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// The tournament continues 
// Story: Poker night at the inventory 3 
// by chrisharte97 
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As the game of Texas hold 'em continues, the pot grew to $23,000, the player was thinking on what to do next, and places a bet of $1,200. Rainbow Dash was starting to think what do as she slid her hand and said, "I'm out." 
"Hmmm," Demoman pondered, "Me and the lads could get the upgrades to our weapons with that money," as he placed called the player's bet. 
"So Demoman, you and you're team are not only fighting the Blu team now?" Ash asked Demoman as he folded.
"Aye, lad, we're aren't," Demoman replied to Ash, "We're now fighting the bloody Blu's robots and they always sending wave after wave of them and sometimes we fail in driving those bloody robots back." 

"What do these robots look like?" Rainbow Dash asked him.
"They look almost like me and the rest of my team," Demoman replied as Cloudchaser folded. 
"They don't sound so tough," Ash said to Demoman, "But it sounds like it could get worse." 
"Aye mate, it does get a lot worse," Demoman turned to Ash as Sam was thinking on what to do, "There are also larger versions of those robots and they have much more health than the original sized robots, but Heavy is always confident against those giant robots." 
"Heavy sounds like a brave guy when he fights," Rainbow Dash complemented.

"All in," Sam said as he put all his chips into the pot. The player was not surprised at his actions, but soon called that it. 
"Ah crap," Demoman exclaimed, "I'm out," as he pushed his cards away from him.
"I don't know," Cloudchaser said as she made the choice that would cost her the whole game, "I'm all in." She and the other players revealed their cards with the player having a pair of Aces, Cloudchaser had a king of diamonds and seven of hearts, and Sam had a jack of clubs and an Ace of spades. 
"Oh no," Sam said as GLaDOS pulled out an Ace of hearts, a king of clubs, and three of hearts.

"This is not going to going to turn out well for us isn't it?" Cloudchaser asked as she and the other two players watched GLaDOS pull out the king of spades. The tension intensified as they waited for GLaDOS to pull out the card that would determine who will be eliminated from the tournament. And GLaDOS pulled out the... three of of spades.
"Rats," Sam exclaimed.
"Sam has Two pair, the player has a Full Hose, and Miss Chaser has a pair of kings," GLaDOS said looking down at the players, "Sam has been eliminated from the tournament." 

"Well that was fun," Sam said as he turned to Max, "Max?" 
"Yes Sam?" Max said to Sam.
"Why don't we head to Basco's shop and get a soda," Sam suggested to the lagamorph.
"Oh, why not," Max agreed as he Sam left for their car.

"Cloudchaser is out of chips," GLaDOS continued looking at Cloudchaser. 
Cloudchaser was a little depressed due to the fact that she lost, but her sister Flitter came to her and said, "Don't worry sis, maybe there's a next time." 
"Perhaps," Cloudchaser said as she and Flitter left the table. And then there were four players left. 

"The blinds are now six hundred and twelve hundred," GLaDOS said to the remaining players as she passed them each two new cards. 
"Tell me more about yourself Ash," Rainbow Dash said to Ash as she called the players amount of chips in the pot.
"Well you see this hand of mine, Rainbow?" Ash asked her showing her his metal arm.
"Yeah."
"Well this baby was made by king Arthur's personal blacksmith back in the 14th century," Ash explained, "By the way has Equestria ever developed firearms before?" he asked her.

"Well we Equestrians never make firearms like the ones two have, but they are never thought of in Equestria," Rainbow Dash replied to Ash's question. 
Demoman folded before Ash said, "Well that's maybe you Equestrians stick to close quarter weapons than firearms." 
"That could be another reason," Rainbow Dash agreed with Ash. The player folded leaving Ash and Rainbow Dash playing. 
"Hmm," Ash pondered, "I'm all in for it baby," he said he pushed all of his remaining chip into the pot.

Rainbow Dash started to sweat from desperation as she thought of her next move. She soon said, "Oh sweet Celestia, all in." Rainbow and Ash revealed their cards with Rainbow Dash having a king of hearts and an eight of spades and Ash had a pair of sevens. They watched as GLaDOS pulled out a king of diamonds, a six of clubs, and eight of diamonds. 
"Ah damn it," Ash blurted as they watched GLaDOS pull out a king of spades.

"Ah yeah," Rainbow Dash boasted as GLaDOS pulled out a two of clubs.
"Miss Dash has a Full House," GLaDOS said, "And Mr. Williams has Two pair. Rainbow Dash wins the hand." 
"Thanks for the money guys," Rainbow Dash gloated as she grabbed all the poker chips that were inside the pot.
"Ashley Williams has been eliminated from the tournament," GLaDOS continued. 

"Well, that was fun," Ash sighed as he left the table. With Ash gone, then there were three players left in the tournament. This was a turn of events for the player as he was staring at Rainbow Dash and Demoman who were the two other players remaining. 

To be continued...