Have Gun Will Travel - Powder Smoke in Dodge City

[Grognardsw]

Duffy didn't go to the bar. He heard about the free drinks coming and hung around the table.

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[jemmus]

The piano player plays a lively tune. The Long Branch has settled down after it's melee and Paladin sees five men at a table in the corner shuffle cards for a poker game. The waitress the older Nunn brought places glasses in front of the faro players and dealer starts to pour whiskey shots. Hubbard says, Well, I'll break my rule once and have drink while on the job in honor of the gentleman's birthday. Spectator Duffy, perhaps emboldened by drink, puts his glass on the table for a refill and says Happy birthday, mister!. The waitress looks at the elder Nunn for guidance, but the younger Nunn says, Why not? It's my birthday celebration. Pour all of these fellas watchin shots too. Til the bottle we brought and the new one are empty. The waitress brings more glasses, fills them, and the players and spectators raise them to the Nunns. Some say "Thank ya," but most just give a friendly nod. Some knock back the drinks and some take sips and hold put their glasses on the table or hold them. The Nunns sip, Duffy chugs his shot.

Hubbard says, Thank you sirs, and a happy birthday to you. Gentlemen, we'll play another round by the same betting rules: a dollar gets you $1.50, or costs you only 75 cents.
We've burned more than three quarters of the deck in the box, so the odds against the dealer are stacking up in favor of the bettors. Only 12 cards remaining to be played, by my count. This may be the last round I can afford this foolhardiness. He smiles and winks, and again draws some chuckles. But in fact, this round it will player's option on the bet. I'll cover bets of one dollar up to two dollars, with the same deal-- a dollar gets you $1.50, or costs you 75 cents.

Please roll on Observation. You can go ahead and state Paladin's bet and roll his faro roll, or wait for the Observation results.

[Grognardsw]

“Thank you kindly,” Paladin said to Nunn as he took a swig of the whiskey. He noted the position of the two Nunn brothers relative to Duffy; the extant of their watching Duffy; and if angle of sight permitted, the type of guns the brothers wore.

Paladin wondered about Hubbard’s fancy card box as the gambler dealt the cards for the fourth hand of faro.

Observation during faro fourth hand [1d20]=1
Faro fourth hand [1d20]=14

[jemmus]

Paladin notices that Ray Wiley Hubbard seems to be paying attention to Duffy as well. The faro table is circular. Hubbard is a 12 o'clock. Paladin - 4 o'clock. Duffy is standing at 3. The older Nunn is standing next to him at 2. He has a double-action revolver tucked under his belt. The younger one is seated at 10. His waist is below table level and isn't visible.

The waitress goes around the table pouring whiskey for the spectators as well. Duffy drains his shot and holds out his glass for a refill. His hand isn't especially stable, and the waitress has to aim the bottle at a moving target. She says, You might to slow down a little, sir. There's a lot of evening yet to enjoy. Duffy replies, Gal, don't you know it's this foin gentleman's birthday? We have to celebrate it! Pour yourself a jigger while you're at it. She doesn't reply and leaves the half-full bottle on the table in front of the standing Nunn brother, to join the three-quarters full one they initially brought. Hubbard draws the card from the box and turns it over.


Faro Hand 4
Hubbard [1d20]=2 +8 = 10.
Paladin - 14. Wins $1.50.
Albertson - [1d20]=11 Wins $1.50.
Boyd - [1d20]=2 +6 = 8. Bet $2, loses $1.50.
Cunningham [1d20]=8 +3 = 11, wins $1.50.
Nunn - [1d20]=16 No Gambling bonus needed, wins $1.50 on a $1 bet.

Paladin and three of the four other players take chips from the table. Hubbard says, Well played, gentlemen. Good for you all, but not for the dealer. I'm afraid we'll go back to straight, dollar for dollar betting in until I can recoup a little cache of funds. A "cache of cash." He smiles and looks around, but it's only Duffy who finds the joke funny. He guffaws. Hubbard briefly glances to the standing Nunn brother, then says, Ahem. Next card, the sky's the limit. Well, five dollars is the limit. All bets up to five dollars will be covered. I don't need remind you gentlemen-- and otherwise-- that the remaining stack of cards in the deck is getting thin.

Slight Duffy in his oversized cowboy hat taps Paladin on the shoulder and says, Say Mister... uh, Oi forget your name. I wouldn't moind gettin back into the game for a hand. Just one, then Oi'll Iet ya have the chair back. What do ya say?

The Nunn brother seated at the table says, You all, we got plenty of whiskey to drink. Help yourself. I don't think the waitress will be comin back soon to pour any glasses soon. She'll be busy down here-- and maybe also with climbin up and down the stairs to the second floor too. That's hard work. And it takes a little time. That does get a general laugh from around the table.

If Paladin sits in for the next draw, he'll need to state the amount of his bet ($1-$5) before rolling. And his action, of course. (A comment about BH faro rules is posted in OOC, btw).