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High Card Hustle - Full EP
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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, winners are crowned, and fools lose everything.
00:00:40Oh, you ask about me?
00:00:42I never lose.
00:00:44I am Liam, the Phantom Ace, the greatest hustler alive.
00:00:49Hey!
00:00:50Liam's beating!
00:00:53Hustlers lose a hand!
00:00:58Wait!
00:01:00Wait!
00:01:00You have to search me!
00:01:02You have to search me first!
00:01:09What's going on here?
00:01:11The dealer found a marked card.
00:01:13Someone was mixing them into the deck.
00:01:15The 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.
00:01:34Unless he thinks he's the Phantom Ace.
00:01:36Is he the Phantom Ace?
00:01:37The Phantom Ace?
00:01:39The Phantom Ace?
00:01:40Please.
00:01:41The masked Phantom Ace mastered all 28 tricks and vanished from the gambling underworld years ago.
00:01:48Exactly.
00:01:49This little punk couldn't palm a dinner roll without getting caught.
00:01:54Search him anyway.
00:01:56Let's see what this rookie's hiding.
00:02:00Jesus, Liam.
00:02:01Professor Alden...
00:02:02You'd 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.
00:02:11But I played this table earlier.
00:02:13If you're gonna search him, search me as well.
00:02:35Satisfied?
00:02:37Pants two!
00:02:40Hold it.
00:02:42I found something.
00:02:48Listen, I'm a master hustler.
00:02:50Cards, dice, gears.
00:02:51I can be of use to you.
00:02:53I can teach you what I know.
00:02:54Master hustler, huh?
00:02:56Is that so?
00:03:02Everyone out!
00:03:08Keep my girls safe!
00:03:12Keep my girls safe!
00:03:15Alden!
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!
00:03:41I'm coming!
00:04:03I'm coming!
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?
00:04:26Improbable 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.
00:04:34What does that tell you?
00:04:35Tells me you tried to hustle and got hustled.
00:04:37I know that casino.
00:04:39Be grateful you still have two hands.
00:04:41Listen, miss...
00:04:43Briar.
00:04:44These people stole all the money my father left me when he died and now the mob is hounding me
00:04:48for 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.
00:05:12Who told you I'm the best?
00:05:16My father.
00:05:17Your father was Alden?
00:05:22Keep 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, you'll help me?
00:05:45This is the place where Professor Alden died.
00:05:48Where I buried the worst night of my life.
00:05:51And only when I swore I'd never use it.
00:05:58You ready to take this place down?
00:06:02More than you know.
00:06:03More than you know.
00:06:03More than you know.
00:06:08Easy than you know.
00:06:19We have an answer for you.
00:06:23Please.
00:06:23All to you say.
00:06:25More than you know.의
00:06:25여 schon! That's
00:06:49Are you hitting on my girlfriend?
00:06:51What?
00:06:52No!
00:06:52Of course not!
00:07:03It's them!
00:07:04Those two stole my money!
00:07:13Think fast and keep your cool.
00:07:16Tell me, what's the first rule of hustling?
00:07:28A good hustler identifies their target's core weakness within moments of meeting them.
00:07:34You have to pay attention.
00:07:44There's a lot to glean in a glance.
00:07:56Quick, 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.
00:08:09Concerned for her boutique?
00:08:10Is it doing well?
00:08:23Briar Thorne.
00:08:25Back to lose more money?
00:08:27Tell me, who's your boyfriend?
00:08:37Fiancé, actually.
00:08:39Oh, wow.
00:08:41Fiancé.
00:08:44Careful.
00:08:45He looks good enough to steal.
00:08:52Hands off.
00:08:54So cold.
00:08:56So cold.
00:08:56Must be that cheap coat.
00:08:58You should drop by my boutique.
00:08:59I'm sure we could make a deal.
00:09:01So, what brings you both in today?
00:09:03You here to beg for what you lost?
00:09:05Kelvin Slade.
00:09:06Breath stinks of cigarettes and whiskey.
00:09:08Everything he owns came from Vivian's boutique.
00:09:10Mooching off his new girlfriend since his wife left.
00:09:13That's his weak point.
00:09:17Why would I do that?
00:09:18I've got everything I need right here.
00:09:23Hey, that's my girlfriend!
00:09:25See, I'm going to win back everything you took from my briar.
00:09:27And then some.
00:09:30With what?
00:09:30That professor salary?
00:09:31Careful.
00:09:32He's not just some professor.
00:09:34His teacher was the phantom ace.
00:09:42Oh, honey.
00:09:44The phantom ace was a masked king of the table.
00:09:47Your fiancé looks like he grades papers by candlelight and cries after.
00:09:51I don't care who he is.
00:09:53It's time to play.
00:09:55Okay.
00:10:14Let the games begin.
00:10:22See you at the table, tiger.
00:10:32You ready?
00:10:38Hey, you dropped this earlier.
00:10:42I didn't realize.
00:10:45More chips, please.
00:10:53No!
00:10:55You can't.
00:10:56You're going to lose.
00:10:58Do you want us to have nothing left?
00:11:01Just stand there and look pretty.
00:11:04Forgive my fiancé.
00:11:06She'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.
00:11:15Naturally lucky, of course.
00:11:17Much more believable than briar's little phantom ace fantasy.
00:11:20If he knows the phantom ace, I'm the queen of hearts.
00:11:38What do you know?
00:11:40To the victor goes the spore.
00:11:48Like I said, I'm just lucky.
00:11:56That kind of timing.
00:11:58I've only heard of one hustler who could read a table that fast.
00:12:01Oh, please.
00:12:02I'm only saying, the last man I saw read a table that clean for a black mask.
00:12:06Then maybe clean your monocall.
00:12:08This man is not the phantom ace.
00:12:11What the hell?
00:12:13There's no way he's the legendary phantom ace.
00:12:15The real ace never showed his face.
00:12:17That's gotta be luck, right?
00:12:20Enough whispering.
00:12:21Let's play.
00:12:38All right.
00:12:39Let's see what I've got.
00:12:49Classic discards for you.
00:12:52Left.
00:12:54That means...
00:13:11His golden set is on his right.
00:13:13His golden set is on his right.
00:13:27Just as I thought, they work the table as a team.
00:13:31Vivian has a work wife.
00:13:43The 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.
00:14:08As 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?
00:14:31Method act.
00:14:32If your opponent's a hustler, always stay in character.
00:14:39These assholes think we're just some dumb ruse.
00:14:42Sexist jerk and his over-emotional wife.
00:14:45Little do they know.
00:14:48That's why they'll lose.
00:14:58Shit.
00:14:59Slipped through my fingers.
00:15:01Hold your fingers like this.
00:15:03Again?
00:15:15Who's that?
00:15:16One of the Phantom Ace's tricks?
00:15:18One of the Phantom Ace's tricks?
00:15:21It's a card trick.
00:15:22That cut paper in half and stabbed your chalkboard?
00:15:25A good card trick.
00:15:27The real trick is...
00:15:31Figuring out how to exchange cards covertly.
00:15:36About that, what if you slapped me?
00:15:42You want me...
00:15:43No.
00:15:44I don't want people to think I abuse you.
00:15:47Well, 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.
00:16:02How 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.
00:16:17Get off me!
00:16:35That fall, she 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.
00:16:48It's all right, I'm fine.
00:16:52Are you fine?
00:16:56Oh, 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.
00:17:08I raised to two hundred thousand.
00:17:11If you can't meet the bet, get out.
00:17:18This is a low-stakes table.
00:17:20I don't do low-stakes.
00:17:22Boring is for the poor.
00:17:24Careful.
00:17:25You may be one of those poor soon enough.
00:17:28This is the deed to St. Clair's.
00:17:30Surely 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?
00:17:41Of course.
00:17:41It's a sure bet.
00:17:43Why?
00:17:43Can't Ant up?
00:17:45You could always take a loan from the casino.
00:17:51Come here, honey.
00:17:53I need to borrow your engagement ring.
00:17:59Her 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.
00:18:29Professor, Liam, I don't know what to say.
00:18:33It 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.
00:19:03Exactly.
00:19:04No 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?
00:19:09I've been in my family ten generations.
00:19:13My grandmother smuggled it out of Germany while fleeing the Nazis.
00:19:23Looks authentic.
00:19:25Worth at least 2.2 million.
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.
00:20:00Those aces are interesting.
00:20:03Care to go fish?
00:20:21Time for the showdown.
00:20:25Guess I'm the one who's naturally lucky.
00:20:39Sure about that?
00:20:41Not even the Phantom Ace can beat four aces with that board.
00:20:45Show the cards!
00:20:46Show the cards!
00:20:47Show the cards!
00:20:49Show the cards!
00:20:50Show the cards!
00:20:57No way he has a two.
00:20:59That would be a one in a million chance.
00:21:22Please!
00:21:23Please!
00:21:23I'm innocent!
00:21:24This is just an unfortunate misunderstanding.
00:21:26I don't know where that deck of cards came from.
00:21:28It's not even mine!
00:21:30You were caught cheating at Sin and Cypher Casino.
00:21:32A casino with a steep punishment for hustling.
00:21:37Please!
00:21:37Forgive me!
00:21:39I'm too young and pretty to die!
00:21:41Enough, Viviana.
00:21:42I have no need of seeing you dead.
00:21:44Your boutiques, on the other hand, do spark interest.
00:21:49Of course!
00:21:50They're yours!
00:21:51Anything you want, just don't kill me!
00:21:54Why would I do that?
00:21:56I have another use for you.
00:22:15Straight flush beats four aces.
00:22:17The pot is yours.
00:22:21Looks like I won.
00:22:24Straight flush against four aces.
00:22:27That's phantom ace luck.
00:22:32An unlikely victory!
00:22:34No!
00:22:36This man is a cheater, not a legend!
00:22:45Double or nothing.
00:22:47I have two more boutiques I can bet with.
00:22:53What are you doing?
00:22:55He could get lucky again.
00:22:56Remember, those stores aren't yours to lose.
00:22:59Be for real, Kelvin.
00:23:00I can feel it in my bones.
00:23:02He walked us into that hand.
00:23:03So what?
00:23:04You think Briar was right?
00:23:05No.
00:23:06Don't be stupid.
00:23:08The phantom acle would never show his face.
00:23:10Then who is he?
00:23:12A hustler.
00:23:14And a damn good one.
00:23:19What do you say?
00:23:21What do you say?
00:23:24All we have to do is prove he's cheating.
00:23:36Let me guess.
00:23:38Quit while you're ahead?
00:23:39Exactly.
00:23:40Gambling changes a person's brain chemistry.
00:23:44They think a win is right around the corner, so they bet anything.
00:23:50They bet anything and everything.
00:23:53If that's true, that means we'll have an easier time cleaning house.
00:24:00You're a clever girl, but that mentality will get you killed.
00:24:04A hustler is just a gambler who got tired of losing.
00:24:06You've rigged the game, but that only means the stakes are higher.
00:24:12Is that why you gave it up?
00:24:14Keep my girls safe!
00:24:18Elder!
00:24:21Something like that.
00:24:28Nah, I'd rather not.
00:24:30I've taken enough of your assets for the day.
00:24:33You can't quit!
00:24:34Shit! Don't you know that's rude?
00:24:36Get a chance to win some back!
00:24:38What, you win one impossible hand and run?
00:24:41Some phantom ace you are.
00:24:43The real phantom ace never feared a table.
00:24:4916!
00:24:51That's the number of employees that will be jobless if you liquidate my business.
00:24:54What will I tell them?
00:24:56You just bet the fates of another two stores worth of employees.
00:24:59I was desperate, okay?
00:25:00At least let me buy it back.
00:25:02I'll give you anything.
00:25:03I'll give you my body!
00:25:09That's right.
00:25:10Give me the deed.
00:25:11And my body is yours.
00:25:16Did Vivian St. Clear just whore herself out?
00:25:19Like I said,
00:25:20you have nothing left I want.
00:25:24You're too good for me, is that it?
00:25:27He'll play you again!
00:25:33If he doesn't,
00:25:34we're through.
00:25:37What are you doing?
00:25:38We got your money back.
00:25:39We're done here.
00:25:39We only have her money.
00:25:41They both scammed me.
00:25:43You're letting Kelvin off with barely a scratch.
00:25:45If you don't do it, I will!
00:25:46No!
00:25:47Keep my girls safe!
00:25:49Elder!
00:25:51Please!
00:25:55I'll do it.
00:25:56I'll take the deal.
00:25:58I'll keep playing.
00:25:58There he is.
00:26:00Briar's Masked Miracle Man.
00:26:02Careful, Vivian.
00:26:03Keep saying it and you might start believing it.
00:26:06Nobody believes it.
00:26:07Then you've got nothing to worry about.
00:26:12I can't believe they were dumb enough to fall for my bait.
00:26:23Shit.
00:26:24That was supposed to be an ace.
00:26:26It's so hard to tell what's coming out next.
00:26:29Give me the card.
00:26:30Hustlers perforate the edges of a golden set with the subtlest abnormalities.
00:26:39Feel the bumps?
00:26:42Yeah, it's subtle.
00:26:43Those bumps are a language.
00:26:45That one's a king.
00:26:48And this one's an ace.
00:26:51A good hustler learns to communicate on multiple levels.
00:27:04The game begins anew.
00:27:06Don't expect better luck this time.
00:27:08You playing too, or are you just here for moral support?
00:27:12I played last time, yeah?
00:27:13Yeah, but you quietly folded right before things got hot.
00:27:17Speaking of, that why your first wife left?
00:27:19What the fuck you just say?
00:27:23Guess the problem wasn't passion.
00:27:26What the hell, Viv?
00:27:27Let me at him.
00:27:28He's trying to bait you into making a mistake.
00:27:30Let him think he's playing you.
00:27:31I'll sit back this time to keep an eye out.
00:27:34Be careful what you wish for.
00:27:36Something tells me your luck has run out.
00:27:58He spent this whole game just staring at his cards.
00:28:04What's his secret?
00:28:23Does that mean they switched hands?
00:28:26You're getting better at this.
00:28:27Thanks.
00:28:29Professor, what happens if they catch on to our strategy?
00:28:32They're hustlers.
00:28:33They're going to realize they're being played.
00:28:35They might, but that's just when the fun begins.
00:28:40She's been his eyes all along.
00:28:43It's the girl.
00:28:44She's his eyes.
00:28:45His work, life.
00:28:47She's been tapping his shoulder to feed him tips.
00:28:49From where she's standing, I think she can see our cards.
00:28:51But how does he come up with a winning hand every time?
00:28:54I'm not sure.
00:28:55He's barely moved.
00:28:56Could it be he's moving too fast to see with the naked eye?
00:28:58Only the phantom can pull something like this off.
00:29:01I'm telling you.
00:29:02No.
00:29:03Not the ace, but I think we're dealing with a master hustler.
00:29:06Shit.
00:29:07But the cards have to be on him, right?
00:29:08All we need to do now is force a search.
00:29:37I'm out.
00:29:38What about you?
00:29:39Still in?
00:29:43What's the interest on taking out a loan to keep playing?
00:29:46You can't.
00:29:50The casino owner wants people to enjoy themselves.
00:29:52If you pay it off the same day, it's zero interest.
00:29:55And in 24 hours?
00:29:5725% and then 10% for every additional day the debt is outstanding.
00:30:01Oh, a very generous deal.
00:30:02All right.
00:30:03$4 million loan.
00:30:12He's definitely cheating.
00:30:14He signed that contract without any hesitation at all.
00:30:17Either he's suicidal or he already knows the cards.
00:30:21All right.
00:30:22Time for the showdown.
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 4,000 hands.
00:30:42The chance of two players getting four of a kind round is one in 2.7 million if he beats
00:30:47this too.
00:30:49No, not even the phantom acel could be that clean.
00:30:55I've got it now.
00:31:00Cheater!
00:31:03Liam Stone!
00:31:04I accuse you of planting cards!
00:31:07No one beats four of a kind twice without a plant.
00:31:11Not you.
00:31:12Not even the phantom acel.
00:31:14All right, punk.
00:31:16Let's see how smug you look with only one hand.
00:31:25I can do it myself, creep.
00:31:27You better.
00:31:27The rules of the Rusty Cleaver Casino state that anyone accused of cheating must be stripped of their clothes to
00:31:32confirm they're not hiding cards.
00:31:34We'll get to the bottom of this.
00:31:35If I find any evidence of cheating, the culprit will lose a hand, and the aggrieved will recoup all their
00:31:40losses for the day.
00:31:41Your 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.
00:32:15Make sure he drops his trousers too.
00:32:18I want to see everything he's hiding.
00:32:20Careful about hollow accusations, Vivian.
00:32:23Dealer, what's the punishment for false claims?
00:32:25The accuser must forfeit three fingers.
00:32:32What?
00:32:40He had nothing in his shirt.
00:32:41If there's nothing in his pants, I'm cooked.
00:32:43Wait.
00:32:45Why does he always hand his clothes to her first?
00:32:51Search his bitch too!
00:32:53She's helping him hide his card!
00:32:57What?
00:33:05Wait!
00:33:06You can't search her!
00:33:07Why not?
00:33:08Something to hide?
00:33:10I didn't even touch the table!
00:33:12What do you think?
00:33:14The lady doth protest too much.
00:33:16Oh, I think she does.
00:33:21In front of all these people?
00:33:23Cheating disputes are done out in the open for transparency's sake.
00:33:28Fuck your transparency!
00:33:30What happened to that sweet little crybaby you were ten seconds ago?
00:33:33I'll make you cry, baby!
00:33:36Failure to comply will be taken as a mission!
00:33:40Fine!
00:33:40Fine!
00:33:41I'll do it!
00:33:42Get off me!
00:33:50Come on.
00:33:52Everything off, you two.
00:33:53Go ahead and give us a show.
00:33:55Let's see if our faux Phantom Ace has anything thing up his sleeve.
00:33:58Or under hers.
00:34:20Moving on!
00:34:25Let's go!
00:34:26Whoa!
00:34:27What would you do?
00:34:27here you want us to shed our skin too no evidence is found you're free to leave
00:34:38that was thorough and still nothing at a certain point doesn't luck start looking like skill
00:34:48don't flatter yourself why not you keep bringing up the phantom ace
00:34:52why can't i be him because the phantom ace was a ghost in a black mask
00:34:55you're a half-naked statistics professor with a rabbit tattoo and yet i'm the one leaving with
00:35:02your money you can't do this i need all my fingers please
00:35:13most of my cards were already gone after the last round the rest i hid right under their nose
00:35:18bouncing their cards into the brass run-out rail beneath the lip of the table as they continue
00:35:22playing with my cards none the wiser
00:35:31until the only cheat cards i had left on me
00:35:36were 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
00:36:16you did it perfect throw
00:36:21you'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
00:36:48the itch to keep hustling keep winning you stop thinking about the cost
00:36:53until it's right in front of you by then it's too late
00:37:03please stop please please i'll do anything
00:37:07you assholes unhand me ooh very poor choice of words
00:37:13oh god no i used that hand
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 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 but why it's not like i'm actually your student but
00:38:41that old thing still works it's not supposed to who is this i thought you looked familiar
00:38:49you're not the phantom ace but when i saw that tattoo i knew exactly which coward you were
00:38:57i 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 hustler otherwise i tell your precious fiance that you got her daddy killed
00:39:21what is sin and cypher it'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 they scan
00:39:44you from head to toe for oddity nothing gets past them oh and before we go any further don't
00:39:53mention i have anything to do with the phantom ace then stop winning like him
00:40:01we're gonna have to search you
00:40:10it'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
00:40:21every 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
00:40:44that'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 fuck yeah
00:41:06see anything i'm not even sure what i'm looking for here
00:41:09if kelvin chose this place to cheat it means he has a mechanic
00:41:15mechanic
00:41:17hustling technique 13
00:41:29you don't need to cheat if someone else fixes your cards
00:41:33just watch that vip door and tell me where else the dealer goes
00:41:47i think i've spotted her remember
00:41:50observe your mark name 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 you
00:42:00about it she's terrible at parties phenomenal in the bedroom you got all that from a glance
00:42:05not exactly she's my ex
00:42:10your what
00:42:14relax it was a long time ago and it was mostly just sex
00:42:17mostly
00:42:22regina
00:42:23so weird bumping into you here you look amazing
00:42:28what are you doing if she's your ex you should steer clear
00:42:37what are you doing here
00:42:39same reason anyone else is here money money money i saw you and thought oops awkward i figured
00:42:45i'd just um break the ice
00:42:46yeah um i gotta go
00:42:51i take it it wasn't a clean break
00:42:52something like that
00:42:55heads up she's beelining to the bladjack table
00:42:59you might have to take this
00:43:01uh that wasn't the plan
00:43:03you have to play at her table
00:43:05it's her cards that we have to copy
00:43:07you're a human camera
00:43:09you can't make me hustle my ex
00:43:11shh
00:43:11not so loud
00:43:12someone might hear you
00:43:14no one's around
00:43:15no one's around
00:43:27magnify five
00:43:28and play about the last ten seconds please
00:43:31that wasn't the plan
00:43:34you're a human camera
00:43:35who is he talking to
00:43:38oh shit
00:43:40i think he has an earpiece
00:43:42find out who's on the other end and bring them both to me
00:43:53you think because we dated i'm gonna help you
00:43:56no
00:43:57of course not
00:43:58i'm just here to play
00:44:00can't i just play
00:44:04sure
00:44:10remember you don't need to win
00:44:12you just need to stay there long enough to memorize what each card looks like
00:44:19are you kidding this is blackjack
00:44:21remember what i told you when we first met
00:44:24it's what i'm best at
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
00:44:59that you're trying to beat here
00:45:03it'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
00:45:28excuse me
00:45:30who are you talking to
00:45:31talking to someone
00:45:32no
00:45:34i was i just mumble to myself sometimes
00:45:36i'm sorry who are you
00:45:38damien drainheart
00:45:39the other bartender had to run
00:45:41i'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
00:45:51do you have to keep saying it like that
00:45:53like what
00:45:54hit me
00:45:57he's claiming to be a bartender
00:45:59the notebook and pen seem consistent with that
00:46:01but something's off
00:46:03why does he have a house receiver
00:46:04is that gunpowder under his fingernails
00:46:08he's an enforcer
00:46:09i'm a hustler's worst nightmare
00:46:12come on briar
00:46:13hurry it up
00:46:18what's wrong with saying hit me
00:46:20used to say that when we made love
00:46:26jesus regina
00:46:27it was two weeks freshman year
00:46:41oof
00:46:42fuck
00:46:43briar
00:46:45get out of there now
00:46:49stay right where you are
00:46:51you
00:46:52let me see your ear
00:46:53excuse me
00:47:02what the hell is this
00:47:04that's my hearing aid asshole
00:47:07hello
00:47:12i'm reporting this place on yelp
00:47:16you're gonna go
00:47:17just like that
00:47:21we don't work regina
00:47:22fix your drug problem
00:47:28i told you the decoy was a good idea
00:47:32you'll make a master hustler yet
00:47:45nice tip bitch
00:47:46nice tip bitch
00:47:57not so fast
00:47:58you want some candy?
00:48:00you're gonna help us win tomorrow
00:48:24good work out there master hustler
00:48:25you've come a long way
00:48:29if i didn't know any better i think you're the phantom ace
00:48:37thanks
00:48:37we make a great team
00:48:46i 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?
00:48:53we can do that in the morning
00:49:00why are you so afraid that i might get close to you?
00:49:15alden
00:49:19my dad
00:49:20before he died he made me to protect you
00:49:22we're not i want to but
00:49:23liam
00:49:24it's okay
00:49:25i want this
00:49:27i made a promise to take care of you
00:49:30i'm sorry
00:49:32you should go
00:49:40i'm not some fragile little girl
00:49:41we are both adults
00:49:42i make my own choices and the risks i take are mine
00:49:45got it?
00:49:46riah
00:49:46i ordered you to go
00:49:50thing is teach
00:49:51i was never too good at school
00:49:53for whatever reason i had trouble following directions
00:49:55i am way better at giving them
00:49:58i shouldn't
00:49:59i can't
00:50:00but
00:50:01oh god
00:50:01i want this so bad
00:50:06clear the desk
00:50:08clear the desk
00:50:16pants off
00:50:17now
00:50:18yes ma'am
00:50:28we will do better this time
00:50:30i swear it
00:50:31shut up shut up
00:50:32shut up
00:50:56you
00:50:57you
00:50:59you
00:51:00and
00:51:00have a
00:51:00surprising amount of energy for an older guy
00:51:05What's the plan for today?
00:51:07Aside from planting the deck.
00:51:40The same strategy as before should suffice.
00:51:43These guys are idiots, remember?
00:51:49Change of plans.
00:51:50This time, your bitch is gonna play too.
00:52:02Why do you look so concerned?
00:52:06Planning on cheating?
00:52:12Of course not.
00:52:13It would be very unwise to cheat in this room.
00:52:16Besides these two, the head enforcer monitors it constantly from his high tower.
00:52:28We wouldn't want you to get caught.
00:52:31Huh. Not even Briar's precious phantom ace could breathe wrong in here without Demian seeing it.
00:52:42Look at you. Always so willing to give a helping hand.
00:52:46Hilarious! Be 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.
00:52:55What are we gonna do? I can't play on hiding cards, remember?
00:52:57You 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 gonna get us away.
00:53:04How can I calm down? We're going to get caught.
00:53:06What?
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?
00:53:24What? Uh oh. Do I sense a history?
00:53:29Shove it!
00:53:48High card. Two pair.
00:53:49Three of a kind.
00:53:51Full house.
00:53:55Still think you're not dealing with the phantom ace?
00:54:00Phantom ace! My ass! That's cheating!
00:54:04How is that possible?
00:54:05Kelvin was supposed to get the full house.
00:54:09Unless...
00:54:14That was supposed to be a king.
00:54:16Someone switched my cards.
00:54:26How the fuck did Liam win? I thought I was paying you to be my fixer!
00:54:31I'm just creating a false sense of security. Keep them guessing.
00:54:34You better be telling the truth, Regina, or it's curtains.
00:54:38Cappy?
00:54:41I can't tell Kelvin or he'll kill me.
00:54:45And I can't report it without exposing my own cheating.
00:54:48In which case my bosses kill me.
00:54:51I'm so fucked!
00:54:53Fuck you, Briar!
00:54:55What?
00:54:56What did I do?
00:55:00So, shall we keep playing?
00:55:09Of course.
00:55:14I think I'm getting the pattern. That perforation means ace.
00:55:18All 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.
00:55:37Now you sound paranoid.
00:55:3925 million!
00:55:40Get over yourself, or put it all on the table.
00:55:43All right.
00:55:44All in.
00:55:4550 million.
00:55:47I got it from selling all of Vivian's businesses.
00:55:51I'm trusting you, Regina.
00:55:56All right.
00:55:58Have 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.
00:56:24What are you doing?
00:56:25You can't bet away your son's life!
00:56:28I don't want to.
00:56:31But if we don't win back everything we owe Red Mask, me and my son are as good as dead
00:56:34anyway.
00:56:39Do you think he's bluffing? He wouldn't really bet that, would he?
00:56:46Hustling technique number 12, remember?
00:56:50He'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.
00:56:58A 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?
00:57:18How cold you can be.
00:57:21I'm out.
00:57:28Time for the showdown.
00:57:30Four of a kind.
00:57:35You just lost, Professor. A ten. A nine.
00:57:40One, two, three, three, four.
00:57:51Not so fast, Kelvin. Take another look at that nine. It's actually a six.
00:58:07how but i was sure that the perforation meant a nine did you just admit to knowingly playing
00:58:13with a marked deck all right fun's over
00:58:32the extra set of cards give them to me what now briar it's the only way i can protect you
00:58:45what are you two talking about
00:58:49did your boyfriend ever tell you what he did did what what did liam do don't listen to him briar
00:58:56just hand me the cards figures he never told you briar your boyfriend got caught cheating and
00:59:02your daddy took the fall this asshole got your daddy killed is that true
00:59:19that's just rich five hustlers in one game it must be my lucky day cut them all
00:59:25please stop i have too much to live for let me go i have a son do you want him
00:59:31to grow up without a dad
00:59:33some dad you are you gambled away your son's life
00:59:42apologies for the inconvenience you're all to be brought before red mask he will be overseeing
00:59:47your execution listen you're an honorable man correct briar and i were only here to bring
00:59:52the other 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
01:00:29the gang's all here huh so you're 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
01:00:57with the way these two hustle there's no way they haven't been caught before
01:01:01that's your hustle
01:01:04you extort people's debts for your own gain forcing the cheaters you catch to hustle at
01:01:10rival casinos leaving regular people to seek out sin and cypher a place where 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
01:01:48he killed my dad
01:01:54i'm gonna kill you
01:01:57no you won't i'm the one with the gun remember
01:02:01we'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
01:02:20and 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
01:02:57if this is true
01:02:59i 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
01:03:10regina you can be the dealer since we all know you don't stand a chance either way
01:03:14no i'm not playing another stupid game for you
01:03:17you're a monster
01:03:20this isn't up for debate kelvy
01:03:22you've controlled me for far too long
01:03:25just get it over with
01:03:28no
01:03:32care for what you wish for
01:03:33please
01:03:34you need to stay alive
01:03:36for your son
01:03:39elder
01:03:43you bastard
01:03:44play all your necks
01:03:46spare them
01:03:48i'm the world's greatest hustler
01:03:50give me a chance to face your champion alone
01:03:53you're not even the best hustler in this room
01:03:57liam
01:03:57my name is liam stone
01:03:59but the gambling underworld knew me as the phantom maze
01:04:17you
01:04:17the phantom ace
01:04:19that ghost vanished years ago
01:04:22but sure
01:04:22why not
01:04:23sounds fun
01:04:24regina
01:04:24go ahead and deal while i decide what to do with you
01:04:27this is so fucked
01:04:30it's gonna be okay regina
01:04:39you're his prisoner too
01:04:40correct
01:04:42how long
01:04:46take these golden sets
01:04:47you'll be competing against each other in a hustler's duel
01:04:51if i can visibly tell you're cheating
01:04:53i'll off you myself
01:04:54what are we betting
01:04:56well you wanted to negotiate for their lives right
01:04:59that makes them a kind of currency
01:05:14take these to start
01:05:16let's say these chuckle fucks are worth 10 chips each
01:05:19anytime you want to cash out for more
01:05:21i'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
01:05:49the phantom ace i heard about never begged for anyone's life
01:05:52first time for everything
01:06:03there's a lot riding on this but i can't get anything on this guy
01:06:05every inch of his skin is covered
01:06:10so x
01:06:10that's what people call you right
01:06:12i know you can nod but can you speak
01:06:14what are you doing
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
01:06:24if the phantom acel knows what's good for him he'll stop speaking and play
01:06:28fine place your bet
01:06:34time for the showdown
01:06:38flush
01:06:39full 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
01:07:06it's barely moved at all
01:07:07besides
01:07:09what's that he's doing with his wrist
01:07:11i recognize that move
01:07:12but that's impossible
01:07:20what the hell
01:07:21hustling technique number eight
01:07:23flick switch see how it works
01:07:28now you try
01:07:37impressive
01:07:39i've never met anyone who can match my speed
01:07:43three of a kind
01:07:44straight
01:07:44if 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
01:07:54briar thorn goes first
01:07:57whatever you say
01:08:05stop you can't
01:08:07dad
01:08:18oh god spoilers
01:08:19i had this whole speech prepared about how i spared your life and used you as a pawn in my
01:08:23rise from lowly enforcer to mob boss
01:08:26why'd you have to go and ruin it huh
01:08:28liam is trying to trick you
01:08:29he's not actually the world's greatest hustler
01:08:32she is
01:08:33the hell are you talking about
01:08:34he's right
01:08:35there's a better hustler here than me
01:08:37it's briar
01:08:39wait a minute
01:08:39who are you again
01:08:44should i tell him or should you
01:08:46briar is my daughter
01:08:51what the fuck
01:08:52you were right to spoil your identity
01:08:54this is the better twist
01:08:56let her play and cash me in
01:08:58instead
01:08:59she'll prove she's the better replacement for alden
01:09:01oh that's sweet
01:09:02you love her or something
01:09:03you trying to hustle my heartstrings right now
01:09:05i'm not letting her play
01:09:07she's his daughter
01:09:08he's gonna let her win
01:09:10he could promise not to
01:09:11what is this
01:09:13are you doing a bit
01:09:14hmm
01:09:15wasting a bit of your time
01:09:17time for what
01:09:21everyone on the ground
01:09:23now
01:09:37let go
01:09:58that's a phantom ace throw
01:10:04what the hell was that
01:10:21nice fucking try
01:10:25i'm sorry jeremy
01:10:53i've loved you since the moment we met
01:10:55when all this is over i'm gonna marry you
01:10:58professor
01:10:59are you sure i approve
01:11:03you don't get a vote you were dead to me two minutes ago
01:11:05i approve
01:11:08and were you ever going to tell me your real identity
01:11:12i'm glad you made it
01:11:13i 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
01:11:28i've thought about you every day
01:11:32we all need to leave
01:11:33silas's men will be on their way
01:11:34there's a service tunnel behind that bookcase
01:11:36old pneumatic maintenance route
01:11:38it leads under the casino
01:11:39can you give me a hand
01:11:49hold on a second
01:11:51do i know you
01:11:54i'm not sure
01:11:54you do look familiar
01:11:55how long have you been hustling
01:11:57i'm sorry we don't have a lot of time
01:11:59just answer the question
01:12:07damien what's going on
01:12:08i did not watch my fin unborn child die
01:12:10just to allow that monster to live
01:12:12he's the hustler that killed my wife
01:12:17you don't have to do this damien
01:12:19like you said there's been far too much death today already
01:12:23this man ruined my life
01:12:27i remember you
01:12:28you're the husband of the heiress i hustled years ago
01:12:31i won't make an excuse
01:12:32i am not a perfect man
01:12:34i had an itch that just needed to be scratched
01:12:37every gambler gets the itch eventually
01:12:39go ahead shoot me
01:12:40then let them go
01:12:41dad no
01:12:43the person i loved most in the world
01:12:45jumped to her death due to your actions
01:12:47i know
01:12:48but it's between you and she was my soul
01:12:50and now i'm going to take the one you love
01:12:54friar
01:12:54oh shit i'm dead
01:13:00no dad
01:13:05run briar
01:13:06guys
01:13:07take her and go
01:13:09no please you can't die
01:13:13i just got you back
01:13:14you can't leave me again
01:13:16you can't
01:13:17my greatest regret was never getting to see you grow up
01:13:20now i have
01:13:27guys we gotta go
01:13:47go out the back
01:13:50i can hold them off
01:13:52i can hold them off
01:13:52you heard the old man
01:13:53you guys get out of here
01:13:58briar we need to run
01:14:00my dad
01:14:02kelvin
01:14:05keep my boys safe
01:14:12guess the luck was on my side
01:14:25kelvin
01:14:28we have to go
01:14:34no
01:14:34no
01:14:41it was nice knowing you
01:14:44regina please
01:14:45we can pry it open together
01:14:52i'm sorry
01:14:54i'm sorry
01:14:57regina
01:14:58come back
01:15:00this type of shit
01:15:02is why we didn't work
01:15:04briar
01:15:11no funny business
01:15:12the bitch against the wall
01:15:13i'll get to you in a bit
01:15:15masterful gambit
01:15:16getting my lost guy involved
01:15:18it's too bad
01:15:19it's too bad you both gotta die now
01:15:20we could have made a lot of money together
01:15:22you've lost silas
01:15:24regina knows who you are and she got out
01:15:25you think that drugged out lessee is gonna turn me in
01:15:29i am going to revel in the satisfaction of wiping you both off god's green earth
01:15:34all that phantom ace talk
01:15:35all those pretty little tricks
01:15:37and here you are
01:15:37trapped behind my gate
01:15:39with a gun to your head
01:15:52you came back for us
01:15:54why
01:15:55i thought about leaving
01:15:56but i realized if you died i'd never get my favorite t-shirt back
01:16:10i'm so sorry about your dad briar
01:16:12i just found out he was alive
01:16:15and now he's gone again
01:16:20we have to get rid of it
01:16:22what
01:16:22the money
01:16:23everything we won
01:16:25it's blood money
01:16:26we shouldn't keep it
01:16:28i mean it
01:16:30everyone we met had their lives ruined by hustlers
01:16:32i know
01:16:35i felt the same way when olden
01:16:37back when i thought that he
01:16:41kelvin
01:16:43kelvin had a son
01:16:46keep my boy safe
01:16:48that's who he wanted us to protect
01:16:53an anonymous benefactor has been paying for his care for the past year or so
01:16:57is there a cure
01:16:59yes
01:16:59but it's very experimental expensive and surely not covered by his insurance
01:17:05do it
01:17:06whatever the cost
01:17:16what's going on
01:17:17dad
01:17:17where's my dad
01:17:18look at me honey
01:17:20you're going to be okay
01:17:21but you've been asleep for a very long time
01:17:23what do you mean he has no other family
01:17:25where's his mom
01:17:26she died in the same accident that resulted in jeremy's coma
01:17:28and he has no living relatives that agreed to take 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
01:17:35it'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
01:17:49boy did i need one
01:17:51time for the showdown
01:17:54do you see the guy on the left
01:17:59hustlers
01:18:00i'm glad we left that life behind us
01:18:02i wish that type of thing didn't exist
01:18:03yeah
01:18:04oh the gift shop
01:18:05i want to go
01:18:06can i go briar
01:18:07sure honey
01:18:07just a sec
01:18:08you don't miss it do you
01:18:09i mean you were the phantom ace
01:18:10the best
01:18:11of course not
01:18:12certainly not
01:18:13after everything
01:18:15jeremy
01:18:17i can't be that stupid
01:18:18i'm out
01:18:19i'm done
01:18:20the phantom ace is officially retired
01:18:22i had an itch that just needed to be scratched
01:18:25every gambler gets the itch eventually
01:18:32ah fuck it
01:18:33deal me in
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