"Nobody's fantastic right away, not even me."

He deals them both two face down cards, then one card face up. Picking up his face down cards, he looks at them, face unreadable.

"Okay, here's the way it works: the player with the lowest face up card -- that's me, in this case -- has to start the bidding. So I'll put one dollar in."

He's actually going to put a dollar in, too.

"Then, based one what you've got in your hand there, and what's on the table, you can either put a dollar in too, make a higher wager, or fold."