There were five Pai Gow tables in the hall, two of which started at $1 each, and he knew that was the right starting point for him. There happened to be a pai gow table, and the dealer was an Asian woman in her thirties, with a very kind face, who kept smiling, albeit a little forced. But the yellow face has a sense of intimacy with the inaction of the newcomer to the casino.

For gamblers, it is very important to choose the right dealer, gamblers try not to bet in front of the dealer who is "in the same phase" as they are when gambling, the dealer has a great impact on the psychology of gamblers, and Wuwei also pays attention to this. Sitting down at the table, the dealer smiled at him kindly, and Wuwei nodded to the dealer and whispered, "Moneyplays." (Play for cash). Then he took the money out of his pocket and put it in his hand.

Before the dealer dealt the cards, Wu Wei took out a jade Guanyin hanging around his neck from his T-shirt, habitually put Jade Guanyin on his lips and kissed it, and then exposed his clothes, so that Jade Guanyin faced the card table.

Jade Guanyin is a gift from his grandfather when he was "100 years old", it is a real Hetian seed carving, the milky white mutton fat jade carving is fine and lifelike, it is the heirloom of his grandfather, his grandfather's family has no men, Wuwei's mother is the eldest daughter, and he is the eldest grandson, so it was passed on to him. This Jade Guanyin is a valuable treasure, Wuwei has always been on his body, he firmly believes that this Jade Guanyin is his own talisman, can bring good luck to himself, so every time before gambling he first thing is to expose the Jade Guanyin, let this talisman help himself turn evil into good fortune.

Pai Gow Poker is a gambling game, 80% of the time, it is a tie, that is, no loss or win, so it is most suitable for gamblers who want to soak in the casino all day and do not want to lose too much money, and some people call it "social gambling". Starting with one yuan of pai gow, you can't lose ten yuan or eight yuan a day, so many local retirees like to come here to play this game.

The rules of Pai Gow are that each player and the dealer take seven cards each, and then divide the cards into a set of five high cards and a set of two small cards, where the big card must be higher than the small card. After dividing the cards, each player compares with the dealer respectively, such as both hands are bigger than the dealer, it is considered a win, both are small, it is considered a loss, a large and a small, both sides are tied. The advantage of the house comes from two rules: if there is an identical hand, the dealer is big, and the bettor wins a bet with a 5% margin.

There are also three elderly white people, two men and one woman, who are sitting at the table where they have a maximum of 20 yuan in change, and they know at a glance that they are not coming to the casino to win money. They are all locals who come to the casino to pass the time after retirement with nothing to do.

Soon, the dealer skillfully divides the poker in front of four people, each of whom gets seven cards, and according to the play, a group of cards containing the largest card must be placed at the bottom of the chip (commonly known as the master), and the two cards containing the second largest card must be placed at the bottom of the chip (commonly known as the low hand).

Wu Wei opens his cards, 9, 10, 10, J, Q, K, A. There are two tens, in which case a pair of 10s should be removed, because a pair of 10s is larger than five singles, forming a straight and an ace-led single: 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, 10.

After the cards are shown, although the big card of Wuwei is bigger than the dealer, but the small card is smaller than the dealer, and the first is a draw, not to lose or win. The second game is still a draw, killing time like this doesn't matter to the three elderly whites, but Wuwei can't, he has to win, Wuwei wants to change his current status quo as soon as possible.

Before the third game, Wu Wei said to the dealer: "I want to sit in the bank." The dealer smiled and whispered, "Okay." Then move the sign that marks the dealer to Wuwei.

Pai Gow is shuffled every hand, so it is the slowest game of all kinds of games, but players are allowed to bank, which gives gamblers who want to make a profit. At this time, the dealer of the casino as one of the players, the bet is the same as the gambler's last hand, so the gambler can only sit once every two hands at most, and the gambler enjoys the same hand of cards as the banker's big advantage, but still must bear the casino 5% bonus (that is, the gambler's win money to be withdrawn by the casino 5%), and in general, the double disadvantage of the casino sitting in the bank. Therefore, the house edge can only offset the house margin and the disadvantage when playing by players at the table where the bet is much greater than the minimum bet. But Wuwei didn't care about this, he calculated, even if he was in the case of all-in-one, he would not win ten yuan per time, first slowly earn some capital, and more importantly, let himself adapt to the environment of the casino as soon as possible.

After Wu Wei sat down five times, he had a total of almost sixty yuan in his hand, he cleaned up the money, took out a ten-yuan sum and put it on the table as a tip for the dealer, and then politely said: "Thank you, I want to change the table." ”

The reason why Wuwei left was that the money bet by several players was too small, and the second was that he didn't want to make money from these old people.

"Thank you, good luck, lad. The dealer took the tip and said to Wuwei in standard Mandarin, and it seemed that she also saw that Wuwei was Chinese.

Unexpectedly, the dealer was really Chinese, Wuwei didn't want to disturb her work, smiled kindly at her, and then walked to the pai gow table next to her.

There are also four other Pai Gow tables in this hall, each with a starting hand of $5 and $10. There were three or four people playing at each table, and Wu Wei decided to look at each table before making a move. Sometimes each table shows a different hand, so try to choose the move that moves in your favour when playing.

Wu Wei watched for more than ten minutes and noticed one of the pai gow poker tables with a minimum bet of ten yuan, and some people bet at least two hundred yuan each.

There were three players at this table, an Asian woman of twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in a white dress, fair skin, black hair and shawl, with delicate facial features, elegant temperament, and a large blue diamond ring with pleats and glowing on the ring finger of her right hand. The other gambler on the table was a white old lady, who only bet fifty yuan each, and Wu Wei looked at the old lady who looked older than her grandmother's age, and she played so hard. There was also a middle-aged white man who made every bet between fifty and a hundred. Wuwei made a rough calculation, if it is to win in the bank, each can earn three or four hundred yuan.

The dealer is a middle-aged white man who is skillfully shuffling the cards. Wu Wei took advantage of the gap before the cards were dealt and sat next to the young woman, who saw him sit down and smiled politely at him. Wuwei's heart moved, he was very confident in his handsome and chic appearance, and he received the attention of women everywhere, seeing that this beautiful woman showed a good impression of him, he asked with a smile: "Areyoufromchina?" (Are you from China?)

“No,IcomefromJapan.” (No, I'm from Japan.) ）

“Sorry.” Wuwei said sorry on his lips, but he was happy in his heart, and he secretly said that he was still worried that the Chinese were embarrassed to win you.

At this point, the dealer has already started dealing the cards. Wuwei quickly stopped thinking and concentrated on the cards in his hand. He bet ten yuan, this luck is average, the card is not bad, Wuwei and the dealer tied.

Before the second hand of cards was dealt, Wuwei couldn't wait to say to the dealer: "I want to sit in the bank." The dealer was stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect that this young man was going to sit in the village for the second time, and he didn't know what the details of Wuwei were? Then move the sign marking the dealer to the front of Wuwei.

This Wuwei big card has three Ks, and a pair of ten in the small card, which eats all four people, deducting 5% of the casino's red draw, and making a net profit of 380 yuan. It is said that there is virgin luck in playing cards, and the virgin gambling that came to the casino seems to be good.

The next handful of inaction can not sit in the bank, as usual bet on ten dollars, the result of losing, lost ten dollars, the next few handfuls are like this, he is a player when the card luck is average, either a draw or lose ten dollars. Can sit in the village, the cards are surprisingly good, to one to four full table all. Wuwei didn't look closely, guessing that he had won at least more than 1,500 yuan.

The eyes of several other people obviously showed dissatisfaction, and the Japanese woman asked Wuwei: "Why do you always like to sit in the bank?"

"Because sitting in the bank is the only way to win money playing Pai Gow. Wuwei said lightly.

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm going to change the table. As she spoke, the old white lady packed the rest of the money on the table into a delicate handbag.

“Why?” Don't ask.

"You're always sitting on the bank, slowing down the whole table and making us have no fun. As she spoke, the old lady stood up tremblingly on the edge of the table, and then went to the table next to her and sat down.

The old lady was right, because the order of splitting in Pai Gow Poker is: Player, Banker, Casino. If the casino sits in the bank, the last two steps are combined into one. When Wu Wei sits in the bank, you must wait for each player to divide the cards, face down after the cards are placed, you can see the cards of Wu Wei. When he also puts his cards away, the casino dealer can divide his cards, which will indeed drag the already slow game even more slowly. But Wuwei guessed that the old lady's original intention might not be here, maybe because she was too lucky, or she seemed a little arrogant.

Wu Wei glanced at the colorful chips in front of him, there were more than ten black ones of 100 yuan, and there were also 20 or 30 green ones of 25 yuan. Knowing that he couldn't gamble at this table, he picked up a green chip and placed it in front of the dealer, then waved to the staff next to him.

A plump girl walked over: "May I ask if there is anything you need help with, sir?"

Wu Wei put a red chip in her tray, then pointed to the chips on the table and said, "Give me all these for cash." ”

"Okay, wait a minute. The waiter said as he stacked the chips separately and put them in the tray. After a while, more than 1,500 US dollars in cash were sent to Wuwei. Wuwei stuffed the money into his trouser pocket, got up and left the pai gow table, but he had no intention of leaving the casino, and with the more than 1,500 yuan he won as gambling money, he could change the way he played.

Just arrived at the casino is a good start, Wuwei told himself in his heart that this is the beginning, the real struggle is still to come, and the people who can laugh to the end in the casino are rarer.