Watch Live Poker: Poker in Movies

Have you ever asked a question, "How many movies concerning poker can you name?". And what do you usually answer? I believe just about everybody can easily remember some films related to poker players or games somehow or other. Surely, professional card players probably know many more motion pictures.

1. Rounders (1998). In The Game Of Life... Play The Cards You're Dealt. I find this film really exciting, but the main character leaves much to be desired. By the way, the term "rounder" refers to a person whose sole means of earning a living is by playing cards. Some poker scenes are useful, some – absurd. But with the growing popularity of Texas Hold'em and other poker games, Rounders has become a cult hit. That's we don't pay much attention to slip-ups.
2. The cooler (2003). When your life depends on losing... the last thing you need is lady luck. The film follows a so-called Las Vegas casino "cooler" who spreads bad luck to those who are winning. William H. Macy plays the titular character, whose luck takes a turn for the better when he begins a relationship with a waitress at the casino, played by Maria Bello. This causes friction between him and his boss, played by Alec Baldwin. "The Cooler" is a must to see just for Alec Baldwin's memorable play.
3. Maverick (1994). The greatest gambler in the West has finally met his match. I bet you won’t find any realistic poker scenes in this movie, but still Mel Gibson does all his best (as usually) to win the heart of the audience following his own style of performance. Bret Maverick (as Mel Gibson) is a professional card-player traveling to a major poker game. He wants to win the poker championship for money and to prove that he is the best. The plot is rather shabby, but the play is too funny. All of the poker episodes are Five Card Draw.
4. The Cincinnati Kid (1965). He'd take on anyone, at anything, anytime ....it was only a matter of who came first! Eric Stoner or The Cincinnati Kid (as Steve McQueen) is a professional card-player who travels to New Orleans to play in the high stakes poker game against Lancey Howard (as Edward G. Robbins). Surely, The Cincinnati Kid tries to prove himself in this high-stakes match. The game throughout the film is Five Card Stud. It should be mentioned, that the play is quite realistic. But even look back those days we can't but agree that poker was considered a sport.
5. The Big Blind (1999). "This remarkable adventure will keep you guessing. Who cashes in, and who cashes out... Who will live, and who will die?" This movie is truly shot for poker players. It's not for guys who are interested in actions and like watching films in general, but for curious about poker. To tell the truth the Big Blind offers a lot of training scenes. The motion picture tells us about the lives of poker players at a California card room. The drama of the situation is that most of the characters are losers and crooks. It is of great value due to realistic scenes and actors' play. Nothing unnecessary, nothing colors the truth.
6. Honeymoon in Vegas (1992). It's a love that's All Shook Up! The film is opposite to the previous one due to its attitude to poker. Jack Singer (as Nicholas Cage) teamed up with a wealthy gambler (as James Caan), they love the same girl. The problem is that Singer's fiancé reminds the gambler of his ex-wife. Tommy Korman arranges for Singer to lose $65k to him a poker game (they're playing no limit five card draw). Thus, Singer has to break his word given to his mother on her death bed that he would never get married.
7. The Sting (1973). Doyle, I KNOW I gave him four THREES. He had to make a SWITCH. We can't let him get away with that. The Sting should be estimated at its true worth being among the best poker pictures ever made. Frankly speaking, it's not about poker, but it contains one famous poker scene where Henry Gondorff (as Paul Newman) cheats the crime boss in a high-stakes game onboard a train, and also a scene where he shows off a very skilled cheat shuffling. As I have said there was not that much poker playing shown, and most of it revolved around cheating. The poker was limited to five card draw.
8. High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003). Gambler. Addict. Loser. Legend. The movie is about the life of master card-player, self-destructive junkie, Stu Ungar (as Michael Imperioli). Ungar was known as "The Kid", who high-rolled himself to an unequalled three World Series of Poker championships, winning a reported $30 million is his brief career. Viewship can't but agree that Unger had a special gift with cards.
9. 21 (2008). This film is based on a true story, telling us about a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor (Kevin Spacey) who teaches a group of students to use mathematics to count cards and increase their odds of winning at Las Vegas casinos. The students are able to bring home millions as a result.
10. The Madison Kid (2007). In 1989, the 24-year-old Phil Hellmuth became the youngest World Champion of Poker by defeating the two-time defending champion, Johnny Chan, in the World Series of Poker main event. Hellmuth attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years before dropping out to play poker full time much to the chagrin of his father, a professor at the school.

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