Was Le Chiffre taking another gamble?
When Vesper is kidnapped by Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, Bond chases after them in his car and ends up crashing in order to avoid running over Vesper (who has been left lying in the middle of the road).
Bond is injured (almost certainly concussed) and is subsequently captured.
Le-Chiffre then tries to torture the bank account password out of him.
Now I thought it was a pretty big gambit on Le Chiffre's part to expect Bond to crash his car and just end up incapacitated. If Bond had managed to avoid the crash, he almost certainly would have rescued Vesper and gotten away. On the other hand, if Bond had been fatally injured in the crash, the password would have been lost to Le Chiffre.
What made Le Chiffre so sure his plan would work?
Best Answer
Le Chiffre is a mathematical genius. That’s why, when the new aircraft was not destroyed, he was able to calculate his loss at $102 million to the penny – in his head. That’s why he is a pretty good at poker, because he can continually calculate odds – exactly. Of course he is beatable there, because in poker you play your opponent and not just the cards.
He is also an extraordinary risk taker. He essentially bet that his man would destroy the plane. Most rational people would consider that a BIG bet. But he took it. He lost. Then he took his next BIG bet: win at poker with high stakes. He lost. He grew increasingly desperate as time went on.
His plan to “almost cleanly” capture Bond was his last BIG gamble before being executed by the people he double crossed. He was able to calculate his odds pretty exactly. He gambled Vesper’s life, but that was not his life. Please note that all these bets would have worked had it not been for a ‘00’ agent being on hand (and in particular James Bond). Le Chiffre, in accordance with his personality, never really considered this a big threat. Of course he paid for that.
Please note that if Bond had managed to stop without hitting Vesper and not being hurt, Le Chiffre had plenty of people on hand to make sure that Bond would be captured. The only way Bond would have escaped is if he did not stop, and that was something Le Chiffre knew he would not do.
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Is Le Chiffre a member of Spectre?
Le Chiffre \u2013 though not a Spectre member, he was a private banker to major terrorists who are introduced through Spectre, until Mr. White executes him with a shot in the head.How did Bond know Le Chiffre was bluffing?
That was his physical tell. A tell in poker is a change in a player's behavior or demeanor that is claimed by some to give clues to that player's assessment of their hand. Bond knew he could beat Le Chiffre as he was confident that he would catch his tell and get an insight into his game and strategy (bluffs included).Why did Le Chiffre need money?
Le Chiffre is in deep with Quantum following the loss of the warlord's money and needs the winnings to cover his debts. Vesper is there to sabotage Bond's chances, because Quantum has leverage over her. She has no loyalty to Le Chiffre, as seen by the second deal she cuts, to save Bond while he is being tortured. Mr.How did Le Chiffre lose money?
But Le Chiffre's plan failed, and because Skyfleet stock's price continued to stay above the strike price, there was no point to Le Chiffre exercising the puts. In those final hours, no one would buy them for any amount, so they "expired worthless," and Le Chiffre lost all the money he put into the puts (pun intended).Casino Royale - Poker Scene 2
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