Oh he was surprised at when Nodoka showed him the curse, but after he got over the shock he had to admit both of his forms were very attractive. And since his casino was beginning to skyrocket in profits attractive dealers for the card tables were needed, both for male and female players and with that ‘Ranko’ and her twin brother Ranma quickly became two of (Although only select members of his staff only knew the two were one in the same) the biggest attractions to his casino since ‘they’ joined six months ago. Men loved to watch Ranko lean over to collect the cards and women liked to watch his dress shirt pull tight against him whenever he stood up straight. Shaking his head slightly he gestured to the seat across his desk, Ranko moving to sit down as he began to speak.
“Well Ranma as you may know we managed to get the tournament deal for Pay Per View.”
“Really? That’s great Mr. Yoshi.” The perky neo-girl said as she crossed her legs slightly. He nodded but frowned a little.
“Yes, but they didn’t agree to a full tournament. We’ll only be able to have one game of eight players. You’re my star dealer Ranma, and I’ll need you handling the cards for this. Thankfully I managed to talk them into a slightly... different tournament.”
“Different?”
“The World’s first No Limit Texas Hold’em Strip Poker Tournament.”
“Strip Poker!?” The redhead’s mouth opened a little but Yoshi waved his hand.
“I need to make an impact Ranma. Since I won’t be able to hold a full tournament I needed something to grab attention.”
“Still... Strip Poker?”
Yoshi nodded as he thought about the details.
Ranma was hardly a card player when he first walked in. Oh he could deal well enough, but playing he had no clue of. Eventually though one of the other dealers took ‘Ranko’ aside and began to tell ‘her’ about bluffs, odds and a few other things. Now whenever the casino had a ‘staff game’ Ranma could hold his own, and even won a couple games, with Texas Hold’em quickly became his favourite.
Yoshi laced his hands together and leaned pushed a piece of paper forward.
“Yes, nothing too sexual though, just women ending up naked is all. We sketched together some additional rules, which will used under Texas Hold’em rules.”
Ranma took the paper and read across the sign-up info, the odds and ends and to the additional need-to-know rules.
Pushing the paper away Ranma looked over to Mr. Yoshi. “So I guess you’re hoping to make big money on this huh?”
Yoshi nodded and leaned forward. “That we are. We were planning to host a series of Pay Per View Poker Tournaments. Since we didn’t have enough for that we needed something to catch the public’s attention, hence the strip poker idea. I’m banking on this Ranma, if we pull this off we might be able to host regular tournaments on PPV. And maybe even another strip poker tournament.”
Standing up Yoshi nodded to the neo-girl. “Anyway, I wanted you to know about this. I still need to fine eight woman to participate. Run along now.”
Nodding ‘Ranko’ stood up and left the office. Yoshi sat back down and leaned back in his chair. “I hope enough girls answer my advertisements. Well, we’ll see.”
A few days later the first letter asking to be a part of the tournament arrived. It came from...
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