Top Five Films About Poker

Since the golden period of the Western, poker playing has always been a preferential theme in Hollywood. Though masses of the Hollywood films that feature poker aren't superb and a bunch of them even display poker in a crazy demeanour, watching poker action on the big-screen is brilliant fun, especially if you play poker yourself. Here are the best poker films that were ever produced in Hollywood. Some of the photos are essentially fabulous films actually to their demonstration of the poker game, while in others the poker games is the feature that makes them worth watching. Nevertheless if you're a poker fan, add these pictures to your musts list. The 1973 Academy award winner features young Paul Newman as the best confidence man of every one of them who coachs young Robert Redford in the art of trickestry.

David S. The Cincinnati Kid directed by Norman Jewison in 1965 The classic stud poker film known for its climate final hand and the rememberable quote : Gets down to what its all about, does it not? Making the bad move at the right time.

Robinson in the Great Depression in New Orleans.

It may not appear at any other list of best pictures, however it actually has one of the best poker scenes ever seen on the big-screen. California Split directed by Robert Altman in 1974 California Split won't be the pick of Robert Altmans creation, but is among the best films to picture the messy daily life of two pro gamblers played by George Segal and Elliott Gould. Like in lots of Altman films, the story isn't particularly straight and the end isn't invariably content, however it does reach success in describing an authentic experience. In addition, poker trivialities fans would be excited to learn that poker legend Amarillo Slim plays a little role. The centre of the film is a long poker marathon in which Mat Damon and Edward Norton try to make money to pay down the second betting obligations.

World Series of Poker champ Johnny Chan plays a featured role. Maverick directed by Richard Donner in 1994 though Maverick isn't the most brilliant film ever made and some of the poker scenes are kinda crazy, it's a fun and light headed poker motion picture. It may even offer you a basic idea on what it was like to be a rambling gambler in the old west card scene with Mel Gibson as a maverick who makes an attempt to earn enough USD for the gigantic 5 card draw poker competition.

By: Beth Mosby

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