It's now completely even- 30 chips to 30. How was I at such a lead, only to lose it all within two rounds? Either way, I have a feeling this will be the last round of this game. One of us will be defeated.
I have one idea on how to beat her. This monster of a gambler. This definitely could never work with Kirari, and the only reason I'm doing it now is because this is my only chance to do so.
"It's Round 10! Both players are on an even playing field! Who will win? Who will lose? Will Yumemite get kicked off the student council? Or will Kokoro be forced to become Yumemite's assistant? It's time to see!"
I get my cards, but I don't flip them up so I can see them. "You're a master of reading faces, right Yumemite-san?"
"Aw, stop it, Kokoro-san! You flatter me~"
"Seriously," I reply. "You are both an aspiring actress and a former student of Juraku. You have to be a master at seeing even the most secret tells." My voice is serious, which is off-putting compared to Yumemite's cheerful and friendly façade. Also, the crowd seemed to get a little anxious at the mention of Juraku.
"I guess I could say I have a gift for seeing tells! You don't have much of a poker face, though," Yumemite responds. "I'll help you learn when you become my assistant." The crowd gasps. This is probably the only piece of trash talk uttered throughout the entire match.
"Maybe I'm not the best at Poker, or card games for that matter," I respond. "After all, I am a pathetic bookkeeper- how good at gambling could I be? But-" I continue, "there's one thing that even the best gamblers can't surmount."
Yumemite slowly drops the cheerful attitude. "And what's that?"
"Chance, Yumemite-san." I stand up and address the crowd. "I will not take a look at my cards for the rest of this match!" The crowd is startled, and my group even more so. "What the hell are you doing?" Sumeragi yells as loud as she can from the back.
"You can't have a tell if you can't tell what the cards are yourself!" I exclaim. Yumemite is equally startled as Sumeragi. "And," I announce, "I am going all in!"
The crowd goes wild as they start talking to each other, along with mixes of cheers and boos for both Yumemite and I. "Yomozuki," I tell her, "let's finish this."
"Right on! You can exchange what ever cards you like!"
I exchange to Yomozuki one card. It doesn't matter, of course, since I'm not looking at my cards, but perhaps this card will be better.
"It's now time for the betting phase!"
I slide over my entire stack of chips, and Yumemite calls, inciting cheers to Yumemite and boos to me. "You're right, Kokoro-san," Yumemite turns to me. "What you're doing is completely idiotic, and I have such a high chance of winning, but what you're doing might just be the best chance of you winning. With Juraku's training, I could roughly predict your cards with pretty high accuracy, but with your cards down," she pauses, "you might have a chance. I'm truly and completely clueless."
"It's time for swapping," Yomozuki yells to the crowd. The crowd is silent now, almost holding their breath. I take the edge two cards and slide them over to Yumemite, who in turn hands me two of her cards. She can see her own cards, but not mine. If she really can't see my cards whatsoever, then my chances of winning are theoretically to be 50%.
"It's SHOW," Yomozuki raises her hands in the air, "DOWN!" Yomozuki points at us to flip over our cards.
Yumemite: A, A, 2, 3, 4
Me: 3, J, J, J, K
