Richard looked at the odd wrapping of his birthday present. It did not look like any wrapping paper he had ever seen before. There was weird writing on it and it felt much different than what he normally got. The card that came with the gift only said that sometimes the gift I on the outside. There was no name with the gift but Richard had a feeling he knew who had sent it. He very careful to open the package without damaging the paper. He had a feeling he would want to save it.

“ Who gave you that?” Mary asked as she walked up behind him. He had been so focused on the gift that he had completely forgotten that she was there.

“ I feel like it’s from Roger and Gloria but there is no name so I’m not sure. He responded looking over the item in the box. It was a strange key and what looked like a set of instructions.

“Hey what’s that?” Henry asked as he came out of the kitchen holding a sandwich. Once again Richard was brought back to reality. He kept forgetting that thud was his birthday party and several of his friends were here.

“I’m not sure exactly what this is but need to put it away for now.” Richard says and put all of it into a large gift bag. He wanted to be able to give it his full attention to figure out exactly what it was. Henry handed him a drink as he walked up. Jimmy and Carol were sitting at the table shuffling cards. The poker game was about to start as soon as Richard finished with his gifts.

Henry sat down at the table last as he gave out two decks of cards to each table.

“Everyone knows the rules and if your new ask anyone at the table. Start time 8:15 blinds will go up every fifteen minutes.” He says she sat down at his table.