Those who have watched the Champions League knockout stage draw should know what "drawing balls" means.
After the hollow balls are opened, there will be a slip of paper inside, clearly writing xxx.
When Yu Shuang drew out the ball, and then opened it in front of all the spectators, took out the small slip of paper inside, and revealed the side with the four characters "Sic Bo Game" to the public…
The packed audience below immediately erupted in a thunderous applause.
The first round of the competition was the highly anticipated and visually spectacular Sic Bo game. How could the audience not love it?
After Yu Shuang finished drawing lots, Hu Dinggui smoothly walked onto the stage and announced, "The first round of the competition is Sic Bo, also known as dice rolling! In folk customs, dice rolling usually involves..."
After a lot of rambling.
As Hu Dinggui finished his introduction, three bunny girls from the Grand Lisboa, carrying trays, presented three complete sets of dice.
My opponents, Yu Shuang and He Chenguang, and I each stood in front of our respective dice sets, waiting for Hu Dinggui to call out the start.
This round of Sic Bo had no special rules or requirements. The game started with six dice and went up to ten dice, with the higher total winning.
For the three of us, it was obviously impractical to determine the order of victory with just six dice.
I had calculated in my mind that before eight dice, it was highly likely to be a draw.
After eight dice, the outcome would emerge.
As for the deciding factor, it would most likely be ten dice.
Oh, right, I forgot to mention.
Cheating was allowed in this round of Sic Bo!
Some might ask how to cheat in Sic Bo. Just be patient and read on.
Without exaggeration, the Sic Bo game that Yu Shuang drew in the first round instantly captured everyone's attention and became a hot topic.
Seeing that the three of us were ready, after making a preparatory gesture, Hu Dinggui began the countdown.
"Get ready, three, two, one!"
As the words fell, my opponents, Yu Shuang and He Chenguang, and I almost simultaneously picked up our dice cups, aimed them at the six dice on the table, scooped them up, and began to shake.
For the three of us, shaking six dice in the first round was essentially a warm-up to get a feel for it, with no psychological pressure or difficulty.
As I retracted my cup and raised my hand, I took the opportunity to glance at He Chenguang.
I saw his right hand slightly raise, followed by a gentle flick of his wrist, and then a crisp rattling sound came from inside the dice cup.
Outsiders watch the excitement, insiders watch the skill!
He Chenguang's hand movements were very light and subtle, yet the loud rattling sound from the dice cup was enough to prove that his finger strength and wrist power were far beyond those of ordinary cheaters.
Setting aside everything else, this alone confirmed that He Chenguang was definitely a formidable opponent for me!
I thought I had given He Chenguang enough credit, but what surprised me even more was yet to come.
After exerting force with both his fingers and wrist, He Chenguang, holding the dice cup, simply swayed it left and right, up and down, and then there was...
Bang!
A muffled sound was heard, and the dice cup was steadily placed on the table.
Seeing this, I was stunned!
In the two minutes allotted for shaking dice, he had finished in less than a minute and directly retracted and placed his cup!
While the entire action couldn't be described as smooth and flowing, it had a sense of "heavy sword without edge, great skill without artifice."
And the most terrifying part was that He Chenguang only took tens of seconds.
After the dice cup landed, He Chenguang's lips curved slightly, revealing a confident smile, and he then reached out to open the dice cup.
No surprises, all six dice showed a clear six.
"Wow!!!"
"Holy crap! That's so fast!"
"He Shao Six Men!"
The moment the dice cup was revealed, all eyes in the audience immediately focused on it, followed by thunderous cheers and applause.
Seeing this, I frowned slightly, sensing that something was not right.
In gambling, it's all about seizing the initiative.
He Chenguang's sudden display of skill put considerable psychological pressure on me.
At this moment, while speeding up my dice shaking, I turned my gaze to Yu Shuang beside me.
She appeared completely unfazed, her gaze fixed straight ahead, seemingly indifferent.
Can she really remain so composed, Queen Bee?
Seeing that Yu Shuang was not affected by He Chenguang, I also tried to calm myself down and fully immerse myself in shaking the dice.
After about a minute.
Two muffled sounds were heard, and Yu Shuang and I placed our cups down almost simultaneously.
The highlight of the reveal was a clean sweep of six sixes.
The first match of the first round ended in a draw for the three of us.
Next, the dice were added for the second match.
Seven dice, still no difficulty.
Although He Chenguang was the first to place his cup, Yu Shuang and I both rolled a total of 42 points, so it was still a draw.
With the addition of dice to the eighth, the result remained the same. All three of us rolled 48 points, still a draw.
Next came the watershed moment of Sic Bo – nine dice.
In this round, He Chenguang's speed slowed down considerably, and he placed his cup only two or three seconds faster than me.
As for the points, it was still a perfect 54 points.
Thanks to the gradual process of finding my rhythm and state, and by calming my mind, I finally overcame my previous weakness of potentially faltering on nine dice and successfully rolled 54 points.
Queen Bee Yu Shuang did the same.
After four consecutive rounds of a three-way tie, the atmosphere in the venue instantly reached its peak.
For some reason, the noisy crowd gradually quieted down.
At this moment, the vast hall on the first floor was as silent as a needle drop, with all eyes focused uniformly on the three contestants.
The crucial final round of Sic Bo officially began…
When Hu Dinggui announced the official start of the match, I automatically blocked out everyone around me and began to fully concentrate on the deciding game of Sic Bo.
In this round, I held nothing back, starting with Uncle Tuo's signature move – "Rainbow Piercing the Sun"!
Uncle Tuo told me that starting with "Rainbow Piercing the Sun" and combining it with a specific incantation for shaking dice had a certain probability of rolling ten sixes in a straight line.
As for the exact probability, he didn't tell me, and I didn't ask.
Dice rolling is inherently related to gambling, and the addition of cheating techniques is to increase the winning chances. To inquire about the specifics would be to fall into delusion…
After starting with "Rainbow Piercing the Sun," I began to listen intently to the dice in the cup.
One word: chaotic!
I still couldn't control the precise force when shaking ten dice simultaneously. If I exerted even a little too much force, the angle at which the dice collided would be affected.
Five on the left, three on the right; two on the left, four on the right…