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Casino Royale - Bond Plays Texas Hold em Poker

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:08:41 +0000

In the James Bond film, Casino Royale, Bond plays an intense game of poker. After calls of “all-in” by a total of four players at the table, villain Le Chiffre’s hand is the superior up until Bond reveals his. Le Chiffre’s Full House of Aces and Sixes seems to be the ultimate hand. However, Bond slyly reveals that he has Le Chiffre beat - with a straight flush! Bond’s 4-5-6-7-8 (Spades) sequence finishes Le Chiffre, and wins Bond $120 million. The game takes place in Montegegro. Legal poker in the US can be found at a number of different online poker sites and casinos.

Secretariat

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:10:04 +0000

The film chronicles the life of Secretariat, the 1973 race horse winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Diane Lane portrays Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery, and John Malkovich plays the part of Secretariat’s trainer, Lucien Laurin.

Filming took place on location in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and around Lafayette, Louisiana and Carencro, Louisiana.

Deal - Poker Film

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:26:51 +0000

Deal is a drama starring Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, and Shannon Elizabeth. It tells the tale of a former poker player who tutors a younger player. The film’s climax is a fictional World Poker Tour Championship. A hot-shot college card player and a retired poker legend team-up to take Sin City for all its worth, only to find themselves going toe-to-toe in the ultra-high stakes World Poker Tour. World Poker Tour commentators Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Courtney Friel play themselves. A number of other poker-playing celebrities, including Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker and Isabelle Mercier are in the cast.

For great poker discussion and strategy, as well as reviews - check out Cardschat.com.

Friday Night Lights

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:49:49 +0000

Friday Night Lights is an American television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and David Nevins from a book and film of the same name. Football betting is easy and fun at BetUs

Olympics Movies

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:01:10 +0000

The Olympics have inspired several sports movies. One of the most famous is Chariots of Fire. Miracle is one of our favorite olympic movies about the US Hockey Team. Cool Runnings is a funny movie about the Jamaican Bobsled Team. Another fun one is The Cutting Edge, a romance comedy about a figure skating pair.

Miracle
Chariots of Fire
The Cutting Edge
Cool Runnings
Pentathlon
Prefontaine
Without Limits
One Day in September

Le Mans

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:27:33 +0000

This movie starring Steve McQueen depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world’s hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. Every few hours the two drivers per car alternate - but it’s still a challenge for concentration and material. In the focus is the duel between the German Stahler in Ferrari 512LM and the American Delaney in Gulf Team Porsche 917. Delaney is under extraordinary pressure, because the year before he caused a severe accident, in which his friend was killed.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:25:48 +0000

An American teenager named Shawn Boswell is a loner in school, however he challenges his rival for an illegal street racing, and he totals his car in the end of the race. To avoid time in prison he is sent to Tokyo to live with his father who is in the military. As soon as he arrives he discovers a new, fun but dangerous way of street racing in the underworld of the streets of Tokyo, Japan.

Herbie Fully Loaded

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:23:10 +0000

Maggie Peyton, played by Lindsey Lohan, is the new owner of Number 53 and she puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. As a third generation member of a NASCAR family, racing is in Maggie Peyton’s blood, but she is forbidden from pursuing her dream by her overprotective father, Ray Peyton, Sr. When Ray Sr. offers Maggie a car as a college graduation present, he takes her to a junkyard to choose one from an assortment of very used cars. Maggie has her eye on an old Nissan, but Herbie seems to be clamoring for her attention. To her surprise, Maggie leaves the lot with Herbie. As she prepares to leave town for a position with ESPN News, Maggie discovers that Herbie has a mind of his own–and an alternate route for her future.

The Fast and The Furious

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:21:06 +0000

An undercover cop played by paul Walker infiltrates an underworld subculture of Los Angeles street racers looking to bust a hijacking ring, and soon begins to question his loyalties when his new street racing friends become the prime suspects. Vin Diesel plays the leader of the bad dudes.

Cars

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:19:06 +0000

A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.