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CRACKED ACES

CRACKED ACES
By Jeff Zampino

GENRE: Comedy
LOGLINE:

Hunted by the mob after he accidentally wins a rigged tournament, a hotshot poker player must go all-in with a fiery brothel madam, a septuagenarian showgirl, and an unhinged Girl Scout in a longshot caper to win back his life.

SYNOPSIS:

Our hero, virtuoso poker player, TOMMY borrows twenty-large from his psychotic loan shark, POSEIDON, for a high-stakes tournament.

The deal - If he cashes, they split the winnings, he's free forever.

If he loses ... well, you get the idea.

After Tommy claws his way to the final table, KAZIMIR, a Russian mobster, convinces him to throw the game, so his pampered daughter LILIYA can win. Tommy likes his kneecaps, so he reluctantly agrees. But Lady Luck rears her ugly head - Tommy gets an ill-timed miracle card and accidentally WINS!

Caught between a Russian and a hard place, he grabs the prize money and bolts - the mob (and Poseidon) hot on his heels. Can Tommy and the crew (a taser-wielding Girl Scout, her fast-talking taxi driver dad, and the madam of Nevada's best brothel) find a way to turn the tables on his pursuers before the Russians find him and bury him in the desert?

(Hint: Nope.)

CRACKED ACES

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William Gunn

Sounds interesting! And potentially very funny!

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