The life of the famous player Allen Lockhart and his daughter, the beautiful Mercedes, is entirely devoted to billiards, which made Allen a rich, successful businessman and the owner of his own billiards club in Brighton. The daughter dreams of playing professionally on an equal basis with men, but the mores of society do not allow her to do so. Therefore, to attract attention to the upcoming tournament, her father chooses the handsome and charming impoverished nobleman Greer Barrington, who can captivate the audience. From the very first meeting, mutual attraction flares up between the young people. However, the secret intentions of Mercedes, the cunning of her father, who uses every opportunity to get rich, and the difference in social status turn their relationship into a tangled tangle of passion, rivalry, omissions and mutual distrust...