Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.

Mike McDermott

Lester 'Worm' Murphy

Joey Knish

Jo

Teddy KGB

Petra

Abe Petrovsky

Grama

Maurice

Kenny

Sy

Zagosh

Savino

Henry Lin

Russian Thug #2

Moogie

Professor Eisen
September 11, 1998

Mike McDermott

Lester 'Worm' Murphy

Joey Knish

Jo

Teddy KGB

Petra

Abe Petrovsky

Grama

Maurice

Kenny

Sy

Zagosh

Savino

Henry Lin

Russian Thug #2

Moogie

Professor Eisen
