Five-card stud, also known as sand crab or grain beer, was a type of poker game. The winner was determined by the combination of the five cards, the number of points, and the size of the suit. At the beginning of the game, each player would be dealt a hidden card. After the second card was dealt, the player with the biggest card would decide the bet. The others had the right to choose to 'follow', 'raise', or 'give up'. After the five cards were dealt, each player would flip over all their cards to compare. Five-card stud had a very high status in the world of card games and was deeply loved by people.
The elevator that led to the casino was temporarily guarded by Christie's men to prevent anyone from coming down. On the other hand, in the VIP area on the second floor of the basement, the Ghost Hand Gambling King, Christie, who hadn't made a bet for a long time, stopped their gambling and came to the first floor of the common area to discuss excitedly.
The casino on the first floor was quickly cleared out by the casino staff, and a wide gambling table was placed in the middle. Because the VIPs on the second floor had come up to watch the show, a circle of high-back chairs was placed three meters away from the gambling table for those so-called VIPs to sit on. As for the rest of the gamblers, they could only stand and watch.
Soon, the gambling was arranged. For the sake of fairness, Christie also invited a deputy mayor of New York City and a vice president of a large corporation to be the judges of the game. When introducing the deputy mayor and the vice president of the corporation, Christie's face was obviously full of pride. However, he didn't know that even if he invited the US President Roosevelt, Ye Xuan wouldn't care about him at all.
Now, he had the confidence to do so. There were still two atomic bombs in the storage space that had not appeared in this world yet. If Roosevelt really showed up and messed with him, he would really dare to throw an atomic bomb into this world and wipe New York off the map.
"Both of you, the rules of today's game are like this. Each of you will have 10 million worth of chips in the casino. The minimum for each round is 100,000, and the minimum for each raise is also 100,000. The time limit is one hour, and whoever wins all of the other party's chips first will be the winner. If the time limit is up and neither side has lost all of their chips, then whoever has the most chips in front of them will be the winner. Do you have any objections? " The so-called Deputy Mayor of New York with an oily face and a potbellied appearance stood by the table and looked at the two protagonists of this bet, Christie and Ye Xuan.
"I have no objections!" Christie smiled and nodded at the deputy mayor who was obviously a corrupt official.
"I have an opinion!" Unexpectedly, Ye Xuan raised his hand lazily.
The smile on the Deputy Mayor's face froze, and he turned to look at Ye Xuan, "What's your opinion, sir?"
"Just now, he said that if I win this bet, he will give me 10 million in cash and cash the chips that I won before. But I don't see that money now," Ye Xuan said faintly.
"Hmph!" Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Christie snorted coldly. "Don't worry, there are so many VIPs here. Do you think I will go back on my words?"
"That's hard to say!" Ye Xuan lightly glanced at Christie. It was as if he was saying, 'You have already gone back on your words just now.'
"You …" Looking at Ye Xuan's contemptuous gaze, Christie gnashed her teeth in anger. If it weren't for the presence of so many distinguished guests, If it weren't for so many VIPs, he might have directly flipped out. But now, he was in a difficult position. If he flipped out now, he might offend these VIPs, and many of these VIPs were big shots in New York or people related to big shots. By then, he would really be in a dilemma of life and death.
"Pa pa! Take out the money! " In the end, Christie still compromised. He clapped his hands twice, and four security guards carried out two silver boxes that were half the height of a person. When the boxes were opened, it was filled with neatly arranged green US dollars. "Here are 20 million US dollars. If you can win against me, they are yours. If you lose, hehe …"
Christie's mouth let out a trace of a sinister smile. His eyes were full of murderous intent as he looked at Ye Xuan. Anyone could hear the strong threatening tone in his words.
Too lazy to listen to Christie's nonsense, Ye Xuan sat on his chair and said lazily, "Don't talk nonsense, let's start!"
Seeing Ye Xuan's lazy and contemptuous look, Christie's eyes flashed a trace of red light. He coldly snorted and nodded to the arranged dealer. "Alright, let's start!"
The dealer was a Caucasian in his thirties. This person was neither tall nor short among the Caucasians. He looked very ordinary, but if one paid attention to his hands, they would feel that he was different. Not only were his hands longer than ordinary people, but his hands were also extremely delicate. This was a pair of hands that countless women would be envious of, and it was also a pair of hands that gambling masters wanted to have.
Obviously, this dealer was a gambling master handpicked by Christie. Gambling masters not only gambled on luck, but also eyesight, memory, courage, and the most important gambling skills. However, there was also a very important position that gambling masters would fight for in a duel, and that was the dealer. If he could bribe a dealer who was equally skilled in gambling to be his helper, then he would have won half of the game before the game even started.
As a veteran gambling king, Christie naturally couldn't give up such a good position. Moreover, this was his territory, so he chose his proud disciple, Gerrard, to be the dealer.
Ye Xuan also noticed Gerrard's hands, but he only paid attention to it for a moment. With his current strength, in this world without supernatural abilities, no matter how good the opponent's gambling skills were, even if the opponent was the world's number one, he still couldn't win in front of him.
Gerrard first took off his coat, put on white gloves, and walked up to the stage wearing a vest. Then, he rolled up his sleeves and raised his hands high for the audience to see clearly, to show that he didn't have anything on him. Then, he walked to the gambling table and took out a pair of unopened poker cards. He showed it to the audience first, then to Christie and Ye Xuan, and then he opened the poker cards. This wasn't the end. After the poker cards were opened, Gerrard held them in his hand and wiped his hand on the poker cards. The poker cards that were originally put together suddenly opened up neatly like a fan. After Christie and Ye Xuan checked the cards, he put them away. Then, his hands moved nimbly like butterflies, shuffling and cutting the poker cards in his hands. His movements were like floating clouds and flowing water, and soon, the sequence of the poker cards was messed up.
The sequence of the poker cards seemed to be messed up, but as a gambling master, memorizing cards was the most basic gambling skill of a gambling master. Therefore, although laymen wouldn't be able to remember the card numbers when they cut the cards, the people who cut the cards knew it in their hearts. Even some powerful card memorizers could remember the sequence of other people's cards. Their eyesight and memory were terrifying. Christie had the ability to do so.
After Gerrard finished cutting the cards, in order to show fairness, he also needed to let the contestants choose whether or not to cut the cards again. However, when the contestants cut the cards, their hands couldn't touch the poker cards. This was because they were afraid that a gambling master would do some unknown tricks or steal the cards after touching the cards.
Gerrard first put the cards in front of Ye Xuan. He picked up the shovel-shaped card cutter and quickly slapped it on the poker cards in front of him. More than a dozen poker cards suddenly flew out from the poker cards. Then, Ye Xuan quickly shook the dozen poker cards that were about to fly out, and the dozen poker cards flew back into the poker cards pile. Although the appearance of the poker cards didn't change, after Ye Xuan slapped the cards, neither Gerrard nor Christie could grasp the sequence of the cards.
It was the first time he saw Ye Xuan in action. Christie's expression suddenly changed. He didn't expect this Asian kid to be so good at gambling. Although it was just a small show, he was a gambling master who could use such a trick. He was afraid that there were no more than five gambling masters in the world.
Putting away his previous contempt for Ye Xuan, Christie's expression became serious. This time, he was afraid that he really met a master. If he wasn't careful, he might fail miserably.
After Ye Xuan finished cutting the cards, it was Christie's turn. Christie picked up the card cutter with his right hand and turned his wrist. The card cutter in his hand shook like a snake. In just three breaths, Christie had cut the small poker cards for more than 20 times. His movements were extremely dexterous, indeed worthy of the name 'Ghost Hand'.
After seeing Ye Xuan cutting the cards, Christie realized that he couldn't remember the cards, so he also wanted to mess up the sequence in Ye Xuan's mind. That was why he spent so much effort to cut the cards. He thought that if he cut the cards like this, even the world's number one gambling master wouldn't be able to remember the sequence of the cards.
But he didn't expect that from the beginning to the end, Ye Xuan didn't remember the sequence of the cards at all, because they had already been exposed in front of his eyes. Why would he bother?
After seeing that the two had finished cutting the cards, Gerrard picked up the cards again, then put them in a card container, and began to deal the cards to the two.
The first round of cards in Five-card Stud was the trump card, which was also the hidden card. This card would only be revealed at the end to decide the winner. The real battle would start from the second round of cards.
In the first round, Gerrard gave the card to Christie first. Christie looked at it and saw that it was a jack of hearts. Gerrard gave it to Ye Xuan. Ye Xuan glanced at it casually and saw that it was a 9 of spades.
In the second round, this card was the clear card, so Gerrard first lifted the card, which was a 9 of hearts, and handed it to Christie. Then Gerrard lifted another card, which was a 3 of diamonds, and this was Ye Xuan's card.
"From the looks of it, Mr. Murphy has a 9 of hearts, so Mr. Murphy speaks first!" Gerrard said.
Looking at Ye Xuan's card, Christie's eyes narrowed, and he smiled a little proudly. "This is what you Chinese people call a good start. It seems that my luck is good today. 100,000, plus 200,000."
As he spoke, Christie took three blue chips representing 100,000 and threw them into the middle of the table.
"I didn't expect you to know our Chinese culture so well!" Ye Xuan looked at Christie meaningfully and smiled slightly. "Then you should have heard of our Chinese saying, 'Even if you lose, you don't lose!'! Three hundred thousand, and another nine million seven hundred thousand! "
While talking and laughing, Ye Xuan suddenly pushed out all the chips in front of him.
Wow!!! — —
"What is he doing? He's already going all in the first round! "
“！ Does this Asian kid really know how to play? "
"What the hell? Is this yellow-skinned kid playing around? "
…
Seeing that Ye Xuan actually threw out all the chips in one go, the VIPs who were watching at the side were suddenly stunned, and then suddenly burst into noise. They all looked at Ye Xuan as if they were looking at an idiot. On the contrary, the gamblers behind them who had seen the magic of Ye Xuan were calm. They believed that their "God of Gamblers" must have his own reasons for doing so.
Compared to the shock of the VIPs, Christie was also stunned by Ye Xuan's sudden move. Looking at Ye Xuan who was sitting on the chair with a faint smile, her face became extremely ugly.
In the third round, Christie got an 8 of Spades, and Ye Xuan got a 6 of Diamonds.
This round was Christie's turn again, and it was still Christie who spoke. But just now, Ye Xuan had already gone all in. If he wanted to continue playing, then he could only go all in. However, Christie was a sly old man, or rather, the older he was, the more suspicious he was. He was worried that Ye Xuan would play some tricks in this round. After thinking about it, he finally decided to watch the next two rounds first. He believed that the final winner would be him.
"I'm not calling!" Christie made his choice and covered the cards in his hand.
Christie did not call, so this round Ye Xuan won. Those VIPs who had not seen Ye Xuan's gambling before were a little surprised. They did not expect that someone could actually win against the Ghost Hand Gambler King. It seemed that this kid from the East had some magical abilities.
The gambling started again. The waiter on the side first came over to clean up the gambling table, and then Gerrard began to shuffle the cards again. After that, it was Christie and Ye Xuan's turn to cut and deal the cards.
The second round was the first round of hidden cards. This time, it was Ye Xuan's turn to get a hidden card, and then it was Christie's turn.
In the second round, Ye Xuan got a Queen of Clubs, and Christie got a 7 of Spades.
"From the looks of the cards, it's Mr. Ye's turn. Mr. Ye, please speak," Gerrard said in a business-like manner.
Hearing Gerrard's words, Ye Xuan suddenly raised his head and smiled at Christie. Christie's heart skipped a beat. He saw that Ye Xuan suddenly pushed out all the chips except for three. "100,000, plus 9.9 million!"
"I'm not calling!" Christie's face was as ugly as if he had eaten a pile of sh * t.
The third round:
"I'll call you 100,000. Seeing that you don't have that much money, I'll add a little less. I'll add 9.6 million more!"
Christie: "…"
The fourth round:
"No need to say anymore. Let's go all in!"
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