Yes, the game is afoot. I envision a scene quite similiar to above...there are a few more players at the table...perhaps wearing long-sleaved dress shirts, and you know that one or two of them are concealing Aces....and there are a few fat cats at the table....the chips are nickel and chrome plated...and there is one or two eye-in-the-skys who are able to see most of the players cards, but for 1 or 2....and the room is circular with retail peering through small peepholes from different vantage points, their view occasionally obscured by the hostess encircling the table plying drinks.
It's good fun these days to imagine what's happening behind the scenes, and discover co-investors perceptions in what has become a quite complex hybrid of the ultimated high-stakes poker game and three-dimension chess-board!
Cheers, Luker