 Small @-@ time pool hustler " Fast Eddie " Felson travels cross @-@ country with his partner Charlie to challenge the legendary player " Minnesota Fats " . Arriving at Fats ' home pool hall , Eddie declares he will win $ 10 @,@ 000 that night . Fats arrives and he and Eddie agree to play straight pool for $ 200 a game . After initially falling behind , Eddie surges back to being $ 1 @,@ 000 ahead and suggests raising the bet to $ 1 @,@ 000 a game ; Fats agrees . He sends out a runner , Preacher , to Johnny 's Bar , ostensibly for whiskey , but really to get professional gambler Bert Gordon to the hall . Eddie gets ahead $ 11 @,@ 000 and Charlie tries to convince him to quit , but Eddie insists the game will end only when Fats says it is over . Fats agrees to continue after Bert labels Eddie a " loser . " After 25 hours and an entire bottle of bourbon , Eddie is ahead over $ 18 @,@ 000 , but loses it all along with all but $ 200 of his original stake . At their hotel later , Eddie leaves half of the remaining stake with a sleeping Charlie and leaves . 
 Small @-@ time pool hustler " Fast Eddie " Felson <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>travels</mark></a> cross @-@ country with his partner Charlie to challenge the legendary player " Minnesota Fats " . Arriving at Fats <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>home pool hall , Eddie <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>declares</mark></a> he will win $ 10 @,@ 000 that night . Fats <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>arrives</mark></a> and he and Eddie agree to play straight pool for $ 200 a game . After initially falling behind , Eddie <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>surges</mark></a> back to being $ 1 @,@ 000 ahead and <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>suggests</mark></a> raising the bet to $ 1 @,@ 000 a game ; Fats <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>agrees</mark></a> . He <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>sends</mark></a> out a runner , Preacher , to Johnny <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>Bar , ostensibly for whiskey , but really to get professional gambler Bert Gordon to the hall . Eddie <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>gets</mark></a> ahead $ 11 @,@ 000 and Charlie <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>tries</mark></a> to convince him to quit , but Eddie <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>insists</mark></a> the game will end only when Fats <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>says</mark></a> it is over . Fats <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>agrees</mark></a> to continue after Bert <a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>labels</mark></a> Eddie a " loser . " After 25 hours and an entire bottle of bourbon , Eddie <a href='drop_aux' title='16'><mark>is</mark></a>ahead over $ 18 @,@ 000 , but <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>loses</mark></a> it all along with all but $ 200 of his original stake . At their hotel later , Eddie <a href='uninflect' title='18'><mark>leaves</mark></a> half of the remaining stake with a sleeping Charlie and leaves . 
Small @-@ time pool hustler " Fast Eddie " Felson travel cross @-@ country with his partner Charlie to challenge the legendary player " Minnesota Fats " . Arriving at Fats  home pool hall , Eddie declare he will win $ 10 @,@ 000 dat nite . Fats arrive and he and Eddie agree to play str8 pool for $ 200 a game . After initially fallin behind , Eddie surge back to being $ 1 @,@ 000 ahead and suggest raising the bet to $ 1 @,@ 000 a game ; Fats agree . He send outt a runner , Preacher , to Johnny  Bar , ostensibly fa whiskey , but really to get professional gambler Bert Gordon to da hall . Eddie get ahead $ 11 @,@ 000 and Charlie try to convince him to quit , but Eddie insist the game will end only when Fats say it is ova . Fats agree to continue after Bert label Eddie a " loser . " After 25 hrs and an entire bottle of bourbon , Eddie ahead over $ 18 @,@ 000 , but lose it alll along witt all but $ 200 of his original stake . At their hotel later , Eddie leave half of tdaremaining stake with a sleeping Charlie and leaves .