Four

Third person POV

Three of a Kind – This combination contains three cards of the same rank, and the other two cards each of a different rank, such as three jacks, a seven, and a four.

Two Pairs – This hand contains a pair of one rank and another pair of a different rank, plus any fifth card of a different rank, such as Q, Q, 7, 7, 4.

One Pair – This frequent combination contains just one pair with the other three cards being of different rank. An example is 10, 10, K, 4, 3.

No Pair – This very common hand contains "nothing." None of the five cards pair up, nor are all five cards of the same suit or consecutive in rank.

When more than one player has no pair, the hands are rated by the highest card each hand contains, so that an ace-high hand beats a king-high hand, and so on.

Two hands that are identical, card for card, are tied since the suits have no relative rank in Poker. In such a case, the tied players split the pot.

Note that if two hands contain the same high pair, then the ranking of the next card in the hands determines which one wins.

For example: 9, 9, 7, 4, 2 beats 9, 9, 5, 3, 2. Likewise, two hands that have identical pairs would be decided by the fifth card. For example: Q, Q, 6, 6, J beats Q, Q, 6, 6, 10.

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"The what"

Colts faced morphed into confusion as registered in his brain what he had just heard. '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦' he didn't know what in the hell what these guys were taking about. He got around a lot so he should know what it was/

As if sensing colts confusion the man continued speaking. "It is a system ran by the government but only known to the government to those participating and the employees" the man quickly explained.

Colt nodded along still very confused but less given the information he has been told. "So what does this have to do with me" he asked. "We knife that your family is struggling with money" he stared.

Colts whole demeanor changed as his eyes cast down and he tensed up. "You've been gambling to make them money" he continued. All that was true. He gambled to help his mom out, she worked four jobs and still couldn't cover all of the bills

He took this into account and decided to help his mom out. She obviously new what he was doing to get this money. At first she didn't agree but with lots of begging and groveling she finally gave in.

"What exactly is this gambling system" he asked slight considering this. "It's a secret tournament/game show held in Tokyo/Japan, many handpicked, young gamblers like yourself has been picked for this tournament" he explained.

"You would go against other talented people and climb your way up on the ranks, once you have ten total wins you get to go up against the top five gamblers in Japan" the man said. It was hard for colt to take all of this in.

"After that your basically set for life"

"Do I get paid" colt asked. "$100,000 a month, that's if you give us constant results" he answered. He was about to speak before the man interrupted him. "And also no mind reading" he spoke. Colt want all that surprised that he knew.

"So colt do you accept"

Colt wanted to decline just to make the old man mad but the money was to great to pass up. "What about you, why are you guys doing this anyways" he asked. "That information is classified now what is your answer" he said.

Colts mind was made up as soon as he heard how much he was getting paid.

"I accept"