Lucky You Page #3

-With friends Iike you? Never.

-Still not getting nickel one.

-Damn.

That's not fair to you, Cheryl.

Are you gonna accept that?

You Iocked out?

Either that,

or I just enjoy sitting on staircases.

How Iong before Suzanne will be back?

I don't know.

-She was gonna Ioan me some money.

-Oh, yeah?

Well, I've got...

...$1 9, is that enough?

That's all you brought with you?

And a thousand dollars

in traveler's checks.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Yes. This is she.

Yes. Hello.

Tonight? Yes.

AII right. Thank you very much.

I got a job. Singing at Dean's.

-Dino's?

-You know the place?

Sure.

It's my first job singing professionally.

Oh, we should celebrate.

This is an occasion.

You're right. It is.

Well, Iet's go.

Good Iuck to you.

Thank you.

Discipline's the key.

We have serious celebrating to do...

...so we only play

until we double our money.

-Do you know how to play poker?

-I know that three of a kind beats two pair.

Very good.

Binion's Horseshoe Casino

in downtown Las Vegas...

...proud home

of the World Series of Poker.

The 2003 Omaha event will commence

in two hours in Benny's Bullpen.

BIinds, please.

Okay. In T exas Hold ' Em...

...each player gets two cards

that no one else sees.

Then five cards are dealt

face up on the table.

Now, these are cards

that everybody can use.

If you think you have

the best two cards...

...or two cards

you'd Iike to draw to, you bet.

And, if you don't, you fold.

Raise.

Call.

Four players.

-Check.

-Check.

If, for instance,

someone had a king in the hole...

...they'd now have two pair.

kings and fours.

One more heart and you've got a flush.

That's right. Of course, the trick

is to not Iet the other players know...

-...when you got something good.

-Okay.

Hence the expression, "poker face."

Three players.

-Check.

-Check it.

Forty.

Raise it to 80.

I call.

Call 80.

-Check.

-Check it.

Check it.

-What are you doing?

-Forty.

I'II raise.

Raise it to 80.

I give her a king and a queen in the hole

for an ace-high straight.

-Yeah?

-Fold.

I call.

I've got Broderick Crawford.

Tens and fours. Two pair.

A straight.

Ace-high straight. The winner.

Nice hand.

Over and out.

How did you know?

It was the way she bet before the flop,

and the way she bet after the flop.

A good fold is as important as a win.

Sometimes more important.

Pair of kings. Kings are the winner.

This is fun.

-BIinds, please.

-Hey, Huck. How they falling?

Lester. Billie Offer.

Nice to meet you.

Ready Eddie bet me 20 Iarge I couldn't

Iive in the AIaddin bathroom a month.

-You gonna take him up on it?

-I'm thinking about it.

Want a piece of my action if I do?

How hard can it be?

Maybe I can even get him to give us odds.

I'm kind of financially handicapped

right now.

So, Billie...

...a hundred bucks

says I can make it...

...to the end of the room

without touching the ground.

-Bet.

-Bet.

Fold.

Call 40. 20 to call.

Three players.

-Send the hundred over.

-You still owe me $1 000...

...from miniature golf, remember?

Shovel against a rake?

Then put it on my account.

Did that man have breasts,

or is he physically challenged?

Well, someone bet him 50 grand

he wouldn't get breast implants...

...and keep them for six months.

Guy named Zembic did it 1 2 months

a couple years ago...

...said the women went wild

for the breasts, so Lester took the bet.

Raise. PIay for 80.

Well, he should wear

a more flattering blouse.

Hey, Huck. Can I get you anything?

No thanks, Sherry.

You must play a Iot.

You know so many people.

Well, this is what I do.

What, Iike a job?

You don't work, you just gamble?

Well, who said it's not work?

It's the work this city's all about.

I'm all-in.

Raise. AII-in. PIaying for 35.

Call.

Why'd you turn your cards over?

Well, he's out of chips,

so there's no more betting.

Two players.

Pair of queens.

Unless he gets another nine,

we've got him.

Come on, nine.

-Come on, nine.

-Come on, nine.

-Yes!

-Yes!

Three nines the winner.

-Thank you.

-Well, you beat him once.

-It doesn't work Iike that.

-Well, maybe it should.

L.C. Great to see you.

How you doing?

-It's been a while.

-Yes, it has.

BIinds, please.

-Hello, Huck.

-Hey.

Hey. You remember Isabel.

-Beautiful as ever.

-Thank you.

-I hear that your Ieft pocket is empty.

-Really?

-How you hitting them?

-Down the middle.

Yeah, we should tee it up.

It's been a Iong time.

I went and got this out of hock.

It's nice to have it back.

I have a feeling it's gonna bring me Iuck.

-I'm L.C.

-Hi, I'm Billie Offer. Nice to meet you.

-Thank you very much.

-Is he related to you?

-Why do you say that?

-Because your eyes went all quiet.

BIinds, please.

In poker, we call that a tell.

He's my father.

Dr. Laura says, " If you Iive your Iife

angry at your parents...

...you're only hurting yourself."

Well, who said I was angry at anybody?

-Raise.

-Call.

-You know what, I should get going.

-Five players.

I don't wanna be Iate

my first night of work.

-Anybody mind? I owe the Iady 1 000.

-Nobody cares.

Your stake, plus a 20 percent return.

-You don't have to.

-Fair is fair.

Do you mind cashing it in yourself?

I've got the best of it right now.

I really shouldn't Ieave the table.

And I'm sorry we didn't get around

to the celebrating.

No, don't be. I haven't had

this much fun since junior high.

Thanks, sugar.

Raise.

-Raise.

-Re-raise.

-What are you watching?

-Australian games. Not bad.

Helps with March Madness withdrawal.

-Got any money?

-I don't Ioan to gamblers.

-I gotta get up the 1 0 for the World Series.

-Save your money. That's a sucker bet.

Against a thousand computer geeks.

Hey, foul! He's fouling him. That's a foul.

How about advancing your rent?

I'm paid up

through the NCAA Finals 2008.

-You wanna buy the house?

-You grew up in this house.

PIus, the bank already owns it.

AII right. Just dribble out the clock.

Come on.

Okay. Pick it up. Get it back.

Get it back. Get it back.

I'm heading back East tonight.

Hey, you haven't seen

my digital camera, have you?

-I was so nervous.

-Didn't show.

I didn't expect to see you so soon.

You're not trying to rustle me, are you?

What about that celebration?

-It's kind of Iate, isn't it?

-This is Las Vegas.

I don't know.

-Can it be Chinese?

-Let's go.

Thanks.

-Can I get you something to drink, sir?

-Billie?

Do you mind if I get my fortune cookie first?

I Iike to think about it during the meal.

Could you bring her a fortune cookie

before we order?

What about you?

Don't you wanna read your fortune?

I can't afford to be superstitious.

-Don't you believe in Iuck?

-I believe in skill.

AIthough, it did seem the cards ran

a Iittle better for me when you were around.

-What happened to "the best of it"?

-Turned into a Iittle bit of the worst of it.

Maybe after dinner,

we'II go play some pok--

Hey. Billie Offer, Chico Banh.

-My pleasure.

-Hello.

-You get a seat yet?

-I'm working on it.

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