The pace of this card game has been perfectly controlled by me, and it can be said that Wang Yu has been completely fleeced.
At the same time, judging from the hands I've been dealt, Wang Yu's cautiousness was a facade created by specific environmental factors.
Deep down, he is still the same person he used to be.
So, now that Wang Yu is starting to expose his most primitive nature, I'm preparing to give him a strong dose.
Once on the gambling table, ordinary gamblers transform into gamblers and addicts in no time at all, often in just one game!
As long as you control the rhythm, give a slap and a sweet date at the right time, let them experience the tension and excitement of great ups and downs, and reversals upon reversals, they will eventually become deeply mired, unaware of their own plight!
Unlike drug addiction or gambling addiction, the addiction to cards does not have a slow process from shallow to deep.
As long as the stakes are high enough, so high that a single game could determine the next year and a half, and whether all your efforts might be in vain... addiction is just a matter of minutes!
Once addicted, no matter who you want to cheat, unless that person can truly summon the resolve to quit gambling, they will be your long-term cash cow.
Enough said, let's get back to the main topic.
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After Yu Shuang returned, whenever someone won a hand, I would find an opportunity to cut the cards every two or three hands. If it was my turn to win, I would use the perfect shuffling technique to shuffle and deal.
Whenever I was directly involved in cutting, shuffling, or dealing, Wang Yu was the one winning money in the end.
During this period, because my handling of details was impeccable, and I was losing money most of the time, no one suspected me at all.
After all, who would intentionally lose?
Coupled with Shi Jianguo, the troublemaker, who kept raising and betting blindly, the pile of cash in front of Wang Yu was growing at a visible rate!
Thus, a normal six-player game, which usually involved stakes of ten to one hundred, and where a hand of Golden Flower typically yielded around 2000 to 3000 yuan, was doubled with the combined efforts of Shi Jianguo and myself!
As for hands with mixed straights and pairs, they were also increased by about half.
And this was even without three or more players having good hands simultaneously.
Not only that, but during this time, in one hand, I even used a pair of 8s to shamefully beat Wang Yu to the punch, doubling his pair of 8s!
In our Anhai, besides the double-betting being different from other places, there's also a rule where if the last two players have the same hand, the one who opens first loses.
For identical hands with pairs, the third card's value isn't compared; for identical hands without pairs, the suit isn't considered either.
The only rule that matters is: whoever opens first, loses!
Many friends who have visited Anhai, before they leave, always say one thing.
"I don't regret coming to Anhai, because the 'Zha Jinhua' here is very pure!"
Anhai's 'Zha Jinhua' is purely a test of courage.
You must know that the probability of two players getting the exact same hand in a game is already very small, let alone holding out until the end and mustering the courage to open against someone else.
If such a situation arises, it is very damaging to one's own fortune.
Moreover, we play for very high stakes.
The minimum win or loss in each hand is usually over a thousand yuan.
Normal wins and losses are around three to five thousand.
If three or more players have good hands, the stakes go straight to eight thousand or ten thousand!
With hundred-yuan bills constantly being thrown in, if your luck is slightly better, winning just one hand can allow you to play cautiously for an hour or two.
I remember that hand very clearly. The moment I revealed my cards, the triumphant look on Wang Yu's face was as arrogant as could be!
The same hidden betting, ending up with a matching hand, and being opened by someone else – who could remain calm in such a situation?!
Therefore, Wang Yu's arrogance and smugness were entirely genuine.
Seeing this, I knew the time had come.
After raising the pig this far, only one more mouthful of feed, directly to the throat, is needed... and then it's time to slaughter the pig.
In the next hand, after Wang Yu shuffled the cards, he still treated me as his lucky charm and asked me to cut.
"This is the hand!"
I thought to myself, and in front of Wang Yu, I cut and cut again.
Since the groundwork had been laid sufficiently, Wang Yu had no objections. Instead, he smiled and said, "Cut away, cut away!"
"If I may be so bold, Xiangzi! Even if you cut ten or eight more times, you won't come up with anything! Sometimes, a person just has to believe in fate and accept their destiny!"
"I think you simply don't have the knack for making illicit money!"
I ignored him and gave a cold smile.
This time, I used "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" (Shifting Stars).
Dou Zhuan Xing Yi is a relatively advanced card-cutting technique.
When Uncle Tu taught me, after I had already acquired a certain level of skill in cheating, I watched it six times before I grasped some of its intricacies.
Then, it took me another half a year to practice it.
If perfect shuffling is the shuffling technique I practiced the most, then "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" is the cutting technique I practiced the most.
Strictly speaking, I cut the cards three times just now.
Although each card cut looked similar to ordinary cutting techniques, it wasn't the case in reality.
Because as early as when Wang Yu was shuffling, I had already deeply memorized the sequence of the 52 cards.
So, each time I cut the cards, I would aim for the card I wanted in the deck and, at the moment of cutting, directly move that card in order to the top for Wang Yu to deal.
Of course, these three cards were not dealt to me in the end, but to Wang Yu.
After cutting the cards and taking out my lighter to light a cigarette, I gave Shi Jianguo a very subtle glance, and he immediately understood.
Two hours of feeding the pig, two minutes of slaughtering it.
Whether the pig feed can be directly pushed to the throat... it all depends on this hand!
Two minutes later.
The moment the cards were revealed, Wang Yu's entire demeanor made him so excited that he stood up from his seat, slammed the three cards onto the table, and roared, "Three Kings! A Leopard!!!"
What followed was a greed so intense in his eyes that it was almost overflowing.
Using the "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" cutting technique earlier, I had precisely inserted three Kings into the 6th, 12th, and 18th positions at the top of the deck, replacing the original three cards.
The "pig feed" I fed Wang Yu this time was three Kings, known among gamblers as cards so powerful you could bet your property deed on them – the highest caliber of cards.
Apart from the ante and the blinds, the base money and the "lucky money" for this hand alone amounted to a hefty 660 yuan.
In the end, Wang Yu's winnings totaled 11,220 yuan.
A single hand, with winnings exceeding ten thousand!
The pig feed has been sufficient, and now... it's time to slaughter the pig!
Thinking of this, a faint, almost imperceptible curve appeared on my lips.
However, at this moment, Wang Yu, who had just collected his winnings, suddenly spoke, "How about... we end it here?"