You’re just too arrogant!”

Friedman snorted and banged the table, signaling the dealer to prepare the cards.

The dealer shuffled the cards and placed them on the green felt.

Friedman lifted his hand in a white glove and dealt two cards in a row to each player at the gambling table.

As the dealer, Friedman dealt two cards to himself – one face down and one face up. The other four players’ cards faced up.

Taya carefully studied the rule book and now had a general understanding of how to play BlackJack.

The game rules were actually quite simple. Ace could be counted as either 1 or 11 points, while...