Chapter 10: Deck Time

(Nakamura POV)

Something wasn't up, it was down...

Now the next round was about to start. Nagisa was in the lead from the last round. It was time for me to destroy the competition.

Kayano dealt us the cards. We all put it in a chip in the pot.

Let's see what my cards are:

7 of Hearts

5 of Diamonds

Oh no! Nothing good to start off with. Well, maybe I can bluff my way into winning this.

"I raise by $200!" I said with confidence.

"Call." Responded Karma.

"Call." Said Kayano.

"Call." Said Nagisa.

Holy crap! No one was showing any emotions! This was starting to look like a real game.

Man, Nagisa was right, we do take these games too seriously.

Kayano put down the first 3 cards.

First Card: 7 Diamonds

Second Card: 7 of Clubs

Third Card: 5 of Spades

Oh yeah! I already won! Time to maximize profits!

"I raise by $1000!" I said with even more confidence.

"Call." Responded Karma.

"Call." Said Kayano.

"Call." Said Nagisa.

Damn! I don't know how, but they seem more emotionless than before.

Kayano puts down the fourth card.

Fourth Card: 7 of Spades

4 of a kind! Now it's time to go all in.

"ALL IN!" I said with a hint of delight.

"All in." Responded Karma.

"All in." Said Kayano.

"All in." Said Nagisa.

What? What cards must my friends hold?

Fifth Card: Ace of Hearts

"Time to show your cards!" Kayano finally said with some emotion.

Everyone showed their cards.

Nagisa had a 7 of Diamonds and 3 of Hearts.

4 of a Kind

I had a 7 of Diamonds and 5 of Diamonds.

4 of a Kind

Wait.

"Hey Nagisa what's the deal with you having that same card as me?" I asked skeptically.

"I dunno, maybe somebody didn't shuffle the deck." He responded.

"That doesn't have anything to do with it." Kayano commented as she showed us her cards.

She had a 7 of Diamonds and 2 of Diamonds.

4 of a Kind

"Where did you get that?" Both me and Nagisa questioned loudly to Kayano.

"I dunno, Karma gave me the deck."

We all looked at Karma, his face plastered with a fake grin.

"Looks like I chose the wrong deck." Karma said.

We all agreed to play a new game after that.