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DEAL

Director: Gil Cates Jr.
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Bret Harrison, Maria Mason
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

CAST:

Burt Reynolds … Tommy
Bret Harrison … Alex
Shannon Elizabeth … Michelle
Jon Eyez … Mike ‘Double Diamond’ Jackson (as Jon Thomas)
Shannon Allen … Gambler
John J. Anderson … Bar colleague
Michael Arata … Passerby
Michael Aston … Dealer
David Barone … Dealer
James Bearb … Valet Driver
Dale Beasley … Tournament Official
Tony Bentley … Bellagio Maitre’d
Lawrence P. Beron … Front Desk Clerk
Kenny Bordes … Wally
Allen Boudreaux … World Poker Tour Player
Lyle Brocato … New Player #1
James Brothers … Dealer
Edward D. Caiado … Poker Player / Mafia suit
Allan Castro … Dealer
DeAnna Charett … Slot Machine Player / Poker Player
Chase Coleman … Gambler
Corlis Coyne … WPT Gambler
Carol Dupuy … Gambler
Charles Durning
Brian Edwards … Poker Player
Antonio Esfandiari
Dustin Hunter Evans … Jordan
J.D. Evermore … Tex Button
Joe Fontana … Finalist WPT Gambler
Faye Fontenot … World Poker Tournament Player
Mike Franklin … Poker Player
Courtney Friel … Herself
Luis Fuentes … Dealer
Geraldine Glenn … Spectator
Douglas M. Griffin … Player
Gary Grubbs
Joe Hachem … Himself
Rio Hackford … Poker Player
Jacob Hamil … Gambler
Jaime San Andres … Poker player
Deborah R. Jones … Poker Player
Mabel Jones … Poker Player
Phil Laak
John Lambremont Jr. … Dave Right
Anna Belle Landreneau … Poker Player
Raymond Lapino … WPT contestant
Scott Lazar … Himself
Summer Lee … Ann Kim
Tony Lewis … Camera Operator
Elizabeth Lynch … Bar Patron
Maria Mason … Helen, Tommy’s wife
Caroline McKinley … Mrs. Stillman
Isabelle Mercier … Herself
Alita Molina … Dealer
Chris Moneymaker … Himself
Ritchie Montgomery
Linh Naquin … Dealer
Stephen Occhipinti … Camera Operator #2
Brandon Olive … Ben
Karen Penrose … Poker player
Ellie Perez … WPT player
Tommy Perna … New Player 2
Greg Raymer … Himself
Billy Slaughter … Jake Katzman
Gary Michael Smith … World Championship Poker Gambler
Diane Spieler … Dealer
Marcus Stanley … Kevin Small
Lee Telle … Gambler
Karlin Tessier … Cocktail waitress
Vincent Van Patten
Lauren Zelman … Cute / Sexy PA
Cynthia LeBlanc … WPT Gambler (uncredited)
Elton LeBlanc … WPT Gambler (uncredited)
Jay Oliver … Poker Player (uncredited)
Jennifer Ramirez … Hotel Manager / Poker Player (uncredited)
Johnny Rock … WPT Gambler (uncredited)
Louis St. Romain … Camera Man (uncredited)

SYNOPSIS:

Set against the world of high stakes poker, DEAL follows the story of Tommy Vinson, an ex-gambler who quit the game of Texas Hold’em over 30 years ago after missing a family emergency and swearing to his wife, Helen, “never again”. Tommy tries to be content with his luggage business but while watching a poker tournament on television, he sees someone who reminds him of his younger self, Alex Stillman.
Alex is a cocky, hotshot card playing senior at Yale University. He is the best player there. Alex’s parents would like him to go to law school, but Alex only dreams of playing professional poker, like the icons he sees on TV. After winning an on-line event that places him in the televised game, Alex loses early. He’s close to greatness, but what he doesn’t realize yet is that he focuses too much on the cards, and not the players… that’s where Tommy comes in.

Tommy finds Alex and makes a pact with him: he’ll front Alex the high priced entry fees to all the major tournaments if Alex plays the way that Tommy wants him to. Alex resists at first, but after seeing Tommy make some impressive calls while watching a poker game together, Alex changes his mind and they partner.

Alex’s parents are sick about it, and Helen, Tommy’s wife, is concerned that her husband will get sucked back into the game that took him away once before. Tommy promises Helen that this will not happen because he’s not the one playing, Alex is. But after Tommy and Alex have a falling out over a local Las Vegas call girl that Tommy arranged to meet Alex and whom Alex has developed feelings for, things change, and everything is off.

Tommy, who’s now got the appetite back for the game and a hunger to be acknowledged as the best, enters the final tournament of the poker season and ends up facing Alex, his protege, in the finals of the World Poker Tour. And what happens there, even though only one will be declared champion, leaves them both winners.