What Movies Get Wrong About Poker Players In India

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WHAT MOVIES GET WRONG ABOUT POKER
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Relative Hand Strength
If you went by the movies youd probably assume
the only method to win a pot in poker is by
hitting a four-of-a-kind or Royal Flush. Be it
when you play online poker in India or prefer the
live counterpart, movies have the habit of
blowing things out of proportion. In reality,
the odds of hitting a Royal Flush are roughly in
the range of 649,739-1. Theres a good chance
youll never even encounter a Royal Flush unless
you play a considerable amount . Successful poker
pros play a wide range of hands and poker
tournaments are quite often decided by a modest
pair or even ace-high at times. If youve
witnessed the famous Casino Royale straight flush
hand scene then you know what were talking about.
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When was the last time you watched a dramatic
poker battle where a player showed the winning
hand FIRST? Directors always have the winning
hand (usually the protagonist) shown last in
order to create drama and tension. In actuality
this is very rarely the case and there is a
designated order for revealing your hand. Another
method that directors crank up the drama is by
having the victor pause before revealing their
hand. Remember this tip before you play poker in
India. However, in reality this is completely at
odds with poker etiquette and a good way to get
an entire table of players to dislike you.
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The 2009 movie Hangover gets this aspect of the
card game wrong. Toward the final act of the film
the three protagonists engage in card counting
and subsequently win a substantial amount of
money to pay the ransom to have their friend
returned back safely. After withdrawing a couple
thousand dollars from one of their bank accounts
they begin to play. During the playing montage
they show obvious plays that would never be
executed by a professional card player. Some of
the plays shown are the splitting of 5s and the
splitting of tens. There is no instance in a
counting game that calls for splitting 5s. But to
be fair there are some situations that warrant
for spitting tens, but no professional ever does
that because it draws too much attention.
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