https://wptdownload.com/tags/john-dahl/ Recent content in John Dahl on WPT Global App Download Hugo en-us Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://wptdownload.com/news/202310/rounders_25th_anniversary__director_john_dahl_on_making_a_poker_classic/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://wptdownload.com/news/202310/rounders_25th_anniversary__director_john_dahl_on_making_a_poker_classic/ <p>Last month, <em>PokerNews</em> spent a significant amount of time celebrating the 25th anniversary of the beloved poker movie <em>Rounders</em>. That included five things you didnt know about the movie, an interview with Johnny Chan, and remembering the time Doyle Brunson busted Matt Damon from the 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.</p> <p>When it came out in 1998, <em>Rounders</em> was, at best, a moderate box office success, but the box office fails to give you any sense of the movies cultural impact on the poker community. <em>Rounders</em> was the first length of fuse laid down for the poker boom and provided a fillip for hundreds of professional poker careers (not to mention the odd poker writer).</p>