1:07:02
If you're gambling, whiskey gives you
an excuse for losing. You don't need that.
1:07:08
- How did you make out in the poker game?
- I lost $20.
1:07:12
Poker's not your game.
1:07:13
- What is?
- Pool.
1:07:19
Are you being cute?
1:07:22
No pool player shoots better pool
than you shot the other night at Ames.
1:07:27
- You have talent.
- So I have talent. So what beat me?
1:07:31
- Character.
- Yeah, sure.
1:07:35
You're damn right, I'm sure.
Everybody has talent. I have talent.
1:07:40
You think you can play big-money pool
or poker for 40 hours with only talent?
1:07:45
Is Fats the best in the country
just because he has talent? No.
1:07:49
He has more character in one finger
than you have in your body.
1:07:53
- I got drunk.
- He drank as much whiskey as you did.
1:07:56
- He knows how to drink.
- You bet he knows how.
1:07:59
You think that's a talent, too?
1:08:01
You think Fats was born
knowing how to drink?
1:08:03
Okay, what do I do now?
Lie down and bow from the ankles?
1:08:08
- What do I do, go home?
- That's your problem.
1:08:11
Or do I stay?
1:08:13
Stay until I hustle up
enough to play Fats again.
1:08:18
Maybe, by that time,
I'll have developed some character.
1:08:23
Maybe, by that time, you'll die of old age.
1:08:28
- How much will you need?
- $1,000.
1:08:32
At least $3,000.
1:08:35
He'll start at $500 a game,
and he'll beat the pants off you.
1:08:38
That's the way he plays against a man
who knows the way the game is.
1:08:41
He'll beat you five times or more,
depending on your nerves.
1:08:46
He might be scared of you. That could
change things, but don't count on it.
1:08:52
How do you know
when nobody knows that much?
1:08:58
Did you see that big car parked outside?