He introduces him to Madame Jeung, who organizes the games, and assists him in hustling the opponents. Pyeong shows him the psychology of the game as well as playing the cards. He meets Pyeong (Baek Yoon-Sik, from Save the Green Planet), a master player, who becomes his teacher. Realizing that he was swindled out of his family's savings (stolen from his sister), Go-Ni seeks revenge, but knows he has to become a beter player. Go-Ni starts off as a small time gambler who loses everything to a better player. Based on a Korean comic book, director Choi Dong-Hoon ( The Big Swindle, yet another clever crime film) delivers a complex, well-paced 2/1/2 hour epic story of Go-Ni (Cho-Seung-Woo ), from wannabe player to master hustler, told in flashback by ex-girlfriend and vindictive rival Madame Jung (played by the stunning Kim Hye-Soo, who won an award for her role). It looks like a combination of poker and blackjack - each player gets a pair of cards, and the highest combination wins. "Tazza" is Korean slang for a gambler, dealing with the card game hwatu - palm sized cards with black backs. A hit film in 2006, Tazza: The High Rollers is a quality drama from South Korea.
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