Poker in the new 007 movie

[JokerHigh]

so what did you guys think about it? i think thats the first movie where they did not win with a royal flush.

[Dave B]

Sean Connery would have had the royal.


SUCKIT TREBEK!

[supafrey]

pretty well done.

obvious and ridiculous (rare and unlikely?) situations abound, ofcourse, but atleast everything seemed professional. All the dealers were sounding true to form, as was the tourney director (explaining the rules of texas holdem to people playing for 15 million each was a bit funny...)

didn't make poker seem like voodoo. i'm happy for that, even.

[raisebot]

probably gonna see the movie today

[MasterShake]

Had to be better than Shade. They pay the money for Stallone, Griffith, Byrne and Foxx, but they can't bother to research how poker is played? I mean, are there really high stakes players who play pocket stakes anymore? "I know you don't have enough to call, so I'm just going to bet more than you have and I win automatically."

[BMG13]

Had to be better than Shade. They pay the money for Stallone, Griffith, Byrne and Foxx, but they can't bother to research how poker is played? I mean, are there really high stakes players who play pocket stakes anymore? "I know you don't have enough to call, so I'm just going to bet more than you have and I win automatically."

But how can you call when they don't have that much? That's unfair if one player is putting in more $ than another!

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

I personally found it cliche and very cheesy... there will be a whole rant about it with spoilers in my blog.

[lwestatbus]

Wasn't the final showdown sequence out of order?

I thought that multi player showdowns go in the order of the person being called. My recollection of the players in the pot from the dealer's left were:

1. Guy with flush
2. Guy with eights full of aces
3. Evil villian with aces full of eights
4. Bond

The showdown went in that order.

But my recollection was that the players went all in in this sequence:

1. Flush guy
2. Eights full
3. Bond
4. Evil villian

Shouldn't showdown have been in that order?

[HalfSugar]

The only problem with it might be that when you review it in 10 years and poker may not quite be as chic as it is now, it might look fairly ridiculous.

[aaronw]

How about the part where Bond busts out and then rebuys for half of the original buy in. Despite having less chips than everyone else and feeling he is a superior player, he asks to raise the blinds?

[raisebot]

Wasn't the final showdown sequence out of order?

I thought that multi player showdowns go in the order of the person being called. My recollection of the players in the pot from the dealer's left were:

1. Guy with flush
2. Guy with eights full of aces
3. Evil villian with aces full of eights
4. Bond

The showdown went in that order.

But my recollection was that the players went all in in this sequence:

1. Flush guy
2. Eights full
3. Bond
4. Evil villian

Shouldn't showdown have been in that order?

didn't see the movie yet..

what did Bond have?

[Dave B]

Board A 8 8 6 4

one had K for the king high flush, another had a boat (66 44 I think) bad guy had A8 for higher boat, bond has 7 5 for the straight flush.

[aaronw]

Wasn't the final showdown sequence out of order?

I thought that multi player showdowns go in the order of the person being called. My recollection of the players in the pot from the dealer's left were:

1. Guy with flush
2. Guy with eights full of aces
3. Evil villian with aces full of eights
4. Bond

The showdown went in that order.

But my recollection was that the players went all in in this sequence:

1. Flush guy
2. Eights full
3. Bond
4. Evil villian

Shouldn't showdown have been in that order?

didn't see the movie yet..

what did Bond have?

Straight flush- he had 5:spade:7:spade: and on the board there was 468 all spades and 2 other cards.

[lwestatbus]

It wouldn't be fair to give it away. But clues abound in the post. It is an entertaining movie.

[VisualCSharp]

Actually, the first dude had K , second dude had pocket 8s, third dude had A6 and Bond had 5 7 .