30 POKER FACTS ABOUT ROUNDERS YOU DID NOT KNOW

Rounders is widely hailed as the greatest poker movie of all time. Here are 30 amazing facts about the movie Rounders that you probably did not know.

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[Scott-wqlk]

The director said they put empty racks in front of KGB for the final hand to send the message that he had indeed reloaded a couple times in order to explain Mikey winning 60K

[jonvia]

Just watched this movie for the first time last night. Such a great movie, especially for fans of poker. Its amazing how many big names are in this movie! My favorite scene was with the judge where he talks about how he let down his family by choosing to be a judge instead of a Rabi. Great life lesson on being true to yourself even if everyone else hates your decision. Im a career musician and that scene really spoke to my situation with friends and family thinking Im nuts for pursuing such a career.

[LPOneThree]

Additional fun fact. 9 - 8 suited (the cards Mike has during the last hand) are statistically the most likely hand to beat pocket Aces (the cards we can assume KGB has) because KGB confidently says the Ace on the river "couldn't have helped you", giving KGB a set of Aces and the 2nd nuts (a hand only beat by 9 - 8, making a straight)

[Gumbocinno]

5:56

"convincing accent" is EXTREMELY generous lol

[chicchacchula]

The ace of spades is like a character in the movie. In the first hand where Mike goes bust, the ace they share on the board that gives Mike a full house but gives KGB a better full house…is the ace of spades. At the lodge when they get beat up, the final card on the bottom of the deck that the sheriff shows that proves Worm was base dealing…is the ace of spades. In the final hand, the river card where KGB says that ace could not have helped you, and then goes all in…is the ace of spades. They paid homage to the prettiest card in the deck all throughout the movie.

[dewaard]

I loved the scene where Teddy KGB admits defeat, and tells Grama to back off. Villains with depth and humanity are something Hollywood has too little of.

[Kanders]

4:00 I watched this with the commentary of the writers and Norton. After Mike turns down Petra and she leaves, he throws his glass against a wall. The writers joked that was improvised by Damon because he was pissed at the writers for making him turn down Petra lol

[omegaswiper]

Well Malkovich needed to do the voice he wasn't going to play it like himself. But the fact Matt was like hey man this is comical shows John was vulnerable. I'm glad they made it work.

[aldrigforsent]

Little known fact, if I flopped the nut straight vs Teddy in a game for my life, the board would have paired in the turn, then tripped on the river. 😅

[joet]

I will give you some other info since I played at the Mayfair at that time. The Mayfair is the place it was supposed to be based on. It was told to me that the original story was based off Joey Knish’s character but it was changed to Mike (Matt Damon) as the fictional inspiration for the story. The real guy’s nickname was Joey Bagels (Joey Knish’s character) and he had an ice cream truck route where in the movie, Knish had a truck delivery route.

[joeya]

I've not read this anywhere but you can clearly see Oreo cookie crumbs on the cards in games at Teddy's Place, example 3:03 on the KK

[rogermazuca]

RIP and thank you to the great Doyle Brunson. You are indeed the Godfather of Poker. 🙏

[heathsanders]

The explanation for Mike leaving with 60k rather than 40k is Teddy reloaded at some point after Mike called his straight and folded A5. Mike said something to the effect of, “Reload at any time.” to Teddy at some point during the game. It’s assumed Teddy did so.

[LollyBread]

Excellent movie. Watched it several times so far.

[mrlatenightdrinker]

I was a dealer at the Taj when this was filmed there was great few nights as an extra.

[tabbycat]

Influential yet bombed in theaters.
I saw it when first screened in 1998 and thought — despite flaws — it was the best poker movie ever.

[michaelf]

The state trooper game was filmed at the Elk's lodge in Hoboken, NJ. After the movie came out I played in a regular game at the same place - the elk's head mounted on the wall that Worm mentions in the movie was still there. Also the custom poker chips they used in that game had a picture of Teddy KGB's face on them. I regret to this day not swiping one.

[EmperorNerox]

Thr check cashing place gives Mike the full 10k. Didn't he have to pay a fee? Well in a deleted scene ( or original script) the professor knows the guy who works at the check cashing place and he makes a call to tell them not to charge Mike.

[GGsDLo]

I thought I recall at least a scene or two that Worm did smoke 🤔🤔 00:46

[GGsDLo]

Phil Hellmuth said the reason he passed up the cameo role was ONLY bcuz filming fell during the WSOP and he needed to put all his focus on the event - bcuz we all know how serious Hellmuth takes that event. Crazy tho. I don't think he realized how big the movie was gonna be at the same time 2:14