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Lefty threw the unused part of the deck to the center of the table. "That does it, you snake!" he swore at me. LEFTY THREW THE UNUSED PART OF THE DECK TO THE CENTRE OF THE TABLE DAD DOES IT YOU SNAKE HE SWORE AT ME
ral hands. Lefty, the gambler who had yelped about psi powers at the game, dealt the tenth hand. He gave me the eight of spades in the hole. By the fourth card I had three other spades showing, which gave me four-fifths of a rare flush in stud poker. But by the fourth card Lefty had given himself a pair of jacks. That drove all 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 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. TART AND HIT BIG IN SEVERAL HANDS LEFTY THE GAMBLER WHO HAD YELPED ABOUT CY POWERS AT THE GAME DEALT THE TENTH HAND HE GAVE ME THE EIGHT OF SPADES IN THE HOLE BY THE FOURTH CARD I HAD THREE OTHER SPADES SHOWING WHICH GAVE ME FOUR FIFTHS OF A RARE FLUSH AND STUD POKER BUT BY THE FOURTH CARD LEFTY HAD GIVEN HIMSELF A PAIR OF JACKS THAT DROVE ALL 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
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