"Doubt," Yumemite smiles at me as I look at my cards in horror. She's right. I lost so much.

"With the end of Round 3," Mary announces, "Yumemite wins 300 million yen from Kokoro."

Crap. That leaves Yumemite with a net gain of 120 million yen. I really thought I could bet with a relatively common hand.

Mary starts round 4 as she gives us our five cards. I take a look at them and see a three of a kind of nines, with a ten and a jack on the side. I exchange the two cards, and I get another jack! A four of a kind is one of the best hands in the game. As long as Yumemite doesn't fold, I'll win this!

We each put down a 20 million yen blind. Yumemite is the first to bet, as she is the dealer.

"Eh," Yumemite shrugs. "My hand isn't that good- I'll fold."

She puts down her cards, face up. She had a straight. I look at her in terror. How did she know I had a good hand? Her straight could've only been beaten by a flush, a full house, a four of a kind, and a straight-flush, which combined only has a 1% chance of occurring. She's either insanely good at this game, or she's cheating.

"Congrats, Kokoro-san," Yumemite smiles at me. "Go- get your prize for this round." I pick up the chips and put them in my stack.

"We will now begin Round 5," Mary announces with slight fear for me. I pick up my five cards, but immediately, I cover all of the cards to where only the back of one card is actually showing.

Yumemite laughs hysterically. "What's wrong," I ask her smugly.

"Oh~ nothing, nothing," Yumemite responds. "This is so similar to when Mary played. I heard about this from a former student council member. I think she graduated, but she was so good at this game that she drained Mary of all of her funds. It's just like this game, too!"

Mary grinds her teeth in anger and as I swap two cards. I now have a three of a kind of eights. I cycle through the cards I could see, myself, making sure Yumemite couldn't see any of the backs of my cards.

"It is now the betting phase," Mary tells us.

"I will bet 200 million yen," I announce. I slide twenty chips on the table. I have a pretty good hand. Yumemite smiles with malice and looks at me and calls my bet.

"I have a three of a kind of eights," I announce.

"I have a full house," she responds calmly. I slide an extra twenty chips on the table.

"I doubt that."

She giggles as she reveals her hand, and I look in horror.

2, 3, 3, 2, 3.