1 00:00:02,670 --> 00:00:04,605 * * 2 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:29,097 I'm feeling lucky tonight. 3 00:00:36,104 --> 00:00:37,338 Changing $5,000. 4 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:47,681 Now there's a man with confidence. 5 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:49,983 MAN: Yeah, I'd love to join you, partner, 6 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:52,019 but I have two ex-wives counting on me. 7 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:53,454 How about you? 8 00:00:53,521 --> 00:00:55,656 I think I'll stick with my 3-iron off the tee. 9 00:00:55,723 --> 00:00:57,091 Straight and safe, huh? 10 00:00:57,158 --> 00:00:59,660 * * 11 00:01:15,443 --> 00:01:17,945 -( heavy accent ): Split them. -Where you from, kid? 12 00:01:18,011 --> 00:01:19,079 Moscow. 13 00:01:19,147 --> 00:01:20,714 But my dad's business 14 00:01:20,781 --> 00:01:21,982 brings me to L.A. a lot. 15 00:01:22,049 --> 00:01:24,118 Daddy's business must be good, huh? 16 00:01:28,656 --> 00:01:30,658 ( chuckles ): You are lucky, son. 17 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:36,930 Dealer busts. 18 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:38,666 ( sighs ) 19 00:01:40,801 --> 00:01:43,937 Looks like everybody's pretty lucky here tonight. 20 00:01:44,004 --> 00:01:45,206 Sit in, find out for yourself. 21 00:01:45,273 --> 00:01:47,208 I lost too much already. 22 00:01:47,275 --> 00:01:48,409 Maybe next time. 23 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:54,248 You leaving? 24 00:01:54,315 --> 00:01:56,850 Just need a little fresh air. 25 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:59,887 In L.A.? Good luck. 26 00:02:05,893 --> 00:02:06,827 I need my car. 27 00:02:06,894 --> 00:02:08,362 Sorry, man, we're shorthanded. 28 00:02:08,429 --> 00:02:10,664 It's going to be a wait. 29 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:15,403 If you want to get it yourself, I can tell you where to go. 30 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:16,604 ( alarm beeps ) 31 00:02:19,307 --> 00:02:20,841 ( gun cocks ) 32 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:25,179 You want my money? 33 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:29,116 ( gunshot ) 34 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:31,252 Task force got the call about an hour ago. 35 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:33,687 Gunshot was reported at 10:10 p.m. 36 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:34,722 Any witnesses? 37 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:36,123 Not so far. 38 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:38,125 That makes four robberies at this location 39 00:02:38,192 --> 00:02:39,427 in the past six months. 40 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,362 First homicide, though. 41 00:02:41,429 --> 00:02:42,396 Manager says they installed 42 00:02:42,463 --> 00:02:44,432 a camera after the last robbery. 43 00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:47,935 Might get a look off that. 44 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,238 Also found this in the truck. 45 00:02:54,642 --> 00:02:58,479 That's a lot of notebooks. 46 00:03:00,348 --> 00:03:02,216 It's all numbers, equations. 47 00:03:04,151 --> 00:03:06,220 Lucky for us, we know a guy. 48 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:08,422 We do know a guy. 49 00:03:08,489 --> 00:03:10,424 Wallet was tossed. 50 00:03:10,491 --> 00:03:13,361 Cash and credit cards are missing. 51 00:03:15,229 --> 00:03:16,897 DON: Yuri Chernov. 52 00:03:16,964 --> 00:03:19,500 Born '86. 53 00:03:19,567 --> 00:03:20,634 19. 54 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:22,603 That's kind of young for a high roller. 55 00:03:22,670 --> 00:03:24,372 DON: Yeah, Huntington Tech undergrad. 56 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:26,774 Picked the wrong night to take a study break. 57 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,808 Yep. 58 00:03:34,181 --> 00:03:35,983 CHARLIE: We all use math every day, 59 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,785 to predict weather, 60 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:40,521 to tell time, 61 00:03:40,588 --> 00:03:43,891 to handle money. 62 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:48,061 Math is more than formulas and equations. 63 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:51,299 It's logic... 64 00:03:51,365 --> 00:03:53,334 it's rationality. 65 00:03:53,401 --> 00:03:57,638 It's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know. 66 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,012 Well, I've heard about this, 67 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:06,580 but I've never actually seen it demonstrated. 68 00:04:06,647 --> 00:04:08,115 Are you sure this is gonna work? 69 00:04:08,181 --> 00:04:09,082 Absolutely. 70 00:04:09,149 --> 00:04:10,851 DON: Hey, Charlie, I've been looking for you. 71 00:04:10,918 --> 00:04:13,654 Hey, hey, hey. Come over here, man. 72 00:04:13,721 --> 00:04:16,123 So this is for a lecture I'm preparing-- "Math and Molecules: 73 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:17,758 An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics." 74 00:04:17,825 --> 00:04:21,362 It looks like mints and soda to me. 75 00:04:21,429 --> 00:04:22,763 Well, two words: surface tension. 76 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:27,635 The stuff that gives soda its fizz is a gas, carbon dioxide. 77 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:30,103 What holds the gas inside the liquid is surface tension. 78 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:31,339 And we all know the importance 79 00:04:31,405 --> 00:04:32,973 of surface tension in fluid dynamics. 80 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,542 We do? 81 00:04:34,608 --> 00:04:36,810 Bubbles of gas in the soda 82 00:04:36,877 --> 00:04:38,812 experience viscous drag force from the surrounding liquids. 83 00:04:38,879 --> 00:04:41,349 The mints hyper-excite the thermodynamic equilibrium 84 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:43,283 of the supersaturated CO2, 85 00:04:43,351 --> 00:04:45,919 weakening the surface tension, 86 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:49,590 causing the gases to escape rapidly, very rapidly. 87 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:52,326 You guys actually get paid for this? 88 00:04:52,393 --> 00:04:54,094 Despite your brother's adolescent grin, 89 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:55,763 this is actually very sophisticated math here. 90 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:58,332 I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready to do this. 91 00:04:58,399 --> 00:04:59,967 -Are you guys ready? -LARRY: Step back. 92 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:01,635 Sure you don't need a permit or something for this? 93 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:02,836 CHARLIE: Here we go. 94 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:09,009 ( laughs ) Yeah! 95 00:05:09,076 --> 00:05:10,344 That's awesome. 96 00:05:10,411 --> 00:05:12,680 Yeah, that was pretty cool. 97 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,815 So who cleans all this up now? 98 00:05:14,882 --> 00:05:18,018 I am... gonna clean it, probably... later. 99 00:05:18,085 --> 00:05:20,153 Uh, I'm assuming you're not here for the show. 100 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:21,889 Um, yeah. 101 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:22,890 This is Yuri Chernov, 102 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:25,426 who was actually a math student at Huntington Tech. 103 00:05:25,493 --> 00:05:28,161 They've got a brilliant undergrad program there. 104 00:05:28,228 --> 00:05:31,465 Well, he was murdered last night and we found this in his car. 105 00:05:31,532 --> 00:05:35,769 Thought maybe you could figure out what it means. 106 00:05:35,836 --> 00:05:38,472 Those are probability calculations. 107 00:05:38,539 --> 00:05:40,808 If I could, these equations, 108 00:05:40,874 --> 00:05:42,776 they just seem a little familiar to me. 109 00:05:44,311 --> 00:05:45,379 Have you worked with these equations? 110 00:05:45,446 --> 00:05:46,714 I don't know. 111 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:50,283 If I could just examine them more closely. 112 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,819 DON: All right, let me... 113 00:05:51,885 --> 00:05:54,755 can I make a copy in your office? 114 00:05:54,822 --> 00:05:56,524 -Hey, Larry? -Oh, uh... 115 00:05:56,590 --> 00:05:57,591 I'll bring it right back. 116 00:05:57,658 --> 00:05:59,793 I'm just gonna make a copy, all right? 117 00:06:04,565 --> 00:06:06,934 Yuri's parents are flying in today. 118 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,603 I don't know what I'm going to tell them. 119 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:11,472 Well, I can talk to them for you, 120 00:06:11,539 --> 00:06:12,873 if that would make things easier. 121 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:17,244 No, I-I should be the one to tell them. 122 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,279 They always liked me. 123 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:20,280 Really? 124 00:06:20,347 --> 00:06:23,150 How long did you two date for? 125 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:26,487 About a year. 126 00:06:26,554 --> 00:06:28,355 We broke up a couple of months ago. 127 00:06:28,422 --> 00:06:31,559 May I ask why? 128 00:06:31,625 --> 00:06:35,228 The gambling. 129 00:06:35,295 --> 00:06:38,632 At first, it was just sort of a weekend thing for fun. 130 00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:41,401 Then it got to be that's all he would talk about, 131 00:06:41,469 --> 00:06:42,703 all he'd do. 132 00:06:42,770 --> 00:06:44,572 He'd play all day, all weekend. 133 00:06:47,441 --> 00:06:49,242 And did he start getting into debt? 134 00:06:49,309 --> 00:06:51,579 It was the opposite. 135 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:52,980 He just kept winning. 136 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:54,682 And the more he won, 137 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:59,587 Yuri got into this whole player vibe-- 138 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:02,523 dressing differently, acting differently. 139 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:05,092 And that's why you guys broke up? 140 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:09,930 Crazy thing is, a couple of days ago, 141 00:07:09,997 --> 00:07:13,200 I thought we might get back together. 142 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,668 He called and apologized. 143 00:07:14,735 --> 00:07:16,136 Said he was going to quit. 144 00:07:18,238 --> 00:07:19,873 Did he tell you why? 145 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:24,545 He said he made a mistake... 146 00:07:24,612 --> 00:07:26,880 a big one, 147 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:30,984 but that things were going to be okay now. 148 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:38,291 Excuse me, do you mind stopping just for a second? 149 00:07:38,358 --> 00:07:39,426 Thanks. 150 00:07:39,493 --> 00:07:43,764 So Yuri Chernov is shot at close range with a nine millimeter? 151 00:07:43,831 --> 00:07:46,033 Right, nine mil, I mean, there should be some casings. 152 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:47,968 Yeah, none were found. 153 00:07:48,035 --> 00:07:51,438 You know, the witness from the last robbery at the casino 154 00:07:51,505 --> 00:07:52,906 described a .38 caliber. 155 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:54,074 Right. 156 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:56,209 The whole thing feels like a different guy to me, 157 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:57,778 so different gun. 158 00:07:57,845 --> 00:07:59,680 Yeah. 159 00:07:59,747 --> 00:08:01,081 What's up, boys? 160 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:02,149 What's going on? 161 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:03,116 Check this out. 162 00:08:03,183 --> 00:08:05,218 We found these in Yuri Chernov's dorm room. 163 00:08:05,285 --> 00:08:07,254 Ah, driver's licenses, fake IDs. 164 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,457 DAVID: He had different wardrobes in his closet, 165 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:12,092 hair dyes in his bathroom. 166 00:08:12,159 --> 00:08:13,260 Yeah, look at this. 167 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,896 He's got a different look in each one of these. 168 00:08:15,963 --> 00:08:17,765 COLBY: Checked his transcripts, 169 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:19,667 straight A student, total math geek. 170 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:22,135 Well, none of this fits that profile, right? 171 00:08:22,202 --> 00:08:24,972 No, but the ex told me that he was playing the player role, 172 00:08:25,038 --> 00:08:26,306 and that he wanted out of it. 173 00:08:26,373 --> 00:08:28,008 Did we get anything from these security cameras? 174 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:29,643 Nothing. They're blind spots. 175 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:31,411 Should we check inside? 176 00:08:31,478 --> 00:08:32,780 Club's eye in the sky, right? 177 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:35,549 Yeah, maybe we can find someone shadowing the kid. 178 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:39,887 Something wrong, Charlie? 179 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:42,623 I've been thinking about this lecture I gave 180 00:08:42,690 --> 00:08:43,991 on applied probability. 181 00:08:44,057 --> 00:08:46,093 What, the famous casino night? 182 00:08:46,159 --> 00:08:49,496 Oh, yes, "Applying Probability to Games of Chance." 183 00:08:49,563 --> 00:08:51,031 An Eppes classic. 184 00:08:51,098 --> 00:08:53,133 Turning the class into a mini-casino 185 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,437 and applying probability theory to roulette, poker, blackjack. 186 00:08:57,504 --> 00:08:58,972 Gets kids hooked. 187 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,774 I gave that lecture as my guest lecture 188 00:09:00,841 --> 00:09:02,876 at Huntington Tech last year. 189 00:09:02,943 --> 00:09:05,445 Wait, you're not seriously proposing a causal connection 190 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:07,781 between this student's death and your lecture? 191 00:09:07,848 --> 00:09:10,918 Students gamble, Charlie. 192 00:09:10,984 --> 00:09:11,985 Remember those MIT students? 193 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,386 They took the casinos for millions. 194 00:09:13,453 --> 00:09:16,657 How about the book that just came out on blackjack strategy? 195 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:17,725 What was it, Busting Vegas? 196 00:09:17,791 --> 00:09:20,127 Okay, maybe this student read that book. 197 00:09:22,262 --> 00:09:26,934 Look, if anything, I think I'm the one 198 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,702 to proffer a mea culpa here. 199 00:09:28,769 --> 00:09:31,972 The moment Don showed me these equations, 200 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:33,373 I recognized them immediately. 201 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:34,274 What? 202 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:37,678 These are calculations for card counting, 203 00:09:37,745 --> 00:09:39,579 blackjack, to be precise. 204 00:09:39,647 --> 00:09:41,749 You're a blackjack stud? 205 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:43,984 Was a blackjack stud, okay? 206 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:47,554 And in the unfinished biography of my life, 207 00:09:47,621 --> 00:09:51,024 that is very much a closed chapter. 208 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:52,092 Outside of bulk calculations, 209 00:09:52,159 --> 00:09:53,927 what's involved in card counting? 210 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,030 You said you attended my lecture. 211 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:58,932 I had to duck out after roulette. 212 00:09:58,999 --> 00:10:00,367 I was prepping for my orals, sorry. 213 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,836 Yeah, yeah, so much for an Eppes classic. 214 00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:05,105 Well, blackjack is all about math. 215 00:10:05,172 --> 00:10:07,307 The point is to hit 21 without going over. 216 00:10:07,374 --> 00:10:10,343 The game is ruled by conditional probabilities. 217 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:12,680 What you see affects what you're going to see. 218 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:15,482 If an ace is dealt, then there's one less ace 219 00:10:15,548 --> 00:10:16,449 in the remaining cards. 220 00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:19,186 And knowing how the cards are likely to be dealt 221 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:21,188 works to the card counter's advantage, because players can 222 00:10:21,254 --> 00:10:22,522 ask for a card whenever they want. 223 00:10:22,589 --> 00:10:26,593 But a dealer must take a card when the total is below 17 224 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:30,764 and can't take a card when the total is between 17 and 21. 225 00:10:30,831 --> 00:10:33,266 So lower value cards favor the dealer, 226 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:35,869 because there's less likely chance that he'll bust. 227 00:10:35,936 --> 00:10:37,437 MAN: 21. 228 00:10:37,504 --> 00:10:40,140 The opposite is true for aces and picture cards. 229 00:10:40,207 --> 00:10:41,809 Each of them are worth ten. 230 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,811 They favor the player, because the more of them 231 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:45,012 that are left in the deck, 232 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:47,547 the more chances for the dealer to bust. 233 00:10:47,614 --> 00:10:48,982 24, dealer busts. 234 00:10:49,049 --> 00:10:50,884 Now keeping exact track isn't easy, 235 00:10:50,951 --> 00:10:53,921 but card counters use certain techniques, like, uh... 236 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:55,155 Like assigning general values. 237 00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:58,025 Uh, plus one for cards two through six, minus one 238 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:00,627 for picture cards, aces, tens, 239 00:11:00,694 --> 00:11:02,696 zeros for seven, eight, nine. 240 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:04,231 Okay. 241 00:11:04,297 --> 00:11:05,365 Larry. Uh... 242 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:08,468 Well, I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong, 243 00:11:08,535 --> 00:11:10,037 but doesn't that allow 244 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:11,471 the card counter to keep a tally? 245 00:11:11,538 --> 00:11:13,673 Yeah, yeah, yeah. High number count favors a player, 246 00:11:13,741 --> 00:11:14,908 they make their bets accordingly. 247 00:11:14,975 --> 00:11:16,810 Doesn't that attract attention? 248 00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:18,078 Yeah, of course it does. 249 00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:20,714 Sometimes with grave consequences. 250 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,117 You got caught. 251 00:11:25,552 --> 00:11:28,922 "Eyes In The Sky" has Yuri Chernov gambling 252 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:30,390 for seven hours that day, 253 00:11:30,457 --> 00:11:31,792 starting at 3:00. 254 00:11:31,859 --> 00:11:32,826 He made 20 grand. 255 00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:35,062 All right, so high roller, a lot of cash, 256 00:11:35,128 --> 00:11:36,229 same as the other robberies... 257 00:11:36,296 --> 00:11:37,564 MEGAN: Except none of the other 258 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,598 robberies escalated to violence. 259 00:11:38,665 --> 00:11:40,667 -That's what I was going to say. -Let alone homicide. 260 00:11:40,734 --> 00:11:42,535 And I don't see Chernov 261 00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:44,137 challenging a guy with a gun. 262 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:45,806 Well, so, then we're talking murder. 263 00:11:45,873 --> 00:11:46,907 MEGAN: Yeah, and then you throw in 264 00:11:46,974 --> 00:11:48,041 the fake IDs and the disguises, 265 00:11:48,108 --> 00:11:49,676 and I just think there's something more here 266 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:50,878 than a robbery gone wrong. 267 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:52,012 I see what you're saying, and I agree. 268 00:11:52,079 --> 00:11:53,013 -Hi, guys. -Hey. 269 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,982 -Hi. -CHARLIE: Larry has something 270 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:56,383 he'd like to say to you all. 271 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:59,119 Yeah. Um, Don, I owe you an apology. 272 00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:02,089 I withheld, uh, my insights 273 00:12:02,155 --> 00:12:04,457 due to personal discomfort with, uh... 274 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:06,693 past non-scientific exploits. 275 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,628 Whoa, whoa, whoa. What... What are you talking about? 276 00:12:08,695 --> 00:12:11,198 The notebooks that you found in Yuri Chernov's car-- 277 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:14,167 they're filled with card-counting equations. 278 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:16,103 CHARLIE: Larry thinks that Yuri 279 00:12:16,169 --> 00:12:18,571 was card counting at blackjack at the club. 280 00:12:18,638 --> 00:12:20,407 Yeah? How do you know that? 281 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:22,575 MEGAN: Are you saying that you were 282 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:24,244 a card counter, Larry? 283 00:12:24,311 --> 00:12:27,014 The salient point here is that casinos and clubs, 284 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,648 even other players-- they regard 285 00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:31,785 card counting as cheating, and 286 00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:34,387 this practice has led to certain acts of violence on occasion. 287 00:12:34,454 --> 00:12:36,389 COLBY: The only thing is, Professor-- and I don't mean 288 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:39,126 to dis your theory-- but we've been looking at this tape, 289 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:40,727 and this kid-- he's been drinking 290 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:41,528 and throwing money around haphazardly. 291 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:43,663 I mean, it doesn't really look like a system. 292 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:45,332 It just looks kind of like dumb luck. 293 00:12:45,398 --> 00:12:48,035 And the sum total of said dumb luck? 294 00:12:48,869 --> 00:12:50,270 20 grand. 295 00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:52,772 To beat the house, there's more than one way to skin a cat. 296 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:53,807 Can-Can we somehow just roll 297 00:12:53,874 --> 00:12:55,342 back to the point where Yuri Chernov 298 00:12:55,408 --> 00:12:56,910 first begins to play? 299 00:12:56,977 --> 00:13:00,914 Okay, now, the card counter faces one major obstacle 300 00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:02,916 to success... 301 00:13:02,983 --> 00:13:04,184 Transparent betting patterns. 302 00:13:04,251 --> 00:13:06,686 In order to make money, a card counter has to raise 303 00:13:06,753 --> 00:13:09,222 or lower his bets based on-on the count. 304 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,058 That's right, and that's where the team comes in. 305 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:12,659 A team uses a spotter to count. 306 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:15,362 Now the spotter will bet small. 307 00:13:15,428 --> 00:13:16,429 He stays inconspicuous. 308 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,531 But that spotter will signal the big player 309 00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:19,833 when the count is high. 310 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:21,634 There you go, right there, that's him. 311 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:24,637 MEGAN: Okay, so you're saying the guy in the purple, 312 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:27,340 the preppy guy, is our spotter? 313 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:28,942 Well, I mean, unless he just has an itchy ear. 314 00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:30,077 DAVID: Wait a minute. 315 00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:31,744 That guy that just walked in, 316 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:35,182 in the yellow and green-- we've seen him before, right? 317 00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:38,118 Yeah, actually, he was playing earlier, and he was 318 00:13:38,185 --> 00:13:39,652 throwing money around the same way Chernov was. 319 00:13:39,719 --> 00:13:41,922 Was this guy playing 320 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:44,524 with our spotter, the preppy guy? 321 00:13:44,591 --> 00:13:45,792 DAVID: Yeah. 322 00:13:45,859 --> 00:13:47,060 They were at the same table. 323 00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:48,428 Well, there you go. 324 00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:50,097 LARRY: And then 325 00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,299 there were three. 326 00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:02,042 So, we're looking at a team of card counters... 327 00:14:02,109 --> 00:14:04,211 Yeah, well, look, if that's who got Chernov killed, 328 00:14:04,277 --> 00:14:06,113 we better find those partners, 'cause they're next. 329 00:14:06,179 --> 00:14:08,315 DAVID: All the kids are in disguises. 330 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,683 It might take some time to find them. 331 00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:13,120 If Chernov was a student, maybe the other two are, also. 332 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,322 You know where to go. 333 00:14:15,388 --> 00:14:16,589 Huntington Tech. 334 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:17,991 All right, see you later. 335 00:14:18,058 --> 00:14:20,227 Larry said these card rings often have a backer 336 00:14:20,293 --> 00:14:22,362 who puts up money at the beginning, 337 00:14:22,429 --> 00:14:24,264 and then takes a percentage of the split. 338 00:14:24,331 --> 00:14:26,166 Maybe the guy got tired of the split. 339 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:27,867 All right, so the backer's a suspect, 340 00:14:27,935 --> 00:14:30,337 but I don't want to rule out that club yet, either, you know? 341 00:14:33,941 --> 00:14:35,142 CHARLIE: So, you had a gambling problem. 342 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:36,409 It only makes you 343 00:14:36,476 --> 00:14:38,845 that much more colorful, you know, Larry? 344 00:14:38,912 --> 00:14:40,547 Just-Just so you realize, 345 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:42,682 you know, this wasn't some hobby. 346 00:14:42,749 --> 00:14:43,951 This was a calling. 347 00:14:44,017 --> 00:14:45,953 This was our way of just demonstrating 348 00:14:46,019 --> 00:14:48,956 to the world the power of mathematics. 349 00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:50,623 So winning money had nothing to do with it? 350 00:14:50,690 --> 00:14:52,559 Not at all. No. 351 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:53,793 Not... 352 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:56,229 Not initially, but listen, remember 353 00:14:56,296 --> 00:14:58,765 that a mathematician named Ed Thorpe 354 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:00,300 had already created a sensation 355 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:02,102 back in the '60s when he wrote this book 356 00:15:02,169 --> 00:15:03,903 called Beat the Dealer. 357 00:15:03,971 --> 00:15:05,138 Now, in response to that book, 358 00:15:05,205 --> 00:15:08,241 casinos introduced the card shoe. 359 00:15:08,308 --> 00:15:10,477 Actually, they were called "perfesser stoppers." 360 00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:12,445 And a few mathematicians like myself, 361 00:15:12,512 --> 00:15:14,681 I mean, we saw it as a challenge. 362 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,216 David versus Goliath, 363 00:15:16,283 --> 00:15:18,551 uh, wits and nerves versus cameras 364 00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:20,120 and high tech thuggery. 365 00:15:20,187 --> 00:15:21,821 What do you mean "thuggery"? 366 00:15:21,888 --> 00:15:23,323 Oh, listen to this. 367 00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:26,926 I was playing at a private card club in Atlantic City. 368 00:15:26,994 --> 00:15:28,428 I was up $20,000. 369 00:15:28,495 --> 00:15:29,696 $20,000? 370 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:30,930 Yeah, yeah. 371 00:15:30,998 --> 00:15:32,599 And the manager and two pit bosses-- 372 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:34,201 they took me into the back room 373 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:37,070 where they were cracking nuts with pliers, 374 00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:39,239 and they told me that mine were next. 375 00:15:39,306 --> 00:15:41,641 But they didn't... I mean, you're still... 376 00:15:41,708 --> 00:15:43,810 No, I remain whole, but I had friends 377 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:46,346 whose fingers were broken, who had kneecaps reconfigured. 378 00:15:46,413 --> 00:15:48,715 I mean, they said we were cheaters. 379 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,950 No, we were playing smart. 380 00:15:51,018 --> 00:15:53,220 Smarter than these kids today. 381 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:56,056 We weren't losing our lives. 382 00:15:57,824 --> 00:15:59,392 ( computer beeping ) 383 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,728 COLBY: You got face recognition? 384 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:03,396 Oh, yeah. Our high rollers 385 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:06,366 versus The Huntington Tech online face book. 386 00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:10,437 I'm still trying to get used to the idea 387 00:16:10,503 --> 00:16:13,273 of Larry Fleinhardt, the player. 388 00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:15,575 COLBY: They say Einstein was a chick magnet, right? 389 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:17,110 Yeah. 390 00:16:17,177 --> 00:16:18,878 All right, that's our spotter right there. 391 00:16:18,945 --> 00:16:21,848 Jason Brewer, 19. 392 00:16:21,914 --> 00:16:23,783 Second year math major. 393 00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:26,386 Local boy, West L.A. 394 00:16:26,453 --> 00:16:30,123 And our rich South American, Ignacio Nadal. 395 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:31,991 I wonder if these two kids have any idea 396 00:16:32,059 --> 00:16:34,827 how much trouble they're in. 397 00:16:34,894 --> 00:16:37,597 I've given you statements, handed over tapes. 398 00:16:37,664 --> 00:16:38,731 We want to help. 399 00:16:38,798 --> 00:16:40,533 These robberies aren't good for business. 400 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,203 Actually, we're not sure that the shooting was a robbery. 401 00:16:43,270 --> 00:16:45,272 There are indications that the victim is part 402 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,440 of a card-counting scheme. 403 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:50,210 I can't really say you look surprised. 404 00:16:50,277 --> 00:16:53,180 Surprised people cheat? No. 405 00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,215 What happens when they get caught? 406 00:16:55,282 --> 00:16:56,783 We walk them out the door. 407 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,085 That's it? 408 00:16:58,151 --> 00:16:59,819 You think we shoot 'em? 409 00:16:59,886 --> 00:17:03,323 Maybe one of your employees got a little overzealous? 410 00:17:03,390 --> 00:17:05,225 Guy wins five grand, 411 00:17:05,292 --> 00:17:07,360 I'm not risking 20 to life going after him. 412 00:17:07,427 --> 00:17:09,162 That's just Economics 101. 413 00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:10,597 Did you know 414 00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:12,965 there was a card-counting ring working your club? 415 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:16,203 If I knew, they wouldn't be here. 416 00:17:16,269 --> 00:17:19,038 I still think I'm going to need to see a list 417 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:21,308 of employees over the past six months, 418 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:23,510 particularly the ones working security. 419 00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:27,214 'Cause that's just Law Enforcement 101. 420 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,216 DAVID: When was the last time 421 00:17:29,282 --> 00:17:30,883 you saw your son, Mrs. Brewer? 422 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:32,085 About a week ago. 423 00:17:32,152 --> 00:17:33,986 My husband and I have been out of town. 424 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:34,921 Paris. 425 00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:36,589 Have you spoken to him since you've been back? 426 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:38,591 We got in late last night, and when we got up this morning, 427 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,460 it looked like Jason was already gone. 428 00:17:40,527 --> 00:17:42,262 Should I call my husband at work? 429 00:17:42,329 --> 00:17:44,331 I mean, is my son Jason in trouble? 430 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:45,598 We hope not, ma'am. 431 00:17:45,665 --> 00:17:47,334 It just seems that a couple of his college friends 432 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,136 may have gotten themselves into a bit of a jam. 433 00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:50,803 You're talking about Ignacio and Yuri. 434 00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:51,771 You know them? 435 00:17:51,838 --> 00:17:53,840 Jason and the boys have been hanging out together 436 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:55,074 quite a bit. 437 00:17:55,142 --> 00:17:56,409 We try to give Jason his space. 438 00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:58,845 That was the whole idea of his taking over the guest house. 439 00:18:02,449 --> 00:18:04,651 We keep this for emergencies. 440 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:13,092 COLBY: Were you aware 441 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,961 of this, ma'am? 442 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:17,197 No. As I said, we... 443 00:18:17,264 --> 00:18:18,898 Try to give your son his space. 444 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:20,767 The kid's running a little casino out of here. 445 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:23,636 -Probably uses it to practice. -Practice? Practice what? 446 00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:27,140 COLBY: Your son plays an awful lot of blackjack, ma'am. 447 00:18:27,207 --> 00:18:28,741 What are you talking about? 448 00:18:30,210 --> 00:18:32,245 Yuri Chernov was shot last night. 449 00:18:32,312 --> 00:18:34,147 He's dead. 450 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:36,549 No. 451 00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:38,751 Please let us do our jobs, ma'am. 452 00:18:38,818 --> 00:18:40,587 I'm going to go 453 00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:42,121 call my husband. 454 00:18:42,189 --> 00:18:43,790 I think that's a good idea. 455 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,209 Take a look at this. 456 00:19:02,275 --> 00:19:03,843 Looks like Yuri Chernov 457 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:07,347 wasn't the only one using fake IDs and disguises. 458 00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:16,155 Wait a minute. 459 00:19:16,223 --> 00:19:19,626 Check this out. 460 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:20,693 Wow, looks like 461 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,362 they were keeping pretty careful records. 462 00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:25,164 Yeah. Any luck, it might lead us to their backer. 463 00:19:25,232 --> 00:19:26,499 Yeah. 464 00:19:28,435 --> 00:19:29,669 Now, if I can take this data here 465 00:19:29,736 --> 00:19:31,671 and isolate the student's gambling history, 466 00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:33,373 maybe I can analyze the money flow, 467 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,741 maybe find a pattern. 468 00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:37,277 You could use multivariate time series analysis 469 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:38,778 to break the money down 470 00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:39,646 by specific days, 471 00:19:39,712 --> 00:19:41,648 -even hours. -That's a really good idea. 472 00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:42,715 Wow. 473 00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:46,386 Oh, once again, my living room has become a Cal Sci annex. 474 00:19:48,054 --> 00:19:49,121 Your-Your living room. 475 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,257 My garage is full. 476 00:19:50,323 --> 00:19:52,124 All of my cognitive theory work, so ... 477 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,726 ALAN: Why am I not surprised? 478 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:54,527 What is this? 479 00:19:54,594 --> 00:19:56,128 AMITA: Well, the student who was murdered-- 480 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:58,598 he and his two friends were members of a card-counting team. 481 00:19:58,665 --> 00:20:00,267 Don asked Charlie to have us look 482 00:20:00,333 --> 00:20:01,934 at this data to see if we could discover 483 00:20:02,001 --> 00:20:03,035 who was bankrolling them. 484 00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:03,536 Card counting. 485 00:20:03,603 --> 00:20:05,204 Isn't that called cheating? 486 00:20:05,272 --> 00:20:08,608 Card counting is not cheating. 487 00:20:08,675 --> 00:20:10,777 It is the application of probability theory to a game. 488 00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:12,144 ALAN: Yeah, well, all those schmucks 489 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,481 who play the game for fun-- they think it's cheating. 490 00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,148 LARRY: Well, those are the same schmucks 491 00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:17,183 that should stick to slot machines. 492 00:20:17,250 --> 00:20:19,752 ALAN: Well, you see, that's why I like playing poker. 493 00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:21,954 'Cause I can handle the ones that try to take advantage. 494 00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,691 Poker, I mean, you got to have a mind, a pair of eyes. 495 00:20:25,592 --> 00:20:27,827 These probability grids-- 496 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:29,296 they go way 497 00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:31,631 beyond simple high-low counting. 498 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:33,132 These were math students, Larry. 499 00:20:33,199 --> 00:20:34,367 LARRY: Oh, oh. 500 00:20:34,434 --> 00:20:35,802 This-This is not undergraduate work. 501 00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:37,437 You're saying someone helped them? 502 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:39,406 You know, this is reminding me of someone. 503 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:42,642 There was this guy Leonard, and he and I 504 00:20:42,709 --> 00:20:44,577 were in graduate school together. 505 00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:46,979 When the casinos opened in Atlantic City, we were there 506 00:20:47,046 --> 00:20:48,548 the very first day. 507 00:20:48,615 --> 00:20:52,585 We were using counting systems, probability grids like this, 508 00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:54,454 though these are at a much higher level. 509 00:20:54,521 --> 00:20:56,656 Leonard Philbrick. 510 00:20:56,723 --> 00:20:58,691 Well, why haven't we heard this name before, Larry? 511 00:20:58,758 --> 00:21:01,528 I don't... It's just not a-a part of my life 512 00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:03,796 that I'm particularly proud of. 513 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:06,232 I mean, I've moved on from my obsession. 514 00:21:06,299 --> 00:21:09,268 But not so with Leonard. 515 00:21:09,336 --> 00:21:11,404 He lost his wife, he lost his career, 516 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:14,407 and he was a man of great promise. 517 00:21:14,474 --> 00:21:16,843 I'll tell you something. 518 00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:20,179 Whoever did this was a mathematician. 519 00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:21,948 You can bet on that. 520 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:23,316 We were able to reach 521 00:21:23,383 --> 00:21:25,017 Ignacio Nadal's mom in Detroit. 522 00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:25,918 Single parent. 523 00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:27,754 Says he missed his weekly call home. 524 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:29,956 -She seems worried. -All right, well, that's two kids 525 00:21:30,022 --> 00:21:30,957 no one's heard from. 526 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:34,126 The fake IDs and disguises in Brewer's place, 527 00:21:34,193 --> 00:21:36,463 you got to assume Nadal's working the same angle, right? 528 00:21:36,529 --> 00:21:37,630 Anything in the dorm? 529 00:21:37,697 --> 00:21:39,699 No, looks like he cleared out of there in a hurry. 530 00:21:39,766 --> 00:21:41,568 So both of these kids are on the run. 531 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:43,235 Hey, I was just looking for you guys. 532 00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,704 Larry came up with a name. 533 00:21:44,771 --> 00:21:47,106 The probability grids and algorithms 534 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:49,208 found in Jason Brewer's place-- he thinks there's a chance 535 00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:50,577 they may belong to Leonard Philbrick. 536 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:51,844 He says he could be our backer. 537 00:21:51,911 --> 00:21:53,913 Well, why don't you guys just run it down, see if you 538 00:21:53,980 --> 00:21:55,915 -can find out where the guy is. -You don't have to. 539 00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:58,050 I Googled Philbrick's name on the way here. 540 00:21:58,117 --> 00:21:59,185 He's living in Long Beach. 541 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:01,220 He teaches high school math there. 542 00:22:01,287 --> 00:22:02,589 Well, that puts him right next door 543 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:04,123 -to the Huntington Tech campus. -( phone ringing ) 544 00:22:04,190 --> 00:22:05,625 Yeah, Eppes. 545 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:08,194 All right, we're on our way. Yeah. 546 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,763 LAPD just found Jason Brewer. 547 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,334 MEGAN: Time of death was 548 00:22:15,402 --> 00:22:17,404 8:00 a.m., and the commuters heard the shots, 549 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:18,738 but by the time they found the body, 550 00:22:18,805 --> 00:22:20,740 it was too late to lock up the building. 551 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:22,942 SID said it's a nine millimeter. 552 00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:26,846 Same kind that killed Chernov, huh? 553 00:22:26,913 --> 00:22:28,481 Yeah. 554 00:22:28,548 --> 00:22:30,617 Single shot to the head. 555 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,018 No casings were found. 556 00:22:32,084 --> 00:22:33,352 We did find his backpack 557 00:22:33,420 --> 00:22:34,654 in the trash, though. 558 00:22:34,721 --> 00:22:37,223 Phone numbers, addresses, and this. 559 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:38,858 Yeah? What's this? 560 00:22:40,727 --> 00:22:42,094 Wow, look at this-- 561 00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:44,130 J, K, Q, A... 562 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:45,765 Jack, King, Queen, Ace. 563 00:22:45,832 --> 00:22:48,701 Some kind of card sequence list. 564 00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:50,603 Ticket agent remembers selling Brewer 565 00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:52,505 a one-way bus fare to Vancouver. 566 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:54,073 Stuck out because Brewer didn't have the money. 567 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:56,142 Older guy paid for the ticket with cash. 568 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:57,677 You get a description? 569 00:22:57,744 --> 00:22:58,878 Actually, better than that. 570 00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:01,648 They just ID'd the older guy that was with Brewer. 571 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:03,550 Leonard Philbrick? 572 00:23:03,616 --> 00:23:04,717 Same guy Charlie and Larry pegged 573 00:23:04,784 --> 00:23:06,786 as a possible financial backer for these kids. 574 00:23:06,853 --> 00:23:08,988 All right, well, looks like they might be right. 575 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:16,463 Jason dead? 576 00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:18,565 That's just horrible. 577 00:23:18,631 --> 00:23:21,167 His mother collapsed when we told her about him. 578 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,035 I can only imagine. 579 00:23:23,102 --> 00:23:24,837 I doubt that. 580 00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:26,839 You don't think I had anything to do with it? 581 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:28,575 Well, he was shot in the head 582 00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:30,877 at a bus station within 30 minutes of you buying him 583 00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:32,545 -a ticket. -As far as we know, 584 00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:34,881 you were the last person to see him alive. 585 00:23:34,947 --> 00:23:37,316 I think, uh... I think I better talk to my lawyer 586 00:23:37,383 --> 00:23:38,751 before we continue this. 587 00:23:38,818 --> 00:23:40,219 Yeah? Why don't you ask them in there 588 00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:42,455 what they're gonna think about you recruiting their kids 589 00:23:42,522 --> 00:23:43,790 to hustle cards, Leonard? 590 00:23:43,856 --> 00:23:45,592 We know all about you, Professor. 591 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:47,660 About your dreams of putting your crew together, 592 00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:49,095 about your past gambling debts. 593 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:50,830 I don't know what you're talking about. 594 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,264 DON: No? Well, why do phone records 595 00:23:52,331 --> 00:23:54,266 put you in touch with Brewer, Chernov, and Nadal 596 00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:55,434 within the last six months? 597 00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:58,571 You finally put together a team, and now two of them are dead. 598 00:23:58,638 --> 00:24:00,907 I didn't hurt Jason or Yuri. 599 00:24:00,973 --> 00:24:03,342 I could never do 600 00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:04,611 something like that. 601 00:24:04,677 --> 00:24:06,245 Where is Ignacio Nadal? 602 00:24:06,312 --> 00:24:07,379 I don't know. 603 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,281 Is he on the run from somebody? 604 00:24:09,348 --> 00:24:10,983 Look, these kids-- 605 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:11,984 they came to me. 606 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:14,987 They found articles I'd written and a system I developed. 607 00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:17,189 What, you taught 'em, and you bankrolled 'em, right? 608 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:18,457 Until last month, yes. 609 00:24:18,525 --> 00:24:19,626 Why? What happened then? 610 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:21,928 They told me they found some new backer. 611 00:24:21,994 --> 00:24:23,863 Somebody with substantially more money. 612 00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:25,932 And you just took that in stride? 613 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:27,266 I didn't kill Jason Brewer. 614 00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,035 All right, Leonard, why don't you tell us 615 00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:30,970 what you were doing in the bus station then? 616 00:24:31,037 --> 00:24:32,004 He needed help. 617 00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:33,873 He was on the run, and his parents are out of town. 618 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,942 He had nobody that he could turn to. 619 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:38,310 I would never do anything to hurt these kids. 620 00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:40,547 I was their teacher. 621 00:24:40,613 --> 00:24:42,949 MEGAN: We need to find 622 00:24:43,015 --> 00:24:44,050 Ignacio Nadal. 623 00:24:44,116 --> 00:24:45,552 We put a trace on his mom's phone. 624 00:24:45,618 --> 00:24:46,786 We're monitoring his cell provider. 625 00:24:46,853 --> 00:24:48,888 He makes one phone call, we're on him. 626 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:51,290 What about friends or classmates? 627 00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:52,892 Aside from Chernov and Brewer, 628 00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:54,493 this guy's pretty much a loner. 629 00:24:54,561 --> 00:24:56,162 -Colby? -Hey, guys. 630 00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:57,196 I think I got something. 631 00:24:57,263 --> 00:24:59,398 Remember that girl the other night who was with 632 00:24:59,465 --> 00:25:00,633 Ignacio on the tape? 633 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:02,835 Mm-hmm. Brandi? 634 00:25:02,902 --> 00:25:04,671 -With an "I." -Yeah. 635 00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:06,305 Check this out. She was not 636 00:25:06,372 --> 00:25:07,373 just with Ignacio. 637 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:09,341 She was there other nights. 638 00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:11,310 -MEGAN: She's with all three guys? -Yeah, all of them. 639 00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:13,713 See, I went through Jason Brewer's address book. 640 00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:15,381 I found her number. 641 00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:16,749 It's her work number anyway. 642 00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:19,251 MEGAN: The Bareback Club? 643 00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,187 She's the main attraction. 644 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:24,123 So, who do we think should do that interview? 645 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:29,061 ( hip-hop music playing ) 646 00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:40,707 Check out the midday crowd. 647 00:25:40,773 --> 00:25:43,075 COLBY: Looks like a bunch of dads got separated 648 00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:46,813 from their families on the bus to Disneyland. 649 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:48,815 ( music continues ) 650 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:54,553 I'm sensing premeditation. 651 00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:59,558 We're looking for Brandi, and don't start pouring. 652 00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:11,437 I'll tell the DJ to cut the music. 653 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,005 Whoa, hold on a minute. 654 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,642 One song's not gonna kill anybody. 655 00:26:15,708 --> 00:26:18,144 Relax, have yourself a soda. 656 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:20,780 Let the Disneyland dads have one last look. 657 00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:36,462 Yeah, I was there that night with Ignacio, but I left early. 658 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,330 So you knew him? 659 00:26:38,397 --> 00:26:39,732 I know a lot of people. 660 00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:41,200 How about people who get murdered? 661 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:42,434 Ignacio's dead? 662 00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:44,336 COLBY: Not yet. 663 00:26:44,403 --> 00:26:46,072 I don't understand. 664 00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:47,473 We saw the surveillance tapes. 665 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:49,709 You were there with two other guys besides Ignacio. 666 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,277 Ignacio's friends. 667 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:52,611 They're dead. 668 00:26:52,679 --> 00:26:54,013 Oh, my God. 669 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,148 We're trying to make sure that doesn't happen to Ignacio. 670 00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:57,950 Have you seen him? 671 00:26:58,017 --> 00:26:59,686 Has he tried to call you? 672 00:26:59,752 --> 00:27:02,488 Why'd you leave early that night? 673 00:27:02,554 --> 00:27:04,957 I had another date? 674 00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,492 Did that date have a name? 675 00:27:06,558 --> 00:27:07,894 He's married. 676 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,028 We'll be discreet. 677 00:27:09,095 --> 00:27:12,799 And Ignacio-- was he a date, also? 678 00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:14,566 Not exactly. 679 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:15,902 Well, then be exactly. 680 00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:18,404 I provide a service. 681 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:21,040 Not that service. 682 00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:22,709 What, were you their math tutor? 683 00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:25,044 They needed me to pull off their act. 684 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:27,046 With me on their arm, it gave them some credibility. 685 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:29,682 So you knew they were counting cards? 686 00:27:29,749 --> 00:27:31,083 Nobody's that lucky. 687 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:32,584 So, what did you get out of the deal? 688 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,486 Money. 689 00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:35,922 A lot of money. 690 00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:37,924 Did you notice anybody following them? 691 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:39,358 Anybody watching them? 692 00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:42,995 You're up five, ten grand, people are watching. 693 00:27:43,062 --> 00:27:45,197 I told Ignacio some day they'd get made. 694 00:27:45,264 --> 00:27:48,801 So you think that's what happened to them? 695 00:27:48,868 --> 00:27:51,037 Nobody likes to lose money. 696 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:04,283 Office getting cramped? 697 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:05,617 Uh, it's being cleaned. 698 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:07,820 After months battling the maintenance department, 699 00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:09,088 you know, I gave in. 700 00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:12,458 -How's it going? -Ugh! 701 00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:13,525 I'm having trouble isolating 702 00:28:13,592 --> 00:28:15,928 the students' gambling histories, as we discussed. 703 00:28:15,995 --> 00:28:17,229 To find a pattern 704 00:28:17,296 --> 00:28:18,898 that'll yield the identity of the backer. 705 00:28:18,965 --> 00:28:20,232 Maybe the killer. 706 00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:21,467 No luck so far. 707 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,435 You know, I-I could really use your help, Larry. 708 00:28:26,638 --> 00:28:29,375 Lawrence. 709 00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:31,010 Hey, did you two know 710 00:28:31,077 --> 00:28:34,380 that Yuri Chernov was a Tasker Scholar? 711 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:36,916 He was the first member of his family to go to college. 712 00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:40,386 Jason Brewer-- his IQ is off the charts. 713 00:28:40,452 --> 00:28:42,154 Ignacio Nadal 714 00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:44,723 may be the most, I don't know, gifted of them all. 715 00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:46,492 CHARLIE: Well, don't you take 716 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:47,827 solace in knowing that clearly, 717 00:28:47,894 --> 00:28:49,261 you're not the only brilliant thinker 718 00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:50,863 to fall under the allure of gambling? 719 00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:53,599 I need your brilliant thinking right now. 720 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:57,403 I'm-I'm... I-I just can't make sense of these figures. 721 00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:59,605 If I could be as vague and opaque as Larry, 722 00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:03,609 I'd say if the new backer is behind these killings, 723 00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:07,079 then maybe you need to look behind these numbers. 724 00:29:08,815 --> 00:29:10,149 Yeah, she's right, Charlie. 725 00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:13,920 It's like... it's like money moves. 726 00:29:13,986 --> 00:29:18,825 Like planets, it's very movement reveals truths. 727 00:29:25,064 --> 00:29:29,635 You really think these kids are laundering money? 728 00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:31,470 On a pretty big scale. 729 00:29:31,537 --> 00:29:34,106 So they take money they couldn't account for legally, 730 00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:36,208 and use gambling to legitimize it? 731 00:29:36,275 --> 00:29:38,945 They use the card club as their washing machine. 732 00:29:39,011 --> 00:29:41,347 Look. Look how the money flow altered 733 00:29:41,413 --> 00:29:43,382 a month ago, when I believe a new backer came onto the scene. 734 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:46,418 These kids changed the way they purchased chips. 735 00:29:46,485 --> 00:29:49,755 And in any 24-hour period, they never exceeded $10,000. 736 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:51,790 Right, 'cause they stayed below the IRS reporting limit. 737 00:29:51,858 --> 00:29:53,993 So there's no record of the cash they started with, 738 00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:55,895 and a few thousand winnings doesn't really seem 739 00:29:55,962 --> 00:29:57,063 like a big scam. 740 00:29:57,129 --> 00:29:58,697 That's where they were smart. 741 00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:00,466 We have three students. 742 00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:02,534 Right. With multiple IDs. 743 00:30:02,601 --> 00:30:03,602 CHARLIE: Which they used 744 00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:06,605 to create three separate card club player accounts. 745 00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:08,107 So, we have three students 746 00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:10,042 with three separate player accounts 747 00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:12,278 cashing out $9,900 a night. 748 00:30:12,344 --> 00:30:14,113 That's $89,100 per visit. 749 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:18,150 Playing six or seven days a week for a month. 750 00:30:18,217 --> 00:30:20,086 So, that's got to be at least, what... 751 00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:22,488 I mean, it's over two million, right? 752 00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:25,491 To be precise, in one month, that's $2,138,000. 753 00:30:25,557 --> 00:30:28,027 So where's all that money go, back to the backer? 754 00:30:28,094 --> 00:30:30,096 They wired their money from the player account 755 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,964 to an offshore account where... 756 00:30:32,031 --> 00:30:33,565 Right, it disappeared. 757 00:30:33,632 --> 00:30:34,967 Unfortunately. 758 00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:36,768 So we can't trace it to the backer. 759 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:38,871 This kid Ignacio 760 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:40,439 is the only one who can tell us where it is. 761 00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:43,042 Which I'm sure the backer knows, as well. 762 00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:51,317 * This is it... * 763 00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:53,152 CHARLIE: You ever been to one of these? 764 00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:55,054 A few times. My dad's dragged me. 765 00:30:55,121 --> 00:30:56,322 He's into it. 766 00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:59,325 My mom always takes away his credit cards before we come. 767 00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:02,428 Table six just went to a plus 18 count. 768 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:03,695 Is that good? 769 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:04,897 Oh, yeah. 770 00:31:04,964 --> 00:31:06,298 I've got to tell you, 771 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:09,501 I'm feeling so uncomfortable about this. 772 00:31:09,568 --> 00:31:10,769 Larry, all you've been telling me is 773 00:31:10,836 --> 00:31:12,638 that the only way to understand this game is to sit 774 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,773 at the blackjack table and play the game. 775 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,175 Charlie's right, Larry. 776 00:31:16,242 --> 00:31:18,644 The students were doing very complicated equations 777 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:19,979 in a high-stress environment. 778 00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:21,313 You know, I need to feel how they felt. 779 00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:22,648 I need to play how they played. 780 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:23,749 I-I need you to teach me. 781 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:25,084 I don't think you understand 782 00:31:25,151 --> 00:31:28,120 just how truly narcotic this is for me. 783 00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:30,789 Can't you just see this as-as field work? 784 00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:32,324 Unfortunately, it is a poppy field. 785 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:35,394 I'm warning you both, we're standing at the precipice. 786 00:31:35,461 --> 00:31:38,397 This is the event horizon of a black hole. 787 00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:41,733 * There's just one place for me * 788 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,136 * This is it * 789 00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:47,739 * Yeah, just one place to be * 790 00:31:47,806 --> 00:31:50,276 * This is it * 791 00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:52,278 * I'm so happy to be here * 792 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:54,613 * When I look around, it's clear * 793 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:59,451 * Yes, it's perfectly plain to see * 794 00:31:59,518 --> 00:32:03,489 * There's the cream of the crop * 795 00:32:03,555 --> 00:32:06,292 * This is it * 796 00:32:06,358 --> 00:32:09,661 * On my list at the top * 797 00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:12,431 * This is it * 798 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:15,467 * Couldn't ask for nothing more * 799 00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:17,503 * Like a hope that I adore * 800 00:32:17,569 --> 00:32:19,905 * If there's one place I fit * 801 00:32:19,972 --> 00:32:24,210 * This is it... * 802 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:27,179 Well, nothing like the sting of over-oxygenated air 803 00:32:27,246 --> 00:32:28,647 and endless pecuniary promise. 804 00:32:28,714 --> 00:32:30,182 You know, this used to be 805 00:32:30,249 --> 00:32:31,583 about demonstrating the power of mathematics. 806 00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:32,985 Okay, well, there is that, too. 807 00:32:33,052 --> 00:32:34,153 I think we should call it a night. 808 00:32:34,220 --> 00:32:35,321 -What?! -Yeah, let's get out of here. 809 00:32:35,387 --> 00:32:36,622 How about field research? 810 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:38,190 Come on, we got table four over there 811 00:32:38,257 --> 00:32:39,458 just ripe for the picking. 812 00:32:39,525 --> 00:32:41,193 What is he doing with those cards? 813 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:43,195 LARRY: Some clubs introduce a fresh deck 814 00:32:43,262 --> 00:32:44,663 at the dealer shift change. 815 00:32:44,730 --> 00:32:46,965 Just prevents players from marking the cards. 816 00:32:47,033 --> 00:32:48,234 People actually do that? 817 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:51,837 I know players who can cut a multi-deck stack 818 00:32:51,903 --> 00:32:53,639 at exactly 52 cards. 819 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:55,941 Some players do other feats, like shuffle-tracking. 820 00:32:56,008 --> 00:32:56,975 Shuffle-tracking? 821 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:58,010 Yeah, well, no shuffle 822 00:32:58,077 --> 00:32:59,645 by human hand is exactly perfect. 823 00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:00,646 Some cards remain together. 824 00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:02,181 And the players who memorize the order 825 00:33:02,248 --> 00:33:03,782 look for those same groupings in the next shuffle. 826 00:33:03,849 --> 00:33:05,951 That's why they're using machines now. 827 00:33:06,018 --> 00:33:07,419 How do those machines work? 828 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:09,555 LARRY: Auto-shufflers, they use random number generation 829 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:11,790 to create a random distribution of cards. 830 00:33:11,857 --> 00:33:12,758 Interesting. 831 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:15,227 Because what do we know about random distribution? 832 00:33:15,294 --> 00:33:17,629 It's impossible for machines to create 833 00:33:17,696 --> 00:33:19,998 truly random sequences. 834 00:33:23,102 --> 00:33:28,207 These kids cracked the code for how an auto-shuffler shuffles. 835 00:33:28,274 --> 00:33:30,509 The sequences found in Jason Brewer's notebook 836 00:33:30,576 --> 00:33:32,911 were in fact card-counting cheat sheets, 837 00:33:32,978 --> 00:33:35,781 exploiting a weakness in the random number generator 838 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:37,749 found inside this box. 839 00:33:37,816 --> 00:33:39,451 DAVID: That's the auto-shuffler we found 840 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:40,452 in Jason Brewer's apartment. 841 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:41,453 CHARLIE: The students used it 842 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,989 to adapt a card skill called shuffle-tracking. 843 00:33:44,056 --> 00:33:45,257 Yeah, when dealers shuffle, 844 00:33:45,324 --> 00:33:47,326 there are little runs of cards that stay together. 845 00:33:47,393 --> 00:33:49,528 So the players will look for them to reappear. 846 00:33:49,595 --> 00:33:51,130 CHARLIE: And clubs try to prevent this 847 00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:52,331 by using the auto-shuffler. 848 00:33:52,398 --> 00:33:54,933 But, as we all know, machines aren't perfect. 849 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,935 And the kids took advantage. 850 00:33:57,002 --> 00:33:57,736 How'd they do that? 851 00:33:57,803 --> 00:34:00,439 First, they must have analyzed this mechanism. 852 00:34:00,506 --> 00:34:02,208 So an auto-shuffler shuffles 853 00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:03,975 using a system of multiple shelves, 854 00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:07,613 depositing the cards on shelves in a seemingly random order. 855 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:09,615 But the shuffles aren't really random, 856 00:34:09,681 --> 00:34:12,151 because the random number generator 857 00:34:12,218 --> 00:34:14,019 controlling the auto-shuffler 858 00:34:14,086 --> 00:34:16,555 is governed by a fixed algorithm. 859 00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:18,490 And these kids figured all that out? 860 00:34:18,557 --> 00:34:20,058 That's not all they figured out. 861 00:34:20,126 --> 00:34:22,561 This specific card club had a policy. 862 00:34:22,628 --> 00:34:25,597 On dealer shift changes, they would introduce new decks, 863 00:34:25,664 --> 00:34:28,700 sealed straight from the factory. 864 00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:30,436 Now, these cards are in a preset order. 865 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:32,538 Now, knowing this staring order, as well as the algorithm 866 00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:34,140 -enabled these students... -DAVID: To know the cards 867 00:34:34,206 --> 00:34:36,708 -that were coming before they were even dealt. -That kind of 868 00:34:36,775 --> 00:34:38,710 math problem is way beyond our three students. 869 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:40,446 Their teacher was Leonard Philbrick. 870 00:34:40,512 --> 00:34:42,080 He had to have helped them. 871 00:34:42,148 --> 00:34:43,115 Oh, he did more than that. 872 00:34:43,182 --> 00:34:45,517 I just got off the phone with the auto-shuffler company. 873 00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:46,952 Guess who they hired as their math consultant. 874 00:34:47,018 --> 00:34:47,886 What, Philbrick? 875 00:34:47,953 --> 00:34:49,321 He created the auto-shuffler's algorithm? 876 00:34:49,388 --> 00:34:52,458 MEGAN: Yeah, which he could have then given 877 00:34:52,524 --> 00:34:54,493 -to Ignacio and the students, right? -Which means 878 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,228 that he could have easily designed an algorithm 879 00:34:56,295 --> 00:34:57,796 that had a much shorter period to follow. 880 00:34:57,863 --> 00:34:59,898 Thousands of steps, instead of billions. 881 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:02,401 Okay, so they were cheating, which gives the card club 882 00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:03,835 motivation to go after them. 883 00:35:03,902 --> 00:35:05,671 MEGAN: Yeah, but let's not forget about Philbrick. 884 00:35:05,737 --> 00:35:08,440 All that "I was their teacher" stuff goes out the window, 885 00:35:08,507 --> 00:35:10,542 if the students stole the scam and ran with it. 886 00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:13,879 What was I supposed to do, admit I stole a trade secret? 887 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:16,282 Used it to cheat a card club out of thousands? 888 00:35:16,348 --> 00:35:18,650 Would have been a start. 889 00:35:18,717 --> 00:35:21,653 You could have used it as mitigation at your murder trial. 890 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,389 I told you I didn't murder anyone. 891 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,291 Yeah, well, Leonard, I'm guessing you know who did. 892 00:35:25,357 --> 00:35:27,025 One way or another, you're involved in this, 893 00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:28,126 and you're not telling us, okay? 894 00:35:28,194 --> 00:35:30,362 So I'm telling you, anything happens to that kid Nadal, 895 00:35:30,429 --> 00:35:31,930 that's three murders I'm connecting you to. 896 00:35:31,997 --> 00:35:33,131 Do you understand that? 897 00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:39,171 Look, the kids got caught with the auto-shuffler, all right? 898 00:35:39,238 --> 00:35:40,439 By who? 899 00:35:40,506 --> 00:35:42,174 Marius. 900 00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:43,775 A club manager. 901 00:35:43,842 --> 00:35:45,811 Next thing I know, he's at my door. 902 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:47,379 Oh, so the kids gave you up. 903 00:35:47,446 --> 00:35:49,848 I warned them not to get greedy. 904 00:35:49,915 --> 00:35:51,450 Knowing that shuffle, 905 00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:52,518 you can make returns 906 00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,786 of 200, even 300 percent every few hours. 907 00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:56,555 Yeah, but not without someone noticing. 908 00:35:56,622 --> 00:35:58,657 Marius caught them, day one. 909 00:35:58,724 --> 00:36:00,726 And that's how the dirty money came in. 910 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:03,862 He's got connections with drug distributors on the East Coast. 911 00:36:03,929 --> 00:36:05,931 So you made a deal-- 912 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,733 your asses for the money laundering scam. 913 00:36:07,799 --> 00:36:08,767 What else could we do? 914 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:10,402 All right. 915 00:36:10,469 --> 00:36:12,170 So what went wrong? 916 00:36:12,238 --> 00:36:13,905 Well, the kids got cold feet. 917 00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:15,441 They wanted to come forward, 918 00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:18,009 admit to the gambling fraud, the money laundering. 919 00:36:18,076 --> 00:36:19,010 What happened then? 920 00:36:19,077 --> 00:36:20,011 Marius found out? 921 00:36:20,078 --> 00:36:21,680 The recent high roller robberies 922 00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:23,282 presented a perfect opportunity-- 923 00:36:23,349 --> 00:36:24,583 a cover for Yuri's murder. 924 00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:27,786 As for Jason, Marius must have followed him 925 00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:29,688 when he came to see me. 926 00:36:29,755 --> 00:36:31,823 That's got to mean Ignacio is next. 927 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:34,526 I guess he doesn't want to leave any witnesses. 928 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:49,675 Hey, FBI. 929 00:36:49,741 --> 00:36:51,877 Where's Marius, the manager? 930 00:36:58,384 --> 00:36:59,385 ( sniffs ) 931 00:36:59,451 --> 00:37:01,052 Smell that? 932 00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:02,120 Shots fired. 933 00:37:02,187 --> 00:37:04,490 Yeah, here we go. 934 00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:06,458 I got a dead body here. 935 00:37:06,525 --> 00:37:07,826 Lock this place down. 936 00:37:14,633 --> 00:37:15,801 DON: All right, so Marius 937 00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:16,702 isn't the killer. 938 00:37:16,768 --> 00:37:18,970 So we have to figure out who would want Marius dead. 939 00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:21,206 Well, how about the people he was laundering for, 940 00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:23,375 these east coast drug dealers. 941 00:37:23,442 --> 00:37:25,477 I mean, if you think about it, Marius got a bunch 942 00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:27,045 of college kids involved in money laundering, 943 00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:28,113 only he loses control of them. 944 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:30,382 So what, he killed them all to keep it quiet? 945 00:37:30,449 --> 00:37:32,017 Obviously he didn't keep them quiet enough. 946 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:34,486 Well, we know he's going after Ignacio next. 947 00:37:34,553 --> 00:37:36,522 Yeah, 'cause he's the one last witness. 948 00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:37,923 You, why are you so quiet over there? 949 00:37:37,989 --> 00:37:39,758 It's statement Marius gave to the LAPD. 950 00:37:39,825 --> 00:37:40,826 The night Yuri Chernov was murdered, 951 00:37:40,892 --> 00:37:43,729 he says he started work at 7:00 P.M. 952 00:37:43,795 --> 00:37:44,996 So? 953 00:37:45,063 --> 00:37:46,465 What are all these calls 954 00:37:46,532 --> 00:37:49,468 coming out of his office first thing in the morning? 955 00:37:49,535 --> 00:37:50,736 Maybe somebody else was using his office. 956 00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:52,404 COLBY: Maybe he was just lying. 957 00:37:52,471 --> 00:37:53,872 DON: Yeah, but why would he lie about that? 958 00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:57,142 Maybe he didn't want anyone to know he was at the club 959 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:58,076 when Yuri arrived. 960 00:37:58,143 --> 00:38:00,245 Constrained dynamics, right? 961 00:38:00,312 --> 00:38:01,780 Chernov's car was parked 962 00:38:01,847 --> 00:38:03,782 in a security camera blind spot, right? 963 00:38:03,849 --> 00:38:06,251 Yeah, the whole corner was obscured. 964 00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:07,285 All right. Do you have an overview 965 00:38:07,353 --> 00:38:08,654 of the card club parking lot? 966 00:38:11,022 --> 00:38:13,392 Chernov arrived late afternoon, 967 00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:14,926 well before the evening crowds showed up. 968 00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:16,562 Why the hell would he park his car this far away 969 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:17,796 from the club's entrance? 970 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:20,832 -That doesn't add up. -More than that, 971 00:38:20,899 --> 00:38:22,634 it defies mathematical principles. 972 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:24,370 Constrained dynamics is used to analyze 973 00:38:24,436 --> 00:38:25,637 everything from traffic flow 974 00:38:25,704 --> 00:38:26,772 in supermarkets and malls 975 00:38:26,838 --> 00:38:28,507 to the mechanics of granular matter... 976 00:38:28,574 --> 00:38:30,141 Meanwhile, back in the parking lot? 977 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,043 Applying constrained dynamics, 978 00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:33,579 the parking lot should have filled up 979 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:36,382 in a predictable pattern 980 00:38:36,448 --> 00:38:38,784 starting with the spaces closest to the entrance 981 00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:41,953 and fanning out like a wave, like, like a wave. 982 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:43,855 Given the time that Yuri arrived, 983 00:38:43,922 --> 00:38:46,825 I see no reason why he parked his car this far away. 984 00:38:46,892 --> 00:38:49,661 Unless he wasn't the one who parked there. 985 00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:52,664 -All I did was park his car -Right. 986 00:38:52,731 --> 00:38:53,965 in the back of an empty lot. 987 00:38:54,032 --> 00:38:55,667 Hey, Willie, you want to be charged 988 00:38:55,734 --> 00:38:57,569 as an accessory here, huh? 989 00:38:57,636 --> 00:39:01,072 Look, the man paid me 500 bucks 990 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:03,074 to park the dude's car by the fence. 991 00:39:03,141 --> 00:39:04,175 What man? Marius? 992 00:39:04,242 --> 00:39:05,677 Another guy. 993 00:39:05,744 --> 00:39:08,213 But I saw him talking with Marius that morning. 994 00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:11,817 Before that, he was with the dude who got whacked. 995 00:39:11,883 --> 00:39:14,219 You're saying the guy that paid you knew the victim. 996 00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:16,822 Yeah. A Latino dude, a young guy. 997 00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:20,325 Came to the club all the time with two friends. 998 00:39:20,392 --> 00:39:22,994 That day he was wearing a soccer jersey 999 00:39:23,061 --> 00:39:24,763 -and a lot of jewelry. -and a lot of jewelry. 1000 00:39:24,830 --> 00:39:26,765 So Ignacio. 1001 00:39:26,832 --> 00:39:31,069 He played both of his friends and Philbrick and Marius? 1002 00:39:31,136 --> 00:39:32,704 And if he's killing witnesses... 1003 00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:34,506 He's got one left. 1004 00:39:51,523 --> 00:39:53,091 Philbrick's heading towards his car. 1005 00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:56,695 I've got Philbrick. 1006 00:40:03,602 --> 00:40:05,270 Suspect's acquired. He's moving in. 1007 00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:06,171 Where is he? 1008 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:07,338 He's on the other side of the car. 1009 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:08,507 He's tracking Philbrick. 1010 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:11,943 I got him. 1011 00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:13,679 Mr. Philbrick? 1012 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:16,615 If you have a second, can I talk to you 1013 00:40:16,682 --> 00:40:17,749 on my calculus grade? 1014 00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:19,150 This is not a good time, Karen. 1015 00:40:19,217 --> 00:40:20,285 But I really need... 1016 00:40:20,351 --> 00:40:21,520 Karen, please walk away now! 1017 00:40:23,088 --> 00:40:24,823 You guys, move, move! 1018 00:40:26,625 --> 00:40:27,626 Keep your hands where I can see 'em. 1019 00:40:27,693 --> 00:40:29,227 Make a move for that gun 1020 00:40:29,294 --> 00:40:30,428 and you're dead. 1021 00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:35,667 You set me up. 1022 00:40:35,734 --> 00:40:36,768 COLBY: Yeah, just like you set up your friends. 1023 00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:38,103 And then you were going to kill him. 1024 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:39,370 Up to your knees. 1025 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:41,707 Put your hands behind your head slow. 1026 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:43,441 Why? 1027 00:40:43,509 --> 00:40:44,943 Why? Why not? 1028 00:40:45,010 --> 00:40:47,546 You told us the money was there, remember? 1029 00:40:47,613 --> 00:40:49,214 All we had to do was take it. 1030 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,383 If Yuri and Jason hadn't punked on me, 1031 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,586 it would have worked out, too. 1032 00:40:54,653 --> 00:40:57,723 It looks like you gambled and lost, pal. 1033 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:06,064 Well, I see once again you've escaped all responsibility 1034 00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:08,033 for your actions. 1035 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:09,067 Oh, Leonard, 1036 00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:12,137 you must be very proud of yourself. 1037 00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:14,205 Larry Fleinhardt. 1038 00:41:14,272 --> 00:41:17,008 Well, what's it been, 25 years? 1039 00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:18,810 22, Leonard. 1040 00:41:18,877 --> 00:41:21,513 I see your name in journals. 1041 00:41:21,580 --> 00:41:23,481 Academic life has treated you well. 1042 00:41:23,549 --> 00:41:26,184 Well enough. 1043 00:41:26,251 --> 00:41:28,453 What are you doing here? 1044 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,722 I'm just waiting on you. 1045 00:41:30,789 --> 00:41:33,959 How could you do it? 1046 00:41:34,025 --> 00:41:36,027 You know what the game did to us. 1047 00:41:36,094 --> 00:41:40,699 How could you visit such a fate upon young gifted minds? 1048 00:41:40,766 --> 00:41:42,768 Those kids came to me. 1049 00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:44,102 And instead of sharing your wisdom, 1050 00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:46,972 two are dead and another's going to prison. 1051 00:41:47,038 --> 00:41:49,841 These kids were a second chance for me. 1052 00:41:49,908 --> 00:41:50,842 Come on. 1053 00:41:50,909 --> 00:41:53,579 Don't tell me you don't remember what it felt like 1054 00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:56,314 to beat the house at their own game. 1055 00:41:56,381 --> 00:41:59,384 You were the best I ever saw, Fleinhardt, 1056 00:41:59,450 --> 00:42:01,019 and you just walked away. 1057 00:42:01,086 --> 00:42:02,087 That's right. 1058 00:42:02,153 --> 00:42:03,488 I never looked back. 1059 00:42:03,555 --> 00:42:05,023 When the numbers are running you, 1060 00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:06,792 instead of you running the numbers, 1061 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:08,894 it's time to take your money off the table, Leonard. 1062 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,396 Men make choices they have to live with. 1063 00:42:11,462 --> 00:42:16,001 Well, you know, I know two who will never get that chance. 1064 00:42:21,807 --> 00:42:25,210 So Philbrick cut a deal: two years probation. 1065 00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:26,211 ALAN: He got lucky. 1066 00:42:26,277 --> 00:42:28,446 Oh, yeah, if you want to call it that. 1067 00:42:28,513 --> 00:42:30,782 Again, I apologize for not coming forward sooner. 1068 00:42:30,849 --> 00:42:31,883 Ah, it's all right. 1069 00:42:31,950 --> 00:42:33,952 No, I was tormented. I was mortified. 1070 00:42:34,019 --> 00:42:35,353 Look, you stepped up ultimately. 1071 00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:36,688 Larry, do you realize 1072 00:42:36,755 --> 00:42:37,889 that without your help, we would have never figured out 1073 00:42:37,956 --> 00:42:39,090 those students were money laundering. 1074 00:42:39,157 --> 00:42:41,259 Not to mention giving Charlie a taste 1075 00:42:41,326 --> 00:42:43,028 of real action at the tables. 1076 00:42:43,094 --> 00:42:44,696 What are we talking about blackjack for? 1077 00:42:44,763 --> 00:42:46,264 Let's play a real game. 1078 00:42:46,331 --> 00:42:47,766 -A real game? -Poker! 1079 00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:49,901 All the math in the world is useless 1080 00:42:49,968 --> 00:42:53,171 against a good read, steady nerves. 1081 00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:54,906 I have had enough action to last a lifetime. 1082 00:42:54,973 --> 00:42:57,375 Besides, poker is for professional card players 1083 00:42:57,442 --> 00:42:59,310 and underemployed celebrities. 1084 00:42:59,377 --> 00:43:00,846 DON: Yeah. I'm out, too, actually. 1085 00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:01,880 The last time I played with you, 1086 00:43:01,947 --> 00:43:03,048 I ended up eating mac and cheese for a week. 1087 00:43:03,114 --> 00:43:04,349 Come on. We'll go sit outside. 1088 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:06,117 You can tell me about the gambling days. 1089 00:43:06,184 --> 00:43:07,853 Yeah. Yeah. 1090 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,421 I guess it's you and me. 1091 00:43:10,488 --> 00:43:13,659 Texas Hold 'em, no limit. 1092 00:43:13,725 --> 00:43:15,360 What do you say we bet the house? 1093 00:43:18,697 --> 00:43:21,599 You're not, you're not serious about betting the house. 1094 00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:23,735 I'm always serious.