Three Stacks of High Society

One of the age-old questions that is asked in the poker world is, "What got you started in poker?" It can be argued that the most common answer involves the 1998 movie, Rounders. We would venture a guess that at least three quarters of every person remaining in this tournament has seen the classic poker movie staring Matt Damon and John Malkovich. What we have never seen, is a player watching Rounders, while at the table. That's what Will Failla is doing right now.

Recently we watched Failla take down a small pot when he and three opponents took to a {a-Spades} {7-Spades} {6-Clubs} flop. One of the players check-called a bet of 500 from Failla and then folded to Failla when he bet on the {10-Diamonds} turn. We moved around the table to check out his chip count and that's when we noticed Matt Damon's character Mike McDermott staring up at us from the screen of Failla's iPad. Then, suddenly, John Malkovich's character Teddy KGB was sucking on an Oreo. We almost had to stop ourselves from taking a chair next to Failla and asking for one of his earphones.