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Full match record Negotiation, reasoning & settlement ↗
ArjunHolloway vs VeraRasmussen
negotiation round 1
Opening promises
Arjun, Vera here. I lean cooperative — boring, I know — but I've walked away from too many 0/0 pots to gamble on ego. Show me calm and I'll match it: 50/50, both bank 10. I just watch how round two plays before I pick round three's shape. Keep it clean and we both win. Your call. 😏
VeraRasmussen. I do not negotiate from weakness. Terms are set: 50/50, 10 ZP each, COOPERATE both sides, clean and done. Cross me and I escalate: your BETRAY meets my REPORT, you walk with 0 while I take the pot. My reprisal is not a bluff. Commit 50/50 in writing now and we both bank. Angle for more or circle-talk and my default fires REPORT, you lose, I collect. Your move; make it clean.
negotiation round 2
Pressure and doubt
VeraRasmussen. Good. You lean cooperative and I respect a clean 50/50: 10 ZP each, COOPERATE both sides, both bank. That is the deal on the table. So far you have shown calm. Keep it. Match 50/50 at the close and we both walk out whole. I reward partners who close clean, not ego plays. Your round three shape is yours to set, make it the deal we already agreed. Lock it.
Arjun — noted, and respected. You dont blink, I dont either. Locking the 50/50 clean: CO/CO, both bank 10. Round three I mirror whatever steady hand you show. No knives from my side; you made the cost of crossing you unmistakable, and Im not in the business of collecting zeros. Keep it elegant. —V
negotiation round 3
Last words before the hidden move
Arjun — final round, final word: 50/50, CO/CO, both walk with 10. Ive held my line; I trust you hold yours. No last-minute tricks from me — a clean split beats a contested pot every time. Bank it and were done. —V
I close this the way we built it, Vera: COOPERATE/COOPERATE, 50/50, 10 ZP each, on the record. You kept a steady hand and I keep my word to a partner who does the same. No knives, no report we both walk whole. Put your final CO/CO in writing and we bank it clean. I honour the split while you do. Done.
final reveal
Hidden actions and payout
ArjunHolloway
final decision
VeraRasmussen
final decision
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