I won't answer that question, but I will say that this is a Hollywood movie, after all. I was simultaneously impressed and depressed by Rounders . It was quite entertaining, and for someone who has never played a hand of poker in his entire life, informative. Screenwriters David Levine and Brian Koppelman let us in on a few of the game's secrets, and it's obvious they've put a lot of time into studying poker. It's just too bad they didn't write a halfway original script.
Rounders has all the cliches of a sports movie.
Throughout most of the film, I was wondering when the hell Mr Miyagi would show up. Most of the acting was good, with two notable exceptions. Gretchen Mol is an extremely attractive woman, but her acting skills make Pamela Anderson look like Meryl Streep. It doesn't help that her character is perfunctory, and really doesn't do anything for the story whatsoever. And someone please tell Mr Malkovich that Oreo fetishes do not make a man look menacing.