Gambling Away
Gambling Away
A long hike up and over the Himalayas was the only thing Bhima expected over the next month. He and two of his other friends were trying to get to the other side of the mountain range to lead back the tribe they had recently acquired from one of his friends, but they have not yet gone and received them. It is anticipated to be a long cold winter, so Bhima wanted more men in their army which is why they're making the trip. Although Bhima had no horses or weapons for these men, he thought they were valuable enough as soldiers to bring back to their village, Bakbeph, and deal with the missing pieces later. This trip was going to be a long, cold journey throughout the mountains. Bhima knew he and his men were going to have to struggle in order to lead these needed men back to Bakbeph. Bhima decided to not disclose how brutal this hike was going to be in order to keep the confidence high within the group. Bhima and his men brought everything that their horses could carry, and that did not consist of much. Once they were all packed up, they began their dangerous journey.
It was a brutal winter and the men began to struggle on their trip. Bhima and his two closest advisors, Cartier and Lusha, started to have death on their minds. They continued the long trek and began to see the summit of the mountain. On that summit, they saw very bright flashing lights. When they came closer to the lights, they could see the word 'Casino' glaring in the snowfall. Without question, Bhima led his men into the casino.
He took a seat at one of the blackjack tables, attempting to win some money for him and his two advisors. All of the dealers in the casino were Raksashas and were very intimidating. The Raksashas' main job was to kill anybody who tried to leave the casino without paying their debts. However, they did not know Bhima's intelligent skill at blackjack.
He began to play hand after hand, without winning or losing much money. Bhima then started to question his trip and realized that without more gold, they had no chance of survival. Bhima went all in. He pushed all of his gold onto the table for one hand of blackjack. The dealer then dealt, and Bhima had two 9's.
"Split 'em," Bhima said confidently.
"You are out of money. I am afraid I cannot do that," replied the Raksasha.
"My advisors and I will give you our horses and our services for life if we lose. Split the cards," Bhima demanded.
The Raksasha split the cards. He was showing a 10, so Bhima's chances of winning were small. Bhima then got dealt a 10 and another 10, giving him 19 on each hand.
Now it was time for the Raksasha to show his hand. He was already showing 10 and he flipped his other card to show his hand. It was an 8, totaling 18.
Bhima had won everything. He got double his gold, three horses and also three additional men. Bhima and his advisors then left the casino and continued their trip to lead their tribe back to their village.
The End.
Author's Note:
This story thought started when I read about the dice game in week 7. I love going to the casino, so I thought it would be a lot of fun to write about it, and it was. In the reading, Bhima had to sacrifice a horse when his brother Yudhishthira became the king emporer, and that is where I incorporated the stories. I did not include literally killing the horse, but gambling him away. Because he was out of money, he put his men's horses at risk. Bhima, who is good at blackjack, went into the casino and gambled all of his gold, horses, and men. Although Yudhishthira was the one gambling in the story when playing the dice game, I decided to change it to Bhima because he was the one who sacrificed the horse and I wanted that to be up for wager in my story. When Yudhishthira was gambling, he lost everything to Duryodhana and Shakuni. So, in my story Bhmia puts everything at risk (like Yudhishthira, but instead of losing it all, he wins! In the reading Bhima had to cut off the head of a horse and sacrifice him. Although he did not do that in mine, he still did put himself and everything he had at sacrifice on blackjack. Blackjack is basically the only game I play when I go to the casino, so I thought it would be easier for me to expand my story with this. The dice game seemed a bit too complicated to incorporate in here, so that is how I decided to change the original story and combine it with the other different aspects of our reading. These readings were really interesting and I enjoyed getting to read about something I like to do while also learning. I like to combine a lot of different elements from the reading each week.
Bibliography: Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan (Link)
It was a brutal winter and the men began to struggle on their trip. Bhima and his two closest advisors, Cartier and Lusha, started to have death on their minds. They continued the long trek and began to see the summit of the mountain. On that summit, they saw very bright flashing lights. When they came closer to the lights, they could see the word 'Casino' glaring in the snowfall. Without question, Bhima led his men into the casino.
He took a seat at one of the blackjack tables, attempting to win some money for him and his two advisors. All of the dealers in the casino were Raksashas and were very intimidating. The Raksashas' main job was to kill anybody who tried to leave the casino without paying their debts. However, they did not know Bhima's intelligent skill at blackjack.
He began to play hand after hand, without winning or losing much money. Bhima then started to question his trip and realized that without more gold, they had no chance of survival. Bhima went all in. He pushed all of his gold onto the table for one hand of blackjack. The dealer then dealt, and Bhima had two 9's.
"Split 'em," Bhima said confidently.
"You are out of money. I am afraid I cannot do that," replied the Raksasha.
"My advisors and I will give you our horses and our services for life if we lose. Split the cards," Bhima demanded.
The Raksasha split the cards. He was showing a 10, so Bhima's chances of winning were small. Bhima then got dealt a 10 and another 10, giving him 19 on each hand.
Now it was time for the Raksasha to show his hand. He was already showing 10 and he flipped his other card to show his hand. It was an 8, totaling 18.
Bhima had won everything. He got double his gold, three horses and also three additional men. Bhima and his advisors then left the casino and continued their trip to lead their tribe back to their village.
The End.
Author's Note:
This story thought started when I read about the dice game in week 7. I love going to the casino, so I thought it would be a lot of fun to write about it, and it was. In the reading, Bhima had to sacrifice a horse when his brother Yudhishthira became the king emporer, and that is where I incorporated the stories. I did not include literally killing the horse, but gambling him away. Because he was out of money, he put his men's horses at risk. Bhima, who is good at blackjack, went into the casino and gambled all of his gold, horses, and men. Although Yudhishthira was the one gambling in the story when playing the dice game, I decided to change it to Bhima because he was the one who sacrificed the horse and I wanted that to be up for wager in my story. When Yudhishthira was gambling, he lost everything to Duryodhana and Shakuni. So, in my story Bhmia puts everything at risk (like Yudhishthira, but instead of losing it all, he wins! In the reading Bhima had to cut off the head of a horse and sacrifice him. Although he did not do that in mine, he still did put himself and everything he had at sacrifice on blackjack. Blackjack is basically the only game I play when I go to the casino, so I thought it would be easier for me to expand my story with this. The dice game seemed a bit too complicated to incorporate in here, so that is how I decided to change the original story and combine it with the other different aspects of our reading. These readings were really interesting and I enjoyed getting to read about something I like to do while also learning. I like to combine a lot of different elements from the reading each week.
Bibliography: Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan (Link)
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