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Show Flying - 155 "Could use a little help here," says Jackson. "Sixes still bet," says Tucson John. Jackson looks at John Henry's hand. "Hey man, I didn't see them diamonds. Maybe my straight ain't so good after all. I'll check to all that power." "Check," says Armstrong. "It'll cost you twenty to see the other two," says John Henry with delight in his heart. There must be fifty dollars in there. Easy. "Too rich for me," says Arnstrong, and throws in his cards. "I don't believe it," says Jackson. "There's just too many of them diamonds out for you to have a flush. Shit. I got two here nyself. You got to be bluffing, John. I'll raise you twenty." "Your twenty and another twenty," says John Henry happily. "Just call or drop," says the sergeant from 3 company to Jackson. "Two raises is all. House rules." "I call, then," says Jackson. "You got that flush, John?" "I got it," says John Henry. "Five diamonds, king high." "Now ain't that a coincidence," says Jackson. "I got some of them too." He turns up his hole cards: the seven, ten, and ace of diamonds. "Ace high," he says, and begins to collect the money, smoothing out the bills and stacking |
