• Director(s):

    MARTIN-DELPIERRE (HERVE)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, STUDIO INTERNATIONAL

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2007

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET

A documentary film on the fascinating universe of the Poker Championship 2006 in Las Vegas.

Several thousands of gamblers around the world descend on the town. Hotels are packed, taxis ready to take off. All these poker fans, either amateur or international pros, have only one quest: to win one of the 40 gold bracelets of the Poker World Series of Poker and, on the way, try and become famous and very rich.
In 2006, over 30,000 gamblers took part in this unique event where 40 tournaments are played in 7 weeks, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, with bets ranging from $1,000 to 50,000$ and winnings from S200,000 to S12 millions.
This feature documentary focuses on the adventure of four of those players :
Isabelle Mercier, a young Canadian pro nicknamed "No Mercy", Joe Hachem, the 2005 World Champion, come back to defend his title, Fabrice Soulier, a French player who has given up his career in Paris to fulfill his passion of poker, and Luca Pagano, a handsome Italian, star of poker on-line.