...Must Come to an End.

Round 16, and half the players were gone, making Sapphire's task of dealing much easier.

Red had the Queen and Nine of Diamonds; Blue the Four of Clubs and Six of Diamonds; and Yellow held the Four of Spades and Jack of Clubs.

Crystal held the Seven and King of Clubs while Sapphire had the Eight and Nine of Spades.

"Make ya bets."

"900." Red smirked, knowing full well that he would leave the game soon, and he might as well try and take as much money with him as he can. (5000) (Pot: 900)

"Fold." Blue muttered. If Red wanted to take a crash-course out, and waste his money, Blue was more than happy to let him. (8650) (Pot: 1150)

"Fold." Yellow quietly said. she wasn't sure just what sort of mind-games Blue and Red had going, and honestly, she didn't care. (14000) (Pot: 1650)

"Fold." Crystal sighed, knowing that her cards were too far apart, and that getting three Clubs was far too unlikely.

"Call!" Sapphire exclaimed, aware that she needed only a Five, Six and Seven, or a Ten, Jack and Queen to make a straight, three Spades to make a flush, or another Eight and/or Nine to make a Pair or two. (650) (Pot: 2550)

Sapphire placed the flop, consisting of the Nine of Clubs, and the Three and Four of Hearts. There it was. the Nine Red needed to make a pair. Even in the unlikely event that Sapphire also had a Nine, he still had a Queen, which would definitely trump anything she had.

"500." He said, deciding to play it safe, just in case. (4500) (Pot: 3050)

"Call." Sapphire declared, without blinking or flinching, just smirking. (150) (Pot: 3550)

This unnerved Red; could she really have such a good hand?

Sapphire placed the river card, the Eight of Diamonds.

"Check." Red smiled, not wanting to rob Sapphire of all her money; there was no way she could come back from that twice.

"Check." Sapphire grudgingly went with it, knowing as Red and the others who had left the game and sat around the table as audience did, that the risk was far too great.

Sapphire placed the final card, the Six of Hearts. Blue cursed inwardly, as she could've used the community cards to make two Pairs. They revealed their hands.

"Two Pairs, Red. I win again." Sapphire grinned. (Sapphire: 3700)

Red removed his boxers.

"Not bad, Red." Blue winked. "Not bad at all."

Red: 4500 PKD. Wearing: Nothing. (out)

Blue: 8650 PKD. Wearing: Bra and panties.

Yellow: 14000 PKD. Wearing: Fully dressed.

Crystal: 26300 PKD. Wearing: Bra, pants and panties.

Sapphire: 3700 PKD. Wearing: Shirt, bike-shorts, bra and panties.