Chapter 7: The Hustler
Everyone is seated for dinner.
"I bet if we had Vinny here two years ago, we would of beat you guys." Jimmy said to Tom.
"Well, you didn't." Tom told him.
"I almost came up here but, had other plans." Vinny told them.
"You won't be allowed to participate anyway." Tom said to Vinny.
"Why not?" Jimmy asked Tom.
"He's not part of your family." Tom replied.
"What about Bud?" Jimmy then asked him.
"He's married to Nora. That makes him my family." Tom explained.
"Well, Vinny's cousin Pauly is married to my sister Courtney." Jimmy told him.
"So?" Tom then asked.
"That makes Vinny part of my family." Jimmy told him.
"No, it doesn't." Tom laughed.
"I believe it does." Jimmy stated.
"Even if you had Vinny, it still would have been a tie." Tom replied.
"How do you know?" Jimmy then asked.
"Vinny wouldn't have made a difference." Tom told him.
"How do you know Tom?" Vinny then asked.
"I just know." Tom said.
"What are you physic?" Vinny laughed.
"No." Tom replied getting angry.
They continue to eat dinner. After dinner Jake, Sarah, Kenneth, Elliot and Becky are playing poker. Vinny sits down to join them.
"What game are you guys playing?" Vinny asked them.
"Five card poker." Elliot replied.
"Can I play?" Vinny asked.
"Sure." Becky said to him.
"How much are we playing for?" Vinny then asked.
"We're playing for fun." Jake told him.
"Then why do you guys have chips in front of you?" Vinny then asked.
"Are you playing or not?" Sarah scowled.
"Okay but, if I play I want it to be a dollar a hand." Vinny told them.
They all agree. Vinny loses ten hands in a row.
"I think I'll get out now." Becky said as she walked away.
"Me too." Kenneth agreed.
Vinny gets a sly look on his face. Elliot sees that look and gets out as well.
"I think you guys should get out too." Elliot said to Jake and Sarah.
"No way Dude, we're on a hot streak." Jake replied.
"Exactly. I'm not leaving now." Sarah told him.
"I tried to warn you guys." Elliot said as he walked away.
"It's just us three now." Vinny said.
"It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out." Sarah told him.
Vinny takes all of Jake's money. Him and Sarah are left. Sarah has a Straight Flush.
"Beat that Vinny." Sarah told him.
"That's a great hand and only one hand can beat that. A Royal Flush." Vinny said as he showed his hand.
Vinny beats Sarah and hustles her and Jake out of their money. Jake and Sarah are in shock.
"You scammed us." Jake said to Vinny.
"It's what I do." Vinny laughed.
Elliot comes back and sees that Vinny has all their money.
"I told you guys to get out." Elliot said to Jake and Sarah.
"How were we supposed to know he would hustle us?" Jake asked Elliot.
"Come on you guys. I would never take your money." Vinny told them as he gave back Jake and Sarah their money he won from them.
"I can't believe you hustled us." Sarah said to him.
"You just learned a life lesson, get out of a poker game while you still have some money left." Vinny told her.
"Thanks teach." Jake told him sarcastically.
"Anytime." Vinny replied.
"Why would you hustle us, again?" Sarah then asked.
"He hustled you guys before?" Elliot asked them.
"When we first met him, he hustled us in a game of pool." Sarah told him.
"Vinny is a great pool player and a decent poker player." Elliot told them.
"Why didn't you tell us that before?" Sarah snapped at him.
"I did. I told you guys to get out when I did." Elliot told her.
Sarah scoffs at him and walks away. Jimmy walks over to Vinny.
"Where are you staying?" Jimmy asked him.
"With the Bakers." Vinny replied.
"You can stay here if you want." Jimmy suggested.
"I want to spend sometime with my wife." Vinny said to him.
"She can stay here too, if she wants." Jimmy said.
"That's great. I'll go ask her." Vinny said as he went looking for Lorraine.
He finds her and goes over to her.
"How you like to stay here for the rest of this vacation?" Vinny asked her.
"No, I want to stay at my parent's cabin." Lorraine told him.
"We can see your parents anytime." Vinny said.
"We haven't seen my family since April." Lorraine said to him.
"And I haven't seen the Murtaugh's in four years." Vinny told her.
"I want to spend time with my family." Lorraine told him.
"And I want to spend time with the Murtaugh's." Vinny commented.
"We're staying at my family's cabin." Lorraine told him.
"Maybe you are but, I'm not." Vinny said.
"You're going to stay here?" Lorraine asked.
"Yeah." Vinny answered.
"Do what you want." Lorraine said to him.
"I will." Vinny smiled.
The Bakers leave The Boulders. When Vinny and Lorraine get back, Vinny backs his bags and goes over to The Boulders.