A chance encounter with an older ace leaves an impression on Val as a child, and when their paths cross again in the smoke-filled fervor of the Saint Louis pool scene, Jasper Slovansky will sense in Val the type of potential he might have wished he himself had developed, instead of squandering.
Val wants to leave his unfulfilling, nine-to-five life behind and make it as a pool player, but navigating the gray area between professional and hustler is as tough as running out a table with no safe.
A chance encounter with an older ace leaves an impression on Val as a child, and when their paths cross again in the smoke-filled fervor of the Saint Louis pool scene, Jasper Slovansky will sense in Val the type of potential he might have wished he himself had developed, instead of squandering
