Geoff checked his watch again, sighed, and walked over to the doors.  As he closed them, he commented, "I was waiting for one other person to join, but it seems he won't be able to make it.  If you two could please select a card from those on the table, we can get seated and begin."<br/><br/>Aurora and Michael took their cards, an eight and a jack, respectively.  After seeing the cards, Geoff started directing everyone to their seats.  Geoff himself took the center seat on the table as dealer, and seated in order were Catherine, Ariel, Aurora, Trish, Michael, and Jill.<br/><br/>"Alright, before we begin I'll go over the rules.  The tournament will be separated into several rounds.  For the first round, we'll each receive five chips.  Each round lasts until at least one player is out of chips.  After that, we'll reset everyone's chips based on their standings in the previous round.  The player who had the lead will get ten chips, second place will get seven, third gets five, fourth gets four, and fifth gets three.  Anyone that was out of chips in the previous round but isn't eliminated from the tournament will start fresh with five chips.<br/><br/>Anyone that runs out of chips must either complete a dare chosen by the winner of the last hand, or lose an article of clothing.  If anyone is already naked and refuses a dare, they are eliminated.  However, once you refuse a dare, if someone proposes the same dare or a similar one, you can force them to come up with a different dare if you wish, instead of losing clothing.<br/><br/>There are a few rules for what's allowed in a dare.  First off, a dare cannot influence the poker game itself.  Dares can make it harder to concentrate of course, and if a dare makes it impossible to physically play the game, casino staff will step in and assist.  Next, dares cannot involve removing clothes.  They can involve repositioning clothes, moving them out of the way for a short time, and so on, but everything has to stay close to where it is now.  Lastly, dares cannot involve anything that is unsafe or likely to cause injury, anything involving bodily wastes, or involve anything not present in this room.<br/><br/>Dares can be ongoing and require that a player do something continuously.  Regardless of any agreed durations however, once a player discards clothing to reject a dare, any ongoing dares end.<br/><br/>Finally, the object is to find a dare that the player doesn't want to do, not a dare that they can't do.  If a dare is impossible, a new dare must be chosen.  If a player slips and accidentally stops following a dare, it doesn't count as them refusing it so long as they go back to the dare as soon as it's pointed out to them."<br/><br/>Geoff looked around to make sure no one had any questions.  He knew that everything here was already laid out in the invitation, but it never hurt to make sure everyone was on the same page.  Satisfied that there were no questions, he took the deck and began to shuffle.  A few members of the staff came around and handed chips to each of the players, as well as a large "Dealer" chip they placed in front of Geoff.  "I will start with the dealer button, and every hand it will pass one space to the left. Catherine and Ariel have the small and big blinds for this hand, respectively.  The button will pass by my seat when it comes back around, of course."  As he spoke he began tossing cards out, dealing them to each of the players.  "Aurora, you have first bet."<br/><hr/>Catherine (4) (Small blind)<br/>Ariel (3) (Big blind)<br/>Aurora (5) (Active)<br/>Trish (5)<br/>Michael (5)<br/>Jill (5)<br/><br/>Pot: 3 chips