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High Card Hustle
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00:00:07Welcome to High Card Hustle.
00:00:10I'm rich! I won! I actually won!
00:00:14No! No! Please don't take my hand!
00:00:21My name is Liam, an S-Class Hustler.
00:00:24In this world, cards aren't just gambling tools.
00:00:27Their power, wealth, and magic itself.
00:00:33Every day, fortunes rise and fall.
00:00:37Winners are crowned.
00:00:38And fools lose everything.
00:00:42Oh, you ask about me?
00:00:44I never lose.
00:00:46I am Liam, the Phantom Ace.
00:00:49The greatest Hustler alive.
00:00:51Hey! Liam's cheating!
00:00:55Hustlers lose a hand!
00:01:00Wait! Wait! You have to search me!
00:01:03You have to search me first!
00:01:11What's going on here?
00:01:12The dealer found a marked card.
00:01:14Someone was mixing them into the deck.
00:01:16The rest of us were searched already.
00:01:18That only leaves him.
00:01:24You picked the wrong house, Hotshot.
00:01:27New blood like you doesn't last five minutes in a place like this.
00:01:35Unless he thinks he's the Phantom Ace.
00:01:38Is he the Phantom Ace Ace?
00:01:41Please.
00:01:43The masked Phantom Ace mastered all 28 tricks and vanished from the gambling underworld years ago.
00:01:50Exactly.
00:01:51This little punk couldn't palm a dinner roll without getting caught.
00:01:56Search him anyway.
00:01:57Let's see what this rookie's hiding.
00:02:01Jesus, Liam.
00:02:03Professor Alden...
00:02:04You'd think the star student of a master Hustler would be more careful than to cheat in a place like
00:02:08this.
00:02:08What aren't you saying?
00:02:10Speak up!
00:02:11I don't know him.
00:02:12But I played this table earlier.
00:02:15If you're gonna search him, search me as well.
00:02:37Satisfied?
00:02:39Pants two!
00:02:41Hold it.
00:02:43I found something.
00:02:49Listen!
00:02:50I'm a master Hustler.
00:02:51Cards, dice, gears.
00:02:53I can be of use to you.
00:02:54I can teach you what I know.
00:02:56Master Hustler, huh?
00:02:57Is that so?
00:03:04Every waltz!
00:03:10Keep my girls safe!
00:03:13Keep my girls safe!
00:03:17Alden!
00:03:25That night still haunts me.
00:03:27Even after all this time, I don't know who Alden wanted me to keep safe.
00:03:36I'm coming.
00:03:38I'm coming.
00:03:41I'm coming.
00:03:42I'm coming!
00:03:57I'm coming!
00:03:59you need a minute or
00:04:15you lost two million dollars in a game with a one dollar buy-in lost is not the right word
00:04:19my father also taught statistics what are the chances the same player pulls four of a kind
00:04:25twice in a row improbable is not impossible i have a photographic memory and a knack for counting
00:04:32cards there were four aces on the table and one in my hand what does that tell you tells me
00:04:37you
00:04:37tried to hustle and got hustled i know that casino be grateful you still have two hands
00:04:42listen miss briar these people stole all the money my father left me when he died and now
00:04:49the mob is hounding me for the rest of the payment
00:05:05i came to you because i want to learn how to out hustle those hustlers and win my money back
00:05:09i was told you're the best well besides the phantom ace who told you i'm the best
00:05:17my father your father was alden
00:05:34yes i'm alden's little girl or i was
00:05:46this is the place where professor alden died where i buried the worst night of my life
00:05:59you ready to take this place down
00:06:04more than you know
00:06:32Oh, my God.
00:06:51Are you hitting on my girlfriend?
00:06:53What?
00:06:54No, of course not.
00:07:05It's them!
00:07:06Those two stole my money!
00:07:14Think fast and keep your cool.
00:07:18Tell me, what's the first rule of hustling?
00:07:29A good hustler identifies their target's core weakness within moments of meeting them.
00:07:36You have to pay attention.
00:07:45There's a lot to glean in a glance.
00:07:58Quick, what do you see?
00:08:00Vivian St. Clair.
00:08:02She draws a lot of attention to her body.
00:08:04Maybe to appear confident.
00:08:06Vain.
00:08:07But she's not.
00:08:09She's nervous.
00:08:11Concerned for her boutique?
00:08:12Is it doing well?
00:08:25Briar Thorn.
00:08:27Back to lose more money?
00:08:29Tell me.
00:08:30Who's your boyfriend?
00:08:39Fiancé, actually.
00:08:41Oh, wow.
00:08:43Fiancé.
00:08:45Careful.
00:08:47He looks good enough to steal.
00:08:53Hands off.
00:08:56So cold.
00:08:58Must be that cheap coat.
00:08:59You should drop by my boutique.
00:09:01I'm sure we could make a deal.
00:09:02So, what brings you both in today?
00:09:05You here to beg for what you lost?
00:09:06Kelvin Slade.
00:09:07Breath stinks of cigarettes and whiskey.
00:09:10Everything he owns came from Vivian's boutique,
00:09:12mooching off his new girlfriend since his wife left.
00:09:15That's his weak point.
00:09:19Why would I do that?
00:09:20Got everything I need right here.
00:09:25Hey, that's my girlfriend.
00:09:26See, I'm going to win back everything you took from my briar.
00:09:29And then some.
00:09:31With what?
00:09:32That professor's salary?
00:09:33Careful.
00:09:34He's not just some professor.
00:09:36His teacher was the Phantom Ace.
00:09:44Oh, honey.
00:09:45The Phantom Ace was a masked king of the table.
00:09:49Your fiancé looks like he grades papers by candlelight and cries after.
00:09:53I don't care who he is.
00:09:54It's time to play.
00:10:16Let the games begin.
00:10:24See you at the table, tiger.
00:10:34You ready?
00:10:40Hey.
00:10:41You dropped this earlier.
00:10:44I didn't realize.
00:10:47More chips, please.
00:10:55No!
00:10:56You can't.
00:10:58You're going to lose.
00:11:00Do you want us to have nothing left?
00:11:03Just stand there and look pretty.
00:11:06Forgive my fiancé.
00:11:08She's young and inexperienced.
00:11:10That's why she lost.
00:11:12Besides, I'm the better player.
00:11:15I'm naturally lucky.
00:11:17Naturally lucky.
00:11:18Of course.
00:11:18Much more believable than Briar's little Phantom Ace fantasy.
00:11:22If he knows the Phantom Ace, I'm the Queen of Hearts.
00:11:39What do you know?
00:11:41A full heart.
00:11:42To the victor goes the spoiler.
00:11:50Like I said,
00:11:52I'm just lucky.
00:11:58That kind of timing.
00:12:00I've only heard of one hustler who could read a table that fast.
00:12:03Oh, please.
00:12:04I'm only saying,
00:12:05the last man I saw read a table that clean were a black mask.
00:12:08Then maybe clean your monocall.
00:12:10This man is not the Phantom Ace.
00:12:13What the hell?
00:12:14There's no way he's the legendary Phantom Ace.
00:12:17The real Ace never showed his face.
00:12:19That's gotta be luck.
00:12:21Right?
00:12:22Enough whispering.
00:12:23Let's play.
00:12:40All right.
00:12:41Let's see what I've got.
00:12:50Classic discards for you.
00:12:54Left.
00:12:56That means...
00:13:12His golden set is on his right.
00:13:29Just as I thought,
00:13:30they work the table as a team.
00:13:32Vivian has a work wife.
00:13:45The work wife?
00:13:46Really?
00:13:47Because they're working the table.
00:13:49Get it?
00:13:51Look,
00:13:52maybe it's not the coolest name,
00:13:54but it's the most common way to cheat at cards.
00:13:57Two hustlers working together
00:13:59can give each other a huge advantage.
00:14:02Then if that's true,
00:14:03why shouldn't I play at the table beside you?
00:14:06Our biggest advantage is them thinking they have the upper hand.
00:14:10As my doling girlfriend,
00:14:12you can observe their plays
00:14:13and feed me information
00:14:15while they think I'm not paying attention.
00:14:18Girlfriend?
00:14:19Easy there.
00:14:20We haven't even had coffee.
00:14:29Technique zero?
00:14:32Method act.
00:14:34If your opponent's a hustler,
00:14:36always stay in character.
00:14:41These assholes think we're just some dumb ruse.
00:14:44A sexist jerk and his over-emotional wife.
00:14:47Little do they know.
00:14:49That's why they'll lose.
00:15:00Shit.
00:15:01Slipped through my fingers.
00:15:03Hold your fingers like this.
00:15:04Again?
00:15:17Who's that?
00:15:18One of the Phantom Ace's tricks?
00:15:20One of the Phantom Ace's tricks?
00:15:23It's a card trick.
00:15:24That cut paper in half and stabbed your chalkboard?
00:15:27A good card trick.
00:15:30The real trick is
00:15:33figuring out
00:15:34how to exchange cards covertly.
00:15:38About that,
00:15:39what if you slapped me?
00:15:44You want me...
00:15:45No.
00:15:46I don't want people to think I abuse you.
00:15:48Well,
00:15:49the over-emotional girlfriend,
00:15:51over-confident, sexist boyfriend thing.
00:15:53It fits the M.O. you crafted.
00:15:55Plus, I'm not into a little love tap from time to time.
00:16:02I'm getting bored.
00:16:04How about we make things more interesting?
00:16:06One hundred thousand.
00:16:08Unless you're not man enough.
00:16:14Stop!
00:16:15They upped the bet to lure you in.
00:16:17That's exactly how they got me.
00:16:19Get off me!
00:16:20Get off me!
00:16:37That fool, she hit something.
00:16:39Do you really think this little lover's quarrel is a Phantom Ace technique?
00:16:42Please.
00:16:43The Phantom Ace had elegance.
00:16:45That was just ugly.
00:16:50It's alright, I'm fine.
00:16:54Are you fine?
00:16:57Oh, you have no idea.
00:17:02He's being dramatic.
00:17:03Women, right?
00:17:04The Phantom Ace would never lose control over a crying girl.
00:17:10I raised to two hundred thousand.
00:17:13If you can't meet the bet, get out.
00:17:20This is a low-stakes table.
00:17:22I don't do low-stakes.
00:17:24Boring is for the poor.
00:17:26Careful.
00:17:26You may be one of those poor soon enough.
00:17:30This is the deed to St. Clair's.
00:17:32Surely you've heard of it.
00:17:35It's only the most prestigious clothing store on the West Coast.
00:17:39All the most famous celebrities shop there.
00:17:41Are you sure you want to bet that?
00:17:43Of course.
00:17:43It's a sure bet.
00:17:45Why?
00:17:45Can't ant up?
00:17:47You could always take a loan from the casino.
00:17:53Come here, honey.
00:17:54I need to borrow your engagement ring.
00:18:01Her engagement ring?
00:18:12Bets with sentimental value can sometimes guilt the other players into folding early.
00:18:19Or, if you're playing other hustlers.
00:18:31Professor, Liam, I don't know what to say.
00:18:35It throws them off their game.
00:18:40That was part of the lesson.
00:18:41I totally knew that.
00:18:52She'll come back once I win.
00:18:56What, are we supposed to be impressed?
00:18:59The Phantom Ace was a legend.
00:19:01This man is just humiliating his fiancée in public.
00:19:05Exactly.
00:19:05No legend needs a woman's tears to win a hand.
00:19:08Sorry, but a ring?
00:19:10How much could that possibly be worth?
00:19:12Been in my family ten generations.
00:19:15My grandmother smuggled it out of Germany while fleeing the Nazis.
00:19:25Looks authentic.
00:19:26Worth at least 2.2 million.
00:19:39He's betting away his grandmother's holocaust ring?
00:19:42What kind of monster is he?
00:19:43He's a stupid one, that's for sure.
00:19:45We're going to be so rich.
00:20:02Those aces are interesting.
00:20:05Care to go fish?
00:20:23Time for the showdown.
00:20:27Guess I'm the one who's naturally lucky.
00:20:41Sure about that?
00:20:43Not even the Phantom Ace can beat four aces with that board.
00:20:47Show the cards!
00:20:48Show the cards!
00:20:49Show the cards!
00:20:50Show the cards!
00:20:52Show the cards!
00:20:52Show the cards!
00:21:00No way he has a two.
00:21:01That would be a one in a million chance.
00:21:05No way he has a two.
00:21:18That would be a one in a million chance.
00:21:24Please!
00:21:25I'm innocent!
00:21:26This is just an unfortunate misunderstanding.
00:21:28I don't know where that deck of cards came from.
00:21:30It's not even mine.
00:21:31You were caught cheating at Sin and Cipher Casino.
00:21:34A casino with a steep punishment for hustling.
00:21:39Please!
00:21:40Forgive me!
00:21:41I'm too young and pretty to die!
00:21:43Enough, Viviana.
00:21:44I have no need of seeing you dead.
00:21:46Your boutiques, on the other hand, do spark interest.
00:21:51Of course!
00:21:52They're yours!
00:21:53Anything you want, just don't kill me!
00:21:56Why would I do that?
00:21:58I have another use for you.
00:22:17Straight flush beats four aces.
00:22:19The pot is yours.
00:22:23Looks like I won.
00:22:26Straight flush against four aces.
00:22:28That's phantom ace luck.
00:22:34An unlikely victory!
00:22:36No!
00:22:38This man is a cheater, not a legend!
00:22:47Double or nothing.
00:22:49I have two more boutiques I can bet with.
00:22:55What are you doing?
00:22:57He could get lucky again.
00:22:58Remember, those stores aren't yours to lose.
00:23:01Be for real, Kelvin.
00:23:02I can feel it in my bones.
00:23:04He walked us into that hand.
00:23:05So what?
00:23:06You think Briar was right?
00:23:07No.
00:23:08Don't be stupid.
00:23:10The phantom ackle would never show his face.
00:23:12Then who is he?
00:23:14A hustler.
00:23:16And a damn good one.
00:23:21What do you say?
00:23:26All we have to do is prove he's cheating.
00:23:38Let me guess.
00:23:40Quit while you're ahead?
00:23:41Exactly.
00:23:43Gambling changes a person's brain chemistry.
00:23:46They think a win is right around the corner, so they bet anything.
00:23:52They bet anything and everything.
00:23:55If that's true, that means we'll have an easier time cleaning house.
00:24:02You're a clever girl, but that mentality will get you killed.
00:24:06A hustler is just a gambler who got tired of losing.
00:24:08You've rigged the game, but that only means the stakes are higher.
00:24:14Is that why you gave it up?
00:24:16Keep my girls safe!
00:24:23Something like that.
00:24:30Nah, I'd rather not.
00:24:32I've taken enough of your assets for the day.
00:24:35You can't quit!
00:24:37Don't you know that's rude?
00:24:38Give a chance to win some back!
00:24:40What, you win one impossible hand and run?
00:24:43Some phantom ace you are.
00:24:45The real phantom ace never feared a table.
00:24:51Sixteen!
00:24:53That's the number of employees that will be jobless if you liquidate my business.
00:24:56What will I tell them?
00:24:58You just bet the fates of another two stores worth of employees.
00:25:01I was desperate, okay?
00:25:02At least let me buy it back.
00:25:04I'll give you anything.
00:25:05I'll give you my body!
00:25:09I'll give you my body!
00:25:11That's right.
00:25:12Give me the deed.
00:25:13And my body is yours.
00:25:18Did Vivian St. Clair just whore herself out?
00:25:21Like I said, you have nothing left I want.
00:25:26You're too good for me, is that it?
00:25:29He'll play you again!
00:25:35If he doesn't, we're through.
00:25:39What are you doing?
00:25:40We got your money back.
00:25:41We're done here.
00:25:42We only have her money.
00:25:43They both scammed me.
00:25:45You're letting Kelvin off with barely a scratch.
00:25:47If you don't do it, I will!
00:25:48No!
00:25:49Keep my girls safe!
00:25:51I'll die!
00:25:53Please!
00:25:57I'll do it.
00:25:59I'll take the deal.
00:26:00I'll keep playing.
00:26:01There he is.
00:26:02Briar's masked miracle man.
00:26:04Careful, Vivian.
00:26:05Keep saying it and you might start believing it.
00:26:08Nobody believes it.
00:26:09Then you've got nothing to worry about.
00:26:14I can't believe they were dumb enough to fall for my bait.
00:26:25Shit.
00:26:26That was supposed to be an ace.
00:26:29It's so hard to tell what's coming out next.
00:26:31Give me the card.
00:26:32Hustlers perforate the edges of a golden set with the subtlest abnormalities.
00:26:41Feel the bumps?
00:26:44Yeah, it's subtle.
00:26:46Those bumps are a language.
00:26:47That one's a king.
00:26:50And this one's an ace.
00:26:53A good hustler learns to communicate on multiple levels.
00:27:06The game begins anew.
00:27:08Don't expect better luck this time.
00:27:10You playing too, or are you just here for moral support?
00:27:14I played last time, yeah?
00:27:16Yeah, but you quietly folded right before things got hot.
00:27:19Speaking of, is that why your first wife left?
00:27:21What the fuck did you just say?
00:27:26Guess the problem wasn't passion.
00:27:28What the hell, Viv?
00:27:29Let me at him!
00:27:30He's trying to bait you and to make my mistake.
00:27:32Let him think he's playing you.
00:27:33I'll sit back this time to keep an eye out.
00:27:36Be careful what you wish for.
00:27:38Something tells me your luck has run out.
00:28:00He spent this whole game just staring at his cards.
00:28:06What's his secret?
00:28:30What's his secret?
00:28:32Catch on to our strategy.
00:28:34They're hustlers.
00:28:35They're going to realize they're being played.
00:28:38They might, but that's just when the fun begins.
00:28:43She's been his eyes all along.
00:28:45It's the girl.
00:28:46She's his eyes.
00:28:47His work wife.
00:28:49She's been tapping his shoulder to feed him tips.
00:28:51From where she's standing, I think she can see our cards.
00:28:54But how does he come up with a winning hand every time?
00:28:56I'm not sure.
00:28:57He's barely moved.
00:28:58Could it be he's moving too fast to see with the naked eye?
00:29:00Only the phantom can pull something like this off.
00:29:03I'm telling you.
00:29:04No.
00:29:05Not the ace, but I think we're dealing with a master hustler.
00:29:08Shit.
00:29:09But the cards have to be on him, right?
00:29:11All we need to do now is force a search.
00:29:21Four million.
00:29:22Go ahead and try me.
00:29:27Liam Stone.
00:29:29I'm on to you.
00:29:39I'm out.
00:29:40What about you?
00:29:42Still in?
00:29:45What's the interest on taking out a loan to keep playing?
00:29:48You can't.
00:29:52The casino owner wants people to enjoy themselves.
00:29:55If you pay it off the same day, it's zero interest.
00:29:58And in 24 hours?
00:29:5925% and then 10% for every additional day, the debt is outstanding.
00:30:03Oh, a very generous deal.
00:30:05All right.
00:30:05Four million dollar loan.
00:30:15He's definitely cheating.
00:30:16He signed that contract without any hesitation at all.
00:30:20Either he's suicidal or he already knows the cards.
00:30:23All right.
00:30:24Time for the showdown.
00:30:36Four of a kind, thanks to Viviana swapping a card with me.
00:30:39The odds of a player getting four of a kind are one in about 4,000 hands.
00:30:44The chance of two players getting four of a kind round is one in 2.7 million if he beats
00:30:49this too.
00:30:51No.
00:30:51Not even the phantom acel could be that clean.
00:30:57I've got it now.
00:31:02Cheater!
00:31:05Liam Stone!
00:31:06I accuse you of planting cards!
00:31:09No one beats four of a kind twice without a plant.
00:31:13Not you.
00:31:14Not even the phantom acel.
00:31:16All right, punk.
00:31:18Let's see how smug you look with only one hand.
00:31:27I can do it myself, creep.
00:31:29You better.
00:31:30The rules of the Rusty Cleaver Casino state that anyone accused of cheating must be stripped of their clothes to
00:31:34confirm they're not hiding cards.
00:31:36We'll get to the bottom of this.
00:31:37If I find any evidence of cheating, the culprit will lose a hand, and the aggrieved will recoup all their
00:31:42losses for the day.
00:31:43Your shirt, please.
00:32:05Wait, where have I seen that tattoo before?
00:32:08Is he that little punk from six years ago?
00:32:15Nothing in his shirt.
00:32:17Make sure he drops his trousers, too.
00:32:20I want to see everything he's hiding.
00:32:22Careful about hollow accusations, Vivian.
00:32:25Dealer, what's the punishment for false claims?
00:32:27The accuser must forfeit three fingers.
00:32:35What?
00:32:42He had nothing in his shirt.
00:32:44If there's nothing in his pants, I'm cooked.
00:32:46Wait.
00:32:47Why does he always hand his clothes to her first?
00:32:53Search his bitch, too!
00:32:55She's helping him hide his card!
00:32:59What?
00:33:07Wait!
00:33:07You can't search her!
00:33:09Why not?
00:33:10Something to hide.
00:33:12I didn't even touch the table!
00:33:14What do you think?
00:33:16The lady doth protest too much.
00:33:18Oh, I think she does.
00:33:23In front of all these people?
00:33:25Cheating disputes are done out in the open for transparency's sake.
00:33:30Fuck!
00:33:30Fuck your transparency!
00:33:32Fuck your transparency!
00:33:32What happened to that sweet little crybaby you were ten seconds ago?
00:33:36I'll make you cry, baby!
00:33:38Failure to comply will be taken as admission!
00:33:42Fine!
00:33:43Fine!
00:33:43I'll do it!
00:33:44Get off me!
00:33:53Come on!
00:33:54Everything off, you two!
00:33:56Go ahead and give us a show.
00:33:57Let's see if our faux phantom ace has anything thing up his sleeve.
00:34:01Or under hers.
00:34:27Yeah, yeah.
00:34:28It's huge, I know.
00:34:29Are we done here?
00:34:31You want us to shed our skin too?
00:34:33No evidence is found.
00:34:35You're free to leave.
00:34:40That was thorough.
00:34:41And still nothing.
00:34:43At a certain point, doesn't luck start looking like skill?
00:34:50Don't flatter yourself.
00:34:51Why not?
00:34:52You keep bringing up the phantom ace.
00:34:54Why can't I be him?
00:34:55Because the phantom ace was a ghost in a black mask.
00:34:58You're a half-naked statistics professor with a rabbit tattoo.
00:35:02And yet, I'm the one leaving with your money.
00:35:05You can't do this!
00:35:06I need all my fingers!
00:35:08Please!
00:35:15Most of my cards were already gone after the last round.
00:35:18The rest I hid right under their nose.
00:35:20Bouncing their cards into the brass run-out rail beneath the lip of the table as they continued playing with
00:35:25my cards.
00:35:26None the wiser.
00:35:33Until the only cheat cards I had left on me were in my hand.
00:35:40I don't know how you did it, but I'm going to prove you're cheating, scum!
00:35:44You're dead meat!
00:35:47If you want to find evidence of cheating,
00:35:51check their side of the table.
00:35:53What?
00:36:02Shit!
00:36:02We're getting our hands cut off for sure!
00:36:20You did it. Perfect throw. You're ready now. Tomorrow we get your revenge.
00:36:29What if they get caught cheating?
00:36:31You feeling bad for the people who robbed you?
00:36:37Help me!
00:36:44Sometimes when a person gets the itch bad enough, pain is the only wake-up call.
00:36:50The itch?
00:36:51To keep hustling. Keep winning. You stop thinking about the cost until it's right in front of you. By then,
00:36:58it's too late.
00:37:04please stop please please i'll do anything you assholes unhand me
00:37:13oof very poor choice of words
00:37:21oh god no i used that hand
00:37:29stop
00:37:36this casino is the property of red mask
00:37:38i am red masks most trusted associate those two are with me
00:38:00to sweet revenge to being filthy rich
00:38:09what what are you looking at
00:38:13mistletoe
00:38:13what there's no
00:38:25i'm sorry liam i
00:38:30no it's okay i just can't we can't
00:38:35but why it's not like i'm actually your student but
00:38:43that old thing still works
00:38:46it's not supposed to
00:38:48who is this
00:38:50i thought you looked familiar you're not the phantom ace
00:38:54but when i saw that tattoo i knew exactly which coward you were
00:38:59i know what you do
00:39:01haven't the foggiest what you're talking about
00:39:04neither does she i'm sure
00:39:05join me at sin and cypher's vip lounge in two days time
00:39:08we'll see which one of us is the better hustler
00:39:10otherwise i tell your precious fiance that you got her daddy killed
00:39:23what is sin and cypher
00:39:27it's a casino that's even more strict on cheating than the last
00:39:31more strict than losing a hand
00:39:33what do they just shoot you
00:39:39the security in that place is harder to break than fort knock
00:39:43before you can get in
00:39:45they scan you from head to toe for oddity
00:39:49nothing gets past them
00:39:52oh
00:39:53and before we go any further
00:39:55don't mention i have anything to do with the phantom ace
00:39:58then stop winning like him
00:40:04we're gonna have to search you
00:40:12it's just a hearing aid
00:40:14i've had it since i was a child
00:40:20then if you do manage to sneak something past them
00:40:22every dealer in that joint uses a handcrafted custom set of cards
00:40:26totally unique to them making it impossible to replicate
00:40:35maybe for someone else
00:40:46that's good
00:40:51you're gonna need that confidence if you're gonna play for me at the table
00:40:55you want me to what?
00:40:57oh fuck yeah!
00:40:58yeah!
00:41:08see anything?
00:41:09i'm not even sure what i'm looking for here
00:41:12if kelvin chose this place to cheat
00:41:14it means he has a mechanic
00:41:17mechanic?
00:41:20hustling technique 13
00:41:31you don't need to cheat if someone else fixes your cards
00:41:35just watch that vip door and tell me where else the dealer goes
00:41:49i think i've spotted her
00:41:51remember
00:41:52observe your mark
00:41:53name is regina
00:41:54nervous energy with more cats than she knows what to do with
00:41:57got a few scars that suggest she's coping with a serious drug problem
00:42:01not that she'd ever tell you about it
00:42:02she's terrible at parties
00:42:04phenomenal in the bedroom
00:42:05you got all that from a glance?
00:42:07not exactly
00:42:08she's my ex
00:42:12your what?
00:42:16relax
00:42:17it was a long time ago and it was mostly just sex
00:42:20mostly?
00:42:25regina!
00:42:26hi!
00:42:27so weird bumping into you here
00:42:29you look...amazing
00:42:30what are you doing?
00:42:32if she's your ex you should steer clear
00:42:40what are you doing here?
00:42:42what are you doing here?
00:42:42same reason anyone else is here
00:42:43money money money
00:42:44i saw you and thought
00:42:46oops
00:42:46awkward
00:42:47i figured i'd just um break the ice
00:42:49yeah um
00:42:50i gotta go
00:42:53i take it it wasn't a clean break
00:42:55something like that
00:42:58heads up
00:42:58she's beelining to the blackjack table
00:43:01you might have to take this
00:43:04uh...
00:43:04that wasn't the plan
00:43:05you have to play at her table
00:43:07it's her cards that we have to copy
00:43:09you're a human camera
00:43:11you can't make me hustle my ex
00:43:14shh! not so loud
00:43:15someone might hear you
00:43:17no one's around
00:43:28i don't
00:43:30magnify five
00:43:30and play about the last ten seconds please
00:43:34that wasn't the plan
00:43:36you're a human camera
00:43:38who is he talking to?
00:43:40oh shit
00:43:42i think he has an earpiece
00:43:44find out who's on the other end and bring them both to me
00:43:55you think because we dated i'm gonna help you?
00:43:58no
00:43:59of course not
00:44:01i'm just here to play
00:44:03can't i just play?
00:44:06sure
00:44:13remember you don't need to win
00:44:14you just need to stay there long enough to memorize what each card looks like
00:44:21are you kidding?
00:44:23this is blackjack
00:44:24remember what i told you when we first met?
00:44:27it's what i'm best at
00:44:38hit me
00:44:39hit me
00:44:51someone's having a lucky day
00:44:56don't be so obvious
00:44:58don't be so obvious
00:44:59it's not the other players or even the dealer
00:45:01that you're trying to beat here
00:45:05it's the enforcers
00:45:08remember sin and cypher doesn't play around
00:45:12it's not their hand thereafter if they catch you
00:45:19here
00:45:20here
00:45:20they come for your throat
00:45:24excuse me
00:45:25who are you talking to?
00:45:30excuse me
00:45:32who are you talking to?
00:45:34talking to someone?
00:45:35no
00:45:36i was
00:45:37i just mumble to myself sometimes
00:45:39i'm sorry who are you?
00:45:40damian drainheart
00:45:41the other bartender had to run
00:45:43i'm taking over his shift
00:45:47i just need a few more cards to show up at the table
00:45:50and i'll have every design in regina's deck
00:45:52hit me
00:45:53do you have to keep saying it like that?
00:45:56like what?
00:45:57hit me!
00:45:59he's claiming to be a bartender
00:46:01the notebook and pen seem consistent with that
00:46:03but something's off
00:46:05why does he have a house receiver?
00:46:07is that gunpowder under his fingernails?
00:46:10he's an enforcer
00:46:12i'm a hustler's worst nightmare
00:46:14come on briar
00:46:15hurry it up
00:46:20what's wrong with saying hit me?
00:46:23used to say that when we made love
00:46:28jesus regina
00:46:29it was two weeks
00:46:31freshman year
00:46:44fuck
00:46:45briar
00:46:47get out of there now
00:46:51stay right where you are
00:46:53you
00:46:53let me see your ear
00:46:56excuse me?
00:47:04what the hell is this?
00:47:06that's my hearing aid asshole!
00:47:09hello?
00:47:15i'm reporting this place on yelp
00:47:19you're gonna go?
00:47:20just like that?
00:47:23we don't work regina
00:47:24fix your drug problem
00:47:31i told you the decoy was a good idea
00:47:34you'll make a master hustler yet
00:47:47nice tip, bitch!
00:47:49nice tip, bitch!
00:47:59not so fast!
00:48:01you want some candy?
00:48:02you're gonna help us win tomorrow
00:48:04you're gonna help us win tomorrow
00:48:26good work out there master hustler
00:48:28you've come a long way
00:48:32if i didn't know any better
00:48:33if i didn't know any better
00:48:33i'd think you're the phantom ace
00:48:39thanks
00:48:40we make a great team
00:48:48i think we should probably call it a night
00:48:50i have some tests to grade for next week
00:48:53don't we still have to plan tomorrow's hustle?
00:48:55we can do that in the morning
00:48:56we can do that in the morning
00:49:02why are you so afraid that i might get close to you?
00:49:06bike
00:49:07oh
00:49:17al din
00:49:22my dad?
00:49:23before he died i need to protect you
00:49:24we're not a... i want to but
00:49:25liam
00:49:26it's okay
00:49:27i want this
00:49:30I made a promise to take care of you
00:49:32I'm sorry
00:49:34You should go
00:49:42I'm not some fragile little girl
00:49:44We are both adults
00:49:45I make my own choices and the risks I take are mine
00:49:48Got it?
00:49:48Raya, I ordered you to go
00:49:52Thing is, Teach
00:49:53I was never too good at school
00:49:55For whatever reason, I had trouble following directions
00:49:58I am way better at giving them
00:49:59I shouldn't
00:50:01I can't
00:50:02But, oh god
00:50:04I want this so bad
00:50:09Clear the desk
00:50:18Pants off
00:50:19Now
00:50:21Yes, ma'am
00:50:30We will do better this time
00:50:32I swear it
00:50:33Shut up, shut up
00:50:40You better
00:50:41This isn't negotiable
00:50:43If you don't
00:50:44Someone is going to pull the plug on your son's health insurance policy
00:50:59Did I tire you out?
00:51:02You have a surprising amount of energy for an older guy
00:51:07What's the plan for today?
00:51:09Aside from planting the deck
00:51:21Okay
00:51:22So
00:51:39Where's the mother?
00:51:42the same strategy as before should suffice these guys are idiots remember
00:51:51change of plans this time your bitch is going to play too
00:52:05why do you look so concerned
00:52:09planning on cheating
00:52:14of course not it would be very unwise to cheat in this room besides these two
00:52:19the head enforcer monitors it constantly from his high tower
00:52:31we wouldn't want you to get caught
00:52:34not even briar's precious phantom ace could breathe wrong in here without demion seeing
00:52:39it
00:52:44look at you always so willing to give a helping hand hilarious be warned this place will kill
00:52:50you if you're caught as the lying rat we all know you are
00:52:55it's okay you can sit down we're gonna do i can't play
00:52:58i'm hiding cards remember you do not want to know how i got them past security
00:53:01just stay calm why do you have cards on you
00:53:02you told me to you said it's the same plan as before
00:53:04you really need to calm down your sweating is going to give us away
00:53:07how can i calm down we're going to get caught
00:53:18hey lovebirds shall we play
00:53:23why are you staring at me did you come back to rub him in my face
00:53:27uh-oh do i sense a history
00:53:32shove it
00:53:50high card two pair three of a kind full house
00:53:58still think you're not dealing with the phantom ace
00:54:02phantom ace my ass that's cheating
00:54:06how is that possible kelvin was supposed to get the full house unless
00:54:16that was supposed to be a king someone switched my cards
00:54:29how the fuck did liam win
00:54:31i thought i was paying you to be my fixer
00:54:34i'm just creating a false sense of security keep them guessing
00:54:37you better be telling the truth regina or it's curtains
00:54:40capi
00:54:43i can't tell kelvin or he'll kill me
00:54:46and i can't report it without exposing my own cheating
00:54:50in which case my bosses kill me
00:54:53i'm so fucked
00:54:56fuck you briar
00:54:57what what did i do
00:55:02so shall we keep playing
00:55:12of course
00:55:17i think i'm getting the pattern that perforation means ace
00:55:20all i need to do is memorize the high cards
00:55:23and i can move this game back to kelvin's favor
00:55:30if i didn't know any better i'd think that look you're giving our dealer betrayals a partnership of some kind
00:55:39now you sound paranoid 25 million
00:55:43get over yourself or put it all on the table
00:55:45all right
00:55:46all in
00:55:4750 million
00:55:49i got it from selling all of vivian's businesses
00:55:54i'm trusting you regina
00:55:59all right
00:56:00have it your way
00:56:05this health insurance policy is worth 50 million dollars
00:56:07and it's the only thing keeping my son alive
00:56:23you're gonna regret betting that
00:56:26what are you doing
00:56:27you can't bet away your son's life
00:56:30i don't want to
00:56:33but if we don't win back everything we owe red mask
00:56:35me and my son are as good as dead anyway
00:56:41do you think he's bluffing
00:56:42he wouldn't really bet that would he
00:56:48hustling technique number 12
00:56:50remember
00:56:52he's hoping a highly sentimental bet will throw us off our game
00:56:56well i guess it's successful i'm folding right away
00:57:00a true gambling addict will bet anything on the false notion that they're about to win
00:57:05once they get the itch they cannot help themselves
00:57:08you're not responsible for what he bets
00:57:16i can't believe i haven't noticed it before
00:57:19what's that
00:57:20how cold you can be
00:57:23i'm out
00:57:30time for the showdown
00:57:33four of a kind
00:57:38you just lost professor
00:57:52not so fast kelvin
00:57:55take another look at that nine
00:57:57it's actually a six
00:58:08how
00:58:10but i was sure that the perforation meant a nine
00:58:13did you just admit to knowingly playing with a marked deck
00:58:20all right
00:58:21fun's over
00:58:25search everyone at the table
00:58:35the extra set of cards
00:58:37give them to me
00:58:38what
00:58:39now briar's the only way i can protect you
00:58:48what are you two talking about
00:58:51did your boyfriend ever tell you what he did
00:58:54did what
00:58:55what did liam do
00:58:57don't listen to him briar
00:58:58briar just hand me the cards
00:58:59figures he never told you
00:59:02briar
00:59:02your boyfriend got caught cheating and your daddy took the fall
00:59:06this asshole got your daddy killed
00:59:08is that true
00:59:22that's just rich
00:59:23five hustlers in one game
00:59:25it must be my lucky day
00:59:26cut them all
00:59:27please
00:59:28please stop
00:59:29i have too much to live for
00:59:31let me go i have a son
00:59:33do you want him to grow up without a dad
00:59:36some dad you are
00:59:37you gambled away your son's life
00:59:44apologies for the inconvenience
00:59:46you're all to be brought before red mask
00:59:48he will be overseeing your execution
00:59:50listen
00:59:51you're an honorable man correct
00:59:53briar and i were only here to bring the other hustlers to justice
00:59:57you'd say anything you could to save your life
00:59:59you're not the genius you think you are if you believe red mask kills the hustlers you catch
01:00:02check the arrest ledges for people who look like vivian and kelvin please
01:00:09get him out of my sight
01:00:11no please just listen
01:00:15no please just listen
01:00:31the gang's all here huh so your red mask leader of the casino crime syndicate
01:00:40did my shoes give it away you've all been caught cheating at sin and cypher
01:00:45how do you plead
01:00:47plead for your lives don't worry you wouldn't be the first
01:00:54you're not gonna kill us
01:00:57oh that's not your style
01:01:00with the way these two hustle there's no way they haven't been caught before that's your hustle
01:01:06you extort people's debts for your own gain forcing the cheaters you catch to hustle at rival casinos
01:01:13leaving regular people to seek out sin and cypher a place where hustling is near impossible
01:01:22you seem to know everything about me
01:01:24everything except your identity
01:01:26you don't recognize me from my voice
01:01:28well then allow me to elasticate you
01:01:42my name is silas graves
01:01:44i'm the one who killed your professor remember
01:01:50he killed my dad
01:01:56i'm gonna kill you
01:02:00no you won't
01:02:01i'm the one with the gun remember
01:02:03we're gonna play a little game today
01:02:06you see it's not every day that i have so many hustlers in my midst
01:02:11i've been using x here to train my team of hustlers for a few years now but he's slowing down
01:02:16one of you is going to replace him
01:02:18he wants a replacement for x
01:02:20he has no idea who's standing in front of him
01:02:23and if we refuse
01:02:30does that answer your question
01:02:41what the hell
01:02:42sir
01:02:43we found something among the evidence
01:02:47what's this
01:02:48red mask isn't killing hustlers
01:02:50he's training him
01:02:52you know how to stop it
01:02:56no
01:03:00if this is true
01:03:02i have to stop it
01:03:07come on
01:03:07we're gonna play who's the best hustler
01:03:10if you don't play you all die
01:03:12regina you can be the dealer
01:03:14since we all know you don't stand a chance either way
01:03:16no i'm not playing another stupid game for you
01:03:20you're a monster
01:03:23this isn't up
01:03:24for debate
01:03:24kelvie
01:03:25you've controlled me for far too long
01:03:27just get it over with
01:03:30no
01:03:34careful what you wish for
01:03:36please
01:03:37please
01:03:37you need to stay alive
01:03:39for your son
01:03:42elder
01:03:46you bastard
01:03:47play or you're next
01:03:49spare them
01:03:50i'm the world's greatest hustler
01:03:52give me a chance to face your champion alone
01:03:55you're not even the best hustler in this room
01:03:59liam
01:04:00my name is liam stone
01:04:01but the gambling underworld knew me as the phantom maze
01:04:19you
01:04:20the phantom ace
01:04:22that ghost vanished years ago
01:04:24but sure
01:04:25why not
01:04:26sounds fun
01:04:26regina
01:04:27go ahead and deal while i decide what to do with you
01:04:29this is so fucked
01:04:33it's gonna be okay regina
01:04:41you're his prisoner too
01:04:43correct
01:04:45how long
01:04:48take these golden sets
01:04:51you'll be competing against each other in a hustler's duel
01:04:54if i can visibly tell you're cheating
01:04:56i'll off you myself
01:04:57what are we betting
01:04:59well you wanted to negotiate for their lives right
01:05:02that makes them a kind of currency
01:05:17take these
01:05:17take these to start
01:05:19let's say these chuckle fucks are worth ten chips each
01:05:22anytime you want to cash out for more
01:05:24i'll shoot one of them so you can keep on playing
01:05:31i guess then i have one last hustling technique left to try
01:05:35and what is that
01:05:47don't lose
01:05:51the phantom ace i heard about never begged for anyone's life
01:05:55first time for everything
01:06:05there's a lot riding on this but i can't get anything on this guy
01:06:08every inch of his skin is covered
01:06:12so x
01:06:13that's what people call you right
01:06:14i know you can nod but can you speak
01:06:16what are you doing
01:06:18i know it's life or death but can i not make conversation
01:06:22i can speak
01:06:23shit voice modulator
01:06:26if the phantom acel knows what's good for him he'll stop speaking and play
01:06:30fine place your bet
01:06:37time for the showdown
01:06:41flush
01:06:41full house
01:06:45full house wins
01:06:52two chips left enough for a single round
01:06:57better start thinking about who here you're gonna cash in ace
01:07:01it hasn't come to that yet
01:07:04it's about to
01:07:08it's barely moved at all
01:07:10besides
01:07:11what's that he's doing with his wrist
01:07:14i recognize that move
01:07:15but that's impossible
01:07:23what the hell
01:07:24hustling technique number eight
01:07:26flick switch
01:07:27see how it works
01:07:31now you try
01:07:40impressive
01:07:41i've never met anyone who can match my speed
01:07:45three of a kind
01:07:46straight
01:07:47if i had to guess i'd say you're losing on purpose
01:07:50time to choose
01:07:51should i blow the brains off the pirate or miss furky here
01:07:56neither
01:07:57briar thorn goes first
01:08:00whatever you say
01:08:08stop you can't
01:08:10dad
01:08:20oh god spoilers
01:08:22i had this whole speech prepared about how i spared your life and used you as a pawn in my
01:08:26rise from lowly enforcer to mob boss
01:08:28why'd you have to go and ruin it huh
01:08:30liam is trying to trick you
01:08:32he's not actually the world's greatest hustler
01:08:34she is
01:08:36the hell are you talking about
01:08:37he's right
01:08:38there's a better hustler here than me
01:08:40it's briar
01:08:41wait a minute
01:08:42who are you again
01:08:46should i tell him or should you
01:08:49briar is my daughter
01:08:53what the fuck
01:08:55you were right to spoil your identity
01:08:57this is the better twist
01:08:58let her play and cash me in
01:09:00instead
01:09:01she'll prove she's the better replacement for alden
01:09:04oh that's sweet
01:09:05you love her or something
01:09:06you trying to hustle my heartstrings right now
01:09:08i'm not letting her play
01:09:09she's his daughter
01:09:10he's gonna let her win
01:09:12he could promise not to
01:09:14what is this
01:09:14are you doing a bit
01:09:17hmm
01:09:18wasting a bit of your time
01:09:20time for what
01:09:24everyone on the ground
01:09:26now
01:09:42let's go
01:10:01that's a phantom ace throw
01:10:07what the hell was that
01:10:24nice fucking try
01:10:28i'm sorry jeremy
01:10:55i've loved you since the moment we met
01:10:58when all this is over
01:10:59i'm gonna marry you
01:11:01professor
01:11:02are you sure i approve
01:11:05you don't get a vote
01:11:06you were dead to me two minutes ago
01:11:08i approve
01:11:10and were you ever going to tell me your real identity
01:11:15i'm glad you made it
01:11:16i should shoot you all where you stand
01:11:20but there's been enough death today
01:11:26dad why didn't you let me know you were alive
01:11:28i wanted to protect you from this life
01:11:31i've thought about you every day
01:11:34we all need to leave
01:11:35silas's men will be on their way
01:11:37there's a service tunnel behind that bookcase
01:11:39old pneumatic maintenance route
01:11:41it leads under the casino
01:11:42can you give me a hand
01:11:52hold on a second
01:11:54do i know you
01:11:56i'm not sure
01:11:57you do look familiar
01:11:58how long have you been hustling
01:12:00i'm sorry we don't have a lot of time
01:12:02just answer the question
01:12:10damien what's going on
01:12:11i did not watch my fin unborn child die
01:12:13just to allow that monster to live
01:12:15he's the hustler that killed my wife
01:12:20you don't have to do this damien
01:12:22like you said there's been far too much death today already
01:12:25this man ruined my life
01:12:29i remember you
01:12:31you're the husband of the heiress i hustled years ago
01:12:34i won't make an excuse
01:12:35i am not a perfect man
01:12:37i had an itch that just needed to be scratched
01:12:39every gambler gets the itch eventually
01:12:41go ahead shoot me
01:12:43then let them go
01:12:44dad no
01:12:45the person i loved most in the world
01:12:48jumped to her death due to your actions
01:12:50i know
01:12:51but it's between you and she was my soul
01:12:53and now i'm going to take the one you love
01:12:57friar
01:12:58oh shit i'm dead
01:13:02no dad
01:13:08run briar
01:13:09guys
01:13:10take her and go
01:13:13no
01:13:13please you can't die
01:13:16i just got you back
01:13:17you can't leave me again
01:13:19you can't
01:13:19my greatest regret
01:13:20was never getting to see you grow up
01:13:23now
01:13:23i have
01:13:29guys we gotta go
01:13:51go out the back
01:13:52i can hold them off
01:13:54you heard the old man
01:13:56you guys get out of here
01:14:01briar we need to run
01:14:03my dad
01:14:04kill me
01:14:08keep my boys safe
01:14:14guess the luck was on my side
01:14:29we have to go
01:14:36no
01:14:37no
01:14:44it was nice knowing you
01:14:47regina please
01:14:48we can pry it open together
01:14:55i'm sorry
01:14:56i'm sorry
01:15:00regina
01:15:01come back
01:15:03this type of shit
01:15:05this type of shit
01:15:05is why we didn't work
01:15:07briar
01:15:13no funny business
01:15:15the bitch against the wall
01:15:16i'll get to you in a bit
01:15:17masterful gambit
01:15:19getting my lost guy involved
01:15:21it's too bad you both gotta die now
01:15:23we could have made a lot of money together
01:15:25you've lost silas
01:15:26regina knows who you are and she got out
01:15:28you think that drugged out lessee is gonna turn me in
01:15:31i am going to revel in the satisfaction of wiping you both off god's green earth
01:15:36all that phantom ace talk
01:15:38all those pretty little tricks
01:15:39and here you are
01:15:40trapped behind my gate
01:15:41with a gun to your head
01:15:54you came back for us
01:15:57why
01:15:58i thought about leaving
01:15:59but i realized if you died i'd never get my favorite t-shirt back
01:16:13i'm so sorry about your dad briar
01:16:15i just found out he was alive
01:16:18and now he's gone again
01:16:23we have to get rid of it
01:16:25what
01:16:25the money
01:16:26everything we won
01:16:28it's blood money
01:16:29we shouldn't keep it
01:16:31i mean it
01:16:33everyone we met had their lives ruined by hustlers
01:16:35i know
01:16:37i felt the same way when olden
01:16:40back when i thought that he
01:16:44kelvin
01:16:45kelvin had a son
01:16:49keep my boys safe
01:16:51that's who he wanted us to protect
01:16:56an anonymous benefactor has been paying for his care for the past year or so
01:17:00is there a cure
01:17:02yes
01:17:02but it's very experimental expensive and surely not covered by his insurance
01:17:06do it
01:17:08whatever the cost
01:17:18what's going on
01:17:19dad
01:17:20where's my dad
01:17:21look at me honey
01:17:22you're going to be okay but you've been asleep for a very long time
01:17:26what do you mean he has no other family where's his mom
01:17:29she died in the same accident that resulted in jeremy's coma
01:17:31and he has no living relatives that agreed to take him in
01:17:33so he's got nowhere to go
01:17:35since he's awake now we can send him to an orphanage upstate
01:17:37it's not ideal but
01:17:39what if someone were to adopt him
01:17:40brea
01:17:48this is nice
01:17:49yeah
01:17:49our first family vacation
01:17:52boy did i need one
01:17:53time for the showdown
01:17:56do you see the guy on the left
01:18:02hustlers
01:18:03i'm glad we left that life behind us
01:18:05i wish that type of thing didn't exist
01:18:06yeah
01:18:07oh the gift shop
01:18:08i want to go
01:18:08can i go briar
01:18:09sure honey
01:18:10just a sec
01:18:11you don't miss it do you
01:18:12i mean you were the phantom ace
01:18:13the best
01:18:14of course not
01:18:15certainly not after everything
01:18:18jeremy
01:18:19i can't be that stupid
01:18:21i'm out
01:18:22i'm done
01:18:23the phantom ace is officially retired
01:18:25i had an itch that just needed to be scratched
01:18:28every gambler gets the itch eventually
01:18:35ah fuck it
01:18:36deal me in
01:18:37you
01:18:38you
01:18:40you
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