"Fold"
"Fold"
The crowd murmurs after Yumemite folded the second time in a row. She lost 10 chips from the blinds, leaving me with 32 chips Yumemite 28. I have absolutely no idea what she gains from the folding. My hands were pretty good the past two hands, which was irksome. She isn't cheating. The cards look identical from the back, and the Yomozuki has a reputation for being completely impartial, and cheating in such a large audience would be way too risky for the student council's image. Even though Yomozuki is a student council member herself, she's known for acting like she's a third party in gambles, and she's never been caught cheating.
"It's time for the fifth round!" Yomozuki announces in her usual joyous tone. She motions us to bet five chips each for our blind- a hefty blind, but it's necessary to punish those who fold. I get my cards and exchange them as I see fit, and I see I have a three of a kind of 5s. This is one of the best hands I could be sure about! I could simply keep my 5s in my hand and exchange the other two with Yumemite- there's no way I could lose!
Yumemite bets 5 chips in addition to the 5 chip bet, which elicited a cheering from the audience.
"GOOD LUCK YUMEMI-CHAN! WE LOVE YOU YUMEMI-CHAN!"
I match her raise, bringing the total chips bet to 15, and Yumemite calls. At this point, the crowd loses it. I look over and see Mary burying her head in her lap. What is she doing? In fact, the entire group seems to be in a state of despondency, which Yumeko trying to console a crying Shinohara. What the hell is going on? I have a killer hand!
When it's time to swap the cards, I get nothing special: a 7 and an 8. I gave her a 2 and a 10, so there's not a high chance she has any pairs.
"It's showdown time!" Yomozuki yells. The crowd is obviously quite tense, given how each of us are betting 1.5 billion yen.
We place down our cards, and the crowd goes wild.
I stare at Yumemite's cards in horror, while Yumemite wears a smug grin. I almost fail to register Yumemite's three of a kind of aces.
