4-time World Poker Tour (WPT) champion Darren Elias sat down with Enterprise Insider to debate well-known poker film scenes and the way precisely they depict the sport.
With over $13.4 million in Hendon Mob earnings and a handful of main match victories, Elias is certified to evaluate varied poker depictions in widespread tradition. Within the almost 30-minute video, he broke down key palms from playing classics like Rounders and Ocean’s Eleven in addition to mainstream blockbusters like On line casino Royale and John Wick: Chapter 4.
The video ought to curiosity poker followers and likewise assist Insider’s 9.1 million YouTube subscribers perceive the nuances of the sport.
Excessive Rating for Molly’s Sport, Tomatoes for On line casino Royale
Elias had excessive reward for Rounders and gave the scene of the ultimate showdown between Teddy “KGB” and Mike McDermott an 8/10.
“Robust to be too harsh on Rounders. I believe the one nitpicking factor that is mistaken with Rounders is wager sizing points.”
Elias gave a fair greater rating, 9/10, to Molly’s Sport after reviewing two scenes, together with one the place a participant folds the nuts in a high-stakes personal recreation. “Unrealistic {that a} participant would fold the nuts particularly … however then once more, for those who’re in a non-public recreation and also you’re with gamers who do not actually know play, they might not know that is the perfect hand.”
He additionally discovered a scene the place a participant goes on a death-spiral downswing after getting bluffed off the profitable hand to be real looking.
The WPT title record-holder thought much less kindly of an notorious On line casino Royale scene the place Bond wins a nine-figure pot with a straight flush by cracking monster palms.
Molly’s Sport Movie Assessment
“Actually, the unrealistic half comes when everybody has these palms on the similar time,” mentioned Elias, who gave the scene a 3/10 and added that Bond’s $500,000 tip after profitable the hand was “nuts.”
Different films that Elias ranked scenes in embrace Ocean’s Eleven, Maverick, Ballad of Buster of Scruggs and The Sting, in addition to an episode of The Simpsons that includes recognized poker fanatic Jennifer Tilly.
Head to YouTube to see the total clip of Elias breaking down poker film scenes.
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Connor Richards
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