The film team brought in Thomas Sanbrook as the poker expert and he taught the actors how to handle the chips, look at the cards and stare one another down. So, when we came to think about what the game would be, Chemin de Fer didn't seem appropriate but Texas Hold'em was,' producer Michael Wilson explains. It's not unreasonable for ten, twenty million dollar pots to be seen. 'Today the big stakes game is Texas Hold'em. Whatever Baccarat or roulette strategy you choose, the games are unbeatable in the long run. There is a big difference between these games though. In Ian Fleming's original, however, Bond was playing high stakes Chemin de Fer (similar to baccarat,) which alongside roulette was the number one high-stakes game in those days. Obviously it's No Limit Texas Hold'em, the game to play when the film was released back in 2006.
007 over $40 million in his stack and is pondering what to do.īut before we start analyzing the hand further, let's look at the game they are playing.
The player to his left moves all in for $6 million, another player calls, and Bond's nemesis across the table mini-raises it up to $12 million. In the fierce Texas Hold'em game in Casino Royale, James Bond looks down on a board showing As Ah 8s 6s 4s.
