Gettler and a few of his men retreat to a building being renovated and a gunfight ensues. Bond shoots and ruptures the flotation bags that hold the building above water-level and fights with them all, killing them. He tries to save Vesper, locked in an old elevator, but is unable to after she commits suicide by drowning herself. Bond recovers her body and takes her above water but is unable to revive her. Mr. White, who'd been watching the scene, is seen leaving with the suitcase full of money.
Upon arriving they pose as a married couple and meet René Mathis, their contact in Montenegro. Each poker player has their money in a Swiss bank in Escrow while they play, and each one has a password to keep the money secured. On the first hand, 007 loses a chunk of cash to figure out how Le Chiffre bluffs (his physical "tell" involves him placing his left hand near his wounded eye); however, Vesper is not at all impressed, thinking Bond is inept. Bond places a tracking device in Le Chiffre's inhaler and takes Vesper back to their room. In Madagascar, Bond is working with another MI6 agent, Carter, monitoring a terrorist, Mollaka, who is gambling on a fight between a cobra and a mongoose. Carter, who is inexperienced, is exposed after Mollaka gets a cell phone call and the terrorist bolts from the scene. Bond chases Mollaka, who is an experienced "free runner", who leads Bond through a construction site, onto several cranes and finally to the Nambutu embassy where he seeks asylum.