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Rounders · 1998 — 第 5 / 26 章 · 3'13" · B2

Mike and Worm Fleece a Private Game, Explained：crack the game

Barbara brings a man in as her new boyfriend, and the table buys it. What follows is signalling, chip placing and trapping — not luck. "His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off."

あらすじ

Barbara walks a man into a private game and introduces him as her boyfriend Michael, who is looking for a regular game. He claims he is not much of a card player. A chair is pulled up, Chicago is called, and the cards go around.

PartiesStorytellingExplainingConfrontingB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

Here's the playnot much of a card playerBullshitcrack the game

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このシーンの表現

crack the game

figure out how to beat the game

One player calmly says he could read the game without cheating, which makes his choice to cheat feel colder.

She cracked the game by watching three hands and saying nothing.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Here's the play

    here is the plan

  • not much of a card player

    not a strong card player

  • Bullshit

    nonsense; you're lying

  • sucker

    a gullible person; easy mark

  • caveat emptor

    let the buyer beware

このシーンのメモ一覧

47 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1be running a little late

be slightly late

- Hi. - Barbara. Worm said you'd be running a little late.
発音you'd be

Let you'd be blur; listen for the stressed running late.

- Hi. - Barbara. Worm said you'd be running a little late.
表現 · B1keep someone company

stay with someone

I probably won't even sit. You know, just kinda keep him company.
表現 · B2look for a regular game

be looking for a steady poker game Here regular game means a steady private poker game.

Here's the play... you're my new boyfriend, you're looking for a regular game.
発音that's precisely

Stress precisely; let that's slide past.

Bullshit. Worm tells me that's precisely what you are.
表現 · B1enough money to do something

enough money to do something

- Leave him enough money to buy me breakfast. - [Laughter] - Good luck. - Thanks, sweetie.
表現 · B1pull up a chair

take a seat

Here, why don't you pull up a chair.
表現 · B1deal someone in

include someone in the card game Here deal means include someone in the card game.

Okay, well, deal me in, I guess.
表現 · B2make it [amount]

raise the bet to five A betting phrase: raise the stake to five.

- I'm in. - I'm gonna make it five.
スラング · B2big spender

a free spender — Table teasing for a free spender; avoid it in formal settings.

Hey, big spender.
表現 · B2fall into an old rhythm

quickly click back into an old partnership

Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.
発音Worm and I

In fast speech Worm and I runs together; keep it as one chunk.

Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.
表現 · B2old-school tricks

old-fashioned methods

We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city...
表現 · B2would never play somewhere

would never work in that place Here play means be accepted or work as a trick.

We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city...
文法 · B2stuff that would never play in the city

relative clause: The relative clause tells you exactly what kind of tricks these are: ones that would fail in the city.

We bring out all the old school tricks, stuff that would never play in the city...
表現 · B2do something straight up

without tricks; on the level Here it means without cheating, on the level.

I can probably crack the game just as quickly straight up, but there's no risk in this room.
表現 · B1look down on someone

regard someone as inferior

Now, some people might look down on Worm's mechanics, call it immoral.
文法 · B2It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

extraposition: The real subject is the infinitive phrase; it lets the speaker state a rule before naming the target.

But as Canada Bill Jones said, "It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."
表現 · B1be a little off

slightly wrong or not quite right

His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off.
表現 · B2do something to perfection

perfectly; exactly right

Still, he plays the part of the loser to perfection.
スラング · B2fuck

an angry swear word — An angry obscenity; keep it out of formal or unfamiliar settings.

Ahh, fuck! You know what?
表現 · B2a never-ending string of something

an endless series of something

- Fuck you and your never-ending string of boats, okay? - Hey.
スラング · C1boats

full houses in poker — Poker jargon for a full house; outsiders may miss it.

- Fuck you and your never-ending string of boats, okay? - Hey.
表現 · B1when the money's gone

when the money runs out

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.
表現 · B2secret handshaking

quietly colluding Literally secret handshakes; here it means quietly colluding.

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.
発音money's gone

The possessive s nearly disappears before gone; don't pause for it.

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.
スラング · B2assholes

jerks; contemptible people — A direct insult; never use it in polite or formal settings.

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.

「Mike and Worm Fleece a Private Game」を読み解く

What's really going on

The introduction is the con: "Here's the play... you're my new boyfriend, you're looking for a regular game." The table is being handled before a card is dealt, and the narrator admits as much — "there's no risk in this room," because the marks are being read, not beaten. The mechanics come with a defence: "It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money," and later "caveat emptor, pal." Yet the same voice concedes the partner's flaw — "His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off." The losers are cast too: one plays the loser "to perfection," and the man who finally quits the table leaves with a line about his Uncle Les and a farewell for "you secret handshaking assholes."

Theme

DeceptionThe boyfriend story, the signals and the stacked deck are all one performance put on for the table.
MoneyEvery line is about the pot, the cut, or whose money is worth taking.

発音のポイント

  • you'd be — Let you'd be blur; listen for the stressed running late.
  • that's precisely — Stress precisely; let that's slide past.
  • Worm and I — In fast speech Worm and I runs together; keep it as one chunk.
  • money's gone — The possessive s nearly disappears before gone; don't pause for it.
But as Canada Bill Jones said, "It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."

A quoted gambler's excuse: taking money from someone who cannot spot a con is treated as fair, not as theft.

Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe.

The two slip back into a familiar partnership, compared to a famous basketball pairing.

His technique is flawless. But his judgment is a little off.

The sleight of hand is perfect; the decisions about when to use it are not.

Well, my Uncle Les says when the money's gone, it's time to move on, so enjoy it, you secret handshaking assholes.

The losing player quits the table, telling the winners to enjoy the money he assumes they took by signalling each other.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Barbara introduce Michael as her boyfriend?

It is the cover story she lays out: "Here's the play... you're my new boyfriend, you're looking for a regular game." The table needs a reason to let a stranger sit in.

Is Michael actually a weak card player?

No. When he says he is "not much of a card player," the reply is "Bullshit. Worm tells me that's precisely what you are" — meaning a card player is exactly what he is.

What does caveat emptor mean here?

It is the Latin phrase for "let the buyer beware," offered as a legal-sounding justification for taking money from players who cannot see the con.

Why does the losing player call them "secret handshaking assholes"?

Because he suspects the winners were signalling to each other; the narrator has already listed "signalling, chip placing, trapping" among the tricks at the table.

What is Chicago, the game they call?

A stud game in which, as explained at the table, "High spade in the hole wins half the pot."

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