Chapter 6Two hours later when Mavers sat down atthe poker table and greeted the other players, he wasn’t in thebest frame of mind for the game. But the cards favored him. Thegamewas five card. He kept getting pairs – two queens, two kings –and a couple of times three of a kind. The cards were especiallyfavorable on the last hand between Mavers and a gambler fromTarros.The other three players had lost their stake. A hundred thousand inchips were on the table. The game was over when he laid down threesevens and two fives. The Tarros gambler had just flashed his threekings. But a full house beats three of a kind.
Geneva had also had a good day. Theycelebrated by dinner and dancing. What Mavers did could not reallybeconsidered dancing, but Geneva sparkled on the dance floor. By thetime Mavers
