Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-13427943-20160227103852/@comment-26130256-20160229212312

(One day, Azulius will find someone who appreciates the nuances of five-card draw.  But not today.)

"Let's find out," Azzie picked up the cards. Pocket eights, great way to start a game. With a small yawn, he reached up and scratched his earlobe with his right hand, then called.

One of the magician's calling cards was what he called 'the false tell'. For the first half of the game, he would give himself a tell for when he had high or low cards. Then in the second half, he would abandon the tell completely, or even reverse it. So long as his poker face remained intact, he could use whatever reading skills the stranger had against him.

"You're a student at Beacon, right?  I think I've seen you around once or twice."