Stake- Anojoy
“The Dealer Who Never Blinked”
The Bellmare Casino was famous for its high-stakes poker room—and the dealer named Vince, who never blinked.
He was polite, precise, and eerily calm, no matter how wild the night got. Players joked that he had ice in his veins.
One night, a drunk newcomer sat down and sneered,
“Why the hell don’t you ever blink, Vince?”
The regulars went quiet.
Someone muttered, “Don’t ask him that.”
But the drunk pushed.
“Come on, man—what’s your secret?”
Vince smiled thinly.
“I traded my sleep for luck,” he said. “It worked out… mostly.”
The man laughed and kept playing. He kept winning, hand after hand.
By 3 AM, he was up a small fortune.
Then he noticed something strange—his reflection in the dealer’s mirrored sunglasses was gone.
Vince leaned closer and whispered,
“Looks like the luck’s yours now.”
The man blinked—just once—and Vince was gone.
The table was empty, the chips cold to the touch.
Security footage later showed no dealer at that table all night.
Just the man…
dealing cards to himself,
and smiling like someone who hadn’t blinked in hours.
