"I don't do shit halfway, sweetheart. You step in my flames, you'll burn to ashes!"
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The Kings of the underworld are in a bit of a predicament; their rule over the city is challenged as an old enemy...
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The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play. ~ Chris Moneymaker
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The dealer dealt the next hand quietly.
Sliding each card effortlessly across the oval table to each of the players and waiting patiently for them to pick up the two dealt cards to start the first round of the game.
Taehyung looked at the beautiful lady dealing the cards that made him frown with displeasure. She had short straight hair, pouty red lips and the most perfect double eyelids he'd ever seen. She was Korean with a slender figure and fair skin. The girl wasn't too tall or bulky, but she had a very full cleavage which - even though wasn't showing much under the more formal uniform of a dealer - could easily be noticed by an experienced admirer of the opposite sex.
The three men around the table placed their bets and waited respectfully for the first flip to reveal the three cards controlling the progression of the game. The girl quickly but gracefully opened the first three cards and urged them to place their bets.
It was poker night for the Maknae line of Bangtan.
An old habit of them to gather around and play the game once in a while. From forgotten wagon stations, to rusty tables near the docks, to hotel rooms and Casinos, they kept the habit of catching up over a few hands of poker.
Taehyung had been unsure if it was a good time for this with everything that was going on but Jimin had insisted that it was right because of everything that was going on, JK sided with him and that's how he found himself here in the middle of the week.
The Casino was half empty tonight. It would seem there weren't many gamblers waiting to bet their lives and wealth on the off chance of winning tonight. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that it was the middle of the week, maybe it was simply a coincidence, though it wasn't unusual for business to run low on Wednesdays. Whatever the reason, the men seems not to mind the extra quiet in the usually crowded, infamous Vante Casino.
Two Kings and a Queen of Spades were the first three cards revealed on the first flip and the three men placed their bets.
Taehyung sighted disappointed.
He was waiting for a color. The the two and ace of hearts he had were rendered useless in the face of the possibilities for his opponents. Yet he still had a good chance for straight or a good pair. He could wait this round out, since he was sitting next to the dealer, bide his time, bluff his way through the game. The only problem was that the Maknae was sitting in this table and there was no chance in heaven or hell Tae would win if he decided to play.
"This is just not my day," he mused.
Deciding to save himself some embarrassment he threw his cards to the dealer and sat back on his chair nursing his drink and observing the game, sitting out this round. It was the smart thing to do after he saw Jimin place a generous amount of his marks in the middle of the table and JK follow suit. He huffed knowing JK was probably bluffing. He hadn't bet before Jimin did, that surely meant he didn't have a better hand.
