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Video poker. so he was betting $125 a hand. playing at a 800 to a thousand hands an hour. he was running $100,000 through the machine every hour. >> reporter: paddocks game of choice, video poker. what kind of player do have to be if youre using video poker as your way to win big. >> its a subset of the slots but its a thinking mans game. instead of pulling handles, you have to make decisions. video poker is for people who want to think and change the odds in their direction using their head. >>...

Poker as your way to win big? >> video poker is a subset of the slots but its a thinking mans game. instead of pulling handles, you have to make decisions. you want to put the odds in your direction using your head. >> meticulous, well-informed, intelligent mathematical? >> yes. >> curtis says video poker is a game that would be attractive to loners and paddock was not known to socialize with other high rollers, though they recognized his picture. he certainly managed close relationships with at...

Tom, he could have pulled this off solely on his own? >> yes, i do. i think it is possible. i think were looking at this that all of those pieces of luggage with guns in it required assistan assistance. it may have required assistance to get from the car to the hotel room. you know, a hotel like that will have plenty of employees with luggage carts. they are used to people coming in. especially the high rollers that stay in the expensive suites like this one was upstairs. they are used to people...

Paddock was not known to socialize with other high rollers, though they recognize his picture. he managed a close relationship with at least one person, his girlfriend, marilou danley. >> he loved her. >> he bought her a ticket home to the philippines and wired her $100,000 some time before the shooting, according to the statement read by her attorney. >> while there, he wired me money to buy a house for me and my family. i was grateful, but, honestly, i was worried that, first, the unexpected t...

Backyard. >> sean: did he talk to neighbors a lot? >> no, neither did his companion. >> sean: there some story here, guys. >> its interesting. we talk to people at the hotel. he is known. some of the workers were shocked when they saw his face. he was known as a big gambler. he stayed into different cabana. im told from people in the casino where they send the guys or gals, the high rollers, they knew who he was he was. >> sean: maybe thats how he got all the guns in the room. >> there are thous...

>> no, neither did hisju companion. >> sean: theres a story here, guys.. >> its interesting. we talk to people at the hotel. he is known. some of the workers were shocked when they saw his face. he was known as a big gambler. he stayed in two different cabana. im told from people in the casino where they send the guys or gals, the high rollers, they knew who he was he was. >> sean: maybe thats how he got all the guns in the room.s >> asset to someone who knows the hotel very well. recently left,...

Backyard. >> sean: did he talk to neighbors a lot? >> no, neither did his companion. >> sean: there some story here, guys. >> its interesting. we talk to people at the hotel. he is known. some of the workers were shocked when they saw his face. he was known as a big gambler. he stayed into different cabana. im told from people in the casino where they send the guys or gals, the high rollers, they knew who he was he was. >> sean: maybe thats how he got all the guns in the room. >> there are thous...

>> anthony: oh thats good. >> jet: jackfruit salad. >> anthony: jackfruit salad. >> jet: jackfruit salad. this is hang lei, a pork curry braised down with garlic and ginger. >> anthony: mm, this pork is amazing. >> jet: isnt that great? and thats northern larb, very important dish. >> anthony: whoa, that looks really pretty. >> jet: this is cow soy. this is the food my grandma made. >> anthony: mm. thats perfection man, uh. >> jet: what i love about vegas asian food is, on one street you got the...

Out there. >> talk about the amenity and you have the lights cubes on the pool and the lights on the djay. >> we put 450 cub and did the production today. and a great stage up there and have 45 tables and chairs that we sold and all of the cabana and. how sexy is tonight going to be. >> you will see the hodles and model and we have the beautiful staff and high rollers coming through. >> thank you, margo. happy new year. >> thank you. >> and coming over here to screen right. 15000 just for that c...

Thats perfection man, uh. >> jet: what i love about vegas asian food is, on one street you got the best szechuan food, the best cantonese food, and you drive down the street you get the best thai food. its a funky, awesome, asian -- >> anthony: how did that happen? >> jet: gambling. >> anthony: but i mean, were there high rollers who come into town and they need the good shit? >> jet: a dude with a 2 to 10 million-dollar credit line and a win, is going to go eat a ten-dollar chinese meal because...