He didn't pay Matt out of respect. He paid him because not a soul would have gambled in Teddy's place if he stiffs someone when they beat the house. His poker room would be empty. Who wants to play in a place if you win , you still lose.
Danielle Marion Sure. Your right. However, K.G.B. could have killed the kid and took the money back.. Or, just have Grandma do it.. He accepted his lose.. As far as we know.. You're right though. Nobody would gamble with somebody who doesn't pay the winners..It was lines such as... Kids got alligator blood" Also... "respect is all you have left in the morning". As in he respects Matt Damon as a intelligent and skilled opponent and adversary... Matt Damon's buddy put them in debt by making brainless moves... . All that added up to a substantial sized Financial hole... He filled in the hole. Paid off his buddys debt. Paid back the judge.. He also won back all the money he lost to K.G.B. in the beginning.. Then he left for vegas to chase his dream. If K.G.B. didn't respect the kid.. He should have.. Awesome comment by the way..
Exactly, from what I could gather from the movie this was a regular big game. If Matt didn't get paid or if he had an accident leaving, The game would have been over and KGB would have the bad rep. KGB is probably making a lot of money off of Wall street guys and doctors and such he knows he will make the money up another night.
That has to be the greatest feeling in poker: flopping the nuts, it holds through the turn and river, and the guy is betting into you, going all-in on the river.
Yeah you're right. I had to do that last night for a $1500 pot. I re-raised pre-flop with AA and flopped a set on AJT board with two diamonds, but the turn brought a flush and the river a straight. The guy check-raised the turn and I called hoping the board would pair on the river. Unfortunately, the river brought the 4th card of a straight. My top set had turned into bluff catcher. The guy insta-shoves the river. I tanked for about 2-3 minutes and then made the call because the guy seemed to be playing little too aggressive for his hand and making moves too aggressively. He didn't turn his hand over instantly and then said that the caller was supposed to turn his hand over first. We all knew that was bullshit, but I turned over the set and he mucked his hand. Then he said I made a terrible call because either a flush or a single card straight would've beaten me. While that might be true, it is also true that he had neither of those hands and that is the main point. I'm still buzzing from that hand this afternoon!
Fun fact: When Malkovich did the accent on set the first time. Everyone was applauding & cheering him on besides Damon. Who thought it was weird and sounded off. Making a disappointed facial expression unbeknownst to himself. Malkovich saw Damons reaction and pulled him to the side and whispered "you want to know a secret? Im a terrible actor". 🤣😂🤣😂 Lmao! The genius of Malkovich just winging it.
John did it WAY over the top as a joke, people were pretending like they liked it because they didn't know what else to do, it's John Malkovich being awful! Damon was bewildered and couldn't hide it. Then John let him in on the joke.
@@D0nKeY played yesterday at a 2/5 at a card room and the guy who folded said “I’m not gonna bet against a made hand” and then the winner said “pay that man his money” so it gets brought up at least where I’m at that’s what brought me back to watch the opening and closing scene
I actually hated that this movie made poker main stream for a while and the subsequent ESPN exposure that made Texas hold ‘em ubiquitous. That’s all anyone wants to play in the last 20 years
The real poker play here is when he flops the nuts and then on the next bet, tells KGB not to splash the pot. That makes KGB even more emotional and a higher likelihood that he will make a mistake and not see what's really happening. Great scene.
One of my favorite scenes ever. Adds so much depth to KGB. He's experiencing a rage he hasn't felt for ages... and even in the midst of that... even as a gangster bad guy... he still has the _character_ to stop his lackeys and keep his honor intact. *"Niet. He beat me. Straight up. Pay him. Pay that man his money."* Then he goes in the back room where, if ya have any sense at all... you won't disturb him for a few hours.
Classic scene. Because at the heart of it the guy was a purist more than a gangster. And of course he respected the hell out of what just happened, even if it infuriated him. It would be like squashing a resilient bug. You just have to respect the little shit.
You also have to remember, he is trying to make money with his underground casino. Who would want to go somewhere where you cannot actually win? He was trying to protect his business.
Yes the typical thing what bad guys do is, that after loosing they dont pay, when kill you, if you want them pay and after winning they want you to pay or kill you off. You cant be that good poker player, if you have so much emotion in it and he just had cheeky personality without realizing what is happening. He was just prideful about his 3 aces, while he never wondered how good player like Matt Damon keep calling thoese pots, when of course Matt Damon needs to have something sick to keep calling, when there is just numbers in board. I dont think he would put so much money in with pair or two pairs.
That 'dont splash the pot' was genius, played into the mans ego ensuring hed bet every single round while he checks every time on a winning hand, well written movie
Definitely not a well written movie, the entire plot is based off a guy that basically has “poker superpowers” when in reality a guy like johnny chan is just a normal ass dude and he doesnt have the ability to perfectly read even noobie players hands that part of the movie was horrible
6:00 no financial payoff - taking trillions from hell back to Heaven along with the human population - $1 lawsuit --> all damages to charity --> beat the devil faith in God
If you watch it over and over (and if you're a poker player) you'll see about 15 blatant screw-ups that would never happen in a real game between two elite players. Kinda ruins the scene for me.
@@dennycarr6498 If it's highly subjective, then you can never say it's underrated, because that's just your opinion and "what you're really saying is that you like the film". You can't play the "opinion" card just because this time it suits you. It's an average holywood movie that grossely overrates how real poker is played to a super hero level, with goofy exagerated characters (like KGB here). It's alright and sometimes funny if you watch it in a relax mood with nothing to lose, but you can't take it seriously or get anything out of it other than some laughs here and there.
The point of asking him to not splash the pot was to dig into his pride and ego a little bit. When you’re fighting for your ego, you’re not thinking about your cards.
Bob 1UK not that bad of a hand. Any Ace, five, or running threes and you got a boat. Definitely not drawing dead and got decent outs even though you're way behind. Still got a chance.
It took watching this scene more than a dozen times over the years for me to realize the thing I love the most about it is the crazy light tapping on that ride cymbal. It almost disappears when Teddy gets pissed and throws the cookies, but it's still there - continuing to drive the tension along as they flash forward to a few hours later with the "alligator blood" line. Such a great example of music coloring the mood of the story.
I see many people complaining about his accent, but here is the thing - everybody is different with accents. I had a russian guy in my german classes who spoke german with exactly the same accent. Incredibly heavy. Being good at the language (grammatically correct) doesn't mean automatically you have an ear for the prononciation and vice versa. I on the other hand, speak five languages at different proficiency levels and can imitate german and english (american or british) accent so well, that I have been mistaken by native speakers for a native speaker myself, they find it hard to locate, but they fall for it. The second I try to build more complex sentences and hesitate about words my accent starts to fall apart and my ruse is exposed. :) So his accent is really spot on and people saying that no russian would speak with such an accent is a very subjective thing to say.
milster Yeah. He was simply having fun with the character. He knew the accent was absolutely ridiculous and over the top, but it was memorable and brilliant.
@@thetruth2509 And anybody you know while playing poker does an impression of KGB... you know exactly where it came from, who the actor is, and which scene it was. That's why the accent is not correct... but memorable, which sometimes is more important.
If they weren't so many people around that wouldn't come back if he didn't pay him, then this would be true. He paid him just so he wouldn't lose his clients.
I love how Damon is literally playing exactly how he mocked the rookies for playing early in the movie. If they act weak, they're strong. If they act strong, they're weak
It's like the battle of wits in the Princess bride. Teddy could go back-and-forth in his head. "He's playing weak, so he must be strong ... but he would know that I would assume he was strong, so he must be weak ... but ..." The key to betting is to not be predictable. Bluff a weak hand the same way that you play a strong one ... then bluff differently ... and also play strong differently ... and so on.
I love how Matt Damon played prodigy's in a string of movies in the mid to late 90's. A math prodigy in Good Will Hunting, a rookie lawyer who miraculously wins a multi million dollar lawsuit in The Rain Maker and a poker prodigy in Rounders.
The actor's in this movie are second to none . Everyone of them brilliant, even the bit actors . Incredible writing , set lighting just a masterpiece and Classic .
Malkovich here is where luck meets talent. Somehow for non Russians that accent works but anyone who knows Russians or has been to a Russia it’s a terrible accent. Completely made up and winging every line. 😂
Mike really pushed it there at the end with that ”busting you up all night!' line. Kgb keeping his cool and still paying him makes me love this scene even more!!
@@andrewjcalhoun7865 Yeah, what a dumbass thing to say to someone who casually has people killed, right after humiliating him in his club and taking a ton of his money.
Its one thing to beat a boss and take his $. It's another to talk shit to him in front od all his goons! Thats why matt would have got worked.... NOT fir beating him
@@andrewjcalhoun7865 If anything it was perfectly believable. KGB runs a high stakes underground poker game. If word gets out he didn't pay him, his game and reputation is ruined. No one will ever play there again. He pays him the money he won so people see that he's legit and won't screw people over. That way he will make that money back
Same here. And I have. I still wonder what cards did KGB have. And I wondered if that would be less appealing had I found out. Rumor has it he was holding a pair of 10's.
@@thesnowflakediaries5267 He figured out that Teddy's "tell" was was to open an oreo when he had a definite winning hand when he beat him in the beginning of the movie
Wes The Tubamaster his tell was actually eating the Oreos with a made hand. In the first hand of the night, Mike raises $1000 pre flop with pocket cowboys. Teddy re raises $4000 and mike goes all in. Teddy pauses, opens an Oreo, but puts it down without eating it and mucks it. Later in the night, when mike is almost busted, he flops top 2 pair and is ready to raise, but he sees teddy open and eat an Oreo, so he checks. Teddy raises big and mike realizes teddy flopped an A-5 straight so he folds and shows his hand to try and get him off his game. In the beginning of the movie teddy eats the Oreo when he beats mikes 9s over aces boat with aces over 9s boat.
Honey, guess what he did, I flop top set and he just checks and checks, I look to trap him and he calls my bets with 8 9 so sick, I wait all day for a hand and he gets that, bet he can't even spell poker..
HONEY, this idiot from Northern Europe check-calls all the way to the end with 8,9 of ♠️ and flopped the absolute nuts. SO SICK! I've been playing all my life and he's barely out of diapers! SOOO SICK!
They really capture that anticipation you feel that shakes the soul. After a hand like that you are moved like nothing else. They captured it by some form of sorcery, making you miss that moment when you last felt it. That's the magic there.
@@davidmathay7117 not really. this wasnt crazy, just doing a russian gangster character. thats it. been done a million times. if we talking real acting. try Daniel Day lewis in There will be blood.. not just some funny character doing an over the top.. splashhhh the pott. pay thattt man hiss money
2 things i love about this scene... 5:54 teddy kgb quickly glancing round room seeing his clientele knowing he cant send his goons after mikey. 2. After referring to mikey as a "kid" all night long and direspecting him, finally says, "pay that Man his money"
@@Johnny-rj9on Maybe he does though. who’s gonna play poker there if he refuses to pay out when he loses? He refuses to pay, he loses his ability to draw other players
Still one of the best movies I have watched. Great story. Top actors and you know it's good 20 plus years later and people are still asking for a sequel.
Sometimes it's really hard to tell another poker player's tell. Like when he has a habit of dramatically opening oreos and listening to them break apart while sitting at the table, that's easy to dismiss as just normal, everyday, unrelated stuff.
For movie purposes, the tell has to be painfully obvious so amateurs can get behind it and think they figured it out themselves… If a tell is that obvious, I’d assume it’s bluff aging.
Well tells are unnoticed by even the people who have them….. it’s easier to spot someone else’s tell than it is your own. Also you can fake a tell as bait to lure in people, make them think you have a tell and lose small until you have a monster hand and use your fake tell to bluff a bluff.
Matt trapped him so damn well. He had that look on his face when the ace fell like his whole world just collapsed.....and he got kgb to swallow it up hook, line and sinker. Masterful move.
Its just a movie dude. Matt Damon tried pulling that same face at the WSOP a few years ago after flopping the nuts, tried to slow play it to the river and didnt win anything besides the blinds and a small continuation bet from the flop lol
@LHTORRY_RPM074 tbh though man, I think if he didn't react like he did, like how you described he did, he may have had a better chance of successfully slow playing the dude. Oh well though. He's still a millionaire lol
@LHTORRY_RPM074 haha he was! I remember thinking how awkward that was because although Rounders didn't insult Seidel, they sure loved playing and duscussing arguably one of his worst memories of his as a pro poker player...being completely trapped by Chann in the final table/hand at the WSOP. Not sure if it was his worst actually (he still placed 2nd), but I don't doubt that Rounders isn't on his DVD shelf lol
Love this film! Interesting the way he addressed Mike changed from “Don’t you worry son!” to “Pay that man his money”. You gotta respect Teddy. Taking a loss on the chin!
I always found that final scene very interesting. When Damon's character starts to mouth off and Teddy's goons move toward him, Teddy immediately stops them because he knows that if they do that, they might as well shut down the game, because no one will play ever again if it gets out that not only did hey not pay up, but thy had someone beat-up to boot. forget about it. Done.
Man it amazes me how I have been watching your A Bronx Tale video from 8 years ago without knowing it was your Chanel. I searched poker scenes and ended up back where I started many years ago. I watch your Bronx video 2- 3 a week since I found it 4 years ago.
I've always figured the cookie ritual is Teddy KGB's standard way to declare confidence in his hand, and the read is that when he's got the nuts he eats the cookie a little different, something subtle like closing his eyes when he bites the first half.
When he’s got the goods he opens the Oreo and eats it like most people. When he’s bluffing he picks up the Oreo and places it down again or eats it whole, but he doesn’t open it.
5:53 he gives a quick look to the crowd then tells them to pay him because if he didnt then nobody would gamble there again...great subtle detail from John
If Teddy said "the Ace could not have helped you" , that can only mean Teddy had pocket Aces. You can't see Teddy's hand in slow motion either, like one of the commenters mentioned below somewhere, because it was the deck that Teddy slammed onto the table.
My best guess is that Teddy had pocket aces or a pair of 10s. When he sees the flop, he thinks that his pair of aces (or trip 10s) is better than anything. He also could have had top two pair (10 and 7), but I don't think he would have bet like he did with only top two pair. When he goes all in at the end (when the ace comes up on the river), he bets like he has aces in the hole (3 aces). Even if Mike had a pair of 10s, Teddy knows his trip aces wins. This makes sense, since he tells Mike that the ace couldn't have helped him (implying that even if Mike had an ace, Teddy's got two in the hole, which would give him 3 of a kind). There are no flush possibilities, and Teddy obviously doesn't think Mike would call with an 8-9 suited when there are two over cards showing (10 and A), so Teddy is feeling very strong with trip aces.
You guys are a bit Dum so let me help You. The reason he says'that Ace could not have helped you' is because as he mentioned earlier he put Mike on a draw(straight draw since there is no flush draw on the flop) so if he was indeed on a straight draw that Ace would definetely not have helped him since it doesnt complete any straight draws.
Teddy had a tris. It is obvious. Damon figured it out because when he says "i am not gonna have self respect tomorrow morning" he means "it could come out a pair down, but i have a straight and i am gonna kill myself if now i don't get him out". The all moves are explainable only with a tris on the flop
Suited connectors are my favorite hand. If you connect, no ones knows it and you get paid off big. If you don't, easy fold and you don't lose any more money.
The 6-4 of diamonds is my absolute favorite, I made a straight flush with that hand and my opponent made an Ace high flush. Got paid off with how disguised my hand was on that board. I have had plenty of hands where it went the other way but I love Hold Em.
Most over rated holding. Low suited connectors are actually quite rubbish. I lost my biggest pot hitting a flush with 56s because it is a shitty flush. And if you make your straight, you seldom get paid because your opponent didn't hit the board that has to be very low. 9-10s is good. 45s or 46s is rubbish and barely playable.
You have to respect Teddy. That's a real man there. He could have not paid him and had him killed, but he lives by a code even in lost he wasn't cheated so he respected the fact that he was outplayed.
Mike Smith like someone said before me it wasn’t out of respect but out of common sense no one would ever come back to his place if people know that even if you win you lose
Mike was actually fully insulated. Kgb had connections some serious people but he wasn't going to lose his business for 10s of grand. And when KGB said "no", even grama couldn't do anything.
Teddy is not stupid. Ripping off a well known player would end his poker rackett real quick. That being said if Teddy lost to some random schmuck who then shot his mouth off, Teddy might less than honorable in his reaponse
He didn't pay Matt out of respect. He paid him because not a soul would have gambled in Teddy's place if he stiffs someone when they beat the house. His poker room would be empty. Who wants to play in a place if you win , you still lose.
alan nowhere , Matt initially sat down with the 10k the judge gave him.
Never looked at it like that, was questioning why they were letting him walk.
Danielle Marion Sure. Your right. However, K.G.B. could have killed the kid and took the money back.. Or, just have Grandma do it.. He accepted his lose.. As far as we know.. You're right though. Nobody would gamble with somebody who doesn't pay the winners..It was lines such as... Kids got alligator blood" Also... "respect is all you have left in the morning". As in he respects Matt Damon as a intelligent and skilled opponent and adversary... Matt Damon's buddy put them in debt by making brainless moves... . All that added up to a substantial sized Financial hole... He filled in the hole. Paid off his buddys debt. Paid back the judge.. He also won back all the money he lost to K.G.B. in the beginning.. Then he left for vegas to chase his dream. If K.G.B. didn't respect the kid.. He should have.. Awesome comment by the way..
jack brandt calm down jeeeez christ
Exactly, from what I could gather from the movie this was a regular big game. If Matt didn't get paid or if he had an accident leaving, The game would have been over and KGB would have the bad rep. KGB is probably making a lot of money off of Wall street guys and doctors and such he knows he will make the money up another night.
That has to be the greatest feeling in poker: flopping the nuts, it holds through the turn and river, and the guy is betting into you, going all-in on the river.
i need a translator
Oh yeah, the best feeling you can have with your pants on. No, scratch that. The best feeling, PERIOD.
Yeah you're right. I had to do that last night for a $1500 pot. I re-raised pre-flop with AA and flopped a set on AJT board with two diamonds, but the turn brought a flush and the river a straight. The guy check-raised the turn and I called hoping the board would pair on the river. Unfortunately, the river brought the 4th card of a straight. My top set had turned into bluff catcher. The guy insta-shoves the river. I tanked for about 2-3 minutes and then made the call because the guy seemed to be playing little too aggressive for his hand and making moves too aggressively. He didn't turn his hand over instantly and then said that the caller was supposed to turn his hand over first. We all knew that was bullshit, but I turned over the set and he mucked his hand. Then he said I made a terrible call because either a flush or a single card straight would've beaten me. While that might be true, it is also true that he had neither of those hands and that is the main point. I'm still buzzing from that hand this afternoon!
rd711 where were you, a casino?
But after the river he no longer had the nuts, a higher pair of spades would have beaten him, right?
Fun fact: When Malkovich did the accent on set the first time. Everyone was applauding & cheering him on besides Damon. Who thought it was weird and sounded off. Making a disappointed facial expression unbeknownst to himself.
Malkovich saw Damons reaction and pulled him to the side and whispered "you want to know a secret? Im a terrible actor". 🤣😂🤣😂
Lmao! The genius of Malkovich just winging it.
John did it WAY over the top as a joke, people were pretending like they liked it because they didn't know what else to do, it's John Malkovich being awful! Damon was bewildered and couldn't hide it. Then John let him in on the joke.
Terrible Russian accent
Funniest part is… it’s not a secret John is a bad actor! 😂
He does the same russian accent in the show Billions.
It might actually be the worst "Russian" accent in movie history...
Pay that myan hees myaney.
He byet me stttraight uup.
Aend in my club, I vill splaesh the pot vhen ever the fack i pleaze
Pyay Dyat Myan Yeez Myaney
Steven Fernandez Worst Russian accent ever!
Malkovich over the top.
How many times have you heard “pay that man this money” at a poker table in the last 20 years? This movie impacted our entire culture.
actually never, but would be funny if someone actually said it
in reality it never happens as much as you think.. nobody actually says it..
I only use it when I play poker. So, pretty much all the time.
This film should be a rites of passage movie for any new poker player.
@@D0nKeY played yesterday at a 2/5 at a card room and the guy who folded said “I’m not gonna bet against a made hand” and then the winner said “pay that man his money” so it gets brought up at least where I’m at that’s what brought me back to watch the opening and closing scene
I actually hated that this movie made poker main stream for a while and the subsequent ESPN exposure that made Texas hold ‘em ubiquitous. That’s all anyone wants to play in the last 20 years
Yes!
I come back every couple of months and watch this scene again. … It’s amazing.
Lol
Its really not. STRAIGHRRRT UUUHHHUPP
@@firstnamelastname8217 Thanks man ... 😊😊
The real poker play here is when he flops the nuts and then on the next bet, tells KGB not to splash the pot. That makes KGB even more emotional and a higher likelihood that he will make a mistake and not see what's really happening. Great scene.
Good. Vont kukie?
Also he tells 1 truth so it's more likely the rest is true too
It's his club.... He vill splash duh pot venever da FAHK he plezez.
What dors flop the nut mean?
Orangeflava It means that you have the best possible hand on the flop (first three cards)
One of my favorite scenes ever. Adds so much depth to KGB. He's experiencing a rage he hasn't felt for ages... and even in the midst of that... even as a gangster bad guy... he still has the _character_ to stop his lackeys and keep his honor intact. *"Niet. He beat me. Straight up. Pay him. Pay that man his money."* Then he goes in the back room where, if ya have any sense at all... you won't disturb him for a few hours.
@Woody Meggs Да спасибо!
I always do that when I lose a pot, I'll say to the dealer, Pay that man his money, in a russian accent.
Classic scene. Because at the heart of it the guy was a purist more than a gangster. And of course he respected the hell out of what just happened, even if it infuriated him.
It would be like squashing a resilient bug. You just have to respect the little shit.
You also have to remember, he is trying to make money with his underground casino. Who would want to go somewhere where you cannot actually win? He was trying to protect his business.
Yes the typical thing what bad guys do is, that after loosing they dont pay, when kill you, if you want them pay and after winning they want you to pay or kill you off. You cant be that good poker player, if you have so much emotion in it and he just had cheeky personality without realizing what is happening. He was just prideful about his 3 aces, while he never wondered how good player like Matt Damon keep calling thoese pots, when of course Matt Damon needs to have something sick to keep calling, when there is just numbers in board. I dont think he would put so much money in with pair or two pairs.
That 'dont splash the pot' was genius, played into the mans ego ensuring hed bet every single round while he checks every time on a winning hand, well written movie
Getting a player on tilt is fantastic
Definitely not a well written movie, the entire plot is based off a guy that basically has “poker superpowers” when in reality a guy like johnny chan is just a normal ass dude and he doesnt have the ability to perfectly read even noobie players hands that part of the movie was horrible
@@zillobeast5257Damon ain’t no “noobie”
@@jdvlanka265 that made no sense
@zillobeast5257 dude have you even played poker? He's not reading hands, he's making assumptions and reading tells.
Malkovitch is an absolute piece of work.
I can watch this scene over and over again.
That's why we're all here watching this gem of a TH-cam clip, I can't even count how many times I've watched this.
I’ve watched this scene no less than 100x’s…love the “pay that man his money” line!
6:00 no financial payoff - taking trillions from hell back to Heaven along with the human population - $1 lawsuit --> all damages to charity --> beat the devil faith in God
If you watch it over and over (and if you're a poker player) you'll see about 15 blatant screw-ups that would never happen in a real game between two elite players. Kinda ruins the scene for me.
@@JakeKoenig It's opera. Not to be taken literally.
All of the world’s greatest poker players are in this comment section
Dude, thats a youtube video on any topic. Full of "experts".
Idiot posts a comment that was half funny 15 years ago
Yes we are.
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Oh yeah man. Gees, I've played literally tens of games.
A profoundly underrated film nowadays. An absolute classic by any measure.
It's one of those movies where if its on TV you can just jump it at any time and enjoy it.
It’s not a very good movie at all, but some of the scenes by themselves are sublime.
@@tlmoscow I think film appreciation, like any art form, is highly subjective. What you're really saying is that you don't like the film
@@dennycarr6498 If it's highly subjective, then you can never say it's underrated, because that's just your opinion and "what you're really saying is that you like the film". You can't play the "opinion" card just because this time it suits you. It's an average holywood movie that grossely overrates how real poker is played to a super hero level, with goofy exagerated characters (like KGB here). It's alright and sometimes funny if you watch it in a relax mood with nothing to lose, but you can't take it seriously or get anything out of it other than some laughs here and there.
@@gmatsue84 Nah....😚😘
I threw my oreos like that too, when I noticed I didn't have milk.
Good one 😂 😂
Lmao
Lol nice, can't argue with you there.
Oreos are the best thing ever with milk but without it. Not very good😂
🤣
Step away from the sandbox ::P
“In my club, I will splash the pot wheneeever the faaaack I please” 😂
Lol
Looked like Damon wanted to laugh when he said that
The point of asking him to not splash the pot was to dig into his pride and ego a little bit. When you’re fighting for your ego, you’re not thinking about your cards.
@@plutoniumcorei am sure he did a few times n they probably had to retake it more than once
How did that work out for him?
The straight was so strong that KGB went through all 5 stages of grief
I hope Matt Damon was in the bathroom during the anger stage.
I woulda went all in with the A5 and be dead in a gutter by sunrise
lol
Bob 1UK not that bad of a hand. Any Ace, five, or running threes and you got a boat. Definitely not drawing dead and got decent outs even though you're way behind. Still got a chance.
Jesus man just look at the Oreos
lmao
Bob 1UK p
1:35
Sometimes, right after i drop a big dump in the toilet, in my head, i hear Teddy KGB saying "lays down a monster"...
😂 You seem like you have a movie line or scene connected with probably almost everything you do in life 😂
You made me choke on my pasta
that's what I hear when I whip my cock out on the table
more like shit out a monster
😂😂
It took watching this scene more than a dozen times over the years for me to realize the thing I love the most about it is the crazy light tapping on that ride cymbal. It almost disappears when Teddy gets pissed and throws the cookies, but it's still there - continuing to drive the tension along as they flash forward to a few hours later with the "alligator blood" line. Such a great example of music coloring the mood of the story.
No tension at all since Damon didn't call KGB bet. Damon technically folded when he just turned his caeds over !
Malkovich knew exactly what he was doing with that accent and that’s why it works. Fit the film perfectly. Absolute gold.
I see many people complaining about his accent, but here is the thing - everybody is different with accents. I had a russian guy in my german classes who spoke german with exactly the same accent. Incredibly heavy. Being good at the language (grammatically correct) doesn't mean automatically you have an ear for the prononciation and vice versa. I on the other hand, speak five languages at different proficiency levels and can imitate german and english (american or british) accent so well, that I have been mistaken by native speakers for a native speaker myself, they find it hard to locate, but they fall for it. The second I try to build more complex sentences and hesitate about words my accent starts to fall apart and my ruse is exposed. :) So his accent is really spot on and people saying that no russian would speak with such an accent is a very subjective thing to say.
EL TORO , they want to believe that they're experts in languages.
milster Yeah. He was simply having fun with the character. He knew the accent was absolutely ridiculous and over the top, but it was memorable and brilliant.
Watch this Matt had a funny story about Malkovich and accent lol
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@@thetruth2509 And anybody you know while playing poker does an impression of KGB... you know exactly where it came from, who the actor is, and which scene it was. That's why the accent is not correct... but memorable, which sometimes is more important.
"He beat me. Straight up. Pay that man his money". Sometimes all you can do is shrug and say "good game" and give it up to the better player.
Ucan QuoteMe True. Additionally, no one would gamble with him if it was revealed he didn’t pay out winners
Your name is all you have. KGB understanding this. I lost a lot of cash and it makes him mad. But he was beaten fairly. Pay him
If they weren't so many people around that wouldn't come back if he didn't pay him, then this would be true. He paid him just so he wouldn't lose his clients.
@@Dannymiles1987 at the end of the day, he runs a business. It's only when you have debt and can't pay it back, that's when all bets are off.
"Pay that man his money" is one of the best movie lines.
It’s true. I’ve heard that line several times in my life in real time, but it never sounded so well placed as it did here.
I still say this from time to time, but everyone is so young now... nobody gets the reference lol. Baller movie.
Best part is that this is a realistic poker hand. Unlike casino royale where everyone had a monster hand
Casino Royale seemed to think they were all playing on PokerStars
lmao It’s so funny in movies where they design a poker game where everybody has incredible hands to raise the tension
this movie so fake. no one folds top two pair.
@@Taigirr the whole point is that he spotted the guy’s tell
@@Kali-bs7oj it's a movie that's the point
I love how Damon is literally playing exactly how he mocked the rookies for playing early in the movie. If they act weak, they're strong. If they act strong, they're weak
He knew teddy was tilted. So acting weak was the way to go. Theres levels to it.
thats not necessarily true at all. some chip n change from bluff to the nuts
It's like the battle of wits in the Princess bride. Teddy could go back-and-forth in his head. "He's playing weak, so he must be strong ... but he would know that I would assume he was strong, so he must be weak ... but ..." The key to betting is to not be predictable. Bluff a weak hand the same way that you play a strong one ... then bluff differently ... and also play strong differently ... and so on.
in a casino , in the later rounds, playing strong is easy cause ppl are scared unless they hav the cards. you gotta learn when a bluff is good
The art of war philosophy
When KGB says "He beat me. Straight up," Damon nods at him subtly. That was a moment of mutual respect between the two of them.
Reminds me of the scene in "Three O'Clock High" when Buddy gave the money to Jerry. Same type of subtle nod & respect.
Horrible Russian accent
I've watched this countless times and never noticed that till now - thank you sir/madam
When he admitted that he lost I respected him. Wish Trump can do that
@@Kadenahigh bro went wild brought trump here
I love how Matt Damon played prodigy's in a string of movies in the mid to late 90's. A math prodigy in Good Will Hunting, a rookie lawyer who miraculously wins a multi million dollar lawsuit in The Rain Maker and a poker prodigy in Rounders.
@Rowland he was a killer/con man in TTMR
@Rowland smart but not a prodigy
Don't forget about the legend of bagger Vance
Matt Damon is a HARVARD man!!! Very smart guy!!!
Don't forget Team America... 😉
I've watched this scene way too many times...
Can you please explain to me what'a with the oreo read thing?
He eats the oreo when he has a good hand. When he's bluffing, he puts the oreo back in the tray
... lol ... I wouldn't talk ...
@@phukyutu2348 Wouldn't that have been an obvious tell?
Lol me too check
The actor's in this movie are second to none . Everyone of them brilliant, even the bit actors . Incredible writing , set lighting just a masterpiece and Classic .
Malkovich here is where luck meets talent. Somehow for non Russians that accent works but anyone who knows Russians or has been to a Russia it’s a terrible accent. Completely made up and winging every line. 😂
John’s best performance. The subtle eye movements, hand gestures and that accent make this movie. He’s brilliant.
He was good in Deep Water Horizon too.
" Teez a Bladder E fect."
he good in everything he's in, i like him most in the french version of les miserables
AND TOTALLY CREEPY.....as in you don't want to owe that guy a dime
The timing of the piano note and Malkovich's facial change is just incredible to watch, every time.
which min?
5:17
wow that's the first time I've heard an unoriginal your mom joke by a prepubescent 10 year old
@@LABallin247 ok 7 year old.
Thats a good one
What a wholesome moment of cards between 2 lifelong friends
Mike really pushed it there at the end with that ”busting you up all night!' line. Kgb keeping his cool and still paying him makes me love this scene even more!!
In my eyes it was the one element of the scene that made it unbelievable 😅.
@@andrewjcalhoun7865 Yeah, what a dumbass thing to say to someone who casually has people killed, right after humiliating him in his club and taking a ton of his money.
It was to show his difference with worm... He beat him straight up in a game of skill. No tricks. Gangster or not, kgb lost.
Its one thing to beat a boss and take his $. It's another to talk shit to him in front od all his goons! Thats why matt would have got worked.... NOT fir beating him
@@andrewjcalhoun7865 If anything it was perfectly believable. KGB runs a high stakes underground poker game. If word gets out he didn't pay him, his game and reputation is ruined. No one will ever play there again. He pays him the money he won so people see that he's legit and won't screw people over. That way he will make that money back
I can watch this scene over and over and over and it never gets old
Same here. And I have. I still wonder what cards did KGB have. And I wondered if that would be less appealing had I found out. Rumor has it he was holding a pair of 10's.
And I do... just awesome
Agreed
Yep! Since I now have this whole movie memorized, I now just fast forward to this final game. It’s the best part of the movie!
Pay the man heez mooney.
Malkovich is one of my favorite actors. I just love watching him in this movie.
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“Mr. Son of a beach” 😂
That's right biiiig dadditty bets the pot
I have been called that more then a few times at the poker table.
The Oreo eating is such a brilliant character trait lol
Hell yeah. Very memorable
so i dont get how he figured out the game by looking at the oreos?
@@thesnowflakediaries5267 He figured out that Teddy's "tell" was was to open an oreo when he had a definite winning hand when he beat him in the beginning of the movie
Wes The Tubamaster his tell was actually eating the Oreos with a made hand. In the first hand of the night, Mike raises $1000 pre flop with pocket cowboys. Teddy re raises $4000 and mike goes all in. Teddy pauses, opens an Oreo, but puts it down without eating it and mucks it. Later in the night, when mike is almost busted, he flops top 2 pair and is ready to raise, but he sees teddy open and eat an Oreo, so he checks. Teddy raises big and mike realizes teddy flopped an A-5 straight so he folds and shows his hand to try and get him off his game. In the beginning of the movie teddy eats the Oreo when he beats mikes 9s over aces boat with aces over 9s boat.
@@stephenziegler821
genius
John Malkovich an amazing actor his characters are astronomically different and all believable. A true artist at his craft.
Honey, guess what he did, I flop top set and he just checks and checks, I look to trap him and he calls my bets with 8 9 so sick, I wait all day for a hand and he gets that, bet he can't even spell poker..
dakariszulu #philhellmuth
You know it baby, show them whose the best..
brilliant!
Except the 8 9 was the raiser pre flop, not the caller
HONEY, this idiot from Northern Europe check-calls all the way to the end with 8,9 of ♠️ and flopped the absolute nuts. SO SICK! I've been playing all my life and he's barely out of diapers! SOOO SICK!
“He beat me..straight up. Pay him. Pay that man his money”
Perfect 👌🏼
The kid earn his respect!
god id love to be a fly on the wall
@@MightyYoungSir you kinda was to be fair 😂
Amazing movie. Epic. Changed the game of Poker forever and added legions of players for decades. What a movie, what a scene.
They really capture that anticipation you feel that shakes the soul. After a hand like that you are moved like nothing else. They captured it by some form of sorcery, making you miss that moment when you last felt it. That's the magic there.
John malcovich is truly a legend , he can take on any crazy roles
Especially as a crazy Florida man in RED
Jack Nicholson is the only other actor that comes to mind when you talk about crazy in movies. And doing it well and convincingly.
john who?
@@davidmathay7117 not really. this wasnt crazy, just doing a russian gangster character. thats it. been done a million times. if we talking real acting. try Daniel Day lewis in There will be blood.. not just some funny character doing an over the top.. splashhhh the pott. pay thattt man hiss money
Gary oldman does it better than malkovich and Nicholson
Rumor is that Malkovich surprised everyone with that crazy accent and they had a hard time keeping a straight face during shooting.
Every time I lose big in casino or sport betting I come here and watch this scene, this just makes me feel better
John Malkovich is one top three favorite Actors of all time. He is so natural. He's believed in every role.
even if its something as ridiculous as this one
Yeah, he was pretty ridiculous in this role. He really over-acted, but it makes the film sooo much more entertaining to watch.
@@jimsty5222 Agreed. He pushed that accent to the max.
KGB...
@@tron1007r yup lol and I loved it :)
Malkovich, Keitel, Daniel Day Lewis, and Vigg Mortensen are in a league of their own
just watch how malkovich perfectly changed emotion ,this is a masterpiece 5:18
can't stop rewatching this scene it's so well done.
It's not well done, Damon didn't call, technically he folded when he just turned his cards over !
@@Spacebird321 Maybe you should watch as he pushes his stack in at the same time. You people are sad.
2 things i love about this scene...
5:54 teddy kgb quickly glancing round room seeing his clientele knowing he cant send his goons after mikey.
2. After referring to mikey as a "kid" all night long and direspecting him, finally says, "pay that Man his money"
He was looking at the goon, not the clients. I don't believe KGB gives a single fuck what those other people think.
@@Johnny-rj9on Maybe he does though. who’s gonna play poker there if he refuses to pay out when he loses? He refuses to pay, he loses his ability to draw other players
Still one of the best movies I have watched. Great story. Top actors and you know it's good 20 plus years later and people are still asking for a sequel.
Malkovich's play is brilliant. I would say he is a pearl of that film.
I love how Damon doesn't even slightly hide his happiness in the last hand but KGB just keeps betting like hes never played before
I watched that scene hundreds of times! ❤❤❤
This scene from the music to the acting all the way up and down is one of the greatest.
Sometimes it's really hard to tell another poker player's tell. Like when he has a habit of dramatically opening oreos and listening to them break apart while sitting at the table, that's easy to dismiss as just normal, everyday, unrelated stuff.
Lol, judging by the likes, I think this is whooshing over most people's heads :)
For movie purposes, the tell has to be painfully obvious so amateurs can get behind it and think they figured it out themselves… If a tell is that obvious, I’d assume it’s bluff aging.
Well tells are unnoticed by even the people who have them….. it’s easier to spot someone else’s tell than it is your own.
Also you can fake a tell as bait to lure in people, make them think you have a tell and lose small until you have a monster hand and use your fake tell to bluff a bluff.
John Malcovich is an iconic, versatile, amazing actor! We are lucky to witness his art in real time.
Matt trapped him so damn well. He had that look on his face when the ace fell like his whole world just collapsed.....and he got kgb to swallow it up hook, line and sinker. Masterful move.
Its just a movie dude. Matt Damon tried pulling that same face at the WSOP a few years ago after flopping the nuts, tried to slow play it to the river and didnt win anything besides the blinds and a small continuation bet from the flop lol
@@jimsty5222 I mean it's also a completely different era of poker.
@LHTORRY_RPM074 lmao right? 😂
@LHTORRY_RPM074 tbh though man, I think if he didn't react like he did, like how you described he did, he may have had a better chance of successfully slow playing the dude. Oh well though. He's still a millionaire lol
@LHTORRY_RPM074 haha he was! I remember thinking how awkward that was because although Rounders didn't insult Seidel, they sure loved playing and duscussing arguably one of his worst memories of his as a pro poker player...being completely trapped by Chann in the final table/hand at the WSOP. Not sure if it was his worst actually (he still placed 2nd), but I don't doubt that Rounders isn't on his DVD shelf lol
Love this film! Interesting the way he addressed Mike changed from “Don’t you worry son!” to “Pay that man his money”. You gotta respect Teddy. Taking a loss on the chin!
"A boss not paying his bills!"- Tony Soprano
I always found that final scene very interesting. When Damon's character starts to mouth off and Teddy's goons move toward him, Teddy immediately stops them because he knows that if they do that, they might as well shut down the game, because no one will play ever again if it gets out that not only did hey not pay up, but thy had someone beat-up to boot. forget about it. Done.
Man it amazes me how I have been watching your A Bronx Tale video from 8 years ago without knowing it was your Chanel. I searched poker scenes and ended up back where I started many years ago. I watch your Bronx video 2- 3 a week since I found it 4 years ago.
I could watch this over and over again....Love it, both amazing actors in this movie
Literally performs a cookie eating ritual whenever he's got a hand. Can't understand how Mike figured out his tell.
I've always figured the cookie ritual is Teddy KGB's standard way to declare confidence in his hand,
and the read is that when he's got the nuts he eats the cookie a little different, something subtle like closing his eyes when he bites the first half.
I think he did that the first time he lost to Teddy earlier in the movie. @@wasserperson
When he’s got the goods he opens the Oreo and eats it like most people.
When he’s bluffing he picks up the Oreo and places it down again or eats it whole, but he doesn’t open it.
it's wild how good of an actor Matt Damon is. this entire movie is incredible
This is literally how I play poker: check check check all in
You wouldn't happen to be Asian, would you? Because all Asians seem to play that way.
The writing is superb! No wonder, "Billions" is a shocker of suspense, great job Brain, David, and Andrew.
I have always loved watching rounders. Excellent show.
Similar to my tell. I burp when I have a monster hand and I fart when I am bluffing. Fortunately, no one has noticed.
Writing With Blood they must be silent ones.
Writing With Blood I get a boner when I'm bluffing but no one can tell cause it's the size of a chip
They probably both smell the same 😂
DFV REFERENCE! HE DOESN’T MISS 💎🚀🚀
DFV is my brother 😂👍
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Who?
@@tommybrown9534 if you know, you know.
DFV is playing in the biggest casino of them all. The stock market. Kind of the internet-meme-investor hero.
@@dzelpwr hmmm..ok..never heard of it..maybe I been living under a rock😄
I can honestly tell you guys. I have looked at this seen Uber a 100 times I just love it.
This is one of the best clips in a movie ever! I love this scene!
went in the back to play some counter strike after
Rush b . Rush that b for maney
"Pay zat man hiz maaney." My brother and old man say this line to each other all the time. Such a great movie.
Kgb was gonna pay either way because the reputation of his club.. but when he says "give that man his money" that was the respect right there
All these poker experts it's just a movie
I myself am a poker amateur and I find it annoying how they can't just watch the movie for what it is
S Almanza lol right?!? Like if you're so good why aren't they in a card room? Instead of giving their "advice" to randoms on TH-cam! Lol
You don't have to be in a "card room" to understand poker basics.
Ossi Ahonen no shit
There is no other movie that remotely compares in terms of poker. It has everything.
4:37 rules- cannot get enough of this accent & character from John!! 🐐😎
I've watched this video uncountable amount of times.
Check out ....Clowning A Rounders
Ashutosh Kapre watch Clowning A Rounders
The bald guy is the student of phil hellmuth
Yes
Some online guy betting like an idiot how do these players last he probably won’t even make the final 200
THAT is funny!
Dont disrespect phill guys
More lile Tony G
John Malkovich as KGB what a truly iconic performance 🎭
Can we just all appreciate what an underrated actor Malkovich is?
The accent was a tad ridiculous but he melts into it after a minute or two.
He's underrated?
@@johnsong853 Ikr, this guy doesn't know what he is talking about.
He will be appreciated after 100 years…
Underrated? He literally had a movie named after him 😂
5:53 he gives a quick look to the crowd then tells them to pay him because if he didnt then nobody would gamble there again...great subtle detail from John
Friggin love John M!! This might be my favorite character & accent ever!! 😎♠️🤙
How you like them apples
I can't even walk into a building without knowing where all the exits are
Booooooooo!
Kiowa Moss My boy's wicked smaat!
The guys a Cinco
Been here 10 mins and we already run into a baaaahney!(barney
Honey he raised with 89
James Chadwick 89 suited good hand heads up on the button
James Chadwick he only min raised. I would have pushed a little harder then that with it being heads up.
Edinson1 how do you not get the reference? Idiot from Northern Europe
What is going on dealer?! How many times I'm going to lose to these bad players? it's UNBELIEVABLE!
I mean are you FREAKIN KIDDING ME!?!? This is just SO sick!!!
I've watched Rounders at least a dozen times. Unlike me, it never gets old.
I love how he flops the straight and checks all the way to the bank
How can a movie so classic as this not have a sequel? Has to be in the top 10 movies that never had a sequel that should have, no question!
Because hollywood is obsessed with making shitty second rate superhero movies for zoomers.
because sometimes a movie is good and the story is told..no need for a sequel prequel remake reboot or whatever
Only about 10% of sequels are worth making and don't detract from the original.
That would be really cool seeing him in the world series of poker.
It would be great if the sequel was just an elderly matt Damon playing a slot machine for two hours.
Not typically a fan of sequels but a quality follow up to this would be amazing.
If Teddy said "the Ace could not have helped you" , that can only mean Teddy had pocket Aces. You can't see Teddy's hand in slow motion either, like one of the commenters mentioned below somewhere, because it was the deck that Teddy slammed onto the table.
My best guess is that Teddy had pocket aces or a pair of 10s. When he sees the flop, he thinks that his pair of aces (or trip 10s) is better than anything. He also could have had top two pair (10 and 7), but I don't think he would have bet like he did with only top two pair. When he goes all in at the end (when the ace comes up on the river), he bets like he has aces in the hole (3 aces). Even if Mike had a pair of 10s, Teddy knows his trip aces wins. This makes sense, since he tells Mike that the ace couldn't have helped him (implying that even if Mike had an ace, Teddy's got two in the hole, which would give him 3 of a kind). There are no flush possibilities, and Teddy obviously doesn't think Mike would call with an 8-9 suited when there are two over cards showing (10 and A), so Teddy is feeling very strong with trip aces.
he had aces. earlier in the movie he smooth called with aces pre-flop and then overbet the river when he felted mike. same betting pattern here.
You guys are a bit Dum so let me help You. The reason he says'that Ace could not have helped you' is because as he mentioned earlier he put Mike on a draw(straight draw since there is no flush draw on the flop) so if he was indeed on a straight draw that Ace would definetely not have helped him since it doesnt complete any straight draws.
Yes, KGB had a set of Aces on the river, and he was cheating while dealing, notice closely, he deals the second card on the river.
Teddy had a tris. It is obvious. Damon figured it out because when he says "i am not gonna have self respect tomorrow morning" he means "it could come out a pair down, but i have a straight and i am gonna kill myself if now i don't get him out".
The all moves are explainable only with a tris on the flop
Juanda had trips.
God damn right he did
Still the best poker meme
Sick
One of my favorite movies. Wish they would make a follow-up to this great movie!!
Suited connectors are my favorite hand. If you connect, no ones knows it and you get paid off big. If you don't, easy fold and you don't lose any more money.
rd711 That's exactly why my favorite hand is 6-4, I've hit with that hand and have gotten paid off so many times.
The 6-4 of diamonds is my absolute favorite, I made a straight flush with that hand and my opponent made an Ace high flush. Got paid off with how disguised my hand was on that board. I have had plenty of hands where it went the other way but I love Hold Em.
Most over rated holding. Low suited connectors are actually quite rubbish. I lost my biggest pot hitting a flush with 56s because it is a shitty flush. And if you make your straight, you seldom get paid because your opponent didn't hit the board that has to be very low.
9-10s is good. 45s or 46s is rubbish and barely playable.
My favorite hand is actually AA suited
Oh ok cool.
KGB was a man of honor...he told them to pay the man
Pretty sure no one would ever come back again if they knew he doesn't pay people their winnings.
saljpal3 still....
weirdshibainu, he told them to "pay thiet mien hes marney!"
Can’t host poker games which brings on a lot of money if people know you don’t pay or beat someone up if they beat you. Just bad for business
Had nothing to do with honor. You pay because that's the way the game goes.
I love the honour in this scene. Two titans, monsters ready to kill each other. But always honorable because that's the game. Honor is priceless.
5:26 damon trying not to laugh so perfect
A brilliant piece of acting, subtle but powerful!
The best part of the end is when Mike finally spots KGB's tell
Dont you worry son, it twill alld be overd soon..Love this movie...So underrated
Who’s here because of DFV (TheRoaringKitty)?
DFV*
My favorite movie and my idol mentioned in one comment
What a master actor Malkovich is...just a true artist :)
KGB is a hero. Gave him his winnings. Zero complaints.
You have to respect Teddy. That's a real man there. He could have not paid him and had him killed, but he lives by a code even in lost he wasn't cheated so he respected the fact that he was outplayed.
Mike Smith like someone said before me it wasn’t out of respect but out of common sense no one would ever come back to his place if people know that even if you win you lose
Mike was actually fully insulated. Kgb had connections some serious people but he wasn't going to lose his business for 10s of grand. And when KGB said "no", even grama couldn't do anything.
Teddy is not stupid. Ripping off a well known player would end his poker rackett real quick. That being said if Teddy lost to some random schmuck who then shot his mouth off, Teddy might less than honorable in his reaponse
"And in my club I will splash the pot VENEVER THE FACK I PLEASE."
John M. Can make himself believable in any character. One the best we have today.
I love how he piles the chips right on top of all the cards
And in my club I'll splash the pot WHENEVER THEE FUCK I VANT!!!!