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[Mike McDermott]

Mike McDermott:

"I'm gonna raise. A thousand straight."

Teddy KGB:

"Very aggressive! A new man. And you won't be pushed around. But.... I re-raise. $5 thousand!"

Mike McDermott:

"Doyle Brunson says the key to no limit is to put a man to a decision for all his chips. Teddy's just done that. He's representing aces. The only hand better than my cowboys. I can't call and let him catch. I can only fold, if I believe him ..... or ...... I'M ALL IN!"

[Wolf]

This is gonna be a little butchered, but this scene is the reason I got into poker so much:

Mike McDermott: I'm at the Taj and it's late. And Johnny Chan walks in. And everybody stops. You know, a world champion. And theres not a crap table going because all of the tourist are over there watching. And some of them are playing, but their giving away their chips just to say, "I played with a World Champion!"

And you know what I did?

Kanish: What?

Mike: I sat down?

Kanish: No, you need 50-60 grand to play right in that game.

Mike: Well I had 6, but I had to find out!

Kanish: So, what happened?

Mike: I played tight. Folded mostly. Until I made a score.

Kanish: Wired aces or kings?

Mike: Rags. I had nothing. But I figured who cares about the money. I just wanna outplay the guy. I just wanna outplay this guy this hand. So I raised. And he came right back over the top of me like I'm some fuckin' tourist. So I hesitated for like 2 seconds and I re-raised.

Kanish: Re-raise?

Mike: Then he looked at me. Looked at his checks. Looked at his cards and looked at me agian. And he mucked it. I took it down.

Johnny Chan: Did you have it?

Mike: Sorry John... I don't remeber. (priceless smirk on Kanish's face)

Then I got up and went to the cashier. I SAT WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD! AND I WON!

Kanish: You put a move on Chan, you son of a bitch!