1:03:42 - Now we come to a really weird scene.
1. Damon is watching and re-watching Johnny Chan call Eric Seidel's all-in after flopping nut straight.
Seriously? He's replaying a shot of a man calling an all-in when he has the nut straight? Like it's the Willie Mays catch or the John Paxson buzzer shot in the '93 Finals? I could see him being fascinated by a brilliant bluff or a risky call or some hugely unexpected bad beat...but calling an all-in with the nuts? It's like replaying the final 10 seconds of a football game when the winning team has the ball. What's worth the scrutiny here?
2. The absurdly sexy Famke Janssen enters and instantly recognizes what Damon's watching: "Ah, the '88 Series." Like it's Casablanca or something. She remarks in awe: "Johnny Chan flops the nut straight and has the discipline to wait him out." I'm still not seeing the fascination here; what else WOULD Chan do?
3. Damon rebuffs her advances. For some reason. Even the filmmakers, on the commentary track, admit how nutzoid this is.
1:15:15 - They're playing a hi-lo game here, and according to IMDb, it's 7-card Stud. Again with the Stud? How did this movie turn Hold 'em into the national craze instead of Stud? Anyway, Damon shows down "The wheel", meaning a 5-high straight, which is the best "low" hand possible and a decent high hand, so he scoops the whole pot.
1:20:00 - The game with the cops. Stud AGAIN! This time, Worm gets caught cheating, and they both get beaten up. Wait, so a roomful of cops catches some guys cheating them at poker...and all they wind up with is some cuts on their faces? Not a single broken bone? Cracked rib? Bruise? These are apparently the gentlest cops in America.
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