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Helped you out?

Yeah, just a couple of seconds.

You mean, cheated?

Is that what you mean by moral support?

I'm stuck 20,000

and I still got no entry fee.

I don't Iie, cheat,

or steal for anything or anyone.

AII you had to do

was give me a Iittle edge.

Call it what you Iike, it's cheating.

It was two seconds!

Anybody would have done that.

Well, I don't believe that.

It's the way it is.

You always have the hard answers,

don't you?

How do you Iive with yourself?

-You mean the easy answers, Billie.

-No, I mean the hard ones.

I don't wanna see you anymore.

Just stop this thing.

Billie, what are you doing?

Making a good fold.

-Dude, what happened to your furniture?

-Who are you?

Mr. Durucher was upset to hear you Iost

his ten grand to Ready Eddie.

Tell Mr. Durucher

he's got nothing to worry about.

We'II get a seat in the big show.

Nice pool.

Shame there's no water.

Hey.

You got 24 hours

to return Mr. Durucher his money...

...or get a seat in the tournament.

What happened to you?

Is Billie here?

Do you believe in karma?

Is this a trick question?

Everyone over 21

gets what they deserve.

Come on, Suzanne.

Give me a Iittle more than that.

I'm sorry, Suzanne, about everything.

Her seeing me wasn't her fault.

It was mine.

I know you, and I know Billie.

What are you doing here?

This isn't your style, going out on a Iimb.

Some people think

I spend my whole Iife out on a Iimb.

Maybe at the poker table.

But in real Iife you play it pretty tight.

More power to Billie.

She got through to you.

She went back to Bakersfield

for a couple days.

So this thing,

safe to assume it's about money?

I got a day to clear it up.

Oh, what's that old poker saying

about a chip and a chair?

If anyone could turn

nothing into something, it's you, Huck.

Trouble is, you always throw it away.

Night, Huck.

-I can almost predict these cards.

-Dj vu.

I have something you said you valued.

Buck and a half, just Iike the pawn shop.

Five. Fair's fair.

Thanks.

Huck.

Good skill.

I got a seat in the tournament.

You came all the way out here

to tell me that?

You're the only one I wanted to tell.

You were right not to cheat.

You've been right about a Iot.

Hard answers...

...my telling people

what they wanna hear.

Ever since I was a kid, I've always

been able to talk my way out of things.

But when I told you we had a chance

at something special, I meant it.

I just wanted you to know that.

We will high-card for the button

on table number 58.

That's my ace.

The button starts on seat number five.

-The button starts here, boys.

-AII right, dealers.

Put the button at seat number five.

Dealers, make sure you're

checking receipts.

Make sure everybody's

at the correct table and seat.

Two minutes till we start

the World Series main event.

Here at the featured table,

the hole card cam...

...is being used for the first time

at the World Series...

...even though no one will see

what the camera sees...

...until the tournament is broadcast...

...the camera's getting mixed reviews.

Two-time world champion L.C. Cheever,

your thoughts on the hole card cam.

I made a good Iiving for a Iong time

because people don't know how I play.

I'd rather keep it that way.

There you have it. Like it or not...

...poker as a spectator sport

is about to undergo an enormous change.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the World Series of Poker.

Dealers, shuffle up and deal.

Let's get those cards in the air.

Jack Binion 's father, Benny Binion,

started the World Series in 1 970.

Today, there are over 800 players.

Five days from now,

the winner will receive 2.5 million dollars...

... the richest individual prize in sports.

We're down to 320 players.

We' re halfway through day number two.

Good Iuck.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Doyle Brunson has just been eliminated.

Sam. You're out?

This guy over there, he never played

a Iive tournament in his Iife.

And he beat me. I don't know

if this makes me feel better or worse.

So, I hear Huck's doing really well

in the tournament.

Good.

That's nice.

We're breaking another table.

Only 1 35 players remain.

Dealers, please check all

incoming players' seat cards.

Look who's here.

I managed to get my dress pressed,

after all.

Heads up.

Thirty thousand.

AII-in.

Do I really Iike these cards...

...or is it just the irresistible Iure

of sending you home?

-How much to call?

-It's about 1 50.

I mean, do you need an exact count?

Call.

Ace, king high.

Pair of fives, the winner.

Nice hand.

Michelle has aces and jacks,

two pair, and wins the pot.

It's three a.m. We'II stay until

we eliminate one more player.

Then the final table will be set.

The action is to Huck Cheever.

And Huck raises it to 40,000.

And Frank folds.

Jason re-raises to 1 00,000.

Michelle folds.

And L.C. folds. Chico folds.

The action is to Karim Kasai.

-AII-in.

-Karim Kasai is all-in.

Josh is out.

The action's to Huck Cheever.

Huck folds.

And the action's back to Jason Keyes.

-How much?

-He's asked for a count.

I'm somewhat surprised

at the play of Huck Cheever.

He has the reputation of being a blaster.

He's playing very patiently here.

-Fifty-two to call.

-Fifty-two thousand more.

-Call.

-And he's called.

Action's complete. Let's see them.

Ace, queen.

Karim Kasai has Ace, Queen.

Jason Keyes, two kings.

Two kings versus ace, queen.

And the flop...

-...is a three and two queens.

-Yes! Beautiful!

Karim Kasai has made trip Queens.

Beautiful! You Iike?

The women, they Iove me.

The turn card coming up is a jack.

Karim Kasai Iooking to double up.

One card Ieft, and here it is.

Is a king.

A Full House for Jason

and Karim Kasai has been eliminated.

Congratulations, everybody.

That's it. We've reached our final table.

See you in the morning.

-Bad beat.

-Now Iet's get some sleep.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

We have reached the final table of the

World Series of Poker main event.

That's tournament director, Gil Edwards...

...about to introduce the players

at the final table.

And the players are, in seat number

one, from Toronto, Canada...

...680,000 in chips, Mr. Josh Cohen.

In seat number two, from Tucson, Arizona,

Jason Keyes, the amateur

internet player from Tucson, Arizona...

...playing in his first Iive tournament.

In seat number three, 664,000 in chips,

from Detroit, Michigan, Frank Belando.

The retired owner of a tire dealership is

Iiving his Iife's dream.

In seat number four, from Las Vegas,

Nevada, 790,000 in chips, Huck Cheever.

In seat five, from Houston, Texas,

he's a former world champion...

...420,000 in chips, Chico Banh.

In seat number six, also from Las Vegas,

Michelle Carson, the second woman player

in 33 years to make it to the final table.

In seat number seven,

with 753,000 in chips...

...from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

Ralph Kaczynski.

In seat number nine,

from Monterey Park, California...

...1,072,000 in chips, David Chen.

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