Just saw Cincinatti Kid again

the TCM channel also showed this extra, and I just found it on you-tube. Watch it in full screen, the definition is not so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQiuvX1xKI

somebody that good just amazes me. Reinforces that you have to be crazy not to use a dealer trusted by all in high stakes poker.

edit: TCM channel [might play it again]

In the movie, I've decided that the essence of the dramatic poker finale is that it goes beyond the sneaky "check then raise" [banned in our local friendly game btw]

It in fact is: 'A' checks then Raises, but this after 'B' makes a modest bet. Then after 'A' raises dramatically, 'B' re-raises to put 'A' 'all in' and then some , requiring a 'marker' to call. So this is Check then Raise then ReRaise and Beyond. It is certainly more than Check then Raise.

to allow myself to say this is not a spoiler, I won't say who A or B is.

er, hopefully I'm not the only one who really likes this movie

The ironic thing is that The Kid didn't even want a cheating dealer, which is why he replaced Karl Malden's character with Lady Fingers. By the way, the ending hand in that movie is impossible realistically, which supports Nareed's law that you should never trust Hollywood to get anything right about gambling.

Quote: teddys

the ending hand in that movie is impossible realistically

expand on that

The odds against that type of hand losing to that other type of hand is 45,000,000 to 1. The odds of that specific hand losing to that other specific hand is 332,000,000,000 to 1. Literally astronomical. They made the same mistake in Casino Royale.