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2	''+EV'' is "A TabletopGame/{{Poker}} Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players.
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5	!! ''+EV'' contains examples of:
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7	%%* AntiPoopSocking: Averted.
8	* BeginnersLuck: Seems to be the explanation for the successes of, if not Scarlett, then at least for Harold and Clancy.
9	* CatchPhrase: Violet's "I think I want a divorce" qualifies to the point she lampshades it when Corbin calls her a "dink" in a text message.
10	* ChildProdigy: Scarlett, who's following in her father's footsteps.
11	%%* CuteKitten: Dolly
12	* DystopianEdict: But why are people punished by hanging just for ''mentioning'' poker?
13	%%* FanDisservice: with Harold, of course.
14	* FanService: sometimes, with Violet.
15	%%* FatIdiot: Harold. Oh God, Harold.
16	%%* TheFool: Harold and Clancy.
17	%%* FunnyForeigner: The Finn-lander Konsta.
18	* {{GIRL}}: [[GenreSavvy Corbin knows this trope.]]
19	* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry
20	%%* GodwinsLaw: Kind of.
21	%%* GoofyPrintUnderwear
22	%%* HeroicBSOD: Scarlett declares that poker and [[ShowWithinAShow Princess Amazia]] are her two favorite things, and she couldn't do without either.
23	* HouseRules: be careful to play against Konsta with his own deck.
24	* ImAHumanitarian: fortunately, just a dream.
25	%%* JerkAss: Corbin, occasionally.
26	%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
27	%%* KonamiCode
28	* MouthFlaps: a peculiar aversion despite this being an animation trope: The characters' mouths are usually closed when they speak in this comic's particular style.
29	* MushroomSamba: so, Harold owes the Goombas hundred dimes, and they'll kill him if he can't pay?
30	--> [[ThisIsReality "Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]
31	%%* {{Oktoberfest}}
32	* PerpetualPoverty: Harold and Clancy win millions in poker, but shit it all away.
33	%%* PinkGirlBlueBoy[=/=]PrincessesPreferPink: Scarlett's computer.
34	* PrimalScene: seems to have happened off-strip, since Scarlett knows about the game that only mommies and daddies can play.
35	* ProfessionalGambler: Corbin, and several members of the supporting cast.
36	* ScaryBlackMan: Clancy knows about this trope, but doesn't really understand it.
37	* ShoutOut: to ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''.
38	* SnapBack: Harold wins a lot of money and loses it again, loses weight and gains it again... and so on.
39	* SoapOpera: Violet is a fan of ''Series/OneLifeToLive''.
40	* SpeedSex: Corbin can do it twice in five minutes!
41	%%* TheStoner: Harold and Clancy, apparently.
42	%%* StylisticSuck: Corbin's comic.
43	* TakeThat: is Gold Coast really that shitty? No idea.
44	* ThemeNaming: Corbin's wife's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. And violet is a mixture of red and blue. So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine!
45	%%* ThirdPersonPerson: Konsta.
46	%%* TitleDrop
47	%%* ToiletHumor: especially if Harold is involved.
48	%%* WackyCravings
49	* ShowWithinAShow: webcomic within a webcomic.
50	* WorldOfPun: the puns are mostly TabletopGame/{{Poker}}-related--''Big Blind'', ''Pocket Pear'', etc.
51	* WritersCannotDoMath: play poker too long, and you'll forget how to count to twenty. Even if you were a mathematician before.
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