Borrowing Money to Gamble With and Raising a Stake
This weekend, I watched two or three renowned betting motion pictures - The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986). This post incorporates a few minor spoilers for every film. In the two movies, one of the plot focuses has to do with the primary pool player - Fast Eddie Felson in the previous and Vince Lauria - raising a stake so he can bring in cash betting on his pool game. 먹튀검증 A portion of the subtleties including how the characters fund-raise applies to any sort of benefit speculators, whether they're playing pool, poker, blackjack, or genuine cash video poker. What Is a Stakehorse? In The Hustler, the trouble maker is Bert Gordon (George C. Scott), who takes Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) under the care of him after Felson loses severely to Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). Since Felson is down and out and has no influence, Gordon requests 75% in return for his sponsorship. In this situation, Gordon is the stakehorse. How is he doing his 75%, and for what reason does h...