Joey Weissman, a professional poker player from Boca Raton, Florida, has clinched his second U.S. Poker Open title after defeating a field of 105 entries in the $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. The 2023 USPO kickoff event victory has earned Weissman $231,000, the second-largest payday of his career, which now boasts more than $5 million in recorded tournament earnings.
Weissman’s first USPO win was at the 2021 festival, where he won a $10,000 NLH event and took home $204,000. In addition to the prize money, Weissman also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points and 231 PokerGO Tour points, moving him into 39th and 35th place, respectively, in those standings.
The tournament spanned two days, with six contenders making it to day 2. Jonathan Little was the first to fall on day 2, followed by current POY race leader Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero. Weissman and World Poker Tour champion Justin Young were the final two contenders, with Weissman coming out on top after more than 90 minutes of heads-up play. In the final hand, Weissman’s ASpade SuitQClub Suit trumped Young’s AClub Suit7Diamond Suit to win him the trophy and title.
Young finished in second place, taking home $168,000 and increasing his career earnings to over $6.3 million. Matthew McEwan finished fourth, earning $99,750, and Andrew Moreno finished third, earning $126,000 and increasing his career earnings to $3,908,360.
On Mar. 20, John Lopez emerged victorious in the WSOP Circuit main event held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hailing from Springfield, Missouri, Lopez claimed his first gold ring and a cash prize of $145,876, boosting his career earnings to $175,190.
Despite primarily playing cash games in the Springfield/Joplin area, Lopez still manages to participate in a handful of tournaments each year. When asked if he plans to play more tournaments with a larger bankroll, he responded, “I mainly play cash games in the Springfield/Joplin area, and usually play about three-four tournaments per year.”
The WSOP Circuit Main Event Tulsa had a total of 476 entries spread over two starting flights, with a prize pool of $721,140. The top 58 players were all guaranteed at least $3,007 in prize money, with the tournament playing down to the final five after 12 hours of play.
After a short final day, Lopez found himself in a heads-up battle with Richard Gebhart. The final hand saw Lopez holding AHeart SuitKSpade Suit and Gebhart holding KHeart SuitQSpade Suit. After several raises, Gebhart went all in but failed to improve his hand against Lopez’s pair of aces. Gebhart finished in second place with a prize of $90,158.
Other notable players who cashed in the event included Phil Mader, Trey Bartlett, Todd Bartlett, Daniel Lowery, Cedricc Trevino, Sergio Ramirez, and Curtis Connors.
The Pot-Limit Omaha Series on the PokerGO Tour kicked off with nine events of varying price points and formats. Only one tournament featured a mix of PLO variants, the $10,000 buy-in mixed PLO event. This competition consisted of standard pot-limit Omaha, pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better (PLO8), and Big O (five-card PLO8) in rotation. The tournament attracted 86 entries, generating a total prize pool of $860,000. Jim Collopy emerged victorious, taking home the largest share of the prize money, a whopping $206,400.
Collopy, a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, now boasts recorded tournament earnings of nearly $4.8 million. His victory in the mixed PLO event marked his third cash of the series, earning him $243,800 in total earnings and 206 PGT points, propelling him to the top five in the player of the series points race and into the top 30 on the season-long PGT leaderboard.
On the final day of the event, only six players remained inside the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas, with Tyler Johnson leading the chip count. Collopy was essentially tied with bracelet winner Dylan Weisman for second place. George Wolff was the first to be eliminated, followed by Matt Vengrin in fifth place. Maxx Coleman’s run came to an end in fourth place after running into Collopy’s high side broadway wrap. Weisman’s attempt at the title ended in third place after a wild hand that saw Collopy hit quads on the river.
Heads-up play began with Collopy holding a 3:2 chip lead over Brown. Brown managed to double-up, but in the end, all the chips went in on a flop of AClub Suit9Spade Suit2Spade Suit. Collopy held ADiamond SuitKSpade SuitQClub Suit5Club Suit, while Brown had AHeart Suit5Heart Suit5Heart Suit5Diamond Suit. The turn and river favored Collopy, earning him the pot and the title. Brown secured a career-high payday of $146,200 as the runner-up.
During the early weeks of March, the 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Vietnam took place at the Hoiana Resort & Golf in Quang Nam, Vietnam, where a total of $55.5 million in prize money was awarded across 13 events. The average prize pool for each tournament was just under $4 million, with multiple field-size records set, including the largest overall turnout of 179 entries for the $20,000 bounty event, and the largest Triton main event field with 135 entries.
The series concluded with a $20,000 buy-in turbo short deck tournament, which had 28 entries and a final prize pool of $560,000. Canadian high-stakes tournament pro Sam Greenwood emerged as the winner, earning $207,000 and his third final-table finish of the year. Greenwood had previously won the $250,000 buy-in at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and finished second in a €25,000 buy-in high roller at the European Poker Tour Paris festival. His current Player of the Year (POY) earnings are $3,780,171, and he now sits just outside the top 100 in the 2023 POY race standings presented by Global Poker.
Greenwood faced a tough final table, which included World Poker Tour champion Seth Davies (4th – $65,800) and Isaac Haxton (3rd – $91,000), who is currently in third place on the POY leaderboard with three titles, eight final-table finishes, and nearly $4.6 million in POY earnings. Davies, with his ninth final-table finish of the year, has accumulated almost $2.5 million in POY earnings, placing him in sixth place in the POY standings. Haxton and Greenwood are currently ranked first and second, respectively, on the total earnings leaderboard for the year.
Event #14 – 20,000 Short Deck Turbo Dates: March 13, 2023 Entries: 28 (inc. 9 re-entries) Prize pool: 560,000
In 2019, Aaron Zang made history in the world of poker by winning the largest buy-in poker tournament ever held, the £1,050,000 buy-in Triton Million charity invitational no-limit hold’em event. Prior to heads-up play, Zang struck a deal that resulted in him earning over $16.8 million for the win. Remarkably, this was Zang’s first-ever live tournament victory. Recently, Zang emerged victorious in another Triton event, securing his second career win. In the 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Vietnam $100,000 buy-in short deck main event, Zang bested a field of 49 participants, taking home $1,544,000 in prize money. With his latest win, Zang has accumulated almost $21.9 million in recorded tournament earnings, with over $19.5 million earned on the Triton tour.
The Hoiana Resort & Golf in Quang Nam, Vietnam played host to a two-day tournament that saw 49 participants compete. By the end of day one, the number of entries had dwindled to 17. However, four late entries meant that the field grew to 21 on day two. Aaron Zang had established himself as the clear chip leader by the time the final table of seven was set. The first to be eliminated from the final table was Jason Koon, a five-time Triton trophy winner who finished in seventh place, earning $257,000. This was Koon’s fourth final-table finish of the year, bringing his year-to-date earnings to over $1.4 million and boosting him inside the top 100 in the Player of the Year rankings with 1,043 points. With career earnings of $43,336,912, Koon currently occupies the seventh position on the poker all-time money list, trailing sixth-ranked Erik Seidel by just $533,296.
Event #13 – 100,000 Short Deck Dates: March 12-13, 2023 Entries: 49 (inc. 23 re-entries) Prize pool: 4,900,000
1 – Aaron Zang (China) – 1,544,000
2 – Michael Zhang (UK) – 1,115,000
3 – Kiat Lee (Malaysia) – 710,000
4 – Phil Chiu (Hong Kong) – 540,000
5 – Mikita Badziakouski (Belarus) – 416,000
6 – Paul Phua (Malaysia) – 318,000
7 – Jason Koon (USA) – 257,000
Talal Shakerchi emerged victorious in the 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Vietnam $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, after outlasting a competitive field of 135 entries. This win marked his first Triton Poker title, earning him the top prize of $3,250,000. Despite being a seasoned high-stakes poker player and amassing over $12.8 million in tournament earnings, the 59-year-old British investment manager remains modest and claims to prioritize his business endeavors over poker.
“Poker is my hobby and I want to play the best players. That’s how you get satisfaction out of any activity that you do. Challenge yourself and try to do the best you can,” Shakerchi told Triton reporters after coming out on top. “I’m not a professional player. I spend quite a lot of time playing poker. It’s my main hobby. But I’m definitely not a pro.”
This event played out over the course of three days at the Hoiana Resort & Golf in Quang Nam, Vietnam. The 135-entry turnout, the largest ever in a Triton series main event, resulted in a $13,500,000 prize pool. The top 20 finishers made the money, with big names like World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour champion Michael Watson (20th), bracelet winner Sam Greenwood (19th), nine-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel (18th), all-time tournament earnings second-ranked Bryn Kenney (17th), and 2022 Coin Rivet Invitational champion Sam Grafton (16th) all cashing but falling short of the final table.
The 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Vietnam $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event was held over three days at the Hoiana Resort & Golf in Quang Nam, Vietnam. A record-breaking 135 entries created a $13,500,000 prize pool, with the top 20 players making money. Notable players such as Michael Watson, Sam Greenwood, Erik Seidel, Bryn Kenney, and Sam Grafton cashed but failed to make the final table.
After Day 2, nine players remained, with Talal Shakerchi in the lead and Adrian Mateos and Fedor Holz among the heavy hitters with above-average stacks. Roman Hrabec and Winfred Yu were the first to go at the final table, followed by Nick Petrangelo, Timothy Adams, and Holz. Mateos was eliminated in fourth place, and Daniel Smiljkovic finished in third place. Shakerchi entered heads-up play with a slight lead and eventually won the title when Michael Soyza, the runner-up, called his all-in with QJ and lost to Shakerchi’s Ad7d. Shakerchi won $3,250,000, and Soyza received $2,207,000 for his second-place finish.
Soyza earned a career-high payday of $2,207,000 as the runner-up finisher, growing his lifetime total earnings to nearly $12.7 million.
Event #9 – 100,000 NLH Main Event Dates: March 8-10, 2023 Entries: 135 (inc. 45 re-entries) Prize pool: 13,500,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu took down the Triton Poker 75K Super High Roller at the 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Vietnam. Kisacikoglu ended on top of the 85 entries by beating Stephen Chidwick to secure his first Triton trophy and the top prize of $1,753,000.
This was the second-largest score yet for the Turkish businessman and poker player, trailing only the $2,117,316 he earned for a runner-up showing in the 2022 Triton Madrid €100,000 buy-in event. Orpen Kisacikoglu now has more than $13.1 million in lifetime earnings, adding to his already considerable lead on the Turkish all-time money list. He now sits nearly $9.5 million ahead of second-ranked Selahaddin Bedir ($3,656,325).
This event played out over the course of two days at the Hoiana Resort & Golf in Quang Nam. Several hours into day 2, the money bubble burst when Daniel Dvoress’ Q-10 lost to the K-5 of Michael Soyza in a battle of the blinds. The Canadian bracelet winner was the last player eliminated outside of the money. After Adrian Mateos (11th – $159,500) and David Yan (110th – $159,500) hit the rail, Soyza ultimately found himself eliminated on the official final table bubble when his pocket aces were cracked by the pocket jacks of Stephen Chidwick. Soyza earned $182,500 as the ninth-place finisher.
The next key clash was a three-way all-in, with Rob Yong and Punnat Punsri at risk. Yong held A-K, while Punsri had pocket fives. Santhosh Suvarna had both opponents covered and held the best hand with pocket aces. A safe runout saw Suvarna score the double knockout, sending Yong home with $239,000 for his eighth-place showing while Punsri earned $306,000 as the seventh-place finisher.
Bracelet winner and four-time Triton Poker champion Jason Koon was the next to fall. He lost a big flip with pocket nines against the A-10 suited of Kisacikoglu to slide down the leaderboard. He then got all-in with A-10 trailing the A-Q of Kisacikoglu. Koon found no help and was knocked out in sixth place ($389,000). He now has more than $42.3 million in lifetime earnings.
By the time the next key hand arose, both Suvarna and Steve O’Dwyer were sitting with fewer than eight big blinds. Chidwick opted to open shove from the cutoff with A-8. Henrik Hecklen, who was third in chips at the time, went into the tank before calling off his stack with A-J suited. Hecklen was in great shape to double up, but the board brought four hearts to give Chidwick a flush. Hecklen earned $497,500 for his fifth-place showing, surpassing $10 million in recorded tournament earnings in the process.
Suvarna’s run in this event came to an end when he got the last of his short stack in with A-7 leading the Q-J suited of Chidwick. The flop gave Chidwick an open-ended straight draw to go with his two live cards, making him a favorite in the hand. The turn brought a king to give Chidwick an unbeatable king-high straight. The river was a mere formality and Suvarna was eliminated in fourth place, securing a career-best $628,000 as the fourth-place finisher.
O’Dwyer soon followed when his pocket queens were cracked by the 8-7 suited of Chidwick, who shoved from the small blind. O’Dwyer called from the big and was well ahead going into the flop. Chidwick picked up an open-ended straight draw right away. After a brick on the turn, O’Dywer was more than a 4:1 favorite to double up. A five on the end completed Chidwick’s draw, though, and sent O’Dwyer to the rail with $816,000. The score saw his lifetime earnings grow to nearly $36 million.
Heads-up play began with Chidwick holding 9,850,000 to Kisacikoglu’s 7,150,000. It was all Chidwick in the early going, and he steadily chipped up to roughly a 2:1 lead before Kisacikoglu was able to pull off a river bluff to secure his first big pot of the match. Chidwick struck back, winning a big pot without showdown having outflopped Kisacikoglu’s pocket sevens with his A-J suited.
Chidwick held a slight lead when the decisive hand of heads-up was dealt. He raised from the big blind with 9Spade Suit2Club Suit after Kisacikoglu had limped in with AClub Suit2Heart Suit from the button. Kisacikoglu called and the flop came down ASpade Suit3Heart Suit2Spade Suit. Chidwick made a continuation bet and Kisacikoglu called with his aces up. Chidwick turned nines up when the 9Heart Suit hit the board. Chidwick bet again and Kisacikoglu moved all-in. Chidwick called and got the bad news that he needed a nine on the river to win the pot. The QClub Suit completed the board and Kisacikoglu took a commanding lead.
Chidwick was left with just a few big blinds after the hand. He was soon all-in with KDiamond Suit6Diamond Suit facing the KClub Suit6Club Suit of Kisacikoglu. Statistically, the hand would be chopped 93 percent of the time. In this particular instance, though, the AHeart SuitJClub Suit5Spade Suit4Club SuitQClub Suit runout saw Kisacikoglu make a backdoor flush to secure the pot and the title.
Chidwick was awarded $1,245,000 as the runner-up finisher. This was already his fourth final-table finish of the year. The two-time POY award winner now sits in 27th place in this year’s rankings, with 1,716 points and nearly $2.1 million in to-date POY earnings. This score increased his career earnings to $47,260,473, keeping him in fourth place on poker’s all-time money list.
The 32-year-old from the Netherlands, known to many by his screen name ‘Graftekkel’, Jans Arends battled through a 171 entrants to win the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Vietnam $30,000 seven-max event for $921,178.
This spring, Jans Arends decided to make the trip to Hoiana Resort & Golf in Quang Nam, Vietnam for the latest Triton Poker high-stakes festival. The decision has turned out to be a profitable one, as Arends has managed to record his two largest live tournament scores ever during the early days of the series. He placed second in the $15,000 buy-in seven-max event for $406,000 on Mar. 3, and then two days later emerged victorious in the $30,000 seven-max event for $921,178. Thanks to these two massive paydays, Arends now has recorded earnings of nearly $2.3 million.
“I play a little bit of live throughout the year, but last time I saw the Triton stream, I thought it looked so good I thought, ‘OK let’s go for it,’” Arends told Triton reporters after coming out on top. “The next one was Vietnam. It was an easy decision.”
Jans Arends’ two deep runs in Vietnam saw him take home not only more than $1.3 million in prize money but also 1,872 Card Player Player of the Year points. As a result, he now sits inside the top 20 in the 2023 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.
Champion Jans Arends
Arends defeated a field of 171 entries to secure the title and the lion’s share of the $5,130,000 prize pool. He entered the official final table is second chip position, trailing only fellow bracelet winner Brian Kim.
The UK’s Oscar Brodkin lost most of his stack when his multi-street bluff was looked up by the aces up of World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Jaffe. Brodkin ran K-J suited into the A-2 suited of Arends in the following hand and lost to a rivered flush for the Dutchman to hit the rail in seventh place ($203,000).
Biao Ding busted in sixth place ($275,000) when his K-8 suited could not hold against the K-3 of Arends, who flopped two pair. With that, Arends took a healthy lead into five-handed action.
Seth Davies’ run in this event came to an end when his pocket jacks were outraced by the K-Q suited of Jaffe. Davies was awarded $353,700 and 455 POY points for his fifth-place showing. This was already his eighth POY-qualified final table of the year, with nearly $2.4 million in earnings accrued across those cashes. The WPT champion now sits in fourth place in the POY standings thanks to his impressive start to 2023.
Kim lost a flip to Kiat Lee to be left with less than two big blinds. He managed one double-up, but was ultimately knocked out in fourth when his K-2 ran into the pocket tens of Jaffe. Kim secured a career-high payday of $441,000 for his second final-table finish of the series.
Jaffe took the lead into three-handed play, but after he lost some big pots to slide to the bottom of the counts, the final three decided to discuss a deal. They ultimately decided to set aside $90,000 and the title to play for while locking in the following payouts based:
Kiat Lee – $851,932
Jans Arends – $831,178
Jonathan Jaffe – $766,890
After the deal was agreed upon, Arends won a big flip against Jaffe, with his A-Q besting pocket deuces to see him overtake the lead going into heads-up play. Jaffe’s negotiated payday of more than three-quarters of a million dollars was the largest recorded score of his career. It grew his lifetime earnings to nearly $7.4 million.
Lee landed the first big blow of the heads-up bout, winning a healthy pot with trips to even things up. Lee held a slight lead when the decisive hand was dealt. He limped in from the button with 7Heart Suit7Club Suit and Arends shoved from the big blind with ADiamond Suit4Diamond Suit. Lee made the call and was in good shape to secure the title, but the board came down AClub SuitJHeart Suit8Club Suit2Heart Suit4Diamond Suit to give Arends aces up and a massive chip lead.
The very next hand, Lee picked up 9Spade Suit9Diamond Suit and got all-in against the ASpade SuitKClub Suit of arends. The ADiamond Suit8Diamond Suit7Diamond SuitKSpade Suit10Spade Suit runout locked up the pot and the title for Arends, while Lee was eliminated as the runner-up. Like Jaffe, the payout he agreed upon in the deal ($851,932) was the largest of his career. He now has nearly $4 million in recorded earnings.
Triton Poker $30,000 Buy-In Final Table Results:
1 – Jans Arends (Netherlands) – 921,178
2 – Kiat Lee (Malaysia) – 851,932
3 – Jonathan Jaffe (USA) – 766,890
4 – Brian Kim (USA) – 441,000
5 – Seth Davies (USA) – 353,700
6 – Biao Ding (China) – 275,000
7 – Oscar Brodkin (UK) – 203,000
8 – Daniel Dvoress (Canada) – 149,000
9 – Kayhan Mokri (Norway) – 119,000
The inaugural European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris main event attracted a total of 1,606 entries to the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, the sixth-largest turnout in the tour’s history. As a result, the prize pool for the €5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament surged to more than $8.1 million when rendered in US dollars. After two starting flights and five more days of action, 34-year-old Razvan Belea emerged victorious with the title and the top prize of $1,251,900.
“This is unreal. It’s all I’ve ever dreamed of since I started playing poker,” Belea said after coming out on top. “I was watching EPTs all the time, played a couple, and now I’m here. It’s an unbelievable feeling. Everything is possible,” the champion said during the winner’s ceremony.
This victory saw Belea write his name in the history books as the first player from Romania to capture an EPT main event title.
“I’m glad I can do this for you guys,” Belea said when asked about his trailblazing win.
While a multi-table tournament champion will usually walk away with an impressive return on investment for the event, Belea ended up with an eyewatering 220,655 percent ROI thanks to the fact that he satellited into this tournament for just €530 online. This was the largest live tournament cash of Belea’s career, by a margin of nearly $1.2 million.
The top 239 finishers cashed in this event, with big names that ran deep including bracelet winner Andrew Lichtenberger (100th), four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos (91st), Johan ‘YoH Viral’ Guilbert (78th), four-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (69th), bracelet winner Stefan Schillhabel (46th), high-stakes regular TReun Mulder (43rd), Gaelle Baumann (33rd), bracelet winner Ben Heath (26th), Kenny Hallaert (19th), two-time bracelet winner Manig Loeser (18th), bracelet winner Arthur Conan (14th), bracelet winner harry Lodge (13th), and high-stakes online tournament superstar Niklas ‘Lena900’ Astedt (12th).
Belea came into the final day of this week-long tournament as the chip leader with just five players remaining. Henri Kasper was the first to fall, with his A-6 suited running into the A-K of Peter Jorgne. Kasper was drawing dead after the turn and was eliminated in fifth place ($339,244).
The UK’s Brian Delaney lost a big pot with top pair versus a flush draw to fall to the bottom of the leaderboard. He soon got all-in with his A-K leading the K-Q of Belea, but a queen-high runout sent the pot to the Romanian. Delaney earned $441,054 as the fourth-place finisher.
Recent World Poker Tour Prime Paris main event champion Fabrice Bigot was the next to find himself all-in and at risk. He lost a big chunk of his stack in a clash with Jorgne to find himself with fewer than 10 big blinds. Bigot got all-in with AClub SuitQClub Suit leading the 7Spade Suit5Spade Suit of Belea. The board came down KHeart SuitKDiamond Suit6Heart Suit8Diamond Suit9Club Suit and Belea rivered a nine-high straight to drag the pot.
Bigot earned $573,360 and 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points for his podium finish. With 2,400 total points and $767,750 in year-to-date POY earnings, Bigot is now the fourth-ranked player in the 2023 POY race sponsored by Global Poker.
Final Table Results EPT Paris €5,300 Main Event
PLACE
WINNER
PRIZE
1
Razvan Belea
€1,170,000
2
Peter Jorgne
€780,100
3
Fabrice Bigot
€535,850
4
Brian Delaney
€412,200
5
Henri Kasper
€317,050
Heads-up play began with Belea holding more than a 2:1 chip lead over Jorgne. The Swedish player started off by closing the gap slightly, but Belea was still well ahead when the final hand of the tournament was dealt. Belea min-raised on the button with 7Club Suit6Spade Suit and Jorgne called with 10Heart Suit6Heart Suit from the big blind. The flop came down 10Spade Suit5Spade Suit3Club Suit. Jorgne checked his top pair and then raised Belea’s continuation bet. Belea called with his gutshot and then made a straight on the turn when the 4Heart Suit rolled off the deck.
Jorgne bet 2,600,000 and Belea thought it over before raising to 5,600,000. Jorgne called, leaving himself around 9.3 million behind. The river paired the board with the 4Club Suit. Jorgne moved all-in and Belea made the call, locking up the pot and the title. Jorgne took home $834,707 as the runner-up.
In addition to the seven-figure top prize, Belea also secured 2,160 POY points as the champion, enough to move him inside the top ten in the POY standings.
ROUNDERS, Edward Norton, Matt Damon, John Turturro, 1998
Gambling movies are always great fun, and you definitely can’t go wrong with the titles above. From the gruesome violence in Casino Royale to the light-hearted tricks of Maverick, there are gambling movies for every taste. It’s even possible to learn a thing or two about poker if you pay enough attention.
Casino (1995) – Casino is a crime drama movie directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1995. It is based on the true story of the rise and fall of the Las Vegas mafia during the 1970s and 1980s. The movie stars Robert De Niro as Sam “Ace” Rothstein, a Jewish-American gambling expert who is tasked with running the Tangiers casino in Las Vegas.
The movie also stars Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro, a violent and unpredictable mob enforcer who becomes Ace’s best friend, and Sharon Stone as Ginger McKenna, Ace’s former prostitute wife who struggles with addiction and has a volatile relationship with Ace.
The movie follows Ace as he tries to run the Tangiers casino with integrity, but is constantly undermined by the corrupt and violent nature of the mafia. The film is full of tension, violence, and drama, as Ace navigates the dangerous world of organized crime in Las Vegas.
Casino was critically acclaimed for its performances, particularly that of Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone, and for its realistic depiction of the criminal underworld in Las Vegas. The movie was also praised for its soundtrack, which features classic songs from the 1960s and 1970s. It has since become a classic in the crime drama genre and is considered one of Martin Scorsese’s best films.
Rounders (1998) – This movie stars Matt Damon as a law student who pays his tuition by playing high-stakes poker. When he loses all his money to a Russian gangster, he has to team up with his old friend (played by Edward Norton) to win it back. The movie features some great poker scenes and has become a cult classic among poker players.
Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – This heist movie stars an all-star cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts. The plot centers around Danny Ocean (Clooney) and his team of con artists who plan to rob three of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas. The movie is stylish, funny, and full of twists and turns.
The Sting (1973) – This classic movie stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two con men who team up to pull off a complex scam on a wealthy gangster. The movie is set in the 1930s and features some great period costumes and music. The plot is intricate and keeps you guessing until the end.
21 (2008) – This movie is based on the true story of a group of MIT students who use their math skills to win millions of dollars at blackjack. The movie stars Jim Sturgess as the leader of the group and Kevin Spacey as their unscrupulous mentor. The movie is suspenseful and entertaining, and will have you on the edge of your seat until the end.
