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1. The Game
First aired: 1/13/2005 Production Code: 101Eddie, Clark, and Miami are seated at the same card table. Eddie starts insulting Clark and it eventually turns into a physical fight. However, it was all for show. The trio is in Vegas to take the Matador down. The fight was a bluff just to make sure that the Matador doesn't realize they're a team if they ever get in a high stakes game with him. A sheriff from out of town, Lee Nickel, is looking for a no limit game to join. He finds himself seated at the same table as the Matador, who tries to get inside his head and eventually takes all of his money with a winning hand. Seymour Annisman, the mastermind behind the trio's plan, reprimands Eddie and Clark for being seen together. They can't give anything up to the Matador because he owns Vegas. Eddie and Clark attempt to build their bankrolls by playing in games out of town. The next day, Eddie returns to the and meets Tropical Henry, one of Matador's right-hand men. Henry tells Eddie that if he plays along, he may be able to get an influential backer. Eddie accepts the offer, seeing a chance to infiltrate the Matador's inner circle.
Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Guest star: Fulvio Cecere (Skip), Norman Chad (Himself), George Buza (Tropical Henry), Michael Murphy (Jimmy Malloy) , Daniel Negreanu (Himself), Hayley Lochner (Young Miami), T.J. Cloutier (Himself), Daniel Fathers (Muff), Nicholas Pasco (Testa), Enis Esmer (College Kid), Shawn Singleton (Grip), Mpho Koaho (Hemphill), Matt Gordon (Wayne), Bernard Browne (Laineer), Tony Nappo (Johnny Gelcaiano), Ray Kahnert (Desperate Player), Quancetia Hamilton (Tammi - Dealer), James McGowan (Casino Host/Referee), Michael A. Miranda (Squint), Peter Graham (Railbird), Gerry Quigley (Banyan Dealer), Kenneth Welsh (Seymour Annisman), Dov Tiefenbach (Crappy), Victoria Snow (Mrs. Towne), Joris Jarsky (Luke), Barry Flatman (Sheriff)
2. Risk Tolerance
First aired: 1/20/2005 Production Code: 102The Matador sees Eddie's talent and recruits him for his team. Clark and Miami are worried that he's going to get sucked in to the side they're fighting. The Matador's daughter, Dee Everest, seduces Eddie.
Director: T.J. Scott
Guest star: Michael Murphy (Jimmy Malloy), George Buza (Tropical Henry), Fulvio Cecere (Skip) , Nick Pasco (Dee Everest), Joe Flaherty (Aliquippa), Kenneth Welsh (Seymour Annisman), Dov Tiefenbach (Crappy), Gabriel Hogan, Kathryn Haggis (Middle Aged Lady), Ryan Kelly (Sunglasses), Harve Sokoloff (Father #1), Kerry Griffin (Father #2), Amelia Cooke (Dee Everest), Chris Gillett (Philip), Mark Wilson (Large Al), Hayley Lochner (Young Miami), Tony Nappo (Johnny Gelcaiano), Venice Grant (Wanda), Patrick Garrow (Neal), Jason Gautreau (Clark's Roommate), David Boyce (Dean), Jean Daigle (Safari Jacket), Andy Boorman (Ticket Agent), Evelyn Cesperdes (Redhead), Nick Alachiotis (Broward), Eugene Clark (Dr. Marcellin)
3. The Whale
First aired: 1/27/2005 Production Code: 103A multi-million dollar player takes his money to a different casino. This forces Lowball and his crew to get creative and bring him back to the Colorado.
Director: Jeremiah Chechik
Guest star: George Buza (Tropical Harry), Michael Murphy (Jimmy Malloy) , Christopher N.L. Armstrong (Top Player), Mary Chui (Iko the Masseuse), Amelia Cooke (Dee Everest), Angus MacFadyen (Roy McEntyre), Jennifer Baxter (Jolene Shea), David Christo (Manager), Fab Filippo (Dean), Dean McDermott (Martin Shea), Nicholas Pasco (Testa), Brian Rhodes (Limo Driver), Jan Rubeš (Frank), Jason Stutz (Mechanic), Robert Tinkler (Danny), Kenneth Welsh (Seymour Annisman)
4. The Aftermath
First aired: 2/10/2005 Production Code: 104After Seymour's death, there is speculation all over Vegas about what happened. Officials rule his death a suicide. While that is happening, Eddie and Clark go to his apartment to find where he hid the stash. Miami does not take the news of his death well at all. She bursts into the apartment and takes out a gun. Eddie and Clark take it away from her and tell her that is not the way Seymour would have wanted it. They decide they can wait no longer, they have to get in a game with The Matador now. When Nickel hears about the death, he immediately knows that it was not a suicide. He goes out and talks with people, trying to piece together what happened right before he died. He pretends to be a funeral director, so he goes to the coroner and takes pictures of Seymour's dead body. While talking with these people, he is able to learn that Tropical Henry was involved in the death somehow. Clark is approached by two of his former business partners, Dean and Shurgin. They want him to participate in a money laundering scheme, and at first he goes along, but then he decides it's not a risk he's willing to take. Everest approaches Lowball and warns him in no uncertain terms that he shouldn't try to force The Matador out. Nickel brings the evidence he has to police chief Carruthers, but the chief says that all of it is circumstantial. He also gives Nickel a thinly veiled threat that he should leave town.
Director: T.J. Scott
Guest star: George Buza (Tropical Henry), Fulvio Cecere (Skip), Michael Murphy (Jimmy Malloy) , JaNae Armogan (Model), Gil Rivera Blas (Room Service Waiter), Tim Burd (Card Player #1), Fab Filippo (Dean), Barry Flatman (Sheriff), Kevin Hunter (Gambler), Joris Jarsky (Luke), Hayley Lochner (Young Miami), Andrea Lui (Bartender), Scott Montgomery (Floor Supervisor), Todd Sandomirsky (Razzle), Victoria Snow (Mrs. Towne), Birgitte Solem (Cage Supervisor), Kenneth Welsh (Seymour Annisman)
5. Rivered
First aired: 2/17/2005 Production Code: 105The Colorado is visited by a representative of the gaming commision that is intent on finding out whether cheating is really going on. Molloy tells Lowball to make this problem go away. Lowball agrees, but only if Molloy agrees to fire the Matador. Later, the game finally takes place, and Miami and Clark are doing great. They are just about to win, until an unexpected twist takes place.
Guest star: George Buza (Tropical Henry), Fulvio Cecere (Skip), Michael Murphy (Jimmy Malloy) , Greg Bryk (Pete Shurgin), Fab Filippo (Dean), Barry Flatman (Sheriff), Morgan Kelly (J.J.), Natalie Brown (Waitress), Dean McDermott (Martin Shea), Duane Murray (Barthelme), Paulino Nunes (Stasiak), Nicholas Pasco (Testa), Frank Spadone (Jail Guard)
6. Gentleman Jim
First aired: 2/24/2005 Production Code: 106After their devastating loss, Clark, Miami and Eddie attempt to pick up the pieces. Nickel and Lowball conspire to take down the Matador.
7. Shuffle Up and Deal
First aired: 3/3/2005 Production Code: 107The Matador must win a bracelet at the World Championship of in order to secure a minority stake in the Colorado. Eddie, Miami and Clark, meanwhile, begin to set a trap for the Matador.
Director: John Dahl
Guest star: Michael Murphy (Jimmy Malloy), Fulvio Cecere, Norman Chad (Himself) , JaNae Armogan (Bartender in Brothel), Peter Outerbridge, Robert Forster, Dov Tiefenbach (Crappy), Amelia Cooke (Dee Everest), Fab Filippo (Dean), Duane Murray (Barthelme), Lon McEachern (Himself), Charles Heidman (Himself), Buckram (Himself), Eric Seidel (Himself), Dan Padgett (Himself), Mayko Nguyen (Cathy Kwan), Tiffany Lyndall-Knight (Chastity), Jordan Madley (Amber)
8. Nobody Ever Listens
First aired: 3/10/2005 Production Code: 108Eddie, Clark and Miami pick off The Matador's cohorts to advance to the World Championships. Nickel continues to gather evidence against the Matador. When the FBI doesn't give up after Clark gives them the slip, The Matador has to stick to his word.
Guest star: Norman Chad (Himself) , Lon McEachern (Himself), Phil Hellmuth (Himself), Daniel Fathers (Muff Lannigan)
9. The Last Hand
First aired: 3/13/2005 Production Code: 109In the season finale, The Matador is forced to surrender, and Eddie decides to leave for a well deserved vacation, somewhere far from Vegas.
Guest star: Norman Chad (Himself) , Lon McEachern (Himself), David Anthony Williams (Himself)
