Legendary gambler Henry Smith is framed by his nemesis and fellow gambler, Lip Orville, and forced into hiding after Lip kills his brother, David. On the run and out of options, he’s saved by Sophia and assumes a new identity——Carl, a janitor at an underground casino (a speakeasy officially) in Chicago. But when Lip returns, now allied with the mafia, and the infamous mob boss, Don Bazzini, Carl is dragged back into the dangerous world of gambling. At the same time, Carl/Henry begins plotting his revenge.