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“Buzzed maybe, but all we do is bet on who is going to get closest to nine. The best odds are betting on the banker, but the player wins 49.3% of the time so it’s almost fifty-fifty. Who should I bet on?”
“I have no idea… the banker?” I throw out there randomly.
“Ten thousand on the banker,” he announces, giving me a nod of approval.
The dealer reveals four cards. “The banker has a natural nine. You win,” she says with a smile.
“We won?” Oh my God, I just won ten thousand dollars! “Can we quit?”
Trey laughs and hands me the chip that I just won. “You throw that one in your purse. I want you to keep it as a good luck charm.”
I stuff the chip into my wallet and zip up my purse. That is so damn cool.
“One hundred grand on the player,” a familiar voice calls out. We both look back to see Tommy and Liv approaching the table. Seriously?
Trey
We fly half way around the world to escape the drama of the city and within a matter of hours the drama has come to us. I just cringe as Tommy saunters up to the table and tosses ten chips onto the felt. “One hundred grand on the player,” he repeats, narrowing his eyes at me. He and Liv are wearing matching leather jackets, which seem a little out of place in Monte Carlo. Liv is standing as close to him as possible, hanging onto his left arm and giving me her harshest glare. Good for you Liv.
“One hundred thousand on the banker,” Mandy pipes up, taking the opposite bet.
“You pick the winner and I place the bets,” I remind her.
“Two fifty on the banker.” I swallow hard, not because of the size of the bet but because I really want to kick Tommy’s ass.
The dealer smiles curtly and begins to turn the cards. “The player has three, the banker has five,” she summarizes before drawing two additional cards.
“The player has six,” she says after drawing the first card. Tommy has me beat momentarily, so I take a deep breath and wait for the last card. “The banker has seven. The banker wins.” She pulls Tommy’s chips off the table and places five stacks of five next to my bet.”
“We just won $250,000!” Mandy screams in the direction of Tommy and Liv.
“She’s never gambled before.” I chuckle and roll my eyes at Tommy even though I was probably more excited than her.
“Well, she must be a natural.” He sighs before placing his next bet. “Five hundred on the player.”
“The banker, the banker!” Mandy bounces up and down tugging at my arm.
“One point two five on the banker,” I tell the dealer, pushing all my chips onto the felt.
By this time everyone else had stopped placing bets and were standing around waiting to see how things were going to play out between Tommy and me. The dealer gives me a concerned look as she begins to turn over the cards.
“The player has seven,” she says before turning over the banker cards. A seven is hard to beat, but the cards keep flowing in our favor. “And the banker gets a natural nine.” She pulls Tommy’s chips from the table and begins to count out one million two hundred and fifty thousand chips for us.
Needless to say Mandy has come unglued and is dancing around like she just won the lottery. “We won three times in a row! I can’t believe it! Three times in a row!”
“One point one on the banker,” Tommy says, placing his remaining chips on the felt. He looks over at us, expecting us to top his bet.
“I’m good,” I tell him. “That’s the first time I’ve ever won at gambling, so I’m walking away.” It’s actually the first time I’ve ever made a million and a half dollars. I’m still trying to make back all the money that Papa left me. At least I’ve learned some expensive lessons as a result of my losses.
“You chicken shit,” Tommy scoffs as the dealer begins to turn the cards.
“Player gets a natural eight,” she says with a smile, relieving Tommy of the rest of his stack.
“Come on Tommy, I’ll buy you guys whatever you want,” I offer, feeling overwhelmingly generous for the moment. Tommy is not the type of guy who is used to losing, so he has a rather stunned look on his face. Even under duress though, he still looks pretty damn cool.
“We want a bottle of Ace!” Liv blurts out before Tommy has a chance to recover.
“I’ll buy you a bottle if you can tell me the real name of it,” I tease her.
“Armand de Brignac,” Tommy replies derisively after gauging the confused look on Liv’s face.
