Rounders

[cayouche]

I think he always splits it.

Yeah he does. It's next to his ear vs. in front of him. Watch the movie one more time, you'll see...

[Sid Lambert]

I can't remember exactly which it was, but it was obvious during the movie....thanks for the correction

[lwestatbus]

Back to spotting other players hands: Chris Moneymaker was through town a few months ago and played poker with some sportswriters. They reported that after twenty minutes or so of play he was calling off hands with remarkable accuracy. On one of the WPT events a final table player was a poker dealer, I think from Reno--in fact I think it was the Reno tourny from 2005. Anyway, this guy said that he realized while he was dealing that he could tell what people had so he switched over to playing.

I have been known to have difficulty spotting what I have in my own hand. See my poll under Poker Psychology on drinking and playing poker.

[Sean_in_NJ]

I think he always splits it.

Yeah he does. It's next to his ear vs. in front of him. Watch the movie one more time, you'll see...

But he only eats it when he has a hand. Where he splits it has little to do with it. The reason you know it's the eating and not the splitting is Mike's voice-over where he says, "Now normally I'd let Teddy go on chewing on those Oreos until he was dead broke, but I don't have that kinda time."

[cayouche]

But he only eats it when he has a hand. Where he splits it has little to do with it. The reason you know it's the eating and not the splitting is Mike's voice-over where he says, "Now normally I'd let Teddy go on chewing on those Oreos until he was dead broke, but I don't have that kinda time."

Hey! John Malkovich told me personally. I think he must know...

[cayouche]

No seriously... it can be both actually. When he splits it to his ear, he eats it too, so... everyone's right!!

[Gunslinger]

The writers from Rounders answer a lot of questions about the movie, including the oreos:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060420