Chapter 51: Texas Hold'em

He was greeted by a staff member holding a special box containing two rows of purple and two rows of black chips. The chips are dotted with multicolored spots that give off an alluring sheen. "Sir, this is the chip that Mr. Jiang ordered you, where do you put it?" the waiter said enthusiastically.

Alun glanced at it, it happened to be 21,000 yuan in chips, and the casino really gave 1,000 yuan in chips, and he couldn't help but say in his heart, when will Lao Tzu have this kind of treatment.

"Come with me. Aaron waved at the staff and turned to walk inside. He also wanted to feel what it was like to be sought after. Alan walked straight to the baccarat section of the casino, came to a table with a starting hand of 100, sat down, and motioned for the service staff to put the chips in front of him. Aaron waved to Miss Wine again, and motioned for a bottle of wine. He said softly to himself: "Lao Tzu will also be an uncle today, this feeling is comfortable." ”

After they parted ways with Allen, he pushed his wheelchair and said to Robert as he went, "Let's go to the poker room, it's quiet, and we can watch people play Texas Hold'em." ”

"Okay, so you're going to focus on studying Texas Hold'em and preparing for the tournament. As they spoke, the three of them walked towards the poker room of the casino.

The poker room at the Imperial Palace Casino is medium-sized in Las Vegas, with about fifty or so tables, two dozen of which are tournament tables.

The minimum limit table is $3/$6, and Texas Hold'em has a designated limit for each hand, which determines the size of the blinds, with the small blind being 1.5 and the big blind being 3 in a $3/$6 hand. In a limit game, the $3/$6 hand represents a $3 lower limit and a $6 cap, meaning that each bet and chip increase is $3 for the first two rounds of each hand (i.e., the hole and flop), and $6} for the last two rounds (i.e., the turn and river).

While No Limit starts at $1/$3, and the $4/$8 mix is so popular that the casino will change the mix if the table guests request it. In fact, if a player and their poker partner want to play something special or a limit or mixed game, tell the district manager and they will have a table ready for you in a short time, and if you're a full table, they will even open a private game with a dealer who knows all the games you wish to play. President Batterson's business philosophy is to provide players with all the services they can think of.

The tournament rooms are played three times a day, morning, afternoon and evening, seven days a week, for players to buy-in, as well as a women's evening tournament at certain times.

The poker room is large, so the tables are spaced far apart for easy movement. Wu Wei pushed Yang Yan through the middle, and the poker room was completely separated from the rest of the entertainment room, without the bustling flow of people outside, the noisy air and the pungent smell of cigar smoke. Playing in such a tranquil and tranquil environment is a pleasure in itself.

The service staff in the casino bent down to him when they saw Wuwei, or nodded to greet him with a smile, it seems that the casino must have sent his information to all the staff, and his current status is definitely more than that of a VIP guest.

Yang Yan turned around and said to Wuwei with some pride: "Brother Wuwei, you came to the casino to be respected everywhere like a king. You're not a gambling king yet, that's it, what will you be like when you win the World Series?

"Go, be quiet, don't interfere with other people's play. Wuwei said softly, but it is inevitable that he will be a little proud in his heart, being sought after like a star, especially in front of his lover, this feeling is what every man yearns for.

They chose a table of five or six people, watched them play from the outside, and the chips in front of each of the players showed that they were playing very large, with at least tens of thousands of chips in the pot. The players around the table are like clay sculptures, their faces expressionless. Poker masters are so cultivated that they hide their emotions and desires deep in their hearts, and they can't see any hole card information from their faces. Others wear wide reflective sunglasses and cover their eyes, because they can't hide anything the most.

Robert leaned on Wuwei's ear and whispered: "The players at this table are all masters, you see they are all persistent, and no one has been bust (out, losing all the chips around him and quitting the game) so far." This hand has reached the turn round (the turn, that is, the betting circle after the fourth community card appears), no one has folded (do not follow, give up the opportunity to continue the game), if to the next river (river) no one has folded, there must be show down (showdown, after the last round of bets still no one gives up, everyone will face to face the hole cards open, compared with the high). ”

"I feel that Texas Hold'em is the most attractive poker game, the quality of the hole cards is not the only condition for victory, the wisdom and psychological factors of the players are the magic weapon to win. Wu Wei replied in a low voice, he was already eager to try it in his heart now, if it wasn't for Zhou Gong's agreement, he would definitely end up now.

"You're right, the champions of every tournament have to participate in many tournaments, they can't always have good cards in their hands, most of the time they are ordinary cards, or even bad cards, they can win by wisdom and extraordinary performances. Bluffing is a master's usual tactic, and when his hole cards are good, he may be quiet and lure his opponent into taking the bait. In fact, when a great player places a big bet, he often has a bad deck in his hand. Since the winner is take-all, the bigger the stake, the greater the cost of losing. In many hands, especially between two high-level players, there is no showdown, and one player often makes large bets to scare off the other players. There is no direct correlation between the amount of a player's bet and the quality of his hand. Regardless of whether the cards in your hand are good or bad, you must adopt this strategy so that your opponent will never get to the bottom of you. You can't win the game without using bluffs. Robert tried his best to tell Wuwei what he knew, and he always tried his best to help Wuwei.

"Thank you, Robert, I have come to understand more and more why my master asked me to familiarize myself with books such as the Tao Te Ching and the Art of War. They will be my magic weapon to win. Wuwei said with deep feelings.

Yang Yan saw that the two were talking happily, and reminded them softly, "It's time, we should go, otherwise Arun will have to wait in a hurry." ”

Robert smiled and said, "Yes, we have to hurry over, be careful that Aaron is addicted to gambling and can't stop it." ”

Wuwei pushed the wheelchair, and the servants hurried to the place where they broke up, only to see that Arun was already waiting for them.

Seeing Wuwei and them coming, Ah Lun ran up excitedly, his face was red with excitement, and his speech was a little unclever: Big brother, I ...... I won, I ...... Really won. ”

"How much money did you win? Look at the way you are happy, you know that you have never won. Yang Yan asked lukewarmly.

"Haha...... I won close to 30,000 yuan, I bet on baccarat first, it's really too smooth, bet on the bank, bet on the idle open. Never been so fucking easy. After winning more than 10,000 yuan, I went to bet on roulette again, and I actually bet on the right numbers twice, which was something I couldn't have imagined before. God opened my eyes and gave me a taste of winning. I...... I...... So happy. Aaron choked up as he spoke.

Wu Wei patted him on the shoulder: "Learn to control yourself, when you learn to control yourself, you can often experience the feeling of winning." Alright, let's go back. ”

The four of them walked to the parking lot together, Robert opened the car door first, and Wuwei bent down to pick up Yang Yan and put her in the back seat of the car. Aaron hurriedly folded the wheelchair and placed it in the back of the car.

Wuwei and Robert both got into the car, and saw that Aaron was still struggling and didn't come up.

"Aaron, hurry up and get in the car. Wuwei urged him.

"Big brother, I want to see a few friends, I haven't seen them since I followed you, I want to say hello to my friends, maybe they think I'm missing!" Alun said slimy, "You guys go back first, I'll take a taxi back after a while." ”

"Well, remember to come back early, we'll wait for you to go out to dinner together. Celebrate it for you too. After Wuwei finished speaking, he didn't think much about patting Robert on the shoulder and motioning for him to drive away.

Robert drove the car into Highway 15, which runs through the north and south of the casino, and Yang Yan said to Wuwei with a sideways face: "Brother Wuwei, do you believe in Arun so much?"

"What do you believe?" asked Wuwei with a smile.

"Do you really believe that Arun is going to meet a friend?"

"Why should you doubt him?" asked Wuwei, still tepidly.

Yang Yan looked at Wuwei's calm expression and said angrily, "Can't you guess that he went to the casino?"

"Haha...... Seeing that you are in a hurry, Wuwei certainly knows that Alun went to the casino again. Robert said with a smile as he stared ahead.

"If you know he's gambling again, why don't you stop him? Yang Yan said angrily.

Wuwei gently patted Yang Yan's hand and comforted her, "Don't be angry, we are also here to help Ah Lun." ”

Yang Yan looked at Wuwei curiously, not understanding what he meant: "You know that he is going to gamble, and if you don't stop him, he still says that he is helping him?

"Think about it, Aaron is now carried away by the joy of victory, and he will listen to what we say? Let him hit his head and break the bloodstream, and he will naturally come to his senses. It's better than saying the truth 10,000 times. At most, let him throw the 20,000 yuan into it, if he can make Arun understand that he is not gambling material, the 20,000 yuan is worth it. Wuwei said lightly.

"Wuwei, I guess Aaron won't be able to come back tonight, I don't think we need to go back to the apartment, find a restaurant and go back after dinner, what do you think?" Robert asked for Wuwei's opinion as he drove.

"Okay, Yanyan, what do you want to eat?" Wuwei asked Yang Yan happily.

"As long as you don't eat hot pot, you can eat anything. ”

Wuwei and Robert were provoked by Yang Yan's answer......