In梭哈, many believe the two hidden cards that correspond to each other are the most crucial.
This is not the case for a cheat.
For a cheat, the three face-up cards in the middle are the most important.
This is because the three middle cards can directly determine the subsequent cheating strategy.
Judging by the current card layout, unless Luo Qiwén can get a pair of 5s or a pair of 9s through luck, and then use her hidden cards to cheat for three of a kind, she definitely cannot win this hand against me.
After all, there are too many cards that can form pairs!
Therefore, if Luo Qiwén wants to win steadily, she will inevitably decide whether to cheat at the moment she is fanning her cards, based on the card layout.
Although I don't know what her second trap is, it all comes down to the same principle.
Since I am still in this gambling match and still sitting at this gambling table, this trap is most likely buried within it!
Without knowing what she is up to, I will assume for now that she intends to force me to cheat and then call me out directly.
The best way to force me to cheat is to cheat before me!
Luo Qiwén is gambling, betting that after she cheats and switches cards to turn the tables, I will follow suit and cheat.
Little does she know, I have no intention of doing that!
Conversely, if she dares to cheat, I will call her out on the spot!
She wins by setting the game; I win by breaking it!
...
After the fourth card was dealt, before Luo Qiwén, who was still fumbling with her cards, could finish, I directly revealed my cards.
Eight of Hearts.
Combined with the first two cards, my current face-up cards are Ace of Hearts, Eight of Spades, and Eight of Hearts.
With a pair, my winning odds are already close to sixty percent.
If I can get another Ace from the two hidden cards, then Luo Qiwén's hand this round... must be three of a kind to win!
Without cheating, it's impossible to get three of a kind from a 52-card deck unless you get incredibly lucky!
Earlier, the reason Luo Qiwén was fumbling with her cards was simply to wait for me to reveal my cards first, and then decide how to proceed with the rest of the hand based on the situation.
Seeing my pair revealed, Luo Qiwén, unusually, showed no sign of panic.
Instead, she looked at me with a smile and said, "Good luck, Chen Xiang! You managed to get a pair?"
Hearing this, I remained silent, took a puff of my cigarette, and smiled noncommittally.
Seeing that I was ignoring her words, Luo Qiwén did not get angry. Instead, she shifted her gaze to the fourth card in front of her.
At this moment, Luo Qiwén began to truly fan her cards...
Sliding the poker card over, Luo Qiwén slowly and unhurriedly began to fan her cards.
After stubbing out my cigarette butt, my eyes immediately fixed on her hands.
Tonight, Luo Qiwén was wearing a sleeveless black tight-fitting dress. It would be impossible for her to complete an entire cheating process by using external means and leave no trace.
In other words, she could only rely on her hand skills to cheat.
Moreover, after cheating, the illicit cards would most likely remain on her person!
What does this mean? Is she showing weakness to lure me in?
That shouldn't be the case! Not at all!
In my impression, Luo Qiwén is a sharp and assertive woman. She would never bow down to anyone she considered an enemy.
Could someone else be helping her from behind the scenes?
Upon closer inspection, this also didn't seem right.
Although Luo Qiwén was not surrounded, Xiang Tianhua and the others were all at a distance from her.
As for Gu Chunlai, it was even more impossible!
If Gu Chunlai had any issues, he would have made a move when dealing the cards.
Under these circumstances, unless the French gambling god Pierre Casson possessed her and used psychic powers to change the cards, cheating would be impossible!
Could it be that my deduction was wrong?
Luo Qiwén wasn't trying to strike first and force me to cheat through a tit-for-tat cheating strategy, but rather had other hidden, unspeakable motives?
Just as I was privately doubting, Luo Qiwén had already fanned her cards and revealed them.
Two of Clubs.
Luo Qiwén's face-up cards were Five of Clubs, Nine of Diamonds, and Two of Clubs—a definite collection of mixed cards.
Seeing that both sides had revealed their cards, Gu Chunlai looked at me and said, "A pair of 8s speaks."
If it were any other time, I would have unhesitatingly made a top bet of one million.
But now, without knowing Luo Qiwén's intentions, I chose to play it safe and tossed a chip worth one hundred thousand into the pot.
After all, if I started raising the bet from this card, the end result would either be a continuous call or an all-in.
No matter which choice I made, if the outcome was that I lost, both of these options would be fatal!
Unexpectedly, Luo Qiwén raised the bet again! And it was still a double bet of two hundred thousand.
I knew she was baiting me.
From start to finish, it had always been like this.
But I had no choice but to take the bait.
Because to break the game, I had to enter it first!
So, after a moment of thought, I chose to call.
After I called, Gu Chunlai began to deal the last card.
This hidden card was crucial.
Regardless of whether Luo Qiwén was playing mind games to force me to cheat, I would assume she was.
The moment I received my card, without any hesitation or pause, I directly flipped it over and revealed it.
Six of Hearts.
The second I revealed my card, Luo Qiwén also flipped over her last hidden card.
Two of Spades!
With the last two 2s, Luo Qiwén turned her originally messy cards into a pair.
But even so, my hand was still better.
So the final say was mine.
Glancing at Luo Qiwén, who was smiling enigmatically, I said with a cold gaze, "Two hundred thousand!"
This was the first time I had actively raised the bet since entering the game, my intention being to test Luo Qiwén.
But to my surprise, Luo Qiwén directly threw in ten chips, each worth one hundred thousand.
"You want to decide the winner with two hundred thousand? You must be dreaming! One million!!!"
Hearing this, I was slightly startled.
There were only two possibilities for betting a large amount with a small card.
First, bluffing.
Second, having a real hand.
If the person opposite me were anyone else, I would choose one of the two.
But Luo Qiwén... I bet she had both!
At this moment, I knew I was trapped.
Using the pre-arranged rules, Luo Qiwén had skillfully trapped me.
Luo Qiwén knew that if she went all-in directly, I would undoubtedly fold without hesitation.
Although I would lose several hundred thousand in chips, the game had just begun, and there would be plenty of time to recover later.
Therefore, she named a figure that was difficult for me to refuse.
If I called, one million plus the scattered few hundred thousand from before would still be about a million away from the two-and-a-half-million red line.