Lost Him in a Card Game: Difference between revisions

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== Literature ==

* Saki did this, also with a cook.

* ~~The [[Robert Asprin]] novel~~ ''Little Myth Marker'', part of ~~his~~ ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' series. ~~The~~ title is a reference to ''Little Miss Marker''. {{spoiler|Subverted in that is later revealed that this was done deliberately on the orders of the "kid" bet so as to infiltrate the hero's household.}}

* ''Little Myth Marker'' (part of ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' series) - the title is a reference to ''Little Miss Marker''. {{spoiler|Subverted in that is later revealed that this was done deliberately on the orders of the "kid" bet so as to infiltrate the hero's household.}}

* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', where Gerald O'Hara wins Pork in a [[Poker]] game.

* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' book series, Han wins a planet in a card game that turns out to be inhabited. By a [[Witch Species]], to boot. And of course, it's been long established that the transfer of everyone's favourite [[Cool Ship]] from Lando to Han occurred in the same way.

** In one book, Han and Leia (who'd had an almighty row a couple of chapters earlier) run into an old acquaintance of his, and when Leia asks him how they met he names the trope all but word for word. Leia was ''not'' amused, and Han has to rather quickly reassure her that he was a slave-owner for no longer than it took to file the necessary manumission paperwork.

* Yudhisthira bet ''himself'', his brothers, and their wife in the ''[[Mahabharata]]''. [[Older Than Feudalism]].

* [[Erast Fandorin]] bet the heroine against a donkey in "The Turkish Gambit" (both the book and the movie), for a lack of any money or means of transportation. But then, as he is quick to point out, he was [[Born Lucky]], and so knew he was not risking anything.

* ''Last Call'' by [[Tim Powers]] is about a poker player who ''thought'' he won a huge pot in a game years ago... only to discover that he traded away his body and soul to the guy organizing the game. And now he's got to win it back before the guy comes to collect...

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== Mythology ==

* This is the driving feature behind the Pandavas' exile in the ''[[Mahabharata]]''. Yudishtra, the Crown Prince, has but one fault - a propensity to gamble. His evil Uncle Shakuni invites him to gamble with his cousin who craves the throne. However, Shakuni has cheating dice. Yudisthra bets and loses everything he owns and then begins to wager his brothers, then himself, then his wife, Draupadi. She is dragged, shrieking, by her hair, into the assembly, and is ordered to be stripped. As they do it, she cries out to Lord Krishna, who transforms her sari into a neverending sari. When they fall down from exhaustion from pulling at the folds, she delivers such an impassioned and resentful speech at Yudisthra's family - her in-laws after all - about her vile treatment, that they agree to give the brothers back their lives and change it to exile from the kingdom instead.

* This is the driving feature behind the Pandavas' exile in the ''[[Mahabharata]]''. Yudishtra, the Crown Prince, has but one fault - a propensity to gamble. His evil Uncle Shakuni invites him to gamble with his cousin who craves the throne. However, Shakuni has cheating dice. Yudisthra bets and loses everything he owns and then begins to wager his brothers, then himself, then his wife, Draupadi. She is dragged, shrieking, by her hair, into the assembly, and is ordered to be stripped. As they do it, she cries out to Lord Krishna, who transforms her sari into a neverending sari. When they fall down from exhaustion from pulling at the folds, she delivers such an impassioned and resentful speech at Yudisthra's family - her in-laws after all - about her vile treatment, that they agree to give the brothers back their lives and change it to exile from the kingdom instead. Making it [[Older Than Feudalism]].

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* In ''[[SSDD|S.S.D.D.]]'' Tessa apparently won her robot boyfriend Sticks in a card game, granted he was a just sex robot and wasn't fully self-aware until Tessa modified him (to make him more interesting for resale).

* ''[[Collar 6]]'': Sixx bet herself ( {{spoiler|She wins}}).

* [[Married to The Sea|Tristan, come over here.]] [http://www.marriedtothesea.com/050706/alexander-wager.gif Sit on the table.]

* ''[[Married to The Sea]]'': "Tristan, come over here. [http://www.marriedtothesea.com/050706/alexander-wager.gif Sit on the table.]"

* In ''[[Dilbert]]'', when the [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] was trying his hand as a professional gambler, [http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-12-13 this happened].

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** Burns and Rich Texan once [[All or Nothing|waged all their wordly possessions]] on a scavenger hunt. Once Rich Texan won, he started riding Smithers as if he was another prize. Sure, Smithers' employment contract was more likely to be linked to the power plant rather than Mr. Burns but still...

* ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'' "Bad Manager" Kaz bets Ami and Yumi in a game of [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]. Different game, same plot. Slick Shady, who won the girls, actually did a better job managing their careers than Kaz usually does. Despite this, Ami and Yumi challenged for a [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]] game for the right to return to Kaz.

* [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy~~|Grim~~]] bets himself and loses in a game of limbo.

* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' - Grim bets himself and loses in a game of limbo.

* In an episode of [[Hey Arnold!]] the freeloader Oscar bets the baby he's supposed to be looking after in a high-stakes poker game after he realizes he's out of chips. The other players refuse to accept this and storm out. Turns out Oscar had a royal flush, so it's not ''as'' bad as it looks.

* In an episode of ''[[The Mask (animation)|The Mask]]'', Stanley sold his soul to the Devil, known in this series as "Bob". The Mask challenged Bob to a dance contest for his freedom. When he lost, Bob challenged Mask for a [[Double Or Nothing]] rematch, which Bob lost, resulting on him having to be Mask's servant.