The Cincinnati Kid Page #6

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I'm going to the john.

Gotta get something to eat

and take a nap.

If you don't like it,

you can both go to hell.

I guess that's it.

Yeah, it looks that way.

How long you wanna take?

Well, let's make it an hour.

Okay with you?

Sure.

You okay?

Sure, sure. Just a little stiff,

that's all.

Slade wants to see you.

There's nothing to talk about.

It'd be a big mistake to think that,

Mr. Stoner.

Believe me.

How do you like that steak, Kid?

It's okay.

It's good.

I thought we should get together

and see whether we could...

...settle our differences.

- What I told the Shooter goes.

- You gonna say no...

...before we've even discussed it?

What am I to think? Are all

my arguments gonna be wasted?

Why don't you give the Kid

some more salad there, Felix.

No, thanks.

Okay.

We'll skip to the final argument.

Old Shooter's gonna be dealing again

when the game starts.

He's gonna give you

an occasional helpful card.

- You call that an argument?

- No, that's a fact.

The argument's leaning over there

against the door jamb.

Now, let me give you a fact.

I'm not gonna let it happen.

I'm gonna beat Lancey Howard, Slade.

But I don't need your help to do it.

Let him go, Felix.

What's the matter with you, Shooter?

You don't look too good.

Why not lay down for a while.

- You feeling all right?

- No, I'm okay.

- What are you talking about?

- You know.

- He's been sick all night.

- No, I'm all right.

You should have said something about it.

We got Lady Fingers here,

or we can deal ourselves.

- I'm fine. I tell you...

- Olean.

Wake up Lady Fingers. Ask if she's ready.

You ready, Lady Fingers?

As Eddie the Dude said on his deathbed,

"I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

I can't persuade myself

you have a flush.

I'm gonna pay the price

to look at that third nine.

I say the jack isn't there.

My bet. Up five.

Fold.

The Kid's pushing him now.

Old man's crumbling.

Kid's gonna take him yet.

Eight.

Ten. Ten bets.

Five hundred.

Deal.

Pot's right.

Queen and two diamonds.

Pair of 10s. Tens bet.

Thousand dollars.

- Up 1.

- Seventy-five to 50.

- He's paired the queens.

- Thousand to you, Kid.

I'll just call.

Three diamonds and a possible.

An ace to the 10s.

Three thousand dollars.

Three thousand to you, Lance.

I don't think he will fold.

And I don't think he's got the queens.

He's going for the flush.

Reasonable bet.

He's going for the flush.

Kid's got him. He's going all the way.

Deal the cards.

Nine of diamonds...

...and a possible flush.

Possible straight flush.

The ace of spades. Two pair.

Two pair bet.

Check to the possible.

- One thousand.

- He's got the flush.

Call your thousand and raise...

...what I've got in front of me.

Thirty-five hundred.

That ace must have helped you, Kid.

Call your 3500, and I'll raise you...

...5000.

By God, he's got the jack.

- Couldn't have the jack.

- He didn't have queens.

- He's got the jack of diamonds.

- No.

- He's trying to buy it.

- He's bluffing, ain't he?

Sure he is. He hasn't got the jack.

The Kid's got him.

Yeah.

- The Kid's got him.

- The Kid's got him.

You're right. The Kid's got him.

I got him.

I got the man.

Five thousand to you, Kid.

I'll take your marker, Kid.

I can get the money.

I know you can.

Okay. Let's see it.

That's 5000 you owe me, Kid.

You still playing, Kid?

No.

I'm through.

You raised him 10s

on a lousy three flush.

Gets down to what

it's all about, doesn't it?

Making the wrong move

at the right time.

Is that what it's all about?

Like life, I guess.

You're good, Kid...

...but as long as I'm around,

you're second best.

You might as well learn

to live with it.

What happened, Kid?

- What's the tab for this whole show?

- Great play.

You had to do it, didn't you?

- You had to go your own way.

- Quiet.

Listen, I'm sorry, Kid.

I was wrong. I had you figured for brains.

You blew it this time, didn't you, boy?

You really blew it.

Hey, Cincinnati.

Come on, man. Come on.

I'm gonna get you one more time.

Come on, Mr. Gambling-Man.

I can cut you.

I can do it.

Stand up. Come on, Cincinnati.

Just one more time.

Come on, man. What you afraid of?

Come on. You get up here.

Just one more time.

Come on, daddy. Let's see you cut that.

Come on, Cincinnati.

Let's see you cut it. Come on.

Come on, Cincinnati.

Let's see you cut that.

You tried too hard, man.

You just ain't ready for me yet.

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