Beirut Hold’em depicts the life of Ziko, a 40-year old ex-con and petty gambler, and his three boyhood friends, in a seedy, lower-middle class district of Beirut. Released from prison, Ziko wants to restart his life. With his back against the wall, Ziko faces all the challenges in one go. But everyone knows that, once a gambler, always a gambler. But Ziko’s biggest fight turns out to be his inner struggle. Driven by a never-ending determination and a relentless will to survive, he sets out on his journey through contemporary post-war Lebanese society, a place made of an incongruous mixture of violence and tenderness, a country on the edge of war and bankruptcy, where instability makes everyday life feel like a circus trapeze, and sheer existence is yet another form of gambling.