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"Down in Texas you could get shot for a crack like that, Lefty!" I said. I guess I really yelled it. "And in New York you can, and probably will, get your rotten throat slit for a trick like the one _you_ just pulled," he replied. DOWN IN TEXAS YOU CAN GET SHOT FOR A CRACK LIKE THAT LEFTY I SAID I GUESS I REALLY YELLED IT AND IN NEW YORK YOU CAN AND PROBABLY WILL GET YOUR ROTTEN THROAT SLIT FOR A TRICK LIKE THE ONE YOU JUST PULLED HE REPLIED
. Lefty raised, of course, and it cost me five hundred bucks to see my fifth card. It was a classic kind of stand-off in stud, and the waiter stopped with his tray of drinks to press in among the other kibitzers and watch the pay-off. Lefty shucked out the last two cards carelessly, as if they didn't really matter. His own fifth card made no difference--his jacks already had a busted flush beaten. His smile was just a little too sharp as he tossed me my last card face up and reached for the pot with the same left-handed gesture. I took the poker panetella out of my teeth. "All blue," I said, turning up my hole card with the other hand. Lefty threw the unused part of the deck to the center of the table. "That does it, you snake!" he swore at me. It took a second for his accusation to sink in. I started across the table after him. If they hadn't stopped me, I would have torn his lying throat out. Funny, but there were kibitzers on my shoulders before I could rise an inch out of my chair. LL THE OTHER GAMBLERS TO COVER LEFTY RAISED OF COURSE AND IT COST ME FIVE HUNDRED BUCKS TO SEE MY FIFTH CARD IT WAS A CLASSIC KIND OF STAND OFF IN STUD AND THE WAITER STOPPED WITH HIS TRAY OF DRINKS TO PRESS IN AMONG THE OTHER GIBBITERS AND WATCH THE PAY OFF LEFTY SHUCKED OUT THE LAST TWO CARDS CARELESSLY AS IF THEY DIDN'T REALLY MATTER HIS OWN FIFTH CARD MADE NO DIFFERENCE HIS JACK'S ALREADY HAD A BUSTED FLUSH BEATEN HIS SMILE WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO SHARP AS HE TOSSED ME MY LAST CARD FACE UP AND REACHED FOR THE POT WITH THE SAME LEFT HANDED GESTURE I TOOK THE POKER PANATELA OUT OF MY TEETH ALL BLUE I SAID TURNING UP MY WHOLE CARD WITH THE OTHER HAND LEFTY THREW THE UNUSED PART OF THE DECK TO THE CENTRE OF THE TABLE DAD DOES IT YOU SNAKE HE SWORE AT ME IT TOOK A SECOND FOR HIS ACCUSATION TO SINK IN I STARTED ACROSS THE TABLE AFTER HIM IF THEY HADN'T STOPPED ME I WOULD HAVE TORN HIS LYING THROAT OUT FUNNY BUT THERE WERE KIBBITRS ON MY SHOULDERS BEFORE I COULD RISE AN INCH OUT OF MY CHAIR
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