I'm going to focus entirely on this story, for the foreseeable future. Sorry if this annoys anyone.
It was Silver's turn to shuffle and deal the cards. While he was good at it, he lacked Gold's skill and grace, burning a card, and passing the Ten of Diamonds and Five of Spades to Red, the Ace of Hearts and Queen of Spades to Green, Nine of Clubs and Two of Spades to Blue, and the Three of Spades and Ace of Diamonds to Yellow.
Gold had Five of Hearts and Four of Spades; Silver the Ace and Jack of Clubs, giving him a good chance of winning; while Crystal held the Five of Diamonds and Six of Spades.
Ruby got the Four and Five of Clubs; Sapphire, the Queen of Clubs and Eight of Hearts; and Emerald, the Jack and Six of Hearts.
Red and Emerald, got the Big and Small Blinds, and respectively lost 500 and 250. (Pot: 750) (Red: 5500) (Emerald: 9750)
"Any bets?"
"I fold." Red gave his cards back to Silver.
"600." Green smirked, determined not to waste this bet. (Green: 9000) (Pot: 1350)
"Fold." Blue sighed.
"I'll fold too." Yellow quietly said.
"Ima take this bet." Gold declared. (Gold: 9400) (Pot: 1950)
"Call." Silver monotonously said, knowing another large bet might shift the game further out of his favor, and maybe further into Crystal's. He doubted anyone besides Crys wanted to repeat that. (Silver: 5400) (Pot: 2550)
"Call." Crystal cheerfully said. (Crystal: 22900) (Pot: 3150)
"I'm in." Ruby smirked. (9400) (Pot: 3750)
"I'm out." Sapphire muttered.
"Me too." Emerald said, handing his cards to Silver.
after burning the top card, he placed the Flop, the King of Clubs, and the Eight and Three of Diamonds.
"Check." They said, one after the other.
Silver placed the turn card, the Nine of Spades. At this point, Crystal knew that her hand would be beaten, unless a seven showed up. Unfortunately, that nervousness showed itself on her face, cluing them in on the fact that she had a bad hand.
"Check." Green muttered.
"Check." Gold smirked. If he was right, no-one else had any desire to raise, for fear of giving Crys a bigger lead, and Crys didn't have the hand to pursue that. Then again, he himself didn't have anything.
"Check." Crystal muttered.
"Check." Silver droned.
"Check." Ruby said.
When Crystal saw the river card, she cursed inwardly.
No-one raised or folded this time either, going straight to reveal their hands.
"So... Who wins?" Yellow asked.
"Green. He has an Around-The-Corner straight." Gold explained to her.
"Well, I'll expect that to be your expertise, Gold." Blue smirked.
The other four groaned.
"The pot for Green, and a witty one-liner from Blue. Business as usual." Red smirked, while Green took the pot. (Green: 12750)
Gold removed his hat and goggles, Crystal her hat, Silver his gloves and Ruby took off his jacket.
"Next game."
That's another chapter over.
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