That might have been a bit of an overstatement. There were a lot of people on Deck- and many of them probably didn't have a clue how to play poker. And the best of three hands was a bit ridiculous because it was all about the luck of the draw and reading your opponent. Poker took hours to win, after all.

"Sorcha is just a bitch," he said with a shrug. "It is pretty much a given that she was going to counter, right?" He tried to smile a little as he sat down next to her. "You okay?"