Best gambling and poker movies (Part II):Play with the best ones…Cele mai bune filme de gambling şi poker (Partea a II-a):Joacă la masa greilor…
Along time, the fascination for winnings and gaming have interested the movie directors and actors who brought to live many interesting, mysterious and ingenuous characters. On our previous edition of the magazine we brought to your attention The Hustler (with Paul Newman and Jackz Gleason), Maverick (with Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Coburn) and Rounders (with Matt Damon and Edward Norton). These movies must be watched, each...
To be or not to be a PharaohA fi sau a nu fi Faraon
History Faro (Pharaoh, or Farobank) is a late 17th century French gambling card game descendant of the Italian basset, and belongs to the lansquenet and Monte Bank family of games, in that it is played between a banker and several players winning or losing according to the cards turned up matching those already exposed or not. By the way, basset was at that time a gambling card game that was considered one of the most polite. It was...