Professional Poker Player Rates Poker Scenes In Movies

[@JoelVanEtten-qo5cc]

My favorite part of the Casino Royale scene is that after Bond wins, he tips the dealer a $500,000 plaque, and the dealer's reaction is a muted, expressionless "thank you sir" instead of "HOLY FUCK HALF A MILLION DOLLARS YOU'VE CHANGED MY LIFE"

[@andrewchapman4267]

I like to believe the dude split it with the rest of the staff. I may be very wrong 😂

[@Ishbikes]

You have to act like you belong…

[@fergalhennessy775]

the casino is taking that 500k for sure 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lordAvatar]

​@@Ishbikes Not like it was his money.

[@Ishbikes]

@@lordAvatar so you think he should’ve jumped up like he hit the lotto? He’d be out of there. And they’ll have a new dealer

[@Klyne]

Le Chiffre should have just realised he's in a bond movie, read the script and seen bond had the nuts. Easy laydown.

[@jasperw6673]

fold and wait for a better spot

[@theminister1154]

@@jasperw6673 Cash in & wait for 002 or somthin'

[@relaxationmeditationsleep2934]

I saw the movie twice and he made the same mistake again.

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

Hard to see the opponent will have a straight flush as opposed to a bluff. Lechivre played it ok. Bond drew an unbelievable river hand.

[@cwolf208]

@@ChrisShortyAllen It's never going to be a bluff there. There were already multiple people all in.

[@FedorHolzOfficial]

The "In Time" one killed me 😂

[@Snowball_Earth]

When I watched it the 1st time and I saw the 84o being revealed, I choked on my drink 😂😂

[@augustgreig9420]

You can't muck your hand in a tournament after an all in, especially for all the money.

[@glennhagstedt]

the movie plays out in like the 90s or early 00's, back then you could do whatever you wanted basically.

[@U_r_hopeless]

I think Alex and Kristen foxen need to take some notes

[@augustgreig9420]

@@glennhagstedt It was even more strict before hole card cameras. Just like the rule that if you are last to act on the river with the nuts, you MUST bet or raise, when two or more players are all in, both hands must be tabled in order to prevent collusion, which is exactly what this was.

[@MarkoAssi_pokervlogger]

Ok. I asked this question above. I was thinking isn't that technically a collusion.

[@ragnarlodbrok9186]

@@MarkoAssi_pokervlogger Absolutely it's chip dumping and collusion (though kind of a weird situation because the father isn't in on it).

[@Generalbas1972]

The scene in the movie "In Time" which is actually a pretty decent movie, doesn't make sense on several levels. Not only the points that Fedor points out but also the villian could just wait 4 secs and the hero would be *DEAD* not his hand but him and the villian wouldn't have to pay him anything - that's what i would do

[@danielhoang289]

I think to prevent that situation, they would bet with their silver devices (which they do use throughout the movie) instead of their actual wrists. Kind of like in real life cash games, where you have money behind in your wallet but only the chips on table matter for all-in bet.

[@Generalbas1972]

@@danielhoang289 could be, but why did the clock on his wrist count down and as soon as he won the hand it went back up in years? that still doesn't make sense

[@danielhoang289]

@@Generalbas1972 No I'm not saying that's how they did it in the movie. I'm saying that would be a way to fix the issue you mentioned

[@Generalbas1972]

@@danielhoang289 i guess🤷

[@denisfolcik1373]

Wouldn't be much of a movie of they did that though. It's called Plot Armor

[@hitman5782]

If i had been the villain in this time movie, i had just tanked for a few seconds and my opponent would have been dead and not able to reveal his cards so i win.

[@zeouhu7345]

LMAO

[@baileydwyer453]

Thats the most evil thing I can imagine

[@crosytsui]

4:42 Hellmuth “He called a raise with QT honey!” moment

[@joeshittheragman6252]

Lol

[@sensiv]

7:10 not only that. He went „all in“ basically headsup and won like 10 times his „stack“

[@shtilianboychev]

“Pay that man his money” Simply love it 😅

[@paulpena5040]

I love how the camera pans into Bond at the end like he's a super bad ass for winning with a straight flush, lol. Coolering someone is not really playing better poker than them.

[@Stream_King]

The most realistic cash game poker hand I've seen in a movie is in the home game in the movie "Mississippi Grind." Really good gambling film.

[@richardsimmonsjuggernautof9781]

Great movie

[@xRicCi]

Another big issue with Casino Royal is that the dealer shouldn't replace the player's cards with the board cards or combine both. That is a major no no. You put them aside and indicated the best "5 Cards." Saw that in a similar video.

[@mrmacross]

Yeah, it was weird, but it was for the benefit of non-poker fans to see clearly what the hands each man was playing.

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

It's a film. They are never true.

[@SpaceFortunaa]

Interesting breakdown! A pro poker player's perspective reveals how movie scenes often dramatize hands and bluffing for effect. Real poker relies more on strategy, reading opponents, and managing risks than on flashy moves

[@mpp8042]

That Casino Royale hand happened to me in 4/8 limit. I flopped the straight flush, never raised once, pot capped every round. Beat out two flushes and a boat.

[@derekeyler2634]

So satisfying to see him cover the poker scene from In Time. That scene was extremely cringe and was satisfying to have my feelings about it validated

[@adamgamali5262]

would also love to see you review that hand from "billions" when they call with like 9 high or something

[@kcc-karenschroniccorner9432]

Nice to see you cover Lucky You - it’s usually missed but it’s an interesting one. Some great cameos from people like Jen Harmon and D Negs as well!

[@BarryBizzle]

Totally. I really liked Lucky You as well.

[@nazfrde]

The problem with the "cookie tell" scene is that Damon's character would never have given Teddy KGB the information he needed to figure out that he had the tell. He basically told him, "I'm folding this because of your tell."

[@bojanfrntic8596]

Baana and John Malkovich both of theam are Croation origins.

[@cwolf208]

He addresses this in the film. He was trying to rattle him because he needed to win quickly.

[@OKOK-hm2is]

He wanted him to tilt

[@rickmoreno7166]

How about the tournament in "Maverick?" Angel getting irate at Maverick not looking at his last card is great!

[@davidpolston1836]

Good content Fedor. Nice to mix up 'proper' coaching/reviews with some lighter content, still relevant and interesting. Cheers!

[@pauliep2020]

If you’ve never watched “The Sopranos” - take a look at the season 2 episode “The Happy Wanderer.” It’s hilarious and deals with a losing poker player that gets in debt with the mob.

[@shaddow3456]

“Tony, you know me! Our kids go to school together!” “Get up.”

[@dug452007]

Was hoping the scene in Mollys Game where the clown folded the nuts was included. Unbelievable Hollywood scene, anyone playing for those stakes would not make that mistake. Great fun video though, interesting to see Fedor analyze hands!

[@Melvinvanharn]

When he folded Q9 because he thought his opponent had KK? He had the fourth nuts. QQ, KK, and 9K all beat him. Its still a terrible fold, but it wasn't the "nuts".

[@dug452007]

@@Melvinvanharn Yep, you're right but the hand I was referring to was 26 minutes into the movie where the guy got bluffed off the actual nuts because player x trash talked him into folding.

[@Melvinvanharn]

Okay, you are correct. I forgot about that scene. That's so tilting. Folding the nuts can be correct in Omaha, but in Hold em, heads up, it can't happen.

[@racing1000]

When people ask me what my favourite poker movie is, I always say "Rounders for the poker, Casino Royale in the movie"

[@karanmaitra9532]

I reckon the best hand I’ve seen depicted in media is probably the ‘I have 9 high’ hero call from Billions.

[@drummboi21]

It’s based off a call stu Ungar made with ten high

[@jameygilligan2124]

Fedor seems like the kind of guy would be cool to be around. Have only seen him in a serious setting. 👍

[@keluizok4906]

Failed to mention molly's game where harlan goes on tilt after losing to bad brad (jessica chastain hand analysis on that was fkn spot on) And the final hand in the cincinnati kid where the kid suffers a bad beat to the man

[@El_pedro81]

Ahhhh fedor!!!schön dich zu sehen!!!!

[@jamesr3505]

Heartwarming when a father and son conspire to cheat? Probably someone had a piece of the son’s action. Criminals

[@ahmadpoursaman7771]

Did you know teddy had Aces in the last hand .. if you play frame by frame you can see it when he throws the cards away

[@adrianoalves20]

Cool! I missed the movie Shade in there.

[@billysikes1374]

What about the Nick Nolte awful movje lol Straight flush vs Straight flush, Honeymoon in Vegas

[@bloom5086]

The "Rounders" cookie scene shows that the main character is not good poker player since you just gave away that you have 100% tell on your opponent

[@dominictang9328]

#4 ... all in and a call... the tournament rule is that both players must table their hands. Sounds like Jack Effle cameo for the TD... he'd know this!!

[@Voltai88]

The movie "deal" had a similar moment to lucky you

[@johnd5619]

we need part 2 bro

[@lmd499]

How do you fold aces full if you’re Le Chiffre?

[@cwolf208]

By realizing that you have the third nuts and there are 4 all ins.

[@blakev9041]

Fedor condoning chip dumping in lucky you???

[@B0bi_007]

hahahaha exactly

[@blockmanfr1079]

About the last hand, as it is an All-In tournament situation, isn't he supposed to show his cards anyway ?

[@markterrin8673]

He must but if he throw the cards the dealer couldn't take them and show to everybody as it mixed with others. Sometimes players do this

[@lukasrucys9198]

Proper dealer would be protecting muck, especially if you suspect there is gonna be all in and a cl

[@ian625]

Teddy had to pay Mike his money...there were like 20 people watching the game at that point. If he didnt pay Mike the money then no one would ever play at Teddy's room again because word would spread that Teddy is a cheat and he will lose his players.

[@MarkoAssi_pokervlogger]

That last hand, was that a tournament? Sorry I didn't watch the movie. If that wasn't heads-up for final two....isn't that considered collusion if he mucks the winning hand?

[@seguren]

Yes. He essentially dumped his chips to his father to give him an edge against the other player. Definitely not a fair play.

[@MarkoAssi_pokervlogger]

@@seguren why did Fedor choose not to mention it?

[@seguren]

@@MarkoAssi_pokervlogger Yeah, I don't know. I think maybe he just wanted to focus on it being a nice moment between father and son. Spoiler Alert: Before that moment, the main character hated his father, so it was meant to be something wholesome. Also, the other character ends up winning anyway, so it didn't even matter.

[@calpoker21]

best poker hand by far is lost when jack and sawyer play for the medicine and on the river jack merges his range n shoves with a pretty marginal hand that almost everyone would just showdown so sawyer makes a hero call thinking jack must be polarized n over bluffing n cant believe when he sees what jack called him with.....i mean obv the writers had no clue about any of that and just accidentally wrote a super fantastic and realistic heads up NL scene without having a clue what they were doing but it's pretty hilarious and by far the best/most realistic poker hand in film/tv

[@billysikes1374]

It would have been cool if we all knew what Teddy had when Mike had 8 9, Sucks that we don't get to see Teddy's hand when he folded to Mike's KKs first hand

[@joshturner7828]

Debated this for years. He flopped a set of 10s or rivered a set

[@losyart]

That ace couldnt help you is kinda suggesting like he has a lot of them but idk

[@ahmadpoursaman7771]

He had aces .. just like the first time he stacked damon .. you can see it if you play frame by frame

[@richardsimmonsjuggernautof9781]

Robert Duvall didn’t raise the river, he simply bet, was a super standard shove, especially in a 3 bet pot

[@JC-fc2op]

The thing that annoyed me is the dealer presented the straight flush the wrong way round 🙄😂

[@chrisbaines5152]

Should review Jack Pearson's hand from the show "This Is Us."

[@snake0911]

A shame Fedor hasn’t seen Cincinnati kid

[@Taktikfuchs1]

right, especially the reveal of the hand in the final scene was shocking..

[@book2828]

One movie you should check out is Deal with Burt Reynolds

[@andrewdelacalzada6802]

Wow good video

[@panamacitystumpremoval6427]

How could you leave out Burt Reynolds movie deal? If you haven't seen it give it a watch

[@MrAgmoore]

Burt Reynolds probably died before Fedor was even born?

[@vitaly5297]

Speaking about casino royale scene, instead of analysing players' decisions, I would better mention that IRL players rarely shove all the chips, they simply dont have to. And in case of monsieur le Chiffre, he could just announce the call. Showdown - then dealer does the maths with chips and plaques. What if there is a choppot? They would waste tons of time rewatching the video trying to figure out which amount of money was put into pot by each player. Also, since Bond was the last one to raise he should've shown his hand first, not the last. And when all players show their hands dealer doesnt take their cards and make a combination with community cards.

[@artemkorolev2257]

Also the blinds are 500k/1m - so the first player shoves for 4 big blinds))) Also there is no button on the table in this hand...which is a missdeal anyway) And then Bond tips the dealer with a tournament chip which has no cash value)

[@Bruceylancer]

@@artemkorolev2257 They were playing tournament style, but for cash, as far as I remember, so the chips actually had their exact value in cash. But the whole scene is absurd anyway, for different reasons.

[@artemkorolev2257]

@@Bruceylancer absolutely, and I never thought I'd say this, but Fedor is wrong, there is no way somebody is folding a full-house there, it's a massive cooler.

[@artemkorolev2257]

@@Bruceylancer 4bb shove in a cash game - nice)

[@Bruceylancer]

@@artemkorolev2257 Yeah, exactly, I just wrote another comment about this. The 2 short-stacked guys would've shoved their 88 and KQs either pre-flop or at least on the flop, given how short they are and that they are only 4-handed. No way the action gets to the river in this setup.

[@marcelklausberger5808]

Please do a video about the film "all in" ❤❤ btw was nice to see you in Switzerland

[@refnel]

last scene is not good, you cannot Muck your hand on a All in - call scenario, if you muck, it's collusion. Another Lie from the film industrie.

[@utkarssrivasta5981]

In cash games you can

[@matthagis4697]

You can muck but it be demanded to show or not

[@MrAgmoore]

@@utkarssrivasta5981 There's tournament rules. Poker Bunny got into trouble for trying to throw her cards into the muck ( she was probably being staked at the time ). She grabbed the dealers hands and then ran out the casino. When she went back to play in another tournament, they probably called her into the office and gave her a warning.

[@Bruceylancer]

The "Casino Royale" scene is pretty unrealistic as well. The two other players (except the main 2 characters) were very short, they had about 10 BBs when the hand started, there's no way they would've gotten to the river with the hands they had. Would've gotten all-in either preflop or on the flop at best.

[@dennisarkenberg4909]

How about doing one on The Cincinnati Kid?

[@G0DofRock]

Flush vs Boat vs Boat vs Straight-flush was absolutely absurd, Idk what you're smoking but that's never gonna happen.

[@maxhdr]

There is a scene where the hero is getting owned by the vilain who call him with Ten high, but i can't recall which movie is it from 😏

[@ekiaho]

Funny how pro pokerplayer is fine with soft play (Lucky You).. Specially in a big tournament final table like in the movie..

[@paulmaier6305]

A Big Hand for the Little Lady final hand.

[@myzspivey2839]

That's great! 🏆🙂🙏🏼

[@abdulrazzaq1354]

Hello

[@XiagraBalls]

That last scene was de facto chip dumping. Also, can't believe he didn't mention the ridiculous s**t the dealer was doing with the cards in Casino Royale and nvm the fact that he doesn't even bother working out side pots. All of those scenes are terrible. Apparently, Greg Raymer was an advisor to the writers on CR but he was ignored.

[@mitchtheronin1469]

Would be too confusing for the audience tbh

[@michaelb.42112]

I wish I could say I was a Poker Professional. It's so James Bond and probably helps you get chicks.

[@robertstauffer2865]

KGB doesn't pay Mike because he has "honor". He pays him because a room full of his high stakes regulars are railbirding the game. If he didn't pay Mike, NO ONE would ever play at KGB's club again.

[@neilgodfrey2669]

You would think that if Teddy KGB knew Matt Damen had a tell on him he could use that information and do reverse tells with the cookies?? But no.

[@1lacas]

What about The Maverick ?

[@RobRochon]

Teddy KGB didn't have anything to do with honor. If he doesn't pay then his whole underground poker operation would get a reputation for not paying when they lose and would fail overnight.

[@DubSun33]

Teddy has honour? hahaha It's a movie!!! Can't have the hero make a great play without the pay off. It's a moooooovie!!

[@marianominino7264]

Love seeing people who play poker lose their minds over these things when every other person in existence couldn't care less

[@chrisi621]

Literally every one of those scenes breaks some poker rule. But that's not saying much. Since Id say 99% of the time, poker rules are broken in movie/TV poker scenes. The worst one, obviously, the string bet. "I see your $50, and I raise you." Nope. You just called, buddy. Your raise won't stand.

[@orpenkisacikoglu998]

Come on guys! where is the Maverick final poker scene??? slow roll at its best

[@Tuturial464]

No offense fedor, but let’s be honest. You don’t fold the third nuts when you have blockers

[@ThierryGomez10]

Bond had the nuts but got them ripped out later in the movie

[@neilgodfrey2669]

Surely that Lucky You scene would be a TV table where the cards would be known.??. The worst scene in that film is when the old guy slow rolls with straight flush against a lady.. terrible

[@acevedeyt9551]

Do Mollys game now!

[@sauravchauhan3989]

I am here after watching Greg goes allin . Fedar u r late

[@interabie]

The details in most poker scenes are so bad. Even the rounders one werent great. The last one is so unrealistic - not allowed to muck in that situation, if he had the best hand then that would be collusion, and the dad is too naive lol It’s been a while but I remember Molly’s game had a cool scene where a guy gets drawn out on after flopping Qs full of 7s

[@rodrigomarques7550]

ahahahahah so good the in time

[@the6ig6adwolf]

During the final hand in Rounders, Mike never says "call" when Teddy goes all-in. He just sort of pushes his chips slightly forward and turns over his hand, declaring he has the straight. I don't think that would hold up in most cases, and his hand would be declared dead. Would it not?

[@NeuroticNOOB]

It depends on house rules if there is no betting line I guess. There are rules that consider a forward motion with chips a bet/call. If he goes over a betting line it is definitely a call though. You don't have to announce it verbally. Just flinging one chip into the pot would be fine too.

[@NeuroticNOOB]

Also I don't think your hand is dead if you reveal it in this case. There is no rule against revealing your hand heads up before you make a call.

[@augustgreig9420]

Why would your hand be dead? And generally, you don't have to speak at all at the poker table, and since the bet put him all in, if he'd moved even one chip toward the pot and let it go, that would be considered a call. And people turn their hand over in situations like this all the time, and I mean before they even call, to try and get a read or a tell out of their opponent.

[@Tomahawk-oi9sr]

This man acts like he would fold a fullhouse of A’s over 6’s…

[@xxfazenoscoper360doesnosco2]

this guy really just said you should fold a full house...

[@jamesbell1613]

Based on the action it's not that great of a hand.

[@xxfazenoscoper360doesnosco2]

@@jamesbell1613 lol, it doesnt matter. he only gets beaten by 4 hands, which is a risk of one in 500. it doesn't matter how aggressively the guy bets; if you're tight enough to fold with a 99.8% winrate, youre never gonna make any money playing poker.

[@jamesbell1613]

@@xxfazenoscoper360doesnosco2 It does matter. An A 6 full house on that board is not that great BASED ON THE ACTION.

[@jamesbell1613]

@xxfazenoscoper360doesnosco2 The odds are much higher based on four all ins and Bond raising on the end? I've seen tighter folds.

[@cwolf208]

@@xxfazenoscoper360doesnosco2 Are you arguing that the action beforehand has zero bearing on the odds you win?

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

Casino Royale is loaded with coolers. The last hand it is 4 handed and one guy has a flush.... the other 88s full.... bad guy Aces full and Bond a straight flush. That is after Bond got coolered with Kings full of Aces by Quad Jacks. Not very realistic unless you were a regular on Full Tilt before it shut down. I was in line to have a deep run in a 2k field MTT and was second in chips with about 300 people left and got taken out by first in chips guy with quad 55s versus my quad 33s. Flop was like 853 turn 3 river 5.

[@Tom_Stevens617]

Coolers like that happen all the time online, not really unrealistic lol

[@ayoubifadir5124]

All in 6 million 😂

[@jack9gaming416]

Wsop rules mucking in an all in isn't allowed yeah?

[@cyuzna]

Holy shit, Fedor is WAY different away from the table.

[@e.t926]

what if you fold the nuts and muck them? They"ll never know it if there are no cameras. For example your friend is all in and you have the nuts and you are last to act 😂

[@fizzfox8886]

"If i would tönt nicht gut" 🤪

[@trailblazer77]

I just realized this guy's head is way too big for his body. Like it's really strange after you watch him.. am I tripping,😅😂

[@PaperPlateParody]

In Time, wasn't too cringy. The main character is just a massive whale who got lucky. Molly's Game is the most cringy poker movie I've ever seen.

[@petrareeb6219]

In Time had such an amazing concept but the "Casino Scene" bothered me every time I watched it ... the dialogue afterwards was also cringe as the hero (played by Justin Timberlake) reveals that he was never in doubt that he was gonna win ... yup with 8 4 o on a gut shot Flop ...

[@Dendelin007]

lol Fedor :D

[@nobody4448]

Play now like in movies seen 👍. New James Poker Bond i. Watch out 😂

[@stevenlu0ng]

Terrible rating/analysis by this pro…Casino Royale: two players jam all in with 1 to a flush and the villain goes all in with 2 pair? Never. Rounders: not even a mention about the string bet.

[@stevenlu0ng]

And 4th clip: the dad should check on the river. Not call as the pro said…he is first to act.

[@noThankyou-g5c]

in time is one of those movies where soooo many dumb people think it’s SO smart but it’s just dumb

[@cwolf208]

The last scene is textbook collusion and they would both get DQ'd.

[@rppoker4768]

Are you feeling satisfied yet ?

[@terrytibbs951]

Slightly worrying anybody wants to see fedor rate anything

[@Nicole-yy1kn]

He also draw attention to himself to get arrested

[@arr_e4793]

James bond had the worst slow roll.

[@matthagis4697]

Big hand for the little lady

[@best7993]

Why would u ever show folding a monster??😂 u literally let him know ur overfolding, but worst of all. He might be onto the fact he has a tell. Which literally even happens!!. Now ur tell is gone😂😂

[@rppoker4768]

Who is this guy ?

[@jamesbell1613]

Some dude who has won over 10 million dollars in poker tournaments.

[@Disillusioned2022]

I am downvote #14. The words professional and poker player are an oxymoron. They don't go together. It's a fallacy. You can't be a professional gambler. You can be a lucky one. But professional? FFS please.