But these rumors keep hanging around, hanging around. Of course, this isn’t the first time that the embers of a possible Rounders 2 have been stoked and, frankly, it isn’t much. “It was years later…I think it was 2007 it went into the black.” “If you were able to say now that you finished 89th in the World Series of Poker, you would have to be a world-class player.”īut before closing the book on the short Rounders segment, Damon made a comment about how the now classic film was received in late 1998 when it came out.
It was the greatest story – I lost to Doyle Brunson.” “I had kings…I shoved and Doyle Brunson had aces. “I made it to the afternoon but I lost,” Damon said. Damon admitted he didn’t get very far in the 350-player field, but he left with a good story. Woody Harrelson leads a cast including Ray Romano, Chris Parnell, Gabe Kaplan. The three then dive into a little bit of their own poker history highlighted by Damon recounting how, in conjunction with the movie, he, co-star Edward Norton, and screenwriter Brian Koppelman played in the 1998 Main Event. If you're in the mood for comedy instead of watching Rounders for the hundredth time, The Grand is a decent improv comedy movie with an incredible cast and cameos from Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Gordon and more. Dissecting Jaylen Brown’s situation in Boston with Damon and Ben Affleck together on their lifelong bond, breaking into Hollywood, adjusting to fame and making their excellent new movie “Air.” This was so much fun.
