The way he saw it, poker and life had a lot in common. You played the cards you were dealt, figured the odds, took the gamble or not. And when your cards were shit, you bluffed if the pot was worth it, and if you had balls.

“He'd find out, he thought and nodded as he rose. " Are you worried about you? "…”

“It was always reassuring to find that something loved hasn't changed.”

“Earrings are like orgasms. You can never have too many." " I never thought abo…”

“He curled his fingers around the lip of the pot, and under the sick gelding the…”