His bullying Russian opponent (John Malkovich) falls right into his trap, shoving all-in on the river. In the final hand, the young poker prodigy (played by Matt Damon) flops a straight, and decides to slow-play it. One of the best loved and most authentic movies about poker is Rounders (1998). In the fourth of a 10-part series on the World Series of Poker, the Paul Phua Poker School looks at a winning Main Event hand that was immortalised in the movie Rounders
