Which would be great, were it not for Worm’s destructive tendencies.
McDermott’s respectable tendons straining against the inexorable attraction of a night spent winning other people’s money. That all changes when Worm is released from jail and, quicker than you can say “busted flush draw”, they’re back on the game. A man who won’t even touch the warm felt of a poker table lest he spiral back into the condition that compelled him blow $30,000 to mobster Tony KGB (John Malkovich). Mike begins the movie as a reformed character.