If Wishes Were Horses (2011)
“WYATT said. After tossing his cards on the table, he took another sip of beer.
“Me, too,” Jim Mason answered.
Morgan was still in the game. Mercy was aggravating him, and he wanted to force her hand. “Call,” he said while tossing another ten dollars’ worth of chips into the pot. Big John also folded. Of the six players, only Morgan and Mercy were still in.
Mercy turned over her hole card. She held two pairs, aces and eights. It was the “dead man’s hand,” so called because it was exactly what Wi...ld Bill Hickok was holding when he was murdered while playing poker in Deadwood, Colorado. Mercy looked into Morgan’s best poker face.
“Dead man’s hand,” she said. “That’s hard to beat, Morg. Let’s see ’em.”
Morgan scowled and revealed his hole card. He hadn’t made his flush and had been trying to bluff her.
Rather than chide Morgan again, Mercy decided that it was Wyatt’s turn. “You coward,” she said to him. “Couldn’t take it, huh? It’s about time I started getting even.”MoreLess
“Me, too,” Jim Mason answered.
Morgan was still in the game. Mercy was aggravating him, and he wanted to force her hand. “Call,” he said while tossing another ten dollars’ worth of chips into the pot. Big John also folded. Of the six players, only Morgan and Mercy were still in.
Mercy turned over her hole card. She held two pairs, aces and eights. It was the “dead man’s hand,” so called because it was exactly what Wi...ld Bill Hickok was holding when he was murdered while playing poker in Deadwood, Colorado. Mercy looked into Morgan’s best poker face.
“Dead man’s hand,” she said. “That’s hard to beat, Morg. Let’s see ’em.”
Morgan scowled and revealed his hole card. He hadn’t made his flush and had been trying to bluff her.
Rather than chide Morgan again, Mercy decided that it was Wyatt’s turn. “You coward,” she said to him. “Couldn’t take it, huh? It’s about time I started getting even.”MoreLess
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