:19:02
so, hey, why not
take advantage of it.
:19:06
Still, the politicians came cheap.
We could handle them.
:19:09
It's a whale
like K.K. Ichikawa...
:19:12
who plays $30,000 a hand
in baccarat...
:19:15
that's the one
you really gotta watch.
:19:17
He plays fast and big
and he has the cash and the credit...
:19:20
to turn out your lights.
:19:22
About a year ago he cleaned out a couple
of casinos in the Cayman lslands.
:19:26
Downstairs he takes us
for two million...
:19:28
and upstairs he takes free
soap, shampoo and towels.
:19:33
Another billionaire cheapskate
who loved his free rooms...
:19:35
free private jets and
two million of our money.
:19:39
But we got him back.
:19:42
I had our pilot tell him
the plane was on the fritz.
:19:45
I don't know what the hell went wrong.
I'm awfully sorry.
:19:47
I can't understand it. These mechanical
things, you know they happen.
:19:50
Hey, but better here than
up there, you know what I mean.
:19:53
Then he missed the commercial
flights connecting with Japan.
:19:55
I can't believe that there's
a convention; there's no room.
:20:03
We got him back with a whole floor
of rooms to himself.
:20:06
- I'm sorry you missed your plane.
- Glad to get to know you.
:20:09
Oh, no. No gambling.
:20:14
And once he was back,
he played small.
:20:19
He bet 1,000 a hand,
instead of his usual 30,000 a hand.
:20:23
...to the bank
with a natural lead over a five.
:20:26
But I knew the trick
with whales like lchikawa...
:20:29
was that they can't bet
small for long.
:20:32
He didn't think of it
as winning 10,000...
:20:34
he thought of it
as losing 90,000.
:20:38
So, he upped his bets.
:20:44
Until he dropped his winnings back
and gave up a million of his own cash.
:20:51
In the casino, the cardinal rule
is to keep them playing...
:20:53
and keep them coming back.
:20:55
The longer they play,
the more they lose.
:20:58
In the end, we get it all