Our hero is still at a cash disadvantage because Mr. Coffee managed to gain a few million as an outright gift and then collected another two million when he reached the completion of his circuit.
But the most salient event was a stroke of luck for Monopolisto Man. After getting Mr. Coffee to bid high on the second of three expensive properties, our hero managed to get to the third and buy it at cost.
So as the third day drew to a close Mr. Coffee was reduced to hoping that a string of cheap properties would somehow materialize and he would have enough to purchase improvements and gain income thereby.
Our hero could confidently assume that his four major service stops would gain large payments whenever Mr. Coffee came to Call.
I should mention another rule of our hero. Never trade. Frequently already he has had feelers for exchanges. He refuses them without even considering what they might be. The only situation in which he offers trades is when he has essentially won. He then reduces his opponent to little no cash and then trades him a costly set of properties in exchange for some services or less expensive properties. The result is generally a quick capitulation.
Needless to say, our hero is not a popular fellow. It is the case in most games he plays He sees life as a game. To take anything seriously is for him an impossibility. Unfailingly polite, harboring no evident animosity, he strikes some as pathological some as exceedingly irritable and others as odd but lovable. Fortunately his best friends are generally women, providing him with endless wells of inspiration of various sorts.
The contest is now nearing a decisive phase. Keep your fingers crossed for your favorite.
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