"Vould never 'shark' friend." Vasily's smile curled slyly. "Unless money vas on table. Den all bets are off. And beside, eaf I teach you, eat vould be easier to shark someone else." He added with a wink.
At the mention of strip poker, Vasya let out a small laugh. "Eat eas too cold ean Russia for strip anything." He joked, granted playing inside wouldn't be an issue and even if you didn't have heating the summers were not too cold, granted they didn't get nearly as warm as most places in the US but they were comfortable. "I have never played either. But I have played poker. Eat eas fun game... ven stakes are good." And keeping or losing clothes seemed to be as good a stake as any. Of course the idea brought to his mind for even the briefest of moments Ethan half naked playing the game. "I suppose vith right group eat could be fun."