Sit down for a hand

While I was in China we visited a beautiful park. One of the things that was quite common to see was older Chinese people playing some sort of card game. The cards were long and shaped like a large tongue depressor and had red or black characters on them. I decided to take a seat at the table to investigate.

Unfortunately, I didn't know how to say, "Deal me in," in Chinese, so I settled for watching.

Here, Ernie* and I look at Martin's* hand to try and give him a little help since he was losing at the time.

Watching Gene* make his move.
Here I am questioning Martin's* latest move.
Well, thanks to my help, Martin won the hand, but before they could rope me into the Chinese version of the World Series of Poker, I had to split.

* Names changed for security.