Poker is relegated to the background, and the script reveals only what you need to know to get by, hoping that regular rushes of jargon ("white meat" means profit, "play on your belly" means no cheating) will create a suitable mood. But you soon realise he's more concerned with the destructive Damon/Norton friendshipthan the game itself. The kicker is the highest card in a poker hand that’s not part of a made hand. The first half-hour is smoothly atmospheric: Dahl's night-time camerawork mimics the seedy, washed-out palette of the basement card-joints, all curling wisps of smoke and long shadows. While Rounders can't be faulted on its poker knowledge, the rest of the movie struggles to match this professionalism. Card players, it seems, need the rush of a flush in the same way an alcoholic needs a can of Special Brew. In Teddy KGB's colour-drained gambling den, the ABCs of the game are explained by Damon's cool-headed voice-over. Even for the most skilled players, however, poker remains a game of chance. Rounders is arrogantly indie, sneaking you into the basement world of the compulsive gambler and sitting you down at the table. games, hence their being called rounders. As you know, to rounders, it is all one long game. Last Seduction director Dahl no doubt hoped to create a tale of friendship set against the backdrop of poker - The Colour Of Money with cards. its funny, but there isnt one defining poker story from that time.
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