Duke isn’t happy about it, but he and Carl (a diehard gambler who dresses in drag for three months on a 50-grand dare) can’t resist the days-long tourneys and crazy side bets that ensue.
The hot-ticket game eventually moves from their San Fernando Valley ranch house to a Beverly Hills club’s backroom, where young British director Sebastian (played to smug perfection by Ross McCall) quickly commandeers the friendly game, intent on weeding out the amateurs and upping the stakes. Vincent is Duke, who, finding himself broke after his acting career disintegrates - concisely communicated via a montage of infomercial gigs, headshots and B-movie one-sheets - has found his groove as host of a profitable poker game with his wife, KC (Vincent’s real-life spouse, soap opera actress Eileen Davidson, in a role that could have been more substantial).
The real-life brothers play siblings in the comedy.
