Rounders is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton.

At an underground Texas hold 'em game run by Russian mobster Teddy "KGB", an overconfident Mike loses his entire $30,000 bankroll in a single hand.

His mentor Joey Knish offers to stake him to rebuild his bankroll but Mike declines and accepts a part-time job to make money.

Months pass and Mike stays true to his promise until his childhood friend Lester "Worm" Murphy is released from prison.

To help Worm pay off a debt, Mike sets him up with games across town and reluctantly sits in on one, interfering with his studies and his relationship with Jo.

With over $60,000, Mike settles Worm's $15,000 debt to Grama, the Chesterfield's $6,000 credit, his professor's $10,000 loan, and restores his original bankroll of "three stacks of high society".

He drops out of law school, bids Jo goodbye, and leaves for Las Vegas to play in the World Series of Poker.

The song plays during the end credits, and appeared as a bonus track in the UK version of the album Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings.

It's essentially a sports picture, in which the talented hero wins, loses, faces disaster, and then is paired off one last time against the champ.

"[9] Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Norton, cast in what might have once been the Sean Penn role (hideous shirts, screw-you attitude), gives Worm a shifty, amphetamine soul and a pleasing alacrity ... Norton's performance never really goes anywhere, but that's okay, since the story is just an excuse to lead the characters from one poker table to the next.

Munching Oreo cookies, splashing the pot with chips (a poker no-no) and speaking with a Russian accent that defies deciphering ("Ho-kay, Meester sum of a beech"), Malkovich soars so far over the top, he's passing Pluto.

"[12] In his review for The Globe and Mail, Liam Lacey wrote: "The main problem with Rounders is that the movie never quite knows what it is about: What is the moral ante?

[15] The film drew in successful players such as Brian Rast, Hevad Khan, Gavin Griffin, and Dutch Boyd.

Vanessa Rousso has said of the film's influence: "There have been lots of movies that have included poker, but only Rounders really captures the energy and tension in the game.