Sir has loved staying up late since he was very young.
At that time, it was to catch up with the Hong Kong films broadcast late at night on Taiwan Film Station, including the "God of Gamblers" series, "Gamble Saint", "King of a Thousand Kings", and so on.
The masters inside were always dressed in black suits, superior in intelligence, and with a smile on their faces that seemed to see through everything.
For example, Fa Ge:
Star Master:
Good card skills are the internal height of their walking rivers and lakes, they can play cards, and the whole person looks a lot taller.
Not only can you win money, but you are always surrounded by beautiful women.
At that time, Sir was particularly envious, and he secretly hoped that one day, he could become a generation of gambling gods.
Of course, when he grew up, Sir understood that the movies were all lies.
However, in real life, there are really stars who are masters of playing cards.
Sir will give you eight one eight today, what are their "special functions".
Ben Affleck
The first thing to say is the veritable god of gambling, Ben Affleck.
There's nothing in the world that can stop the almighty Little Ben!
His self-written and self-starring "Mindcatcher" won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The self-directed "Escape from Tehran" won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Although as an actor, there is a black history like "Daredevil" in the resume.
But the recent middle-aged and elderly version of "Batman" seems to be pushing him to a new peak in life.
Not to mention, he was still a good dad in life.
This method of holding dogs, I am afraid that many girls have cried.
It is said that the biggest hobby of the all-rounder is to play cards and win money.
His perfectionist tendencies are particularly evident when he plays cards— he makes up his mind to become a poker master when he learns.
Take a look at his achievements in playing poker:
When he started playing cards in 2001, he played three games of blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas and won 800,000 yuan.
Later, in the 2004 California Poker Championship, he defeated the world's professional masters and won a championship prize of $350,000, becoming a veritable "California gambling king".
He was the first star in Hollywood to qualify for the competition.
In Las Vegas in 2014, Ben was expelled from the Hard Rock Casino because of his gambling skills, suspected of marking cards (which can only be done by a master), and could not come in to play blackjack for life.
The next day, almost all casinos in Las Vegas received winds that denied Affleck admission.
Is it remembered at the beginning of "God of Gamblers", Fa Ge was asked to change the bet from fifty thousand dollars to a thousand in the casino, because he was on the casino blacklist and knew that he came to win money.
Although the card skills are superb, according to the New York Times, Xiao Ben plays cards purely likes and does not care about the money won.
Every time he wins money, he will generously tip $5,000 to each porter and waitress in the casino. (Suddenly I want to be a doorman)
Ben, who loves to gamble, also played the role of the god of gambling in the movie.
In 2013's Reverse Ace, he played a sinister and cunning owner of an online Texas Hold'em website.
Although the film has a good reputation (IMDb score of 5.6), the big brother aura of Walking with the Wind when Xiao Ben appears must have been due to years of "immersion" in the casino, which naturally emanated.
Matt Damon
Like Ben, Matt Damon is a card fan.
In 1998, Damon starred in a film with Edward Norton in "The King of Gamblers", which became a classic of American gambling films.
Many people know Texas Hold'em from this movie.
Matt Damon is a smart and talented law student in the film, who won a game with world champion Johnny Chan (the prototype of The God of Gamblers character of Fa Ge) and has since embarked on the road of gambling.
The film references a hand of cards played by Johnny Chan at the 1988 WSOP final.
At that time, When Johnny Chan had a big card in his hand, he only chose flat heels and passes, inducing his opponent to make mistakes. In the end, he not only won the championship gold bracelet, but also took away nearly ten million US dollars in prize money.
In the movie, Johnny Chan also made a cameo appearance, playing himself.
Of course, due to the needs of the plot, he lost to Damon in a duel with Damon.
In real life, Damon also loves to have fun texas hold'em poker.
But unlike the gods in the movie, his real-life card skills have yet to be cultivated.
He once went to Las Vegas with Ben to compete in the Poker World Championship, only to meet Doyle Bronson, the godfather of Texas Hold'em, in the first round.
The results are predictable.
After saying this pair of good card friends, let's talk about another pair.
Tobey Maguire
Toby Maguire, a baby-faced "Spider-Man", is also a strong Texas Hold'em player.
His poker skills are more than one level better than Matt Damon's.
Maguire has been participating in the WSOP (World Series of Poker) since 2005 and has won three of the grand prizes.
You know, this tournament is equivalent to the World Cup in the world of poker.
However, although he is a master in the game and wins a lot of money, Maguire has also been in trouble twice because of playing cards.
In 2011, he was sued by a group of investors for making more than $300,000 in poker profits in hollywood private cards.
Unfortunately, the person who lost the money got the huge amount of money through fraud.
Another thing is that after the arrest of the industry's notorious "poker princess" Molly Bloom, she revealed in her autobiography the extravagant poker game she ran for Toby Maguire and a group of Hollywood stars.
According to Maurice Bloom, in these Hollywood luxury poker games, Toby Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and so on are regular customers.
And she said the one with the highest skill was Maguire, who won at least $10 million in the game.
He was known as the "Hannibal" at the poker table.
Although Spider-Man's gambling skills are speechless, the gambling products are often complained about.
According to some quotes from Molly Bloom's book, Vanity Fair: Toby Maguire once said in public that if she stood on the table and barked like a seal asked for a fish, she would tip her $1,000.
Maguire is very interested in winning money, he likes to lead the private game, because he can always win millions in a game, and he even has a money counter at home.
When he does it, he will also call his friend Xiao Lizi together in order to attract more billionaires.
This has to mention the following --
Leonardo DiCaprio DiCaprio
When Little Plum was in the Titanic, he showed a hand at the card table and got the ticket.
He also loves to play cards in his life, and basically plays with his friend Maguire's Hollywood private game.
So much so that in 2011, as mentioned above, because of the toby Maguire defendant incident, was dragged into the water (exposed).
However, Xiao Li, who was originally good at "hiding his identity" in life,
Rarely photographs are taken in the poker game.
This sir has been looking for a long time.
After talking about Xiao Li, let's talk about another Hollywood male god:
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt also loves to play Texas Hold'em poker and can also play positive energy.
After filming Eleven, he and George Clooney invested $3 million in a casino in Las Vegas.
During the Sundance Film Festival in February, Pitt launched a $25,000 Texas Hold'em tournament with a staff member around him.
The winner receives a bonus, and if he loses, he randomly assigns that person to complete a task.
As a result, his driver won the final bonus, and he himself was the worst one.
But Angelina Jolie finally told the truth: "He lost on purpose." ”
Pete played this hand because he heard that the driver's child was going to college, but the driver couldn't raise the tuition, so he thought of such a way to help him.
Hearing this story, Sir's liking for Pete instantly soared.
After talking about Hollywood male stars, let's talk about the female Haojie.
Jennifer Tilly
Although the fame is not as high as the previous male stars, the best star player in the poker tournament is not Jennifer Tilly.
This female star, who is half Chinese, is not a big hit in Hollywood.
Sir has seen the only film she's seen in 1996's "Crazy Flowers," in which she plays a lesbian.
The fleshy body is unforgettable.
Although she was not so smooth on the road to acting, she opened another door in her life with playing cards.
What set Jennifer Tilly on the path of poker was her 1989 film Gambler.
In the film, she plays a young and beautiful girl who wants to be big.
After that, she found herself very interested in playing cards, so she began to often find friends to come to the house to play cards.
In 2005, she beat 600 opponents in a world-class poker tournament for Texas superstars, winning a bracelet worth more than $150,000.
She also won a WPT (World Poker Tour) invitational tournament with more than $20,000 in prize money.
Since then, she has participated in ten World Series of Poker tournaments, winning about $600,000.
She has said publicly that her focus has shifted from acting to playing cards.
Her trick in the game is to like to wear a low-cut top because it "looks better".
Her boyfriend is also the famous poker master Phil Lacker, and the two met at a poker match in 2004.
Hollywood stars are almost counted, Sir will take you to see what "gods of gambling" in the domestic entertainment industry.
Wang Feng
Wang Feng is a well-known poker enthusiast.
It is said that in addition to music, Wang Feng's favorite thing is to play cards, and he is proficient in mahjong and poker.
Zhang Ziyi is the same, remembering that the first evidence of the exposure of the two lovers' relationship was a photo of playing mahjong.
In April this year, Wang Feng attended the opening ceremony of the China Texas Hold'em Poker Intelligence Contest and the charity tournament as a guest, and as a result, the event was investigated by the public security organs for suspected gambling crimes, and Wang Feng finally made headlines in the spring.
In fact, there is still a difference between charity competitions and gambling.
But an unconfirmed but widely rumored passage is:
In early 2013, Wang Feng saw an old couple in the Macau casino who had lost a lot, so he secretly helped them win money.
At the party a month later, Zhang Ziyi took the initiative to ask the host to help introduce wang Feng, and the first sentence he said was: "Thank you for helping my parents win hundreds of thousands in Macau!" ”
It turned out that the old couple at the gambling table were Zhang Ziyi's parents.
Insiders revealed that Wang Feng played Texas Hold'em in the technical stream.
At the Million Marriott Poker Challenge held in Macau in June 2013, Wang Feng also participated and successfully entered the second round of the competition.
It is said that he can roughly calculate the probability of each hand, and can also infer the opponent's hole card through the expressions of other players at the table.
Sounds better than Conan.
It is said that "Yan Wang" Sun Honglei is also a master of Texas Hold'em poker.
Wang Luodan once revealed that when filming the TV series "Man Gang", after finishing work, Sun Honglei often asked himself and a group of people to play Texas Hold'em, and called it "exercise intelligence".
In addition, Shao Feng, an actor who has starred in TV series such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Golden Lock", has also participated in two consecutive WPT (World Series of Poker) China tournaments.
It can be seen that most of the above stars play Texas Hold'em poker.
Why?
Because Texas is a game of intelligence.
Its charm lies in the fact that it is a contest of wisdom and courage between people. It combines many abilities, such as judgment, observation and logical thinking.
Simply put, it is easy to learn and difficult to master.
So, if you want to play Texas Hold'em well, you need to master more skills.
For example, pay attention to the following WeChat public account.
Texas Hold'em Online Training School WeChat: pukezx
Finally, Sir must also solemnly remind that playing cards is a game of mind, and gambling is illegal.
If you are also a Hong Kong film lover, you must have heard this sentence - ten bets and nine losses.
You must also be familiar with these scenes:
It tells us:
If you don't have special features, don't expect to gamble to reach the top of your life.
To put it bluntly, for 99.999% of us, there is no shortcut to success.
Work honestly and work hard.
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