Other options. (Just kind of holding this one.)

Bob and Leena took their seats -- each of them was at a different table -- and distributed the chips. They'd been conflicted about how to split the tables up and had decided to draw cards for seats.

Bob shuffled the deck and looked around at the players at his table: Pete, Sas, Cliff, Deb, and Sophia.

He looked over to Leena and cringed at seeing her so expertly shuffling the deck of cards and quickly stacking chips before her players, Lois, Carl, Hank, Joy, and Rita.