Richard Stuart is a very wealthy man, thanks to his methods of `assisting` certain people to advance in their careers. Richard however is blackmailing all of his clients and invites them every now and then to a poker game in Las Vegas. The game in reality is when Richard gets his money from his clients. David Benson`s brother was killed thanks to one of Richard`s schemes and, during one of the `poker` parties David bursts in with a gun and attempts to shoot Richard but is overpowered and thrown out. Later on that night, Richard is shot with David`s gun and David is arrested for the crime. David`s young daughter Melanie had followed her father to Las Vegas and when David is arrested runs to Perry who is in town for a boxing match with Ken.