Lost Him in a Card Game/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: A person gambles away his/her loved ones.
 * Played Straight: During a poker game, Bob bets his wife Alice.
 * Exaggerated: And throws in their three children, the house, the dog, and all their possessions.
 * Downplayed: Bob doesn't bet people, but he does bet his dog.
 * Justified: Bob is a Jerkass with a serious gambling problem.
 * Inverted: Bob bets himself.
 * Loser Leaves Town
 * Subverted: Bob doesn't bet his buddies Alice forever.
 * The other players don't accept the bet.
 * Bob already has a royal flush, so he gets to keep Alice
 * Alice pleads with the other players to accept someone or something else in her place.
 * Bob doesn't bet any people.
 * Double Subverted: Just for one night, and his buddies can "do as they please" with her.
 * But then Bob's luck takes a turn for the worse, or one of the players is cheating.
 * Or, it's revealed that Bob cheated, and the other players claim Alice after giving Bob a What the Hell Hero.
 * But he does bet his daughter's virginity.
 * Deconstructed: Alice gets no say in this, and is reduced to a MacGuffin Girl, rather than a human being.
 * Reconstructed: Bob wins.
 * Parodied: Bob wins Alice in this way, and loses her to a poker champ in Vegas, in less than 24 hours.
 * Lampshaded: "I bet my hot wife, Alice."
 * Averted: Bob doesn't place any bets.
 * Enforced: "Let's show just how much of a Jerkass Bob is!"
 * Invoked: Bob is so confident in his winning potential that he bets the one he (allegedly) loves the most: Alice.
 * Defied: Bob feels that this is a Moral Event Horizon crossover, and doesn't do this, betting only money.
 * Exploited: Charles has a crush on Alice, and cajoles Bob into betting her.
 * Played For Laughs: Alice is a Gonk
 * Alice is happy to go away with the winner, who treats her a hell of a lot better than Bob does.
 * Played For Drama: The winner feels he is entitled to sex with Alice and rapes her.