Takumi Hayashi, a washed-up poker pro in Tokyo, owes 2.2 billion yen to a dangerous loan shark who threatens his sick mother. Forced into a mysterious invitation-only game at a penthouse in Roppongi, he realizes too late that the poker is a front. The players are bidding on something else: a person in witness protection. The losers disappear into white vans.

Trapped, with his mother as leverage, Takumi's only weapon is his ability to read micro-expressions. He wins the final hand against the ruthless Yuria, but the prize is a terrified young woman's location sell her and live, protect her and die.

He deletes the file and walks out.

Six months later, in Osaka, a rescued player warns him: the man who ran the game is still out there. The house always wins.

Takumi keeps the phone. Just in case.

Because the game isn't over until you leave the table.