Poker Remix: Play Or Get Played

Ross is in debt to the mob at a high stakes poker tournament in Las Vegas. Desperate for a way out, he strikes a deal with a kid who has just won a huge slot machine jackpot, but is too young to claim the prize money. A deadly chain reaction follows as they battle the casino mob, a Hong Kong Triad, a North Hollywood loan shark, a gang of Crips, the Las Vegas police and each other. Can a nutjob who thinks he's starring in an Elvis movie save the day? Influenced by a wide range of films and authors including Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Chandler and Elmore Leonard. Films that influenced the story include Pulp Fiction, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sin City, Chinatown, It's a Mad Mad Mad World, Boyz in the Hood. Hard Boiled, Fargo and many others. Poker Remix is based on an award winning screenplay. Awards Finalist - 2009 Extreme Screenplay Competition. Los Angeles, CA Semi-Finalist - 2007 Big Bear Lake Film Festival. Big Bear Lake, CA Semi-Finalist - 2006 Page International Screenwriting Awards. Los Angeles, CA Honorable Mention - 2005 "A Feeding Frenzy" Screenplay Competition. Hermosa Beach, CA Finalist - 2000 Pillage Hollywood Screenplay Competition. New York, NY First Place - 1998 Bad Kitty Films Screenplay Contest. San Francisco, CA Finalist - 1998 Blue Sky Film Festival Screenplay Competition. Las Vegas, NV

• | Author: Carson Ross, Brandtopia Group
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 16, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 376 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1517030943
• | ISBN-13: 9781517030940