Chapter 297 Stud
Derry's black and white eyes flashed with a different luster at this time. When the blond young man in front of him talked to him in the form of a transaction, he saw that the other party gave him this One order pricing.
【1 million [basic assets]! 】
The requirements for this order are also very simple. They just use the [Sphinx] to provide information on some questions. During the inquiry process, the blond young man promised to comply with the "Financial Law" throughout the inquiry.
"Don't refuse in a hurry. According to your current partner authority, you can get half of the one million order at least. You also know that the economies of the various countries in Terra have been very unstable recently. Goat incidents are emerging one after another. Although the currency has not yet depreciated on a large scale, and the two-way circulation of the supernatural and the real world has not yet experienced major problems, people with a discerning eye have already felt the increasingly tense international situation and the increasing number of extraordinary events. Smart people are aware that [Asset realization] has started.
The balanced leverage created by [Basic Assets] and [Extraordinary Assets] in [Financial Street] has begun to tilt.
Think about it, five hundred thousand [basic assets] can be obtained with just a nod, and this is also a huge sum of money for a worker. Moreover, although you are a partner of a headhunting company, you are essentially working part-time. ”
The blond young man’s index finger tapped rhythmically on the gambling table, with a brilliant smile on his handsome face. His words were obviously so sincere, but they were full of deception.
This kind of bewitchment is like a bait in the dark, using its confusing charm to arouse the greedy soul and entangle it deeply, inducing him to make a decision.
The Adélie Penguin took a big sip. With the cigar in his hand, the long beak was spitting out mist. At this moment, he had already noticed what the blond young man might be doing with the [Sphinx], and there was a high probability that the other party would succeed.
"Mr. Delhi, do you want to have a bet? I heard that Adélie Penguins have great gambling luck. I really want to see it."
Before the Adélie Penguins could respond, Xia Xiu said First came a gambling invitation to Delhi.
[Casino: [Van Helsing] has invited you to gamble (Texas Hold'em)! 】
【Do you choose to accept? 】
【Yes/No】
"Life is like gambling, Mr. Delhi, you don't have to gamble, but you can't not gamble."
The blond young man smiled and tossed two [10,000] chips, attracting the attention of the Adélie Penguin. force.
Derry thought about it, and he finally chose to accept it.
How could he be led by the young brat in front of him? From the moment he entered the venue and sat down naturally, to the time he recharged and exchanged 1.5 million chips to show his financial strength, the blond young man in front of him had been in control of the situation. , has been leading the invisible "potential".
Now, Delhi wants to break the opponent's "power".
"Okay, let's take a gamble."
[The gamble is established! 】
When the gambling game was established, [Financial Beast·Spade-10], who was wearing a gorgeous red dress, raised his right hand holding a deck of playing cards and began to deal out the cards. He looked like a clown. His face was already bursting into laughter at this time.
The process of Texas Hold'em is actually not complicated. In two-player Texas Hold'em, players will use a standard deck of 52 playing cards (minus the big and small ghosts). The basic rules and flow of the game are similar to the multiplayer game, but there will be some tweaks.
For example, the setting of the blinds (small blind and big blind) may need to be adjusted to ensure the progress of the game.
[The card dealing stage! 】
The cheerful [Spade-10] started dealing cards. When Texas Hold'em starts, each player will get two private cards, also called hand cards or pocket cards. These cards are only their own. can be seen.
Two hand cards appeared in front of Xia Xiu, and he casually opened the cards in his hand.
Luckily, I got a [pair] together at the beginning.
The cards in Xia Xiu's hand now are a pair of 7s of different suits, which he never expected.
The hand sizes in Texas Hold'em poker from strongest to weakest are as follows:
Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Trip, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card.
The outcome of the game is determined by the card type: if two players have the same card type, then the card with the highest point, the second highest point, and so on will be compared to determine the outcome. . If all cards are the same, it's a draw.
Xia Xiu used to go fishing in [Financial Street]... Well, when he was having fun, the biggest card he ever opened was a full house. As for a straight flush or a royal flush, he never opened it once.
【Start placing blind bets. 】
"Let me place the big blind, one hundred thousand." Xia Xiu smiled and pushed out part of the chips.
Blinds: In two-person Texas Hold'em, a small blind and a big blind are usually set. The small blind is paid by one player, while the big blind is paid by another player. These blinds are the starting bets and ensure that there are chips circulating in the game. During the blind stage, players are usually not allowed to bet their entire stack (i.e. stud). Stud means betting all your chips in one round, and this behavior is not allowed during the blind stage.
In Texas Hold'em, the blind bet is the initial bet, designed to ensure a certain amount of chips circulate in the game and provide a basis for subsequent bets. Normally, players during the blind stage can only choose to call (the same amount as the current bet), raise (increase the bet), or fold (give up the current situation).
After the big blind is placed, the small blind is usually one-half of the big blind.
Derry looked at the card [Spade-10] dealt to him, and couldn't help but grasp the card face.
The cards he holds are pretty bad right now.
7 and 2 of different suits. This is the current hand of the Adélie Penguins.
The reason for following the bet is, of course, that every gambler has a belief, that is, the opponent's hand may be worse than his own, and these guys just like to show off.
The probability involved in the game of poker is not shown for the time being.
In two-player poker, it considers the psychological game more than the calculation of probability. For example, when placing a blind bet, it is the first round of the game.
The blind bet in the first round of the game involves a strategy commonly used in poker, [stealing the chicken].
[Stealing Chicken] refers to raising or betting to win the blind as much as possible without showing the hand.
This usually occurs when the blinds are on your turn and no other player has followed, by betting a relatively small amount in an attempt to get other players to give up their hands, thereby winning the blinds .
The goal of [Stealing Chicken] is to take advantage of your opponent's caution and weak card strength to gain access to the pot by raising or betting without showing your hand. If [stealing the chicken is successful], you will increase your chip pile and gain a certain amount of profit without any real card strength.
But now it is two-person poker, so it is impossible to [steal the chicken], because in a two-person game, you usually need to rely more on your own card strength and strategy to win.
[Betting is completed, entering the flop! 】
Flop: After the first round of betting, the hole card round begins.
The dealer turns over three community cards and places them on the table. These cards are called [flop cards] or [community cards]. At the same time, the remaining two cards are turned over in the next two rounds.
Now, the three [community cards] turned over are:
[Spade·7], [Heart·K], [Diamond·2]. When [the community cards] unfolded, the second round of competition had already begun.
In the modern world, gamblers will analyze their enemies by observing their expressions, cards in their hands, betting chips, etc., but it is even more interesting in a casino on [Financial Street].
When the [community card] was revealed, both parties on the gambling table dishonestly launched a secret confrontation at the same time.
Dong dong dong——
Xia Xiu’s hand on the gambling table was tapping the table rhythmically. While tapping, a powerful Mimu element was felt. Spreading under the gaze of [Spade-10], the huge ARad field instantly distorted reality, and three sharp and abnormal thinking weapons were shot at three different groups.
【Don Quixote·Activate! 】
[Orientation-thinking influence! ]
[Not oriented - strong thinking influence! ]
[Not oriented - weak thinking influence! ]
[Orientation - Thought Influence] This invisible and immaterial thinking weapon directly hit several dishonest onlookers behind Xia Xiu, and these guys started to activate [Peeping Eyes] openly. , [Thought Reading], [Semblance Withdrawal] and other magic techniques to peek at his hand, and he responded directly and unceremoniously.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
A few of the spectators sitting far away from Xia Xiu suddenly became extremely dull in their eyes, and then they slapped themselves in front of everyone's surprised gazes.
This is [orientation-thinking influence], which triggers a contradictory thinking process and guides the thinking subject to transfer this thinking contradiction to the concrete objects existing in his consciousness, thereby temporarily manipulating and ordering others.
The unlucky dealer, [Spade-10], was hit by another weapon called the thinking weapon, [Undirected-Strong Thinking Influence]. When he was seen by the thinking weapon, the look on his face The perverted smile stopped instantly.
With a snap, the happiness was gone, and he felt a little dizzy at the moment.
If it were the [Financial Beast·Spade-10] in the federal casino capital of Edici, Xia Xiu might not dare to attack the opponent so blatantly, but now he is in [France Island], so he just gave it to him Come and strike a blow, so that the opponent's next dealing of cards should not be full of bad taste, and just act as a card dealing machine honestly.
As for the last thinking weapon, [non-directional-weak thinking influence], it is naturally impossible to target Delhi.
Casinos have casino rules. You can use thaumaturgy, but you must comply with the rules. Some direct attacks are prohibited (it doesn’t matter if you attack financial beasts, you won’t die anyway). For example, you can’t blow them up with a gun. Head your opponent's head and win directly.
This is a casino, not the Colosseum.
Xia Xiu's [Undirected - Weak Thought Influence] shot was actually fired at the [Sight Distance Perspective] Mimusu launched in the air above the gambling table, and then detonated.
These two kinds of thaumaturgy can only be regarded as interference thaumaturgy. As long as it is not too excessive, the regular energy inside the casino will not stop it.
The purpose of Xia Xiu's [Undirected - Weak Thought Influence] is not only to smash the Mimu element in Delhi, but it also has another effect.
The main ability of [Undirected - Weak Thinking Influence] is that weak mental influence causes the thinking subject to experience symptoms including disorientation, decreased concentration, confused thinking, and decreased ability to deal with problems.
At the moment when the thinking weapon exploded, the weak mental influence had spread, and the blond young man squinted his eyes, watching Delhi's every move and everything about him like a hunter watching his prey.
Derry was not too surprised that his meme was exploded. At this time, his pupils beamed with joy, and his eyes unconsciously focused on [Spade·7], [ Square·2] above.
This joy actually disappeared quickly, and the blond young man who had been tapping the gaming table with his index finger smiled.
The old gamblers are all actors. If they want to pull something out of their expressions, they always have to use some magical defense skills to tear apart their acting skills. The proliferation of thinking weapons can just make Xia Xiu break through from the opponent. Get the information you want at the last moment.
Dong dong dong——
Xia Xiu’s index finger tapped the table rhythmically.
[Spade·7], [Diamond·2], the opponent made no secret of his gaze on these two cards.
The remaining two 7s are in my hand, which means that the opponent now holds a [Club·7] and another 2 of a random suit.
The opponent can now form [two pairs] (two pairs of cards of the same value, plus any one card), and I have [trip]. If the subsequent [turn card] and [river card] Circle] If there is no unexpected incident, there is a high probability that he will not be able to do any good work. However, he will probably try to [bluff] me to win.
The thoughts in Xia Xiu's mind were spinning rapidly, and now the second round of betting began.
【The second round of betting begins! 】
"Boy, looking at your smile, it looks like your cards are pretty good." Deli flicked the cards in his hand and criticized Xia Xiu.
"It's okay. I think I can continue to raise money on this card. Do you want to follow?"
Xia Xiu smiled, then took out 200,000 chips and pushed them out.
Derry stared at the handsome face of the blond young man, and for a moment he couldn't figure out whether the other party was [bluffing] him or whether he really had a good card.
“Follow!”
Delhi also introduced chips and kept up with Xia Xiu’s pace.
【Turn card·Start! 】
Turn: After the second round of betting, the dealer turns over the fourth [community card], which is called [turn] or [fourth street].
[Diamond·K]
Deli looked at this card expressionlessly. His peripheral vision was always observing the blond young man opposite, but the smile on the other's face did not change. There was not the slightest change, and the index finger that was tapping the table was still as rhythmic and steady as before.
[Three strips] + [Pair], one big and one small, really make a [gourd]. Xia Xiu was happy in his heart.
I really enjoyed myself today.
【The third round of betting begins! 】
[The turn] is followed by the third round of betting.
"Mr. Delhi, do you want us to play something big?" Xia Xiu said with a smile at Delhi.
"What?" Derry asked the blond young man in confusion.
Bang--
The blond young man pushed out all the chips, then spread his hands and showed a bright and brilliant smile to the Adélie Penguin who was holding the cards tightly.
"I am stud, Mr. Derry, will you follow?"
(End of this chapter)