Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26130256-20150806184438/@comment-26130256-20150813190253

(For the sake of world building, I will assume that Vale uses the 18yo legal drinking age, instead of the 21 that is really only a thing in the USA.)

"Well, that will be perfect, but what will you drink?" Azzie smiled, pulling out his deck of cards. While he was nowhere near as good as his uncle (mostly because nobody could handle that much liquor and keep breathing), Azulius had surprisingly good alcohol tolerance for his size. But there was a reason he kept his gambling and drinking separate, mostly because the techniques he used involved a razor-sharp mind. Maybe if he drank slowly and stuck to the basics, he could do both...

"Now, the idea is about as simple as it gets," he explained, demonstrating with the cards as he talked. "Only three cards involved, this Queen of Diamonds and two Jokers.  On my turn, we place our bets, I mix the cards up, and you try to find the lady.  Winner takes the pot.  Then you get the cards and do the same thing.  We repeat as long as we feel like.  Make sense?"

Of course there was more to it than that, but Azulius wasn't about to explain to a mark how his plan worked. Since the payoff for winning was even money and the odds of correctly guessing were 2:1, the game was already stacked in favor of the house, and that was before any card-cheating skills entered the equation.

"But I almost forgot:  the wagering.  Techinically, you can bet anything you can agree on.  So what's it going to be?  Lien?  Dust?  Information?  Articles of clothing?" Azzie gave his best devilish smile. No way she would agree to that last one, but a man can dream, can't he?