 During a mission to investigate the crash site of a Japanese transport plane, McHale and The Crew recover 4 million dollars in American cash. Thinking that it s counterfeit, they return to base, where Gruber later trades it to Chief Urulu, for some native trinkets. But, when they find out that the money is real - Stolen by the Japs from a bank, in The Philippines - Gruber challenges Urulu to a winner-take-all poker game, to get it back.