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Rounders is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton. The story follows two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt. The term rounder refers to a person traveling around from city to city seeking high-stakes ...
Sep 11, 1998 · Rounders: Directed by John Dahl. With Matt Damon, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, Paul Cicero. A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school.
Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a wooden, plastic, or metal bat that has a rounded end. The players score by running around the four bases on the field. [2][3] Played in England since Tudor times, it is referenced in 1744 in the children's book A Little Pretty Pocket ...
Sep 11, 1998 · September 11, 1998. 4 min read. “Rounders” cheerfully buys into compulsive gambling. The hero gambles away his tuition money, his girlfriend, his law degree and nearly his life, and at the end he’s still a happy gambler. If this movie were about alcoholism, the hero would regain consciousness after the DTs and order another double.
Apr 3, 2015 · Starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, and John Malkovich, Rounders follows Mike McDermott after he suffers a huge setback in a high-stakes poker game. Mike pro...
Rounders. Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) loses his money in a poker game against Russian gangster Teddy "KGB" (John Malkovich). Under pressure from his girlfriend, Jo (Gretchen Mol), he promises to ...
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