Charlie hadn’t exactly planned on being at the event either, all things considered. He probably had better things to do, but he had heard about this poker event through the news and decided he might as well try his hand. While he was no stranger to the ZPD or City Hall, in any regard, he never was the one who had to go into their building to do something. Especially regarding business that might normally be considered “shady” by part of the Zootopian population.
But, it seemed like he was doing it now and he had somewhat of an upper-hand in this game.
❝That’s one of the secrets about doing this sort of thing,❞ he commented to the sheep and glanced at his own cards and then back to the table, ❝Ya’ gotta lose some chips first before you know what you’re really in for. Can’t exactly plan to break the bank on your first try.❞
A quick glance around the table told Charlie what he needed to know. A lot of the other people had already folded and some of them were looking a bit nervous with the hands they were dealt. While Charlie had not been dealt something great either, he was trying to play along for now, just to see where it might lead him.
After all, there wasn’t a lot of stakes in this. It wasn’t a big pot, nor was it for “all the marbles” in life savings. Charlie probably was a bit overqualified for playing a game like this.
Dawn snickered her cute little sheep laugh, adjusting the cards in her own hand she glancing over them once more to read the canine in front of her.
She'd come across crooks before, she knew quite a few after all and she was fairly sure this 'pred' was one of them. The way he played, sat and fiddled with his chips told her he was an experienced gambler, even as he spoke about how he played the game.
The sheep looked at her cards again, hooves twitching with a look of thought on her face, she wanted to win this game, thankfully, with the canine at the table, it had put most of the other players into the losing ring, especially by the looks on their faces.
"I'm in," She smiled sweetly and pushed some more chips into the middle of the table, making a couple of the larger players tsk at her 'naivety'