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Ropers top 10 Gambling Movies.

ReefAquariumReefAquarium
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I've decided to watch Roper's top ten Gambling Movies that I haven't seen yet.


Let It Ride
The Gambler.
Hard Eight
California Split

I've been able to download the first 3 ...

I'm going to start watching, "Let It Ride"

Comments

  • moosemoose
    The Cooler very good.
  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    moose wrote: »
    The Cooler very good.

    level?
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    Let it Ride:

    Jenifer Tilley is great in this movie.

    It has a good movie about horse racing.

    ... You know those sick gamblers that you see when you go to the casino's and underground casino's? The beginning of this movie is full of them..

    What keeps running through my mind is ... 18% house rake.... That's just unbeatable..

    I'd guess..

    Probably less than .01% of the people have the skill to win ...
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    Hard Eight is a great movie...

    My favorite line so far... ".. If you don't count cards, you should stay away from Blackjack."

    Hard eight at carps is stupid bet.

    Any centre table action is awful odds.
  • Hellmuth's MoleHellmuth's Mole
    Owning Mahoney. Feel good flick it's not.

    Also not sure if it qualifies as a gambling movie but "Grifters" is very underrated imo.
  • trigstrigs
    owning mahoney is pretty good. i enjoyed it.

    has anyone watched that stu ungar movie (high roller: the stu ungar story)? i came across it the other day, but i had never heard of it before then. still haven't watched it yet.
  • MiloMilo
    If it's the one with "Chris" from the Sopranos as Ungar . . . meh.

    Owning Mahoney was great, as was The Cooler. I am admittedly biased towards anything with Macey or Hoffman in it, though, so ymmv. Let It Ride is okay, but made better by Tilley's . . . urm . . . talents.

    California Split is a fantastic movie. I want to find a DVD copy, but always let it slip my mind . . .
  • moosemoose
    Milo wrote: »
    Owning Mahoney was great, as was The Cooler. I am admittedly biased towards anything with Macey or Hoffman in it, though, so ymmv. Let It Ride is okay, but made better by Tilley's . . . urm . . . talents.
    .

    I'm a Macy fan but he is a character actor and most of his character's are very one dimensional. This is one of his best role's by far.
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    Hellmuth's Mole wrote: »
    Owning Mahoney. Feel good flick it's not.

    Also not sure if it qualifies as a gambling movie but "Grifters" is very underrated imo.

    I love Owning Mahoney... It captures the mind of a sick degen.
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    moose wrote: »
    The Cooler very good.

    Thanks for the recommendation, I'm downloading it now.
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    moose wrote: »
    The Cooler very good.
    ReefAquarium wrote: »
    Thanks for the recommendation, I'm downloading it now.

    Watching The Cooler,

    14 min into it.. it seems to be about me in the Craps table.... :-)
  • actyperactyper
    Theres a chinese movie called poker king. Regular chinese stars plus cameo appearances by Liz Lieu, Nam Le, Chino Rheem, and Johnny Chan. Best part of the movie was seeing those cameos, movie was not very good at all.
  • moosemoose
    About 1/2 through the Gambler. Wow this film is loaded with stars and character actors.

    James Caan
    Paul Sorvino (in one of his first films)
    Lauren Hutton
    Vic Tayback
    James Woods (another early role)
    Allan Rich
    Burt Young
  • ReefAquariumReefAquarium
    ReefAquarium wrote: »
    Watching The Cooler,

    14 min into it.. it seems to be about me in the Craps table.... :-)

    I like the Cooler, Excellent craps movie...

    Although I would bet more on the free odds...
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