Best Bet
Best Bet
TV ShowEnded

Best Bet

2007
1 season
20 episodes
Comedy

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?

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    09-07-200745m

    The Ho’s family in Foshan is exhilarated as a boy is born into their family. This little boy is attracted to mahjong when he is still a baby! Time flies and the baby has grown in...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    10-07-200745m

    Ying cannot figure out why the Tsangs are interested to become the directors of the Salesian Society. The truth is that the Tsangs secretly plan to turn the Salesian Society into a...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    11-07-200745m

    Yee gets into a fight with a mysterious man who tries to take advantage of Hei. Yee discovers that the man is in fact Ying’s father, To Chai Sam, who loses contact with Ying for m...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    12-07-200745m

    Sing is arrested and Yee, surprisingly, helps Sing clear his name. Judge Sheung decides to use Mary as bait to lure the villain, however, the villain has set his eyes on Ying. Luc...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    13-07-200745m

    Ying is furious when she discovers that the staff is also attracted to the new gambling game. She scolds them and initiates a demonstration against gambling. Yee, who wants to ple...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    16-07-200745m

    Yee is in a very bad mood and he gambles nonstop for three days and three nights. He then falls down from the second floor of the Casino and goes into a coma. On the other hand, Y...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    17-07-200745m

    Ying promises to be Yee’s wife in return for 500 taels of gold. She uses the money to clear her father’s debt. Sing buys Yee’s wedding invitation card and attends the ceremony wi...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    18-07-200745m

    Ying promises to be Yee’s wife in return for 500 taels of gold. She uses the money to clear her father’s debt. Sing buys Yee’s wedding invitation card and attends the ceremony wi...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    19-07-200745m

    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...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    20-07-200745m

    Yee announces that Ying has promised to stay with him and the Hos are unhappy about the news. Madame Ho deliberately picks on Ying and makes unreasonable requests on her. Yee, in...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    23-07-200745m

    Sing helps Yee get away with his lies and at the same time, initiates a truce with Yee. Sing helps Yee because he wants Yee to continue to gamble as he believes that one day Yee w...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    24-07-200745m

    At the wedding ceremony, Mary’s swindler identity is being exposed. Sing is humiliated and Mary feigns faint in hope to get away with it. She manages to escape from imprisonment,...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    25-07-200745m

    Yee repays money to the Tsangs exposing in arrogant attitude. He even makes a bet with Sing. Unfortunately, he loses 30 thousand taels of gold to Sing in just 10 days! Yee’s fath...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    26-07-200745m

    When Nin returns to Foshan with his wife, he discovers that his home has been turned into a casino. They have to take shelter at the Salesian Society. Ying, on the other hand, de...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    27-07-200745m

    The Ho’s family begins a new life and Ying helps making money by selling homemade cookies. Yee, however, is doing nothing and is mocked by Sing. Yee thinks his good luck has retu...

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    30-07-200745m

    Yee is fortunate to have Mary letting him to stay with her. He now works in the brothel where Mary stays and he works very hard in order to repay his debt to Sing and get Ying bac...

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    31-07-200745m

    When Sing is going out with his new maid, Ying, he comes across Mary and Yee. Sing is very jealous and tells Ying that Mary and Yee are having an affair. By chance, Kin passes by...

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    01-08-200745m

    Yee loses when he bets with Ying and Ying ends her relationship with him. Yee is devastated. When he learns that Kin is to marry Ying, he goes crazy and runs into the woods. Yin...

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    02-08-200745m

    Yee knows that Sing and some government officials are involved in manipulating the results for the public examinations as they allow the people of Foshan to place bets on the exami...

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    03-08-200745m

    Sing catches Yee and Ying. He wants to send them to Po Luo Island as slaves. Then Kin finds out that his very own brother has caused him fail the examination. Kin wants to repor...

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