Talk:Rounders (film)

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Contents 1 Stub? 2 5 nines, 5 aces?! 3 Who is Mike? 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Johhny Chan - Rounders.jpg 5 What Teddy KGB is holding in the final heads up hand

[edit] Stub?

At the end of the trivia section it is said that Malkovich's character is throwing the "stub" on the table. What does this mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.52.19.215 (talk) 06:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

In poker, "stub" refers to the cards that remain in the dealers hand during play of a round, having not yet been dealt. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ 20:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

i always thought Teddy KGB was holding pocket 10s in the last hand - making trip 10s on the flop. this makes more sense as he slow plays his pocket pair and then gets aggressive with the trips. Once he convinces himself Mike is on a draw he puts more and more pressure on him to fold. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.245.21.46 (talk) 20:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 5 nines, 5 aces?!

Am I missing something here? The article states that "However, Mike's nines full of aces are beaten by KGB's aces full of nines and he loses everything." Nines full of aces would be a full house with 3 nines and 2 aces, right? And aces full of nines would be a full house with 3 aces and 2 nines, right? So they're playing poker with a deck with at least 5 nines and 5 aces? Phanatic 14:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

they are playing Texas hold 'em where there are 5 shared community cards which any player can use to make his/her hand and thus can be double counted your way. --Rajah 17:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Who is Mike?

Who the f is Mike? He is mentioned without being said who he is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.93.54.214 (talk • contribs)

Mike McDermott is the main character, and this is described in the article. Kasreyn 22:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Johhny Chan - Rounders.jpg

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[edit] What Teddy KGB is holding in the final heads up hand

I noticed that if one looks close enough and goes through the portion when Teddy KGB slamms his cards and the deck on the table, we can see that he was holding the two red tens (that is the ten of hearts and the ten of diamonds), meaning that he flop top set (three of a kind) -- the second best hand possible (second of course only to what Damon is holding -- a straight). Should this be added? I'm not too sure why the speculation is necessary when I think it's quite clear what he is holding (i.e. you can see his cards!).

Heymanamen (talk) 02:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

You need to go back a bit further on the movie and look at the cards that are flopped on that final hand. They are, in order, the six of diamonds, the seven of spades and the ten of hearts, so KGB couldn't have had the ten of hearts in his hand. And if you move a bit forward from when he throws the stubs and starts to walk away, you can see that his hole cards are still face down on the table. Now granted, that could very well be an edit from another take, but there's no denying the ten of hearts on the flop. Let the speculation continue!

Pbxguy (talk) 05:11, 8 April 2008 (UTC)