Could Matt Damon and Ed Norton really play poker?
Yeh, they could play. Ed played better than Matt at the time. Did you play them for money on the set? No, we’re friends! Just for matches. Just pennies and nickels (laughs). What’s the greatest bluff you ever made? (Laughs) There was $850,000 in the pot and four spades out there. This guy had a king high flush and I had nothing. I just knew he didn’t he have the A?, so I put all my chips in the pot and he had to lay it down. Who is Johnny Chan’s greatest hero? Chip Reese. He’s like a mentor to me. He’s got everything. He’s cool, he’s the best all-round player there is, he takes care of himself… Everything he does is just the right thing to do (laughs). That’s all I want to do in life – do the right thing every time. Tell us about the big games you play with Larry Flynt. Sometimes we play $2000/$4000, sometimes $4000/$8000 Stud. He’s a nice man. He loves to play us and he loves to play Stud. (Laughs) I think we’re like his toys. Tell us about your life before you were a poker superstar.
