D'Arby prepares his and Jotaro's game of poker by splitting up Polnareff and Joseph's souls into six poker chips each he will use to bet with, giving Jotaro a set of six to represent his own soul. Jotaro shows off how precise Star Platinum's eyesight is by predicting the deal of the cards, and catches D'Arby as he is about to cheat by second dealing, leading Jotaro to pick a boy near the café to deal for them. Jotaro loses three chips in his first hand against D'Arby, and in the second hand D'Arby is dealt four kings, but Jotaro appears to have not once looked at his cards. D'Arby begins to worry,
as he knows the boy and everyone else in the café are in his employ, and the boy is sure he has dealt Jotaro a bum hand, but Jotaro raises all of his soul and Avdol's soul on his bet, while using Star Platinum to get himself a cigarette and a drink. D'Arby is surprised and caught off-guard at the speed Jotaro gets these items, and believes he is bluffing; seeing his bet and raising it, betting the rest of Jotaro's soul and all of Joseph and Polnareff's souls. Jotaro sees his bet with Kakyoin's soul and then raises with the soul of his mother Holy. D'Arby, unsure if Jotaro has managed to use Star Platinum to change out all of his cards to a better hand, dares for a showdown for all their cards, but Jotaro demands D'Arby matches his bets, and proposes that he put the secret to DIO's Stand at stake. For unexplained reasons, he mentally folds as he goes catatonic. Avdol comments that D'Arby knows DIO's Stand, from the terrified reaction of the gambler. As his mental capacity collapses, D'Arby still wants to go on, but couldn't, out of the fear that Jotaro MIGHT'VE indeed pulled a fast one, or that DIO will go after him and kill him in retaliation. In the end, all of the souls he won in bets are released, allowing Joseph and Polnareff to recover as Avdol looks at Jotaro's cards, realizing that he had been dealt a bad hand. Jotaro admits he never once looked at his cards to keep his cool, but laments that they will not be able to interrogate D'Arby for information on DIO. The boy accomplice runs away from the scene, screaming in terror after witnessing his boss being reduced to a loon after the game.
Rating: 9/10
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