Most poker fans have had the experience. A poker-related film or television show features action that really doesn’t play out as it would in the real world. Joe Stapleton knows the feeling. The longtime poker player , commentator, and comedian hopes his role as a poker consultant on the new film The Card Counter helped add more realism to the story. Hopefully, the film won’t leave poker players rolling their eyes. “Obviously there aren’t a lot of poker movies out there, but we’ve all watched movies with poker in them and seen things happen and you’re like, ‘Aw come on!’” he says. “I was happy to do this both on a personal level but also as a service to the poker community – as a poker fan.” In other words, don’t look for the protagonist to toss his Rolex into the pot. The movie, written and directed by Paul Schrader , officially hit theaters on Friday. Schrader was determined not just to make a great film, but also to make the card playing seem legit. That’s where Stapleton came in. Poker as part of the film setting The Card Counter tells the story of William Tell (played by Oscar Isaac), who travels to mid-American casinos as a blackjack card counter and plays some poker as well. A former special ops officer, Tell has a deep, abiding guilt after serving time in a military prison for crimes committed in Iraq. He discovers a surrogate family while playing poker . Along […]
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