1. We're at the Montecito
Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada...Copy !req
2. watching some of the biggest poker players.Copy !req
3. That's right.
Names like Phil Ivey...Copy !req
4. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson,
Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon.Copy !req
5. Yeah.
All competing for the biggest jackpot:Copy !req
6. Five million dollars.Copy !req
7. At one of the biggest events
in tournament poker:Copy !req
8. The Montecito's World Championship.Copy !req
9. Okay, dealers.
Shuffle up, cut them and put them in the air.Copy !req
10. Where did she go?Copy !req
11. Isn't she supposed to...Copy !req
12. Yeah. Reappear.Copy !req
13. Oh, I don't believe this.Copy !req
14. I want my money back!Copy !req
15. My honeymoon is ruined!Copy !req
16. Ladies and gentlemen, now, please.
Everyone will get a refund.Copy !req
17. Now, if you could just form a line,
we can help you one at a time.Copy !req
18. Thank you.
Nothing yet. No sign of her.Copy !req
19. The fans are freaking out...Copy !req
20. especially the ones who buy into the whole
"Vanko and Vera...Copy !req
21. "on your honeymoon
guarantees happiness" thing.Copy !req
22. We'll find her.Copy !req
23. Oh, excuse me. Miss? Thanks.Copy !req
24. - Ben. Ben Pearce.
- Mike!Copy !req
25. I thought that was you.
Oh, man! Long time.Copy !req
26. I never thought I'd run into you in Vegas.
Frankly, I never thought I'd run into you...Copy !req
27. anywhere outside
of the engineering building.Copy !req
28. Right. I didn't know casinos
had engineers on staff.Copy !req
29. They don't. I'm head valet here.Copy !req
30. Yeah. I never liked working
in an office, handcuffed to a computer.Copy !req
31. I gotta work with people, man, not machines.Copy !req
32. Besides, you'd be surprised how often my
engineering degree comes in handy here.Copy !req
33. And the money's great. So, how about you?Copy !req
34. Are you still working
for that software company?Copy !req
35. I got laid off. Said I wasn't
enough of a team player. I don't know.Copy !req
36. What are you doing in Vegas?Copy !req
37. I'm playing in the
World Poker Championship.Copy !req
38. - We're on a break.
- The W.P.C.?Copy !req
39. Yeah.
Well, if you just got axed...Copy !req
40. isn't it kind of risky to be spending $20,000
on a poker tournament?Copy !req
41. Well, I won my seat playing online, so...Copy !req
42. Actually, before today, I never even played...Copy !req
43. in a live poker game.
You know, on the computer.Copy !req
44. So what about you? You still play poker?
You were good back in college.Copy !req
45. I quit. Right after I moved back here.Copy !req
46. I gotta go back to work.
If you want, why don't you meet me later...Copy !req
47. - at Mystique, and we'll have dinner.
- Sure.Copy !req
48. - All right. Good luck in there.
- Thanks.Copy !req
49. Hey, you.Copy !req
50. All right. Let me call you back.Copy !req
51. Danny, this is Monty McClure,
the President of the S.A.S.S.C.Copy !req
52. - It's pronounced "sassy."
- S.A.S.S.C. Hey.Copy !req
53. - This is Loretta Harris, our Vice President.
- Hi.Copy !req
54. - Hi.
- Quickly, Loretta.Copy !req
55. Mr. McCoy, let me say that we...Copy !req
56. at the Society of American
Swizzle Stick Collectors are thrilled...Copy !req
57. to be having our convention here.
But we do have some security concerns.Copy !req
58. Oh, big concerns.
Big concerns.Copy !req
59. I'm sure we're equipped to meet your needs.Copy !req
60. Well, you see this?Copy !req
61. This swizzle stick was used...Copy !req
62. by the President
of our very own United States...Copy !req
63. in 1986, at Addie's Texas Grill.Copy !req
64. One of the last ones he used
before he went on the wagon.Copy !req
65. As a historical artefact, it's priceless.Copy !req
66. On eBay, it would go for at least $80, $85.Copy !req
67. Mr. McCoy,
S.A.S.S.C. Members are a competitive lot.Copy !req
68. Sometimes tensions run high
and once in a great while...Copy !req
69. things do get out of hand.Copy !req
70. I'm referring
to the riots at the '98 convention.Copy !req
71. Yes. They were terrible.Copy !req
72. I just wanna make sure
that everything remains under control.Copy !req
73. Okay.
I'll assign some extra security personnel.Copy !req
74. - Oh, excellent.
- Yes.Copy !req
75. Good. Great. All right. That'll be it.Copy !req
76. Oh, it's over? The meeting's over.
Thank you.Copy !req
77. Out this way. Same door. You got it.Copy !req
78. Same door.Copy !req
79. - Yeah.
- Good God.Copy !req
80. Entrez.Copy !req
81. Ed!Copy !req
82. You know Olga,
the cockatoos.Copy !req
83. - Olga the what?
- The bird "wrang-u-ler" from the show.Copy !req
84. Oh. The bird "wrang-u-ler."Copy !req
85. And these are Vanko and Vera's
famous cockatoos, Horse and Carriage.Copy !req
86. First pair called Love and Marriage.Copy !req
87. Marriage die of gout.
Die of gout.Copy !req
88. Love ate Marriage's legs.Copy !req
89. Marriage over.Copy !req
90. ED: Well, nice meeting you, Olga.
Nice to meeting you.Copy !req
91. Birds.Copy !req
92. Sit down, will you?Copy !req
93. Okay. Look. I...Copy !req
94. I really need to ask you something, okay?Copy !req
95. When Vera disappears, where does she go?Copy !req
96. - Go?
- Go. Yeah. Go.Copy !req
97. You know, like, besides into thin air.
Is there any way she could...Copy !req
98. like, I don't know, get stuck...Copy !req
99. or, you know, like
in a trapdoor behind the stage?Copy !req
100. No, no, no.Copy !req
101. Vanko and Vera never reveal
the secrets to the magic.Copy !req
102. What is your problem?
We need to find your wife.Copy !req
103. I hear the whispers, you know.Copy !req
104. Everyone is saying,
"Vera is the one with all the talent."Copy !req
105. Well, now I will show them all.Copy !req
106. "Vanko and Vera" is not just Vera.
Also is Vanko.Copy !req
107. You won't be able to show them anything
until we find your wife...Copy !req
108. because I am gonna cancel the show
until further notice.Copy !req
109. No! I will perform solo until Vera returns.Copy !req
110. - Olga can assist me.
- Me?Copy !req
111. See, you're not helping at all.Copy !req
112. And you seem really eager
to do this show solo.Copy !req
113. So when the cops speak to me,
which they will...Copy !req
114. I'm gonna have to tell them that.Copy !req
115. So what? Vanko is pure of heart.Copy !req
116. The magic depends upon it.
I have nothing to hide.Copy !req
117. So, then tell me, how does the trick work?
Tell me.Copy !req
118. This much I can tell you.Copy !req
119. In magic, there are five basic categories:Copy !req
120. Appearance, disappearance...Copy !req
121. transformation, levitation...Copy !req
122. and sawink.Copy !req
123. - "Sawink"?
- "Sawink."Copy !req
124. Okay. Sawing. And?Copy !req
125. And, in this trick,
there is no sawing involved.Copy !req
126. You think Vanko
and Olga were in on it?Copy !req
127. There's a lot of guys that wish
they could make their wife disappear.Copy !req
128. This guy can actually do it.Copy !req
129. I'm running video I.Q.
ED: All right. Okay.Copy !req
130. Thank you.Copy !req
131. Pearce. How's the tournament going?Copy !req
132. I busted out. Lost everything.Copy !req
133. Tough luck, man.Copy !req
134. There shouldn't be any luck about it, Mike.Copy !req
135. - Poker's a game of skill.
- Don't be so hard on yourself.Copy !req
136. There's some pretty tough competition
in there. And, hey...Copy !req
137. you won your seat online,
so you're breaking even.Copy !req
138. That's better than most folks
who come to Vegas.Copy !req
139. That's a rough break.Copy !req
140. - Who was that?
- Just a guy from the tournament.Copy !req
141. Listen, Mike, I can't...
I don't think I can have dinner here.Copy !req
142. - Don't worry about it. It's on me.
- No, it's not... I just... I can't...Copy !req
143. I gotta go. I'm sorry. Sorry.Copy !req
144. So, what's going on?Copy !req
145. Video I.Q. Picks her up here
just before she disappeared...Copy !req
146. and then we just lose her completely.Copy !req
147. I ran this footage against every other camera
on the property. So far, no matches.Copy !req
148. So, video I.Q. Uses a combination
of both heat signature and gait, right?Copy !req
149. ED: Right.
There's no way...Copy !req
150. she could've walked out of here
without the video I.Q. Picking her up...Copy !req
151. whether she was disguised,
changed her clothing, anything.Copy !req
152. Maybe she didn't walk.Copy !req
153. Why don't you run this back
and check for wheelchairs...Copy !req
154. scooters, anything on wheels.Copy !req
155. All right. Should we notify the police?Copy !req
156. She's not a missing person for 72 hours.Copy !req
157. We need her back before then.Copy !req
158. You know how much money we lose
every night this show goes dark?Copy !req
159. Your concern is touching.Copy !req
160. Listen, wise guy, I am deeply concerned
about her welfare, all right?Copy !req
161. But now that I'm President of Operations...Copy !req
162. I'm also deeply concerned
about the millions that we stand to lose...Copy !req
163. - from Montecito.
- Okay. Got it.Copy !req
164. See you tomorrow?
Yeah. Good night.Copy !req
165. Oh, my God!Copy !req
166. Oh, my God.
Someone call 911.Copy !req
167. Ben?Copy !req
168. Big Ed runs
the best security team in Vegas.Copy !req
169. He'll nail whoever did this to you.Copy !req
170. No. No security. No police. I told you.Copy !req
171. Look, man, we really should
get you to the hospital.Copy !req
172. I told you. No hospitals.Copy !req
173. Yeah, you told me.Copy !req
174. You got anything else you wanna tell me?Copy !req
175. In the poker tournament...Copy !req
176. I didn't exactly win my seat playing online.Copy !req
177. Okay. I'm listening.Copy !req
178. That guy,
the one who nodded to me at Mystique?Copy !req
179. - Yeah.
- His name's Louis Ambrose.Copy !req
180. He staked me the $20,000 entry fee.Copy !req
181. And why would he do that?Copy !req
182. When I lost my job,
I started playing poker online...Copy !req
183. you know, tournaments.Copy !req
184. Never finished lower than top five
in any online event I entered.Copy !req
185. So, Ambrose e-mails me, you know?
He says he's been following my plays.Copy !req
186. He says he wants to stake me
in the World Poker Championship.Copy !req
187. And in return?Copy !req
188. In return I'd repay his $20,000
plus 50% of my winnings.Copy !req
189. I was supposed to pay him today,
and when I showed up without the cash...Copy !req
190. Look, I got some savings.Copy !req
191. I can probably scrape it together, okay?
Lt'd take me at least a day or two.Copy !req
192. Oh, man. You know,
I hate to drag you into this, but, God, Mike...Copy !req
193. I'm in way over my head here.Copy !req
194. You're terrible!
Where's Vera?Copy !req
195. Come on! Where's Vera?Copy !req
196. I want my money back!Copy !req
197. - What happened?
- Excuse me. Nothing.Copy !req
198. Only in Vegas!Copy !req
199. - You mind?
- No.Copy !req
200. Well...Copy !req
201. I guess...Copy !req
202. I guess things didn't go so well
out there last night with Olga.Copy !req
203. Mr. Ed, please.Copy !req
204. You must help me to find Vera.Copy !req
205. No. You must help me to find Vera.Copy !req
206. ED: And another thing, please.Copy !req
207. Never, ever call me "Mr. Ed," okay?Copy !req
208. Ed is fine. Ed.Copy !req
209. Oh, Ed, Vanko is nothing without Vera.Copy !req
210. Fine. Then why don't you just cut the crap?Copy !req
211. Tell me how you do the trick.
Where does she disappear to?Copy !req
212. No. I cannot tell you.Copy !req
213. Do you want me to help you
find your wife or not?Copy !req
214. No. I cannot tell you
how the trick works because the...Copy !req
215. - Actually, I don't know how it works.
- You don't know?Copy !req
216. Vera and I...Copy !req
217. In the beginning, we shared everything.Copy !req
218. Now she does her part of the act, I do mine.Copy !req
219. And it's not so bad until...Copy !req
220. Until what?Copy !req
221. Until the contract.Copy !req
222. I want to make a new contract
with Montecito, of course.Copy !req
223. But Vera? No! And so I push her.Copy !req
224. Push, push, push.Copy !req
225. Now I cannot push her anymore
because she has disappeared.Copy !req
226. The Civil War
commemorative swizzle set.Copy !req
227. One hundred percent glass. Hand-painted.Copy !req
228. And see how the swizzles all have
flat bottoms so they can stand on their own?Copy !req
229. Unbelievable.Copy !req
230. It's also a working chess set.
You're kidding me.Copy !req
231. - It's gone.
- What? What's gone?Copy !req
232. My prized George W. Swizzle. It is gone.Copy !req
233. You have to help me find it
before the collection judging begins.Copy !req
234. Hey.Copy !req
235. Did you ever hear of a Louis Ambrose?Copy !req
236. Where the hell
you come up with Louis Ambrose?Copy !req
237. I'm just checking something
for a friend of mine.Copy !req
238. Ambrose is a rotten dirt bag.
He's a low-life loan shark.Copy !req
239. ED: He's got two warehouses
down there on South Industrial.Copy !req
240. He's a dirt bag, and if you should see him...Copy !req
241. you make sure you tell him I said so.
You hear me?Copy !req
242. I think he's here for the poker tournament.Copy !req
243. No. Then somebody would be fired.
He's black-booked.Copy !req
244. I'm telling you, and you tell your friend,
stay away from this guy.Copy !req
245. He's the lowest scum on Earth. You got me?Copy !req
246. I will. I got it.Copy !req
247. But if Ed told you not to go,
why are you doing this?Copy !req
248. Back in college, I got into some trouble.Copy !req
249. I wouldn't have graduated
if it wasn't for Pearce.Copy !req
250. Yeah, it was
the night before graduation...Copy !req
251. and partying got a little...Copy !req
252. out of hand and the police hauled me in.Copy !req
253. - The police?
- The police hauled me in...Copy !req
254. so I used my one phone call...Copy !req
255. trying to reach a friend back at the dorm,
and everyone was out celebrating...Copy !req
256. except Pearce.
Now, I've lived down the hall four years.Copy !req
257. Never spoke to this guy.
And there he was, bailing me out.Copy !req
258. I swore then that
if he ever needed anything, I'd be there.Copy !req
259. Now that marker's come due.Copy !req
260. Thank you.Copy !req
261. I have no news yet.
Just keep doing what you're doing.Copy !req
262. I'm going back out there. Wish me luck.Copy !req
263. - Bad?
- Worse.Copy !req
264. Hi, Delinda.Copy !req
265. - Hey.
- Hey, honey.Copy !req
266. How are you?Copy !req
267. Sorry I'm late.Copy !req
268. ED: It's all right.
It's crazy out there.Copy !req
269. Yeah, I know.
You know, those Vera and Vanko fans...Copy !req
270. they're really devoted.Copy !req
271. People count on them
to make their marriages successful.Copy !req
272. I'm going to see Vera and Vanko
on my honeymoon.Copy !req
273. I could have sworn
I just heard you say "honeymoon."Copy !req
274. - You getting married or something?
- Someday.Copy !req
275. If I know he's the right guy.Copy !req
276. Jesus. You really had me going there
for a second.Copy !req
277. You'd be the first to know
if I was getting married, Daddy.Copy !req
278. That's very comforting.
You know, just marriage...Copy !req
279. I just never heard you talk
about that normal kind of stuff.Copy !req
280. ED: Is it something
you've been thinking about?Copy !req
281. Do not try and fix me up with anyone.Copy !req
282. - I don't... That's your mother's department.
- Besides, I know who you want me to marry.Copy !req
283. I want you to marry
whoever it is that makes you happy.Copy !req
284. That's what I want.Copy !req
285. ED: Who?
Danny.Copy !req
286. Danny? I hate the guy.Copy !req
287. It was in my booth
at the convention when I went to the buffet.Copy !req
288. - And when I came back, it was gone.
- Calm down, Mr. McClure.Copy !req
289. - Just tell me what time you left.
- 12:30 we closed the displays...Copy !req
290. and I got back around 1:45.Copy !req
291. I'll have a member of my security team
check the footage on the convention floor...Copy !req
292. but that's all I can do right now.Copy !req
293. I've been thinking it over.Copy !req
294. Thinking, analysing. I know who took it.Copy !req
295. Loretta Harris.Copy !req
296. Loretta, the S.A.S.S.C.
Vice President Loretta?Copy !req
297. Loretta's been after my job
ever since I took office.Copy !req
298. The S.A.S.S.C. Presidency
automatically goes to the member...Copy !req
299. with the best collection.Copy !req
300. Once I got ahold of that George W. Swizzle...Copy !req
301. I knew I could ride the Bush name
straight to the President's office.Copy !req
302. But without it,
I'm afraid I haven't got a chance.Copy !req
303. I appreciate the lead, Mr. McClure.
I'll look into it.Copy !req
304. Mr. Ambrose?Copy !req
305. - Yeah?
- I'm here about a loan.Copy !req
306. Who told you
I could give you a loan?Copy !req
307. It's not for me.
A loan you made to a friend of mine:Copy !req
308. Ben Pearce.Copy !req
309. - You got my $20,000?
- Yes...Copy !req
310. I can get it, but, sir, I need...Copy !req
311. Well Ben needs...Copy !req
312. We need another day.Copy !req
313. - Another day?
- Another day.Copy !req
314. Fine. He doesn't wanna pay me
my $20,000 today? Okay.Copy !req
315. He can pay me $30,000 tomorrow.Copy !req
316. Wait a minute. There's gotta be something
we can work out here.Copy !req
317. Work it out? Okay.Copy !req
318. How about we work it out to another $10,000
every time you open your freaking mouth?Copy !req
319. - This is not a negotiation, kid.
- Wait.Copy !req
320. Ben, he doesn't even know I'm here,
so he shouldn't be held responsible...Copy !req
321. for another...Copy !req
322. Fine. I'll hold you responsible, too.Copy !req
323. $40,000 by tomorrow night.Copy !req
324. You wanna keep talking?Copy !req
325. And tell that son of a bitch Pearce
if I don't get my money...Copy !req
326. what happened last night
is gonna feel like a massage.Copy !req
327. Good-bye.Copy !req
328. What did you say to him, Mike?
What did you do?Copy !req
329. I'm sorry, man.
I just asked him for a few more days...Copy !req
330. so I can get the money together
to pay him back. I'm sorry.Copy !req
331. - You know, I was trying to help.
- Thanks a lot, Mike.Copy !req
332. You could still get
that $20,000 though, right?Copy !req
333. Yep.
How soon?Copy !req
334. - I don't know. This afternoon.
- Okay. Good.Copy !req
335. I'm gonna get the full $40,000, okay?
It's not just you in this. It's me now.Copy !req
336. And I'll find the cash.Copy !req
337. But do not go back over there
without all of it.Copy !req
338. I'm not going to.Copy !req
339. I heard about this game at the Palms tonight.
Texas Hold'em.Copy !req
340. $20,000 buy-in. So far, only pros.Copy !req
341. Are you crazy?Copy !req
342. You busted out
in a tournament full of amateurs.Copy !req
343. What makes you think
you can hold your own with the pros?Copy !req
344. Pros play rationally, by the odds.
They have to.Copy !req
345. In the long run,
that's the only way you can win.Copy !req
346. That's my game, Mike, the numbers game.Copy !req
347. I'm telling you. If I sit down at that table
I can at least double my money.Copy !req
348. It's a bad idea. It's very bad.Copy !req
349. Look, you just single-handedly
doubled my debt to Ambrose, okay?Copy !req
350. You say this is on you now?
You owe me that extra $20,000, right?Copy !req
351. Right. And once you give it to me, it's mine.Copy !req
352. And I could do what I want with it,
and I want in that game.Copy !req
353. Well, then,
there's someone you gotta meet first.Copy !req
354. Poker isn't just about odds, man.
It's about people.Copy !req
355. Psychology. Basic human emotion. Now...Copy !req
356. you may have mastered the odds
playing the computers...Copy !req
357. now you've gotta master
the human side of the game...Copy !req
358. - because computers don't have tells.
- Tells?Copy !req
359. Yeah. Subtle changes in human behaviour...Copy !req
360. that let you know
what your opponent's gonna do.Copy !req
361. Ben Pearce, Nessa Holt.Copy !req
362. Nessa's the best pit boss in Vegas
and one hell of a poker player.Copy !req
363. >From the hours spent on this floor,
she can probably tell you...Copy !req
364. if any player in this room
is holding a winning hand...Copy !req
365. right from where we're standing,
just based on the way he or she acts.Copy !req
366. Is that true?Copy !req
367. Try me. Pick a table.Copy !req
368. Four seat just made his hand.
Can tell by the freeze.Copy !req
369. Player gets dealt a monster hand...Copy !req
370. his breathing inadvertently stops
for just a second.Copy !req
371. Could just have a flush,
but I'm guessing straight flush.Copy !req
372. Yep. Definitely the straight flush.
There's the look-away.Copy !req
373. Player holding the nuts will often
glance away from the table...Copy !req
374. an unconscious effort to appear nonchalant.Copy !req
375. Freeze gave me the flush,
look-away tells me it's even better.Copy !req
376. The stare-down.
Guy's trying to appear confident...Copy !req
377. even though he's holding squat.
It's the oldest bluff in the book.Copy !req
378. So number two's betting big,
but he's no threat.Copy !req
379. Now four, he'll come over the top.Copy !req
380. People think a trembling hand
is a sign of nervousness...Copy !req
381. but usually it's the opposite.Copy !req
382. The excitement of being dealt
a winning hand...Copy !req
383. causes the unconscious release of tension.
Never bet into the shake.Copy !req
384. - How do you know all that?
- You spend as much time...Copy !req
385. as I do watching over this floor,
you're bound to pick up a few things.Copy !req
386. Exactly 15 minutes before she goes on,
she has her pre-show martini...Copy !req
387. delivered to her room, same as always.Copy !req
388. And 10 minutes later,
she walks a path from her dressing room...Copy !req
389. - to the stage, same as always.
- Hold it.Copy !req
390. ED: Run that waiter back on 118.
Run him back again.Copy !req
391. ED: Okay.Copy !req
392. Now, run back 118 at the same time
the night before she disappeared.Copy !req
393. Now find that waiter.Copy !req
394. Thank you.Copy !req
395. - What are we doing here?
- Limiting our variables.Copy !req
396. Lucky for us. There's an Elvis
impersonators' convention this weekend.Copy !req
397. Nessa taught you a lot today.
Let's see if you actually learned anything.Copy !req
398. Excuse me. I was just wondering.
You look so much like Elvis.Copy !req
399. Did you ever meet him in person?Copy !req
400. Yes, sir, I did.Copy !req
401. ELVIS 2:1977.Copy !req
402. I was working at the Dunes,
in the diner, right?Copy !req
403. Graveyard shift.
And one night, round about 3:00 a. M...Copy !req
404. who should walk in...Copy !req
405. want some peanut butter
and banana sandwiches?Copy !req
406. It was the King, baby.Copy !req
407. It was July 3, 1973.
Went backstage after a show at the Stardust.Copy !req
408. I'll never forget it.
That was the best day of my life.Copy !req
409. Corner of Las Vegas Boulevard.
Flamingo Road. 1976.Copy !req
410. Actually, my mum smashed into his limo.Copy !req
411. Shook her all up.Copy !req
412. Elvis lives.Copy !req
413. Okay. One of those guys was lying.
Which one?Copy !req
414. The first guy. Didn't you see the stare down?Copy !req
415. Plus the guy would've been
like eight in 1977.Copy !req
416. I guess we got a lot more work to do.
Come on.Copy !req
417. That's preposterous.
I'm sorry if Monty misplaced that swizzle...Copy !req
418. but I certainly had nothing
to do with it going missing.Copy !req
419. - And I resent the suggestion that I did.
- Before you go any further...Copy !req
420. I should tell you
that our surveillance footage shows you...Copy !req
421. entering the convention floor this afternoon
while Mr. McClure was at the buffet.Copy !req
422. It's all right here on the videotape.Copy !req
423. Is that you?Copy !req
424. Could be.Copy !req
425. Oh, thank God.Copy !req
426. Excellent work. You guys are good.Copy !req
427. I'm sorry.Copy !req
428. I just wanted to win so bad.Copy !req
429. I'm just too driven, too ambitious.Copy !req
430. I'm going to have to ask you to
surrender your S.A.S.S.C. Membership card.Copy !req
431. Yes, I'm afraid so.Copy !req
432. Fine, if that's the way you want it.Copy !req
433. Fine.Copy !req
434. All those years collecting swizzle sticks.Copy !req
435. The single-minded focus it demanded.Copy !req
436. It's like I've been in prison.Copy !req
437. A prison where the bars
are made of swizzle sticks.Copy !req
438. But now I'm free.Copy !req
439. Oh, thank you!Copy !req
440. You're welcome.Copy !req
441. But won't they think it's rude?Copy !req
442. I had the dance captain tell them
it was for the hotel's insurance.Copy !req
443. - Go.
- Oh, excuse me. Excuse me.Copy !req
444. Hi. Excuse me.
Could you tell me, how old are you?Copy !req
445. Twenty-two.Copy !req
446. - And how old are you?
- I'll be 22 next month.Copy !req
447. The first one was hot.Copy !req
448. Okay. But which one of those girls
was lying about her age?Copy !req
449. The first one kind of glanced away,
but then the second one held her breath...Copy !req
450. which seems like the classic freeze.Copy !req
451. Both of them?Copy !req
452. Excellent.
You might just pull this off after all, Pearce.Copy !req
453. Billy, come here a sec.Copy !req
454. ED: Just wanna ask you something.Copy !req
455. Let's just say I call down here to the bar...Copy !req
456. and I wanted a cocktail sent up to my office.Copy !req
457. What exactly would you do?Copy !req
458. Is this a trick question?Copy !req
459. 'Cause I know employees
aren't supposed to drink on the job.Copy !req
460. No. I understand.
But the truth is if I call for a cocktail...Copy !req
461. you for sure would bring it up to my office.
But this is just make believe.Copy !req
462. ED: Suppose it was someone else.Copy !req
463. Someone else calls down here
and asks for a martini...Copy !req
464. and they want it sent to his or her room.Copy !req
465. One martini. So what do you do?
You put it on a tray...Copy !req
466. and you bring it up, right?Copy !req
467. Yes, sir.Copy !req
468. So you'd put it on a tray,
not on a service cart?Copy !req
469. Mr. Deline, I...Copy !req
470. Where is she?Copy !req
471. I don't know what you are talking about.Copy !req
472. How much is she paying you, Billy?Copy !req
473. Paying me?Copy !req
474. Yes, paying you. It better be a lot,
because if you don't come clean...Copy !req
475. you're never gonna work in this town again,
do you understand me?Copy !req
476. It's not about the money. I love her.Copy !req
477. - You what?
- I love her.Copy !req
478. I'm back.Copy !req
479. Hey.Copy !req
480. How you doing?Copy !req
481. Ed.Copy !req
482. ED: Would you mind giving us
a couple of minutes, please?Copy !req
483. - So.
- What are you doing here?Copy !req
484. I'm sorry.
I was kind of thinking that was my question.Copy !req
485. Ed, I had to get away.Copy !req
486. The show, the life, the marriage.Copy !req
487. Could have been a little simpler.Copy !req
488. I mean, you could've quit the show,
filed for a divorce.Copy !req
489. You know those couples who come
to see us on their honeymoons?Copy !req
490. The ones who think that we're gonna
bring them good luck in their marriages?Copy !req
491. That's a lot of pressure.Copy !req
492. Things haven't been good
between Vanko and me for a long time...Copy !req
493. but if I divorced him, I would be
the most hated person in Las Vegas.Copy !req
494. A marked traitor like...Copy !req
495. Demi Moore in that movie about the pilgrims.Copy !req
496. The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne.Copy !req
497. Yeah but I think it was Robert Duvall.Copy !req
498. Yeah. Right. Sorry.Copy !req
499. Anyway, I couldn't take it anymore.Copy !req
500. You and Billy...Copy !req
501. That's not why I'm here.Copy !req
502. He was just helping me disappear
for a while till I could clear my head.Copy !req
503. Well...Copy !req
504. Vanko, he's...Copy !req
505. He's not doing so good.Copy !req
506. ED: I mean he's upset. He's concerned.Copy !req
507. Ed.Copy !req
508. What a mess I've made.Copy !req
509. I thought I wanted this simple, normal life...Copy !req
510. free from the Las Vegas excess,
free from Vanko.Copy !req
511. But who am I kidding?Copy !req
512. I'm a girl from Jersey, for God's sakes.
I love excess.Copy !req
513. And I love Vanko.Copy !req
514. Great. So come back.Copy !req
515. Vanko would never forgive me.Copy !req
516. Don't you worry.
We'll think of something, okay? I promise.Copy !req
517. T.J. Cloutier.Copy !req
518. The guy's won more major poker
tournaments than any player in the game.Copy !req
519. His motto: Play the players, not their cards.Copy !req
520. - Just like we been practising, okay?
- Okay.Copy !req
521. Any final questions?Copy !req
522. Yeah. Just one.
You know these players, okay?Copy !req
523. You understand both the math
and the psychological side of the game.Copy !req
524. Why don't you play instead of me?Copy !req
525. When I moved back to Vegas,
I played poker a lot. I loved it.Copy !req
526. That sweet feeling,
catching a winning hand...Copy !req
527. the power, the rush. It was addictive.Copy !req
528. At first it was, anyway, when I was winning.Copy !req
529. Then I started losing.Copy !req
530. Going on tilt, forgetting the numbers...Copy !req
531. just playing crazy, chasing that sweetness.Copy !req
532. Then it got to a point where I realised
if I didn't stop then and there...Copy !req
533. I might never be able to.Copy !req
534. So I quit playing poker.Copy !req
535. And I haven't played a hand since.Copy !req
536. Good evening.Copy !req
537. Yeah, really.Copy !req
538. I should just take those chips
and put it toward what you owe me.Copy !req
539. But I bought in like everyone else.
I'm committed.Copy !req
540. There's no going back now.Copy !req
541. 'Cause, unlike you, Pearce...Copy !req
542. I know how dangerous it can be
to welsh on your commitments.Copy !req
543. Okay.Copy !req
544. Let's play poker.Copy !req
545. And you'd better hope you get lucky.Copy !req
546. We want Vera!Copy !req
547. We want Vera!Copy !req
548. Come on! Vera!Copy !req
549. I came to see Vera!Copy !req
550. I thought we were supposed
to have a show here.Copy !req
551. There you go, Vera!Copy !req
552. What happened?Copy !req
553. I took care of it.Copy !req
554. You don't know
how he makes her disappear, do you?Copy !req
555. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
556. You know, when she's laying there?Copy !req
557. - Right.
- And he first makes her levitate?Copy !req
558. Right, right.Copy !req
559. And then when he takes the...Copy !req
560. - I'm sorry.
- Why? What?Copy !req
561. No. I forgot. I'm sorry.
I was sworn to secrecy. Sorry.Copy !req
562. Kings full of eights.Copy !req
563. - What the hell are you doing?
- I can't do this, Mike.Copy !req
564. I thought I could,
but with Ambrose here, I can't do it.Copy !req
565. - Ben, get it together.
- I can't concentrate.Copy !req
566. I just keep fixating. First I'll lose your money.Copy !req
567. Then what?
When I can't pay him back, my legs?Copy !req
568. I'm going to be sick.Copy !req
569. Deal me in. I'll play for Pearce.Copy !req
570. All in.Copy !req
571. Representing the Big Slick, Ambrose?Copy !req
572. You got ace-king?Copy !req
573. Let's see. You limped in pre-flop...Copy !req
574. which means
you're either slow-playing a monster...Copy !req
575. or you're just bluffing. Hard.Copy !req
576. I don't think you got it.Copy !req
577. You don't think so?Copy !req
578. That's a stone-cold bluff
if I ever saw one. I call. All in.Copy !req
579. What do you got?Copy !req
580. All in with two-seven, off suit.Copy !req
581. $40,000 of that is mine. Let's have it.Copy !req
582. I believe the debt's $20,000.Copy !req
583. This is a private matter.
Nothing to do with the Montecito.Copy !req
584. ED: Now it's $10,000.Copy !req
585. If you say another word, it's $5,000.Copy !req
586. Good.Copy !req
587. Mike, pay this germ $10,000.Copy !req
588. I'll tell you something else. If I ever
catch you around one of my people...Copy !req
589. I'm going to come after you,
and I swear to God...Copy !req
590. you're going to wish I had a sledgehammer.Copy !req
591. Clean up, Mike.Copy !req
592. I don't know how to thank you.Copy !req
593. Call it payback. You bailed me out once.Copy !req
594. It's about time I returned the favour.
So we're even.Copy !req
595. And you're up a little, right?Copy !req
596. That's right. Which reminds me.Copy !req
597. - No, come on.
- No, take it.Copy !req
598. It's just a couple of grand,
but you can pay me back...Copy !req
599. when you're working again,
when you're back on your feet.Copy !req
600. Ben Pearce.Copy !req
601. ED: Mike.
Hey.Copy !req
602. How was it? I mean, how did it feel
getting back in the game?Copy !req
603. Amazing. It's an amazing rush, Ed.Copy !req
604. You know, you did quit playing for a reason.Copy !req
605. It's a one-time thing,
just to help out a friend.Copy !req
606. I understand that if that's what it was.Copy !req
607. That's all it was.Copy !req
608. But it was sweet.Copy !req
609. And, Danny, congratulations
on cracking the swizzle caper. Nice job.Copy !req
610. Thanks.Copy !req
611. Come on. Let's get some pancakes.Copy !req
612. The topless place?Copy !req
613. Give me a second. Yeah.Copy !req
614. Yeah.Copy !req
615. Oh.Copy !req
616. I gotta take this. One second, please.Copy !req
617. Will you do me a favour?Copy !req
618. I left my car out front. Would you bring her
around back to my spot?Copy !req
619. ED: You okay?Copy !req
620. Yeah. I'm fine. He got me in the leg.Copy !req
621. Ed, stop it! You're going to kill him!Copy !req
622. Stop it!Copy !req
623. I need some officers down at the Montecito
loading dock. There's been a shooting.Copy !req
624. No, I'm the victim.Copy !req
625. - Hey!
- Hey.Copy !req
626. How does it feel to be me?Copy !req
627. Great. Thanks.Copy !req
628. - How you doing? How's the leg?
- It hurts like hell.Copy !req
629. I'm going to be in this cast
for a couple of months.Copy !req
630. I'm going to sit down, all right?Copy !req
631. I've been thinking.
There was only three of us out there, right?Copy !req
632. And Ambrose,
he's going to be away a long time.Copy !req
633. I was thinking,
to make it more comfortable for you...Copy !req
634. instead of one guy,
why don't we tell everyone...Copy !req
635. that you took this bullet protecting me
from eight or nine guys with crowbars?Copy !req
636. Make it eight.Copy !req
637. - Hey.
- Hey.Copy !req
638. How's the leg, Danny?Copy !req
639. Look at this. Guy can't get any peace
and quiet around here.Copy !req
640. Hello, ladies.Copy !req
641. Look at your dress.Copy !req
642. Yes. Very nice dress.Copy !req
643. We were worried about you.
Thank you.Copy !req
644. Do you think he's prettier than me?Copy !req
645. Feel better.Copy !req
646. I'm serious.Copy !req
647. - I should get shot more often.
- Give a kiss, all right?Copy !req
648. Hey! What are you doing? Come on.Copy !req