Billy suspects that the hotel's headline singer is a drug addict; a groom is caught stealing chips and is later found beaten, which leads to an ugly confrontation between Billy and Tommy.

Billy persuades Tommy to let him enter a poker tournament so he can be near a player who's his patient. The decision doesn't sit well with Alice, because Billy promised to go with her on a trip. Also, Veronica is pestered by an old flame.

Tommy tries to help a friend's adult son, but the guy's penchant for getting into trouble makes it difficult. At the clinic, Billy and Alice attempt to go on with business after their breakup. Billy helps Veronica's alcoholic dad dry out.

Tommy worries that a murder has been committed in the casino when a blood-splattered wall is discovered. He learns, however, that the blood is from an employee who gave birth. Meanwhile, Veronica fears a casino worker was raped by a guest.

A robbery leads to a shootout in the casino. Billy is forced to make hard choices when it comes to the victims. Following the tragedy, Tommy pours all of his efforts into making sure that a fetish-and-fantasy ball goes on without a hitch.

Tommy's enemy, the man who had him shot three years ago in L.A., shows up at the casino claiming that Tommy owes him money. Billy gets involved with a black widow, a former pro poker player who is married to an elderly millionaire.

Billy tries to talk to an aging rock star with a heart problem into retiring before his condition worsens. Tommy has dreams of becoming a movie producer after he learns that an A-list actor and a film producer are checking into the hotel.