Inside a small house in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, four people sit at a table playing blackjack.
?Uncle Manoy? is dealing. He says he?s a professional dealer at the ?Royal Hotel."
?Cousin Louie? sits opposite. He has told the woman beside him, Martha, that he is a local gym teacher.
Sitting across from Martha is a man who Manoy introduces as a banker from Singapore. Most players would consider him the ideal opponent; he?s throwing around lots of cash carelessly.
The ?banker? ups the ante to US$1,000. Martha?s heart pounds. She has 21 but not enough cash to keep going. Manoy, who has previously agreed to be her ?secret partner,? winks and lends her the necessary US$1,000. She wins again.
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