01: Ryo. 2450 Yen. Wearing: Boxers.

02: Henry. 6900 Yen. Wearing: jeans, boxers.

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

04: Takato. 10000 Yen. Wearing: jeans, boxers.

05: Jeri. 6750 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, skirt, socks, cap, bra and panties.

06: Rika. 4200 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, socks, bra and panties.

07: Kazu. 1000 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

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With rushed, yet exquisitely graceful hand-movements, Ryo passed cards to all seven Tamers, who took them without hesitation.

Henry smirked when he saw the Queen and Eight of Hearts, as even if the Flop didn't have three Hearts in it, his chances of a Pair or two were still reasonably good. (Henry: 6800) (Pot: 100)

Kenta supposed that the Ace of Clubs and Five of Spades was a workable hand. Though he knew that making a Straight with it was going to be a bit of a stretch, though in his experience, probability generally broke down whenever the Tamers were involved, and while a considerably more low-key activity, he expected it to hold true here. (3500) (Pot: 300)

Takato got the Ten and Jack of Clubs and immediately deduced several card combinations that'll let him win, though they were somewhat improbable to obtain...

Jeri, however, was less than pleased to see her cards; the Jack of Hearts and Two of Clubs.

Rika grinned, confident of her victory, as she'd gotten the Four and Five of Diamonds. While she knew that it was a low-ranked hand, that it was of the same suit, and highly similar in rank, made using it a much safer bet than it would normally have been.

Kazu cringed inwardly as he had the Eight and Ten of Spades, despite the likelihood of making a Straight, or even a Pair, he had far too little money to make any kind of bet with anything short of matching face-cards or Aces...

Ryo himself had the Six and Seven of Clubs. Not a bad hand, he knew, but not worth the risk, either.

"Let's hear it," Ryo grinned to them.

"800," Takato said, hoping to weed out one or two of the other players. (Takato: 9200) (Pot: 1100)

"Fold," With that, Jeri handed her cards back to Ryo, lacking the option of doing otherwise. He placed them face-down in a pile, separate from the main deck.

"Call," Rika grinned, certain that she would beat whatever Takato had. (Rika: 3400) (Pot: 1900)

"Fold," Kazu decided to save his money, and returned his cards to Ryo, who added them to the pile.

Ryo himself placed his cards in the pile as well.

Henry smirked widely, when he called Takato's bet, noting that the pot was getting pretty big and would get much bigger. Whoever won this hand would likely leave the game with a lot of money. He knew that, and he knew that they knew. (Henry: 6100) (Pot: 2600)

Kenta hesitated for about a minute before giving Ryo his cards which he put them with the others.

Ryo burned the top and turned over the Eight of Diamonds, Nine of Diamonds, and Two of Hearts, promptly regretting having folded.

Takato knew that there was still the possibility of either a Seven or Queen coming along, though he didn't like the odds.

Rika knew that in the unlikely event of any Diamond card popping out she'll definitely have won, though it was improbable that it would.

Henry grinned inwardly as while a Pair of Eights wasn't a guaranteed win, it wasn't bad either.

Times like this was when years of knowing Takato and Rika came in handy, he supposed, as he had come to know their body-languages very well over the years, and they were practically shouting that they had nothing. It was the little things that gave them away, such as Rika's index finger off-handily tapping her cards, and Takato eyeing his for a second or two longer than he ought, near-imperceptible nervousness present in his soft red eyes.

Of course, Henry didn't, or couldn't, really rule out the possibility that he was wrong, though he doubted it.

"1100," Henry grinned, knowing that they'll call his bet. If they didn't, then the hand would end there, with his victory, which was almost assured regardless. (Henry: 5000) (Pot: 3700)

"Call," Takato and Rika replied, hoping that the cards they respectively needed would come. If they didn't, they could simply fold, and try again in the next hand, they thought. (Takato: 8100) (Rika: 2300) (Pot: 5900)

Ryo removed another card, and added the Two of Diamonds to the others, causing Rika to grin wildly as she knew she'd won, and Takato to groan softly, as he knew he'd lost.

Seeing Rika's expression change so suddenly, Henry decided that caution definitely was the best approach. "400," (Henry: 4600) (Pot: 6300)

"Fold," Takato sighed, surprising Henry, as he hadn't expected the brown-haired teen to do so, though it made little difference.

"Call," Rika confidently grinned at him, knowing full well that Henry had relatively little, making any sort of bet safe. (Rika: 1900) (Pot: 6700)

Ryo burned a card, and put the Jack of Diamonds beside the other four.

"Check," Henry said.

Rika shot him a disbelieving look, and a smirk. "1200," (Rika: 700) (7900)

"Fold," Henry groaned. Whether or not Rika was bluffing, he didn't know, nor did he have any particular interest in finding out. "By the way, Rika, what did you have?"

She held up her Four and Five in response, before collecting the pot. (Rika: 8600)

Henry shrugged, as he got up, and took off his pants, revealing a pair of bright-green boxers.

With this hand over, Ryo gave the deck to Henry.

01: Ryo. 2450 Yen. Wearing: Boxers.

02: Henry. 4600 Yen. Wearing: boxers.

03: Kenta. 3500 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.

04: Takato. 8100 Yen. Wearing: jeans, boxers.

05: Jeri. 6750 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, skirt, socks, cap, bra and panties.

06: Rika. 8600 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, socks, bra and panties.

07: Kazu. 1000 Yen. Wearing: Shirt, jeans, boxers.