



Upon Goni's release, he has only one goal: to gamble his way to the top and exact revenge on Young-min and his mastermind uncle Agwi ( Kim Kap-soo). He lands in jail where he learns the ins and outs of gambling in the card game hwatu ( Korean: 화투 lit. In the end, Dae-ho is killed because of Young-min, and Goni is framed. What Goni doesn't know, however, is that his stepfather used to be Jirisan's notorious swindler and that Goni's best friend Young-min ( Kim Min-jun) is actually plotting against Dae-ho. He first starts gambling to make money to buy her a sewing machine, and even encourages her remarriage with local photographer Dae-ho ( Lee Ki-young). Kind and warm-hearted, Goni ( Jang Hyuk) only hopes for a better life for his single, hard-working mother (Park Soon-chun). The series is based on a manhwa of the same name by Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong, which was also made into the 2006 live-action film Tazza: The High Rollers. It aired on SBS from September 16 to Novemon Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. Tazza ( Korean: 타짜 RR: Tajja) is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Han Ye-seul, Kim Min-jun, Kang Sung-yeon, Son Hyun-joo and Kim Kap-soo.
