Or gives us something like the Mark Newhouse story (maybe with a different ending). Winning the WCOOP Main Event, then having a 25th place in his first Main Event and then going on such an insane run winning tournaments everywhere. I would love to see one of the modern storys.įor example Fedor Holz his insane run. >By cheating Moneymaker, Postle has become him. >Massive success at box office, Second poker boom is initiated >Postle cheats players for money, inadvertently leading to a brilliant script for Rounders 2 I mean given Worm was a cheater in the first film, Mike Postle hopefully sparked some ideas for whoever will write the screenplay I would still like to see it made regardless, would also be cool if it worked in some PLO or 2-7 single draw or something. For that reason it doesn't seem shocking that Norton almost suggests it wouldn't be centered around poker by mentioning credit default swaps. During the boom it went mainstream, so it's a little less edgy, and of course nowadays with solvers and blockers, as well as the televised events making high stakes action seem kind of mundane, some of the romance of the backroom underground high stakes action seems gone. In 1998 poker was still less understood and more mysterious to general audience, especially NL holdem. Legend has is that he would host a regular poker game at his house for A-listers including Matt Damon and Leonardo Dicaprio.That would be great, but it seems like it would be a tough screenplay to write. He has participated in many World Series of Poker events and has occasionally had some decent cash payouts. He was recently banned from a casino for winning too much money! One wonders how that could even be a rule when the object of the game is to make money…In any case, Affleck is known to be a keen fan of the poker tables. Ben Affleckīen Affleck is a notorious gambler. Here we discuss some of the more notable famous faces that just can’t keep away from the poker table. And because the game of poker involves a fair amount of luck, sometimes these celebrities would do well and make the final table, trying to beat out their more experienced counterparts. Televised tournaments would naturally turn their cameras to the famous faces that were in attendance. For the first time ever, working professionals in a “sport” were competing with semi-professional celebrities who had the bank to play the game. Celebrities started showing up for these televised events.

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