This is not an ordinary gamble for victory, but a battle through five passes and six generals.
Those who can calculate are dangerous, and they increase the chance of me capsizing in a ditch.
Therefore, that master who is good at Texas Hold'em is the first general I must defeat!
After the cards were shuffled and the blinds were posted, the dealer began to deal, two hole cards to each player.
[PS: Please search for Texas Hold'em rules on Baidu, I won't go into detail here, lest I be sprayed for too many off-topic remarks! Others can water a few chapters without issue! Damn it!]
In the first round, Brother Dafei was the first to speak and bet.
The old fox, Brother Dafei, did not bet, but chose to pass.
When he passed, the other four people with twelve hole cards also passed.
When it was my turn, I also chose to pass without hesitation.
This was a game of five against one, and I would definitely not be the one to stick my neck out.
The phenomenon of all six players passing also indicated that the two hole cards we received were definitely not very good.
Of course, it is also possible that someone has already started playing mind games.
Seeing that everyone had chosen to pass, the dealer immediately began to deal three community cards without a word.
These three community cards were all spread out in front of the gambling table in a clear and orderly manner.
It turned out to be a straight of 7, 8, 9!
The two hole cards in front of me were a 5 and a 10.
As soon as the three community cards were out, the two hole cards that had already lost hope suddenly saw the light of day.
As long as a 6 or a J appeared in the next two community cards, I would have a straight.
Of course, it was a mixed straight.
Let me briefly explain the hand rankings in Texas Hold'em.
From largest to smallest, they are: Royal Flush > Straight Flush > Four of a Kind > Full House > Flush > Straight > Three of a Kind > Two Pair > One Pair > High Card.
A Royal Flush is also called a Supreme Straight Flush, which is a same-suit straight from 10 to Ace of Spades.
If there are identical hand types, compare the highest card among them.
Putting aside the hand types like flushes that are always portrayed in TV dramas, a mixed straight can be considered a pretty big hand.
Moreover, I have a two-way straight.
So, for the first hand, I can test the waters.
...
As soon as the three community cards were out, Brother Dafei immediately bet five thousand, and Xiang Tianhua and the other four all followed suit.
When it came to me, I also followed suit with five thousand.
Seeing that everyone had followed the bet, the female dealer wearing white gloves began to flip the fourth community card.
Another 9.
This card meant that if I wanted to get a two-way straight, I would have to call one more bet.
With the situation of the first round unclear, calling one more bet is fine, but...
I was afraid that the master of Texas Hold'em would suddenly make a move and go all-in, and then I would be in a difficult position.
Brother Dafei had five people, which meant five chances to go all-in, and they could completely ignore wins and losses, just to test.
As for me, I had only one chance.
And once I went all-in, I had to win.
However, since that person was a master of Texas Hold'em, I didn't need to worry too much about him playing the bluffing game before the fifth card was dealt.
After all, I am a cheat, not a fool.
Therefore, after a brief deliberation, I decided to test the waters by calling five thousand before anyone raised the bet.
This time, Xiang Tianhua and the other four did not all respond to Brother Dafei; instead, two of them called and two folded.
Xiang Tianhua and Smiling Tiger were the ones who called.
The suit young man and Luo Qiwen were the ones who folded.
It seemed that the suit young man and Luo Qiwen's hole cards did not match the four community cards at all, and they had only spent a little money for a glimmer of hope earlier.
After the two folded, the dealer began to deal the crucial fifth community card.
A very conspicuous face card – J.
Finally, I got the hand I wanted.
A mixed straight of 78910j is quite significant.
However, there is one thing that I need to be secretly vigilant about.
That is, three of the five community cards are of the same suit.
8, 9, and J are all hearts.
Although the 5 in my hand is also a heart, it's useless. The single 10 that truly plays a decisive role... is a diamond!
So my hand is ultimately a mixed straight.
But it's different for the other three opponents whose hole cards are unknown.
Judging from the community cards, if any of them had two hole cards that were both hearts, they would have a flush that could instantly beat me by one level.
In other words, I need to be careful of someone using a heart flush to show off and play the all-in game.
After the fifth community card was dealt, Brother Dafei was still the first to speak and bet.
Unlike A Yuan, who charged forward recklessly, the old fox Brother Dafei began to pretend to think.
After the fifth card came out, it was indeed necessary to think carefully, consider all possibilities, and then calculate the probability of winning before deciding to bet.
As for Xiang Tianhua and Smiling Tiger, they waited calmly.
Although Texas Hold'em tests both card skills and psychology, in front of a cheat, card skills and psychology are all nonsense!
If it weren't for the fact that this was a game of five against one, and it was the first hand... honestly, I would have already considered cheating and switching cards.
After waiting for about half a minute, Brother Dafei did not go all-in but made a normal bet.
However, he increased the bet of five thousand to fifty thousand.
This result was unexpected, but it was also within reason.
It was unexpected because I thought his feigned contemplation was to hatch a bad plan to trap me.
Because he was the host, I had already considered the worst-case scenario in advance.
But he didn't go in that direction; instead, he played a ten-fold raise.
It's possible he was acting, intending to trick me into calling and then further probing my hand.
It's also possible that his hand was indeed weaker than a mixed straight, and he was betting to test the waters for his teammates first.
I didn't call directly but chose to raise again.
One hundred thousand!
The first straight hand is only worth this much.
Anything higher and I might fall into a trap.
After all, whether Brother Dafei calls my raise is another matter, and Xiang Tianhua and Smiling Tiger are still waiting.
To my surprise, after I raised, Xiang Tianhua and Smiling Tiger both chose to fold.
On the contrary, Brother Dafei, whom I had initially judged to be pretending and harboring ill intentions, followed suit and revealed my cards.
His hole cards were a pair of Qs, and with the community cards, he could only form two pairs.
Undoubtedly, two pairs cannot beat a straight.
I won the first hand of the game of five against one without any danger.
However, I knew that this was just the beginning, and the real bloodbath was still far away.
The chips won first are plastic, and the chips won later are real money!
Before I leave the table, for the next two hours... I cannot afford to be careless for a moment!
After pushing the chips in front of me, the female dealer sent all the cards on the table to the shredder to be pulverized, and then began to break and shuffle the cards.