Kaiji betting Andou and Furuhata's last stars in the Espoir feels a lot like Mario and Chang giving up their lives for Kaiji to gamble, actually lots of the major moments in the RRPS arc feels reminiscent to One Poker.
Except the only difference is that in the first scenario they agreed due to necessity while in the second they agreed knowing they would probably die just to give him one last chance, because they truly cared.... And honestly that kinda parallel between Kaiji's first allies who ended up betraying him and his new allies who genuinely care for him... Man.
He has come such a long way since that cursed night at the Espoir.














