Bab 169: Chapter 70: The Gambling Table

What is the most important quality for a gambler?

Some may say it's "luck", while others may assert it's the wisdom to "quit while you're ahead".

But a true gambler only loses because of bad luck, not because of good luck. If they win, they credit their own skill.

As for "quit while you're ahead"? Such people hardly qualify as gamblers at all. A true gambler stakes the winnings again as capital, until left with nothing.

Self-declared gamblers believe that seizing the moment is the most crucial ability at the table. A shrewd gambler can grasp fleeting opportunities and must own the courage to bet it all, to sweep the prize pool.

As one of the master sail makers of the Tanilia Federation, Frank Drake might be a hopeless gambler, but even his enemies would applaud his knack for seizing the moment in battle.

And tonight's opportunity was truly once-in-a-lifetime.