Lost Him in a Card Game/Playing With

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    • Basic Trope: A person gambles away his/her loved ones.
    • Played Straight: During a poker game, Bob bets his wife Alice.
    • Exaggerated: And throws in their three children, the house, the dog, and all their possessions.
    • Downplayed: Bob doesn't bet people, but he does bet his dog.
    • Justified: Bob is a Jerkass with a serious gambling problem.
    • Inverted: Bob bets himself.
    • Subverted: Bob doesn't bet his buddies Alice forever.
      • The other players don't accept the bet.
      • Bob already has a royal flush, so he gets to keep Alice
      • Alice pleads with the other players to accept someone or something else in her place.
      • Bob doesn't bet any people.
    • Double Subverted: Just for one night, and his buddies can "do as they please" with her.
      • But then Bob's luck takes a turn for the worse, or one of the players is cheating.
        • Or, it's revealed that Bob cheated, and the other players claim Alice after giving Bob a What the Hell, Hero?.
      • But he does bet his daughter's virginity.
    • Deconstructed: Alice gets no say in this, and is reduced to a MacGuffin Girl, rather than a human being.
    • Reconstructed: Bob wins.
    • Parodied: Bob wins Alice in this way, and loses her to a poker champ in Vegas, in less than 24 hours.
    • Lampshaded: "I bet my hot wife, Alice."
    • Averted: Bob doesn't place any bets.
    • Enforced: "Let's show just how much of a Jerkass Bob is!"
    • Invoked: Bob is so confident in his winning potential that he bets the one he (allegedly) loves the most: Alice.
    • Defied: Bob feels that this is a Moral Event Horizon crossover, and doesn't do this, betting only money.
    • Exploited: Charles has a crush on Alice, and cajoles Bob into betting her.
    • Played For Laughs: Alice is a Gonk
      • Alice is happy to go away with the winner, who treats her a hell of a lot better than Bob does.
    • Played For Drama: The winner feels he is entitled to sex with Alice and rapes her.
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