California Split - First 10 minutes

[ian]

It's not a film that you'll see very often on TV so here is a 10 minute taster on YouTube.




California Split
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071269/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Split


Interesting that in the early 70's Texas Hold'em was still many years away from becoming the game of choice among California players.


The first WSOP in Las Vegas was in 1971 and the 6 players taking part across a variety of games later voted who the winner was. Texas Hold'em being later chosen for the main event perhaps because a majority of Nevada's poker players at the time hailed from Texas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_of_Poker


Ian

[ian]

OK, while we're at the movies


CincinnatiKid_FinalHand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5698x5qVWeg





The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059037/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cincinnati_Kid


Ian