Mike Sexton Movies

A hot-shot college card player and a retired poker legend team-up to take Sin City for all its worth, only to find themselves going toe-to-toe in the ultra-high stakes World Poker Tour. Alex Stillman (Bret Harrison) is a Yale senior with a knack for Texas Hold 'Em. But while Alex dreams of the day he'll be able to dominate the tables out in Las Vegas, he hasn't mastered the art of the cards just yet. Alex's luck begins to change, however, after a chance encounter with legendary poker player Tommy Vinson (Burt Reynolds). Tommy gave up gambling twenty years ago in hopes that he could save his family. He recognizes the potential in Alex, and he's beginning to regain his confidence after two decades of maintaining a low profile. Alex agrees to become Tommy's protégé, and together the pair wins every tournament they enter. But Alex's attraction to beautiful Las Vegas call girl Michelle (Shannon Elizabeth) has caused his attention shift away from the tables, and that distraction has opened up a deep chasm between the emerging talent and the undisputed master. Later, after Alex and Tommy calls off their partnership, they find themselves on opposite sides of the table at the prestigious World Poker Tour. Who will take the top prize? Will it be the old pro who promised he would never gamble again, or the newcomer who learned all of his tricks from the true master of the trade? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The Travel Channel's highest rated program, World Poker Tour delivers exactly what its title promises: A tour of the top poker-playing locales and tournaments, featuring the best players in the business. Season Two deals out twenty episodes, each with commentary by pro poker player Mike Sexton actor (Vince Van Patten), and Vince's sister-in-law Shana Hiatt. The festivites open with the all-celebrity "Hollywood Home Game 1", featuring such high-profile poker fantatics as Jack Black, Drew Carey, Steve Harris, Mimi Rogers, Fred Savage, and Aisha Tyler. This game will be extended throughout the year with three sequel episodes, including the season finale; among the players in these followup "Home Games" are Lolita Davidovich, Norm MacDonald,Camryn Manheim, Fred Willard, Jennifer Tilly, James Woods, Edward Asner and Ben Affleck. The second episode on the year's docket is an "all-ladies" game, spotlighting such WPT favorites as Kathy Liebert and Maureen Feduniak. This is followed by the self-explanatory "Battle of Champions." Most of the season's tour stopovers are repeats from Season One. New events covered this year are the the Borgata Open, the Grand Prix De Paris, the Binion Open, the Commerce Casino LA Classic, and the Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The World Poker Tour covers a series of "elimination" poker tournaments in the top casinos throughout the world. Individual episodes boasted such colorful titles as "Bellagio Five Diamond," "Bicycle Casino," and "Ultimate Bet." The concluding program was a winner-take-all competition at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, with each of the surviving contestants required to pony up 25,000 dollars to play against the previous year's tour winners. World Poker Tour made its Travel Channel bow on March 30, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide