Online Poker

Lucky You, starring Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana will launch in cinemas on May 4 2007.

It follows the story of Huck Cheever (Eric Bana), a man described as a 'hotshot poker player' as he lives in Las Vegas and works toward winning the World Series of Poker.

Robert Duvall plays Cheever's dad, who is also a famous poker player.

There's a few actual poker pros featured in the movie too. Looking around the official 'Lucky You' website, I saw Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth mentioned to name a few. And a lot of the scenes in the trailer seem to feature the Bellagio.

The trailer didn't do much for me unfortunately. (you can view it below) It seemed a little clichéd and too drama heavy for my tastes. Boy struggles to have a relationship with father, struggles to keep his girl etc etc blah blah blah... Why can't Hollywood ever get away from the same boring plots where the talented but troubled all American boy overcomes all to have a happy ending!

I'll still go and see it, but I'm questioning the logic of releasing the movie the same day as one of the biggest ever movie franchises - SpiderMan 3.... I'm sure there'll be a lot of movie-goers that would like to see this flick that will instead opt for the webslinger's big sequel.

Anyway, it's good to see that the movie is finally being released. Check out the trailer below and look out for it in theatres on May 4.