At the gambling table, a gentleman dressed in ivory formal wear was expertly shuffling the cards, the poker cards in his hands seemed as if they had been infused with life.
Besides him, there were five other people seated at the table, but there was an obviously vacant seat; they were still waiting for someone.
The card shuffler shuffled twice, glanced at his watch, "Paul always arrives this late, next time we can move the meeting time up by half an hour."
He complained, then started dealing the cards, the currently popular poker game with two cards for each player and the eventual five community cards.
It was a very complex game, where winning was not just about calculating the odds, but also requiring astounding luck, which is why many people enjoyed playing it.
Compared to blackjack, which had fewer unknowns and was easier to calculate, the poker variant played on this table had more unknown factors, making it more difficult to calculate, and luck played a major role.
