Arlie meets Poker_God in the VR world to complete 11th labour
Arlie Shaban strapped on the headset and entered the PokerStars VR world to complete his eleventh labour. His task? Find the Golden Apples.
“You’ll remember Arlie — now that you’re a scholar of the original Labors that Hercules faced — that in this challenge, Hercules had to bring Eurystheus the golden apples from the garden guarded by Hersperides.”
Those were the words of the Poker Gods, who earlier this week set Shaban his eleventh challenge on his quest towards a Platinum Pass. If he could get it done, he’d be just one labour away from the $30K package to the Bahamas.
But what are the Golden Apples? And how could Shaban find them?
The Poker Gods had some advice:
“Think about the original challenge, Arlie. This won’t be about fooling anyone. At least not beyond the usual techniques available to a poker player. But you will need to look out for the God who possesses what you’re looking for, and be waiting for them when they get there.”
Arlie figured out he’d need to enter the VR world for this task. But with no clue how to find the Golden Apples, it wasn’t going to be easy.
There was no divine intervention here.
Just a new player at the table, with the username: Poker_God. He had a silver Platinum Pass sat next to his chips.
Shaban tucked into an apple.
Poker_God replied: “I can do that too.”
Instead of just handing one over, Poker_God mocked Shaban by throwing one in the water.
“Beat me in a hand for it.”
Eventually, that’s exactly what Shaban did.
Of all the hands, it was the 2♣3♣ that got the job done.
Just one more labour to go.
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