Nicky's Game is a 2005 American short film, originally developed and produced as an independent television pilot, based on Peter Alson's New York Times Best Seller Confessions of an Ivy League Bookie.
Nicky Singer (John Ventimiglia) is a down-on-his-luck Brooklyn native who has parlayed his Yale education into a job eking out a living as a professional poker player.
Using his wits to navigate the seedy world of underground poker, he must balance his own interests with those of his father (Burt Young), a retiree whose own gambling debts have pushed him to the brink of eviction.
In a struggle to keep his head above water, Nicky encounters a diverse group of wannabe mobsters, thugs, and other eccentric characters.
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