Given LeChiffre's mathematical prowess, shouldn't he realize that this is a very credible 'threat'? There are THREE players AHEAD of him who went all-in, and certainly at least ONE of them has him beat with an A-8 or better**. Here is where I'm sort of.confused.: LeChiffre 'only' has A-6, which means that he really could LOSE to an A-8, i.e.

LeChiffre can either FOLD, and still have $27.5 million left against Bond's $87.5 million or he could CALL and WIN, but the game isn't quite over since Bond still has some chips left OR, LeChiffre could CALL and LOSE, meaning he pretty much is a dead man. LeChiffre raises to $12 million, making it $47 million in the pot.īond goes all-in for $40.5 million, making it $87.5 million in the pot. The final board is A(h) - 8(s) - 6(s) - 4(s) - A(d)īond has 5-7 of spades (straight flush), the Japanese guy has a KQ of spades (highest flush) and the black guy has 8-8 (for a full house of 888-AA), and LeChiffre has the 2nd highest possible full house at AAA-66.īond checks, Japanese guy goes all-in for $6 million, Black guy goes all in for $5 million, and there's $35 million in the pot. There are only 4 players left: Bond, LeChiffre, the Japanese man, and the heavy-set black dude. He NEEDS to win the poker game, since he lost $100 million of the LRA's (Lord's Resistance Army) money through a botched investmentįast forward to the final hand. LeChiffre is a supposed math genius and an elite-level, grandmaster poker player because of his mathematical prowess. It was a winner-take-all tournament, i.e. I've played just enough poker to find a scene in Casino Royale to be a little more than a nitpick/head-scratcher: Now, this probably won't interest or make much sense to non-poker players, so I don't blame you if you skip it.

Casino royale plot explained