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Boris scowls at John.
"Forget it," Quintin says, folding his hand without realizing what John is telling him. "I just had
two little pair."
Boris grabs the pot and shouts, "Looky here!" He then spreads his cards face-up across the table
to reveal a worthless hand.
"He's got nothing!" Ted Fehr rasps "He pulls a pat bluff on his first hand and wins a threehundred-dollar
pot!"
"Wise guy," Quintin says while scowling at Boris' worthless cards. The other players sit in
frowning silence.
Over the next hour, Boris Klien plays very tight. He avoids all action until a lowball hand with
John Finn. The pot is large; and after the last bet, only Boris and John remain. Boris turns his
cards face-up and declares his hand. John says nothing, so Boris reaches for the pot.
"Keep your hands off my money," John snarls.
"Uh? What do ya mean?" Boris asks. "I won, didn't
"Can't you read?" John says while turning his winning hand face-up on the table. He then
snatches the pot from under Boris' stiffened fingers.
"Why didn't you declare your hand?" Boris asks.
"Why didn't you look at my cards?" John growls out of the twisted corner of his mouth. "This is a
poker game, buddy boy. Cards speak for themselves, remember?"
"Wish I hadn't come to this game," Boris mumbles to Scotty Nichols. "I'm not only losing, but I'm
getting a bad time."
"Wish I hadn't come myself," Scotty whines. "Lost all my money I won last week."
"Yeah, but I . . ."
"Listen," John says, shaking his finger close to Boris' face, "no one made you play. If you don't
like our game . . . get out!"
Three hours later Boris Klien is winning over $400.
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