I agree. I enjoyed the movie myself. I knew vaguely who had made the film since I was invited by a friend of mine whose niece knows them personally. It was kinda cool. I got a bit of the back story on the movie. So I wasn't completely oblivious as to what the movie was about. I am a fan of poker and have actually played now maybe not regularly but often enough for the past 15 years. I was pleased with the way they played the game. It was different than watching those reality shows out there now with all the celebrities playing and whatnot, but it tied in quite well with the story. And the acting was quite good all around. I liked the style of it as well. The transition from color to black and white at certain parts of the film was a very neat idea that set the ambiance quite well. And the dialogue was quite clever and natural feeling. I think I heard that it was mainly improvised but I can't recall if I heard that as a fact or not.
Review of Shut Up and Deal
