Having won back the money he needed to pay Worm’s debts, McDermott is coerced into a big-money re-match with KGB. It forces McDermott to put aside promises he made to his girlfriend and head back to the poker table.īy the time we get to the final games, he’s desperate. ![]() However, his friend – a small-time crook called Worm ( Edward Norton) – gets out of prison owing money to the wrong sorts of people. McDermott is a great poker player but he previously lost it all and had to quit the game. I “flopped the nut straight” says Matt Damon’s Michael McDermott, somehow holding back a cacophony of emotion having just won a huge pot of cash from Russian mobster “KGB” (played by John Malkovich). It is, however, Matt Damon who’s front and centre in this classic scene… Rounders isn’t a perfect film but it features some great poker scenes thanks largely to the performances of its support cast including John Malkovich & Edward Norton.
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