BET RAISE FOLD: The Story of Online Poker is a feature documentary that follows a new generation of Internet poker professionals during the meteoric rise and sudden crash of the multibillion dollar online poker industry of the 2000s.
Direction
Firpo captures the absurdity of twenty-somethings moving to Costa Rica for tax purposes.
Editing
Seamlessly weaves DOJ seizure graphics with genuine player panic footage.
Director
Ryan Firpo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This doc captures peak 'poker boom' culture when ESPN made card sharks into household names and every frat house had a guy who 'almost went pro.'
Several players featured lost six-figure bankrolls overnight when the DOJ froze accounts; some never recovered financially or psychologically.
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