 Cardiologist Dr. Simon Hodiak is addicted to gambling and out of friends to borrow from; when his loan-shark-bookie threatens with major violence he sells his sports car,gets Alex to invite him to big stakes poker, wins $70,000 but stabs his bookie Bennie Borashewesky to death instead of paying up. Steve investigates the poker players. Shortly after Hodiak is found dead, apparently suicide by bullet, but Mark doesn t buy that, and Alex is getting roughed up next after a smaller gambling loss. Mark has Alex introduce him to he players with police seed money...