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Weaponizing your lead to attempt to secure an elimination will bring far more risks than you’re comfortable dealing with, the best move is to continue playing the game optimally. No matter how one might see Poker, the win condition stays the same, and you’ll have to strike everyone out eventually – order be damned.
With control of more than half of the tokens in play, you have free reign to play as ruthlessly as you can, at whatever pace you see fit. And that’s what you will do. You’ll seek the closest path to secure victory.
In a few words, the game continues, and your win looks closer than ever. There are no grand strategies, no joint forces, no brotherhood among these men. They are falling like insects. First, ‘the Hurricane’ Cahill was whooshed away. Second, Bodyguard Gonzales saw his defense crumble. Only time will tell who will be the third to go. What you experienced in Group B seems to have been tonight’s peak of effort to bring you down! And it’s a shame, but reality has you as the vic—
“Halt your inner narration, you petulant child! It’s driving me mad!” Gerard caught you mentally monologuing. “The virtuous polymath hasn’t thrown in the towel yet.”
“You’re about to lose…” You scratch the back of your head.
“Test me. <span class="mu-s">I dare you.</span>” Gerard won’t back down… A man too petty to cry defeat.
“Guys, it’s up to you to match the bet.” You have a good hand.
“<span class="mu-i">………I fold</span>.” Gerard valiantly retreats to a chorus of boos. “Silence, you pesky lot! I will not be pressured to eat defeat!”
“I have reflected upon every single play thus far, and under my own estimations, there’s no modicum of a chance for us to pull out from the jaws of defeat.” Victorious turns from Gerard to you. “But I don’t believe in chances, I’m a man of destiny. Sir Johnny Ando, Eyepatch is postponing his downfall to clench second place, I have no desire for any position that isn’t the throne.” Victorious goes all in, raising the bet. “You decide if this is my final curtain or the prelude of your vanquishment.”
