h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Sam Maguires' Poker Room is a public secret known to many, but few ever entered. It's a room for superb hard play and outrageous bets. Some win, many lose. Only the slippery handed, the most supercilious poker face and the niftiest players can enter.
Many a copper tried to make a big promotion by raiding Sam Maguires unexpectedly. So far all these attempts failed bitterly. Some of the demoted cops have been spotted lurking on the street outside the pub, standing in the shadows of dark alleyways and surveilling the regulars.
Only if you know the password you can enter the Poker Room. The secret of the entrance of the Poker Room is safely guarded by the members of staff of Sam Maguires.
The first steps to attempt to enter the Poker Room involves ordering a drink at the bar, getting familiar with the surroundings and the regulars, and then, surreptitous catching the eye of one of the members of the bar personnel, you whisper the password into their ears. Reefgirl or the bartender might just like you and tell you where it is.

Ah my kind of seedy place, I used to work in a golf club and wednesday was Poker night, I saw 1 man drop £500 and he just shrugged it off, £500 was a months wages to me

I know. I once went for a job interview in Amsterdam. He took me to the Casino. Within half an hour he lost 5000 guilders. Back in his flat he went to the toilet and I checked his jacket where I found his passport: French nationality, married and three kids. I ran.

Good move

Literally. I felt like shit running down the stairs with him behind me asking 'What did I do wrong'? Well, that was a long time ago. Lets see if we can get some really 'big''big''big' money in here.

Oh yeah, maybe we should make an actual A page then we can advertise it in the Post

It's quite a mess these people left behind them who were in here to play yesterday. I have to clean up and brush away those bloodstains on the wall and floor.

I think we better use a new pack this evening.

What do we do with the dead body?

Give it to Sweeny Todd, the chef in the restaurant next door

Not much flesh on this one, but according to Sweeny Todd he'll do for making the soup.



Right, everyting is set for tonight's game.

I think I'll put some bouncers in here tonight