Getting the transcript…
By Fallen Surge Drama · 1313 caption lines · Watch on YouTube
Defendant Mason, you have caused a fatal altercation at the casino and impeded official investigation. The court sentences you to 10 years in prison.
>> Mason, I only pushed him. That's all. I never expected him to die. The police are coming any second. If they trace this back to me, the family's gambling license and all our businesses will be finished for good. You caused his death. Why should the rest of the family pay for your mistake?
>> Mason, you're taking the fall for Evan.
>> Father, mother, I've been lost for 10 years. I just came home and you want me to take the fall for him?
>> Evan suffered from severe arrhythmia since childhood. Prison would break him. You're physically strong. A few years locked up won't do you real harm.
>> Mom, I didn't do this. Why am I the one who has to pay for what he did?
>> Mason, if you take the fall for Evan, I will marry you the moment you get out of prison. I promise.
>> This isn't about whether you'll wait for me. I committed no crime. Why should I plead guilty?
>> Mason!
>> Evan's adopted, but during those 10 years you were gone, he stood in your place and stayed by our side. You owe him.
>> I endured 10 years of hardship out in the world.
>> [gasps]
>> It took everything for me to get back home. But I've barely gotten back and you two are casting me aside?
>> Don't talk like we're abandoning you. This family is counting on you. You must bear this blame for Evan.
>> No. I didn't do it and I'm NOT PAYING FOR HIS CRIME.
>> OFFICER, I'M REPORTING a murder. Mason
>> Quick eyes, steady hands, the kid was born for the card table. He has what it takes to go far. The one I've been waiting for is finally here. What are you in for?
>> My adopted brother caused a death at the family's private poker club. My birth parents, along with my fiance, colluded to pin this crime on me. From this day forward, I'm going to teach you every trick of the tables. You're my one and only heir. You work for Ace, don't you? His old gang is disbanded per his words. No one has to keep running that old setup for him any longer. Go home.
>> Where are you going?
>> Go home. Make those who wronged me pay.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVANS.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>> WHATEVER you want today, I will give you. Anything you ask for, Mom will grant you.
>> After today, you will truly be a grown man.
>> Quite a party. Yet, who still remembers this is my birthday, too?
>> Evan, this is my birthday gift to you. A private villa on the bay.
>> Mom, this is way too much.
>> And for me, a new car, limited edition. It's parked outside.
>> Thanks, Dad.
>> I had this limited edition watch made just for you by a premium independent watch atelier. Do you like it?
>> I love it. Mom, Dad, Claire, you were all so good to me. Yeah. Quite a party. Yet, none of you bothered to call me over?
>> Mason, you're out?
>> What? Surprised to see me?
>> You're back, so be it. Who are you putting on this pitiful show for?
>> You get released from prison and couldn't even let us know ahead of time. Couldn't you at least make a phone call?
>> I stepped straight out of prison. No cash, no phone. What was I supposed to use to get hold of you?
>> Are you blaming us for this?
>> Happy birthday. Funny. Only the adopted son's name is on this cake. Not a single word marks the birthday of their own birth son. What a wonderful family I've got.
>> Right. Today's Mason's birthday, too.
>> Brother, this is all my fault. Do you still blame me? I'm the one who handed you 10 years in prison. I deserve to die. I shouldn't even be alive. If I die, will you finally forgive me?
>> Kevin, don't do this. Put the knife down. Put the knife down.
>> LET ME DIE. I'LL GIVE MY LIFE BACK TO YOU, BROTHER.
>> You haven't done anything wrong. Mother won't allow you to harm yourself. Mason, what is it you're after? What do you want from us? You are well aware Evan has severe acridemia. Why must you go out of your way to agitate him? Would you be satisfied only when you push him into an episode?
>> Are you blind? He's the one who picked up the knife to take his own life. What does that have to do with me?
>> 10 years spent in prison, what rotten ways have you picked up in there?
>> Mom, Dad, don't blame him. Brother went through 10 hard years behind bars. It is only fair that he hates me.
>> [gasps]
>> I I can't breathe.
>> Evan, Evan!
>> Get his medication, now!
>> Evan, slow your breathing. Stay calm.
>> The second you step foot back here, you throw this whole household into chaos. Go down to the basement at once. You stay there until Evan has settled down.
>> The basement? I've just finished 10-year prison sentence. Are you two planning to lock me away once more?
>> We want you to stay away from Evan. It is for the good of this family.
>> What are you doing?
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> I took 10 years behind bars for Evan. And you all got to live well out in the open. Lobster, king crab, vintage booze, supercars, villas. Any outsider would think he was the one who earned all this merit.
>> Mason, this is all my fault.
>> Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.
>> I shouldn't even be alive. Would you be satisfied only if I were dead?
>> Mason, I'm begging you. Stop provoking Evan. Do this for the sake of this family.
>> For this family? That's exactly what you said 10 years ago.
>> Mason, have you had enough of this? Must you turn this into such an intractable mess?
>> Intractable? Then to hell WITH ALL OF IT!
>> MASON, YOU STEP BACK IN HERE AND you dare run wild inside this house. 10 years spent in prison, is this the sort of thing you picked up?
>> Did you honestly think I was off studying abroad? That was prison. What exactly did you expect me to learn in there?
>> Seems after 10 years in prison, you have forgotten all of this family's rules. Today, I shall make you learn this family's rules.
>> Mason, just back down. If he truly lays hands on you, you will not be able to bear it.
>> I endured 10 long years in prison. Why would I fear his belt?
>> Dad, I'm the reason Mason has become this way. Lay your hands on me, not him. Only my death can erase the hatred in his heart.
>> My poor child, what would I do without you?
>> Let your father beat some sense into him. Maybe it'll knock the prison filth out of him.
>> Today, you will learn exactly who is in charge of this family.
>> Mason, I'm begging you. Get on your knees and apologize to Dad. Stop making him any angrier.
>> You want me to kneel before him? He does not deserve that.
>> Do not imagine that your time behind bars grants you license TO DEFY ALL ORDER.
>> THAT'S TWO. COME ON, HIT HARDER.
>> You [snorts] unruly son, have you lost all sense of your place? I intend to break your defiance with force this day. Return to your room.
>> Look at you. The first one repays you for giving me life. The second is for this so-called upbringing you provided me. I have repaid everything I owed.
>> You unfilial son, how dare you raise your hand against me?
>> Mason. Mason, get on your knees and apologize to Dad. You've only just been released from prison. If the family casts you out, you will starve out in the world. We were strict with you for your own benefit. Raised through the foster care system, you possess no proper breeding.
>> Foster care system? Do you not fear God's judgment for speaking such words? At the age of eight, I was taken by kidnappers. They asked you for ransom, and you chose not to spend it on me. I barely escaped with my life. I survived, yet was cast into the foster care system. I cycled through the foster care system for 10 full years. Over those 10 years, who among you ever came looking for me? Who even asked about me just once.
>> Mason.
>> When I turned 18, I fought desperately to get back into this family. Yet no sooner had I returned than you made me take the blame for this adopted son. Another 10 years. You have DESTROYED THE BEST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
>> I'm sorry, Mason. It wasn't that we didn't want to visit. Evan's condition was unstable. We couldn't even mention your name at home. The mere sound of it would set off his episodes.
>> So just because he was ill, I deserve to be forgotten by everyone?
>> Brother, I'm the one who got you sent to prison. Please stop clashing with mom and dad, okay?
>> Why are we still wasting words on him? He has no heart left at all.
>> Look at what you've become. It was only 10 years in prison. Is that enough for you to hate this whole family so deeply?
>> Just 10 years? That's all? Are you curious what lessons prison gave me? I learned what it means to live with self-respect. I learned I would no longer allow you to crush me beneath your feet. I bore it for 10 long years just to stand my ground. And to reclaim each and everything this family has withheld from me.
>> Brother, it is my fault you have ended up like this. Let your anger out on me if you must. Should you beat me on to death, I shall bear no grievance towards you.
>> This bottle's worth at least 15 grand, right?
>> Brother, if it will calm your rage, I do not mind what happens to me.
>> You want to atone for your sins, don't you?
>> Fine. I accept. I'll take the villa. I'll take the car, too, and the watch. I'm taking all of it.
>> PUT IT DOWN.
>> This is what Evan owes me. If you think this isn't enough, I can keep taking more. Mark my words. I shall return. When I have need of them, I will come to claim every prized possession of this family, piece by piece. Don't get comfortable. I'm only getting started. 10 years. I wonder how Maya and Tyler are doing.
>> Mason, I got a full scholarship to Seraf University.
>> [laughter]
>> When I become a lawyer, I will get you out of here. I promise.
>> Good.
>> [sighs]
>> Among all us foster kids back then, you were always the most promising one. No crying. I get by well enough in here. The two of you must look after yourselves. Mason, take care of yourself in there. No matter how long it takes, we'll be waiting for you. What happened to this place?
>> Tyler!
>> [sighs] [gasps]
>> Mason, you're back. It's okay, Tyler. I've got money now. No matter how much you owe, I'll sort it out for you.
>> Money won't fix this. I racked up 150,000 in gambling debts last night. They've seized Maya and are keeping her at the casino.
>> [snorts]
>> Tyler!
>> [panting]
>> There were a hundred better paths you could have taken. Why throw yourself into gambling?
>> You think I wanted to? Maya has cancer. Treatment costs $1.2 MILLION, MASON. WHERE WAS I EVER SUPPOSED TO GET $1.2 MILLION?
>> [panting and gasps]
>> I was [snorts] just trying to save her, but I kept losing. Just let me die, man. Please. Let me die.
>> It's okay. I've got the money. You take me to the casino right now. We're going to get Maya back.
>> It won't work, Mason. That casino has a rule. Once they hold someone for a debt, you can't just pay cash and walk them out. You have to win at the tables. 10 straight wins, and only then do they release the person. I have to gamble my way to her?
>> Yeah.
>> Am I really never going to get away from gambling?
>> Good. Reading players, controlling the tempo, spotting a setup. You've caught up to me. Ace, I've long wondered what landed you in this place. Most people figure card craft is nothing more than a way to chase cash. Hit your target, get out. Hit your target, fix your whole life. That's the lie they feed themselves. Then one day, I broke a gambler. I took all he had. I avenged my family. But that act is what locked me away in this place. The whole world runs on gambles, Mason. Myself, you, every single person.
>> If gambling ruined your family, why teach me all of this?
>> Because I cannot make gambling go away. But I can show you how to read the table and spot the trap before it snaps shut. Fools gamble with money and their own cravings. True caliber players gamble on human nature and the choices people end up making. I trust my instincts. You're a good-hearted man. That's the reason I hand all this skill over to you. Never exploit other people with it. Use it to break apart those cruel, man-eating tables.
>> Taking your own life fixes absolutely nothing.
>> [snorts and gasps]
>> Mason, take me to that casino. Now. If we hope to get Maya free, there is only one path remaining. We have to play.
>> No. No one walks into that casino and comes out ahead. They strip every last cent from you.
>> Once I sit down at their table, I'll be the one cleaning that casino out. Tonight, I will play by their rules and blow their entire operation apart. Heads up. VIP entrance incoming.
>> All 30 sided dice.
>> Handsome. First time here?
>> I'm here to take someone home.
>> In this house, everything gets settled at the tables.
>> So, you're saying I have to play?
>> I already told you the rules.
>> Fine. Deal me in.
>> You'll regret it.
>> Regret? Never learned the word.
>> Big words. I'll take you on myself. Bring her out.
>> Maya!
>> Go home! Don't gamble! Chasing gambling tables only brings ruin. Mason, I've got a terminal illness. My days are running out. You just got out of prison and life is already tough for you. Don't sacrifice your future over me. Tyler, take Mason and get away. Nothing can save me. Leave me be.
>> Maya, it's all my fault. I'm [snorts] the one who brought this upon you. Can we start now?
>> How much would you like to buy in for, sir?
>> How many chips will this get me?
>> You sure come prepared with expensive toys.
>> Limited piece from a top independent watchmaker. It's authentic. It's a global limited edition. Market value sits at around $300,000. But, But have a house rule. All pawned items get 50% of their value. This watch will get you 150,000 in chips.
>> Fine. That worthless thing came from some spineless creep. I don't want to cluttering up my sight.
>> Show me just how good you really are. What game are you looking for?
>> My brother played Texas Hold'em here last night, right?
>> Mhm.
>> Good. Let's go with Hold'em.
>> Shuffle up.
>> We will play no limit Texas Hold'em. Every player receives two private hole cards. Five community cards will be dealt sequentially, the flop, the turn, and finally the river. Players construct their strongest five-card hand from their two hole cards together with the five community cards. Hand rankings in descending order. Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, one pair, high card.
>> That's insane. Three pots won back-to-back?
>> Dig up everything on this guy. He dares to come in and tear apart my tables?
>> Vivian, if losing stings, just say it. I'll leave [snorts] every single chip right here. I don't even like gambling.
>> Since Sol Veeren opened, nobody's ever won a person free from me at the tables.
>> This is Mason, the long-missing biological eldest son of that established old money family, fresh out of prison.
>> That old family's missing firstborn? What audacity. Get a message to them.
>> Has he lost his mind?
>> What happened? [snorts]
>> Mason has headed over to Vivian Sol Veeren Casino Resort. He has won three hands in a row, and he's playing for massive stakes each time.
>> [sighs]
>> Dad, we cannot afford to cross Vivian. Could Mason end up in real danger?
>> I'm going to bring Mason back.
>> I'm coming with you. Mason have won six hands now. I'm going to get you out of here. Vivian Things are spiraling out of hand. If we keep playing, he will completely take over our tables tonight. If you can't carry on, just set her free. What I said earlier still stands. I will not take a single chip from this table.
>> Mason, you have to quit this game. This is the Vivian's premier casino. Vivian can blacklist our whole family from the gambling industry with a single remark. No one can keep winning every hand. Get out while you can.
>> Mason, it's far more than just your own funds on the line. If you keep going, you may bring total ruin upon our whole family. I couldn't care less if this family collapses.
>> Mason, they are people of no standing. You gain nothing by sticking your neck out for them.
>> Enough out of you. I choose to do this for them. Vivian, same offer. Let her go or we play on.
>> You mean to stand against me no matter what?
>> If Mason will not heed reason, force him to forfeit every single chip he has won. It will serve as our peace offering to Vivian.
>> Dad, what if Mason won't go down easily?
>> Then have him eliminated. To this family, Mason was never my son.
>> Now's my chance to finish Marston off.
>> Mason, stop.
>> Since Mason refuses to stop gambling
>> Player and I will face him directly.
>> Vivian Permit us to take over this game. Let this stand as our family's apology to you.
>> Are you confident you can defeat him?
>> You'll see what I can do.
>> Fine. Make him lose and we're even. Mess this up and I won't hold back. Mason You need to back off. Surrender while you still have a chance to salvage this.
>> So, are we going to play? Take your seat if you want in. Mason wants to gamble? We'll play him. But mark my words, 1 hour. That's all you get to save her. When time's up, she's on a private yacht out to international waters. You won't be able to chase her down. Even if you win another 100 rounds, you will never get her back. Mason, time is slipping away. We've only secured six wins so far. We need four more victories to win Maya's freedom.
>> 1 hour is plenty. But this table's minimum buy-in sits at $1.5 million. Do you two actually have that kind of capital? Of course.
>> We don't have that kind of cash anymore.
>> Vivian, can you lend us chips up front?
>> Lend you? No credit without collateral in my casino.
>> We're down, but we still have assets. I stake our leftover poker club shares and several properties as collateral.
>> Seven and a half million in chips? Enough?
>> Sure as hell.
>> Plenty. Mason, let's play for real now. Evan, this is grown-up business. Stay out. Don't want the old folks back home dying over this. I've got my chips. You aren't backing down, are you? My dear brother, gambling has never been your thing, has it? When father tried passing those skills to you as a child, you resisted him stubbornly. You wanted to be an aircraft mechanic, remember? Your wins [clears throat] are all just luck. Gambling isn't luck, it's skill.
Afraid? You can quit right now.
>> Mason isn't a professional. He can't beat us.
>> Poor folks lose, and they have to take it. The chips are ready. Deal. I won't check my whole cards. I go all in. You're shoving all in blind on the very first hand?
>> You have no real grasp of poker strategy. Facing an unfamiliar rival, you play small stakes the first few hands. You gauge their hand range before making big moves.
>> Claire, no soft feelings now. Making Mason lose is the only way to help him.
>> Now, this is an interesting table.
>> Why waste time feeling them out? So, you believe you can defeat me? Then stake every last asset your family still holds against me. Go on. Call my bet.
>> Hey, what's this guy playing at?
>> A million and a half dollar single hold'em hand?
>> He's going all in without checking his whole cards?
>> I've never witnessed something like this.
>> Mason. Are you certain you won't check your cards?
>> What's the point of looking? It's only two whole cards. Nothing worth seeing.
>> Evan, Claire. You're calling or folding?
>> What if it's a trap? Is he cheating?
>> I didn't see anything.
>> Unless
>> He's bluffing us?
>> Forget it. Play it safe. Switch one of the whole cards first. Collusion makes perfect sense. Their cheating fits who they are.
>> Brother, you're going all in right off the bat. I'm terrified. I fold. I fold.
>> Pathetic. You got that little guts? Why are you here?
>> Savor your smirk while you can. You'll be weeping before long.
>> I call. All in.
>> You're calling me?
>> I'm sorry, Mason.
>> Four nines.
>> A decade wandering the streets, then 10 long years behind bars. You don't understand the complexities of high society life. We cannot afford to cross this casino.
>> Suspicious of the situation.
>> If I win, you will not get that girl out of here tonight. Defeat is your only outcome today.
>> Mason, Tyler, just go. Don't ever gamble again. It hurts everybody around you.
>> Maya, I'm sorry. I went crazy. I tried gambling to get the money for you. I'm so sorry.
>> [snorts] [laughter]
>> Look at that, such touching sibling bond. Absolutely heart-melting.
>> [sighs]
>> Wait, something's wrong.
>> Tyler, why are you shedding tears already? I haven't flipped my whole cards over. Ace of spades. Care to wager that one of my whole cards is the five of spades?
>> [gasps]
>> Straight flush, ace to five. Your four nines lose to this.
>> Straight flush A5, four nines lose. Smallest straight flush beats quads. Unbelievable. We won!
>> No way. Mason wins the hand.
>> THREE MILLION WHOLE DOLLARS. HOW CAN I face the family after losing this sum? You cheated!
>> Mason, you absolutely cheated.
>> I saw you. You tampered with the deck a moment ago. Spit it out. What trick did you use to get the ace and five of spades into your whole cards?
>> You sure about that?
>> I saw it WITH MY OWN EYES.
>> VIVIAN, what punishment do you hand out for casino collusion?
>> They lose one hand.
>> What if it's a frame-up?
>> Then both hands go.
>> Good. Search me. Prove I'm cheating, I take my loss. Yet if you turn up nothing, your hand gets cut off. Do it. What's holding you back? Search me. No cards. Take his hand.
>> You claimed he cheated. What are you scared of now?
>> Come on. Put your hand out.
>> Evan.
>> He wants my hand, Mason does. There's no way I can turn this down.
>> Evan, calm down. Sit down. Just sit down.
>> [cough and clears throat]
>> Mason, have you lost your humanity? You are fully aware of Evan's severe arrhythmia, yet you keep goading him. He's your little brother. You should cut him some slack as the older one.
>> You're older than he is, too. Where is your mercy for him? Back then, why didn't you go to prison instead of him?
>> Claire, my chest feels so tight.
>> [gasps]
>> I can't go on with this game. Yet my brother still refuses to back down.
>> What are we supposed to do?
>> If I had known earlier, I should have invited both my father and mother to come.
>> Breathe. Stay calm. It's okay. I'll figure something out. Vivian.
>> What?
>> I'm putting up the rest of the family firm's equity. Lend me 9 million.
>> You sure? One little fake cough from Evan, and you stake your whole family's assets?
>> Claire, word goes around your family's been on a steady decline for years. Your holdings have shrunk drastically. They can't possibly cover 9 million.
>> How is that possible?
>> We should have brought Richard and Victoria. The four of us together can't lose. Maya, we're all right now. They've got no more funds left. We'll get out soon.
>> [snorts]
>> I knew Mason could do it.
>> Vivian, those who dragged her into this match have lost everything. They have no capital left. None of these winnings interest me. That means I get to take her away, doesn't it?
>> You're quite the peculiar character. You play brilliantly yet you despise gambling itself. Fine. Take her. Your family lost. I will collect the rest of their debt in due time.
>> Mason.
>> Mason. Thank you.
>> Maya, we're going home.
>> This family hasn't lost. The game isn't over. We keep playing.
>> Claire's meant to marry into our family. You were short on funds. Why never come to me? So I've come, bringing the money you require.
>> Our family has fallen on hard times yet I've liquidated our final assets. 9 million is still within reach.
>> Then let's get started.
>> Mason, after you left this family, this is the path you chose, a gambler?
>> I saw this side of you coming all along. I ought to have ended your life when you were an infant. Mason, gambling destroys lives. You spent 10 years behind bars. I hoped you would have reformed. Yet the moment you get out, you throw yourself into gambling. Where have you picked up such rotten habits? What you've become shames our entire family.
>> Wow, they're one family.
>> Mason did time in prison. Don't think he's any good. He pushes his own parents into this game? What a ruthless man.
>> Finished your speech? Let's play. Every second you drag on keeps me from saving her.
>> $9 million is all our family has remaining. The four of us will collude in this game. He must not walk away victorious.
>> Mason will lose. I gave birth to him. I know exactly what he's capable of.
>> Mason hates this game by nature. He stands no chance against us. Claire, don't get sentimental. My brother must lose. It's the only chance for him and our family to stay alive.
>> The four of them together are that good?
>> They're a long-established Serbian poker family. They're famous for card tricks and team rigging. Let those four join forces and only one figure ever held the upper line. The mythical Ace. Every trick is classic card manipulation. A four-man scam. Interesting. 100.
>> [laughter]
>> 100? With mom and dad sitting right here, are you afraid to go all in now? Should I spot you some chips to boost your nerve?
>> Seriously? 100? Mason, you bring nothing but shame upon our household.
>> You're hopeless. Mason, stop. Luck can only carry you so far. You cannot defeat four opponents at once. If you quit while you can, you can still hold on to some self-respect.
>> Fold. Damn it. Mason's win streak is over.
>> Come on! Again! Keep going!
>> Mason, we're almost out of time. Only one round left to take.
>> [gasps]
>> You have to pull this off.
>> No more toying with him. Fix the card order for this round. We spring our trap now.
>> [sighs]
>> How?
>> Mason has kept his play very tight all this time. We gave him bait across multiple hands, yet he refuses to go all in.
>> Mother, Father, what if we provoke him? Once his temper flares, he might shove all in.
>> Provoke him? What are you talking about?
>> You'll see. Do you recall being abducted by our rivals when you were 8 years old? Your mother and I have discussed this. It was the correct choice to withhold the ransom back then. You've been nothing but a burden since birth. Good-for-nothing your whole life. You have never achieved a single thing. We grew tired of supporting you long before this. Seeing who you've become proves our choice was justified.
A decade wandering, another behind bars, yet you remain this worthless wreck. So, here we are, and you don't dare wager over 100.
>> Mason, stay calm. They're trying to bait you. Brother, I've kept a secret from you all this time. Our parents were fully aware you were living within the foster care system.
>> What?
>> To then taking you back would only add another weight on the family. What's the point of spending resources on someone who contributes nothing? It turns out Mason gets the worst of everything, doesn't he?
>> Look at this whole family. Are those words any decent person would say?
>> So, when you took me back into the family, you only wanted a scapegoat to bear the blame?
>> You may be good-for-nothing, but you still had to serve some purpose, right? We poured years into grooming Evan for our family. There was no way we would ever send him to prison. Locking you away for 10 years suited you perfectly.
>> Mason. Mason, don't listen to them.
>> Get away from me. 4 and 1/2 million.
>> All in.
>> I'M NOT CHECKING MY CARDS.
>> This hand.
>> I'm wiping you out.
>> Trip aces.
>> Queen high straight flush. Royal flush.
>> [gasps]
>> Jesus. All three of them are holding monster hands.
>> And Claire's got a royal flush. That's the nuts.
>> You got no way to beat that.
>> Looks unwinnable. How How are we supposed to beat this?
>> So, Mason. What exactly are you going to beat us with now?
>> Your father and I gave you plenty of chances. Yet you betrayed this family and stood against us.
>> Mason. You aren't strong enough to take us on. Mason.
>> I really can't help you anymore.
>> Who said I lost? A pair of tens. We're done. This time we're really done.
>> Forget about me. Just get out of here.
>> Maya. I'm not leaving you. If there's another life, you're still my sister.
>> You don't have any real skill, yet you dared to sit down at this table.
>> Everybody see that? That's my fearless big brother.
>> Two lives on the line for a lousy pair of tens?
>> [laughter]
>> This is all of his own making.
>> Kid, remember this. The real gamble isn't on the table. The real battle for players takes place off the table. When you know when to lose intentionally, you'll learn to beat them by their own rules.
>> Ace was right. The real gamble was never on the table. I took reckless risks and threw hands on purpose just to feed your arrogance and make you slip up.
>> Son, you're destined to be a loser your whole life.
>> You were an idiot growing up and you still are. I hate myself for ever bringing you into this world.
>> Mason, why not get down on your knees and beg Vivian? Beg sincerely enough and maybe Vivian will show you mercy.
>> Mason, you lost. Own it.
>> Who said I lost? I'm calling them out for cheating. All four of them cheated.
>> Mason, where do you get off saying that?
>> I have never cheated at a table in my life. Vivian, don't listen to him. He's just stirring up trouble right here.
>> Mason, you lost, plain and simple. You have no right to falsely claim we cheated. We're family.
>> Mason, are you formally accusing them of cheating? If they are guilty, we follow the house rules. If this is a false accusation, you know the consequences.
>> I'm sure.
>> Search them.
>> Claire, sleeve holdout. She's hiding cards in her cuff.
>> Vivian, we found it.
>> Richard, card switch. He palms the card between his index and middle fingers. Check his pant leg. Vivian, he's got cards on him. Victoria, marked cards. She scores the backs with her fingernails. Check her nails. Vivian, we found it. Evan, collusion signals. You and Claire have been passing hand information with your eyes. Check his inside pocket. Vivian, we found it. A signal transmitter? That's cheap level trickery.
Damn, all four of them cheated.
>> That's how they kept getting such strong hands? That's disgusting, all of you. Idiots. It is official, the four of you have cheated and the proof is solid. Under house rules, Mason gets every single chip here.
>> That pair of tens? I gave that to you. A decade wandering, a decade wrongfully imprisoned, day in and day out, every second of those 10 years I thought of this moment. I finally made it here.
>> Mason, does this mean we're safe now?
>> Lyle, we're okay. We're getting out. Ace, I still don't like gambling and I hate fighting fire with card tricks. You stubborn kid. Use these talents to protect who you want to keep safe and you won't reject them any longer.
>> Our rules demand cheaters answer for their actions.
>> Vivian, this is your casino. We were trying to sort this trouble out for you. Show us some mercy.
>> Let you walk? That's up to Mason.
>> Then I guess we're not done playing.
>> You are the sole pupil of the legendary Ace, the poker god. Would you truly need me to rig the game for you?
>> Do it.
>> Play games with me and you'll regret it.
>> Mason, it's my fault. Please, I know exactly how badly I've messed up.
>> Son, I admit I've been in the wrong as well. Have mercy on me, I'm begging you.
>> Mason, I fear the pain. I apologize to you, please.
>> Son, son, I mean it. I know I messed up terribly. Everything I've done earns me a place in hell. Please, spare me just this one time.
>> Mason, I'm the one to blame. I messed up. Go ahead, hit me, yell at me all you want. Please, I'm begging, forgive me.
>> Mason, I've acted like a monster. I'm a rotten bastard. Treat me like the dog I am, right here at your feet.
>> Mason, I get on my knees to apologize to you. I messed up 10 years ago. I looked down on you. I know my words can't change what's already happened. If you resent me, go ahead and take my hand. I submit to my punishment.
>> What shame this family has brought upon themselves. Watch Evan begging like a dog on the floor.
>> Their comeuppance arrived so quickly.
>> Mason, just look at how pitiful they are.
>> Mason, see? I'm fine. They have lost absolutely everything already. Please, let them off. I fear you may end up just like them.
>> You wish to stay alive? All right. Put up proper collateral. You cheated. 300 grand per hand, four hands, that's 1.2 million.
>> What? 1.2 million?
>> Every last dollar must be paid.
>> This table holds everything our family has left. On top of that, you want another 1.2 million? You're practically asking for our lives.
>> You thankless brute. Are you trying to get us killed?
>> Mason, what kind of man are you even anymore?
>> We're family.
>> I'm your father, your own flesh and blood. I raised you all these years, and this is the thanks I get?
>> Mason, YOU'RE A COLD-BLOODED BEAST.
>> This family is exactly what made me who I've become.
>> What possesses you to act this way? Fine, I'm not your blood relative, but your parents are. Family blood means everything. Do you intend to destroy us?
>> They wished death on him not long ago. Now they hide behind family. Such a sham. They were begging for mercy only a moment ago, yet now they turn and lash out. Blood? Family? You drove an 18-year-old kid to prison back then. Where was your blood? Where was your family love? What was I to you? A scapegoat? A tool you could throw away? 10 long years trapped in a living hell getting tortured and coerced EVERY DAY. WHERE EXACTLY WERE YOU THEN?
Now all of a sudden you're going on about family. Vivian, I need you to do something for me. Liquidate every single one of their family's holdings.
>> No.
>> Handle this immediately. All of Richard's assets, fancy cars, houses, stock holdings, liquidate every last one. Get them out of here. Take every valuable they've got and give it to Mason.
>> Mason, I hate you. What are you doing? Get your HANDS OFF ME, MASON.
>> [screaming]
>> MASON, ACCEPT THIS CASHIER'S CHECK valued at 1.2 million dollars. I shall deposit the remaining table proceeds into your account.
>> This money is ill done.
>> [gasps]
>> Take what you are owed, keep my 1.2 million and give the rest away to the Foster Youth Aid Foundation. I was raised through foster care. This is my way of repaying that. Mason, you're a total legend.
>> You were outstanding back there.
>> The 1.2 million dollars is their ransom for survival. Yet for me, it secures Maya's safety and holds our prospect of a new beginning. Hello. I need you to get Maya the top-tier treatment available. Whatever it takes.
>> Sir, what exactly is this?
>> 1.2 million. Is that enough to cover her treatment?
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> 1.2 million dollars? Sir, that's far more than
>> I just need one promise from you. Bring in the best drugs, facilities, and medical experts. Cure her fully and let her live in good health. She's my one and only sister, my greatest light in this harsh world.
>> All right. Mason, you're using every dollar you got from them for my sake. You almost lost your life to earn this. It isn't worth doing all this for me. I'm fading away and I'll only hold you and Tyler back.
>> Don't ever say that, Maya. Back [snorts] 20 years, meeting you two siblings was when I first knew what family felt like. You and Tyler are the only real family I have in this world. That's [snorts] why, for you, for our family, 1.2 million is nothing. I'd pay 12 million without a second thought. You and Tyler are all that gives my existence any real meaning. Maya, do as I say. Fight to get well.
I promise. Nobody is going to harm you or Tyler ever again. Nobody will make you cry. I'll shield you both, even if it costs me my life. The three of us are family. Always.
>> Mason.
>> [laughter]
>> This is unbelievable. Her condition It's much better than we expected.
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> For this rare malignant tumor, survival rates sit below 5%, but her body's response
>> The surgery has over a 95% success rate. It's practically a medical miracle.
>> Really? You mean she can actually make it? Thank god.
>> [sighs]
>> He finally heard us.
>> Mason.
>> [snorts]
>> It's all ON YOU. YOU WRECKED EVERYTHING OUR FAMILY HAD. I WENT FROM having tens of millions to my name to being nothing but a beggar on the street. You did this to me.
>> [snorts]
>> Don't you dare blame us. You were just as greedy as anyone. Who suggested using Mason as a scapegoat to cool Vivian's rage? Now you're pointing fingers at us, you good-for-nothing.
>> It's my fault, all of it. Claire, did I ruin this family?
>> [sighs and gasps]
>> This is the price of everything I did wrong.
>> It's been 10 years since my release from prison. This is the very first time I've known happiness. No rush from payback. No joy from money. Just the quiet comfort of my family being safe.
>> [snorts]
>> Mason.
>> Tyler?
>> You rescued my sister and me. We owe you our very existence. This kindness will never fade from my memory. I swear, whatever you ask of me for the rest of my life, I will never say no. I will repay you for saving us.
>> Tyler, get up.