:19:01
Better here than up there.
:19:03
SAM: Then he missed the flights
connecting with Japan.
:19:06
I can't believe there's no room.
:19:13
SAM: We got him back with
a whole floor of rooms to himself.
:19:16
-Sorry you missed your plane.
-You'd like some of my money back.
:19:19
Oh, no. No gambling.
:19:21
[Upbeat R&B music]
:19:24
SAM: And once he was back,
he played small.
:19:29
He bet $1,000 a hand,
instead of his usual $30,000 a hand.
:19:36
But I knew the trick
with whales like Ichikawa...
:19:39
was that they can't bet small for long.
:19:41
He didn't think of it as winning $10, 000...
:19:44
he thought of it as losing $90, 000.
:19:47
So, he upped his bets.
:19:53
Until he dropped his winnings back
and gave up $1 million of his own cash.
:19:59
In a casino, the cardinal rule
is to keep them playing...
:20:02
and keep them coming back.
:20:04
The longer they play, the more they lose.
:20:06
In the end, we get it all.
:20:08
[Upbeat R&B music]
:20:17
In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch
everybody else.
:20:23
Since the players
are looking to beat the casino...
:20:27
the dealers are watching the players...
:20:31
the boxmen are watching the dealers...
:20:34
the floormen are watching the boxmen...
:20:37
the pit bosses are watching the floormen...
:20:40
the shift bosses are watching
the pit bosses...
:20:42
the casino manager is watching
the shift bosses...
:20:45
I'm watching the casino manager...
:20:47
and the eye in the sky is watching us all.
:20:55
Plus, we had a dozen guys...
:20:57
most of them ex-cheats,
who knew every trick in the house.