Baldwin's performance in Wayne Kramer's noir-ish floors-eye view of the casino game was the one thing that lifted this indie flick and put it on something of a hot streak come award season. Playing old school casino boss Shelly Kaplow, Baldwin finally nails the bad guy role - goodbye memories of The Juror - where he balances menace with a lamentable charm, his character being very much the pit boss of old, adverse to the so called Disneyfication of Nevada's Sin City. But when Kaplow goes, Kaplow goes, with wincing scenes including him breaking Ron Livingston's arm and the knowledge that somewhere in the backstory he kneecapped WIlliam H Macy. Easily one of Baldwin's best turns, one that was rightly nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the 76th Academy Awards.