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Ben
- [Cole Williams confronts Micky for the first time again]
- Ben Campbell: [narrating, when we see Micky tied up in the basement of the casino] I had a 1590 on my SAT. I got a 44 on my MCATs. And I have a 4.0 GPA from MIT. I thought I had my life mapped out. But then I remembered what my Nonlinear Equations professor once told me, always account for variable change.
- Cole Williams: [Cole Williams walks out of the shadows] Hello, Micky.
- Micky Rosa: Look, I got money in Boston. A hundred grand. I'll give it to you. If you just let me walk away. I'll walk away.
- Cole Williams: I don't want your money, Micky. I don't need it. But I know someone who might be interested. He's good with numbers, too. He works for the IRS.
- [Ben asks Micky why he's being asked to join the team of card players]
- Ben Campbell: So, why are you telling me?
- Micky Rosa: Well, let's just say a spot opened up on our roster.
- Ben Campbell: How?
- Micky Rosa: Jimmy got a job at Google.
- Ben Campbell: Jim... Jimmy got a job at Google?
- Micky Rosa: Yeah, it's catchy, I know.
- Ben Campbell: Well, if you're making so much money at this, then why did he take it?
- Micky Rosa: Ben, I said Google, not Sizzler.
- [last lines]
- Ben Campbell: [narrating, Ben see's all of his friends gambling in Vegas] I let down my good friends. But as it turns out, they weren't too bad at simple math either.
- Ben Campbell: [narrating, Jill and Ben make out in the school library] I scored the prettiest girl in school.
- Ben Campbell: [narrating, Cole lays on a beach with a cocktail in his hand] I got beaten down by an old-school Vegas thug who was having trouble accepting his retirement. But I worked out a deal with him that got him a nice pension.
- Ben Campbell: [narrating, Ben introduces his mother to Jill] And I lied to my mother. But I confessed the lie. And, well, she still loved me.
- Ben Campbell: [narrating, Ben walks into school to get his scholarship] So my senior year of college, I joined this team. And I learned this new skill. I went to Vegas 17 times to use it. I made hundreds of thousands of dollars counting cards.
- Ben Campbell: [Ben sits across from the professor] And then I had it all stolen from me. Twice. How's that for a life experience, professor? Did I dazzle you? Did I jump off the page?
- [Ben plays Blackjack his final time in disguise]
- Ben Campbell: [Ben talks to the dealer] Winner, winner, chicken dinner! There it is. Thank you. God, I love this town. I love this game. And, Jim, I might even love you.
- [Ben speaks to his teacher Micky for the first time in class]
- Micky Rosa: We're gonna call this, um, the game show host problem. All right? Ben, suppose you're on a game show. And you are given a chance to choose from three different doors, all right? Now, behind one of the doors is a new car. Behind the other two, goats. Which door would you choose, Ben?
- Ben Campbell: Door number one?
- Micky Rosa: Door number one. Ben chooses door number one. All right, now, the game show host, who, by the way, knows what's behind all the other doors, decides to open another door. Let's say he chooses door number three. Behind which sits a goat, now... Ben, game show host comes to you. He says, 'Ben, do you want to stay with door number one or go with door number two?' Now, is it in your interest to switch your choice?
- Ben Campbell: Yeah.
- Micky Rosa: Well, wait. Remember the host knows where the car is, so how do you know he's not playing a trick on you? Trying to use reverse psychology to get you to pick a goat?
- Ben Campbell: Well, I wouldn't really care. I mean, my answer's based on statistics. Based on variable change.
- Micky Rosa: Variable change? But he just asked you a simple question.
- Ben Campbell: Yeah, which changed everything.
- Micky Rosa: Enlighten us.
- Ben Campbell: Well, when I was originally asked to choose a door, I had a 33.3% chance of choosing right. But after he opens one of the doors and then re-offers me the choice, it's now 66.7% if I choose to switch. So, yeah, I'll take door number two, and thank you for that extra 33.3%.
- Micky Rosa: [Micky smiles] Exactly! People, remember, if you don't know which door to open, always account for variable change. Now, see, most people wouldn't take the switch out of paranoia, fear, emotions. But Mr. Campbell, he kept his emotions aside and let simple math get his ass into a brand new car! Which is better than that goat you've been driving around campus.
- [Jill tells Ben at his place of work that he should join the team]
- Jill Taylor: Ben, you should feel the thrill of winning more money than you can possibly imagine. I think you should come to Vegas. 'Cause I'm guessing that you could probably use a break from this place.
- Ben Campbell: I can't. I'm sorry. I just can't.
- Jill Taylor: Okay, if you change your mind, you know where we meet.
- Ben Campbell: Okay.
- Jill Taylor: You're welcome any time. You know, I think the best thing about Vegas is you can become anyone you want.
- [Ben sits down to play the table limit in the casino]
- Ben Campbell: [Ben asks the gambler beside him about the female dealer] How's she doing?
- Philosophical Gambler: Oh, that doesn't matter, man. The way I see it, yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery. It's all what you do in the moment, baby.
- [Micky yells at Ben for losing $200,000]
- Ben Campbell: Hey, I let you down, all right. I get it.
- Micky Rosa: Excuse me? You let me down? I don't care! Let me make one thing clear to you, I am not your father! You are not my friend. This is a business. You were only good to me as the money you make, and, right now it's not worth a hell of a whole lot!
- [Ben talks to Miles about the cost of having to go to school being expensive]
- Ben Campbell: You know, tuition fees and living expenses alone cost over $300,000. $300,000.
- Miles Connoly: It's outrageous. It's astronomically high. I get it.
- Ben Campbell: You know, I just thought there was more to life than just money.
- Miles Connoly: Well, look at the bright side, I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance.
- [Micky realizes he's set up by Ben when he finds the chocolate cent in the bag]
- Cole Williams: [in a flashback] I never saw Micky Rosa after that.
- Cole Williams: [Cole stops his punch in front of Ben's face] But I think I wanna see him now. And I want you to make that happen.
- Ben Campbell: I don't work for Micky anymore.
- Cole Williams: [Cole laughs] Come on, kid. Your picture's all over the database, your Vegas gig is done. But I will give you one night. And I can guarantee you won't be bothered. You'll make a killing, and you'll keep it all. Hmm? Listen. My name's Cole. Cole Williams. You just bring me Micky Rosa, kid. I'll take care of the rest.
- Micky Rosa: [in the present] Son... Of... A... Bitch.
- [Micky deals a deck of cards out to the team of kid card players]
- Micky Rosa: What's the count?
- Jill Taylor: Plus 9.
- Micky Rosa: No.
- Fisher: Plus 11.
- Micky Rosa: No.
- Kianna: Dude, I lost count 20 cards ago.
- Micky Rosa: Don't call me dude.
- Choi: [Micky points to Choi] Uh, plus 9?
- Micky Rosa: You're just following Jill. People, please. We had a total of 76 cards that came out of the deck. Twenty-three were high cards with the value of minus one. Seventeen were neutral with no value at all, and the rest were low cards with the value of plus one. How could you lose the count?
- Ben Campbell: [Ben speaks from the doorway] Plus 13. The count. It's plus 13.
- Micky Rosa: [Micky smiles at Ben] Yes.
- [Ben tells Jill he can lead this team of card players]
- Jill Taylor: What are you doing?
- Ben Campbell: Well, we're printing money here. What, you think just 'cause Micky left we're gonna stop? No, I can do this. I can lead this team. You know, I'm not the same guy I was back in Boston.
- Jill Taylor: Exactly.
- Ben Campbell: Yeah, exactly. You know, isn't this exactly who you wanted me to be when you first came into the store to buy a tie?
- [Jill sits on Ben's lap at a dance club, as they both pretend to be their fake identities]
- Jill Taylor: What line of work you in, mister?
- Ben Campbell: I count things.
- Jill Taylor: [Jill chuckles] My name's Sierra.
- Ben Campbell: Hi, Sierra. I'm Salvadore Sanchez.
- Jill Taylor: [Jill whispers in Ben's ear] Would you like a private dance, Salvadore?
- Ben Campbell: Well, that all depends how much it's gonna run me, Sierra.
- Jill Taylor: 20 a song, 30-song minimum.
- Ben Campbell: Sounds expensive.
- [Ben and Jill kiss for the first time]
- [Micky talks to Ben privately about being the next big player on his team]
- Micky Rosa: Fisher and Jimmy have always been the big players. I want you to take Jimmy's place.
- Ben Campbell: I've never done this.
- Micky Rosa: I know that and I understand. But I don't trust the girls, and Choi is, well, Choi.
- [Ben and Micky walk pass Fisher back on campus]
- Ben Campbell: Hey, Fisher.
- Micky Rosa: [Fisher keeps walking without saying anything] Uh. He's mad at me and jealous of you. But don't worry. Greatness evokes that reaction sometimes.
- [Micky teaches his class as Ben and him talk about their counting cards business in a metaphor]
- Ben Campbell: [Ben from the back of the class, beat up looking from Cole Williams] Isn't is true Cauchy stole from his students?
- Micky Rosa: Yes, I heard that. What's your theory on that?
- Ben Campbell: They say he used his students for their brilliance, then discredited them and stole their equations, stole their hard work.
- Micky Rosa: Well, that wouldn't be the first time a teacher was accused of that. I think what he's referring to is Vladimir Stupnitsky, yes? He was a student of Cauchy's who accused Cauchy of stealing his four-volume text on this analysis and publishing it under a pseudonym. Of course, nobody knows what really went on down there. They never did prove it, and without the proof, it's a little like it never happened. And, you know, it's a real shame, because if Stupnitsky had just realized that he shouldn't have crossed Cauchy, this was the dispute, if he'd been able to get beyond some of the personal mistakes that were made, I have no doubt Cauchy would've worked with him again, and they could have done great things together. But, as history shows us, some students never learn.
- Micky Rosa: [Micky comments on Ben's bruised eye] You should get that eye looked at.
- [Ben apologizes to Miles for hurting his feelings and not telling him the truth]
- Ben Campbell: I can't believe how I treated you, Miles. You know, you're my best friend, and I, really let you down. I really let you down. I'm sorry. And I'm happy for you, you know? Winning the 2.09. That's great.
- Miles Connoly: Jill Taylor. Really?
- Ben Campbell: [Ben laughs] Yeah.
- Miles Connoly: So, let me get this straight. Money, girls, high-roller suites, clubs, Vegas. Yeah, I think I probably would have blown off the 2.09 Competition, too.
- [Ben tells Micky the two of them should be the big players and count cards together]
- Ben Campbell: I was thinking maybe you should be the other big player. You know, two big players playing big?
- Micky Rosa: [Micky scoffs] Hey, slow down, I haven't played in a long time, Ben. But Fisher's out. No one else on the team can be the big player, can they? And if we do well, if we do really well, then you get your grades back, go to Harvard Med, and I might even get that sabbatical.
- Ben Campbell: Well, amazing things can be done from the inside, right?
- Micky Rosa: [Micky shakes Ben's hand] Hmm. Just went back to the head of the class.
- [Ben insults Micky for the first time]
- Micky Rosa: You had very clear instructions, and you didn't follow them. You didn't do your job. You weren't counting, you were gambling!
- Ben Campbell: Well, why aren't you out there, then, Micky? Hm? I mean, we take all the risks. Seems to me like you don't do shit.
- Micky Rosa: This isn't about me, you arrogant little infant.
- [Jill wakes up Ben on the plane after landing back in Boston]
- Ben Campbell: I seem to keep waking up to you.
- Jill Taylor: Don't get used to it.