Lucky You Page #4

-He doesn't Iook Mexican.

-Vietnamese.

Grew up in Texas. Speaks Spanish

better than he does English.

PIays tournament poker

better than anybody.

Really?

What? What's it say?

" Big contest is yours to win

and riches too."

Let me see that.

" He who thinks too much

is thinking too much."

Got you,

Mr. I-Can't-Afford-To-Be-Superstitious.

Okay.

When someone says "Ieft pocket,"

what does that mean?

-It's where you keep your important money.

-Like the money to enter the tournament.

And the winner of the World Series

is the best there is?

Tournaments are for the public.

You know, the perception of who's best.

To determine who's best,

you'd play head-to-head...

...no Iimit, with your own money.

Then why do you wanna play in it?

Did your father win it?

Twice.

Was he always a gambler?

He was an English professor

when he married my mother.

She stuck by him until he Ieft her,

after he stole everything he could.

The Ieaf doesn't fall far from the tree.

You hate him, but you still play poker.

He taught me to play. Pennies, nickels,

and dimes on the kitchen table.

I could never beat him

and he never Iet me win.

Mama was a piano teacher...

...and she taught her students

Brahms and Chopin...

...but her real Iove was Nashville.

We used to sing together,

all around the house and in the car.

And I always wanted to try it for real.

So your mother must be proud of you.

She died Iast October.

But tonight,

I almost felt Iike she was Iistening.

You know what I think?

I think everybody's just trying

not to be Ionely.

-You cold?

-A Iittle.

Thank you.

-Where's all the furniture?

-I'm redecorating.

Come on. Let me show you

what I've done with the rest of the place.

-AII-in.

-How much you got?

Twelve thousand two hundred.

-Coffee?

-Yes.

You've been running over everybody

all morning.

Don't chase what you can't catch.

No matter what's prudent,

sometimes you gotta play your gut.

I think I got him.

-I think he knows it too.

-Don't Iet your ego get involved.

If you're so sure, want a side bet?

-Yeah.

-The ring?

Against 500.

The price of poker's gone up.

-You're on.

-Which one of you am I playing?

Or is this a team?

Call. Stuck on deuces.

Deuces?

AII you got is deuces?

And you call me with this sh*t?

Deuces the winner.

That was a great call.

-Thanks, Robin.

-Thanks, Huck.

-How did you do?

-Not bad.

Where you going, Huck?

That real estate guy just walked in.

We're starting the big game.

-You stole from me.

-Borrowed. I-- I had it way up.

Borrowing is when you ask!

-You'II get it back, I promise.

-I worked hard. I needed it.

I've got responsibilities and bills.

I'm trying to get a place on my own.

If I'd have won, you'd have a share.

Just Iike before.

You think that the only person

that matters is you.

What you need, when you need it!

-You're a sick pony.

-Puppy.

Billie? Look, it was wrong,

but I'm gonna pay you back.

I'm not a bank! You can't make deposits

and withdrawals whenever you feel Iike it.

-Wait. Just Iet me--

-Don't say it.

You say whatever you think

somebody wants to hear.

It's dangerous to be around you.

That's why you came

to the club, isn't it?

You knew I had the money.

Decided why not get some put-out

at the same time?

-It wasn't Iike that.

-Here. You missed some.

We're a couple minutes away

from the Super Satellite.

Winner gets the $ 1 0,000 seat

at the No Limit Texas Hold 'Em event.

-Hey, Bill.

-The Super Satellite?

-How many entries you have?

-Well, Iet' s see.

SIug your way through 44 wannabes,

and you got your seat in the big one.

Two and a quarter if you wanna try it.

-I call.

-And then there were three.

Mr. Ray Zumbro, Mr. Huck Cheever...

...and the current chip Ieader,

Ms. Shannon Kincaid.

Cheever? L.C. Cheever's son?

And you play cards?

That takes balls.

Heads up.

I'm all-in.

Call.

Two pair. Kings and deuces.

Kings and eights the winner.

She did play well.

Must be tough

playing in the shadow of your father.

Little coffeehousing for distraction?

No, you wouldn't be bothered

by anything Iike that. I mean...

...you wouldn't have gotten this far

if you couldn't stand on your own two feet.

I'm all-in.

You're not trying

to steal the blinds, are you?

How much does he have?

Jesus, old man,

when you gonna Iearn to count, huh?

It's 20 a stack. See? 20 a stack.

Fifty-one hundred, sir.

Call.

Pair of eights.

Tens to eights.

Tens to eights still stand.

Pair of tens are still tall. Last card--

The tens stand up. Mr. Cheever wins

a seat in the World Series.

Sorry I won't be seeing you

at the big dance.

Hey, wait a minute,

there's only two burn cards.

What?

Mr. Cheever. Mr. Cheever.

-I'm afraid we've had a misdeal.

-What do you mean you've had a misdeal?

No card was burned, the dealer neglected

to burn a card before the river.

That's not my problem.

A card Iaid's a card played.

I'm sorry, but house rules require a card

to be burned before any cards are turned.

And in the event of this situation the card

is put back, it's used as a burn card...

...and then a new river is dealt.

Take back the six.

Burn it.

Deal the river.

-Yeah! Yeah, baby!

-A set. Three eights the winner.

Guess you won't be needing

to press your dress quite yet, Cinderella.

I heard about the misdeal.

Boy, talk about a bad beat, huh?

Okay, so you put up the 1 0,

we split anything I win fifty-fifty.

-Seventy-thirty.

-What happened to sixty-forty?

Went away when your tens

went down to a set of eights.

Okay. Sixty-five-thirty-five.

Fine, seventy-thirty.

I need an extra 1 200.

It's that or no deal.

-You took the bet.

-It's Iike stealing money.

Look at him. Checking up on me.

He's still hoping I'm gonna sneak out.

He's having a party now,

three days into it.

In a week, you'II be begging to get

out of here. You play any golf Iately?

-A Iittle.

-"A Iittle."

-Four handicap and he says "a Iittle."

-Six from the black tees.

I'II tell you what. I'II bet you 5000

that you can't run five miles...

...shoot 1 8 holes of golf, 78 or under,

in three hours or Iess.

-Forget it.

-Room service.

Oh, yeah. Put it right here, boss.

Paulie's right outside that door, just in case

you're thinking of trying anything.

Think about that bet, Huck.

Comfort food.

-Hi.

-Hi.

I'm truly sorry, Billie.

I want you to give me another chance.

Why should I?

You know what you said before

about everybody trying not to be Ionely?

I feel Iike we have a chance

at something special here.

And if you cut it off now,

we'II never know.

Why don't you just come have breakfast

with me, see how it goes?

Thanks.

-Don't you ever sleep?

-I don't need much sleep.

So you play poker instead.

Why do you Iike it so much?

Is it the money?

The money's just a way of keeping score.

Poker is competition in the purest sense.

Doesn't matter who you are,

or what you are...

...everybody's equal at the table.

But you can't have sympathy and win.

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