The accountant, Mr. Face, joins the poker game and, among other things, has the remarkable ability to rig any deal without even touching the cards—what else would you expect for a man who’s traveled some 30,000 years from the future?
“Now spill it. Just where did you come from?”

“Geographically,” said Face, “not very far from here. Chronologically, a hell of a long way.”

Variants

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  1. “Poker Face” by Theodore Sturgeon, Astounding, March 1941.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Theodore Sturgeon