“Rolled up aces over kings” as Worm himself puts it. It was about the romance of the game itself. For me, it was never about winning or losing (which is handy because I hardly ever won). Some of my happiest memories involve being sat around a poker table. All of that is smashed to smithereens when his old friend Worm (Norton) gets out of prison and persuades him to return to the poker table. Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is an ex-gambler, an aspiring lawyer in a seemingly happy relationship with his fellow law student Jo (Gretchen Mol). In Rounders, that friend is named Worm and he’s played magnificently by Edward Norton… The kind of friend that makes your wife or girlfriend roll their eyes at the mere mention of their name. That one goddamn friend that you just can’t quit.
