01: Takato. 7100 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

02: Jeri. 5600 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, skirt, socks, cap, bra and panties.

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

04: Kazu. 3700 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

05: Ryo. 4350 Yen. Wearing: jeans, Boxers.

06: Henry. 5850 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

07: Kenta. 3700 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

Four separate votes on the poll... Thanks, guys.

With a calm, rehearsed, almost mechanical, series of gestures, Takato gave each of them a pair of cards.

Takato himself had the Six of Diamonds and Four of Spades.

Jeri got the Aces of Clubs and Hearts. "This looks like a good hand." (5500) (100)

Rika had the Three of Clubs and Ten of Diamonds. "Wonderful," She derisively thought, "Another round of back-and-forth..." (4500) (300)

Kazu held the Five of Diamonds and King of Clubs.

Ryo got the Five of Spades and Ten of Hearts.

Henry had the Two of Spades and Seven of Hearts, and acknowledged his only option; which was folding

Kenta held the Four of Hearts and Jack of Clubs, mentally bemoaning his tendency to get terrible hands.

"Fold," Kazu groaned.

"Same here," Ryo followed suit.

"Me too," Henry said.

"Fold," Kenta sighed, giving Takato his hand.

"200," Takato smirked, confident that the others wouldn't call his bet. (6900) (500)

"I think I'll like to call," Jeri smiled, positive that her pair of Aces would win this hand. She wasn't likely to win, but she might as well try to get some money from it. (5400) (600)

"Fold," Rika muttered, content to leave the others to the game, that wouldn't amount to anything, as any of them would likely fold, before having to strip.

As the first round was over, Takato removed the top card, and placed the flop, consisting of the Six of Hearts, Queen of Clubs and Ace of Diamonds.

"500," Jeri replied, knowing that she'd already won, regardless of what Takato had. (4900) (1100)

"Call," Takato grinned, hoping for a Four to come along. If it did, he'll have won. (6400) (1600)

Takato burned another card, and added the exact card he needed, the Four of Diamonds, to the community cards.

"300," Jeri tentatively said, unwilling to bet more, just in case Takato actually had anything that could beat three of a kind with Aces. (4600) (1900)

"Call," Takato grinned, confident that his two Pairs would definitely beat whatever Jeri had, while Rika quirked an eye-brow. Were they actually going to finish this hand, all the way to the Showdown? (6100) (2200)

With the third round of that hand over, Takato burned the top card, placing the Three of Hearts beside the other cards. "Oh well, Two Pairs should be enough."

Jeri knew she'd won, but Takato didn't show any signs of doubting his victory. "What does he have?" Jeri questioned. "An ace is unlikely, and a Queen wouldn't help him... A Five and Seven, maybe?" She mused, before dismissing the thought."1000," Jeri smiled, earning strange looks from everyone, who strongly suspected her to have gone crazy. (3600) (3200)

"What does she have? She can't really have cards that good, can she?" Takato thought, before calling her bet. (5100) (4200)

"Three of a kind with Aces," Jeri grinned, claiming the pot, leaving Takato to strip. Blushing heavily, he removed his shirt. (7800)

Both Rika and Jeri noted that years of working in the bakery had done him good, as there were absolutely no traces of fat, on his upper body. Though he wasn't ripped on Ryo's level, it wasn't bad either, and it definitely looked better on him, Rika thought. "Wait, what am I thinking?!" She realized, blushing heavily, as she inspected the shirtless Takato.

01: Takato. 5100 Yen. Wearing: jeans, boxers.

02: Jeri. 7800 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, skirt, socks, cap, bra and panties.

03: Rika. 4500 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, socks, bra and panties.

04: Kazu. 3700 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

05: Ryo. 4350 Yen. Wearing: jeans, boxers.

06: Henry. 5850 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

07: Kenta. 3700 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.