The function of the Hundred Flower Hand, I've emphasized its importance before, so I won't go into further detail here.
As it happened, Cui Qianting, thinking she knew best, tried to restore the order of the playing cards that I had disrupted with the Hundred Flower Hand.
The final result was: upon restoration, the cards became even more chaotic!
When she revealed her hand, she was completely stunned!
2, 3, 6, 10, J, no bull.
Although the highest hand among the other three players was only a Bull Five, because Cui Qianting had bet small on her special card, she lost to all three players this round.
Besides my 200 yuan bet, Xiao Mei and Zhang Fengyan had both bet the minimum of 50 yuan.
At the start of the game, the bank had already lost 300 yuan. Cui Qianting's gaze towards me immediately turned icy.
I knew that Cui Qianting wasn't suspecting me of anything, because I myself had drawn a hand with no bull. It was just that my special card was higher than hers. She probably thought I was just unlucky.
As expected, after paying out and shuffling the cards again, Cui Qianting extended the deck to me once more and said with feigned generosity, "I said it myself! If you want to turn your luck around, you definitely have to cut the cards a few more times!"
"Don't say I don't give you a chance to win back! Come on, keep cutting!"
Upon hearing this, I didn't hesitate and reached out, cutting the deck three times.
Seeing that I had finished cutting the cards, Cui Qianting very decisively took them back.
Then, still with her hands folded and making the gesture of dealing, Cui Qianting stubbornly chose to restore the order again.
Subsequently, the card game continued...
Compared to other card games, the most unique aspect of Niuniu is that regardless of whether you're playing with strangers or acquaintances, there's no mandatory rotation of the dealer. It's free-for-all.
This unique feature, while beneficial to gamblers and addicts, also provides considerable convenience for us cheaters.
Therefore, as long as Cui Qianting's bank money wasn't completely depleted, I played casually.
This round, I only bet 50 yuan.
Besides making Cui Qianting lower her guard, it was also a way to express my playing style.
To summarize it in four words, it would be: as I please (playing recklessly)!
After being cut by the Hundred Flower Hand, and then forcefully restored by Cui Qianting, the cards were already in such a state of disarray... I had no idea what the order was.
So, after the cards were dealt, I didn't even rub them together before revealing my hand.
A, 7, 8, Q, K, no bull.
Although my hand was a complete mess, I didn't care at all.
Because Xiao Mei and Zhang Fengyan had both revealed their hands.
And both of them... had drawn good hands!
When Cui Qianting saw that I had no bull, a faint smile was still on her face.
But as soon as that faint smile bloomed, it instantly wilted because of Xiao Mei and Zhang Fengyan.
One had a Bull Bull, and the other a Bull Eight.
Together, they had to pay out five times the bet.
Although no one had increased their bet this round, and everyone had bet 50 yuan, with a five-times payout, another 250 yuan in silver was gone.
If it weren't for her winning back 50 yuan to the bank by taking my no-bull hand, Cui Qianting would have lost a total of 300 yuan this round!
Since I sat down at the table and the game restarted, only two rounds had been played, and Cui Qianting's 1000 yuan bank had already been halved.
Naturally, her expression immediately drooped.
Although Cui Qianting really didn't want me to cut the cards anymore, as the biggest winner so far, it would be too much of a sore loser to change the dealer after only losing 500 yuan.
Moreover, in the previous round, I was the only one who lost to her.
After shuffling the cards, Cui Qianting handed the deck to me again and forced a smile, saying, "Come on! Cut another hand and see!"
Upon hearing this, I still silently cut the deck three times.
This round, except for Zhang Fengyan who still bet 50 yuan, Xiao Mei and I had both increased our bets.
Perhaps because of winning the previous round, Xiao Mei bet 200 yuan this time.
As for me, I bet 100 yuan, with no discernible pattern.
Three rounds, three different bet amounts.
Highlighting the chaos.
Since she hadn't mastered the art of cheating and couldn't break my Hundred Flower Hand or restore the cards, Cui Qianting could only place all her hopes on her own luck.
Unfortunately, there is fate in the unseen.
When things reach their peak, they decline; when things reach their extreme, they reverse.
This round, luck still did not favor her.
Upon seeing the three of us reveal our hands one after another, Cui Qianting's eyes suddenly froze.
Bull Eight, Bull Eight, Bull Bull.
As for herself, she had a mediocre Bull Five.
While not small, it was definitely not large.
Two times, two times, three times, a total of seven times!
Undoubtedly... Cui Qianting had busted the bank!
While paying out, Cui Qianting said sarcastically, "I'll take a break from dealing."
"Peiyu, your disciple's hands are really quite unlucky! Perhaps he's been picking too many seafood shells?"
"If he keeps cutting like this, all my luck will be cut away by him alone!"
Hearing this, my eyes immediately lit up.
I had been waiting for you to step down as the dealer!
Seeing Cui Qianting voluntarily step down, and with Xiao Mei and Zhang Fengyan showing no reaction, I directly reached out and gathered the deck. Turning to Xu Peiyu, I asked, "Do you want to press our advantage and take a turn at being the dealer?"
Without even considering it, Xu Peiyu nodded in agreement, "Okay! Let's do it!"
Upon hearing this, I took all the capital that Xu Peiyu had given me earlier and placed it on the dealer's position.
I didn't count the exact amount, but it was definitely no less than 1000 yuan.
Then, I began to shuffle the cards...
To put it bluntly, if I hadn't been worried about arousing suspicion and wanted to make the act more convincing, I could have directly intercepted and taken the dealer position when the game restarted, and then dominated.
After all, I've never seen anyone take back all the money they won from dealing, leave only a thousand yuan on the table, and then shamelessly continue to deal.
If a man did that, forget dealing, the game might not even be able to continue!
Therefore, when you encounter such a person at the gambling table, there's nothing else to say. Man or woman, just go for it!
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Once I got my hands on the cards, I used ordinary techniques to bring out the Perfect Shuffle.
Honestly, if I hadn't wanted to test Cui Qianting's depth and see if she had any other hidden techniques, I wouldn't have bothered cheating.
Because, there isn't a single cheater who knows the Perfect Shuffle who doesn't remember the order of all 52 cards!
Before learning the Perfect Shuffle, constantly disrupting the order of the playing cards was something that had to be done repeatedly.