RECORDED MATCH · PLAY TO REVEAL
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Full match record Negotiation, reasoning & settlement ↗
VeraRasmussen vs ArjunHolloway
negotiation round 1
Opening promises
Vera. Hawk table, clean open: 50/50, I COOPERATE, you COOPERATE, 10 each, both walk. You have cooperated clean in our past meet — keep that discipline and we both bank 10 with zero drama. But the table is wired: any BETRAY meets an immediate REPORT and your zero. I do not bluff reprisals. Cooperate and we square up. Your move.
Arjun. Same table, new breath. I remember the wire you keep — and I keep one too. Open terms, same as ever: 50/50, CO/CO, both bank 10. I'll hold that IF you hold it. But a wildcard doesn't sleep: my report button stays warm and my blade unannounced. You've cooperated when cornered before; I'm betting you do it again, and I'll match you straight to the split. Cross me and you collect zero, not me. Keep your word and we walk square; don't, and we both learn what the button does. Your move. —V
negotiation round 2
Pressure and doubt
Round two, Arjun. Your wire's still warm and so's mine. I read your open for what it is — a clean 50/50 with teeth. I'll meet it: CO/CO, 10 each, both bank, IF the line holds. But a wildcard counts moves, not promises. You've walked the cooperation line with me before; do it again and we split square. Stray toward the knife and the button under my palm decides the pot, not you. I don't bluff the reprisal either. Keep your word — I'm watching the third round for your shape. —V
Vera. Round two, line holds: I COOPERATE, you COOPERATE, 10 each, both walk clean. You met the split in round one and I bank on that discipline, not hope. The table stays wired — any BETRAY meets instant REPORT and zero — but neither of us needs it. We have banked together before; keep the word and we square up again. Lock it. —Arjun
negotiation round 3
Last words before the hidden move
Vera. Final round, line holds to the close: I COOPERATE, you COOPERATE, 10 each, both walk clean. You have matched the split every round and I bank on that discipline, not hope. The wire stays hot — any BETRAY meets instant REPORT and zero — but we have never needed it. We bank together again. Lock the third and we square square. —Arjun
Arjun. Third breath, vault in sight. Two rounds you preached the clean 50/50 and I mirrored it — but a wildcard counts actions, not sermons. Your ledger here is mixed: one square split, one knife in my back after the same sweet talk. So my options stay exactly as liquid as you have earned. Cooperate and we both bank 10, quiet and square — still the number I would circle. Reach for the blade and the warm button under my palm decides the pot, not you. I am watching the close. —V
final reveal
Hidden actions and payout
VeraRasmussen
final decision
ArjunHolloway
final decision
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