If you've ever played poker, this movie is garbage

Rating: 5/10 (14 June 2018)

When I heard of a poker story with more than 7/10 on imdb, I had to check it out. Most poker movies are inaccurate and overdramatized with no clue as to how the game is really played.
Guess what. This movie is no different.
First, I cracked up laughing at Molly cracking up her spine at the ski slope.
My first facepalm came when Molly was talking about a guy folding the "mathematically the best hand, which in poker is called the nuts". For those of you who don't know, the "nuts" means the best possible combination of cards currently on the table. It's not the "mathematically best hand", it is absolutely the best hand possible according to the rules of the game.
If you've ever watched a few minutes of ESPN poker since 1998, you would know this. If you're writing a movie about poker, is it really acceptable to have this level of incompetence regarding the game itself?
I guess Aaron Sorkin doesn't play poker, or simply doesn't care. At this point I was ready to stop watching, but Idris Elba's character kept me engaged for a while longer.
Speaking of Idris Elba, let's talk about character motivation. The movie starts with Molly getting arrested. Then suddenly she's heading into Idris Elba's office, who doesn't want to help her, but then does. Why? Why is Idris Elba's daughter in his office? We don't know but Elba draws a triangle on a flatboard with Molly's name in the middle, so that proves something.
Then we learn your laptop takes backups of your text messages when you hook your phone up. I had to watch that part twice to check if I heard that correctly, but I guess these people live in a world where technology is magic and that sort of stuff happens.
Then we have a supposed poker pro completely going on manic life-tilt after losing ONE hand. Dramatic purposes surely, but a rational human being does not act that way, much less a poker pro.
When the one lady started collecting rake in the middle of a hand with illegal bet sizings, I stopped watching.
Boring overdramatized garbage. Go watch "Rounders" or that one Eric Bana-flick if you want a poker movie. They're not great, but at least you can watch without rolling your eyes.