Ran sat down at the table and offered to shuffle the deck of cards, mostly out of old gambling tradition to ensure that the deck was above the level.  Ran never played cards in college, but spent much of his childhood in a gambling den, and knew a lot about probability and the compisition of a deck.  His only problem was that he was not a consistent liar.  Ran began conversing with Maureen, trying to set down the specifics of the game  "so, are we going to be playing with a pool of betting chips or just our clothing?  Will we be playing for dares as well as strips?"   Ran asked the questions in a decidedly casual tone, referring to the strip poker variant in which a player may bet requests from her opponent as well as articles of clothing.