Movie: Rounders (Rounders)

You heat me a chair, I soon.
What?
- I have certain needs. One hundred years have not had sex.
Okay, and then I was surprised, I think, maybe in prison you change the orientation...
- And no dream, honey!
- Hey, Hey, why don't you warm up a seat for me. I'll catch up with you.
- What?
- Look. I got certain needs I gotta attend to, okay?
- Hey, good.
- I mean, I'm overdue.
- Good, man, hey, I was startin' to wonder about you. I thought, maybe, you know, the boys upstate brought about a few changes in you.
- Hey, in your dreams, lover!

Poker club "the Mirage" in Las Vegas - the center of the poker universe. This is the home of the legendary Doyle Brunson, johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth. Every two days a new millionaire shows up to beat the world champion. He often goes home with nothing but impressions. And here, the millionaires are scarce or they're playing craps. But there's a lot of money. On weekends you can play in the city, because of all the tricksters of new York, robbing the tourists here.
The poker room at the Mirage in Vegas is the center of the poker universe. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Helmuth. The legends consider it their office. Every couple of days a new millionaire shows up wanting to beat a world champion. Usually they go home with nothing but a story. Down here, the millionaires are scarce or they're playing craps, but there's still plenty of money for the taking. In fact, on the weekends you can't get a game in the city, because all the New York rounders are taking care of the tourists here.

- Hi!..
- You look like hell.
- You should have seen me yesterday...
- Is everything all right?
- Yes, all right. And you?..
- Yes, so. Nothing... You're leaving?
Yes. I can do nothing more... you Give this to Peter. Didn't want to Wake him too early... Can you count?..
- You could always count on me, Mike...
- Thank You... Good Luck, Joe.
Hey! Call me... If you need a lawyer.
- Hey!..
- You look like hell.
- Ah, well, you should've seen me yesterday...
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm okay. You?..
- Now I am... So, you're outta here, huh?
- Yeah, I'm. I figure there's nothing left for me here... Listen, um, will you give this to Petrovsky? I didn't want to wake him up. It's still a little early... Can I count on you to do that?
- You could always count on me, Mike...
- Thanks... Take care, Jo.
- Hey! Call me... If you need a lawyer.

- You got my money?
- I have to give it tomorrow morning.
Yes...
And while they're mine.
- In the next eight hours, it is yours. But if you never give up, you're mine.
- So, you have my money?
- I owe you that money tomorrow, right?
- Da...
- So it's still mine.
- For the next eight hours, it is yours. But if you don't have it all by then, then you are mine.

Listen, "Worm", have conscience. Half an hour later you'll buy a mountain of cigarettes.
What are you, nuts?! I honestly won...
- You don't smoke.
- You just like children!.. If you decide to die from lung cancer - learn to play cards.
- Come on, man, have some decency here, 'Worm'. You can buy all the smokes you want in half an hour.
- What are you talking about?! I won these fair and square...
- You don't even smoke, 'Worm'.
- Jesus, you guys are such fuckin' babies! You know that? If you're determined to die of cancer, you really oughta learn how to play cards.

The father of a Worm engaged in the school's garden, when she wasn't drunk. Then the garden we did. And not just a garden. We "Worm" making fun of classmates on these aristocrats. Sold them oregano instead of weed hashish, nunchakus and firecrackers from Chinatown. Earned Breakfast. Then moved on to big things. Caught us. We knocked our athletes to blow out the match for the money. One of the athletes laid the "Worm". It called on the school Board and offered a deal: tell me who your accomplice lightly. The "worm" did not say he was expelled. I stayed in school, graduated. Not many would have done what he did "the Worm."
Worm's dad did the grounds, when he wasn't too fuckin' drunk. That's when we did 'em. Of course, the grounds weren't all we did. 'Worm' put us into a scam a day on all the young aristocrats we went to school with selling 'em dime bags of oregano, nunchakus and firecrackers from Chinatown. Kept us in lunch money. Until the time we went for more than just pocket change and got caught. We had the starting five take a dive against Friends Academy. They hauled him up before the school board offered him a deal. Tell us who else was involved, and we'll go easy on you. 'Worm' didn't say a fuckin' word. Got himself expelled. I stayed in school and graduated. Not many guys would stand up for a friend like that.

We "Worm" went to a prestigious high school in new Jersey. Only we had no money to study but my father worked in this school in a room marked "Watchman". So I went there.
I met 'the Worm' at Dwight Inglewood Preparatory Academy over in Jersey. We were the only two kids attending who didn't have a trust fund. My father's office was there. It said 'Custodian' on the door. That's why they took me.

- Honey, can tomorrow I'll take your Jeep?
Yes. Why?
- "The worm" is released from prison, we have to meet him...
Tomorrow? Well...
- I promised him I would understand...
- "The worm". Nightmare. You are familiar with such nicknames.
- He's like a brother to me.
- Hey, hon, can I take the Jeep tomorrow?
- Yeah, where?
- Uh, Worm's gettin' out. I was gonna pick him up...
- Tomorrow. Beautiful...
- I promised I'd be there, hon...
- I just can't believe you still know someone called 'Worm'.
- He's like my brother.

- He defeated me, Knish. I lost everything: money for a rainy day, to study. All...
- So it happens to everyone from time to time... are You coming back to the game...
- No, I'm done! I'm done.
- I'm down to the felt, Knish. I lost everything. Man, I lost my case money. I lost my tuition...
- It happens to everyone. Time to Time, everyone goes bust... You'll be back in the game before you know it...
- I'm done! I'm out of it.

Tightrope Walker Wallenda said, "I live only on the rope. The rest of the time waiting for the lift on the rope".
Papa Wallenda said: "Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting".

Hey, Mugi!
- Answer my question. From a legal point of view, the owner of the team the Yankees can translate it in other city? He has the right?
I do not know. How do I know?..
- So you didn't learn that yet?
- No, it is held in the third year.
- Hey, Moogie!
- Hey, let me ask you a question. In a legal sense, can fuckin' Steinbrenner just move the Yankees? Does he have the fuckin' right to just move them?
- I don't know. How should I know that?..
- You didnt learn that yet?
- No, we get to Steinbrenner in the third year of law school.

Michael. Listen to my story.
- Let's...
- Several generations of my ancestors were rabbis. In Israel, and earlier in Europe... And I had to become a Rabbi. I was, like, a prophet, the pride of the religious school. When I was twelve, the elders said I understand "the Talmud," as forty years. But when I turned thirteen, I realized I wouldn't. I'll never be a Rabbi.
Why?
- No matter how well I did not understand "the Talmud"... I didn't see God there.
- You could lie to myself.
- I've tried. To madness. All believed in me.
- You have a worthy profession.
- Not to my family. My parents were killed, destroyed by my decision... my Father sent me to new York, to distant relatives. Over time, I found a place under the sun. The trick...
- What's next?
- I delved into it, studied law, learned about it all I could. In my heart I knew - I was born to be a lawyer...
- And your parents have reconciled?
- No. I was hoping to change their attitude. But, they were bitter... my Father didn't talk to me... Ever...
What if you started life all over again. You would make the same choice?..
- What's the choice?.. In religious school, I realize that you can't run from yourself. Your destiny will find you.
- May I tell you a story?
- Please...
- For generations, the men of my family have been rabbis in Israel before that in Europe, it was to be my calling. I was quite a prodigy. I was the pride of my Yeshiva. The elders said I had a forty year old understanding of the Midrash. By the time I was twelve by the time I was thirteen I knew I could never be a rabbi.
- Why not?
Because for all I understood of the "Talmud", I never saw God there...
- You couldn't lie to yourself.
- I tried. Tried like crazy. I mean, people were counting on me.
- You have a respectable profession.
- Not to my family my parents were devastated, destroyed by my decision my father sent me away to New York to live with distant cousins I eventually found my place, my life's work...
- What then?
- I amerced myself fully, I studied everything I could about the law I felt deeply inside that it was what I was born to do.
- Did your parents get over it?
- No, I always hoped that I would find some way to change their mind, but they were inconsolable, my father never spoke to me again.
- If you had it to do all over again, knowing what would happen, would you make the same choice?..
- What choice?.. The last thing I took away from the yeshiva is this... We can't run from who we are. Our destiny chooses us.

The main rule of a player: leave a way to retreat.

We don't play together, but we're not playing against each other though.... You don't see piranhas eating each other, right?