Best Bet — Season 1, Episode 9: Episode 9
Comedy • 45 min • 1 season, 20 episodes
Episode synopsis
In order to convince Ying to stay with him as his wife, Yee promises to quit gambling. This news spreads quickly in Foshan and Sing uses this as a gimmick and asks people to bet on Yee. With Yee quitting gambling, the people in Foshan also stop gambling. This affects the casino business of the Tsangs and they are very worried. Then Mary proposes the Tsangs to introduce a new gambling game from the West and it instantly becomes a hit. Yee is tempted when the people talk about this new card game in front of him. He even loses his mind in the casino. Yee regains his consciousness with the help of his servant, Tin Sau. Ying hides herself to keep an eye on Yee. She feels touching by Yee for keeping promise. Mary tries to teach Sing about the table manner of the West and accidentally discovers that Sing is a foot fetish. Yee goes to collect rent from the countryside and is tempted by a gambling game on the road.… ...
About Best Bet
A young master gambler, Hor Yi was very lucky since he was young. Hor Yi was gambling since he was 3, his parents did not bother to teach him to stop gambling. Hor Yi's childhood friend Tsang Duk Sing is a casino owner. When Hor Yi and Sing were young, Sing backstabbed Hor Yi for taking a beautiful drawing from their teacher, after that they were enemies. Hor Yi meets a girl named Do Lai Ying. Lai Ying hated gamblers because her father was a gambler but she didn't know Hor Yi was one when she first met him. Hor Yi really wanted Lai Ying as her wife. When Hor Yi was in a coma, Lai Ying married him to save his father. When Hor Yi awoke, Lai Ying wanted a divorce. Lai Ying promised to stay, under one condition, to stop gambling. Will he lose his wife or will Hor Yi be able to quit gambling?