It's a questionable shove. Just a terrible one if it's your entire roll. Kx Spades isn't likely to call on that board. AA A9 99 89 88 are all in Mike's possible holdings.
Not really, In a deep stack game flatting aces preflop is not a good strategy. Maybe in short stack. Also he bet 3 times the size of the pot. It’s hard to get a call even from flush. And when teddy isn’t on a flush draw, it more likely that his opponent is on one. On a paired board it’s possible his opponent would fold a flush with that size. It’s really just a cooler
love ... hate ... useless emotions ... which add up to nothing ... never allow emotions to control your thoughts ... or actions ... keep them in the quietness of your inner self and make your decisions based solely on fact and evidence ... GOD .......
Not true. People judge a book by its cover all the time and decide how they feel about something without knowing all the facts. I know and understand what he’s trying to say that you can’t truly love or hate something until you understand and know everything about something but still. Cool quote though just not true.
@@DoctorChained Sure! Because like any addiction (in my experience) the habit begins gradually; slots leading to blackjack leading to craps. I knew only one degenerate gambler my whole life (and I’m old). Seeing her drop five digits betting on one lousy football game was already a cautionary tale.
Yeah. Remember that final hand in Casino Royale? ALL four players go all in, and they ALL have monster hands, in increasingly good order (Flush, Full House, better Full house), until Bond's winning hand (Straight Flush) at the end. When the fuck would that happen?
Can someone explain why Mike lays his chips out the way he does at 1:06 where he splits the stack in half, then splits one of the halves into quarters, and spreads out the last quarter stack? Is there a significance to betting like that?
I believe is so other players and the dealer can easily count how many chips were bet. Its quite difficult to count chips when stacked 10-20 chips high. Whereas it is easy to count the chips that were spread out, then double that number, then double it again. That’s how I do it anyway
@@aidan2234 It's how dealers count chips they give to players. They make even stacks and then spread out one stack so the camera above can see how much was in one of the even stacks. That way they can prove the dealer is not overpaying or underpaying a player. They have video evidence.
It’s to show he actually has how much he said he has. He has tall towers and he breaks one of the towers. And that tower gets broken in single chips laid down. This makes the counting essentially good just by looking. For example, if you have a 10 stacks, you only need to break down 1 of them to show it’s worth 10 dollars. With this, you know the other stacks is same height, so it much be total of 100$ in all 10. Much faster than counting all 100 chips.
Here's the thing... even Phil Helmuth and Daniel Negraneu wouldn't have been able to get out of this hand... He didn't mis-play it... he didn't get out played... he got COLD-DECKED. It happens, and poker pros know that it's going to happen. If you blow your whole roll on it, then you start over. Plain and simple.
If you are a pro you do not bet your whole poker budget in one game, because you understand statistics you need to play in a way that even if you lose when playing well (which happens, as you said) you can still play.
@@myguykaikai9215 Your statement is erroneous. Betting all in with 2nd nuts heads up is a standard play. Would YOU only call with 2nd nuts when heads up? If so, you're obviously not a pro.
@@myguykaikai9215 You're not real bright are ya? He cannot lose to pocket 9s because 3 9s are out already. Maybe next time you think about responding a little more.
Great scene but nothing beats my prial of 3s playing Brag in 1992. The last guy in the pot against me had A,2,3 of spades. I was only 19 at the time and won £720 which was like a months wages to me back then. Ill never forget the rush of adrenaline when i looked at em. Then the terror of thinking no one would bet with me.
@@nestface4705 Betting them hard can lose you money as well. If KGB had re-raised preflop, he likely would have chased Pete away and won very little. If he had check raised on the flop, he may have chased him away again. If he pushed all in, likely Pete doesn't call because he hasn't seen him bluff like that in the past. Can slow playing get you in trouble? Yes. Everyone that plays knows this, your statement is not news. Good players also know that slow playing aces is the only way to maximize the damage they can inflict.
Teddy kept being chatty to move the hand along. Usually that's someone who has a good hand and just can't wait to win their chips. Even still, the hand was a cooler and I'm not sure any sane person could have folded it. Your only chance is to try and lose the minimum if something doesn't quite smell right.
I think you’re absolutely right, but all the chips would likely go to the pot, anyway, because if we’re going by your perceived logic, in that we’re talking about two seasoned high-stakes gamblers in a heads-up hand, the player in TKGB’s position would be a bit foolish not to go for max value there, and would likely shove, himself, and the opponent would almost certainly read that as a made flush (ace-high, maybe) and call. You can’t fold the full-house there, for a multitude of reasons, but mostly because the likelihood of boat-over-boat is so very low. It’s one of those take it on the chin, if ya got it ya got it situations
My friends who casually play think this scene is too movie material drama, or someone was cheating to get this result. Whoever plays poker consistently knows, you don't need to stack the cards to have a cold deck. This shit happens more often than you think, it's just the nature of poker.
Yeah it does. It is actually crazy to think about, but I often wonder if there are people who played that were great poker minds, comparable to the top players that play, but got chased off the game by a protracted string of bad variance. Every WSOP champion was one bad beat at a critical point from not being that champion. It is crazy how good you have to be to maximize whatever cold or hot deck comes your way in order to actually be a profitable player.
Great scene! FYI in the KGB dialog, I thought he said "Baron in Tehran" instead of "Burn and Turn"...it confirmed my ties to Iran and KGB (the individual and Russia) HAHA 💸💸💸
Sometimes I have a really strong hand but then the way the opponent is betting, I just know I have lost, but its near impossible to fold, like a full house or flush.
Yeah that’s true. He would have lost 15k because you’d have to be a retard to let go of second nuts on the river by putting your opponent in a pocket aces, or better boat. Damon was so into the game he didn’t realize a flush was not gonna call a all in on a river with paired board. Plus, the ONLY flush that would theoretically call would be but flush, or ace of spade. This means Damon is already banking on the opponent having at least once ace. What’s more, Damon bet 2k on the flop and got called. And got 15k on river. That seems way too high for flush to raise. TL;DR: there is no real way for Damon to not lose 15k on the river by calling but he could def got out of losing that 30k.
I think it signals his confidence. If you notice when Mike first walks into KGBs club, Teddy looks at him through the peep hole and eats a cookie, like "haha, I'm better than you. "
KGB has been on the other side of that hand before. The only difference is that he doesn't play with his entire net worth sitting in front of him, because he doesn't have to.
WHen that turn card comes on, I instant think OK another one of those traps where I get caught and broke with 2nd best possible hand. Am I the only one who played online poker`?
Mike overacts all his hand in this movie, but i supposed it for dramatic effect for the viewer. Also, why would Mike expect KGB to get excited over flush when theres a very likely full house on the table
Smh.. the odds are in the high millions that teddy has the only two cards in the world that could've beat him ..and he had them..the last two Aces on the planet..I would've been devastated.
Raise $500 and call pot 1K Bet 2K and call pot 5K Check / Check pot still 5K Bet 15K into a 5K pot As a poker player this is where the wheels far off…. When a guy over bet the pot like that you look at the board and the first question would be you got aces full I’m not saying I would of let it go but to over bet like that just stinks of aces full
@@adolpholiverbush9060 Really?! My god! How could I have known?! Please tell me you've gone through every other comment on this vid comparing it to something in real life and given them just as much grief
Are the cookies edited? Must re watch, but holy crap the dvd is at my ex wifes house.... bugger. need to rebuy and ah shit i should have collected more as i left
Isn't his strategy here the exact opposite of what he did at the end? He baited KGB with calls until he stepped into the trap--the exact thing he is warning the audience not to do in the beginning of the movie.
Big error in this scene. matt damon never showed his hand to KGB. KGB assumed he won and started taking the chips. KGB had second best nuts to four 9's. which matt damon could have had. he had to either show his cards or muck them for KGB to take the pot. It would be funny if Matt super slow rolled his 4 9''s as KGB goon starts scooping chips. "NO WAIT KGB WHAT THE F%^$ ARE YOU DOING. I GOT 4 9'S . GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY CHIPS..
Because he was 100% convinced he had the winning hand. The thought that Teddy had the aces never crossed his mind. By going all-in, he had the potential to get more money if Teddy called, or have the same effect as a call if Teddy folded. Obviously he missed a little detail.
Well there is potentially merit in just flat calling because you have to reason what kind of hand is your opponent going to call with that's worse than 999AA.
Teddy set the Trap by not raising pre-Flop with his Aces ("flatting"). By doing that, Mike discounted Teddy holding a "premium" hand. Most people can't restrain themselves like Teddy, and would 3-bet pre-Flop, thus telegraphing their hand-strength.
@@doyouremembertoo This will give you an idea: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_World_Series_of_Poker There were just a LOT of different events and games played. Much more diversity at the time. It wasn't until several years later that it just become 99% No Limit Holdem.
What I don't understand is why you would play there? Why not beat up vegas against tourists? There are chess hustlers that are marginally good players who make a ton of money and never play against anyone who is rated high.
Watch the movie and you will understand. A person like Knish, the guy he was talking to on the street at the end of the clip, would "beat up" tourists in Vegas. That is "grinding". Although Mike respected Knish for being able to grind out a living, he did not want to do it himself.
Thats the thing about poker... it is always possible to lose if you dont have the nuts. I never do that unless I have the nuts. I always wait till I spot inexperienced players who I could even bluff. I always try to evade sharks unless I have em beat 100%. Sure you could earn more money if you would take risks... but odds are... at some point you just lose it all.
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That was my reaction to losing $6 on pokerstars a long time ago.
😂😂😂
You are lucky
Are you recovering alright?
For real man. I lost $5 on an app two years ago I’m still tilted over that.
pigeon
Teddy played those Aces beautifully.
It's a questionable shove. Just a terrible one if it's your entire roll. Kx Spades isn't likely to call on that board. AA A9 99 89 88 are all in Mike's possible holdings.
Not really, In a deep stack game flatting aces preflop is not a good strategy. Maybe in short stack. Also he bet 3 times the size of the pot. It’s hard to get a call even from flush. And when teddy isn’t on a flush draw, it more likely that his opponent is on one. On a paired board it’s possible his opponent would fold a flush with that size. It’s really just a cooler
There's no way not to play them beautifully with the cards dealt as they were. The other guy isn't folding no matter what you do.
how lol? the pot was like 5-6k max on the river, and he bets 3x pot lmfao
It is incredible that it has been 23 years since this masterpiece came out.
not even a good film. lol @ masterpiece.
This movie gets the ASMR stamp of approval
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
love ... hate ... useless emotions ... which add up to nothing ... never allow emotions to control your thoughts ... or actions ... keep them in the quietness of your inner self and make your decisions based solely on fact and evidence ... GOD .......
@@georgeway2092 God what?
So, one cannot love life?
@@arkady714 I think what he is saying is don’t let your emotions get in the way of your decisions which is true.
Not true. People judge a book by its cover all the time and decide how they feel about something without knowing all the facts. I know and understand what he’s trying to say that you can’t truly love or hate something until you understand and know everything about something but still. Cool quote though just not true.
Best line everyone should know...everyone goes bust from time to time....been there
when I saw the thumbnail at first I thought it was good will hunting deleted scenes lmao
Bro I knew it was rounders sitting at the table lol
Rounders is a comparable experience
That is a REAL kick in the nuts!! GREAT movie!!
I know man the only poker movie thats good
The younger Matt Damon movies are absolute masterpieces
Good thing this movie came out when it did. Anyone with more than 15 minutes of online poker under their belt saw that result coming from the get go.
The Cincinati Kid,
& Rounders,Great
Poker Movies..
It's a gut punch no matter how many times I see that hand.
0:46...am I the only one that's get frustrated on how Mike places the cards?
Haha, was thinkin same damn thing. CRINGE!
Yes
No, it also made me shake my head
Mikes strategy is to be as obnoxious as possible
@Oh Jeong-woo At a casino poker table, the cards don’t overlap like that. They don’t touch each their at all. I didn’t like it either lmao
Scenes like these are great reminders for why I don't gamble.
A scene where someone stupidly plays with their entire life savings? Is that something you're afraid of?
@@DoctorChained Sure! Because like any addiction (in my experience) the habit begins gradually; slots leading to blackjack leading to craps. I knew only one degenerate gambler my whole life (and I’m old). Seeing her drop five digits betting on one lousy football game was already a cautionary tale.
Nothing beats ( Edward G Robinson ) telling Steve McQueen " your good kid but as long as I'm around your 2nd best might as well get use to it "
Anybody can win with an aces-over boat. I want to see a movie where somebody wins a big poker hand with something like a pair of 9's.
Lock Stock and Two smoking barrels
Cool Hand Luke ... although, that wasn't for big money. And he didn't even have a pair.
Just watch some daniel negreanu clips
James Bond’s wins with 67 of clubs.
Yeah. Remember that final hand in Casino Royale? ALL four players go all in, and they ALL have monster hands, in increasingly good order (Flush, Full House, better Full house), until Bond's winning hand (Straight Flush) at the end. When the fuck would that happen?
This was a cool film, Teddy and those flkken cookies :P
The cookies were also his tell
@@mikerzisu9508 The moment I had the munchies and asked him for some it would've thrown his game out :P
@@potterj09 I know right hah
John Malkovich is amazing.
Pretty sure this movie is responsible for my mild oreo addiction.
God, me too. Did you start separating the cookie halves next to your ear? Listening if there was a clean brake? lol
@@ab19201920 of course, I inject that clean pop noise straight into my veins
Can someone explain why Mike lays his chips out the way he does at 1:06 where he splits the stack in half, then splits one of the halves into quarters, and spreads out the last quarter stack? Is there a significance to betting like that?
I believe is so other players and the dealer can easily count how many chips were bet.
Its quite difficult to count chips when stacked 10-20 chips high.
Whereas it is easy to count the chips that were spread out, then double that number, then double it again.
That’s how I do it anyway
@@aidan2234 It's how dealers count chips they give to players. They make even stacks and then spread out one stack so the camera above can see how much was in one of the even stacks. That way they can prove the dealer is not overpaying or underpaying a player. They have video evidence.
It’s to show he actually has how much he said he has.
He has tall towers and he breaks one of the towers. And that tower gets broken in single chips laid down. This makes the counting essentially good just by looking.
For example, if you have a 10 stacks, you only need to break down 1 of them to show it’s worth 10 dollars. With this, you know the other stacks is same height, so it much be total of 100$ in all 10. Much faster than counting all 100 chips.
This happened to me so many times
Here's the thing... even Phil Helmuth and Daniel Negraneu wouldn't have been able to get out of this hand... He didn't mis-play it... he didn't get out played... he got COLD-DECKED. It happens, and poker pros know that it's going to happen. If you blow your whole roll on it, then you start over. Plain and simple.
If you are a pro you do not bet your whole poker budget in one game, because you understand statistics you need to play in a way that even if you lose when playing well (which happens, as you said) you can still play.
@@spastiCSpin Bingo
@@myguykaikai9215 Your statement is erroneous. Betting all in with 2nd nuts heads up is a standard play. Would YOU only call with 2nd nuts when heads up? If so, you're obviously not a pro.
@@myguykaikai9215 You're not real bright are ya? He cannot lose to pocket 9s because 3 9s are out already. Maybe next time you think about responding a little more.
@@myguykaikai9215 You're so dumb you don't even see the third 9 in his hand.... lmmfao
Great scene but nothing beats my prial of 3s playing Brag in 1992.
The last guy in the pot against me had A,2,3 of spades.
I was only 19 at the time and won £720 which was like a months wages to me back then.
Ill never forget the rush of adrenaline when i looked at em.
Then the terror of thinking no one would bet with me.
When someone bets 3x pot on the river you should probably just call if you don't have the nuts.
Easy to say when ur not there. 1 hand beating you. Hard to put him on aces when he didn't raise pre flop
@@nestface4705 He's 100% right. There is this thing that you're forgetting... it's called "slow playing aces".
@@basedbear1605 slow playing aces can get u in trouble
@@nestface4705 Betting them hard can lose you money as well. If KGB had re-raised preflop, he likely would have chased Pete away and won very little. If he had check raised on the flop, he may have chased him away again. If he pushed all in, likely Pete doesn't call because he hasn't seen him bluff like that in the past.
Can slow playing get you in trouble? Yes. Everyone that plays knows this, your statement is not news. Good players also know that slow playing aces is the only way to maximize the damage they can inflict.
This. You only go all in to buy the pot or if you have the nuts. He had neither... just greed.
Teddy kept being chatty to move the hand along. Usually that's someone who has a good hand and just can't wait to win their chips. Even still, the hand was a cooler and I'm not sure any sane person could have folded it. Your only chance is to try and lose the minimum if something doesn't quite smell right.
Going all in on that hand is one of the silliest moves here. I don't think any high stakes gambler would actually reraise like that.
I think you’re absolutely right, but all the chips would likely go to the pot, anyway, because if we’re going by your perceived logic, in that we’re talking about two seasoned high-stakes gamblers in a heads-up hand, the player in TKGB’s position would be a bit foolish not to go for max value there, and would likely shove, himself, and the opponent would almost certainly read that as a made flush (ace-high, maybe) and call. You can’t fold the full-house there, for a multitude of reasons, but mostly because the likelihood of boat-over-boat is so very low. It’s one of those take it on the chin, if ya got it ya got it situations
My friends who casually play think this scene is too movie material drama, or someone was cheating to get this result.
Whoever plays poker consistently knows, you don't need to stack the cards to have a cold deck. This shit happens more often than you think, it's just the nature of poker.
Yeah it does. It is actually crazy to think about, but I often wonder if there are people who played that were great poker minds, comparable to the top players that play, but got chased off the game by a protracted string of bad variance. Every WSOP champion was one bad beat at a critical point from not being that champion. It is crazy how good you have to be to maximize whatever cold or hot deck comes your way in order to actually be a profitable player.
Yeah this scene isn’t that outrageous. The final hand in casino Royale however….😂😂
“Time….” Uhhh there’s no clock
Such a great movie
the only flaw in this scene is teddy knowing he won...mikey could have had pocket 9s
Great stuff that happens if poker is a game you aspire to.
Great scene! FYI in the KGB dialog, I thought he said "Baron in Tehran" instead of "Burn and Turn"...it confirmed my ties to Iran and KGB (the individual and Russia) HAHA 💸💸💸
Do you still have the truck?
“Gah Head”. The accent is just hilarious
Sometimes I have a really strong hand but then the way the opponent is betting, I just know I have lost, but its near impossible to fold, like a full house or flush.
anyone know what "case money" is?
Mike obviously never played on PokerBros 😂😂
For sure, because on Poker Bros, Mike would have 99. Top fullhouse runs into quads on that scummy site a lot.
You know kgb has a monster hand by him announcing a reason foe him to call before the flop.
What a great fucking movie
"There is no other game in which fortunes can change so much from hand to hand."
Never played Omaha :) ?
most omaha is pot limit, so while yes, but no
@@TomPrefontaine Omaha has so much more variance and the equities rum so close. That this statement is much more true for Omaha than for Holdem.
Be funny if Mike had pocket 9s for the nuts.
For real lol. Holds em up real slow like The Matador on "Tilt" *Cool story Teddy, NUTS!!*
Wouldn’t be a movie
Can’t have pocket 9s cause Damon has a 9
@dhruv yeah, Damon’s name in the movie is mike. Instead of A9 imagine he had 99.
@@alwillk Some people are kinda slow....
Worst part is losing heavily then facing the freezing cold outside. Double Depression!!
What happened to bankroll management lol
Hurts to even watch this
slow rolling like 👍
You know, I always thought that Matt Damon was like a Streisand, but...I think he's rockin' the shit in this one
Malkovich with the accent LOL
This movie is impossible to find anywhere
I keeping hoping, year after year after year, that Mike somehow slow rolls QUAD 9s.... (like Paul Newman in "The Sting") ;-)
or 5 aces, like in the Simpsons.
I didn't know Will Hunting played poker
Pocket ace’s, either your best friend or worst enemy
Every player has been here
Rookie move. He didn't have to shove without the nuts
Thinking a flush would call a shove on a paired board 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah that’s true. He would have lost 15k because you’d have to be a retard to let go of second nuts on the river by putting your opponent in a pocket aces, or better boat.
Damon was so into the game he didn’t realize a flush was not gonna call a all in on a river with paired board. Plus, the ONLY flush that would theoretically call would be but flush, or ace of spade.
This means Damon is already banking on the opponent having at least once ace.
What’s more, Damon bet 2k on the flop and got called. And got 15k on river. That seems way too high for flush to raise.
TL;DR: there is no real way for Damon to not lose 15k on the river by calling but he could def got out of losing that 30k.
1:37 "HOPE"
That's where he made his mistake. Only the arrogant overly confident individual would bet off of a "HOPE"
What would will hunting do
"Life is walking the wire...rest is just waiting".
it's called Texa's holdem.
Nobody noticing how he is eating the cookies signifying the strength in his hand which he later recognizes...brilliant!!
Maybe everyone's terrified of telling a russian mobster his poker tell is pretty weak :) haha
I think it signals his confidence. If you notice when Mike first walks into KGBs club, Teddy looks at him through the peep hole and eats a cookie, like "haha, I'm better than you. "
It's cool but it never really made sense to me, why would such a great poker player have such obvious tells? Brilliant movie though
Only weakness of the movie to me, his obvious tell. It’s absurd
stu would have been the best expert to keep this flick legit
He was alive when he was made.
Pocket 9s to cooler KGB… short but sweet!
Lenny Clarke!!
KGB has been on the other side of that hand before. The only difference is that he doesn't play with his entire net worth sitting in front of him, because he doesn't have to.
This is why you only gamble with what you can afford to lose. Great point.
The bet sizing on the river by KGB is ridiculous.
I find it funny that if Damon just flat calls which of course he would never do with A9, he would lose the hand and still be up for the session!
can't believe john malkovich didn't hyiv spides
WHen that turn card comes on, I instant think OK another one of those traps where I get caught and broke with 2nd best possible hand. Am I the only one who played online poker`?
Yes, you do.
Me 2 hours after playing poker night at the inventory:
Mike overacts all his hand in this movie, but i supposed it for dramatic effect for the viewer.
Also, why would Mike expect KGB to get excited over flush when theres a very likely full house on the table
Because its not very likely a hand like this would play out, probably close to the odds of getting a royal flush.
@@yourdaddy8260 exactly. This is called a cold deck. The odds of it happening are indeed about the same as a royal flush coming.
why he hold AA but not 4 bet or 5 bet until all-in
Weird he walked away like it was the nuts. Alternate movie damon slow rolls pocket 9s lol
Smh.. the odds are in the high millions that teddy has the only two cards in the world that could've beat him ..and he had them..the last two Aces on the planet..I would've been devastated.
15000 in too 5000 I like it!
Would've been a short movie had Damon's character had pocket 9s.
Raise $500 and call pot 1K
Bet 2K and call pot 5K
Check / Check pot still 5K
Bet 15K into a 5K pot
As a poker player this is where the wheels far off…. When a guy over bet the pot like that you look at the board and the first question would be you got aces full
I’m not saying I would of let it go but to over bet like that just stinks of aces full
Damn. From 30k to 50.5k to nothing
you know this is fake, right?
@@adolpholiverbush9060 Really?! My god! How could I have known?! Please tell me you've gone through every other comment on this vid comparing it to something in real life and given them just as much grief
@@sgtforge21 Jeez, lady, relax.
bankroll managment bro :D
If he shoved his money in like that at a real table Doyle Brunson would shit the bed.
Are the cookies edited? Must re watch, but holy crap the dvd is at my ex wifes house.... bugger. need to rebuy and ah shit i should have collected more as i left
This is like vod reviewing on a whole other level
no dealer ????
And the moral is! Don't gamble. Simples🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Play it... Wisely......multiples....
Isn't his strategy here the exact opposite of what he did at the end? He baited KGB with calls until he stepped into the trap--the exact thing he is warning the audience not to do in the beginning of the movie.
For me, him seeing Kinish was a bad omen !
This video is 3 minutes and 30 seconds and it came out 3 yrs ago. Just saying
The sizings in this movie are so off-the-charts insane that it's clear both screenwriter and producer had no idea about poker.
Wonder what type of movie this would have been if Matt comeback over with quad 99s bitch!
Malkovich prepared for the role by imitating Slavoj Žižek
How does KGB know Mikey doesn't have quad 9's before he rakes that pot, kid could have alligator blood, cant get rid of him.
very very unlikely
Big error in this scene. matt damon never showed his hand to KGB. KGB assumed he won and started taking the chips. KGB had second best nuts to four 9's. which matt damon could have had. he had to either show his cards or muck them for KGB to take the pot. It would be funny if Matt super slow rolled his 4 9''s as KGB goon starts scooping chips. "NO WAIT KGB WHAT THE F%^$ ARE YOU DOING. I GOT 4 9'S . GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY CHIPS..
Why not just flat call? Never got that
Because he was 100% convinced he had the winning hand. The thought that Teddy had the aces never crossed his mind. By going all-in, he had the potential to get more money if Teddy called, or have the same effect as a call if Teddy folded. Obviously he missed a little detail.
Well there is potentially merit in just flat calling because you have to reason what kind of hand is your opponent going to call with that's worse than 999AA.
Teddy set the Trap by not raising pre-Flop with his Aces ("flatting"). By doing that, Mike discounted Teddy holding a "premium" hand. Most people can't restrain themselves like Teddy, and would 3-bet pre-Flop, thus telegraphing their hand-strength.
Yea he’s only getting called by better. So he wins the 15k or loses all of it
POzyyshen RRaise I call it.
Aces fool Mike lol
How did kgb know Mike wasn't holding 99
Im a professional poker player, what pros dont play no limit?
Well this was more than 20 years ago. It might have been true then.
Pro tip: this movie is from 1998. No Limit Texas Holdem wasn't 1/100th as popular then as it is now.
@@stephenmcarthur8490 I understand this but what games were the pros playing then? Just limit holdem?
@@doyouremembertoo This will give you an idea: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_World_Series_of_Poker
There were just a LOT of different events and games played. Much more diversity at the time. It wasn't until several years later that it just become 99% No Limit Holdem.
Four nines,,,,,,,,,, Four Jacks!!! You owe me 15 grand pal!!!
What I don't understand is why you would play there? Why not beat up vegas against tourists? There are chess hustlers that are marginally good players who make a ton of money and never play against anyone who is rated high.
Watch the movie and you will understand.
A person like Knish, the guy he was talking to on the street at the end of the clip, would "beat up" tourists in Vegas.
That is "grinding".
Although Mike respected Knish for being able to grind out a living, he did not want to do it himself.
so KGB just assumed Mike didn't have 99s?
KGB was eating the oreo...his tell
Thats the thing about poker... it is always possible to lose if you dont have the nuts. I never do that unless I have the nuts. I always wait till I spot inexperienced players who I could even bluff. I always try to evade sharks unless I have em beat 100%. Sure you could earn more money if you would take risks... but odds are... at some point you just lose it all.
this is movie is like if Will Hunting became a poker player
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