text: casino royale questions?????? 1. was james bond's girlfriend taking his money, and if so who was she giving it to or what was she using it for?  2. was le chiffre and bond's girlfriend working together, since they were both taking his money?  3. what was the point of the poker scenes?  4. who is mr. white, and why did james bond shoot him at the end (this was right before he said "the names bond, james bond")?  5. was mathis on bond's side or was he against him?  6. who is alex dimitrios?  thank you! 1. was james bond's girlfriend taking his money, and if so who was she giving it to or what was she using it for?  her boyfriend had been kidnapped by the bad guys and she was going to use it to exchange for his freedom  2. was le chiffre and bond's girlfriend working together, since they were both taking his money?  no  3. what was the point of the poker scenes?  le chiffre had lost his crime associates money on the stock market. he was trying to win it back . bond was trying to stop him which would force him to have to get protection from the govt and provide information on his associates   4. who is mr. white, and why did james bond shoot him at the end (this was right before he said "the names bond, james bond")?  white engineered all the arms deals etc and was responsible for vesper lynds death  5. was mathis on bond's side or was he against him?  bond thinks he was a double agent  6. who is alex dimitrios?  he was the middleman who hired the person to blow up the airplane prototype (and cause the crash of the airline companies stock)  thank you! additional details  1 day ago  7. who was vesper?  see below   8. what was bond's girlfriend's name?    vesper lynd