Nicasio Cortés Silva, age 54, leaning forward with a crooked grin, wearing a dark suit amid flying poker chips, crimson paint splashes, and warm stage lights.

Nicasio Cortés Silva

Gruff, jaded, and focused on winning, Nic wants to recover the money he lost after his marriage fell apart.

Nicasio with wavy salt-and-pepper hair and a short beard, holding his open shirt collar with one hand and resting the other in his pocket, wearing a dark suit and black shirt.
"I've already lost everything worth losing. You haven't."
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Background

Born in Madrid and raised in Miami, Nic got into real estate in his twenties. That's where he met his wife. Five years of courting, twenty-five years of marriage, no kids. He built a life the slow, careful way, one closing at a time.

Why he joined

He found out his wife had gambled away their retirement. He told her to quit or leave. She left and took half of what was left. A few weeks later, a charming stranger named Bentley Hart sat down beside him at a bar and offered him a way to win it all back. Nic didn't trust him. He said yes anyway.

Play style

Nic plays dirty. No trick is too low, no deal too crooked, and he'll pull every lever he can find to come out on top. He plays like a man with nothing left to lose, because as far as he's concerned, he doesn't have anything.

Strengths

Relentless. Ruthless when it counts. Reads people like contracts, looking for the catch.

Chibi Nic scowling over a whiskey glass while holding playing cards at a poker table.

Weaknesses

He trusts no one, which means no one trusts him back. In a game where alliances keep people alive, Nic is always the odd man out, and his bitterness makes him easy to push.