OK, here we go, as a poker player ( semi professional) I have never seen such an accurate portrayal of life in the underground poker scene. The acting is superb and the story is all to real to those of us that have been there. I cant begin to describe how often I watch this movie and how many of my poker playing friends agree that this is not only the best poker movie ever written, but also a great movie for non players as well. I think that the casting agent did a remarkable job....Matt and Edward play the parts of poker players to an eerie T. All to often a fictional portrayal of so called gamblers put us into a bad light, this film does us justice and shows that poker players have ambition,desire, and skill