Mike (V.O): Listen, here's the thing: If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.

Mike (v.o): Guys around here tell you, you play for living it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour. That's it. Get your money in when you have the best of it, protect it when you don't. Don't give anything away.

Mike (v.o): So I learned how to win a little at a time, but finally, I've learned this: If you're too careful, your whole life can become a f*#@ing grind.

(Teddy throws his oreos)
Mike: Not hungry?

Mike: I gotta call, or I won't respect myself come morning.
Teddy KGB: Respect is all you'll have left in the morning.

Knish: What're you, holding those for someone?
Mike: Yeah, I'm holding 'em for you.

Mike (vo): No-limit Texas Hold 'em is the cadillac of poker. Each player is dealt two cards face down. Five cards are then dealt up across the middle. These are community cards that everyone can use. The best five card hand. The key of the game is playing the man not the cards.

Mike (vo): Like Papa Wallanda said, "Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.