651
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:02,943
Lancey...
652
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:05,421
this is Eric Stoner,
the Cincinnati Kid.
653
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:07,628
Lancey Howard.
654
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:11,586
I'm glad to know you, Lancey.
655
01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:14,631
My pleasure.
656
01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:16,145
How the town treating you?
657
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:18,986
New Orleans always been good to me.
658
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:25,828
Well, that's fine. Of course, towns
do change, though, don't they?
659
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:32,460
They tell me you're quite
a stud player, young man.
660
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:34,981
- Do they?
- That's right.
661
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:37,825
New York, Chicago, Miami.
662
01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:41,826
Oh, I've been hearing about you
for a couple of years now.
663
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:46,469
Yeller there tells me how you gutted
him once with a pair of fours.
664
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,347
That's right. Remember, Kid?
665
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:52,185
The night you cut me up
with the two red fours?
666
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:55,503
Must have overplayed my hand.
667
01:00:57,560 --> 01:01:00,869
Well, that's a
dangerous thing to do.
668
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:04,183
Well, it depends who you're
sitting with, Lancey.
669
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:11,028
- Well, let's play some cards.
- Hoban?
670
01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:13,467
- Yeah.
- I've already looked around...
671
01:01:13,560 --> 01:01:17,551
- ...so if you wanna have a look...
- Thanks, Lancey, I think I will.
672
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:48,350
They come from the New
Orleans Bridge Club...
673
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:50,707
and they've been
bonded by the steward.
674
01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:53,227
I seen him take them right
out of the safe himself.
675
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:59,069
And Shooter, Lady Fingers and me
just carried them right here.
676
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:04,066
Hoban's selling them to us at $5
a pack with the usual guarantee.
677
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:07,144
If it's proved a deck's been
juiced, he pays off the losers.
678
01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:09,422
- Who's sitting with us?
- The four of us.
679
01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:11,184
Me, Pig, Yeller and Doc Sokal.
680
01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:13,707
- If that's all right with the both of you?
- Fine.
681
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:15,510
Sure, sure.
682
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:18,261
- Dead.
- Dead.
683
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:28,230
Now, Kid, what's your game?
684
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:29,870
Stud poker.
685
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:37,550
Gentlemen...
686
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:40,544
if there are no objections,
I'm the dealer.
687
01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:41,940
All right.
688
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:46,788
These rooms have been contracted for,
the ante will be $10 per chair per day.
689
01:02:50,440 --> 01:02:53,749
During the breaks for me, Lady
Fingers has agreed to deal.
690
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:55,743
But she don't care to be a player.
691
01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:57,948
I'm sorry to hear
that, Lady Fingers.
692
01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:01,144
You know how much I enjoy
your high style of playing.
693
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,144
You got a lot of style
yourself, Lancey.
694
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:05,665
Thank you.
695
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:08,827
Let's hope it holds out.
696
01:03:12,680 --> 01:03:17,149
Gentlemen, this game is
five-card stud poker.
697
01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:21,623
There's no limit. No string bets.
698
01:03:22,040 --> 01:03:24,507
You can check and raise.
699
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:30,104
A dead man has one half-hour to raise his
roll outside and get back in the game.
700
01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:15,864
Ace, seven, nine, nine, trey.
701
01:04:15,920 --> 01:04:18,830
Dealer guns up a 10. Ace bets.
702
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:21,702
- Ten dollars.
- Call the sawbuck.
703
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:23,021
- I'll play.
- I'm in.
704
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:25,467
- Off and running.
- Dealer folds.
705
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:28,146
Eight to the ace.
King to the seven.
706
01:04:28,200 --> 01:04:30,348
Queen to the nine. Pair of nines.
707
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:32,662
Deuce. Pair of nines bets.
708
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:35,386
- Double sawbuck.
- I don't chase the nines.
709
01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:37,542
Hold.
710
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:40,062
I fold.
711
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:59,070
Queen, four, 10, king, king...
712
01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:01,262
and an ace to the man.
713
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:04,106
Ace bets $25.
714
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:08,901
And I can't get started.
715
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,069
Call.
716
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:15,109
Keep dealing.
717
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:16,421
King folds.
718
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:20,263
Did you see that?
Shooter folded a king.
719
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:22,787
Shooter knows what he's doing.
720
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:25,944
He's a percentage player.
That right, Melba?
721
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,262
That's what they say, Mr. Slade.
722
01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:32,067
Well, he'd better be if he's
gonna remain anything at all.
723
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:34,622
- Ten's bet.
- Hundred.
724
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:37,109
Came here to play.
725
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:39,302
- I'm in.
- Fold.
726
01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:43,301
Queen to the 10s. Ten.
727
01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:45,144
- Pair of fives.
- Two and a half.
728
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:47,428
- How much?
- Two-fifty.
729
01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:52,789
Make it 500 and see you both run.
730
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:00,305
Your 5...
731
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:04,341
- ...and up 2.
- Another 200.
732
01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:06,822
Thousand.
733
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:09,063
Two thou...?
734
01:06:09,560 --> 01:06:11,662
Hey, Lancey's out
for the quick kill.
735
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:14,664
My bet. Your 2000. Three more.
736
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:18,461
- I'm 2000 light.
- No, you're not.
737
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:35,670
I'll try it.
738
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,022
Five thousand to you, Pig.
739
01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:41,342
Well, that's pretty sweet.
740
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:43,980
I jack it up and get
whipped on both sides.
741
01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:49,990
Lancey?
742
01:06:58,760 --> 01:07:00,669
New deck, please.
743
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,788
He don't chase the Kid nowhere.
744
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:27,065
Read them and weep, boys.
745
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:28,585
Aces up.
746
01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:31,186
Thank you, gentlemen.
747
01:07:33,400 --> 01:07:36,424
Be funny if the two champs
got cleaned up, huh, Yeller?
748
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:39,902
Yeah, man. Absolutely hilarious.
749
01:07:40,440 --> 01:07:43,749
- What's the action?
- Pig's ahead about a grand...
750
01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:45,743
the Kid maybe 1200.
751
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:47,982
- Yeller's up.
- Lancey?
752
01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:51,263
Well, the Kid hit him once,
and he ain't come back yet.
753
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:53,986
- He'll take out Pig first.
- King bets.
754
01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:56,940
This king and my natural rhythm...
755
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:58,864
says $20.
756
01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:00,260
Pass.
757
01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:01,910
- In for 20.
- Fold.
758
01:08:01,960 --> 01:08:04,267
- I'm in.
- In.
759
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,024
Pair of jacks.
760
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:09,425
Ten.
761
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:12,509
Jack to the king.
762
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,181
Seven to the queen.
Pair of jacks bets.
763
01:08:20,280 --> 01:08:23,111
Pair of jacks will venture $100.
764
01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:29,464
Also.
765
01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:33,790
Man, I'm outside.
766
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:42,989
I'll up it 200.
767
01:08:43,040 --> 01:08:45,302
Lancey could be laying for
him with three jacks.
768
01:08:45,360 --> 01:08:47,827
- I'll see the 200.
- Pig don't think so.
769
01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:50,630
I'm sticking.
770
01:08:52,200 --> 01:08:53,984
Ten to the jacks.
771
01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:56,029
Possible straight.
772
01:08:56,400 --> 01:08:58,150
Pair of sevens.
773
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:00,505
Check those sevens.
774
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:02,150
Likewise.
775
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:06,344
I'll...
776
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:08,669
bet the size of the pot.