week.3 part.2

 
 Poker research 


POKER RESEARCH 


In poker, bad beat is a subjective term for a hand in which a player with what appear to be strong cards nevertheless loses.

            - This is what we have decided to make our project name "BAD BEAT" as it describes what we are going for perfectly. In our film we are running a poker scam to gain money and find out the past history of the father and why he got arrested. But the people we are playing against have already lost before the game even started. But the whole time they are led to believe that they are winning so they can play the highest bet and then lose on a "bad beat".      

               

                For the film opening it is not necessary for us to know poker but just to pretend like we know poker. Every once in a while say some poker terminology here and there to make it sound real. 

For the film opening itself as of now we have a general idea of what we want to but nothing is 100% yet, but we obviously want a poker scene but we haven't agreed on what we want to do for the rest of the opening.

  - Ways to cheat in poker.

                                    - Method 1 Holding Out

1. Wait for a card you want. 

2. Keep an eye on your hands for any cards you might want to hold.
3. Hide the card you want to keep. 

4. Take your whole hand under the table and leave the card you want to hide hidden somewhere on you.
5. Drop your hand.
6. Keep playing.
7. Switch the card or play it.
8. Wrap things up.
                                     - Method 2 Colluding With Friends

1. Gather a friend or friends
2. Select friends you can trust.
3. Decide your communications.
4. Practice with your friends
5. Keep your team work a secret

        We will most likely to go with the second method because it follows our group scam idea better.  

A film to take inspiration from is 21 here is a little summary of the film. 

Ben Campbell, a brilliant student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, needs some quick cash to pay his tuition bills. He joins a group of students who, under the leadership of unorthodox professor Mickey Rosa, use their math skills to win big in Las Vegas. Seduced by a beautiful teammate and loads of money, Ben learns that the stakes are higher than he ever imagined when he crosses paths with casino enforcer Cole Williams.  (This summary is from Wikipedia)