MOLLY'S GAME - Going full tilt (HD)

[@sherryberry007]

I love this scene because it's totally relatable even if you've never played poker. The experience of being great at something only to fail and fall into a failing spiral because you can't find your groove again. It's so hard to watch.

[@rayromano6249]

Its like trying to chase your losses

[@Turnpost2552]

its like relying on total luck!?!?!? Like idk gambling

[@infiniteregress8032]

@@Turnpost2552 Total luck if you play every hand when on full tilt like this asshole did

[@JDragon272]

This can also apply to Competitive Gaming via eSports, for games League of Legends or Overwatch or Smash Bros. Ultimate.

[@Malkav]

What's worse is not being able to accept it and resorting to accusing the other party for cheating. We saw this happen recently with that hero call from Garret and Robbi's game.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Any poker player has seen this happen (for real) at least once, and it's not funny... its terrifying. To see someone you've always known as logical and responsible totally disintegrate.

[@alexeilindes7507]

It's a mental game

[@CarlosSouza-wm2sf]

The key here is leave the table, if you got tilt, just leave, forgot about the losses just go away as fast as you can.

[@sokit2em]

i pulled the same shit in a family friends game, except it wasnt near the amount these guys were betting. i lost 4 times in 1 night on a $100 buy in, and it felt like i lost my life savings cause i was a broke college kid lol

[@terracottapie]

I've seen meltdowns like that happen, but the triggering hand as portrayed is just bullshit. No one is leading out for 1/2 pot like that with 9s and then folding for a 3x river over-jam. If you **really** believe he has K K, it's just a "fuck it, sucks if you got it" type thing and a crying call. You're getting incredible equity and you're in a poker club full of donks who over-bluff constantly. This is one of those movie things that works if you don't know a lot about poker, but if you've ever played competitively, it takes you out of the suspension of disbelief.

[@CarlosSouza-wm2sf]

@@terracottapie Snap call there, no way I fold Queen full, i mean no even close.

[@ActionableFreedom]

The reason why she closes the curtains is not because the light is disturbing or anything like that. Its to keep the players thinking its still dark/have them lose a sense of time. This is why Casinos don't have windows and are like huge, constantly lit up basements of continuity.

[@patrickkanas3874]

You lose track of time so easily in casinos, especially if you're winning. Me and my brother have gone to the casino to play black jack for only a couple of hours themn eventually find out its 1:30 AM and we gotta get up for work in 3 hours

[@jackbauer555]

that's true, but in real life she wouldnt have waited so late to close the curtains, i understand it's a movie and they wanted to get the point across that it's morning, but in reality they would have done it much sooner

[@pottersmiles7238]

And casinos don't have clocks

[@JDragon272]

I keep the curtains closed, for I need to sleep during the day, because I work nights.

[@dannyderes4907]

The free alcohol and pumping oxygen to keep players awake works wonders too.

[@nyagechiram9761]

He should by now know that Everything you do at a poker table conveys information.

[@89tin]

I'm sitting here in Cape Girardeau Missouri, its almost 8PM. You made me laugh reading your comment

[@djshuffl3r]

FOR FUCKS SAKE QUIT WITH THIS OVERUSED MEME!!!!!

[@bobamonster4267]

He was just being loosey goosey eating noodles

[@BCaTTenterprises]

You can't be smoking a cigarette chugging a redbull...woohoo baby!

[@thesilenthero422]

@Gasparagus Productions woo hoo baby I love it!!!

[@Limubi1]

Oh god this part of the film is so painful... And it's so well filmed!!!!

[@MegaBiebernator]

If some "best player at the table" goes on tilt after folding a boat to a bluff he's just a badreg

[@devilinthedetailers7661]

It wasnt a bluff though i think the player was so thick he thought he had a good hand. In the film hes terrible at poker.

[@regginopize2896]

a shit reg.

[@christiankoppang8296]

In the film he was a scammer who was terrible at poker. He would lose money to them on the table and take their money for investments. Usually scamming them if their money. That was his MO, terrible poker and have them feel sorry for stealing his money and float him a check to invest in him, he got caught later tho.

[@killa2488]

They gave 100% legit “best player” reads on why he folded

[@TheJim9191]

I lost just last night on an almost equally impossible hand, against a new player that didn't even think he'd won until I told him he beat me lol. That's the way it goes sometimes. Luckily for me it was a £10 buy in around my mate's kitchen table so I was more just happy to see the new guy winning a lot and getting into poker.

[@Asw_2004]

Did you get your money back? And what was the hand?

[@TheJim9191]

@@Asw_2004 a straight flush, 4-8, clubs. And no, I didn't. I had a flush and went all in on the last hand. Given what was on the table, his was about the only hand that could have beaten me.

[@Asw_2004]

@@TheJim9191 These things do happen, sorry for your loss (literally)

[@bobsmith5858]

@wynn1587 cards play themselves

[@darthkahn45]

"PARTY MAGICIAN!!!" 😤😡😡😡 "I've never heard of that one is it higher than 3 of a kind 🤔"

[@65971]

shortly after the dealer was hired by pokerstars

[@StoneColdHunk]

eXampL god this comment is gold lol

[@downswingplayer9712]

He heard there was more rake there.

[@mohammedfarid5761]

Best comment ever.😂😂😂😂😂 lol hahahaahahaah

[@chipped79]

And wsop

[@imranhajee4136]

Nah bro shortly after you joined pstars and got felted by variance.

[@junito1008]

2:18 - You got 2 pairs?? - No, I got 1 pair...the one in the middle !! Lol

[@andrewsssx]

I always come back here when I lose 300 bucks after bad beats in my home games to make myself feel better.

[@basketanand]

Why is it, that Kings, like to turn up on the river? I've been both a beneficiary and a a sucker on these

[@ashchaya7676]

Heh, I haven't bet real money on anything in over 10 years. After seeing this clip, I don't think I can bring myself to do it for another 10. God damn the cards can be cruel sometimes.

[@shadowsmessage]

& will go & eat 1$ Mc Chicken for lunch for the rest of the week 😭😭

[@peterschwartz5113]

If you need to watch a video to make you feel better for losing one buy in. You need to stop playing. If you don’t have the roll or mental toughness to lose 10 buy ins then poker isn’t for you. Just saying

[@andrewsssx]

@@peterschwartz5113 Yo poker pro, relax. Take my previous comment as satire.

[@TheBroadwood]

4:47 „He wants Harlan to think that the has two more 77 under there?“ Yeah everyone wanna represent the Quads on the flop

[@shortanimationz]

I honestly can't stand how stupid shit like this makes into the movies. How come they don't have experts to tell them it's fucking stupid to say that kind of shit

[@shadowsmessage]

No those things happen everyday in poker. He played for 2 nights straight probably b/w 1200-1500 hands, it’s easily possible to see bad beats like that, since he is a tight grinder, people get on tilt when they fold the winning hand to a bluff & full house over full house QQ-full losing to AK happens quite often , 2 days is a lot of time & lots of hands played. When you are psychologically tilted everything acts against you, it’s like a negative vibe, neither can you control it nor you can avoid it

[@ZRJTKS125]

Let me remind everyone in this comment section in this movie, that these "players" are not professionals at poker, they just have alot of money

[@VladTepesVEVO]

But is there a difference, really? 🤔🤔

[@devilinthedetailers7661]

@@VladTepesVEVO erm yes. Poker players know good bankroll and not going tilt. Celebs have egos

[@Izzy-bq1rc]

Not all of them. Harlan and Brad Molly brought in specifically to make the celebrities spend more money. She personally funds their buy ins

[@tothemax9850]

But Harlan is portrayed to be a beast of a poker player

[@patrickkanas3874]

@@devilinthedetailers7661 poker players aren't immune to playing on tilt. It's not unheard of for pro poker players to not play no limit because they can't handle the stress of it

[@toptenguy1]

"Honey, he raised my bet with a 5/Blank!!"

[@TsarOfRuss]

Hahaha Phil Helmut is one hell of a character

[@alecspade1]

I know puddin', he's some internet guy.

[@OGecalien]

toptenguy1 You forgot the honey after the blank. And you gotta stand up and pick your underwear outta your ah.

[@andrewcasey7107]

Some idiot

[@Icewarrior101]

They don't even know how to spell poker!

[@devilinthedetailers7661]

Anyone with a gambling problem needs to watch this lol. Never chase losses

[@liamdoelger7403]

Worst part is he wasn’t even down after that

[@joecool2678]

The best player at the table? This guy would be the third best player at a heads up game.

[@The-Dom]

Ha

[@djshuffl3r]

What? Oh god my mind.... What have you done?!

[@shadowsmessage]

& you would be the dealer 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@LetsSweetTalk]

Lol Joe Cool on the bluff

[@lowellcalavera6045]

Says the internet poker player

[@brockers0142]

The rule is no matter how good the odds are, never bet more than your willing to lose

[@goggy6850]

i agree, when you play cash games you have to realise going in that you can lose it all very easily if your unlucky. if you cant deal with losing your cash dont play cash games pretty much.

[@mattm8441]

Yeah, no thanks. If I'm getting a million to one on the second best hand, I'm betting everything I have. I'll go get a second job in the morning if I have to.

[@cobbsta88]

Yep. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Can actually be pretty boring when you play smart

[@wesk2675]

And if you do bet more than you are willing to lose, you better walk away and stop playing the moment you win bigger than big. Immediately.

[@donjezza10]

As the saying goes, scared money don't make money.

[@dominicviolo9934]

i died when he accused the dealer of being a mechanic " fuckin bottom dealer party magician". good lord it had me dying inside

[@veritruan2397]

TBF he was what, a 98% favorite?

[@invincibleheart]

You’re right the Lord is good

[@amazingabby25]

It’s too real. I’ve seen it so many times

[@pood_49]

@@veritruan2397 99.29% favorite

[@Mitjitsu]

He was a 330 to 1 favourite. If the board was QQK he would have been a 990 to 1 favourite.

[@GoatVindicator]

Anyone who knows anything about poker is never folding queens full in that first hand. If an opponent has K9 or KK for a higher boat that is just a hand you are going to lose all your money in.

[@miketaylor7793]

He had 9s full..

[@GoatVindicator]

@@miketaylor7793 My bad, you are correct. The point still stands though.

[@4inchesofpleasure]

Shad Well you certainly aren't part of the crowd who knows anything about poker. Otherwise, you'd know that QQ beats K9 on that board. QQQ99 > 999KK. But your point still stands, folding the top of your range in that spot would be awful.

[@codmott286]

@@ohio nobody knows their opponent well enough to make a fold like that

[@szepi79]

4inchesofpleasure he knows that. he was just pointing out that those hands are very unlikely, and it is worth to take the risk.

[@well.thy.one.]

In that moment, if hes thinking about his wifes party, getting ready to call it a night, booking a nice win, getting a read that this guy is really strong, its not that unreasonable to think he might decide to play it real safe and just save the 50k. But then he snapped.

[@hobbes0022]

He was up 100k, and had a boat, you have to call and risk that 50k no?

[@idzoavitsi4211]

​@hobbes0022 I don't play high stakes, I'm still grinding out the microstakes started at 2nl and now I play 25nl all made from a initial 25 dollar deposit, so my opinion may not matter too much, but I am a winning poker player atleast. That 50 should have gone in. Unless I had a VERY specific read that the player was a complete nit that never put money in without the nuts I would NEVER fold the 3rd nuts here. Bad players will often overvalue AA or a 9 all day long here or be airballing if they are really bad. It doesn't really show the preflop action besides a quick " preflop betting made it look like theres a chance he had pocket kings" which could be literally anything JJ+ and who was the aggressor, which would also influence the call. I don't think most players would ever find the fold button here. I also think if Harlan was as good as they say, he would take Brad to value town all night after that pot and not donk off 10 buy ins in a 24hr tilt session

[@gmatsue84]

@@idzoavitsi4211 Thing is, why would a player with KK think about calling and not raising? If he moved for 20K and "then decided" all in, it's probably a bluff. Unless you think he's acting to appear to be bluffing, in which case you are overthinking. Either way you call and take a beat, the way I see it. If you fold then you can't snap because you had reason to fold, so if you have that fragile an ego you'll inevitably go full tilt and poker is not for you. I think "moving for 20K and then going all in" followed by a fold after they say Harlan looked for bluff signs is a critical mistake to portray Harlan as a great player, which is not the case. Maybe with all the crazy millionaires there he was just good enough because of how bad everyone else was...

[@kod5660]

Its not reasonable to fold your hand at the top of your Range if he has KK or K9 so be it. You do not fold though..

[@idzoavitsi4211]

@@kod5660 the big thing about this to me that made no sense, is if he put his opponent on pocket kings, why the hell was he in there with Q9? lol I know it's a meme and all at this point.... but like.... fold pre?

[@davidsirmons]

Harlan looks like Hans Zimmer to a perfect T

[@jumpbox92]

lol. I like to write in the key of D, and when I play poker, I rate a D-

[@williamanthony915]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Whenever somebody mentions Hans Zimmer, I think of this guy

[@David-qw5vr]

i knew he looked so similar

[@Erasureeraser]

First time I saw this scene, I was like "since when Hans Zimmer is an actor?" 😂😂

[@geoff3103]

there's also Channing Tatum clone there too. And JJ Abrams.

[@brendanprimus3211]

that subtle ringing alarm bell at 2:38 is just great post production work.

[@ashenone6967]

Small and great detail

[@BatmanHQYT]

This movie was chock-full of amazing actors. Loved Bill Camp even in this brief role.

[@genericrouge5742]

My heart broke watching this scene, poor Harlan.. he loved his wife, was excited about the party, then Brad made him lose everything.. poor Harlan....

[@bevrosity]

he was weak

[@genericrouge5742]

@@bevrosity you wouldnt be upset about that either.. well, you probably wouldnt considering i doubt you know how to play poker, much less do any activity that requires any legitimate brain power

[@rockwithyou2006]

@@genericrouge5742 He actually is weak.

[@genericrouge5742]

@@rockwithyou2006 ok so you mean to say that if you lost, what was it, seven million dollars? in 72 hours you wouldnt wanna kill yourself? it would be more forgivable if it was to poor people or those who could use the money. nobody there needed it. hes an allegory for what happens when you tilt and nobody stops you. thats why people say its so scary to watch this. it isnt funny. he isnt weak. he was in control until he wasnt. everybody who knows what they were doing wouldve made the same damn calls he did. why? because you probably have a better chance of hitting a royal flush than what happened.

[@kimloy8019]

LOL, Harlan is a degenerate, end of story.

[@trw4war322]

Self Discipline in this Arena is Literally Everything!

[@ConstantineAndreas]

Lmao, this reminds me of that Jen Tilly call against Antonious on Poker After Dark all those years ago. "I thought you had pocket kings."

[@CribNotes]

Jen Tilly didn't call Antonius. She actually checked back the river with a full house!!!

[@CribNotes]

Here's the hand with Tilly vs Antonius. The looks on the other pros faces when Tilly turns her cards over are hysterical!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaWXgmhrltKehZY

[@ConstantineAndreas]

@@CribNotes Lol! I forgot she checked back! Thanks for the correction. So horrific.

[@TsarOfRuss]

@@CribNotes Damn!!! im sure Tilly regrets it, what a noob she use to be

[@gnarlicbread5140]

@@TsarOfRuss what a noob she still is

[@arizonashane]

Gosh, that beat against "Otto von Bismarck" would have been brutal under any circumstance. But in Harlan's situation? I can't imagine.

[@JimmyRingz]

The last hand was a classic PokerStars tournament beat. With constant beats like that and a high rake, what's not to love?!❤️😍❤️😍

[@lajeandom]

lol, well you are happy when it happens to you isnt lol

[@JimmyRingz]

@@lajeandom Yes, I love it.😍

[@questionableidentity1]

This dealer got the pokerstars sticker on his clothes

[@theolamp5312]

After watching the movie, I can only think that Molly was in this for the challenge and the excitement of being around powerful people. In a different world she might be a free solo rock climber.

[@benflorence5513]

Or maybe an Olympic skier?

[@johnhenry4520]

Sign here for rebuy reload#!

[@mattgrant5341]

Shut up nerd

[@robotube7361]

You should know movies are nothing but fiction. In another life she would have been the same thing=glorified hostess of someone else's game.

[@theolamp5312]

@@robotube7361 -This was actually based on a true story (maybe enhanced a bit). But, she never would have been a bit player in someone else's game. It wasn't in her nature.

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

This scene makes me sick to my stomach as if I'm tilting.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Yeah - you can almost *feel* that -self-destructive tunnel-vision madness pounding in his brain.

[@popurm]

lol i never knew being a magician was an insult in poker. "you're a bottom dealing magician!!!" To me that is a total compliment. Bottom dealing is hard.

[@HoustonCurtisKardsharp]

Agreed...and I never said that in real life. When you visit my channel you will know why they out that line in.

[@9ballprodigy]

Runner runner with 2 outs is less than a one percent chance. Harlan got his money in there while it was still good. Rest easy Harlan.

[@ianforsyth2692]

I agree. He made the right move. He had the best hand up to the river, and he just got unlucky. You can't control the randomness of the game. So you just accept the bad beat and move on--what really mattered is up until the river he was getting his money in on the best of it while his opponent was taking the worst of it and making a really bad decision. If the hand were repeated over and over, Harlan would be a clear winner.

[@Mitjitsu]

@@ianforsyth2692 If you've had a losing session and then lose a massive pot to a horrendous beat like that. Even the likes of me would be taken back by that.

[@founik]

Yeah, he made +EV play, but when you are playing out of your limits, it doesn't matter. When one hand completely consumes your whole bankroll.

[@rustycolon9368]

@@founik EV only matters when you're using effective bankroll management. You should literally never gamble your entire bankroll on a single hand, no matter how +EV it might be from GTO strategy. Never ever never gamble money you can't afford to lose.

[@scottroffman2325]

every time I lose a few hundred in the casinos...I go back to this specific movie clip, and I feel SO...... MUCH....... BETTER!!!!!!!

[@johnspence8141]

While this is fun for a movie, its highly unrealistic that Harland would fold. Most pros just suck it up and pay off. Coolers like this are just that: you pay it off and suck it up because the alternative that they are bluffing or shoving with just a 9, is far more likely. if you're wrong, you say "Nice hand" and wait. But to go on tilt is an ugly option. Another strategy is IF you do fold OR call, AND ARE WRONG, you recognize that you are tired, and YOU LEAVE. It's ok because you know you'll win next time.

[@jackbauer555]

exactly, in a cash game you just suck it up and call it, if you're very late in a tournament and it's for all of your chips, then it's a different thought process

[@bill_lumbergh]

yea plus Tilting is much more likely over a bad beat rather than a tight fold, they should have just used the second hand

[@delrey874]

Aaron Sorkin is a really good writer. And Jessica Chastain is a really good actress.

[@docholliday3666]

You must be talking about another movie.

[@kueisun]

Since the action went “calling on the flop, check raising the turn, and bombing the river” (technically the river action is a check shove), I would never put Bad Brad on pocket kings. J10, 89, 88, or even Ah9h are much more likely, and maybe occasionally QQ. Since you block QQ, this is a mandatory call. A good player would never check raise KK on the turn.

[@PedroDeAlvarado81]

But that’s the point, Brad is so terrible & unconventional. Nothing he does makes sense, so that’s why Harlan folded.

[@garygwin1741]

Assuming that someone has no bluffs, and folding full-houses, is truly "AMATEUR NIGHT" HAHA!!

[@sawmill035]

Exact same thing happened to me (albiet for significantly less money) last week. Folded trip aces to a player who had literally nothing (he showed). I lost right around 40% of my stack. I was still up for the night, but was heated. Ended up losing my whole stack by playing way too loose and swinging for the fences. Thankfully, I went home and slept it off and didnt dig a deeper hole, but I lost $600 from being on tilt.

[@RenaissanceM]

That’s the thing about High Stakes No-Limit. It’s just like Daniel Negreanu says, you gotta be able to take a punch to the gut, lose $100,000, and still keep your head on straight. Some people just can’t handle the swings.

[@Hitithardify]

FreedomFighterUnion Most true statement that has been ever said about poker.

[@holyboi1225]

The best poker advice I ever recieved was from someone in a small group of casual friday night players. "Never think about anything after bad hand. The only thing you need to remember, is how to breathe, and how to play."

[@coldfire39]

Don't think about anything...think about breathing and how to play? ok

[@colemarbosili3405]

Thanks for sharing this very helpful information, never re buy more than once .

[@TheLexiHuang]

They’ve done the research and this scenario hit home. Lot of poker players included the best pros goes on tilt. There is a factor called LUCK. And when luck hits, you just gotta walk away.

[@ofigenius007]

So Brad calls flop Q98 , check raised turn when second 9 came , before king showed on the river - that's why Harlan puts him on KK Genius read from best player at the table, any reason for kings to raise?

[@theNonexistentKnight]

This could have been a perfect poker movie but they just had to mess up the hands. It's a weird mix: the jargon is at the level of someone who has played recreationally for two years, yet the hands and the analyzing by Molly is at the level of someone who's watched two hours of old WSOP highlights on ESPN. My theory is that they had a decent poker consultant who would have made the first hand look something like the Ronnie Bardah vs Miss Finland (an unconventional but successful bluff from a fishy amateur on a pro) but the producers thought all of that too complicated and insisted on high but simple drama. Classic hollywood: simplification to the point where things make no sense. By the time they insisted that on a Q77 flop a guy (1) just knows his opponent to have queens full (wtf? how?) but (2) decides to represent quad sevens (WTF!?) the consultant had probably already quit and demanded that his name is taken out of the end credits.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

You know why? Because 99.999% of people who watch movies don’t give a shit about realistic poker dialog. 😄

[@drewberry8945]

Would have been more realistic if the norway guy had KK rivered a single king instead. Still a bad beat though.

[@thewarriors3048]

You know this is based on a true story?

[@SSky06]

This hand is based on a real hand in Bloom’s book. So it’s likely this actually happened. That said, the guy isn’t trying to convince the dude he has quad 7’s, he’s just some dumbass running a bad bluff and running into the nuts and then hitting a 99-1 shot. The hand and outcome are fine and happen every day thousands of times in card rooms across the country. The jargon about the hands is just dumb as fuck though.

[@liamhalliday8437]

I also felt the same with this movie. There's some real quality poker mixed with some awful stuff. The thought process up to about minute 2 is fine, that sort of range analysis is common for anybody at the table. But he has the 3rd (edit, 4th*) best hand on a board that is super wet, playing people who will overplay smaller boats and even straights. Yes, sometimes you take a hit here but any profitable poker player is making this call, and if Brad has 99 or KK (edit, or QQ) it just sucks and you go home. Molly says he's lost only $40K after folding, which implies there was $20K of his money in before the river, $20K of Brad's and maybe the blinds. Let's say $45K. Brad then shoves for $72K so the pot is $117K, so now he has to call $52K to win $117, or be right 40% of the time to make it a profitable call. He's never played with Brad before, he could be the tightest rock or the wackiest idiot, but you're making that call and if you lose, you have a story to tell. Also, does Brad's hand really represent a "huge hand" having checked that flop. It's Q 9 8 with a flush draw. Any huge hand like J10 or 2 pair suited you now have beat, whilst things like A9 hearts may also play this way. Likewise maybe AJ or A10 hearts plays this way, sure you'd probably reraise on the flop, but this puts a lot of pressure if you only have say AQ or even AA feels uncomfortable here, so I'd not hate it. I can also see 8s playing this way, although again you'd typically see a raise on the flop. Knowing all that, you simply have to call, you're at the top of your range, you've no knowledge on the other player, and the board is quite favourable for people getting over excited.

[@IsabelleSt.Pierre-q2n]

I’ve had a similar experience. Your blood temperature increases by a factor of ten. And you see nothing but red. You go for the jugular vein on the next round.

[@clayvision]

Everytime something like this happens I just say to the table "nice hand, I need a second after that one" take a walk, let myself get over it, and then move on with the night. Just last night i got bluffed off a straight on a paired board in a live session in a similar manner, and instead of losing all my money, i came back and still ended up a few hundred for the night.

[@MajaceNetwork]

This is your reminder to leave the table… probably even go home if you start to get tilted!

[@nikolathebarber7146]

Just watching this scene gave me anxiety about my poker experiences in the casino...

[@ImSoHo253]

On of the best movies I've seen in my lifetime.

[@madankumarsingh1598]

Bro give me recommendations for movies like these

[@devilinthedetailers7661]

@@madankumarsingh1598 rounders

[@blagger116]

How about movies you saw before your lifetime?

[@AndroidPLUR]

You need to watch more movies then

[@MrSpeedyAce]

Apparently, "Player X" in real life was Toby Maguire. Fun little tidbit.

[@fsylla69]

seriously?

[@hwanjung8230]

@@fsylla69 yea. He's a pos too from what I've read

[@fsylla69]

@@hwanjung8230 wow that's interesting

[@sunday3237]

duh

[@benjie.the.great266]

Guess thats why they cast Michael Cera.

[@valentinbonchev7485]

IDK if this is from a movie or something but the accuracy is absolutely terrifying...

[@johnboyle5663]

lesson #1....bankroll management....never have more than 5% of your roll in play at any time!...and if you lose that 5%....leave!

[@toptenguy1]

That was the point of the scene. He usually WOULD have done that. But sometimes, you go on Uber-tilt, and all reasoning jumps out the window!

[@GotStones1]

At 5:26, I FUCKING SWEAR they piped in Malkovich’s Mothafuckrr from Rounders on that second one

[@AnthonyHarvey9333]

The first hand is stupid, how can he not call that. He has 9‘s full of Q’s betting 20k into about a 35-40k pot he is obviously value betting, then the guy jams for another 50k on top and doesn’t instacall, I figured making calls like this is what got him up 100k. He has to be the tightest of tight players not to make this call. The explanation doesn’t make sense either, Brad made it look like he had KK’s so did he 3-bet pre flop? If so then Harlan has to be on the button, table folds to him, Harlan raises, Brad 3-bets in one of the blinds then Harlan calls, but if Harlan’s tight then why would he call a 3-bet with Q9 off. That can’t be the case though because there is no button in front of Harlan. Hell there isn’t a button anywhere near them and is actually on the other side of the table, so that means Brad bet first then Harlan called Q9 off in the big blind. But if that’s so then how did Brad check raise the turn? And if he check raise the turn then why does Harlan think he has KK’s? He has to have 9x like A9 of hearts? That’s the only hand Harlan would think that Brad would check call the flop, check raise the turn, and then check jam the river as a bluff since there are straights and full houses on the board. Let’s say that Harlan was first to go with betting since he has such a bad hand pre flop that he would only call a raise in one of the blinds and the button is to his right. So Brad raises pro flop, Harlan calls in the big blind, Harlan probably bets like 5k on the flop, Brad calls, Harlan bets 10k on the turn, Brad calls, Harlan bets 20k on the river, and brad jams for 72k total and Harlan’s like “oh yea, he definitely has KK’s”. Yea it’s in brad’s range but so is JT suited,9x, 88’s and missed draws that Brad is turning into a bluff. QQ’s are also in his range but Harlan blocks it with his queen. So there is no way he folds no way!! In real life Harlan calls the all in and let’s say Brad did have KK’s, then he loses another 50k that’s puts him down to about 75k. Getting river’d happens all the time in poker and Harlan would pick himself up and keep going and keep playing tight but no, he folds sees he got bluffed and instead of taking a note and marking Brad as a donkey he goes full tilt starts playing like a donkey himself and loses a million dollars in the process. Hollywood bullshit!!!!! All of it!!!!

[@well.thy.one.]

Am i missing something? How did harlen get check raised on the turn and then lead the river?

[@weseemabdullah2570]

Check raise then raise

[@well.thy.one.]

Weseem Abdullah could you elaborate?

[@seblahideh]

@@well.thy.one. the only way it would make sense is if they didn't show bad brad check on the river before Harlan bet 20g.

[@well.thy.one.]

Tom das but then it wouldnt be a lead, he would have check raised both streets

[@WJen8]

I've had both happen to me. Playing well and then a single bad play causing my to spiral into a panic ending in heavy losses, and playing like crap until a lucky break turns my game around. It happens to the best and the worst of us.

[@wilde33]

Never folding a boat to an unknown. Even with preflop action and being check raised on the turn. Guy could have AA A9 89s 9Ts AK KQ so many hands he still way ahead of. Putting him on exactly KK when folding river is a terrible nutty move.

[@wjatube]

I share many football wagering tilt experiences with probably thousands of others who tank the 1 and 4 pm games and go heavy on that Sunday night game to break-even. Yet another reason why Monday mornings suck ass.

[@thomasweldon2024]

Anyone else notice that the "you mother fucker" sounds an awful lot like Teddy KGB?

[@AndJusticeForMe]

Probably an homage to Rounders.

[@andrewsssx]

This is a famous story about the grinder. he was staked in by Toby Mcguire and this happened. The royal person who gave him the the runner runner cooler was from Saudi Arabia.

[@ParissaKhoury]

You're right it was Muhammad Bin Salman

[@65971]

www.pocketfives.com/articles/molly-blooms-tell-all-poker-memoir-destroys-tobey-maguire-589520/

[@wangjicheng6758]

I think it’s just not real for a player with experience

[@patrickmacasaet3493]

In the book, the character who is portrayed as Harlan was actually a decent poker player, and he did actually tilt off, maybe not full but he began to lose a lot of hands, what is true is that player X/ Tobey Maguire paid for his buy ins and took some of his winnings

[@wangjicheng6758]

Patrick Macasaet Ye I known. But the movie said, that Halan dropped all his poker-knowledge and just played like a kid. He must be pissed off. Well maybe i don’t have lost as much money as Halan😂😂 so I can’t have the same feeling as Halan.

[@purplepill2024]

​@@AlmonteList, Everybody (even pros) tilts. Harlan consistently re-bought and at point point re-bought for 500K, tilting away $960k (after his bluffed pot) is very possible considering he's been playing (or rather tilting) for 2 days straight. Harlan is a tight player per narration and every tight player considers the *chance* that his opponent has the better hand. As the narration explained in the Q899K hand, Harlan has never played with "Bad" Brad and he chose to give "Bad" Brad the benefit of the doubt, which is not uncommon when you're faced with player you've never played before. Harlan may have gone overboard and tilted for another $950k and missed his wife's surprise party, but it ain't impossible for him to do so. Tilt can happen for a million reasons, being bluffed out of a pot is a very common one.

[@barnsnoble3105]

Andy Ngô if he folds a full house I would want to play with him any chance I could.

[@joeaaronramirez281]

Matt McLaren I believe some of this is true in the video. How you may ask? Simple in real life all you have to look at is Phil Hellmuth and the devil fish.

[@ajitkirpekar4251]

I am confused, how is he check raising the turn if he is in position?

[@logicpolice2451]

*Just came here to read all the Poker Pros handing out lordly advice to a character based on a real man who was "the best player at most tables"*

[@lanvlanv5184]

Actually, he wasn't, there were hundreds of players better, probably thousands, at that time, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Patrick Antonius, and a bunch of other players were the REAL best players at most of the tables, and I can tell 100% confident, that none of them would fold that fucking full house, it was a bad play, a fold that came out of the fear, the fear of losing what you ve already earned, no great player feels that fear, and if they do, they ignore it, a good player would never food that hand. That fear is usually a sign of a bad player. And not one of the best. If you don't know a lot of poker, I understand what you said, but if you knew a little you would see how crazy is to fold that hand.

[@lanvlanv5184]

@Georgi Shopov Well I played a few times here and there, and I understand whats you say, but I still think is fear, fear to lose what you ve earned already.

[@marko514]

@@lanvlanv5184 That's why you gotta be bankrolled properly and if you buy in for 1000$, 1000$ is 100BB for you. If you buy in for 10000$, that's 100BB for you. (Big blinds) If you fear for the money you have, one bad beat and all is gone, you will be afraid of bluffing the river, not being confident and relax etc etc

[@gringoboy701]

Poker might be the only game where it's actually more challenging to play with a bunch of people who have no clue what they are doing.

[@clayvision]

Not true at all lol

[@samiam7342]

what a shame to lose your entire bankroll over being bluffed one time..................that's why you always have to set loss limits, if you reach that limit, you stop playing no matter what, that's what chip reese said who was the greatest ever.

[@Spider-Too-Too]

The word tilted really sums it up. It’s like the balance in your head just tilted and you lost all your self control and reasoning, all you want is blood

[@sunilrajgarhia5882]

Doug Polk's advise," Never fold the top of your range".

[@tonelocrian]

I'm glad I know nuthin' about the game, though the story is quite fascinating.

[@joshuaparrott2458]

I never rebuy for at least 20-30 minutes. Gives me time to cool off.

[@ignaciogodoy7095]

That is wrong, Poker is also a game of luck , you need to go home and do a stop loss

[@lacoleccionperfecto]

This movie saves lives.

[@LoowheezeBreeze]

4:46 99.29% Harlan's hand holds up

[@IshiAza]

yet the guy with 0.8 % to win over bet shoves 3 times the size of the pot with just an A high

[@fexcasanova]

LoowheezeBreeze Murphy's Law

[@matthewmcelreavy6761]

So... you’re saying there’s a chance??!!

[@chrisgonepro9648]

IshiAza Ishev it was a beautiful time back then 😭

[@jaidevnani2253]

Wow that scene was complete bullshit

[@mylifeisfunny8911]

This game devours your soul for good

[@emmanuel7690]

How easy would it be to consult a poker player whilst making these movies?

[@bakersmileyface]

I know. They didn't even need to hire a professional to do it. I learned how to play poker little over a week ago and even I realise how stupid this is.

[@jameswood1935]

Watching just an hour of vids of pros playing/coolers/tilting/laying down hands/ getting the nuts on KZbin couldve saved this scene

[@Gunman610]

It's possible that Aaron Sorkin wrote this movie for a general audience, rather than just poker players. His writing in West Wing and Studio 60 are the same way.

[@emmanuel7690]

@@Gunman610 What difference would the situation being realistic make to the general audience?

[@emmanuel7690]

@happyz hoodwinker You're either absolutely clueless, a terrible reg or an enthusiastic rec. Either way, this is where I exit this 'debate'.

[@krisskrop6739]

What makes this movie decent is that she said check raising the turn and bombing the river... I like the term bombing this movie had decent stuff poker wise. I guess this is just a lesson in variance?

[@henryzamora9879]

First time I played poker at a casino I lost 100$ Was the worst pain I ever felt Harlan lost over a million I never wanna feel that pain 😅😐

[@ratataran]

Geez, you're a winner if you only lost a 100

[@benjammin5252]

Funny. I lost $100 playing blackjack. That was the only time I’ve gamble since.

[@tareklegrand7747]

@@ratataran I suppose it's all he had 🤣

[@gandriel1374]

I would call. There is no shame lose with 99,6 % equity (third nuts) and there are more combination could be played this way (AA, X9 suited, busted open - ended straight flush draw, or famous stone cold bluff). pot odds 1:2 are also saying GO in this situlation. But calling raise with Q 9 off suited on deep stack pre-flop is the biggest poker sin i think.

[@jamesmorris9384]

For an extra 50k, I call that push everyday and twice on Sunday!

[@nickhalden5207]

@@LouisE-mp8lx He also loses to K/9

[@bobbytux4735]

@@nickhalden5207 The guy didn't play like he had k 9.

[@nickhalden5207]

@@bobbytux4735 Lmao how doesn't K/9 beat Q/9?

[@bobbytux4735]

@@nickhalden5207 sorry i read what u said wrong in context. Yea it wins if he has it but he didnt play like k9 prior to everything which was the point of the scene.

[@nickhalden5207]

@@bobbytux4735 I understand but I was replying to the other guy's previous comment of him only losing to KK and QQ. He also loses to K/9

[@giacomello0762]

Stuff like this happens but this hand make little to no sense (it's a movie, I know)...Harlan is out of position (given where the button is at 0:53) so it's impossible that he got check-raised on the turn. If the guy raised the turn Harlan should check the river instead of betting. Anyway I'm not folding even if he shows me KK (QQ and K9 are extremely unlikely). Harlan is beating a lot of value hands like 88 - 89 suited - A9 or if the guy overplayed AA - KQ. Last hand is just pure bad luck after playing perfectly fine, he went all in with 99.3% chance to win

[@bigDmtb622]

this is an anecdotal scene, made to teach a lesson to the viewer. "This is what not to do".

[@adamgoldberg1537]

It's a good question asking if he had pocket kings after seeing the five

[@SleepEatWorkRepeat]

Pretty standard flip out moment at the end if you ask me with a pot of 750k.

[@Mrcoldy1988]

After their reaction on "i had just one pair" u know they never played poker.

[@welshfreedom1451]

Poor sketch.. no on is folding 9s full after putting 20k in and not calling extra 50 k with third best nuts!

[@GregorBautista]

paul williamson specially when he had 1.3million lol

[@mikelong2756]

The third best nuts isn't even a phrase lol

[@AirmailMRCOOL]

@@mikelong2756 Yes it is. Maybe the "best" part is uncommon, but "the third nuts" is a very common term.

[@roccoVAL]

@@AirmailMRCOOL you're right the third nuts in a common term...he said the third best nuts which isn't a common term

[@royallwind3937]

It's not even the third best fullhouse. This shit is actually making me laugh. Nobody in this comment section can get this very simple thing correct.

[@vturner]

“except the one in the middle” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hamburglerhelper326]

folds A9 suited to a single open, somehow gets into a 4bet pot with Q9. makes sense. Im pretty sure these stories are not real.

[@questionableidentity1]

lmao seriously right?

[@zodinpuiaralte8118]

it is actually real...

[@franjes9999]

Lmao

[@frodev728]

jigb jones off-suit actually

[@cesarcastro8413]

anyone know the name of Harlans watch?

[@8beazy]

I watched this very thing happen to a friend of mine at the Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa. It was scary as hell!! Just like in this video it was like he became a different person. We had to physically drag him out of there!!

[@jamesbell1613]

It's why I leave once I am down three buy ins at the most. And you can't fold that boat hand, especially with no read.

[@jonathansykes4986]

lol folding queens full getting 3 to 1 and thinking he's the best player at any table.. guy isn't the best player at a live 1/2 game.

[@royallwind3937]

He didn't have queens full, smart guy.

[@royallwind3937]

@@jonathansykes4986 Try again, bud. He had nines full. She even says it in the video lol

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

@@royallwind3937 "Bud" and "smart guy". Insulting a stranger on the internet (whose point was still just as valid) you must feel proud and good. Strong enough to take on the world.

[@royallwind3937]

@@ilovebrandnewcarpets People shouldn't act so cocky when they obviously don't know what they're talking about. He even replied "Yes he did" after I corrected him. Looks like he erased that comment though ;)

[@julienforletta7896]

Its a movie guys

[@ggaccentc]

Best scene in the movie by far

[@sebastianmaregatti]

I’m so scared about getting a gambling addiction

[@ShadowViking47]

If that's truly an issue for you then you are definitely weak minded. Wouldn't recommend you bet.

[@sebastianmaregatti]

ShadowViking47 like I’ve never done any sort of game involving money but I’m just scared I’ll get hook if I ever try it and ruin my life.Seen a lot of gambling movies

[@goggy6850]

bit of advice, if you dont want to get the gambling bug you have to understand one thing. its just money so it doesnt matter. secondly only bet what you can afford and dont mind losing. these 2 things will make your poker fun and pretty quickly you will learn how to be real good after getting your ass handed to you for the little, while you learn from your mistakes. i myself had similar concerns, but after limiting my gambling money on poker and learning from my ass kickings for the first month i started seeing results. the best players at my local home game began to be scared of me and then id start to beat them at their own tactics. now im happy to go to casino and play against those rich fuckers with my 200 bucks and see how well i can do or bad i do. trust me dude poker is so much fun and super interesting mentally. worth it

[@domeniczappia2436]

A great bluff

[@mike990]

Folding 9s full huh? Well played sir.

[@TiltedTexPoker]

🎊 Congratulations 🎉

[@Michaelkayslay]

Jessica looks hot here

[@WhyYouAlwaysLying786]

Which movie is this??

[@adfggffffffddffd]

It's okay Harlan nobody knows what YOU had. Take a chill pill. Tell em you had pocket 2s or something.

[@jackprecip5389]

Rumor has it Harlan was somewhere in the US near at the end of 2021and had 500k on Pitt +4 vs. Michigan St. Days after the game, when the police broke into his apartment to check on his welfare and found him dead, from apparently hanging himself, his neighbors said they heard a lot of loud yelling and cursing, followed by the sounds of breaking glass, then what they thought might be sobbing, and then everything went eerily quiet, and they never heard a sound coming from his apartment again.

[@PsyQoBoy]

Know your players, know your outs, know your table stake, know your pot sizing

[@honduranhimbo]

This movie deserved better it was soooo goood!

[@SuperRedux]

He should know by now that you can’t be all loosely-goosey having-a-sandwich at the poker table