Kaiji commences to play with the last ¥10 million he borrowed from Endö for a final assault, unaware that Ichijö has tilted the machine in the same direction that Kaiji's group tilted the building, thus creating an almost insurmountable tilt on the first two plates. When half of the money is gone, Ichijö gloats to Kaiji that he can never win, but Kaiji says that he knows about the tilt...