"I'm in." "All right, ladies, $20." "Hey, fruity cocktail, you in or not?" "I'm out." "JESSE:" "Let me guess, raise?" "Well, I wasn't going to, but now that you put the idea in my head, sure, why not?" "I've seen that look before." "I'm out." "ALEX:" "Sure you wanna do that?" "I think you're bluffing." "WALLY:" "Throwing out the line." "ALEX:" "Could be." "Could also be that the cards in my hand plus the cards that are showing give me an 86% chance of winning." "But you know what?" "Go ahead, go all in." "You got a 14% window." "JESSIE:" "You are so full of shit." " Am I?" " JESSIE:" "Yeah." " This is so much fun, gentlemen." "I fold." " Coming out." "Shit, I didn't even need that one." " Oh." "Damn it!" " JESSE:" "Unbelievable." " JESSE:" "What's that?" " Every damn time, man." "KEVIN:" "Shit." "God." "One more round?" "JESSIE:" "I don't wanna play with you anymore." " Dude, this sucks." " What sucks?" "This." "College, man, it's over." "No more fun." "(PHONE RINGING)" " Alex's room." " I'm not here, I'm not here." "No, this is Ben." "Who's this?" "Yeah, just a second." "Dude, it's Melissa." " What?" " Yeah." "She said she's calling you back from, like, two weeks ago." "Remember when you drunk-dialed her?" " (STAMMERS) Well, tell her I'm not here..." " Are you kidding me?" "You've had the biggest crush on this girl for the past six months." "You gotta talk to her now." "Melissa?" "Hi." "Hey, you know, I'm..." "I'm in the middle of something right now." "Could I call you back?" "Great." "Who are you?" "I know." "JESSE:" "What happens if he wins?" "BEN:" "Alex plays in a Poker Stars tournament on TV." "JESSE:" "No way!" "Sick." "WALLY:" "Beats making photocopies in a law firm." "Guys, please." "I've been up all night." " What do you have, anyways?" " A pair of ladies." "Nice." "(BEEPING)" "Yeah!" "(ALL CHEERING)" "Yeah." "ALEX:" "Hey, guys." "MRS. STILLMAN:" "We are so proud of you, honey." " MR. STILLMAN:" "Yes, we are." " Thank you." "MR. STILLMAN:" "Magna cum laude, not bad." "But summa could've gotten you a full scholarship to law school." "Alan." "Hey, guys, Mr. and Mrs. S." " Hey, Ben." " Hey." " What's up, my man?" " Hey." "How are you?" "Where are those Girls Gone Wild chicks at?" "Open your eyes, kid." "Hey, you didn't say anything, did you?" " No, no, I swear, I didn't say a word..." " Didn't say a word about what?" " I just..." " Alex?" "I kind of got into a tournament." "Sweet!" "I got it." "It's only for a couple of days." " You promised this was just a hobby." " It won't get out of hand." "It won't get out of hand." "Come..." "Come on." "I beat out hundreds of people." " I stuck my neck out to get you that job." " And I'll still be there." "This is a big deal." "Thanks for being here with us at the Poker Stars. com" "$10 million challenge." "I'm Greg "Fossilman" Raymer and working with me..." "Joseph Hachem." "JOE:" "So, Greg, what have you got there?" "Well, Joe, in case any of our players don't show up today," "I'm ready to jump in any time they want." "JOE:" "Okay, let's meet our players." "Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari," ""The Unabomber" Phil Laak." "Tex Button, and of course, the crowd favorite, Karen "Razor" Jones." " HELEN:" "Want another drink, hon?" " Nope, no, I'm fine." "JOE:" "We'll get a look at our new young gun in just a minute." "(SWITCHING CHANNELS)" "ANNOUNCER:" "One out." " Do you wanna give me a hand in here?" " Guy's on third." "I'll be right in." "ANNOUNCER:" "Up next is Phil Cabaratta." "The first time, he walked and moved around there, and the next time, he banged himself out a triple." "JOE:" "Each player is first dealt two down cards." "A round of betting then occurs." "Then comes the community cards with the flop, the turn and the river." "In the end, the best five-card combination wins the hand and takes the pot." "Let's take a closer look at one of our newest young guns." "I guess you could say I've always been good with numbers." "GREG:" "Young Alex Stillman, just 21 years old, born and raised in Los Angeles, learned to play poker in just the last three years." "And when this whiz kid went off to college in the East, he realized that there might be a little bit more to this poker thing." "Dealer card." "Thank you." "KAREN:" "Four thousand." "Right off the bat, huh, Karen?" " Yeah." " Whee." "PHIL:" "No rest for the wicked." "JOE:" "Alex, who came to the final table today as our chip leader, has lost a lot of his stack since the start of play." "Okay, let's take a look." "All right, you guys have fun." "Looks like I scared everyone out." "ALEX:" "Ten thousand." "This young kid might get into trouble in this hand if he's not careful." "GREG:" "Oh, exactly." "I mean, if you don't look at Razor, if you don't see what a strong hand she's got," "I mean, you think top pair's good." "Likes his hand." "All right, I call." "All right, kids, it's all up to you." "PHIL:" "The ten of clubs." " Interesting." " I'm all in." "JOE:" "Wow." "Look at that." "(GREG CHUCKLING)" "GREG:" "He's gonna wish he was paying more attention." "All right, kid, let's rock and roll." "Obviously, Razor has called him all in." "Let's see what the river brings." "JOE:" "And Alex is going to be very disappointed here, I think." "PHIL:" "That's what zero percent feels like, huh?" "Yeah." "River didn't help." "You were beat on the turn." "You played what you could." "See you around." "Go back to school." "He obviously got a little bit lucky to make it to our final table today, but hopefully he'll take something home from this and he'll be back next time." "(TV TURNING OFF)" "Alex, when you get a moment, I need you to give Mr. Wallace" " the briefs from the Longhorn case." " Okay." "By the way, today is payday, but they'll hold your first check until the end of the next pay period." "Do you think you can make it for two more weeks?" " I think I can manage." " Okay, good." " Okay." " Oh, and Alex, be careful." "That sorter is almost at capacity." "(SOFT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)" "Did you find anything, baby?" "Hmm." "There's one cruise left that leaves in July." "Mmm-hmm." "We can afford a third-class cabin, but that's about it," " though we do get lobster for one night." " Ooh, boy, lobster." "Yeah." "Why don't we go first-class?" "(CHUCKLING) Oh, Tommy." "Honey, this money has to last us the rest of our lives." "ANNOUNCER:" "At the wire, it's Amanda 's Pride, Lucky Day and..." "CHARLIE:" "Am I hot!" "That's $400." "I think I'll go hit a casino for a bit." "If you're gonna go gamble, then I'm gonna go with you." "Oh, now, wait a minute." "I'm not gonna gamble." "I'm just gonna watch." "What about Helen?" " I just told you, I'm just gonna watch." " Yeah, I know." " You'd probably hock your watch." " I'm not gonna hock my watch." "I'm gonna watch." " You can't get into trouble doing that." " If you put down a nickel," "I'm getting up and going." "Because I ain't taking the rap for this one." " Like taking candy from a baby." " Don't you mean a baby taking candy?" "I get it, because I'm young." "That's really funny." "Too bad there's no minimum age to spend your money." "ALEX:" "Well, guys, it's been fun." "But I better get home now before I'm too late for curfew." "Lunch money for the next month." "BEN:" "Tip from me, thanks." "(TOMMY WHISTLING)" "You really should be doing this for a living, man." " You think so?" " Nice playing in there." " Hey, thanks, man, I appreciate it." " What do you think, Tommy?" "I think he could've done a lot better." "Talking about me?" "Well, if I saw you bluffing, then everybody at your table saw you bluffing." "What are you talking about?" "I flopped a set." "You missed your flush." " Maybe you should get your eyes checked." " Maybe I should." "Listen, you know, you got a hell of a lot of potential, so if you ever want to sit down and talk about cards sometime..." " ALEX:" "Hey, hey..." " All right, look, I think he's okay." "You could do a whole lot worse." "Hey, all right, all right." "Tommy Vinson." "What's that dude talking about, man?" "I don't know, maybe he's drunk or something." "Did you really flop a set?" "No, I missed my flush." "Oh, I had a feeling you'd show up." "What?" "No, no." "I'm just here to play cards, man." "No, just give me five minutes." "See the guy over there with the red hat?" "What about him?" "What kind of hand do you think he's got?" "Good?" "Bad?" "Good." " Wrong." " Okay." "He's got a bad hand." " You know how I know?" " 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." "(SINGING) 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." "(ALEX 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." "(ALEX 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..." "Shit!" "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 we just trust each other?" "All right." "All right." "ANNOUNCER:" "Second hand underway..." "ALEX:" "Are you sure your wife's not gonna come home and kill us?" "TOMMY:" "Don't worry, she won't be home until tomorrow night." "Focus." "Gus Hansen, what's he doing?" "I don't know." "He's betting too quick?" "He keeps checking his cards." "He knows what he's holding." "Believe me, these guys know exactly what they got." "It's a false tell." "All right." "I think I got it." "Let's go try it out." "We've been doing this for days." "Come on, we've been through 100 tapes." " You think you're ready?" " Tommy, please." "Come on, you want me to be the student, let me learn the way I do best." "Commerce Casino's just 20 minutes away." "If we're gonna do this, let's do it right." "BARRY:" "Are you calling that?" "Oh, man." "BARRY:" "Well, look who it is." "Gosh." "Hey, long time." " How you doing, Barry?" " Is that your kid?" "That's my kid." " BARRY:" "Well, have a seat." " All right." "Yo, son, you sure you can handle this?" "We'll see." "DIAMOND:" "The raise." "PLAYER 1:" "Call." "DIAMOND:" "Five hundred." "PLAYER 2:" "Nah." "I'm folding." " PLAYER 1:" "Up five." " ALEX:" "Fold." "DIAMOND:" "I'm good." "PLAYER 1:" "All right, I call." "BARRY:" "There we go." "He's up 38?" "PLAYER 1:" "All in." "I'm all in." "DIAMOND:" "I fold." "A little different than playing on the Internet, huh, son?" "DIAMOND:" "I'll take you down, yo." " What do you say we take a little break?" " Look, I just got bad cards." "I'll be fine." "Come on, Tommy, let ATM stay." " BARRY:" "Yeah." " Come on." "DEALER:" "All right, bet's to you." "BARRY:" "Yeah, all right." " You're biting your lower lip." " What?" "What are you talking about?" "Every time you get a bad hand, you bite your lower lip." "No, I don't." " Oh, shit, let's get out of here." " Wait." " Come on, give me one more second." " Look, if I see it, everybody at the table sees it." "Look, you brought me here to learn." "Just give me one more chance." "(SINGING) Here you come dragging' in" "Three a.m. again" "Grinnin' that silly grin" "Smellin' just like sin" "Holdin' up that alibi" "I'm all in." "Diggin' down deeper and deeper" "In that hole you're already in" "If you can't lie no better" "If you can't lie no better" "Hey, ATM, what do you think I ought to buy next?" "A BMW?" "Or a Benzo?" "I like Beemers, myself." "BARRY:" "Look, the kid made a straight," "(BARRY CHUCKLING)" " I did pretty good, right?" " Yeah, you did good." "Then I did good?" "You didn't like the lip?" "These guys got long memories." "Next time you play them, you're gonna have to change it up a little bit." "When was the last time you got laid?" "What?" "When was your last time?" "I'm doing fine in that department, thank you." "Oh, okay." "Why do you care, anyway?" "Well, young guy, testosterone popping out of every pore." "It seems like you would be taking a run at everything." " I want you to be happy, you know." " I don't know, I just..." "For whatever reason, I'm kind of awkward with girls." "I just wish they'd come up to me." "It'd be a whole lot easier." "You know, some of these skills you're learning at the table, you know, people skills, watching, observing, listening," "it'll come in handy for you if you just apply them in other areas." "Like that tall drink of water over there." "Just go over and say hello." "(SIGHING)" "Everything will be fine." "Trust me." "I will do this." "(ALEX CLEARING HIS THROAT)" "Hi, I'm..." "I'm sorry, I don't normally do this, but..." "I'm a Virgo." "And before you ask, no, I don't come here often." "No, really, I've never done this." "I'm..." "Look, the reason I'm here..." "Do you see the old guy behind me?" "He thinks I'm terrible with girls, which, obviously, you can tell I am." "Maybe you could giggle a little bit or something." "I don't giggle." "All right, come on, what's it gonna take for you to help me out here?" "Tell me why you're so terrible with women." "I don't know, I don't know..." "Probability?" "Wasn't expecting that one." "What I mean is, you know, asking a girl out is, very simply, a 50-50 proposition." "She either says yes or she says no." "I don't like to do anything where you only have a 50% chance of succeeding." "Well, if 50-50 odds aren't good enough for you, then you, my friend, are in the wrong town." "But no, that is not true." "You take poker, for example." "Poker, you know, you can have bad cards, but it doesn't matter, because you always have the option of bluffing." "And you don't think that applies to women, too?" "What?" "(WOMEN CHUCKLING)" "Good luck, buddy." " I don't..." " Okay, let's start over." "Ask me out." "I'm sorry, I don't even know your name." " Michelle." " Hi, I'm Alex." "Would you like to go out with me sometime?" "I don't know, Alex." "What do you do?" "I just graduated college and I'm working part-time as a law clerk." "MICHELLE:" "Mmm." "Yeah." "No, thanks." "No, wait, wait, I'm sorry." "I meant..." "I meant, I am a CEO for a Fortune 500 company which specializes in software development." "And I travel all over the world to exotic countries, which maybe you'd love to go with me sometime." "Really?" "Sure, I would love to go out with you." "(BOTH YELLING)" "Seven-two." "Maybe you could spot me a couple?" "Oh, never." "It's all or nothing with me, baby." "Of course it is." "(MICHELLE YELLING)" "God!" "Well, I hope you're better at cards than you are at air hockey." "You know what?" "This time I'm going to bring it." "Let's go." "(MICHELLE EXCLAIMS)" "Oh, my God, are you okay?" "Yeah, I..." "What if I'm not?" "What?" "It bounced..." "It hit the thing, I didn't mean for it to actually..." "I'm fine." " It bounced." " It bounced." "Good trip, huh?" "Sure was." "Did you like that gal?" "I mean, did you have a good time last night?" "And this morning." "(ALEX CHUCKLING)" " You're a machine." " I wouldn't say that." "(TOMMY CHUCKLING)" "Well, you got to concentrate, man." "We got to focus from now on." "I'm focused." "This is it for me, man." "I wanna take it all the way." "All the way." "Love to hear it." "Friday night, you know, we got a tournament in New Orleans." " This Friday?" " Yeah." "Problem with it?" "No, no, not a problem." "ALEX:" "Hey, Dad." "Hey, Ben invited me to go to Santa Barbara." "I was wondering if I could take a sick day." "I know, I know, last time, I swear." "All right, thanks." "Bye-bye." "TOMMY:" "Bad news, baby." "I gotta go to Cleveland." "I should be back by Monday." "I'll call you later to say good night." "(SINGING) Money honey gotta get some quick" "'Cause this little pile I got won't do the trick" "Money honey money's what she wants" "If I don't get some quick I might find her gone" "Now hauling' these bundle of shingles 'bout to break my back" "And that jingle in my pocket ain't nothin' but roofing' tacks" "I gotta find me a line of work where I can use my mind" "Good job today." " Get a little rest." "Big day tomorrow." " Rest?" "Come on." "I'm the chip leader." "Let's grab me a drink or something." "Okay." "So far, so good." " That's all you have to say?" " Mmm-hmm." "All right, you know what?" "You just calm down, Mr. Excitement." "Maybe you'll perk up tomorrow when I win us $600,000." "(PHONE RINGING)" "(TOMMY GROANING)" "(ALEX MURMURING)" " Jesus Christ." " I forgot to tell you." "Do not answer the phone." " Who do they want?" " Because... (KNOCKING AT DOOR)" "Ignore it all." "The players you're facing tomorrow, they're trying to keep you up." " Maybe it's important." " Do not answer the door." " I'm telling you for your own good." " Well, they're not gonna stop." "Hi, I'm Chaniqua." "This is my friend, Dolly." "(TOMMY EXCLAIMING)" "I told you." "You can beat anybody at this table, with or without any sleep." "All right." "I'm gonna scratch my hand" "I've got the night before me" "I'm going to get high Till it hurt no more" "Feed the demon something every day" "You know I'm going to drown on the river anyway" "If you want to be a dead man" "Track it in your left hand" "Raise it with your right And bring me to my knees" "Hauling down the money" "A little bit of faith and glory" "Then you drown in the river Just like me" "God damn it." "Awful cards." "Bullshit." "You know it's not the cards, and so do I." "Come on, I did everything I could do." "You're tired." "You're right back to your old bad habits." "You didn't even make it to the money." "All right, well, you can't win every one, all right?" "No, you can't." " All right, then why don't you go and play?" " Because I promised somebody I wouldn't." "You call lying to your wife a promise?" "You better go home." "What's going on, baby?" " What?" " Where were you, anyway?" "Vegas?" " Well, I went to New Orleans." " New Orleans?" " Yeah, for a tournament." " I knew it." "I'm not playing any cards at all." "I'm just teaching." " I had this kid I found..." " How much did you lose?" "$10,000." " $10,000?" " Yeah." " Tommy." " But in Vegas..." "When were you in Vegas?" "(SIGHING)" "Now, what you don't understand is when we were in Vegas..." "I'm going to my sister's." "Hey, Michelle, it's me again." "Give me a call when you get this." "Okay, bye-bye." "God." "Three messages and she still hasn't called me back yet." "Will you stop worrying about her?" " Just think about winning." " What's first place pay, anyway?" "$500,000." "HOST:" "Welcome to the Fifth Annual Desert Bloom Poker Classic." "Dealers, shuffle up and deal." " Guess who?" " How many guesses do I get?" "One." "Think you can deal with those odds?" " Oh, my God, you're here!" " How's it going so far?" "Really good, but it just got a whole lot better." "It's good to see you again." "Yeah, you, too." " You want some?" " No, I'm okay." " What?" " Nothing." "There's just something about you." "You're a good guy, Alex." "Thank you." "(SIGHS)" "Is something wrong?" " I just wish..." " What?" "I wish that we had met under different circumstances." "How do you mean?" "You know..." "You live in L.A., I live in Vegas." "So?" "It's 300 miles away." "Four and a half hours by car." "An hour by plane." "Where are you going?" "My father's in town." "I thought I told you." "No." " I gotta go home and get some rest." " You can sleep here." " I'll call you later, okay?" " What?" "Good luck tomorrow." " Susan." " Hi." "Is she there?" "Yeah, I'll get her." "Hi." "Hi." "How are you?" "Where are you?" "I'm in..." "I'm in Vegas with the kid." "You know, Alex." "What?" "The World Poker Tour Championship, it starts in about two weeks." "I'm gonna whip the kid in shape and then I'm out of here." "Tommy." "Listen, this is it." "After this is over, that's all for me." "I never thought we'd be having this conversation again." "Listen, we're gonna win back all the money, plus a little interest." "It's not the point." "What do you mean it's not the point?" "It is the point." "Goodbye, Tommy." " ALEX:" "Sorry about those last few hands." " No, you did fine." "And we made a little money." "A little money?" "Come on." "Sixty grand each." "Well, minus expenses." " To Bellagio." " Bellagio." "(MAN PURRING)" "Hold on one second." "Michelle." "Michelle." " Yeah?" " Hey." "Hi." "Is this is your dad?" "Yeah, I'm her daddy, at least for tonight." "Wait, what?" "Go find your own girl." "Did you feel bad for me or something?" "Look." "You don't understand." "This isn't what it seemed to you..." "Did someone pay you?" " God." " But..." "Fuck you." "It's Tommy." "I'm sorry about the girl." "It was a really dumb idea." "(PHONE RINGING)" "Hello?" "Here you go, sir." "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" " Hello?" " TOMMY:" "Alex, what are you doing?" "Listen to me." "I know this seems like a hell of a lot of money." "It is a lot of money, but it's nothing." "Nothing compared to what we can do." "Just don't walk away over some girl." "Don't you mean a hooker?" " Just trying to help." " What, by fucking with my feelings?" "Alex, listen..." "No, no, I'm done listening, okay?" "I'm done." "We're through." "It's over." "Maybe you can't read people as well as you thought." "Yeah." "Maybe you're right." "ALEX:" "Hey." "I'm home." "Jordie, honey, give us a minute." " Just one more sec." " Jordan." "(SIGHING)" "Hey." "I wanna hear everything." "(SCOFFING)" "Where were you this weekend?" "I told you." "I was with Ben." "All right, I was in Vegas." "You guys, I came in third." "Alex, I didn't spend the last 20 years of my life working my ass off so you could play cards for a living." " Whatever." "I got a partial scholarship." " And who do you think paid the other half?" "Okay, fine." "Here!" "Here's the other half!" " You won that?" " $62,000." "And in two weeks is the big one." "Top prize, $8 million!" "Alex, listen to me." "You have a job." "Not anymore." "I'm quitting." "Oh, Alex, now..." "Alex." "ANSWERING MACHINE:" "Hi, you've reached Helen." "Please leave a message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can." "ANNOUNCER:" "In Las Vegas, get ready to watch history, as poker's elite battle for the game's ultimate title." "It's the $15 million WPT Championship, here on the World Poker Tour." "Hi, everyone." "Welcome to the biggest week of the poker year, the WPT World Championship." "I'm Mike Sexton along with Vince Van Patten, and Vince, this is going to be an amazing week of poker." "VINCE:" "Oh, Mike, we got five exciting days of poker ahead of us." "Each player has to put up $25,000 each, and the winner is gonna take home over $8 million." "And what is really exciting about this is that everyone's gonna play this event." "All the superstars in the game are playing this match." "Oh, you're right, Vince, all the greats are here." "Razor Jones, Doyle Brunson, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu," "Mike "Double Diamond" Jackson, Tex Button, and a rookie who's been making big noises since he played in his first WPT event earlier this season, Alex Stillman." "Well, Alex is a great player." "He is a young rookie." "They're all talking about him." "You know, he finished 10th in a tournament in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago." "So everyone's buzzing about him." "But there is another great story and that is because there's a fantastic player that is back." "A big comeback for the phenomenal Tommy Vinson." "Well, what an amazing moment this must be." "Tommy supposedly taught one of our younger entries, Alex Stillman, a thing or two about the game." "Now, Tommy hasn't played a hand of poker in over 20 years." "MIKE:" "Well, I can tell you that's a long time to be away from poker at this level, Vin." "VINCE:" "Well, I'll tell you something, with Doyle and with Tommy there's a lot of history to this tournament, and it's gonna be a lot of fun." "(SINGING) I'm an anaconda" "I slither as I slide" "Fools like us could live like kings" "I'm ready I'm ready" "Get steady get steady" "You know that I wanna" "I smoke yours all I wanna" "I lose it down the alley way" "And there's nothing left to say now" "I don't need no cheap success" "I'm ready I'm ready" "Get steady get steady" "Fools like us could live like kings" "I'm ready I'm ready" "Get steady get steady" "I'm ready I'm ready" "Get steady get steady" "It's about time now" "Y'all sure y'all wanna ride in this rodeo?" "Might be in a rough one, now." "That's what I thought." "Some of y'all need to just go home and take up the game of bridge." "You won't lose your ass." "That puts you all in, pal." "You didn't want any of these chips, anyway, did you, old-timer?" "Ace!" "Yes!" "You're all going down." "But lord knows I won't fake it" "I don't need no cheap success" "I'm ready I'm ready" "Get steady get steady" "It's about time now" "HELEN:" "Thanks for coming." "CHARLIE:" "No, don't even mention it." " I can't believe he's playing again, Charlie." " I know." "But why now?" "Is it me?" "No, no, no." "What could he possibly need with cards now?" "Dignity, respect." "He just wants to hit that home run before he walks off into the sunset with you." "He wants the title he never got." "Something that no one can ever take away from him." "I'm all in." "I'm all in, too." "Damn it." "Nice hand, Tommy." " Take care of yourself, Ann." " Thanks." " Wow." " That's amazing." "(TOMMY CHUCKLING)" "Hey, what's up?" "MAN 1:" "Oh, there's Alex." "I'll go say hi." "MAN 2:" "Okay." "MAN 3:" "Hey, Alex, how you doing, man?" "MAN 4:" "Great job today." "What's going on, guys?" "(KNOCKING AT DOOR)" "Okay, Chaniqua." "Wow." "Hi." "Can I come in?" " How did you find me?" " I've got my ways." " Helen, listen to me..." " No, you listen." "I love you." "And I know you needed to do this more than I needed you not to." "So I ask only one thing." "When you make it to the final table, win it." "Win it all." "One hundred thousand." "Raise to 100." "Five hundred thousand." "I'm all in." "I'm all in." "I'm all in." "MIKE:" "Well, it's crunch time." "Only nine people remain..." "Four hundred thousand." "... but only six make it to the final table." "The pressure is mounting as we move toward that big money." " Two million." " Fold." "Two million, Tommy?" "Haven't we done this before, kid?" "What'd you have?" "Ace high?" "I'm all in." "(SINGING) That I should think realistically" "I have nothing left to lose" "Except for what's inside of me" "If at first I don't succeed" "I call." "(PHIL GROANING)" "Don't tell me to go to school" "I'm not the guy." "The world is out there waiting for me" "Nice hand, Tommy." "And they call me a magician." "MIKE:" "There you have it." "Tommy Vinson has knocked out the Unabomber." "Five hundred." "All right." "Make it 1.5." "I'm all in." "Call." "VINCE:" "All right, now, if Razor gets a jack, an ace or a spade, she'll cripple Alex and put him on the morphine drip." "Here we go to the river." "It's a three." "Yes!" "Fuck." "Read me like a book." "MIKE:" "Seven players left." "We're down to the TV bubble." "Who's going home and who will fulfill their dreams?" "(EXCLAIMING)" "Two hundred thousand." "You got something?" "All right, dealer, I would like to raise him." "Make it 700,000." "All in." "MIKE:" "Tommy goes all in." "The Magician really has a tough decision to make now, Vince." "VINCE:" "Yes, he does." " ANTONIO:" "Sure about that?" " Oh, yeah." "Wow, I can't imagine folding." "All right, I call." "MIKE:" "Antonio calls with the pocket jacks." "Well, it's almost 50-50." "MIKE:" "Here comes the flop." "ANTONIO:" "Keep them small, dealer." "Small." "No ace, no king, please." "One time." "MIKE:" "Oh, he gets it, Vince!" "He's caught the ace on the river!" "Nice hand, Tommy." "Good luck, guys." "Take care of my chips." "I'll do my best." "VINCE:" "Just like that, the Magician Antonio has disappeared." "Abracadabra." "MIKE:" "That's it, we are down to six." "We'll see you tomorrow at the final table." "Pretty amazing, huh?" "God, look, guys." "Alex!" "Hey." "Oh, my God, what's up?" "What are you guys doing here?" " Ben told us what was going on." " Oh, this is great." " We wanted to come." " ALEX:" "Let's get you guys a room." "I'll check us in." "All right, just give me two seconds, okay?" "I just gotta do this thing." "But tell them you're my parents." "They'll hook you up." " You want some more?" " No." "MAITRE D':" "Excuse me, Mr. Vinson." "There's a phone call for you up at the front." "All right." "Hello?" "Looks like you're doing pretty good in the tournament." "Looks like I could say the same for you." "Final table." "Life's full of surprises." "Yeah, it is." "Hey, I just wanted to wish you good luck tomorrow." "Good luck to you, too, pal." "Second place finish wouldn't be bad for a guy your age." "It wouldn't be bad for a guy your age, either." "Look, my wife's here..." "Yeah, yeah, I just want to say one thing." "Yeah?" "I know your tell." "I'll see you tomorrow." "MIKE:" "Hi, everyone." "We are coming to you live from Bellagio in Las Vegas, where the largest prize pool in the history of the World Poker Tour will be given out." "We had a record number of players enter this year's event, but only six still have dreams of capturing this coveted title" " and taking home over $8 million." " VINCE:" "Well, Mike, this is gonna be great." "Big money here this week, and let me tell you something." "All the big names in the game were here, all the superstar players, but they are gone." "They are dead men walking." "They are rail birds, 'cause we are down to our final six." "MIKE:" "What a final table line-up we've got for you." "VINCE:" "You know what?" "There is a cowboy in the house." "That is right." "Yee-haw!" "Saddle up." "Get the tumble weed out of your hair, 'cause Tex Button is here." "And next is the only lady at this final table." "She's a former WPT Ladies' Champion." "From Montreal, Canada, Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier." "VINCE:" "That's right." "Oui." "Oui." "Moving over to the youngest player at the table." "That's right, he's only 21 years old." "I mean, he looks like he just ran in from a Barney concert." "He is the very talented and rising star, Alex Stillman." "And next up is a guy who's won many titles in his day, but none for any amount anything like this tonight." "I'm talking about the man, the myth, the "Double Diamond," Mike Jackson." "Next is a top professional player who's made many final tables in his day." "From Los Angeles, California, Scott "Laser" Lazar." "VINCE:" "What a player he is." "Okay, now, rounding out the field." "A very captivating story." "We have an old-school poker player who..." "First time ever on the World Poker Tour final table." "In fact, this man has not picked up a card in over 20 years." " He's very talented." "Tommy Vinson." " MIKE:" "Well, we've got it all tonight." "Men versus women, old-school versus new-school." "This is gonna be good, Vince." "VINCE:" "It's gonna be great, the cards are ready to fly." "Millionaires in the midst." "Let's go down to the felt." "MIKE:" "Coming in to today's final," "Tex Button is our chip leader with about 12 million in chips." "And Vince, in second place is the youngster, the new kid on the block, Alex Stillman." "He's got about 10 million in chips." "And in third place, Mike "Double Diamond" Jackson with about 9.3 million." "TEX:" "Six hundred thousand." "DIAMOND:" "I'm out." "Call." "Check." "TEX:" "Another 600,000." "VINCE:" "Tex, with just the pair of nines, he's coming out with another bet, 600,000." "Call." " MIKE:" "Tommy makes a flush draw now..." " Check." "Check." "MIKE:" "Tommy's made a flush, but Tex has made three of a kind." "VINCE:" "Oh, wow, this could be a complete debacle here for Tex." "Two million." "All right, I call." "MIKE:" "And Tex has called him, Vince." "VINCE:" "Oh, oh." "What a train wreck." "Flush." "Look at Tex." "He looks like the chuck wagon just ran over him." "Nice hand, Tommy." "MIKE:" "Tommy Vinson takes down a monster pot, well over five million." "Freedom" "Check it out" "Get on the move Freedom" "Get in the groove Freedom" "Heart!" "Heart!" "Heart!" "(CHEERING)" "Thank you, Jesus!" "Come on, baby." "Give me the queen of diamonds." " Oh, sweet Jesus, give me something." " DIAMOND:" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Aces up." "I'm all in." "Call." "Yes!" "MIKE:" "There's our first casualty." "Tex Button, who came to this final table as our chip leader, out in sixth place." "MIKE:" "But Tommy Vinson has flopped three fours." "VINCE:" "Oh, man." "MIKE:" "The dream flop." "VINCE:" "Oh, look at this, Isabelle needed to spike a ten." " She did not get it." "She is gone." " MIKE:" "Out in fifth place." "But she's gonna take home 585,000 for her efforts this week." "Now, Tommy's a poker legend, and to see him come back after 20 years and play in his first tournament and make the final table, it's phenomenal." "And you know, he's playing so well," "I think he's gonna have a good chance to take this down." "All right." "Well, let's cross our fingers for Tommy and get back to the action." "Call." "MIKE:" "So, Mike "Double Diamond" Jackson, out in fourth place tonight, but he'll be taking home $878,000 with him." "Well, we're gonna take a short break." "We are down to three." "Stay tuned." "We'll be right back with more on the World Poker Tour." "You're doing great." "...and we go to a really nice dinner." "You wanna go?" "WOMAN:" "So what are you gonna do with all that money?" "ALEX:" "I don't know." "I gotta go." "MIKE:" "Well, Vince, it is crunch time, and it's come down to this." "The third-place finisher will take home $2.2 million." "The runner-up tonight will take home a measly $4.1 million." "And our champion tonight will capture a WPT championship title, as well as take home just over $8 million." "Scott looks at his cards." "Look at this, Vince, he finds a pair of queens in the hole." "SCOTT: 1.2 million more." "VINCE:" "Right, and Alex and Tommy both have the identical hand, jack, king." "This should be good." "Call." "Call." "MIKE:" "Here comes the flop." "Oh, look at this, Vince!" "A nine, ten, queen!" "Alex and Tommy have flopped the nuts, a king-high straight, but "Laser" Lazar has a top set!" " Check." " MIKE:" "We're gonna see fireworks here." "VINCE:" "Potential disaster for either one of these guys." "Three million." "VINCE:" "Look at this." "Lazar is gonna bet it." "A significant bet." "Let's see how Alex is gonna play this." " I'm all in." " MIKE:" "Well, he's going all in, Vince." " He's come over the top." " All in." "VINCE:" "There goes Tommy." "He's gone all in as well." "I call." "VINCE:" "It's a showdown." "They're gonna turn up the cards." "MIKE:" "And incredibly, Alex and Tommy are gonna split this pot, unless Lazar pairs the board on the river." "VINCE:" "Otherwise, he will be out." "He will be our third-place finisher." "Here comes the turn card." "MIKE:" "Well, the five of clubs comes on the turn." "VINCE:" "It's irrelevant." "MIKE:" "No help to anybody." "VINCE:" "No." "MIKE:" "Well, it's a three!" "So that's gonna do it for Scotty Lazar." "He is out in third place." "And incredibly, Vince, the youngster and the elder statesman are gonna play heads-up for this title and the eight million bucks." "VINCE:" "This is truly amazing." "But what a great effort by Scotty Lazar." "Hit the set, but he is out." "For his efforts, he's gonna pick up $2.2 million." "As is a tradition on the World Poker Tour, when we get down to heads-up play, we bring the trophy and the cash out to the table." "I'll tell you something, this is going to be a great story." "I mean, we have the youngest player at the table, 21 years old, Alex Stillman." "What's amazing about this, he was mentored by the old-school player, Tommy Vinson." "And now, they are gonna go up against each other and battle each other for the WPT World Championship." "MIKE:" "Absolutely incredible, Vince." "The teacher versus the pupil." "Who's gonna take down the title and the eight million bucks?" "Well, the price of poker is going up now." "We're now playing with a $50,000 ante." "Blinds are at $250,000 and $500,000." "VINCE:" "Inflation at Bellagio." "Buckle up, ladies and gentlemen." "Raise." "MIKE:" "So here we go." "Look at this, Vince." "On hand number one," " Alex has the worst starting hand possible." " Two million." "MIKE:" "Yet he's raising the pot, trying to steal the first hand." "VINCE:" "This is beautiful." "He's gonna try to pull off a Winona with absolute zip and pip." "Now, look at Tommy's cards." "He's got nothing." "He's got a junk hand." "You gotta think he's gonna fold here, Mike." "Fold." "MIKE:" "Well, you're right, Vince." "In fact, Tommy does fold." "So Alex takes down pot number one with a little thievery." "Raise to two million." "VINCE:" "Oh, look at this." "That's a $2 million bet and the kid is betting with a junk hand, just six, four." "He must feel like Tommy has a weak hand." "MIKE:" "Vince, I think you're right." "It looks like Alex has got him all figured out." "And unless Tommy changes things around quickly, his championship hopes could dwindle, Vince." "VINCE:" "Yeah, you're right." "One million." "MIKE:" "Look at this, Vince." "VINCE:" "No." "No!" "MIKE:" "Tommy has bet a million dollars without looking at his cards." "I've never seen anything like this!" "VINCE: (LAUGHING) This is a first on the World Poker Tour." "I mean, he's pushing it in blind!" " Is it gonna work?" " MIKE:" "Wow!" "Call." "MIKE:" "Well, here comes the flop." "Check." "All in." "(VINCE LAUGHING)" "MIKE:" "Vince, can you believe this?" "$8 million on the line, and Tommy Vinson has gone all in without even looking at his cards." "Fold." "VINCE:" "Look at this, he's gonna lay his hand down." "He's laying the hand down." "MIKE:" "Well, Alex does fold." "So the play works for Tommy Vinson." "You gotta be kidding me." "(SIGHING)" "Make it a million." "Call." "MIKE:" "Here we go again." "Blind man bluff." "Check." "Make it another million." "Call." "All in." "VINCE:" "Amazing, absolutely amazing." "MIKE:" "Well, the question is, Vince, how long can they continue playing power poker in the dark?" "You can only slide so far on barbed wire, you know." "VINCE:" "All right, now he's finally gonna look at his cards there." "MIKE:" "Yeah, Vince, look at this." "He's peeked at his hand, he's got two jacks." "Let's see what he's gonna do now." "Is he gonna push harder?" "TOMMY:" "Check." "2.5 million." "MIKE:" "You know, Vince, I couldn't quite see Alex's cards when he bet the 2.5 million." "VINCE:" "I know." "Tommy has gotta love his hand." "Now, will he get aggressive and go over the top?" "MIKE:" "Well, we shall see." "Call." "MIKE:" "And look at this." "He's just calling, Vince." "Slow playing him." "VINCE:" "Okay, we're gonna see the flop." "Here it is." "That's a dangerous flop right there." "Of course, we don't know what Alex has at this point." "Check." "Check." "VINCE:" "Okay, here comes the turn card." "Check." "VINCE:" "Look at the stare-down between them." " Check." " MIKE:" "Alex checks again." "VINCE:" "Yes, he does." "Okay, down to the river, Mike." "MIKE:" "So there's two pair on the board, fours and threes, and an ace." "VINCE:" "Very interesting, but danger everywhere." "All in." "VINCE:" "This is it." "Tommy Vinson has gone all in." "Now, if Alex should call and he's wrong," "Tommy Vinson would become our new champion." " Call." " MIKE:" "And he's called!" "So Alex is gonna need a three, a four, a pair of queens, a pair of kings, or an ace to win this pot." "Tommy shows his jacks." "Nice hand, Tommy." " Well, that's it." " Yeah." "Tommy Vinson, after a 20-year hiatus, has come back and captured the World Poker Tour Championship title, as well as $8.2 million." "Vince, what a story this is." "The teacher takes the pupil to school." "(VINCE LAUGHING)" "That is gonna do it." "Let's go down and talk to our new champion." "Dude." "Buddy, you kicked ass out there." "Congratulations." " ALEX:" "Thanks." " You did great." " Second place finish isn't that bad, right?" " Are you kidding me?" "$4 million." " I know." " MR. STILLMAN:" "Yeah." "That should easily pay for three years of law school, if you decide to go." " Good job." " Thank you." "And here's to the new WPT World Champion, Tommy Vinson!" "I'm Mike Sexton saying thanks for watching, and until next season, may all your cards be live and your pots be monster!" " TOMMY:" "Yeah?" " Gorgeous." "ALEX:" "So, Dad, after, you can go fish and then have a couple of martinis." "Hey, just give me one second." "Okay?" " Give me a minute, will you?" " Yeah." " Great playing." " Me?" "Come on, what about you?" "I got lucky with the cards." " Well, I guess I should thank you." " For what?" "You're a natural." "No, not about the cards." "You see me with that girl in there?" "Oh." "I'm sorry you didn't win." "I will, someday." "Damn right, you will." "Well, gotta go." "Hey, so I'm gonna see you at Foxwood's next month?" "Not a chance." "Going to Hawaii." "First-class." "(ALEX CHUCKLING)" "Oh, man, this is really it for you?" "You're done?" "I might come out of retirement..." "25, 30 years." "You were holding in your hand a pair, right?" "Like nines?" "Tens?" "Tens." "Tens." "I knew it." "All right, see you, Tommy." "Subtitles by LeapinLar"