After $10m in losses, he called it quits and headed back to Japan while still owing Trump money.
But Donald would have the last laugh, as he made a deal with Kashiwagi to return and gamble $12m until he either doubled it or lost it all.
By all accounts, in just two nights Kashiwagi won nearly $6m of Trump's money. In early 1990, Kashiwagi was lured to Atlantic City by another real estate magnate, Donald Trump, to play at one of Donald Trump's three casinos there. He earned himself the nickname, “The Warrior” and routinely bet $200k on a single hand of baccarat, which is among the most popular casino games for high rollers, in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Monte Carlo. Akio Kashiwagi, a mysterious real estate tycoon from Japan who is said to have had ties to the Yakuza, was one of the biggest casino whales of them all.
