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“Yay!” I wrap my arms around the pile of chips and add them to my stacks

Just duuys Ante up

The couple runs out of chips within an hour, and two college-aged guys immediately fill their eas Saints jersey one of the new guys is wearing

“Think they’re gonna be any good?” he asks

“Hell yeah We’ve got Maverick Hagen and Kingston Bryant”

The first guy shakes his head “Hagen hasn’t played since his leg got crushed I heard his leg will never be the same”

“Shit, the guy’s a beast I don’t care if he’s hurt or not, he can still play better than ninety-nine percent of ‘em”

Beatrice hits the Saints fan with a quick glare to quiet hi a lot of jerseys around town for the new NHL tea to bring more people into town to play poker, I’m all for it

My savings account balance is 71,400 I used the rest of s to cover my expenses and pay tuition and expenses for e

Poker is the only thing I’reat at I wasn’t supposed to be here alone My dad and I had it all planned out—sixbetween all the casinos on and off the Strip, fourto s the world

Iceland That was the first place ere going to see We planned to see glaciers and the northern lights Rejuvenate in the hot spring lagoons Find out what, exactly, people in Iceland like to eat That thing I read about sheep heads has to be a joke…right?

The little girl who grew up doing her ho chicken strips and soft pretzels for dinner as her father worked poker tables, was finally going to see soarette set those tops off before the night was over

But we never o, when I was nineteen, my dad died I moved in with my mom and twin brothers and worked to help support theh school last year And now I’ve got a new plan