I looked at Aahz. I had been so busy trying to learn how Dragon poker was played that I had never gotten around to asking about the stakes. For some reason, my partner looked incomfortable.
"Table stakes" he said.
"Table stakes? " I frowned "What is that?" I halfexpected him to tell me he'd explain lter, but instead he addressed the subject with supriting euthusiasm.
"In table stakes each of you starts with a certain amout of money. Then you play until one of you is out of chips or..."
"I know what table stakes are." Don Bruce interuppted. "What I want to know is how much you're playing for?"
Aahz hesitedted, then shugger. "A quater of a milion eatch".
"A QUATER OF A MILION???"
My voice had not hit that note since my voice changed.
"We had not told him", my partner sighed. "I was afraid that if he knew what the stakes are he would clutch."
"A quater of a milion" I repeated, a bit hoaser this time.
"See?" Ahzz Grinned. "You are cluching."/>

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" What are the stakes?"
I looked at Aahz. I had been so busy trying to learn how Dragon poker was played that I had never gotten around to asking about the stakes. For some reason, my partner looked incomfortable.
"Table stakes" he said.
"Table stakes? " I frowned "What is that?" I halfexpected him to tell me he'd explain lter, but instead he addressed the subject with supriting euthusiasm.
"In table stakes each of you starts with a certain amout of money. Then you play until one of you is out of chips or..."
"I know what table stakes are." Don Bruce interuppted. "What I want to know is how much you're playing for?"
Aahz hesitedted, then shugger. "A quater of a milion eatch".
"A QUATER OF A MILION???"
My voice had not hit that note since my voice changed.
"We had not told him", my partner sighed. "I was afraid that if he knew what the stakes are he would clutch."
"A quater of a milion" I repeated, a bit hoaser this time.
"See?" Ahzz Grinned. "You are cluching. "

― Robert Lynn Asprin , Little Myth Marker (Myth Adventures, #6)

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Robert Lynn Asprin quote : What are the stakes?I looked at Aahz. I had been so busy trying to learn how Dragon poker was played that I had never gotten around to asking about the stakes. For some reason, my partner looked incomfortable.
"Table stakes" he said.
"Table stakes? " I frowned "What is that?" I halfexpected him to tell me he'd explain lter, but instead he addressed the subject with supriting euthusiasm.
"In table stakes each of you starts with a certain amout of money. Then you play until one of you is out of chips or..."
"I know what table stakes are." Don Bruce interuppted. "What I want to know is how much you're playing for?"
Aahz hesitedted, then shugger. "A quater of a milion eatch".
"A QUATER OF A MILION???"
My voice had not hit that note since my voice changed.
"We had not told him", my partner sighed. "I was afraid that if he knew what the stakes are he would clutch."
"A quater of a milion" I repeated, a bit hoaser this time.
"See?" Ahzz Grinned. "You are cluching." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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