In Boston, we had a secret.
In Vegas, we had a life.
Micky said I was gonna have more fun than I could possibly imagine.
And he was right.
- Hey, Jamie. There you go. - Nice.
It was too good to be true.
There you go. All right, my night just got better. Thank you, Joe.
And it felt like it was never going to end.
Clark? I think I got something over here.
Take a look at this.
That guy? He's a kid.
He was on the tape from last week. Got a big roll and he's crushing your table.
Plus, he ordered a tonic and lime.
Tonic and lime. What does that mean?
It means he wants you to think he's drinking.
Okay. So is he counting or is he just getting lucky?
He's not running a progressive system.
He doubled on 10 when the deck was heavy, but he didn't on 11 when it got lighter.
- How can you tell if it's heavy or light? - I'm counting.
You...
Tell me something, Cole, if you can count that well,
why are you still consulting for us?
I've been asking myself the same thing.
Let's just say I like being on your side of the hustle.
Bring up a frame of that for me on the printer.
So, Terry, I heard you guys are losing a lot of work
to that biometric facial recognition software.
Just gives us a little bit more time to focus on you guys.
- That's impressive software. - They do.
Here he is.
I still think there're bigger fish to fry out there.
So do I.
Hey, Fisher.
He's mad at me and jealous of you.
But don't worry. Greatness evokes that reaction sometimes.
- Don't worry about it. I gotta go. - All right.
- Hey. - What's going on?
He just didn't like the subject I chose for my final paper.
- That's bullshit, Ben. - What?
I know when you're lying, I'm your best friend.
At least I thought I was.
Are you on drugs, Ben?
Because there's a group that meets at Simpson Hall on Saturdays.
No, no. Cam, I'm not on drugs, okay?
I'll go to the meeting if you need me to.
Why didn't you tell me you quit J. Press?
I don't know.
- Is it Jill Taylor? - No.
What about Harvard?
It'll find a way of working itself out.
Look, I gotta go. I'll see you.
I think the worst part of it was not being able to tell anyone.
But for the first time in my life, the world made itself easy for me.
Here you go, sir.
And I liked it.
That's for you.
We just made $210,000.
Yes.
Now, Ben, this is how we play!
And play we did.
Nothing cost too much.
Nothing was out of reach.
I guess you could say the casino host of fate
gave Ben Campbell a major upgrade.
Dorm rooms turned into high-roller suites.
Bicycles became stretch limos.
No, no!
And college bars that were always filled with frat dudes were upgraded to,
well, something more interesting.
- Hey, baby. Where you in from? - I'm from Boston.
- On a convention? - No, business, actually.
What line of work you in, mister?
I count things.
My name's Sierra.
Hi, Sierra. I'm Salvador Sanchez.
Would you like a private dance, Salvador?
Well, that all depends on how much it's gonna run me, Sierra.
$20 a song, 30-song minimum.
Sounds expensive.
- Good evening, Mr. Klein. - Hey, Frank. It's good to see you.
Jeffrey, you're taking my money.
You are so lucky you're cute.
'Cause if you weren't cute, I'd leave. You know that?
Jeffrey. My brother from another mother.
How you doing? You good?
I'm good, I'm good, Mr. K. What, are you back in town for business?
- It's all business in this town, right? - Well, with your money, I'm sure it always is.
Oh, damn, I forgot my ring.
Oh, please.
I don't wanna bet that. That's for keep.
$100,000 going out.
Thank you, Jeffrey.
Cole. Your boy's back.
- That's him, right? - There he is.
And he brought a whole lot more money with him.
That is a hell of a suit, by the way.
- That is some aftershave he has going on. - Sir, could you not? Please.
This girl's only betting the table minimum. Why's she keep looking at him?
Terry, rewind the tape. I wanna see if she signals him to come to the table.
We don't use "tape" anymore, old school. It's digital now.
Never mind. Terry, rewind it.
Okay, okay.
She's playing the table minimum.
Now, in a second, she's gonna do something.
She's gonna raise her hand, scratch her head... There it is.
That's the signal. See? She gave him the signal.
He comes to the table. I'm telling you, they're working together.
Nice.
Show me a computer that can do that.
You look familiar.
I know you, don't I?
- I don't think so. - No?
Oh, sure, you look exactly like that guy in Rain Man.
Oh, yeah? Well, people say I look like Tom Cruise all the time.
Oh, yeah? No.
The other one, the... What's his... The retard.
I just love that scene in Vegas when the retard wins at blackjack.
You look just like that.
What I could never understand, though, is how someone so retarded,
could win so much.
Hey, Jeffrey, his brother from another mother,
how did that retard win so much?
- You know what, sir? I think that maybe... - Okay, get your hands off me.
Oh, I didn't mean it.
His luck'll run out eventually. It always does.
- Hey, Ben... - No, Ben, stop it!
- What the hell is the matter with you? - Hey, come on! Ben!
Oh, you think that's funny? You think that was funny? Shut up!
I understand, Ben. We don't need anymore...
This is not the time. Okay?
I want to thank you for confirming my choice in Ben.
Now go home.
- What? - You're off the team.
No.
- I was drunk, I was... - I don't care what you were.
I'm not leaving.
Yes, you are.
What are you gonna do about it, huh?
You've been the big man for a long time, but you just acted like a child.
So I want you to pick up the ticket and go home,
because if you don't, you know exactly what I'm capable of doing,
don't you?
All right, listen up.
Casino's gonna change out their chips, just like the MGM did after the Tyson fight.
That means we got less than 24 hours to cash in,
or we're gonna be sitting with 200 grand of worthless plastic.
- So we'll cash out. - It's too hot.
They're gonna be dissecting the eye in the sky footage of Fisher's little power play.
So let's do it right now before they can do that.
Are you deliberately slow?
What about them?
They can cash in the chips. The casino's just gonna think they're tips.
- Cashing out. - Thank you.
- Thanks, sweetie.
- Thanks, hon. - Thank you, baby.
I love a parade, don't you?
You know, there's a word I don't throw around all that often,
"Genius."
Hey, Kianna. Let me hold your bag for a second.
Thanks, baby, here.
Oh, no problem. Anytime.
- Watch. Watch, watch. Ready? - Okay, I'm watching. That's beautiful.
Watch.
No, it's great, you just need to get your knee a little higher.
- Hi. - Hey.
So the Hard Rock comped me a suite.
That's cool, that's great.
You wanna see it?
All right, take care, Bobby. All right?
God, it's cold.
Hey, what time is it?
He's only 45 minutes late. Show a little patience.
Oh, look. Here he comes.
Guys, I'm sorry I'm late.
Hey, Ben.
You know, you could try returning a call once in a while.
Good of you to show up, man. It's not like we're cold or anything.
Yeah, funny.
- Hey, did you bring it? - Yeah, I got it. There it is.
And you're sure you didn't inlay the software on more space
than the parameters suggest?
No. It's just one-fifth of the free face.
Let's fire this mother up.
Beautiful.
Okay.
What's happening?
- I don't understand. - It's the wrong size.
No. What?
- What the hell, Ben? This is an 8K. - Right.
Yeah, we needed 16K!
- I can't believe this. - I thought it was an 8K.
- No, you didn't. - Yeah, I did.
No, you didn't. You knew the entire time the discrete was 16K.
Damn it, Ben.
It's gonna take us two weeks to get a fresh 16K from the fabrication.
And another five days, minimum, to get it ready to press.
Miles, calm down, all right? It was an honest mistake.
What?
You know what? I think we're gonna have to go at this without you, man.
You're gonna what?
No, no. This is just as much mine as it is yours.
We've been working on this for over a year.
I know that. But your heart just isn't in this anymore.
Are you serious?
Fine.
You know what? I don't even care. Honestly, I don't even care.
You know why?
'Cause no one in the real world gives a shit about the 2.09 Competition.
You know, it's just something that you build up in your head
to make yourselves feel important.
You guys are pathetic.
Thanks.
Welcome back, Mr. Youngman.
- Thanks, Joseph. It's good to see you. - Good to see you, too.
Good evening, Mr. Youngman, welcome back to the Red Rock.
Nice to see you.
Anything I can do for you, let me know.
Double down.
I guess you play big or you don't play at all.
Right?
Honey, there you are. Let's go. We don't wanna miss the show!
Honey, we're actually playing a game here.
Yeah.
Yeah, so you know what?
Why don't you run upstairs and wait for me there? Okay?
All right. Let's go.
Yeah, all right.
I've got the worst headache right now.
- Ten. - Come on, monkey.
- Fourteen. - Come on. Come on, monkey.
- Sixteen. - Monkey. Come on.
Twenty-one.
Pete, you're killing us.
I guess it's not my night.
Are you out of your mind?
I don't know what happened.
I messed up. I'm sorry.
Oh, you're sorry.
Well, see, now that's what I've been waiting to hear, Ben. As long as you're sorry.
I'm out 200 grand, but Ben's sorry! Everybody hear that? Ben's sorry!
So we can all go back to being friends and laughing over cocktails!
Come on, Micky. It can happen to anyone.
They get on a rush and they lose control.
You shut your mouth. This is business.
Hey, I let you down, all right? I get it.
Excuse me? You let me down? I don't care!
Let me make one thing clear to you, I am not your father!
You are not my friend. This is a business.
You are only as good to me as the money you make,
and, right now, it's not worth a hell of a lot!
You're gonna give me back everything you lost.
I can't do that! That money was for Harvard!
I have made you so much more than what I just lost!
It doesn't matter, Ben.
You had very clear instructions, and you didn't follow them.
You didn't do your job. You weren't counting, you were gambling!
Well, why aren't you out there, then, Micky?
I mean, we take all the risks. Seems to me like you don't do shit.
This isn't about me,
you arrogant little infant.
You can all find your own way back to Boston.
And, Ben, you're gonna pay me that money, every penny, one way or the other.
And you damn well know it.
I need a drink.
Anybody else?
Yeah, well, we don't need him.
- Yeah, okay, Ben. - No, I'm serious.
Why do we need him? We have our own money now.
You know, his cut was 50%, and he doesn't even play!
Why do we need him?
Hey, you know what I think?
I think we play out the weekend, and I think we do this without him.
No. No, I don't think that's a good idea.
I think we should go back to Boston and figure this out.
Yeah, well, why don't we let the team decide?
I'm with Jill. This is Micky's thing. Micky brought us together.
And then he drove us apart.
I mean, you saw how he played Fisher against me.
Choi, what do you say, man? You wanna make some money?
- Kind of. - Really?
We need 100 grand just to play. You're talking about risking our own money.
All I'm saying is that we try it. You know?
If we make the investment, then we take all of the winnings.
All of it.
Okay.
Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Choi?
I'm in.
Now I need a drink.
- What are you doing? - What?
What are you doing?
Well, we're printing money.
What, you think just 'cause Micky left that we're gonna stop?
No, I could do this. I can lead this team.
You know, I'm not the same guy I was back in Boston.
- Exactly. - Yeah, exactly.
You know, isn't this exactly who you wanted me to be
when you first came into the store to buy a tie?
What happened to "$300,000 and I'm out"?
What happened to "a means to an end"?
- How much do you have? - What?
- How much do you have? - I got enough.
Come on, Ben. How much do you have saved back in Boston?
I've got 315 grand, all right?
Then why are you still here?
Because I wanna still be here. I like being here.
So does everybody else.
So come on, Jill. Are you in?
You are the big player, Ben.
Yes, I am.
Yeah, can I get a drink?
Rose, I wanna thank you.
You have been most accommodating.
All right, that's for you.
Okay, take care. Hey, good luck.
Hey, how we doing here, people?
Yeah, I'm gonna put you on hold while I track him down.
Just got an interesting call.
There's nobody left to fire us. Planet Hollywood is our last client.
I don't know about that.
This is Cole.
Queen of diamonds. Your lady luck tonight.
You're doing good.
You're a real winner.
Sometimes. Just like everybody else.
Now, why don't I believe that?
Maybe you're just smarter than everybody else, huh?
Yeah, I bet it's been that way your entire life.
Except it just recently started paying dividends, am I right?
I'd split them.
Deck's heavy as hell and since I've been here, the true count's at plus 7.
Kianna. I think we have a serious problem over there.
- Walk now! - Oh, shit. Oh, shit!
Let's go. I'm out. Thank you. Let's go, Jill. Let's go.
I think we need to call security or something.
Yeah, I don't think they're gonna help. Let's go! Come on.
Let's take a walk, huh?
Come on, kid. See if we can't get you that chicken dinner.
It's called Biometrics.
Biometrics. It's sort of like a fingerprint of your face.
See, when the player sits down at the table, the software, it reads this...
Biometric profile.
...biometric profile of your face,
cross-references it with a database of counters.
Software'll probably put you and me out of business, but it still can't do this.
All right.
You understand all this. You go to MIT.
Smart boy.
My name is Cole Williams.
And if I ever see you in this town again,
I will break your cheek bone with a small hammer,
and then I will kill you.
Please. Please just take the money.
You can take it.
Tell me,
how's good old Professor Rosa doing, huh?
Oh, yeah. Me and Micky, we go way back.
I spent years, chased him all over this town.
Giving him beat downs left and right, only to find him at the tables a week later.
He was very persistent.
And then, one September night,
when I was in Barstow at my father's funeral,
my casino was taken for seven figures.
Can you imagine that?
The most ever taken by a single counter in one night.
'Course I was, naturally, unceremoniously fired.
Funny thing, though.
I never saw Micky Rosa after that.
Never.
Cauchy was the first to make a rigorous study
of the conditions for convergence of an infinite series.
And was concerned with developing
the basic theorems of the calculus as rigorously as possible.
Any questions?
No? All right, moving on.
Isn't it true Cauchy stole from his students?
Yes, I heard that. What's your theory on that?
They say he used his students for their brilliance,
then discredited them and stole their equations,
stole their hard work.
Well, that wouldn't be the first time a teacher was accused of that.
I think what he's referring to is Vladimir Stupnitsky, yes?
He was a student of Cauchy's who accused Cauchy
of stealing his four-volume text on this analysis
and publishing it under a pseudonym.
Of course, nobody knows what really went down there.
They never did prove it, and without the proof, it's a little like it never happened.
And, you know, it's a real shame,
because if Stupnitsky had just realized that he shouldn't have crossed Cauchy,
this was the dispute,
if he'd been able to get beyond some of the personal mistakes that were made,
I have no doubt that Cauchy would have worked with him again,
and they could have done great things together.
But, as history shows us, some students never learn.
You should get that eye looked at.
You okay?
Everything's gone.
- What? - Micky's taken everything.
He's taken the money, taken away Harvard Med, even MIT.
- What are you talking about? - Micky, he's taken everything.
I gotta find a way to get it back.
Are you insane?
You just got the shit kicked out of you and you won't let this go!
Look, what am I supposed to do, Jill? I've just lost everything!
Look, please...
I don't want to lose you, too.
Ben, you were dragged away in Vegas.
I haven't heard from you. I had no idea where you were.
I know.
You know, I'm so sorry that I hurt you.
I'm sorry.
In Vegas, I don't know what happened. That wasn't me.
Look, you know me.
You know what I'm like.
You know me.
I need you to trust me.
And the winner of this year's 2.09
for excellence in the field of robotics goes to the team of Conolly and Kazazi!
That's it. That's the story.
Jill Taylor. Really?
- Yeah. Yeah, really. - Wow.
Yeah, it doesn't feel like "wow," Miles. I really screwed up.
Yeah, you did. But you had a life experience.
I can't believe how I treated you, Miles.
You know, you're my best friend, and I really let you down.
I really let you down. I'm sorry.
And I'm happy for you, you know? Winning the 2.09? That's great.
- Jill Taylor. Really? - Yeah.
So let me get this straight.
Money, girls,
high-roller suites, clubs, Vegas.
Yeah, I think I probably would have blown off the 2.09 Competition, too.
So we cool?
Yeah, we're cool.
But you better believe that you're gonna make this up to me, big time.
All right.
So, what are you gonna do now?
What do you want, Ben? This is an alumni dinner.
You need a diploma to come to one of these.
Wait. Stupnitsky wants back in.
What?
Look, I've had some time to think about what you said.
I want back in.
- Why now? - Because I have nothing else.
All right, look, Ben. I'm not gonna lie to you. You're good, you're very, very good.
But you did exactly what I told you not to. You got emotional and then you got stupid.
Now you tell me why in the world I'd ever get back in business with you.
Look, I know I should never have disrespected you, all right? I know that.
With this facial recognition software,
our window of opportunity is closing in on us.
Now, I need this, Micky. I really, really need this.
Well, the take would have to be really, really good to get me even vaguely interested.
Well, you know, that's why I was thinking maybe you should be the other big player.
You know, two big players playing big?
Hey, slow down, I haven't played in a long time, Ben.
But Fisher's out.
No one else on the team can be the big player, can they?
And if we do well, if we do really well,
then you get your grades back, get to Harvard Med,
and I might even get that sabbatical.
Well, amazing things can be done from the inside, right?
Just went back to the head of the class.
I gotta go be social.
All right, now listen. It's different out there this time.
The stakes are high and it's more dangerous.
But the return is gonna be the biggest.
Now they know our faces, so we're gonna wear disguises.
And we can't mess around.
I'm glad you're back with us, Micky.
Well, I couldn't let you guys come back to this town
and not prove to Ben that I can do more than just teach.
But as we've all said, this game is about the past and the future,
and tonight we forget about the past.
We just focus on the future.
Right. This is our last time.
Now, we all know the drill if things get ugly. We meet at the Fox Strip Club.
Nobody leaves this town alone.
Let's go make a killing.
All right.
Let's see what we can do with this.
Seems like I'm having one of those days, you know what I mean, Jim?
I'm bringing all the luck today. I'm just bringing it all.
Anyone who's in any kind of contact with me is getting so much luck today.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! There it is.
Thank you. God, I love this town. I love this game.
And, Jim, I might even love you.
Hey, you mind if I sit down?
What's your name?
Shane? I'm about to change your luck. It's gonna become mine.
There you go, give me it all.
There you go.
Thank you. Thank you.
Such a shame, Shane!
Okay, I'm supposed to double, right?
- Is this your first time, darling? - I've been winning and losing for hours.
Well, that's all right. I've been winning and losing for years.
What the hell kind of streak are you on, boy?
This never happens, this never happens.
I'm just gonna have to split those tens.
- Splitting tens. - Splitting tens!
- Split tens! - Again!
- Thank you, ma'am. - Give me the chips, Blanca.
Give me the chips! Come on, give me the chips, Blanca.
Come on, just give me the chips!
- My bus has to leave right away. - I gotta walk my dog.
- I'm sorry we're making such a mess. - Go, go, go, go, go.
Nice to see you. Have a good night, darling.
This way!
Go.
This way!
Come on, Jill. Come on!
Go that way. Throw me the chips. Come on, we gotta separate.
Give me the chips, I'll meet you at Fox's.
Go, go, go, go!
Come on, come on.
Move, move, move!
Come on.
Go, go, this way.
All right, let's go.
Go, go, go, go! Airport!
I never saw Micky Rosa after that.
Oh, God.
But I think I wanna see him now.
And I want you to make that happen.
I don't work for Micky anymore.
Come on, kid.
Your picture's all over the database. Your Vegas gig is done.
But I will give you one night.
And I can guarantee that you won't be bothered.
You'll make a killing, and you'll keep it all.
Listen.
My name's Cole.
Cole Williams.
You just bring me Micky Rosa, kid.
I'll take care of the rest.
Son of a bitch.
Who the hell are you?
Ben. Good job.
You'll be glad to know I'm gonna have a talk with your professor, and that MIT thing?
It's gonna work out for you.
So that's it?
- That's it. - All right.
Oh, Dr. Campbell?
They don't have pensions in my line of work.
And the software does what it's supposed to do.
And I been chasing Micky Rosa around here for too damn long.
I'm looking at some retirement.
Leave the bag.
No. No, no, no, no.
I need this money. You have no idea what I went through to get this money.
I know, kid, but you're gonna figure out how to get everything you want in this life,
'cause you're smart.
So, you're gonna leave the bag.
Ben, give him the bag. Give him the bag. It doesn't matter. Give him the bag.
I knew you were smart.
I had a 1590 on my SAT.
I got a 44 on my MCATs.
And I have a 4.0 GPA from MIT.
I thought I had my life mapped out.
But then I remembered
what my Nonlinear Equations professor once told me,
"Always account for variable change."
Hello, Micky.
Look, I got money in Boston. A hundred grand.
I'll give it to you. Just let me walk away. I'll walk away.
I don't want your money, Micky. I don't need it.
But I know someone who might be interested.
He's good with numbers, too. He works for the IRS.
I let down my good friends.
But as it turns out, they weren't too bad at simple math either.
I scored the prettiest girl in school.
I got beaten down by an old-school Vegas thug
who was having trouble accepting his retirement.
But I worked out a deal with him that got him a nice pension.
And I lied to my mother.
But I confessed the lie, and, well, she still loved me.
So my senior year of college, I joined this team.
And I learned this new skill.
I went to Vegas 17 times to use it.
I made hundreds of thousands of dollars counting cards.
And then I had it all stolen from me.
Twice.
How's that for life experience, professor? Did I dazzle you?
Did I jump off the page?