Louis, one of Glasgow’s leading underworld characters, has lined his pockets redeveloping the city's derelict areas through bribes to the city's head of planning.
Delivered at a series of secretly fixed poker matches, the latest and biggest match to date, saw Louis push half a million pounds to planning supremo Steve McDonald to help a massive riverside regeneration project get through the necessary red tape.
When Louis discovers that the project won its planning permit on merit alone he embarks on a mission to get his money back and sets all of the other players that took part in that final, half-million pound poker game to find the cash and return it to him.
The six hapless gamblers are eventually joined by Louis’ trusted henchman Malkie as they work their way around various pubs and clubs, getting increasingly inebriated to track down the missing money.