Congratulations on Not Beating Tom Thompson!

You're going to get a twenty, he's going to get a twenty one. It'll be really really exciting for like, fifteen seconds, but really, the tension of blackjack is something experienced over time and with varying stakes, so we really don't feel like wasting everyone's time by making you sit through a bunch of meaningful glances as he somehow comes out on top despite the astronomical odds against him.

So Tom Thompson going to hit you in the face again, but this time a tooth won't come loose.

"Huh," he'll mumble to himself, rubbing his jaw as he rises from his seat for what will be, as far as you know, the first time in years. "Must be losin' my touch."

He'll help you up and pat you on the back, shaking your hand as he does so.

"You sure can take a punch, boy," he'll mumble with a twinkle in his eye. Then he'll hand you the diamond and a business card. The card won't say anything on it, but you know that's just old Tom Thompson's way.

Years later you'll return to that lonely shack on the edge of town, looking for Hidei and Tom and a little bit of money the hard way. But they'll all be gone - no note or notice. By this time you'll have long forgotten the business card, the way he looked and what he said. Man like that couldn't be what he was and be anything less than a legend. He had to go after that day.

You won't remember much of it, but you will remember never beating him. No one could ever beat old Tom Thompson but Tom Thompson himself.

Congratulations on Not Beating Tom Thompson!