While shuffling the cards, I chuckled and said, "I wonder who gave you the courage to suggest best two out of three, and even let me draw first!"
"If I draw the Ace of Spades in the first round, you're definitely done for."
Hearing this, Yu Shuang didn't retort. She merely shrugged indifferently and smiled, "Have you ever heard the saying? A woman who smiles a lot generally has good luck!"
"I firmly believe that you... cannot beat me."
I rolled my eyes at Yu Shuang's words, dismissing them with disdain.
*Tap, tap, tap...*
This time, I held nothing back and made no concessions. While performing my perfect shuffling technique, I preemptively used the "palm card" maneuver to conceal the Ace of Spades.
Palm card is a type of palming technique.
The choice of palming technique depends on the situation.
When palming cards during a shuffle, this maneuver is called palm card.
Compared to other palming techniques, palm card has the highest success rate and the lowest probability of being discovered.
As for other techniques like cut card palming and flick card palming, these are employed when one cannot shuffle but has an opportunity to touch the cards, and one must also consider the surrounding circumstances.
Among these, the flick card palming technique is the easiest to be caught red-handed by an opponent. wap.kanshuwu.net
Therefore, if you intend to palm or conceal cards to cheat, you must never be impatient. The most reliable method is to wait until it's your turn to deal and shuffle.
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After shuffling, I presented the entire deck, minus the Ace of Spades, to Yu Shuang for her to cut.
Honestly, I hadn't initially intended to let Yu Shuang cut the cards. She hadn't asked for it, after all.
However, considering that she had gone easy on me earlier, I decided to let her cut the deck.
As Yu Shuang cut the cards, I kept reassuring myself, "Chen Xiang, if you don't even have the courage to let her cut the cards, you might as well surrender."
After Yu Shuang finished cutting, I spread the entire deck out on the table, sliding them into a line.
After a perfunctory shuffle, I directly revealed the Ace of Spades that I had hidden.
Glancing at the revealed card, I spoke to Yu Shuang without any preamble, "Your turn."
Upon seeing the Ace of Spades being revealed by me, Yu Shuang's lips curved into a barely perceptible smile.
This sight immediately sent a jolt of unease through me!
What was this woman up to?
Could it be that at this crucial moment, she would say something shameless like, "Two is the highest, Ace is the lowest"?
If that were the case, I would be utterly unsatisfied. I wouldn't consider it over until I had forcefully shoved my massive appendage into her mouth a couple of times!
Strangely, Yu Shuang didn't say anything. Instead, she directly drew a card from the end and then flipped it over.
The Ace of Clubs.
Undoubtedly, I had won this round.
Seeing Yu Shuang reveal her card, I smiled, "I win."
Yu Shuang nodded noncommittally and chuckled, "Mm, you won. Continue!"
As soon as Yu Shuang finished speaking, I quickly gathered the cards and began to shuffle them.
This time, I didn't resort to the same trick.
After removing the Jokers, and with the first round of comparison complete, two out of the 52 cards were gone. If I were to attempt palming again, Yu Shuang would surely notice.
Therefore, relying on my memory of the shuffle, I memorized the position of the Ace of Hearts and then handed the deck to Yu Shuang.
At the same time, my pupils dilated infinitely, my eyes fixed on Yu Shuang, trying to discern her every move.
Yu Shuang remained silent, offering a gentle smile and a swift sweep of her right hand across the cards.
After she finished cutting, I quickly spread the cards on the table and searched through the deck for a long time, but the Ace of Hearts was nowhere to be found.
At this moment, I knew I had lost.
So fast! Yu Shuang was too fast!
She was so fast that I couldn't even figure out how she had done it.
Only then did Yu Shuang's face reveal a look of confident victory, and she teased, "Draw a card, young man."
I didn't answer her. Instead, I reached into the deck, drew a card, and then revealed it.
The Ace of Diamonds.
"You win."
Before Yu Shuang could reveal her card, I conceded this round preemptively.
As I said this, my face showed no emotion, but inside, I felt a bitter pang and a sense of helplessness.
There are always mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people!
When my mastery of cheating reached its peak, I once believed that there wouldn't be another expert of Uncle Tuo's caliber in all of Anhai.
But the reality before me had slapped me hard!
This woman, in terms of shuffling, dealing, cutting, palming, and concealing, had shown me a comprehensive and overwhelming superiority!
Only now did I belatedly realize this and stare at her blankly.
Yu Shuang's breathtakingly beautiful and peerless face, her perfectly sculpted curves, this gorgeous and ethereal, almost unreal appearance, was designed to conceal her masterful cheating skills and her uncanny mind-reading abilities!
She was a woman so perfect, so perfect that it made one's heart tremble!
After I conceded, Yu Shuang, with a smile, revealed the Ace of Hearts. She gently licked her lips, which had become slightly dry in the cold air conditioning, and said, "Do you remember why you asked where I got the courage to play best two out of three with you?"
Hearing this, I immediately looked up.
At that very moment, I saw Yu Shuang, less than half a meter away from me, her face suddenly radiating an expression of extreme confidence. She winked at me and said, "Because I knew you were going to cheat in the first round!"
"So, I decided to use your own method against you! To defeat you head-on, using your own tactics!"
As Yu Shuang spoke these words, I saw the confidence shining in her eyes, as dazzling as the midday sun, making it impossible to look directly at her.
But then, she returned to her normal demeanor.
With her composure restored, Yu Shuang showed no hint of pride or complacency. Instead, she said calmly, "Alright! For the final round, let's shuffle."
"Remember, don't try any more unnecessary tricks!"
"Without the four Aces, in this final round, we'll bet on whose luck is better."
Hearing this, I nodded heavily and replied, "Okay."
There was no other choice! In the face of absolute strength, all flashy maneuvers were superfluous.
Honestly, I never thought that this saying would ever apply to myself.
At this very moment, I wished that the middle-aged man named Ah Yao was sitting in front of me.
If it were him, I swore... I would absolutely pummel him until he couldn't even sit!
But now, I could only pray in my heart, praying that Yu Shuang wouldn't pummel me until I couldn't even sit!
*Tap, tap, tap...*
For the final round, I didn't use any tricks. I shuffled the cards meticulously and then spread them out on the table.
Calming my mind, I didn't even dare to breathe, my eyes fixed on the backs of the 50 cards, trying to precisely locate the winning King of Spades.