Deven

My first grandson, Deven, is 9 years and truly my buddy.
Deven is a normal kid.... I think.  Is it normal to hustle your Nana out of money by playing games? We weren't to the airport baggage area yet and he said,
"Did you bring money?"
 "Yes....what did you have in mind?"
"Games. We'll play for money."
"What kind of games?"
"It doesn't matter...I beat you every time and I thought we could start tonight."
Gail, my daughter in law, said," Deven... be nice to your Nana."
"Yeah, you heard your mom...be nice to me."

I sleep in the spare bedroom when I visit them...and when I walked in, laying on the dresser, was a card Deven made for me.  It said...Welcome back Nana...do you want to play Pente for money?"
We've been playing at 15 cents a game, I owe him over $2.00...so far...   He wanted to play for more money but I put the clamps on that idea.  I've been in the losing position before with him.
It will be like this for 2 weeks.  He doesn't let me board the plane until I've paid up.  On past visits we have played for money before he gets on the school bus. AND I do not let him win....HE KNOWS STRATEGY. He will tell me ...
"Why did you move there?  That's a wasted move."
Pente is a game played with stones. The object is to get 5 in a row.  It sounds simple until you play with him.
Deven plays other games as well.  If he learns a game...he will beat you at it. 
It's a high level of concentration. And mine must be wearing thin after years of use.

When he turned 4 years old, he taught me a video game. When I was on a return visit six months later..he put the game in the tv. I said, "I don't remember how to play this."
He said,"I taught it to you last time you were here....I'll just teach you again."
That made me feel like an idiot.
I think I should teach him poker.... that's a game he needs to know. Let him win money off someone else...