Someone put this in the Akashic Records? Well, thanks, whoever it was.

Three days... Time to post another chapter of this.

For the second hand, Kazu dealt the cards, and while he wasn't clumsy about it, it was apparent that he lacked Rika's graceful movements.

He immediately saw the Aces of Spades and Hearts in his hand, and smirked wildly, telling everyone that he'd gotten a good hand, and telling Rika that Kazu had a terrible pokerface, which she could exploit later on.

Ryo had the Jack and Eight of Spades, deciding to wait and see what the Flop had for him. (4700) (100)

Henry saw the Two of Hearts and Ten of Spades, and knew he'll have to fold. Since he had the least money of the seven, he would have to be careful anyway. (4000) (300)

Kenta had the Four and Five of Spades.

Takato took one look at the Eight of Clubs and Five of Diamonds, and immediately knew he'll have to fold.

Jeri had the Nine and Queen of Clubs.

Rika got the King of Spades and Queen of Hearts, briefly wondering whether the seemingly-random pair of cards were meant to be symbolic of something...

"300," Kenta smirked. (4500) (600)

"Fold," Takato groaned.

"I'll like to fold, too." Jeri said.

"Call," Rika grinned, unnerving the others. If Rika, the most skilled card player among them, second only to Ryo, was joining this hand, they knew they stood no chance. (4700) (900)

"Fold," Kazu groaned. Ryo, his pair of Aces might've handled, but Rika? No way...

"200," Ryo grinned. If Rika was in this, then it'll be interesting. (4500) (1100)

"Fold," Henry sighed, and gave Kazu his cards. He had no intention of pointlessly losing money to Rika.

With the first betting round over, Kazu burned the top card, and placed the Nine of Hearts, Two of Clubs and Seven of Clubs.

"Fold," Kenta muttered. Rika was no fool; if she was in this hand, then she definitely had a winning hand.

Rika, however, knew that her hand was crap, and she had no intention of waiting for the River and Turn cards, to see if it got better. "Gotcha. I fold." She grinned, handing her cards to a shocked Kazu.

"What!?" He and Ryo exclaimed, uncertain they'd heard her right. "You're... Folding?"

"Did I stutter or something?" She replied, considerably more austere than before. Giving up before it was all over didn't feel natural to her.

"Okay," Ryo shrugged, caught off-guard by the red-head's bluff. (5700)

"Just out of curiousity, Rika, what was your hand?" Kazu nonchalantly asked, suspecting it to have been something as disparate off as the King of Spades and Eight of Hearts, and if so, he would know how to respond to any further bluffs the red-head made.

Rika shared a quick glance with Takato and Henry, letting her know that they both saw through Kazu's pathetically obvious attempt at taking her measure, before she decided to humor him. "King of Spades and Queen of Hearts."

However, she did not expect to see a smirk form on his face. "So that's how she plays..."

The second hand finished, Kazu handed the deck to Ryo. Ryo handed Henry the small blind, and Henry handed Kenta the big blind.

01: Kazu. 4800 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

02: Ryo. 5600 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, Boxers.

03: Henry. 4000 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

04: Kenta. 4500 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

05: Takato. 5000 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

06: Jeri. 6400 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, skirt, socks, cap, bra and panties.

07: Rika. 4700 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, socks, bra and panties.