Maverick (TV Series)

Rope of Cards (1958)

Emile Meyer: Pike

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Quotes 

• [to avoid a deadlocked jury, Maverick bets he can prove Pike's logic is flawed using a card trick] 

  Pike : Five pat hands in these 25 cards? No. No, I don't.

  Bret Maverick : I'll bet another 500, and Bill Gregg's life, that there is.

  Price : Oh, wait a second, Maverick. You're a gambler and can risk your cash, but you can't put up a man's life against...

  Pike : Look, hold on. Wait a minute. Wait. This is between Maverick and me. He named it. What do you mean, Gregg's life?

• Pike : You're gonna make five pat hands out of these 25 cards? That's straights, flushes, full houses?

  Bret Maverick : That's right.

  Pike : Can I shuffle 'em again?

• Pike : Maverick, how many times can five pat hands be made out of any 25 cards?

  Bret Maverick : Practically every time. I call it Maverick Solitaire.

• [last lines] 

  Pike : Well, you made me look pretty foolish.

  Bret Maverick : I'm sorry, Pike. I was just betting that you were a pretty good man. And a fair one. How about a little poker? I can get back to business now.