The Cooler is Bernie Lootz, who plies his trade on the floor of Las Vegas' Shangri-La casino drifting from table to table, his bad karma cooling one gambler's lucky streak after another. He meets Natalie, a new waitress, who starts to love him back, and, feeling good for the first time in years, Bernie can't wait to leave Las Vegas and move on with his life with the woman of his dreams. But will the Casino let its most valued asset leave so easily?