Lucky You Page #8

the game very well once said:

"Poker's cruel. You can't

have sympathy and win."

L.C. Cheever is all-in.

Excuse me.

The action is for Jason Keyes.

This could be it.

-Call.

-Jason Keyes, calls.

L.C. has ace, king.

Jason Keyes has ace,

queen of diamonds.

Jason Keyes needs a queen,

and the river.

It's a queen.

Jason Keyes is a world

champion of poker.

And L.C. Cheever, our runner-up,

wins 1.3 million dollars.

Huck! Hey!

You had the bullets, didn't you?

Your kings were good.

No. You gave it to me. Why?

Let's just say I thought it was your time.

Well, you were wrong about that.

So, where to now? Back to France?

Tunica. Then Atlantic City.

-Tournaments?

-Yeah.

They're flying a couple of us old-timers

down, comping the entrance fees.

The game is being marketed now.

They need celebrity gamblers.

Like everything else, they wanna pretend

it's the way it used to be.

Let's play.

-PIay?

-Yeah.

Right now. You and me. Head to head.

Come on. Like the old days.

Do us both good.

CIear the air.

As far as I'm concerned, the air is clear.

Then you'II play better.

Come on.

Cut for deal.

Angelina, we need

some change over here.

Got you! Pennies, nickels and dimes.

-Night, Billie.

-Night, Andy.

Can we talk?

Outside. I need some fresh air.

So, how did the tournament go?

-Win some, Iose some.

-Easy come, easy go?

Yeah, same old story.

And the money's just

a way of keeping score.

Yeah.

Except for my Ieft pocket winnings.

The important money.

Four dollars and 37 cents.

Pennies, nickels and dimes.

Like on the kitchen table.

You got it.

You Iet your father win

in the tournament, didn't you?

You were there.

Am I that easy to read?

When you know the tells.

Guess what, buddy?

You just Iost 20,000 dollars.

Thirty days. It's a month. You Iose.

Hate to tell you this,

there's 31 days in May.

Well, how many days in August?

-August?

-Yeah.

Thirty, I think.

-Double or nothing says there's 31.

-Bet!

Yo, buddy!

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