 Just when the Montecito is hosting the World Poker Championship there goes something wrong at Vanko and Vera s magic show. Vanko makes Vera really really disappear and nobody can find her, much to the dismay of the audience. Ed and Danny try to find out what happened, while Danny also needs to handle a request from Monty McClure, president of the Society for American Swizzle Stick Collectors. They have a convention at the casino and Monty is worried about his Ronald Reagan swizzle stick, worth about 80 dollars on eBay, getting stolen. Meanwhile Mike meets an old friend from MIT. Ben Pearce participates in the poker tournament after he qualified on line, but is out soon. After a strange meeting in the Mystique restaurant, Mike sees Ben getting thrown out of a car.