A high-stakes gambler's remains are discovered in an industrial shredder, but Booth's history of addiction comes into play when he and Brennan investigate the world of underground poker. Meanwhile, Hodgins invents a lab-related product.
Jeff Dover's corpse is found, grossly and thoroughly mangled in an industrial shredder. He was a high-stakes gambler, so Booth decides to join his secret poker band to test the other players. James Aubrey can't talk him out of it, but his worries for the ex-addict colleague makes Bones doubt too. Hodgins meanwhile works on a rubber product to earn money from another patent.—KGF Vissers