Within two minutes, the casino's loan shark arrived.
With a loan shark's promissory note, after the pockmarked gambler signed and pressed his handprint, nine thousand yuan was in hand.
At this moment, the pockmarked gambler's previously gloomy expression finally improved.
After exchanging all the cash for chips, the pockmarked gambler eagerly plunged back into the gamble.
In less than half an hour,
The nine thousand yuan principal he had just borrowed from the loan shark was now less than one thousand yuan.
When I first sat down to gamble, I remembered that the pockmarked gambler had at least five to six hundred thousand yuan in chips in front of him.
Coupled with the nine thousand yuan just borrowed, in less than three hours, it was all lost.
In a casino that operates like this, it's basically a pipe dream for an ordinary person to turn ten thousand yuan into nearly a million yuan.
As expected, when he bet his last bit of capital and lost it all, the pockmarked gambler became the first person eliminated from our table.
While the pockmarked gambler was being escorted away by the casino's professional security, as if tired from gambling all night, the others proposed a break.
Although we gamblers are like fat, juicy pigs to the casino, ripe for slaughter,
As long as the ultimate betrayal hasn't happened, the human rights and freedoms that should be given must be given.
Therefore, the dealer did not refuse the proposal for a break but directly cut the cards in the shoe.
This is one of the benefits of cutting cards; if the customer doesn't request new cards, as long as they want to rest, they can ask the dealer to stop at any time.
After the break, the cards will continue to be dealt according to the previous pattern.
After understanding the "not being human, truly slaughtering pigs" setup orchestrated by Liu Xiang and that mysterious boss, I knew that the cards themselves were secondary.
It's absolutely impossible to make money secretly under the noses of peers.
Right now, I should focus on escaping after the game ends.
With this thought, seeing everyone at the table stand up, I stretched lazily and left my seat.
As I stood up, I exchanged glances with Cheng Minglang and Xianyu, signaling them to follow me.
Bodyguards protecting their boss is a common sight in casinos.
Chatting and joking, we followed a gambler in front of us to the restroom.
While using the urinal, I looked around the restroom to see if there were any hidden cameras.
In places with dense and chaotic foot traffic like casinos and budget hotels, ordinary people have no privacy!
This statement, though unpleasant, is the truth.
The eyes of a cheat are extremely sensitive.
As soon as my gaze swept to a corner, I spotted something faintly glowing in the corner where the mop sink was located.
Without a doubt, it was a pinhole camera hidden among the mops.
It seems that here, gamblers have no privacy or secrets!
Just as Xianyu, who couldn't hold it in, was about to ask me what I was looking at, Cheng Minglang, who had also spotted the pinhole camera, immediately signaled to the former.
Even in a place as absolutely private as the restroom, there are pinhole cameras. I can't imagine how strict the casino's surveillance of gamblers is!
I knew that in this environment, I absolutely couldn't reveal any truth.
So, after finishing, I said nothing. While washing my hands, I subtly pointed upwards, indicating that the three of us would leave it to fate.
With such a treacherous gambling setup that leaves no room for gamblers, I had already done the best I could.
From now on, it's all up to destiny, wealth, and heaven.
Exiting the restroom, I returned to the gambling table to continue playing.
Cheng Minglang and Xianyu also sat back on the sofa.
As time passed, I not only increased my bets but also used my card-handling skills to secretly steal several cards from under the nose of the young woman, taking food from her bowl.
Of course, I wasn't too greedy, maintaining a 10:1 ratio.
That is, every ten rounds or so, I would cheat and change cards using the previously stolen cards.
And each time, I would choose to avoid the times when the young woman was the dealer.
During this intermittent process, I maintained maximum vigilance, keeping a close eye on the young woman.
If I sensed any abnormality in her gaze or demeanor, I would not hesitate to stop.
An hour passed like this.
Glancing at the wall clock behind the dealer, it was almost two in the morning.
As long as I could hold on for another three to four hours, the hotel casino's operating hours would be over.
Roughly counting the chips in front of me, excluding the principal, I had won a little over three hundred thousand yuan.
Although there was still a seventy thousand yuan debt gap, if I continued at this pace, I would likely be able to cover it before the game ended.
The prerequisite was that the young woman cheat at my table must not discover that I was making money quietly.
But just as I had this thought, a variable appeared.
Because it was a rotating dealer system, it was my turn to deal this hand.
As if she couldn't stand others winning money under her nose, seeing that I had quietly won thirty thousand yuan, the young woman actually placed a heavy bet!
The minimum bet for this blackjack table was one thousand, with a maximum of ten thousand, which could be doubled.
I had already discovered a pattern: whenever the young woman bet ten thousand yuan, she would always double down!
As expected, after the dealer dealt the cards, seeing her hand, the young woman placed another ten thousand yuan chip and asked to double down.
In Liu Xiang's establishment, even with a rotating dealer system, the dealer always shuffled and dealt the cards on behalf of the customers.
The stated reason was to ensure fairness and impartiality in the game, but in reality, it was a hypocritical act.
As soon as I heard the young woman say she wanted to double down, I immediately shifted all my attention to her.
After doubling down, the chips amounted to twenty thousand yuan, which might not seem like much, but if she got blackjack, I would have to pay out forty thousand!
The young woman sat to my upper left, with two gamblers in between. Since my goal earlier was to accumulate small wins, I hadn't paid much attention to her.
But now that she wanted to target me, I naturally had to be fully prepared.
Staring intently at the young woman's every move, I caught her cheating technique red-handed.
Sleeve Sword Hand Sword!
She directly cheated and swapped cards, changing her hand to blackjack!
This move alone made me conclude that this captivating and beautiful young woman had considerable skill.
Although I really wanted to call her out, I ultimately forced myself to endure.
See through it, but don't say it out loud!
If I exposed her, my identity would inevitably be revealed as well.
After paying the young woman forty thousand, I intended to endure it and let it pass, but unexpectedly, she...