Chapter 7 - the game
Gambler
I pickup my cards, and watch the players around the table. There are three men, I have been playing cards with them but barely know anything about them. What I do know are their tells. We have been playing for a day now, as the game started when they came aboard at St Louis and continued as we waited for the train to start again. it has been stalled for part of the night, and we are all getting tired.
The night clerk was still up, and he is bringing drinks as we need them. Sitting there, we were discussing how we had been lucky enough to travel on a train with a bunch of whores, moving from one town to another. As we played, some of the houses tokens had ended up in the pots and I, by my successes, had ended up most of them in my collection of chips. I figure I need to figure out a way to get rid of them, but for right now they at least gave me something to look forward to.
As I dealt the next round of cards, the girls came into the car, laughing and making noise. They ended up destroying our games concentration, but a bunch of laughing, playful and half nude girls does make a good excuse for a break, so we finished the hand and setout to join them.
Turning to the ladies of the night, I said "Done for the evening, ladies?"
The slightly older one, she appeared to be the leader, answers "Well, with no customers, we have no fucking. No fucking means no work, so we decided that it's get a drink and relax time. Do you mind if we hang out here?"
"A bunch of lovely ladies are always welcome. Is there anything you would like to do?"
"I see you have a bunch of our tokens, are you going to use them? We mite be able accommodate you, but I don't think there is enough time to even use them up."
Looking at the professional girls, I though maybe we could find a way and asked "Do you know how to play poker?"
A couple of the girl's eyes lit up and one of them said "Sure, but we don't have any money."
"Well" I said "I have a bunch of your tokens, I could just turn them in and fuck myself to death or we could use them in a fancier way. How do you feel about a real game of poker, not the slap and tickle you have been playing?"
"You are giving us a chance to get tokens without having to fuck for them, is that what are you suggesting.?"
"As there are no children on this train to interrupt ourselves, I suggest we have a game right here in the dining room. Again, do you know how to play poker?"
"A bit, could you review how to play or teach any of us that needs to learn to play poker. We enjoy our work, but a game can be fun, if played right."
"Well, I'm going to suggest is a game of strip poker."
"How will that work?" Rose asks
"Well, we will be playing, with this many people, 7 card stud (or best 5 of 7 dealt)."
"The hands are the same as in normal poker: High card, One pair, Two pair, Three-of-a-kind, Straight, Flush, Full house, Four-of-a-kind, and Straight flush. There will be no additional betting until there are 3 or less players. Highest hand wins. When all your clothes are off, you are out of the game and have to wait until the game is over to get your clothes back. Ladies, I'm wearing a coat, vest, shirt, pants, underwear and shoes with socks. That is 6 items until I'm nude, I will receive an additional 4 chips to make it a total of 10 chips to start. Each you will have a total of 10 items and chips."
"Is everyone playing?" He ends the explanation.
The girls, by their very own jobs, have no feelings about being nude, agreed and looked at the male players.