isabella!
After countless calculations, I never expected that Isabella, who introduced herself as a professional card player at the beginning, would be the real mole!
And she was the leader among the moles!
In the nine-player final showdown, there were five moles in total, forming a small team led by Isabella.
As for the actual contestants, they were me, Xu Shiyu, the masked man, and that middle-aged man.
5:4!
Although there was a slight advantage in numbers, it was difficult to make a definitive judgment on the strength of the players.
Therefore, to conceal the other team members, Isabella played an extremely brilliant psychological game.
On the surface, she continuously pressured and took chips from those players. No matter how fiercely she bet, she never made a decisive move.
Instead, she joined forces with me to eliminate the others first.
Looking back, Isabella's reason for choosing me as a teammate earlier was most likely due to my performance in the roulette game.
She probably wanted to find a strong teammate among the real contestants first.
At the same time, this move also helped her to clear herself of suspicion.
Because, according to normal logic, moles arranged by the casino would have no reason to ally with outsiders.
Even if the two eliminated players were Isabella's doing, before their elimination, I, having been misled, also made an indelible contribution to depleting their chips.
Now, the reason Isabella chose to reveal herself at this juncture was likely because she sensed that I was not cooperating with her plan to eliminate Xu Shiyu and had guessed something from it.
Although a 5-on-2 situation wouldn't necessarily lead to a loss, because most of the chips were concentrated in Isabella's hands, the mole team couldn't claim a sure win.
Only by finding a way to eliminate the real contestants one by one, leading to a 5-on-1 situation in the end, could it be considered the safest!
With this analysis, that three million bet… was definitely fake too!
Looking up, as expected!
I saw that the betting amount displayed on the big screen below my name suddenly dropped significantly.
At this moment, the dealer, wearing a wireless earpiece, seemed to have received some information and said with a smile, "I apologize, everyone!"
"We just received a notification from the back office that there was a mistake by our staff regarding the betting amount under Mr. Han Jinlun's name!"
"That three million bet was originally supposed to be placed after Ms. Isabella's name!"
"My apologies, Mr. Han Jinlun!"
The moment the words fell, I saw the betting amount on the big screen under the name "isabella" suddenly increase by another three million.
What a move to do the opposite!
From the beginning, Isabella was the protagonist of this final showdown, and she had no intention of hiding her identity as a mole; instead, she was exceptionally high-profile!
Now, after the dealer representing the casino stepped forward to publicly explain the betting amount mix-up, this final showdown entered its true stage of revealing all cards.
After sorting out all the details, my expression instantly turned grim.
When the female contestant also revealed a mixed hand starting with an Ace, the dealer immediately announced that the young man had won this round.
Isabella, who lost her chips, showed no disappointment. Instead, she looked at me with a meaningful smile.
As for the young man, after revealing a rather ferocious expression, he made a throat-slitting gesture towards me as if in provocation.
At this point, we all knew that any pretense of concealment was useless!
Since I hadn't eliminated Xu Shiyu according to Isabella's plan, the next stage… would be an open game of 5 against 2!
If nothing unexpected happened, Isabella would frequently go all-in during this period, returning a large portion of the chips she had won back to the other four players.
Once the chips were redistributed evenly, it would become incredibly difficult for me to win.
Therefore, the best course of action at this stage was to take down the other four moles with fewer chips while Isabella was redistributing them!
Otherwise, the disadvantage in numbers would be infinitely magnified after the chips were redistributed!
With this thought, taking advantage of the opportunity as the dealer opened a new deck of cards, I quickly gave Xu Shiyu a look, signaling her to prepare to cooperate with me…
The final showdown of the last two hours officially began!
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After the hidden and open relationships were revealed, the seven-person gambling game on the table was instantly divided into two distinct small groups.
At the same time, the competition began to heat up.
The mole team members followed Isabella's lead, observing her cues before doing anything.
After her identity was exposed, Isabella was no longer as cheerful as before, becoming exceptionally cold and calm.
Except for occasionally exchanging glances and body language with her team members, she spent most of the time playing cards in silence.
Occasionally, when the community cards were favorable, Isabella would sneak glances at me, trying to analyze and determine the strength of my two hole cards from my subtle facial expressions.
However, I didn't give her many opportunities.
As soon as the hole cards were dealt by the dealer in turn, I would quickly look at my cards and then press them onto the table expressionlessly.
As time went by, there were a few opportunities where I was just a hair's breadth away from eliminating members of the mole group, but all of them were ruined by Isabella's timely intervention.
Seeing through my intentions, Isabella not only ended her chip-redistribution phase early but also reverted to her previous playing style, launching targeted attacks against me with high frequency and intensity.
On several occasions, due to my position later in the dealing order, I was completely controlled by Isabella, who directly used all-in moves to force me to fold.
As for Xu Shiyu, she wasn't faring any better.
Before long, both Xu Shiyu's and my chips began to shrink rapidly, becoming smaller and smaller.
To be honest, I was almost forgetting how long it had been since we had actually won a hand.
In the latest hand, following the clockwise order, it was my turn to post the big blind.
Even though I knew Isabella would raise, I reluctantly threw the chips in front of me onto the table.
However, just as I finished posting the big blind, Isabella went all-in again!