oh! benny: full house! erick: goodness, benny. benny: huh? erick: you got a full house. this is unbelievable. is there, like, a cooler standing behind us? anthony: all right, well, that works for me. benny: thank you very much. anthony: this is what we call a learning experience, in my case. erick: that was fun. we got away with our shirts. anthony: let s not do it again. erick: yeah, let s never do it again. i ve never woken up like this before. i feel like doing things. and then doing other things after those things. it s hard to explain, i m just back. crafted with clinically studied plant-based ingredients that work naturally with your body. i feel really good. for restorative herbal sleep, like never before.
good. erica: that s a trained answer. anthony: instead of actual poker, we re set up with a dumbed-down, for the camera version, of texas hold em. you play against the house. the odds, to say the least, are stacked against you. benny: oh here s a winner! here s a winner! yep, two pair. he s cutting up over there. see how easy it is? you got this game down. anthony: uh-oh. those are famous last words. erick: all right, let s put out a hundo, let s see what happens. benny: all right, now we have a pair of sevens. erick: i want to bet. benny: okay. i have trips. that s going to be pretty hard to beat. erick: you re a dead man benny, i bet again. benny: i m a dead man. okay. two pair! pair of deuces. two pair! pair of tens! erick: oh no. benny: pair of kings! erick: benny!
benny s been working here since caesars opened in august of 1966. he s dealt cards to everybody. benny: i ve dealt to diana ross, harry belafonte, sinatra, sammy davis. anthony: sinatra was not supposed to be, uh, particularly, uh, amiable at the table. benny: sinatra was class. anthony: really? benny: he was class. he was a gentleman. but those were the good days. but it s nice now too. anthony: would you describe yourself as a degenerate gambler? erick: yeah, i definitely have been, i m trying to move past that. we have a 2 year old at home. so i m working in that phase. but i ll always have that gambling gear, there s no doubt about it. anthony: erick and erica lindgren are professional gamblers. poker players, to be precise. it s routine for them to sit down to a game with a bankroll of half a million dollars. tonight? slightly smaller stakes. erick: hey benny, how do you like my chances? benny: good.