Poker King, the movie, is all about an heir to a major casino conglomerate who has no interest in taking over the family business after his father dies. The mean, nasty antagonist, Uno, who has been running the casino empire as the Company President is quite prepared for Jack Chan, the hero, to take over the business. He is nevertheless highly sceptical of Jack’s capabilities with respect to casino games and their art. He has justification, because Jack is rather useless as a consequence of being socially awkward and childish. In an effort to teach Jack about card play, and casinos generally, he enters Jack in a Texas Hold’Em tournament as this is the game Jack professes to be good at. Continue reading →