Previously, because the man in the suit, Luo Qiven, and Xiang Tianhua were all losing money, and no matter the outcome of each round, this guy had appeared indifferent, as if he didn't care about winning or losing.
Therefore, I had focused all my attention on Brother Dafei and the smiling tiger, and hadn't paid much attention to him.
Now, it seemed that the target I had focused on earlier... was wrong!
Because of this gesture of blowing chips, the young man in the suit had done it before!
And not just once, in all the gambling rounds where I chose to go all in!
If I remembered correctly, when they blew chips and called, both Brother Dafei and the smiling tiger were the ones who ultimately won the game!
A leaf blocking the view, unable to see Mount Tai!
Understood! It's all clear now!
So, the real masters of Texas Hold'em were not Brother Dafei, nor the smiling tiger, but the inconspicuous young man in the suit!
To avoid attracting my attention, the young man in the suit had retreated to advance, using an attitude of not caring about winning or losing, and successfully cleared himself of suspicion.
From the probability of winning and losing in previous rounds, whenever I participated in the final round, as long as the young man in the suit made the gesture of blowing chips, I had never won!
No wonder Brother Dafei and his group had been so well-behaved in the first half hour.
Originally, I thought they were just waiting for the right moment to strike, but I didn't expect the young man in the suit to have already made his move in secret!
If I hadn't gotten lucky in the first round, I would have lost over a million by now!
Impressive! Truly impressive!
Without cheating, relying on powerful calculations, reasoning, and precise control and analysis of human psychology and personality, the young man in the suit had been helping Brother Dafei and the smiling tiger win money!
Similarly, these two were deliberately pushed in front of me by him, making me wary and suspicious of them.
No wonder after I was neither winning nor losing, Brother Dafei started raising the bets, it turned out they were ready to make a move on me!
If the young man in the suit were still present, they wouldn't need to risk cheating, they could have just waited for the young man in the suit to blow chips and give a secret signal.
And at this rate... I felt that my five million chips would have no chance of lasting until the end of the game!
No! I have to take down the young man in the suit first!
As long as he's here, I'm the one being passively attacked, and every word, every action, even a micro-expression, could be seen through.
But how could I kick this master, who wasn't a cheater, out of the game?
...
After the young man in the suit called, it was my turn to respond.
To be honest, after seeing through his little trick, the best way to deal with the current round was to fold directly.
As for cheating? Don't even think about it! Impossible!
Of course, I mean it's impossible to cheat in this round. Because... there's no time left!
Cheating in Texas Hold'em is not as unrestricted as in other card games.
The first thing to consider is the community cards.
Cheating must be done in conjunction with the community cards' sequence.
Secondly, one must guard against hidden cards.
If you want to cheat, you must be mentally prepared for a card clash.
A card clash refers to revealing cards of the same type, same rank, and same suit.
There is an unwritten rule in the Thousand Gate Blue Path that in case of a card clash, the person who reveals their cards last is deemed to be cheating.
The reason I said this hand was impossible just now was because I was the last player in this round.
As long as I called, I would definitely be the last one to reveal my cards.
There are no other tricks in this hand. With two pairs on the community cards, I could only cheat by changing two 4s.
But since Brother Dafei took the lead in raising, the smiling tiger chose to call, and the young man in the suit also gave a signal indicating they would win this round, it meant the latter had already figured out my hand.
And, one of them must have a hand that's better than mine.
These three people opened their cards before me. If I insisted on cheating, it would be no different from walking to my death.
So, after much consideration, I decided...
To call! But not to cheat!
Giving away fifty thousand chips for free, I would pretend I hadn't seen through the young man in the suit, further relaxing him and preventing him from becoming too alert too quickly.
As soon as my fifty thousand chips were on the table, this hand immediately turned into a multi-million dollar gamble!
On the surface, everyone had a 25% chance of winning, but in reality, I knew very well... my winning probability in this hand was 0!
Seeing my call, Brother Dafei, who had raised first, opened his cards.
It was pretty much as I had predicted. Brother Dafei's cards could be paired with the community cards.
With a single 2 and a single 10, his final hand was the same as mine, reaching two pairs.
However, a single card was slightly inferior to mine.
Next, it was the smiling tiger's turn to open his cards.
He held a single K and a single 3, barely making two pairs.
I knew the smiling tiger didn't fold purely to shield the young man in the suit.
As expected, those two 4s were definitely in the young man in the suit's hand.
Indeed...
When the young man in the suit opened his cards, to maintain his persona, he casually flipped over his two cards.
A pair of 4s!
A bomb! A bomb that was a level above a full house!
What a performance!
If it weren't for the gesture of blowing on the chips that I caught as a flaw, I would still be in the dark.
It's certain that the young man in the suit doesn't know any cheating techniques. Otherwise, he wouldn't have waited until now to start exerting his strength.
Now, the situation had become clear.
Take down the young man in the suit first, then deal with Brother Dafei and the others, and decide the winner with cheating techniques!
After I revealed my cards, the outcome of this round could be finalized.
After pushing the chips in front of the young man in the suit, the female dealer began to collect the hidden cards in front of us and threw them into the shredder along with the community cards on the table.
Then, she unpacked new cards and shuffled them.
This kind of gambling where cards are changed every round, especially when all the changed cards go into the shredder, has both advantages and disadvantages.
Putting aside the disadvantages for now, the advantage for me, an outsider who came to challenge the场, is that I can take the opportunity to cheat by mixing in cards, but there is one prerequisite.
That is, I must be the first player in the round where I cheat!
A few rounds later, after losing nearly 800,000 in principal, I got an opportunity...
In this round, the first three community cards dealt by the female dealer were: 7, 9, J.
And the hidden cards I received were a 7 and a J.
Starting with two pairs, the hand was definitely not small!
After the remaining two community cards were all out, I would decide my next move based on the community cards' sequence.
However, what made me happy was not my hidden cards, but the fact that I was the first to speak in this round.
I didn't choose to act cool and pass directly, because doing so would definitely attract the attention of the young man in the suit.
So, I made a nominal bet of ten thousand.
Brother Dafei followed, but did not raise.
The smiling tiger and the other two also called.
When it came to the young man in the suit, he suddenly stopped...