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High Card Hustle
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00:00:05Welcome to High Carb Hustle.
00:00:07I'm rich! I won! I actually won!
00:00:12No! No! Please don't take my hand!
00:00:18My name is Liam, an S-Class Hustler.
00:00:22In this world, cards aren't just gambling tools.
00:00:26They're power, wealth, and magic itself.
00:00:31Every day, fortunes rise and fall.
00:00:35Winners are crowned.
00:00:36And fools lose everything.
00:00:40Oh, you ask about me?
00:00:42I never lose.
00:00:43I am Liam, the Phantom Ace.
00:00:47The greatest Hustler alive.
00:00:49Hey! Liam's cheating!
00:00:53Hustlers lose a hand!
00:00:58Wait! Wait! You have to search me! You have to search me first!
00:01:09What's going on here?
00:01:10The dealer found a marked card.
00:01:12Someone was mixing them into the deck.
00:01:14The rest of us were searched already.
00:01:16That only leaves him!
00:01:22You picked the wrong house, Hotshot.
00:01:25New blood like you doesn't last five minutes in a place like this.
00:01:33Unless he thinks he's the Phantom Ace.
00:01:36Is he the Phantom Ace Ace?
00:01:39Please.
00:01:41The masked Phantom Ace mastered all 28 tricks, and vanished from the gambling underworld years ago.
00:01:47Exactly.
00:01:49This little punk couldn't palm a dinner roll without getting caught.
00:01:54Search him anyway.
00:01:55Let's see what this rookie's hiding.
00:01:59Jesus, Liam.
00:02:01Professor Alden...
00:02:02You think the star student of a Master Hustler would be more careful than to cheat in a place like
00:02:06this.
00:02:06What aren't you saying?
00:02:08Speak up!
00:02:09I don't know him.
00:02:10But I played this table earlier.
00:02:13If you're gonna search him, search me as well.
00:02:35Satisfied?
00:02:37Pants two!
00:02:39Hold it.
00:02:41I found something.
00:02:47Listen!
00:02:48I'm a Master Hustler.
00:02:49Cards, dice, gears...
00:02:51I can be of use to you.
00:02:52I can teach you what I know.
00:02:54Master Hustler, huh?
00:02:55Is that so?
00:03:01Everyone out!
00:03:08Keep my girls safe!
00:03:12Keep my girls safe!
00:03:15Elder!
00:03:23That night still haunts me.
00:03:25Even after all this time, I don't know who Alden wanted me to keep safe.
00:03:35I'm coming.
00:03:36I'm coming!
00:03:39I'm coming!
00:03:49Professor Stone!
00:03:52I need your help.
00:03:55You need...
00:03:57You need...
00:03:58A minute.
00:04:00Or...
00:04:02Office hours are...
00:04:06Um...
00:04:0710 to 12.
00:04:13You lost two million dollars in a game with a one dollar buy-in?
00:04:16Lost is not the right word.
00:04:18My father also taught statistics.
00:04:20What are the chances the same player pulls four of a kind twice in a row?
00:04:25Improbable is not impossible.
00:04:28I have a photographic memory and a knack for counting cards.
00:04:31There were four aces on the table and one in my hand. What does that tell you?
00:04:34Tells me you tried to hustle and got hustled.
00:04:37I know that casino.
00:04:38Be grateful you still have two hands.
00:04:41Listen, Miss...
00:04:42Briar.
00:04:43These people stole all the money my father left me when he died and now the mob is hounding me
00:04:47for the rest of the payment.
00:05:03I came to you because I want to learn how to out-hustle those hustlers and win my money back.
00:05:07I was told you're the best.
00:05:09Well, besides the Phantom Ace.
00:05:11Who told you I'm the best?
00:05:15My father.
00:05:16Your father...
00:05:19Was Alden?
00:05:21Keep my girls safe!
00:05:25Keep my girls safe!
00:05:29Alden!
00:05:32Yes.
00:05:33I'm Alden's little girl.
00:05:35Or I was.
00:05:38So...
00:05:39You'll help me?
00:05:44This is the place where Professor Alden died.
00:05:48Where I buried the worst night of my life.
00:05:50And I swore I'd never use again.
00:05:57You ready to take this place down?
00:06:01More than you know.
00:06:08Hmm...
00:06:23You lo know so much.
00:06:30No!
00:06:31It's two to go!
00:06:31I'm not really careful about it.
00:06:32I'd like me to do see for you now.
00:06:49Are you hitting on my girlfriend?
00:06:51What?
00:06:51No!
00:06:52Of course not!
00:07:00There!
00:07:03It's them!
00:07:04Those two stole my money!
00:07:12Think fast and keep your cool.
00:07:16Tell me, what's the first rule of hustling?
00:07:27A good hustler identifies their target's core weakness within moments of meeting them.
00:07:33You have to pay attention.
00:07:43There's a lot to glean in a glance.
00:07:55Quick, what do you see?
00:07:58Vivian St. Clair.
00:08:00She draws a lot of attention to her body.
00:08:02Maybe to appear confident.
00:08:04Vain.
00:08:05But she's not.
00:08:07She's nervous.
00:08:08Concerned for her boutique?
00:08:10Is it doing well?
00:08:23Briar Thorn.
00:08:25Back to lose more money?
00:08:27Tell me.
00:08:28Who's your boyfriend?
00:08:37Fiancé, actually.
00:08:39Oh, wow.
00:08:41Fiancé.
00:08:43Careful.
00:08:45He looks good enough to steal.
00:08:51Hands off.
00:08:54So cold.
00:08:55Must be that cheap coat.
00:08:57You should drop by my boutique.
00:08:59I'm sure we could make a deal.
00:09:00So, what brings you both in today?
00:09:02You here to beg for what you lost?
00:09:04Kelvin Slade.
00:09:05Breath stinks of cigarettes and whiskey.
00:09:07Everything he owns came from Vivian's boutique,
00:09:10mooching off his new girlfriend since his wife left.
00:09:12That's his weak point.
00:09:16Why would I do that?
00:09:18I've got everything I need right here.
00:09:23Hey, that's my girlfriend!
00:09:24See, I'm gonna win back everything you took from my briar.
00:09:27And then some.
00:09:29With what?
00:09:30That professor's salary?
00:09:31Careful.
00:09:32He's not just some professor.
00:09:34His teacher was the phantom ace.
00:09:42Oh, honey.
00:09:43The phantom ace was a masked king of the table.
00:09:46Your fiancé looks like he grades papers by candlelight and cries after.
00:09:51I don't care who he is.
00:09:52It's time to play.
00:10:14Let the games begin.
00:10:22See you at the table, tiger.
00:10:32You ready?
00:10:38Hey.
00:10:39You dropped this earlier.
00:10:41I didn't realize.
00:10:45More chips, please.
00:10:53No!
00:10:54You can't.
00:10:56You're going to lose.
00:10:58Do you want us to have nothing left?
00:11:00Just stand there and look pretty.
00:11:04Forgive my fiancé.
00:11:05She's young and inexperienced.
00:11:08That's why she lost.
00:11:10Besides, I'm the better player.
00:11:13I'm naturally lucky.
00:11:14Naturally lucky, of course.
00:11:16Much more believable than Briar's little phantom ace fantasy.
00:11:20If he knows the phantom ace, I'm the queen of hearts.
00:11:37What do you know?
00:11:39To the victor goes the sporer.
00:11:48Like I said, I'm just lucky.
00:11:56That kind of timing.
00:11:57I've only heard of one hustler who could read a table that fast.
00:12:01Oh, please.
00:12:01I'm only saying, the last man I saw read a table that clean for a black mask.
00:12:06Then maybe clean your monocall.
00:12:07This man is not the phantom ace.
00:12:11What the hell?
00:12:12There's no way he's the legendary phantom ace.
00:12:15The real ace never showed his face.
00:12:17That's got to be luck.
00:12:18Right?
00:12:19Enough whispering.
00:12:21Let's play.
00:12:38All right.
00:12:39Let's see what I've got.
00:12:48Classic discard suit.
00:12:52Left.
00:12:53That means...
00:13:10His golden set is on his right.
00:13:27Just as I thought, they work the table as a team.
00:13:30Vivian has a work wife.
00:13:42The work wife?
00:13:44Really?
00:13:45Because they're working the table.
00:13:47Get it?
00:13:49Look, maybe it's not the coolest name, but it's the most common way to cheat at cards.
00:13:55Two hustlers working together can give each other a huge advantage.
00:14:00Then if that's true, why shouldn't I play at the table beside you?
00:14:04Our biggest advantage is them thinking they have the upper hand.
00:14:07As my doling girlfriend, you can observe their plays and feed me information while they think I'm not paying attention.
00:14:16Girlfriend?
00:14:17Easy there.
00:14:18We haven't even had coffee.
00:14:27Technique zero?
00:14:30Method act.
00:14:32If your opponent's a hustler, always stay in character.
00:14:39These assholes think we're just some dumb ruse.
00:14:42A sexist jerk and his over-emotional wife.
00:14:45Little do they know.
00:14:47That's why they'll lose.
00:14:58Shit.
00:14:59Slipped through my fingers.
00:15:00Hold your fingers like this.
00:15:02Again.
00:15:15Who's that?
00:15:16One of the Phantom Ace's tricks?
00:15:18One of the Phantom Ace's tricks?
00:15:20It's a card trick.
00:15:22That cut paper in half and stabbed your chalkboard?
00:15:25A good card trick.
00:15:28The real trick is figuring out how to exchange cards covertly.
00:15:36About that, what if you slapped me?
00:15:41You want me?
00:15:43No.
00:15:44I don't want people to think I abuse you.
00:15:46Well, the over-emotional girlfriend, over-confident, sexist boyfriend thing.
00:15:51It fits the M.O. you crafted.
00:15:53Plus, I'm not into a little love tap from time to time.
00:16:00I'm getting bored.
00:16:01How about we make things more interesting?
00:16:04One hundred thousand.
00:16:06Unless you're not man enough.
00:16:12Stop!
00:16:13They upped the bet to lure you in.
00:16:15That's exactly how they got me.
00:16:16Get off me!
00:16:35That fall.
00:16:36She hit something.
00:16:37Do you really think this little lover's quarrel is a Phantom Ace technique?
00:16:40Please.
00:16:41The Phantom Ace had elegance.
00:16:43That was just ugly.
00:16:47It's all right.
00:16:48I'm fine.
00:16:52Are you fine?
00:16:55Oh, you have no idea.
00:17:00He's being dramatic.
00:17:01Women, right?
00:17:02The Phantom Ace would never lose control over a crying girl.
00:17:07I raised to two hundred thousand.
00:17:10If you can't meet the bet, get out.
00:17:17This is a low-stakes table.
00:17:20I don't do low-stakes.
00:17:22Boring is for the poor.
00:17:23Careful.
00:17:24You may be one of those poor soon enough.
00:17:27This is the deed to St. Clair's.
00:17:29Surely you've heard of it.
00:17:33It's only the most prestigious clothing store on the West Coast.
00:17:36All the most famous celebrities shop there.
00:17:39Are you sure you want to bet that?
00:17:40Of course.
00:17:41It's a sure bet.
00:17:43Why?
00:17:43Can't ant up?
00:17:44You could always take a loan from the casino.
00:17:51Come here, honey.
00:17:52I need to borrow your engagement ring.
00:17:58Her engagement ring?
00:18:10Bets with sentimental value can sometimes guilt the other players into folding early.
00:18:17Or, if you're playing other hustlers.
00:18:28Professor!
00:18:29Liam!
00:18:30I don't know what to say!
00:18:32It throws them off their game.
00:18:38That was part of the lesson.
00:18:39I totally knew that.
00:18:50She'll come back once I win.
00:18:54What, are we supposed to be impressed?
00:18:57The Phantom Ace was a legend.
00:18:59This man is just humiliating his fiancée in public.
00:19:02Exactly.
00:19:03No legend needs a woman's tears to win a hand.
00:19:06Sorry, but a ring?
00:19:08How much could that possibly be worth?
00:19:09Been in my family ten generations.
00:19:13My grandmother smuggled it out of Germany while fleeing the Nazis.
00:19:23Looks authentic.
00:19:24Worth at least 2.2 million.
00:19:26Oh!
00:19:27Oh!
00:19:28Oh!
00:19:28Oh!
00:19:28Oh!
00:19:29Oh!
00:19:30Oh!
00:19:31Oh!
00:19:32Oh!
00:19:32Oh!
00:19:32Oh!
00:19:33Oh!
00:19:34Oh!
00:19:37He's betting away his grandmother's holocaust ring?
00:19:39What kind of monster is he?
00:19:41He's a stupid one, that's for sure.
00:19:43We're going to be so rich.
00:20:01Those aces are interesting.
00:20:03Care to go fish?
00:20:20Time for the showdown.
00:20:25Guess I'm the one who's naturally lucky.
00:20:39Sure about that?
00:20:40Not even the Phantom Ace can beat four aces with that board.
00:20:44Show the cards!
00:20:46Show the cards!
00:20:47Show the cards!
00:20:48Show the cards!
00:20:49Show the cards!
00:20:50Show the cards!
00:20:50Show the cards!
00:21:17Show the cards.
00:21:22please i'm innocent this is just an unfortunate misunderstanding i don't know where that deck
00:21:27of cards came from it's not even mine you were caught cheating at sin and cypher casino
00:21:32a casino with a steep punishment for hustling please forgive me i'm too young and pretty to die
00:21:41enough viviana i have no need of seeing you dead your boutiques on the other hand do spark interest
00:21:49of course they're yours anything you want just don't kill me why would i do that i have another use
00:21:57for you
00:22:14straight flush beats four aces the pot is yours
00:22:20looks like i won
00:22:24straight flush against four aces that's phantom ace luck
00:22:31an unlikely victory no this man is a cheater not a legend
00:22:45double or nothing i have two more boutiques i can bet with
00:22:53what are you doing he could get lucky again remember those stores aren't yours to lose
00:22:58be for real kelvin i can feel it in my bones he walked us into that hand so what you
00:23:04think briar
00:23:05was right no don't be stupid the phantom ackle would never show his face then who is he
00:23:12a hustler and a damn good one
00:23:19what do you say
00:23:24all we have to do is prove he's cheating
00:23:36let me guess quit while you're ahead exactly gambling changes a person's brain chemistry
00:23:44they think a win is right around the corner so they bet anything they bet anything and everything
00:23:53if that's true that means we'll have an easier time cleaning house
00:23:59you're a clever girl but that mentality will get you killed
00:24:03a hustler is just a gambler who got tired of losing you've rigged the game but that only means the
00:24:08stakes
00:24:08are higher is that why you gave it up keep my girls safe
00:24:21something like that
00:24:28nah i'd rather not i've taken enough of your assets for the day
00:24:33you can't quit don't you know that's rude give a chance to win some back what you win one impossible
00:24:39hand and run some phantom ace you are the real phantom ace never feared a table
00:24:5016 that's the number of employees that will be jobless if you liquidate my business what will i tell
00:24:55them you just bet the fates of another two stores worth of employees i was desperate okay at least let
00:25:01me
00:25:01buy it back i'll give you anything i'll give you my body
00:25:08that's right give me the deed and my body is yours
00:25:15did vivian st clear just whore herself out like i said you have nothing left i want
00:25:24you're too good for me is that it he'll play you again
00:25:33if he doesn't we're through
00:25:36what are you doing we got your money back we're done here we only have her money
00:25:41they both scammed me you're letting kelvin off with barely a scratch if you don't do it i will
00:25:46no keep my girls safe i'll die please
00:25:55i'll do it i'll take the deal i'll keep playing there he is briar's masked miracle man careful vivian
00:26:03keep saying it and you might start believing it nobody believes it then you've got nothing to worry
00:26:08about i can't believe they were dumb enough to fall for my bait
00:26:23shit that was supposed to be an ace it's so hard to tell what's coming out next give me the
00:26:29card
00:26:30hustlers perforate the edges of a golden set with the subtlest abnormalities
00:26:39feel the bumps yeah it's subtle those bumps are a language that one's a king
00:26:47and this one's an ace
00:26:51a good hustler learns to communicate on multiple levels
00:27:04the game begins anew don't expect better luck this time you playing too or are you just here for
00:27:09moral support i played last time yeah yeah but you quietly folded right before things got hot
00:27:16speaking of that why your first wife left the fuck you just say
00:27:23i guess the problem wasn't passion what the hell viv let me at him he's trying to bait me
00:27:28into making a mistake let him think he's playing you i'll sit back this time to keep an eye out
00:27:34be careful what you wish for something tells me your luck has run out
00:27:51so
00:27:57he spent this whole game just staring at his cards
00:28:04what's his secret
00:28:23does that mean they switched hands you're getting better at this thanks professor what happens if
00:28:30they catch on to our strategy they're hustlers they're gonna realize they're being played
00:28:35they might but that's just when the fun begins she's been his eyes all along
00:28:43it's the girl she's his eyes his work wife she's been tapping his shoulder to feed him tips
00:28:48from where she's standing i think she can see our cards but how does he come up with a winning
00:28:52hand
00:28:53every time i'm not sure he's barely moved could it be he's moving too fast to see with the naked
00:28:58eye
00:28:58only the phantom can pull something like this off i'm telling you no not the ace but i think we're
00:29:04dealing with a master hustler but the cards have to be on him right all we need to do now
00:29:09is force a search
00:29:18four million go ahead and try
00:29:25liam stone i'm on to you
00:29:37i'm out
00:29:38what about you still in
00:29:43what's the interest on taking out a loan to keep playing you can't
00:29:49the casino owner wants people to enjoy themselves if you pay it off the same day it's zero interest
00:29:55and in 24 hours 25 and then 10 for every additional day the debt is outstanding
00:30:01oh a very generous deal all right four million dollar loan
00:30:12he's definitely cheating he signed that contract without any hesitation at all
00:30:17either he's suicidal or he already knows the cards all right time for the showdown
00:30:24so
00:30:33four of a kind thanks to viviana swapping a card with me
00:30:37the odds of a player getting four of a kind are one in about four thousand hands
00:30:41the chance of two players getting four of a kind round is one in 2.7 million if he beats
00:30:46this too
00:30:49no not even the phantom acel could be that clean
00:31:06no one beats four of a kind twice without a plant
00:31:10no one beats four of a kind twice without a plant
00:31:24i can do it myself creep you better the rules of the rusty cleaver casino state that anyone accused
00:31:30of cheating must be stripped of their clothes to confirm they're not hiding cards we'll get to the
00:31:34bottom of this if i find any evidence of cheating the culprit will lose a hand and the aggrieved will
00:31:39recoup all their losses for the day your shirt please
00:32:03wait where have i seen that tattoo before
00:32:06is he that little punk from six years ago
00:32:13nothing in his shirt make sure he drops his trousers too
00:32:17i want to see everything he's hiding careful about hollow accusations vivian
00:32:22dealer what's the punishment for false claims the accuser must forfeit three fingers
00:32:39he had nothing in his shirt if there's nothing in his pants i'm cooked wait why does he always
00:32:45hand his clothes to her first search his
00:32:52bitch too she's helping him hide his card
00:32:57what
00:33:04wait you can't search her why not something to hide
00:33:09i didn't even touch the table what do you think the lady doth protest too much oh i think she
00:33:17does
00:33:21in front of all these people cheating disputes are done out in the open for transparency's sake
00:33:27fuck your transparency what happened to that sweet little cry baby you were 10 seconds ago i'll
00:33:33make you cry baby failure to comply will be taken as admission fine fine i'll do it get off me
00:33:50come on everything off you two go ahead and give us a show let's see if our faux phantom ace
00:33:56has
00:33:57anything thing up his sleeve or under hers
00:34:25yeah yeah it's huge i know are we done here you want us to shed our skin too no evidence
00:34:31is found
00:34:32you're free to leave
00:34:37that was thorough and still nothing at a certain point doesn't luck start looking like skill
00:34:47don't flatter yourself why not you keep bringing up the phantom ace why can't i be him because the
00:34:53phantom ace was a ghost in a black mask you're a half-naked statistics professor with a rabbit tattoo
00:35:00and yet i'm the one leaving with your money you can't do this i need all my fingers please
00:35:12most of my cards were already gone after the last round the rest i hid right under their nose bouncing
00:35:18their cards into the brass run out rail beneath the lip of the table as they continued playing with my
00:35:22cards none the wiser
00:35:31until the only cheat cards i had left on me
00:35:35were in my hand i don't know how you did it but i'm gonna prove you're cheating scum you're dead
00:35:42meat
00:35:44if you want to find evidence of cheating
00:35:48check their side of the table what
00:35:59you're getting our hands cut off for sure
00:36:17you did it perfect throw you're ready now tomorrow we get your revenge
00:36:27what if they get caught cheating you feeling bad for the people who robbed you
00:36:42sometimes when a person gets the itch bad enough pain is the only wake-up call
00:36:47the itch to keep hustling keep winning you stop thinking about the cost until it's right in front
00:36:54of you by then it's too late
00:37:02please stop please please i'll do anything you assholes unhand me
00:37:10oh god no i used that hand
00:37:27stop
00:37:33this casino is the property of red mask i am red mask's most trusted associate
00:37:39those two are with me
00:37:58to sweet revenge to being filthy rich
00:38:07what what what are you looking at mistletoe what there's no
00:38:23i'm sorry liam i
00:38:28no it's okay i just can't we can't
00:38:32but why it's not like i'm actually your student but
00:38:41that old thing still works it's not supposed to
00:38:46who is this i thought you looked familiar you're not the phantom ace
00:38:51but when i saw that tattoo i knew exactly which coward you were
00:38:56i know what you
00:38:59haven't the foggiest what you're talking about neither does she i'm sure
00:39:03join me at sin and cypher's vip lounge in two days time we'll see which one of us is the
00:39:07better
00:39:07hustler otherwise i tell your precious fiance that you got her daddy killed
00:39:20what is sin and cypher
00:39:24it's a casino that's even more strict on cheating than the last
00:39:28more strict than losing a hand what do they just shoot you
00:39:37the security in that place is harder to break than fort knock before you can get in
00:39:42they scan you from head to toe for oddity
00:39:47nothing gets past them
00:39:50oh and before we go any further don't mention i have anything to do with the phantom ace
00:39:55then stop winning like him
00:40:09it's just a hearing aid i've had it since i was a child
00:40:17then if you do manage to sneak something past them
00:40:20every dealer in that joint uses a handcrafted custom set of cards totally unique to them
00:40:25making it impossible to replicate
00:40:33maybe for someone else
00:40:43that's good
00:40:48you're gonna need that confidence if you're gonna play for me at the table
00:40:52you want me to what oh yeah
00:41:05see anything i'm not even sure what i'm looking for here if kelvin chose this place to cheat
00:41:11it means he has a mechanic it means he has a mechanic mechanic
00:41:17hustling technique 13
00:41:29you don't need to cheat if someone else fixes your cards
00:41:32just watch that vip door and tell me where else the dealer goes
00:41:46i think i've spotted her remember observe your mark
00:41:51name is regina nervous energy with more cats than she knows what to do with
00:41:55got a few scars that suggest she's coping with a serious drug problem not that she'd ever tell
00:41:59you about it she's terrible at parties phenomenal in the bedroom you got all that from a glance
00:42:04not exactly she's my ex
00:42:09you're what
00:42:14relax it was a long time ago and it was mostly just sex mostly
00:42:22regina hi so weird bumping into you here you look amazing what are you doing if she's your ex
00:42:30you should steer clear
00:42:36briar what what are you doing here same reason anyone else is here money money money
00:42:42i saw you and thought oops awkward i figured i'd just um break the ice yeah um i gotta go
00:42:50i take it it wasn't a clean break something like that
00:42:55it's up she's beelining to the bladjack table you might have to take this
00:43:01uh that wasn't the plan you have to play at her table it's her cards that we have to copy
00:43:07you're a human camera you can't make me hustle my ex
00:43:11shh not so loud someone might hear you no one's around
00:43:27magnify five and play about the last 10 seconds please
00:43:31that wasn't the plan you're a human camera who is he talking to
00:43:38oh shit i think he has an earpiece find out who's on the other end and bring them both to
00:43:44me
00:43:53you think because we dated i'm gonna help you no of course not i'm just here to play
00:44:00can't i just play
00:44:03sure
00:44:10remember you don't need to win you just need to stay there long enough to memorize what each card
00:44:15looks like
00:44:19are you kidding this is blackjack remember what i told you when we first met it's what i'm best at
00:44:35hit me
00:44:36hit me
00:44:49someone's having a lucky day
00:44:54don't be so obvious
00:44:56it's not the other players or even the dealer that you're trying to beat here
00:45:02it's the enforcers
00:45:06remember sin and cypher doesn't play around
00:45:10it's not their hand they're after if they catch you
00:45:17here they come for your throat
00:45:21excuse me
00:45:23who are you talking to
00:45:29who are you talking to talking to someone no i was i just mumble to myself sometimes
00:45:36i'm sorry who are you
00:45:37i'm sorry who are you
00:45:38damian drainheart the other bartender had to run i'm taking over his shift
00:45:44i just need a few more cards to show up at the table and i'll have every design in regina's
00:45:49deck
00:45:50hit me
00:45:50do you have to keep saying it like that
00:45:52like what
00:45:54hit me
00:45:57he's claiming to be a bartender the notebook and pen seem consistent with that
00:46:01but something's off why does he have a house receiver is that gunpowder under his fingernails
00:46:08he's an enforcer i'm a hustler's worst nightmare come on briar hurry it up
00:46:17what's wrong with saying hit me used to say that when we made love
00:46:25jesus regina it was two weeks freshman year
00:46:40what the fuck briar get out of there now
00:46:49stay right where you are you let me see your ear excuse me
00:47:02what the hell is this that's my hearing aid asshole hello
00:47:12i'm reporting this place on yelp
00:47:16you're gonna go just like that we don't work regina fix your drug problem
00:47:28i told you the decoy was a good idea you'll make a master hustler yet
00:47:44nice tip bitch
00:47:57not so fast you want some candy you're gonna help us win tomorrow
00:48:24good work out there master hustler you've come a long way
00:48:29if i didn't know any better i think you're the phantom ace
00:48:37thanks we make a great team
00:48:45i think we should probably call it a night i have some tests to grade for next week
00:48:50don't we still have to plan tomorrow's hustle we can do that in the morning
00:48:59why are you so afraid that i might get close to you
00:49:15alden
00:49:19my dad before he died me to protect you we're not i want to but liam it's okay i want
00:49:25this
00:49:27i made a promise to take care of you i'm sorry you should go
00:49:39i'm not some fragile little girl we are both adults i make my own choices and the risks i take
00:49:44are mine got it raya i ordered you to go
00:49:49thing is teach i was never too good at school for whatever reason i had trouble following directions
00:49:55i am way better at giving them i shouldn't i can't but oh god i want this so bad
00:50:06clear the desk
00:50:15pants off now yes ma'am
00:50:28we will do better this time i swear it shut up shut up
00:50:37you better this isn't negotiable if you don't someone is going to pull the plug on your son's health
00:50:44insurance policy
00:50:56did i tire you out
00:50:59you have a surprising amount of energy for an older guy
00:51:04what's the plan for today aside from planting the deck
00:51:38the same strategy as before should suffice
00:51:43these guys are idiots remember
00:51:48change of plans this time your bitch is gonna play too
00:52:02why do you look so concerned
00:52:06planning on cheating
00:52:11of course not it would be very unwise to cheat in this room besides these two
00:52:16the head enforcer monitors it constantly from his high tower
00:52:28we wouldn't want you to get caught
00:52:31not even briar's precious phantom ace could breathe wrong in here without demion seeing it
00:52:42look at you always so willing to give a helping hand hilarious
00:52:46be warned this place will kill you if you're caught as the lying rat we all know you are
00:52:52it's okay you can sit down we're gonna do i can't play i'm hiding cards remember
00:52:56you do not want to know how i got them past security
00:52:58just stay calm why do you have cards on you
00:53:00you told me to you said it's the same plan as before
00:53:02you really need to calm down your sweating is going to give us away
00:53:04how can i calm down we're going to get caught
00:53:15hey lovebirds shall we play
00:53:21why are you staring at me did you come back to rub him in my face
00:53:24uh-oh do i sense a history shove it
00:53:47high card two pair three of a kind full house
00:53:55still think you're not dealing with the phantom ace
00:54:00phantom ace my ass that's cheating
00:54:03how is that possible kelvin was supposed to get the full house unless
00:54:13that was supposed to be a king someone switched my cards
00:54:28i'm just creating a false sense of security keep them guessing
00:54:34you better be telling the truth regina or it's curtains
00:54:37capi
00:54:41i can't tell kelvin or he'll kill me
00:54:43and i can't report it without exposing my own cheating in which case my bosses kill me
00:54:50i'm so fucked
00:54:53fuck you briar what what did i do
00:54:59so shall we keep playing
00:55:09of course
00:55:14i think i'm getting the pattern that perforation means ace
00:55:17all i need to do is memorize the high cards and i can move this game back to kelvin's favor
00:55:28if i didn't know any better i'd think that look you're giving our dealer betrayals a partnership of some kind
00:55:36now you sound paranoid 25 million
00:55:40get over yourself or put it all on the table all right all in 50 million
00:55:46i got it from selling all of vivian's businesses
00:55:51i'm trusting you regina
00:55:56all right have it your way
00:56:02this health insurance policy is worth 50 million dollars and it's the only thing keeping my son alive
00:56:20you're gonna regret betting that
00:56:23what are you doing you can't bet away your son's life i don't want to
00:56:30but if we don't win back everything we owe red mask me and my son are as good as dead
00:56:34anyway
00:56:38do you think he's bluffing he wouldn't really bet that would he
00:56:45hustling technique number 12 remember
00:56:49he's hoping a highly sentimental bet will throw us off our game
00:56:54well i guess it's successful i'm folding right away
00:56:57a true gambling addict will bet anything on the false notion that they're about to win
00:57:03once they get the itch they cannot help themselves you're not responsible for what he bets
00:57:14i can't believe i haven't noticed it before
00:57:17what's that how cold you can be
00:57:21i'm out
00:57:27time for the showdown four of a kind
00:57:35you just lost professor a 10
00:57:39and a nine
00:57:50not so fast kelvin take another look at that nine it's actually a six
00:58:05how
00:58:07but i was sure that the perforation meant a nine
00:58:10did you just admit to knowingly playing with a marked deck
00:58:18all right fun's over
00:58:23search everyone at the table
00:58:32the extra set of cards give them to me
00:58:36what now briar it's the only way i can protect you
00:58:45what are you two talking about
00:58:48did your boyfriend ever tell you what he did did what what did liam do
00:58:54don't listen to him briar just hand me the cards figures he never told you
00:58:59briar your boyfriend got caught cheating and your daddy took the fall this got your daddy killed
00:59:05is that true
00:59:19that's just rich five hustlers in one game it must be my lucky day cut them all
00:59:24please stop i have too much to live for
00:59:28let me go i have a son do you want him to grow up without a dad
00:59:33some dad you are you gambled away your son's life
00:59:41apologies for the inconvenience you're all to be brought before red mask you will be overseeing
00:59:47your execution listen you're an honorable man correct briar and i were only here to bring the
00:59:52other hustlers to justice you'd say anything you could to save your life you're not the genius
00:59:57you think you are if you believe red mask kills the hustlers you catch check the arrest ledges for
01:00:01people who look like vivian and kelvin please
01:00:07get him out of my sight
01:00:11no please just listen
01:00:28the gang's all here huh so your red mask leader of the casino crime syndicate
01:00:37did my shoes give it away you've all been caught cheating at sin and cypher
01:00:43how do you plead plead for your lives don't worry you wouldn't be the first
01:00:51you're not gonna kill us oh that's not your style with the way these two hustle there's no way they
01:01:00haven't been caught before that's your hustle you extort people's debts for your own gain forcing the
01:01:07cheaters you catch to hustle at rival casinos leaving regular people to seek out sin and cypher a place
01:01:13where hustling is near impossible
01:01:19you seem to know everything about me everything except your identity
01:01:23you don't recognize me from my voice well then allow me to elasticate you
01:01:39my name is silas graves i'm the one who killed your professor remember
01:01:47he killed my dad
01:01:54i'm gonna kill you
01:01:57no you won't i'm the one with the gun remember we're gonna play a little game today
01:02:03you see it's not every day that i have so many hustlers in my midst
01:02:08i've been using x here to train my team of hustlers for a few years now but he's slowing down
01:02:13one of you is going to replace him he wants a replacement for x he has no idea who's standing
01:02:19in front of him and if we refuse
01:02:27does that answer your question
01:02:38what the hell sir we found something among the evidence
01:02:44what's this red mask isn't killing hustlers he's training them you know how to stop
01:02:56if this is true i have to stop
01:03:04come on we're gonna play who's the best hustler
01:03:07if you don't play you all die regina you can be the dealer since we all know you don't stand
01:03:12a
01:03:12chance either way no i'm not playing another stupid game for you you're a monster
01:03:20this isn't up for debate kelvie you've controlled me for far too long just get it over with
01:03:27no
01:03:31careful what you wish for please you need to stay alive for your son
01:03:43you bastard play all your necks spare them i'm the world's greatest hustler give me a chance to face
01:03:51your champion alone you're not even the best hustler in this room liam my name is liam stone but the
01:03:59gambling underworld knew me as the phantom ace
01:04:17you the phantom ace that ghost vanished years ago but sure why not sounds fun regina go ahead and
01:04:25deal while i decide what to do with you this is so fucked it's gonna be okay regina
01:04:38you're his prisoner too correct how long
01:04:46take these golden sets you'll be competing against each other in a hustlers duel
01:04:51if i can visibly tell you're cheating i'll off you myself
01:04:55what are we betting well you wanted to negotiate for their lives right
01:04:59that makes them a kind of currency
01:05:14take these to start let's say these chuckle fucks are worth 10 chips each
01:05:19anytime you want to cash out for more i'll shoot one of them so you can keep on playing
01:05:28i guess then i have one last hustling technique left to try
01:05:32and what is that
01:05:44don't lose
01:05:48the phantom ace i heard about never begged for anyone's life first time for everything
01:06:02there's a lot riding on this but i can't get anything on this guy every inch of his skin is
01:06:07covered
01:06:09so x that's what people call you right i know you can nod but can you speak what are you
01:06:14doing
01:06:15i know it's life or death but can i not make conversation
01:06:19i can speak
01:06:21shit voice modulator
01:06:23if the phantom acel knows what's good for him he'll stop speaking and play
01:06:27fine place your bet
01:06:33time for the showdown
01:06:35time for the showdown
01:06:37flush full house
01:06:42full house wins
01:06:49two chips left enough for a single round
01:06:54better start thinking about who here you're gonna cash in ace
01:06:58it hasn't come to that yet
01:07:01it's about to
01:07:05it's barely moved at all besides
01:07:08what's that he's doing with his wrist
01:07:10i recognize that move but that's impossible
01:07:20what the hell hustling technique number eight flick switch see how it works
01:07:28now you try
01:07:37you're going to be able to do it
01:07:38i've never met anyone who can match my speed
01:07:42three of a kind
01:07:43straight if i had to guess i'd say you're losing on purpose
01:07:47time to choose
01:07:48should i blow the brains off the pirate or miss furky here
01:07:53neither briar thorn goes first
01:07:57whatever you say
01:08:17oh god spoilers i had this whole speech prepared about how i spared your life and used you as a
01:08:22pawn
01:08:23in my rise from lowly enforcer to mob boss why'd you have to go and ruin it huh liam is
01:08:28trying to
01:08:28trick you he's not actually the world's greatest hustler she is the hell are you talking about he's
01:08:34right there's a better hustler here than me it's briar wait a minute who are you again
01:08:43should i tell him or should you bryal is my daughter
01:08:50what the
01:08:51fuck you were right to spoil your identity this is the better twist let her play and cash me in
01:08:57instead she'll prove she's the better replacement for alden oh that's sweet you love her or something
01:09:03you trying to hustle my heartstrings right now i'm not letting her play she's his daughter he's gonna
01:09:08let her win he could promise not to what is this are you doing a bit hmm wasting a bit
01:09:16of your time
01:09:17time for what everyone on the ground now
01:09:38let go
01:09:58that's a phantom ace throw
01:10:04what the hell was that
01:10:16oh
01:10:21nice fucking try
01:10:26i'm sorry jeremy
01:10:52i've loved you since the moment we met when all this is over i'm gonna marry you
01:10:59professor are you sure i approve
01:11:02you don't get a vote you were dead to me two minutes ago i approve
01:11:07and were you ever going to tell me your real identity
01:11:12i'm glad you made it i should shoot you all where you stand
01:11:17but there's been enough death today
01:11:23dad why didn't you let me know you were alive
01:11:25i wanted to protect you from this life i've thought about you every day
01:11:31we all need to leave silas's men will be on their way there's a service tunnel behind that bookcase
01:11:36old pneumatic maintenance route it leads under the casino can you give me a hand
01:11:49hold on a second do i know you
01:11:53i'm not sure you do look familiar how long have you been hustling
01:11:57i'm sorry we don't have a lot of time
01:11:58just answer the question
01:12:07damien what's going on i did not watch my fin unborn child die
01:12:10just to allow that monster to live he's the hustler that killed my wife
01:12:17you don't have to do this damien like you said there's been far too much death today already
01:12:23this man ruined my life i remember you you're the husband of the heiress i hustled years ago
01:12:30i won't make an excuse i am not a perfect man i had an itch that just needed to be
01:12:36scratched
01:12:37every gambler gets the itch eventually go ahead shoot me then let them go dad no
01:12:42the person i loved most in the world jumped to her death due to your actions i know but it's
01:12:48between
01:12:49you and she was my soul and now i'm going to take the one you love briar oh i'm dead
01:12:59no dad
01:13:05run briar guys take her and go
01:13:10no please you can't die i just got you back you can't leave me again you can't
01:13:16my greatest regret was never getting to see you grow up now i have
01:13:27guys we gotta go
01:13:48go out the back i can hold them off you heard the old man you guys get out of here
01:13:58briar we need to run
01:14:00my dad
01:14:05keep my boys safe
01:14:11i guess the luck was on my side
01:14:25calvin
01:14:28we have to go
01:14:40it was nice knowing you
01:14:44regina please we can pry it open together
01:14:51i'm sorry i'm sorry
01:14:54i'm sorry
01:14:56regina
01:14:58come back
01:15:00this type of
01:15:01shit is why we didn't work
01:15:04briar
01:15:10no funny business the
01:15:12the against the wall i'll get to you in a bit
01:15:14masterful gambit getting my lost guy involved
01:15:18it's too bad you both gotta die now we could have made a lot of money together
01:15:22you've lost silas regina knows who you are and she got out you think that drugged out
01:15:27lessee is gonna turn me in i am going to revel in the satisfaction of wiping you both off god's
01:15:32green earth all that phantom ace talk all those pretty little tricks and here you are trapped
01:15:37behind my gate with a gun to your head
01:15:51you came back for us why
01:15:54i thought about leaving but i realized if you died i'd never get my favorite t-shirt back
01:16:10i'm so sorry about your dad briar i just found out he was alive
01:16:15and now he's gone again
01:16:20we have to get rid of it what the money everything we won
01:16:25it's blood money we shouldn't keep it
01:16:28i mean it everyone we met had their lives ruined by hustlers
01:16:33i know i felt the same way when olden back when i thought that he
01:16:41it was mine
01:16:41kelvin kelvin had a son
01:16:46keep my boy safe that's who he wanted us to protect
01:16:53an anonymous benefactor has been paying for his care for the past year or so
01:16:58is there a cure yes but it's very experimental expensive and surely not covered by his insurance
01:17:04Do it. Whatever the cost.
01:17:15What's going on? Dad? Where's my dad?
01:17:18Look at me, honey. You're going to be okay, but you've been asleep for a very long time.
01:17:23What do you mean he has no other family? Where's his mom?
01:17:25She died in the same accident that resulted in Jeremy's coma, and he has no living relatives that agreed to
01:17:30take him in.
01:17:30So he's got nowhere to go?
01:17:32Since he's awake now, we can send him to an orphanage upstate. It's not ideal, but...
01:17:36What if someone were to adopt him?
01:17:38Brea.
01:17:44This is nice.
01:17:46Yeah, our first family vacation. Boy, did I need one.
01:17:50Time for the showdown.
01:17:53Do you see the guy on the left?
01:17:59Hustlers. I'm glad we left that life behind us. I wish that type of thing didn't exist.
01:18:03Yeah.
01:18:03Ooh, the gift shop. I want to go. Can I go, Brea?
01:18:06Sure, honey. Just a sec. You don't miss it, do you? I mean, you were the Phantom Ace. The best.
01:18:11Of course not. Certainly not after everything...
01:18:15Jeremy!
01:18:16I can't be that stupid. I'm out. I'm done. The Phantom Ace is officially retired.
01:18:22I had an itch that just needed to be scratched. Every gambler gets the itch eventually.
01:18:32Ah, fuck it. Deal me in.
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