's not our dog." " That's a good name." " That's a great name." "Umm." "Here." "Go on, count it." "Oh no, that's ok." "Naw, that's alright." "Thrusting a stranger, Gerry." "It's just one of those things." "I think that I'm finally starting to understand what you guys are after and I think you're going to find this is a real winner." "Really." "I am on my way." "Aww, that's beautiful." "That's beautiful." "You want me to place a bet for you?" "They're saying that dynamic rainbow's got forty-eight to one odds." "That's terrible." "That is what makes it fun, Gerry." "I'm laying fifty to win." "What do you want to do?" "Forty-eight to one, geez." "I don't know." "Don't stress baby, it's just dogs." "You know what, put me down for two hundred to place." "Okay, you got it." "Dynamic Rainbow." "Heeeere comes Casey." "And the greyhounds are on the race track." "Which one is number four?" "Dynamic Rainbow number four in the green." "There we go." "C'mon Rainbow!" "C'mon Rainbow!" "Go go go!" "Go Dynamic Rainbow!" "Around the first turn..." " yeah!" "Rainbow!" "Beautiful." "Look look look look look!" "Let's go Rainbow!" "C'mon." "Yeah!" "Oh yeah!" "He's bringing it up!" " C'mon Rainbow!" " Go Rainbow!" "Go Rainbow!" "Dynamic Rainbow." "Around the turn and down the home stretch to the wire." "It's- yeah!" "Dynamic Rainbow at the wire." "We won!" "Of course we won." "Your damn right we won." "Ahhh." "Fuck!" "I'm an idiot." "I'm an idiot!" "I bet to place." "I should have listened to you." "Aww, easy." "You still won big buddy." "C'mon we just won a whole bunch of money." "Let's go celebrate, we'll have some drinks." "We'll meet some ladies." "We'll go to a show." "Oh, no no no." "Look at this place." "We can get drinks here." "We can meet ladies here." "I'm sure." "Gerry, come on." "It don't get any better than this." "C'mon." "Let's go." "Let's go have some fun." "Alright?" "Hold on." "Hold on." "Wait." "Next guy that comes out of the bathroom, if... he's wearing glasses- we stay." "If he's wearing glasses- just, just." "You're on." "Yes!" "I'll tell you what Gerry, never bet on a dog named after a disabled president." "I thought it was Teddy." "Rollin' Roosevelt?" "It's a good name." "No." "No, it was not a good name." "Next time you quit when I tell you it's time." "I used to know this guy back in Kansas City, Archie Headdy." "Never knew when to quit." "Oh, yeah, yeah, I think I know where this story is going, but you don't..." "Hey, listen, listen, Gerry." "Okay." "Archie, he owed every poker player in town at least three hundred bucks." "Minimum." "It got to point where he was asking his little nephews for change out of their piggy banks." "I see him at O'Hara's poker room one day and I walk over to say hello." "I see he's got a handsome pile of chips in front of him, over five grand." "Archie starts bragging that he started the night with just sixty bucks." "Sixty bucks that he borrowed from some new chump by the way." "So I pulled him aside and say, "hey, listen." "Cash." "Out." "Now."" "He's got enough there to pay back everybody he owes and still get a slab at Oklahoma Joes, right?" ""You're right." "You're right."" "He says, "I'll stop as soon as the blind come throught."" " Did he talk like that?" " Like a balloon with helium." "Yeah." "So I feel good about myself, right." "I'm smiling, I go back to my table." "Think I've done a good deed here." "The next thing I hear is Archie's high-pitched screaming voice saying, "I'm all in."" "And he lost everything right?" "Of course he lost everything." "Yeah." "But you know what he says to me?" "Says, "don't worry, it was just sixty bucks."" "Some guys are born to lose." "You play?" "Hmm?" "Pool." "You play?" "Aww, not in a long time." "Hey." "Hey." "Hey." "Twenty bucks on my buddy here." " Alright?" " What are you doing?" "I'm gonna watch you play this big winner right here." "You said you played." "Yeah, but not in a long time." " So you'll lose." " No, you'll lose." "No, I'm not gonna lose, I'm spending twenty bucks to watch you watch you make a food of yourself." "That's that's not losing." "That's entertainment." "We gonna play or what?" "We're gonna play." "Oh, we're gonna we're gonna play." "You want to be entertained?" "Fifty bucks let's play for fifty bucks, huh?" "Hey, hey, hey, Gerry." "Play nice now." "Okay?" "Fifty bucks." "You like that?" "Five hundred." "Thousand." "Let's play for a thousand dollars." "That's enough." "You fellas don't belong here do you?" "I'm really, I'm not very good." "Okay." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Easy." "Easy." "We're good." "We're good." "We're good." "What are you doing tomorrow?" "What are you doing tomorrow?" "Aww, I think it's Machu Picchu time for me." "Time, time for me to hit the road." "Oh, okay." "Okay, well, it was great to meet you." "You too, ger." "Hey, do you want a ride some place." "Naw, I'm gonna steal a bike." "Hey." "Hey." "Can you, uhh, you got a light?" "Uhh, no." "What's that for?" "Give me the money." "I don't have any money." "Bull shit." "Thousand dollar bets?" "Yeah, I heard you back there." " No, no." " Just give it to me." "Hey, I told ya, I don't have any money." "Okay, I lost it all on rollin Roosevelt." " Don't make me cut you." " Take it easy, buddy." "Okay." "Take it easy." "I'm gonna show you." "Hurry up." "Here, here, here." "See, I don't have any money." "What?" "Do I look stupid?" "Ahhh!" "Damnit." "Damnit." "Shit." "Hey you forgot your knife asshole." "Heyy." "Gerry!" "Hey!" "It's great to see you, man." "How long has it been?" "I don't know, a couple months." " Too long." " Mmm." " It's been too long." " Yeah, I know Sam." "Have you been avoiding me Gerry?" "No." "No way." "Can I bring you something to drink?" "Uhhh, yeah, I'll take a coffee." "Oh, forgive me but I got here early." "I ordered a salad." "Order whatever you want." "It's on me." "No, it's fine." "Yeah, I know it's fine." "I insist." "Okay, sure." "I'll take a burger, medium-rare, fries." "Alright." "Hey, how are you?" "You know, same old grind." "I would like to retire soon, but doesn't seem to be heading in that direction." "How's your real estate?" "Uhh, slow and low." "I'm sure it'll pick up soon." "Yeah, eventually." "Don't make me ask Gerry." "Sooo last night I had eight hundred dollars," "I go out into the parking lot, fucking guy robs me." "Meth-head with a knife." "He stabs me in the gut." "See?" "Oh God, Gerry." "Put that down." "Honestly." "You need to have somebody look at that." "Are you okay?" "Yeah, yeah." "I'm fine." " I can't imagine." " It was pretty scary." "At least you're okay." "Yes." "Just a scratch." "It could have been a lot worse you know?" "Mm." "Gotta take it." "Hey." "Awgh." "Jesus." "Lord." "No." "I'm not bringing it to the school." "I'm in a meeting." "Ask you dad." "I don't know where it is." "Well you know it's not my fault that you forgot it." "Teenagers." "Hey." "Okay." "I will." "I'm I'm gonna bring it." "This is the last time though." "Alright baby I'll be there in half an hour." "Do not keep me waiting out front." "You are so lucky you don't have to deal with that shit." "Gerry, I tell ya." "Huhh." "So, what do you have for me today." "It's about eighty dollars." "I had the rest..." " Meth-head." " Fucking meth-head." " Dead beat." " The worst." " Things will look up." " They always do." "Well, not always." "Couple weeks." "Couple of weeks." "Don't worry about it." " Tomorrow." " Mmn- tomorrow." "Gerry, I'll send Ted to drop you a visit." "Oh, no no there's no need to bring him into all this." "Couple of days I'll have a commission and..." " Get it together." " I had the money." " Yeah." " This time is wasn't my fault." "I understand." "Take care." " Gerry." " Heyyy." "Curtis, I know you're probably half way to New Orleans..." "Crazy day, Gerry!" "I ended up in Chicago." "I w-won a ticket to the bulls game shooting' dice this mornin' so I went." "Now I'm back in your neck of the woods." "You are?" "Where?" "Same uh, same place we met the other night." "No." "Gerry." "Gerry, would you be so fine as to order me a woodford?" "A woodford." "Two woodfords!" "You ever seen an NBA game up close?" "Those guys are tall." "Hey man." " It's a sign." " What is?" "It's a sign." "You walking in the door when I'm calling you on the telephone is a sign." "I'm telling you it's a sign." "Alright." "Okay, look what happened to me after you left last night." "What is that?" "In the parking lot, some guy cut me." "Are you okay?" "It's not, it's not, s-so serious." "Did you know the guy?" "Yeah, yeah, I knew him, yeah, w-we played some softball on the weekends..." "That's a fair question." " No it's not a..." " Does that hurt?" " He was mugging..." " That's gotta hurt like hell." "It stings a little bit but what I'm getting at..." "Shhhhh." "Hey, Curtis what I'm trying to get at here is that good things happen when you're around and when you're gone." "When you leave..." " you get stabbed." "Yeah." "I've been thinking." "You know that home game," "New Orleans, dissasociated guy." " Tony Roundtree." " Boom." "I want in." "That game has a twenty-five thousand dollar buy-in, Gerry." " Which is a lot." " Yup." " I got a plan." " I'm listening." "We go down the Mississippi." "Okay." "Yeah, we go, down the Mississippi." "Like huck-fuckin'-fin and Jim..." "On a raft?" "No, we take my car." "Okay." "Okay, but we hit up all the action." "Everything along the way." "Cause I know some weekly home games." "Yeah." " Casinos." " Sure." "Then we got the gambling towns." "Memphis Tennessee." "Tunica." "Absolutely, Tunica." "Now, I'm gonna be straight with you." "I'm in a little bit of a hole right now, but I'm working my way back out so all I need is for you to stake me fife hundred out the gate-hey, look." "It's not it's not, I-it's an investment." "Okay because I'll play, you'll be my lucky charm." "We split the winnings even-Stevens." " What about your job?" " They won't miss me." "Can I ask you a personal question?" "Uhh, yeah." "How much do you owe?" "A lot." "To who?" "Everyone." "I'll stake you two thousand dollars." "Your car, my cash." "Hot damn." "That's what I'm talkin' about." " That's what I'm talking about." " Come here." "Easy." "Easy with that." "Oh shit." "Wish me luck." "Heyyyy." " Let's go!" " Go, go, go, go." "Is everything okay?" "Tony Roundtree he, he once had a pet tiger." "Won it playing baccarat with an Arab prince." "Cleans the guy out, the prince wants to keep playing so he puts his tiger on the table-not literally but..." "Yeah." "Yeah, you know jokes on Tony, though." "Didn't' know he'd be hemorrhaging money on this thing." "He's got to register it with the federal government, get a special permit." "First time I met him was on a on a bar car on an amtrack train from Denver to Albuquerque and remember he was wearing this blue velvet smoking jacket and drank from a copper flask." "And the tiger?" "It was tranquilized." "Checked with the other cargo." "He checked a tiger on an amtrack train?" "Apparently, they have a policy." "Hey." "Hey." "You wan-you wanna know what it costs to check a six-hundred pound animal?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Hold on a sec, wh-what-what are we listening to here?" "Oh, this?" "Two-hundred poker tells by Joe Navarro." " Are you serious?" " Yeah." "How, how often do you listen to this Gerry?" "Whenever I drive." "Are you gonna make me listen to this the whole way to New Orleans?" "We don't have to listen to it." "Hey there Gerry." "Missed you at the office today, hope everything's okay." "Umm, anyway, it's all a bit awkward but I feel I need to mention some of the petty cash seems to have gone missing." "Not that I'm accusing you of taking it but Jenna says that when she left last night there was over two-hundred in the box." "Also, a friend of yours named Tim stopped by, said he's looking for ya." "...Fear." "These soft areas will quiver or twitch, revealing the persons negative, emotional state." "Sudden changes in fortune triggers..." "Who's that?" "Nobody." "You got any snacks?" "Yeah, I have some jerky back there." "Can you grab some for me too?" "Yep." "Nice!" "You brought cigars?" " Oh no, that's not..." " What's all this?" "An emergency fund." "Just in case." " In case of what?" " Emergency." "A lot of watches Gerry." "You collect baseball cards?" "That a wedding ring?" "Yeah." "Get outta here." "You were married?" "Hard to believe, huh?" "I don't mean it like that, just..." "What happened?" "She left." "Wanna get any of that jerky back there?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "There it is." "Jackpot." "Yessir." "That's what I'm talking about." "Well, hello." "Hi." "Can I help you with something?" " I'm Curtis." " Simone." " That's a nice name." " Thanks." "I'm uhh, I'm looking for a for a woman." "Sure what sorta woman you looking for?" "She's about uhhh that tall." "She's got cinnamon hair and soft pale skin, devastating blue eyes." "Funny but I think I've seen just the woman you're looking for." " You have?" " Yeah." "I've been tracking her scent for Miles." "Well." "They say that working class hound dogs have the best sense of smell." "Woof." "Woof." "Woof, woof, woof, woof." "Don't just stand there you barking little doggie, come inside get yourself a treat." "Simone, this is Gerry." "Gerry, Simone." "Hey." "Alright, these were the best that I could do." "Did I ever tell you how amazing you are?" "To often to feel sincere." "Thank you." "Don't be shy, Gerry, we're all friends." "So you guys play poker?" "No, we just work here, honey." "What is it you do?" "We get paid for..." "Our companionship." "Oh yeah." "Yeah." "Hi." "What happened there?" "Oh, it's nothing serious." "Doesn't look like nothing." "Gerry saved my life in a knife fight." "That's not true." "Hey Curtis, how was Peru?" "Not yet, sweetie, but soon." "I promise." "You can change in there if you want to." "Yeah, okay." "Looking good, Mr. Bond." "I tell ya something Ger, first thing we do when we get to New Orleans, we buy new suits." "Aw, I don't really wear suits." "Well, yeah, your gonna have to." "We're going to Tony Roundtree's we can't go dressed like this." "Well, in that case, I've always wanted a white suit." "You know like Glen Campbell." "Mental note." "Next trip, open sea." "Hey, what's up with Peru?" "I heard you talking to Vanessa, what's that all about?" "I've been joking, you know." "When I'm done with a person or a place or it's time to move on," "I'll say it's Machu Picchu time." "Machu Picchu time?" "You might say it's, it's kinda like the end of my rainbow, you know." "Mysterious and exotic, a place you just get lost and never come back from." "Plus it's fun to say, lotta fun to say." "Machu Picchu." "Try it." " Machu Picchu." " Machu Picchu." " Machu Picchu." " Machu Picchu." "Machu." "Picchu." "I'll be at the bar if you need me." "Excuse me." "Scuse me." "Hey." "Tell me something I don't know about St. Louis." "I've only been here a few months." "That's no excuse." "I was only in Iowa for a few days." "I can tell you that Marion Robert Morrison was born in" "Winterset, Iowa, 1907." "Am I supposed to know who that is?" "You might know him by his stage name, John Wayne." "John Wayne." "I can also tell you that Iowa is the only state in the country that begins with two vowels." "And that the national balloon museum in Indianola Chronicles over two-hundred years of-guess what-right." "Ballooning history." "Okay." "Okay fine so- I don't know if this is true." "I don't care." "But, you know when you're in a hotel room and they put the little chocolate on the pillows?" "That was started in St. Louis by..." "You have nice legs." "You're supposed to guess." "Okay." "Ben Franklin." "Close." "Cary Grant." "He was staying in the Mayfair and wooing a certain lady friend by putting chocolate on her pillow." "Who told you that?" "A friend." "Who?" "I don't remember." "Take a guess." "What are you getting at?" "Were you in a hotel room when this friend told you about..." "I don't remember." "...Cary Grant's chocolate seduction technique?" "So what if I was?" "Six months is a long time Curtis." "Six months." "It hasn't Ben six months." "Six months." "September, October, November," "December, January, February, march." "Seven months." "Seven months." "Tell me something else about St. Louis." "Heads up." "Five-hundred is the bet." "Raised to one-thousand." "Called." "Heads up." "Check." "One-thousand is the bet." "Call." "Heads up." "Check." "He's all in." "How do you get a sweet little old lady to yell," ""go fuck yourself"?" "You get another sweet little old lady to yell "bingooo."" "Bingo." "Yeah, call." "Call." "Take it." "It'a a trust gesture." "I love that story." "Back in in in England there was you know, Earls." "Yeah." "Okay." "There was an Earl of sandwich." "He was a gambler." "He was standing at the tables all day long." "Aww, I'm a bit hungry." "What am I going to do?" "Uhh, I know." "Hey, you know, buddy go put some meat between a couple a bread." " Earl of sandwiches..." " There it is." "The dumbest name I've ever heard." "What are you talking about he came-he came up with it." "You boys just gonna sit there all night?" "Come dance." "S... seeing." "Seeing." "I didn't know that that meant Gails." "First word." " Pitch." " Throw." "I'm gonna smoke a cigarette." "He just won seven thousand dollars, give the man a cigarette." "Where did you find him?" "Poker table." "It's a tournament with a sixty dollar buy-in." "He had a collared shirt and a missing button." "And you ordered him a woodford." "What's he need the money for?" "He believes that it will set him free." "He's a good guy." "That's what you said about George." "You mean Jorge?" "What do you have against Jorge?" "His name was George and he was a liar and a thief." "He was not." "Okay." "What's in this for you?" "The journey is the destination, sweetheart." "That's not an answer." "It'a bumper sticker." "There's nothing in it for me this time." "Do you know any magic tricks?" "No." "Do you?" "Yeah?" " You wanna see?" " Yeah!" "Yeah." "Okay, but I'm just learning, so you can't make fun of me." "Oh, I won't make fun of you." "Wait." " What's next?" " What?" "After new Orleans?" "What then?" "You should come with us." "Shut up." "It would be so much fun." " I have school." " Play hookie." "Curtis, I can't just, you know, like you, hit the road on a whim." "Didn't your momma ever tell you you can do anything you want?" "No she did not." "Well I'm saying it for her." "Okay." "I'll come with you." "Tell me what I need to pack for this little mystery tour." "Whatever you want." "Should I bring a jacket?" "Will I be cold?" "No." "What about a bikini?" "I love the beach." "Definitely bring the bikini." "Should I bring my running shoes?" "Will there be a gym where we are going?" "We'll find one." "And dresses?" "Should I bring a dress?" "Will you help me pick something out?" "And my high-heeled shoes." "And what about condoms?" "Am I going to have to work on this journey and cover my expenses?" " Okay." " Mhmm." "That's good." "That's good." "What?" "Wow!" "That's amazing." "Where did it come from?" "I hid him earlier so I could show you guys my trick tonight." "Magicians not supposed to reveal secrets, say..." "I'm still learning I guess." "Hey, heyyy little buddy." "Oh, look at you." "Hello kitty." "Okay." "Okay." "Yeah, you're okay." "Your turn." "I don't know any tricks though." "C'mon I showed you mine." "You have to show me yours." "Oh." "No, it can be anything." "Anything?" "Okay." "Is that Vanessa?" "No, it must be your friend." "I didn't know Gerry played." "He's pretty good." "I liked that." "You married?" "Girlfriend?" "I have a little girl." "That's cute." "Do you have a picture?" "She lives with her mom in little rock." "I have a problem with money." "Did I say anything about money?" "I didn't mean it like that." "It's something I wanted to tell you so I told you." "I'm gonna do something with my life." "I might not have that figured out yet but" "I'm gonna do something." "Something I wanted to tell you." "So I did." "Hey, hey, J.P." "Can you put me down for five tonight on Hawaii over Gonzaga?" "That's bullshit." "No, bullshit." "I have it, I have the money." "I literally have the money right here in my hand." "I'm looking at it." "Oh, hey?" "J.P.?" "J.P.?" "Fucking asshole." "Number one eighteen." "Sitting lower and lower." "Players who slip lower and lower in their chars during a hand, are progressively revealing their weakness." "Most players are not aware..." "That's yours you know." "Huh?" "You're a sloucher." "That's your tell." " You slouch when you worry." " Get out of here." "Hey, you're doing it right now." "Seemed like Vanessa was really into ya." "Yeah, we had a great time." " Did you sleep with her?" " No." "What?" "Why not?" "I just didn't-didn't- didn't feel like there was that..." "You know." "I thought you knew how to read people." "She was sending you signals all night." "Well, maybe I didn't feel like it." " You like women?" " Yeah." " It's okay if you don't." " Oh." "What about you and Simone." "What's going on there?" "We had sex last night." "No, that's not what I'm asking." "Why are you changing the subject?" "You know your voice goes up an octive when you talk to her?" "All soft and dreamy." "You must really love that girl." "You're avoiding the subject Gerry." "What are you doing?" "What are you afraid of?" "I'm not afraid of anything." "What-what do ya talking about afraid?" " Your ex-wife." " Mmmhmm." "Yeah, that's what this is about." "She she left you and you want her back." "I shouldda known it was about a woman." "It's not about-a woman." "Yeah, it is." "You know how I know?" "You're slouching." "You don't know anything." "I've been on the road a long time." "I know what makes people tick." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "You're a regular Oprah." "Doctor Phil." "Right?" "I'm just sayin' that that look, my experience has given me certain insights into the human condition." "Your experience." "How old are you?" "Forget it." " No, come on." " No, forget it." "How old are you?" "'Lright." "Bullshit." "I know what you're doing, alright." "Age is not the only indication of life experience." "See, I'm forty-four." " I'm thrity-nine." " Bullshit." "But I bet you for a hundred bucks I can guess your age." "You are on." "Okay, take your glasses off just for a second." "Let me have a look." "Let me have a look." "Oh, that's thirty-five." "You're thirty-five." "I am thirty-five." "How'd you know that?" "I told ya, I'm good with ages." "My ass you're good with ages." "How'd you know that?" "I read your drivers license." "When?" "This morning." "You were in the bathroom..." "Why?" "I wanna know you are who you say you are." "And what did you learn?" "Curtis Vaughn." "Thrity-five." "Expired north Dakota drivers license." "Well holy shit." "That it?" "Well anything else you wanna share?" "Nah." "Muddy waters, howlin' wolf, B.B. King," "Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, there's even some famous white folk from Memphis you might have heard of." "Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash." "All those people from Memphis?" "And don't forget about Justin Timberlake." "Very impressive, my friend." "Hey." " Hey." " How we doing?" "I'm gonna get a burger." "You want one?" "Naww, I-I-I gotta get ready." "I gotta got to this game." "Alright." "...And bet on midnight run, why?" "Why?" "What happened?" "How long were you married?" "Eight years." "That's a long time." "Supposed to be longer." "I like women too much to marry one." "Hey, you married pops?" "I've been married six times but not at present." "Here's to lucky number seven." " Thank you." " If you want it." "Miss the married life?" "Do I miss it?" "Well, let me put it like this..." "I just know it's better to not be alone." "Amen." "Ohh, shit." "Ohhh, Hawaii beat Gonzaga." "Big time upset." "I didn't even know they had a basketball team." "Rainbow Warriors." "Re-raise." "Six-hundred." "Raise, six-hundred." "Call." "Heads up." "Fifteen-hundred." "Call." "I check." "All in." "She's all in at ten-thousand, six-hundred." "I'll call." "She's got you covered." "Heads up." "Woahhh..." "Wow." "That's a night." "I did not deserve that." "Sorry Gerry." "Let's go again." "Let's go again." "Gerry, call it a night." "Oh, come on, give me a, just give me a thousand dollars." "Dennis tell her I'm good for a thousand dollars." "It's a bad beat, Gerry." "Throw in the towel." "One-hundred-thousand dollars, right?" "The deal was that slim had to get c-cup breast implants and leave them in for exactly one year." "Not only did he win the bet he met a woman, a straight woman who loved his fake tits so much that she married him." "Get the fuck outta here." "He's still got 'em." "Perky as ever." "There's someone out there for everyone." "Gerry, hey!" "How'd it go?" "Good." "I won seven thousand..." "You sonuvabitch." "That's great." "Come sit down with us, here." "Have a, have a, have a drink lets celebrate." "And meet some meet some people." "Actually, if I could just take moment of your time, and have a word with..." " Yeah, yeah." "Yeah." "I'll be right back, you beautiful losers." "I don't know what it means." "I don't know what it means." "What, what means." "Okay." "This is gonna sound crazy." "I was all-in, on this monster pot, okay?" "I was down in the river." "I was gone." "I mean I was wipped out and all I needed was a queen." "A queen." "Only thing that could save me." "And I made myself a promise- I know this sounds so stupid- but I made myself a promise that if I got a queen," "I'd go and I'd go and I'd go, I'd go, I'd go to little rock." "I'd make things right." "Yeah, with my queen." "You know what I mean?" "Your ex-wife." "You were right." "Course I'm right." "A woman." "Whad I tell ya, huh?" "It's always a woman." "But I don't know what to do." "I know what to do." "We go to little rock that's what we do." "Noo, it's out of the way." "It just seems crazy." "Am I crazy?" "Oh, you're a fucking lunatic." "But I love it." "You don't mind?" "Gerry, I don't-a beautiful woman, right in there, asked me to go home with her tonight." " And?" " I turned her down." "You did?" " Yeah - why?" "When you come to a fork in the road, you take it." "Let's go to little rock." "Gerry." "Hey, Dorothy." "What are you doing here?" "I was just driving through little rock." "Thought I'd stop by." "Oh, you were just stopping through little rock." "Look, I don't have to stay." "I just- thought it would be nice to see you know just for a minute." "Come on in, I guess." "I was just making some tea." " You want some?" " Yeah, sure." "Sure." "Hey, darlin'." "Did I wake you?" "I'm sorry." "That's okay." "Where are you?" "We're, uhh, we're on a little detour, in little rock." " Little rock?" " Yeah." "What happened to New Orleans?" "No, I'm sitting in a car right now outside Gerry's ex-wife's house and he just went in there to win her back." "And it got me thinking about you." "And me." "And St. Louis." "Kansas City." "All kinds of places really." "Where is she?" "School." "That's good." "How are things with Gary." "We got married." "Oh." "Oh." "Congratulations." "Did you ever think it was funny that you traded me in for a Gary?" "You know, Gerry, Gary." "Wh-where is he?" " Working." " What's he do?" "He's an electrician." "It's a good job." "Wait a minute." "Wait." "I, that, that..." "I used to be in this photograph." "That's my hand." "You cut me out of this picture." "Didn't want you on my wall, Gerry." "Well, okay but you, you have to cut me out of my daughters life?" "Is that a joke?" "You cut yourself out years ago." " No." " Yeah." "When is the last time you visited?" "Or sent a present on her birthday?" "Well I have been having some money difficulties, does that..." "It's not about the money." "How about checking her homework or making dinner, or, uhh, calling..." "To say "hi."" "You..." "Thank you for the tea." "May I use the bathroom on my way out please?" "You know where it is." "Teach me something." "I'm tired, Curtis." "C'mon, I just want to hear your voice." "Sing me a song." "I'm not going to sing you a song right now." "Please." "Please?" "Pretty please?" "Alright, how about this." "♪ A, b, c, d e, f, g, ♪" "♪ h, I, j, k, I, m, n, o, p, ♪" "♪ q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y and z. ♪" "♪ Now you know your "a" "b" "c"s ♪" "♪ next time won't you sing with me?" "♪" "Hello?" "What if I came back?" "Get out." "I, I, I was..." "Gonna pay you back." "Leave it!" "Wanna talk about it?" "No, it's fine." "I love this place Gerry." "The moe Greene of Tunica, Mississippi." "We're gonna be comped for days." "I'm not gonna let anyone stab you." "Welcome back to players town." "Thank you, Dora." "I'm sorry, this expired in two-thousand and nine." " Mm-mnnn." " I'm afraid so." "I don't see how that's possible." "Can you try that again." "Go easy now." "I'm sorry sir." "Well I have to say I am very disappointed in you Dora." "Well, we do have some suits available for three ninety-five a night." "Can't you just, you know, push the right buttons down there and, uhh, comp us a suite for old times sake?" "Wadda ya say?" "I'm sorry, sir." "What time do you get off?" "I'll be here 'til eleven." "I want to meet you in the players lounge at eleven fifteen" "I gotta man." "What's your man have to do with me?" "That's a pretty ring." "Okay look." "I can get you the aarp discount." "That's ten percent off." "Gerry, hey." "What do ya say, huh?" "We can do one night." "We can afford one night." "Let's just go someplace else." "Why?" "Because..." "How much is your regular room?" "Ninety-nine dollars." "That's a little steep don't you think?" "C'mon, just give me the money." "Oh come, just one moment." "Do you realize this guy is the Mel Greene of Tunica," "Mississippi?" "He has a vip card so please can you just comp us for one night, that's all." "I'm sorry sir." "I don't have the authority to do that." "Oh, that's-okay." "No." "No." "I'm gonna need to speak to a manager." "Right now." " Please don't do that." " A manager!" "Hey!" "Gerry." "Excuse us." "I'm sorry." "One second." "Can I talk to you for a second?" "Where's the money?" "What money?" "We're going to be fine." "Gerry, your lips are telling me me that we're going to be fine, but you're you're slouching, like a kid who just pissed his pants in the sandbox." "Where we at, huh?" "Ger?" "Ground zero." "I tried to tell you before..." "Tried to tell me." "Fucking cunt!" "I was nailing her all night and she fucking turned a queen on the..." "You lost in Memphis." "What were we doing in little rock?" "I can win it back." "I can get it back." "I can get us all the way to twenty-five." "It isn't about the money Gerry." "Yeah, of course it's about the money." "C'mon, man what do you think this is a vacation for me?" "You're a piece of work, you know that?" "Hey, I did everthing right." "I played it right." "I just..." "I just can't catch a break." "I just can't win." "This story doesn't have a happy ending, Gerry." "I think you should go back home to Iowa." "Nope." "Nope." "Nope." "Can't do that." "Can't go back empty handed." " I can't do that." " You can't try to lose." "Oh, yeah, ye-yeah, I'm tryin-yeah," "I'm trying to- fuckin-ahhh!" "Fuck!" "Ohhh." "It's closed." "I'm not trying..." "I'm-ohhhh." "What's up faggots." "What's up with these guys?" "Let's go find some girls." "Dude!" "What the fuck!" "Get off me bro." "What's your problem asshole?" "Where you going pussy?" "Oh you want some?" "You want to go?" "Where is she at?" "I left something on her voicemail." "Just." "She with someone?" "Don't say that you don't know." "I know that you know." "I'll tell her that you called." "You know what, forget that forget that I called." "Okay?" " Curtis..." " I'm serious." "Vanessa, listen to me." "Don't tell her I called okay?" "Don't." "Okay." "Can you do that for me?" "Don't tell her, okay?" "Okay?" " Okay." " Are you gonna tell her?" "No." "Alll-righty." "I'll talk to you later." "Hey buddy." "You know you're missing a pinky." "How'd you do that?" "Some crazy bastard bit if off in a bathroom brawl." "Okay." "When I was eight years old, me and my sister, we went to live with our grandparents for a couple years." "It was this old house on a hill and my job was to mow the lawn." "It was one of these old, umm, you know these, rotary blade, that you push it." "And my little sister she jumps out and she's, uhh, well she's screwing around making fun of me, or whatever, you know like little kids do." "And she won't move so I give her to the count of three." "Fair warning." "I thought so." "But one, two, three goes by and she doesn't move." "So I ran over her foot." "She lost three toes." "But what about your toe?" "My grandfather's brilliant idea of justice." "This morning my ex-wife caught me stealing from her sock drawer." "Not the first time." "Purple sock." "Same sock she had when we were married..." "I'm not a good person." "I'm not." "I don't deserve you." "But you appeared." "Like a Leprechaun." "Like a big handsome Leprechaun right there in Iowa, there you were." "Boom!" "And I had to follow you." "I mean, boom!" "Magic." "Right there." "And..." "I can't do it without you." "We're in it together." "I will tell you one thing," "I didn't follow you down this damn river to lose." "Long way down ain't it Gerry." "This is the horse." "Toto's revenge." "Seven to one." "I don't know." "Hey, it's Toto's fucking revenge." "Look, I saw we go with the favorite here." "Number one." " Mississippi grind?" " Just feels right." "No, look." "It's Toto." "Curtis, Toto." "Dorothy, Rainbows." "I mean this feels right." "You want to blow it all on a long shot?" "I want to win it all on a long shot." "Alright." "Good." "Toto's revenge." "No, no, no, no, no, no, no." "I-I-I need you to be with me on this." "I'm with ya." "No no, I-I, but I need you to mean-I'm gonna ask you again, is this our horse?" "This is our horse." "Aw, Curtis." "Is this our horse, Curtis." "This is our horse Gerry." "Say it like you mean it." "Toto's revenge!" " That's our horse." " Yes." "Yeah." "And... and it is." "It's post time!" "Here we go." "Go Toto!" "Hot, damn!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go, that's it!" "Go Toto that's it." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "C'mon, that's what I'm talking about." "That's it." "That's it." "Go, number three." "Go Toto." "Run baby!" "Run baby!" "Run!" "Run you fucking horse!" "It had to end this way Gerry." "Here's a hundred bucks." "Get yourself a bus ticket and go home." "You didn't bet it all?" "I saved one-hundred each, just in case." "So we got two-hundred." " No." " We got two-hundred." "You have a hundred and I have a hundred." "Stop it Gerry." "You're not gonna believe this but this is fucking amazing." "Thunderclap is running in the next race she is forty-to-one." " We're done." " Forty-to-one." "We bet that, we're back." "It's over." "We're right back." "I'm seri-we are right back." "What about Tony Roundtree, huh?" "W-wha?" "Hey." "What about my white suit." "Thank you for the ride." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry it didn't work out." " Hey there." " Hi." "Cash out." "Break number three." "Horse number one." "Five-thousand." "One, two, three, four, five, six, twenty, one." "Congratulations." "Everything okay sir?" "What's up guys?" "You on a meth break?" "Yo, you lost mother fucker?" "New Orleans, Louisianna." "Last name Roundtree." "First name Tony." "You have an address?" "Hey, any uh you fellas know where a guy can play some darts around here?" "Darts?" "I'll play your best guy for one-hundred bucks." "C'mon man." "C'mon man." "Ball up." "Give me a break." "Lets go." "C'mon." "Yeah!" "Right into my trap!" "Tony?" "Tony Roundtree?" "I'm Gerry." "You don't know me, I'm, uhh, friend of Curtis'." "Curtis Vaughn." "Are you hosting a poker game in here tonight?" "Game!" "Stealing from a baby." "Hundred bucks!" "No we know why he wanted to play darts." "Something funny?" "I don't have it." "You don't have the money?" "Uh, uh." "What are you gonna do abut it?" "You're the Tony Roundtree I'm looking for?" "You met Curtis on an amtrack train." "You were headed to Albuquerque." "You had on a blue velvet smoking jacket, and you were traveling with a tiger that you won from an Arab prince." "You know Curtis?" "Yeah." "Yes." "Yes." "I know Curtis." "He's a close personal friend of mine." "He's a great friend of..." "Curtis with you?" "No, couldn't make it, but he wanted me to let you know you really should let me in." "Let you in." "Yeah, okay." "Full disclosure." "Yeah." "I'm a little short on the buy-in." "A little short." "You seem like a good guy, I'm sure we can come to some arrangement, you know financial arrangement- say sixty-forty..." "Seventy-thirty?" "What did you say your name was?" "I'm Gerry." "I'm Gerry." "Ooo fuck!" "Fucking..." "What the fuck was that for?" "Shot B. You hit him quick." "There you go." "Bingo." "Jackpot." "What's wrong whith you, man?" "I have intimacy issues." "There a couple stacks in here." "You a crazy sonofabitch, you know that?" "Why didn't you take the rest?" "Good game guys." "That's two-hundred free!" "Hey." "How's it going?" "Can I get you a drink?" "What happened to ya?" "You should see the other guys' hand." "Get me a bourbon." " What kind?" " Cheap stuff." "Ohh, thanks Pete, cheers." "Cheers." "You have my smokes?" "Thanks darlin'." "Happy Birthday, mom." "You a little late, aren't cha?" "Just a day or two." "Are you playing sir?" "Trade the one-hundred." "Good luck sir." "Sir are you sure you wanna put that on double-zero?" "Well, good luck to ya." "Where you been hidin', darlin'?" "Not hiding'." "Just traveling." "Travelers have a destination." "Oh, the journey is..." "The journey is the destination." "The destination." "I think I know where you heard that." "Anyway, it's good to see you." "You bring me anything?" "Oh, I didn't have time to stop." "I know the feeling." "You came alone?" "All by my lonesome." "You should find somebody, baby." "A man alone's half a man." "Ehh, I think I'm doin' alright." "Sure you are." "Listen." "This year's been unkind to your momma." "That's a good tone." "I gotta get back to work." "Why don't you stick around for the next set and I'll buy you a drink." "Alright?" "Pete, take this for me." "Life's a long grind, innit?" "Alright, this one's for my little boy over there." "Pete." "Make sure she gets this." "Double-zero." "Change, one-hundred." "Bust." "Dealer bust." "Dealer bust." "Two woodfords." "Oooooo!" "Okay, here we go, here we go, here we go." "Hey, I got Simone." "I'm gonna take this." "Oh make it quick!" "Hey baby." "Listen to this." "Listen to this." "Hooo, baby did you hear that?" "Did you hear that?" "That right there is the sweet sound of success." "We made it." "We made it okay." "Just pack your bags, we're getting outta here." "We're gonna go I don't care where we're gonna go." "W-w-we're going somewhere." "Pack your bikini, you pack your boots, your dress, whatever you want and we're outta here." "I'm sor-it's it's loud okay, we can go, salt lake city." "We can go to fucking, Las Vegas." "We can go to fucking Monte" "Carlo." "I don't give a shit we'll go wherever you want to go." "Okay?" "I want to tell you something, I love you." "I love you." "You hear me?" "Huh?" "I love you." "We'll talk tomorrow." "Alright, okay." "Call me tomorrow." "We can't lose." "No, we can't lose." "Let's bet it all." "Double or nothing." "Yeah." "Bet it all." "Wait." "Wait." "W-w-w-w." "N-n-no no no." "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." " We can't lose." "We made it." "Hey, we made it." "I'm not afraid." "We're gonna bet it all." "Everything." "On the floor." "On the field, everything on the field." "Everything." "Hundred-thousand." "A hundred and fifty thousand." "Two-hundred, eighty-five thousand." "Two-hundred, eighty-five thousand." "Okay." "Your roll." "I love this country." "I just bet two-hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars on the roll of a dice." "A hero is nothing more than the guy who pulls off what the rest of us are scared to do." "I was wrong about you Gerry." "I thought you were a sick pony," "I thought I was gonna have to put you down, but no." "You're a hero." "A new American legend." "What's wrong?" "Somethings not right with this." " The steak?" " Yeah." "Here, try a little bit." " Oh my God." " Right?" "No, that's delicious." "There's nothing off about that steak Gerry." "Scuse me." "Gerry." "Can I get a cheeseburger?" "I'm sorry, is something wrong with your steak?" "N-n-no." "Don't worry about it." "It's perfect." "I'm gonna eat it." "Thank you very much." " Okay." "Cheeseburger?" " Yes, please." " I'll be right back." " Thank you." "Thank you." "What, I-I-it didn't taste right." "What's the matter with you?" "You just won half a million dollars." "Cheer the fuck up." "You know what I'm gonna do tomorrow?" "First thing tomorrow morning I'm gonna wake up and" "I'm gonna go see the Cadillac man and I'm gonna buy me a shiny, new, white Caddy." " Yeah." " Yeah." "What do you want, man?" "You want a Cadillac?" "After you pay off your debts, your ex-wife." "Tell me whatchu want." "First thing that pops in your head." "Go." "What do you want Gerry." "Tell me." "Hit, me." "One, two, three." "Lay it on me." "Boom!" "What do you want." "Do something nice for Wendy." "Good." "Great." "Who's Wendy?" "Daughter." "My daughter." "You have a-shit you never told me that you had a kid." "I didn't?" "Nooo." "That's great." "I-I- wh-what-how old is she?" "Aww, she's seven." "Six." "I think." "She's six." "Well there you have it." "Tomorrow's a new day." "So's the next." "Gerry." "I had a dream that we were on a steamboat and the river bandits took all our money." "Ger?" "Machu Picchu." " Hello." " Hi." "I'd like to check out of my vip penthouse suite, Alice." "It looks like everything has been comped Mr. Vaugh." "How was your trip?" "Spectacular, thank you very much." "Are you headed home today?" " Peru." " Peru?" " I'm off to Peru." " Wow." "That sounds nice." "Yeah, yeah." "You wanna go with me?" "I got lucky." "Number one ninty-nine." "Relaxed and squared." "Shoulders that are suddenly relaxed and squared are saying," ""I am confident."" "If someone goes from slumped shoulders to squared relaxed shoulders I would be concerned as they are likely to be strong." "Number two hundred..."