The film has an ensemble cast including Ray Romano, Woody Harrelson, Chris Parnell, Werner Herzog, Jason Alexander, Dennis Farina, David Cross, Gabe Kaplan, Michael Karnow and Cheryl Hines along with several real Las Vegas poker stars.

He enters The Grand, a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament in Las Vegas created by his grandfather Lucky Faro.

His main motivation is to win the $10 million prize to cover a loan he got to keep open his family's casino, The Rabbit's Foot, which his grandfather left him when he died and that he has mismanaged since.

Other players include Andy Andrews, a math teacher; Deuce Fairbanks, a wily old veteran of Vegas' and "The German", a cheater who ritualistically sacrifices small animals to gain luck at cards.

The website's critics consensus reads: "The Grand has moments of comic ingenuity, but the jokes in this poker satire often miss.