《Outpost The Night Bet-a-World O'Grady Met High Stakes Eddie》作者： - M

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*The Night Bet-a-World O'Grady Met High Stakes Eddie* * * * * For almost five years (said O'Grady) people had been trying to arrange a game between me and High Stakes Eddie, who was supposed to be the best gambler in the Belladonna Cluster. At one point I even had a couple of banks willing to back me in a one-on-one poker game with him, and I heard tell he had a Korbelian prince on the line to pick up his tab if he lost to me. Still, we almost didn't get together at all. He spent almost three months breaking an upstart called the Lower Volta Flash in a nightly game, and then when he was ready, I found myself embroiled in a winner-take-all game for the ownership of the Willoughby system that went on for the better part of ten weeks. Then one day I got a hand-delivered engraved invitation that read as follows: _Bet-a-World O'Grady is cordially invited _ _to the gaming world of Monte Carlo IV as _ _the guest of High Stakes Eddie Strongbow. _ _All expenses except for gambling losses _ _will be paid by his host._ "Will you be coming back with me, sir?" asked the young woman who had delivered it. "Yeah, why not?" I said, making up my mind on the spot. "If we're going to decide once and for all who's the best, I might as well let your boss pay for my transportation