Hesitating for a long time, Xu Xiaobo finally gritted his teeth and cursed before folding his hand.
Judging by the expression on Xu Xiaobo's face, I deduced that his decision to fold wasn't because he'd spotted anything amiss.
Rather, he'd realized that if he didn't fold, he'd fall into the pit!
Continuing to call without folding wasn't about directly throwing money to buy cards.
The rule for our Golden Flower game was that the players in front could only buy cards and compare them after the players who looked at their cards had completed three rounds.
Whoever wanted to compare had to pay!
And just like opening the cards, it was double the amount!
Before the condition for comparing cards was met, if the hand was truly strong, one could naturally continue to call.
But if it was a bluff... that would be the first step towards falling into the abyss!
Therefore, when playing Golden Flower at our place, if you looked at your cards early, then before reaching the final two-player showdown, as long as there was still someone outside betting their hidden cards, that opponent's hidden bet... could very well become a black hand pushing you into the bottomless abyss!
Alright, back to the main topic.
After Xu Xiaobo folded, only I, Zhou Xi, and Wang Yu remained at the table.
Zhou Xi bet with his cards revealed, and Wang Yu and I tacitly pretended not to see, continuing to bet with our hidden cards.
Thus, after a few more rounds of symbolic hidden betting, Wang Yu, knowing the time was ripe, decisively chose to reveal his cards.
In fact, Wang Yu already knew his hand when Zhao Wei dealt the cards.
But in order to complete the act, this guy still pretended to squint at his cards.
He deliberately held the three cards vertically in his palm, then gradually pushed them up, letting the suits reveal themselves...
Half a minute later.
Lighting a cigarette, Wang Yu turned and handed his cards to Sun Jingjing beside him, smiling and asking, "Wife, do you think we can go for it this hand?"
Upon seeing Wang Yu's cards, Sun Jingjing's eyes instantly lit up with excitement, and without any hesitation, she nodded heavily and replied, "Let's go for it!"
Heh. "Let's go for it," indeed.
Later, you'll see how I'll make your husband "go for it"!
After Wang Yu revealed his cards and bet, I also followed suit, revealing mine and betting.
By this time, the pot had accumulated close to three thousand yuan.
Except for Xu Xiaobo, Zhou Xi had also contributed around a thousand yuan.
The remaining thousand or so yuan was the money we four had bet with our hidden cards.
If it weren't for the consideration that there were unrelated people present and we couldn't be too ruthless, I would have intended to keep my cards hidden until the end this hand.
Because you simply couldn't imagine what kind of powerhouse hand Wang Yu's "divine touch" had cut for me!
After looking at my cards, I deliberately hesitated for a moment before throwing in 100 yuan.
This was a deliberate act to match the two cards I had shown to Wang Yu.
When looking at my cards, unlike Wang Yu's affectation, I didn't make any flashy moves, choosing to slide them horizontally.
Of course, during the horizontal sliding and rubbing of the cards, I still kept the winning card... hidden at the very bottom.
To be precise, it should be at the very back. When picking up the cards to slide and rub them horizontally, the two exposed backs were still the two cards I wanted Wang Yu to see.
Two pairs, above the face cards.
These two exposed cards were enough for Wang Yu to assume that my best hand was just a straight.
While I was looking at my cards, after recognizing my hand through the backs, Wang Yu's expression immediately became somewhat playful.
I knew he wanted to trap me.
But he didn't know that I also wanted to trap him.
...
After a few rounds, Zhou Xi, having received a signal from Wang Yu, chose to fold.
At this point, only Wang Yu and I were left at the table.
To compete for the final victory, the two of us began to bet furiously.
He threw 100, and I followed with 100.
After going back and forth for seven or eight rounds, Wang Yu suddenly sensed that something was not quite right.
Even the biggest pair couldn't keep up with my calls like this...
When it was Wang Yu's turn to speak again, he didn't choose to throw money directly but turned his gaze back to my cards.
Unfortunately, the third winning card was hidden perfectly by me. After looking for a long time, Wang Yu still found nothing.
Just as Wang Yu was retracting his gaze and pondering whether to reveal my cards proactively, he suddenly saw my hand tremble inexplicably as I reached for a cigarette.
Seeing this, his gaze immediately shifted to me.
And at this moment, I also appropriately displayed a look of "panic."
Immediately, Wang Yu realized that my hand... couldn't beat his!
A cold smile spread across his lips, and without another word, Wang Yu directly threw another 100 yuan into the pot, preparing to reveal my cards.
Seeing this, I didn't immediately call, but pretended to hesitate for a long time before gritting my teeth and calling another 100 yuan.
Thus, after a few more rounds of back and forth, even the most clueless person like Wang Yu could tell that I had definitely gotten a strong hand!
And that everything done before was undoubtedly to lure him into the trap!
Upon thinking of this, Wang Yu immediately disregarded everything else, revealed his J flush, and then took out 200 yuan, throwing it into the pot, ready to reveal my cards.
At this moment, with everyone's eyes focused on us, I looked at Wang Yu and chuckled, "Why don't you reveal my cards for me."
"Honestly, I'm a bit embarrassed. To think that I cut such a great hand!"
Hearing my words, Wang Yu's face stiffened.
As if remembering something, when he reached to reveal my cards, Wang Yu flipped the top two cards very quickly and decisively.
Ace of Spades and Ace of Hearts, a pair of Aces.
When it came to flipping the third card, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.
This winning card, which I had hidden, was the one he had been trying to see clearly but couldn't!
Taking a deep breath, Wang Yu slowly flipped over the third card with his slightly trembling right hand...
Ace of Clubs!
This was a winning card that was enough to make Wang Yu despair!
Three Aces, the biggest Leopard!
Including Xu Xiaobo's miscellaneous Ace of Clubs, in one hand, Wang Yu directly cut out four Aces, forming a Leopard!
With Wang Yu's extreme bad luck, if it were in a casino, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he would become the gospel and guiding light for all gamblers.
"Holy crap!!!"
The moment the Ace Leopard was revealed, everyone simultaneously let out a gasp of astonishment.
I estimated that after seeing Wang Yu's J flush, everyone thought I was definitely going to lose.
But what they didn't expect was that I had gotten the Three Aces, also known as the Three of a Kind, which in Golden Flower is said to be enough to bet your property deed on!