While casually observing the player's discards she noticed that no one in the first round was taking the game seriously. Prior to the match a player with a "dark complexion" was announced to be the confirmed winner of last year's tournament. She assumed this player was something of a professional, cool and collected. Yet sitting across from her, this self same person was telling sarcastic jokes and even once admitted to cheating a hand with the Aussie to his right.
While she was not overly affected by this escapade, this laid back Aussie (as they usually are) played along with him, even mirroring his story. Unsurprisingly this drew the ire of the others; accusing him of cheating and questioning his integrity. She could only really shake her head and comment that these two are clearly fooling around and him admitting to cheating with someone who was definitely found to not have cheated was nothing more than a silly ruse.
While she was not overly affected by this escapade, this laid back Aussie (as they usually are) played along with him, even mirroring his story. Unsurprisingly this drew the ire of the others; accusing him of cheating and questioning his integrity. She could only really shake her head and comment that these two are clearly fooling around and him admitting to cheating with someone who was definitely found to not have cheated was nothing more than a silly ruse.