Big Deal was a great TV series about a professional gambler called Robbie Box. It was well acted and showed the highs and lows of trying to scratch a living this way. Whatever there was to bet on Robbie did it. He was surrounded by his cronies who were the betting shop regulars ... Ferret, Kipper, Black George etc. If anyone has been to a betting shop, after a while you notice the same old faces each day !!! It was a little bit like a soap opera at times but on the whole was well acted. Where it went wrong was the footage of the card games. Playing stud poker you do not get a full house a straight and a flush in the same deal - it just does not happen. The best poker player wins by skill ... in this the best player just kept being dealt great hands one after another.
