Mencius and Old Bert had a great conversation, and after a very sumptuous dinner, Old Bert took Mencius to admire his collection.

After all, the old man has limited financial resources and can't afford to buy too many fine jade, but the jade he bought is quite distinctive, although the economic value is not very high, but the research value is not less than some fine products, it seems that his purchase of jade should be well thought out.

After some exchanges, the old Bert admired Meng Zitao's knowledge very much, and he had the grace of saving his life, so he asked Meng Zitao to choose a piece of jade to express his gratitude.

Meng Zitao politely refused: "Mr. Bert, there is no need for this, the previous incident is really nothing to me. ”

Bert waved his hand: "No, no, no, you have a saying in Huaxia, the grace of a drop of water should be a spring, not to mention the grace of saving lives! Moreover, I am also old, my sons have no love for this business, and passing it on to them is also the end of sale, rather than this, it is better to give it to you." Please don't refuse, or I'll be upset. ”

The old man's attitude was very resolute, and Meng Zitao couldn't refuse anymore, so he said: "Our country talks about the zodiac, and I belong to the rat, so choose this jade rat." ”

In the zodiac, the rat occupies the first place, called the child rat, and the rat means the son. In Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, the statue of the god of wealth is holding a treasure rat, so the rat symbolizes countless wealth and wealth from generation to generation.

In addition, although this jade rat statue is simple and simple, but the carving is old, a few knives, the shape is complete, it is worth cherishing, it should be made by a famous artist, but it is a pity that the jade quality is slightly worse, otherwise the value is at least more than 200,000 RMB. Now it's only thirty or forty thousand RMB, which is considered average among the jade in the house.

When the old man saw that Meng Zitao had made a decision, he didn't say anything, took out a brocade box, and wrapped the jade rat for Meng Zitao.

Just as the old man wrapped the jade and handed it to Meng Zitao, the old lady suddenly ran in and asked the old man to answer the phone, and the old man hurried over.

Meng Zitao saw that the old lady's face was not good-looking, and asked, "Madam, is something wrong?"

The old lady frowned and said, "It's my son, he is a gambler, and now he gambles in the casino and mortgages his house." ”

"It's gambling again!"

Meng Zitao shook his head secretly, there is really nothing to say about this kind of thing, there is a gambler in the family, just wait for the family to be ruined.

After a while, old Bert came over angrily: "I'm going to get him back!"

The old lady persuaded: "How can you go as an old man, call Joseph to go!"

Old Bert said as he got dressed: "No, I don't want to trouble Joseph anymore, and this is my education problem, and it should be solved and responsible for it!"

The old lady said, "But your body, if something goes wrong......

"Then let me die in front of him, if only he could repent!"

Then, Old Bert apologized to Meng Zitao: "I'm really sorry, I can't accompany you." ”

"Let's go together, at least I'm here, and your body won't be in trouble. Meng Zitao said that he felt that he was quite in love with Old Bert and didn't want him to have an accident.

The old lady said, "Yes, let Mr. Meng go with me, otherwise I will really not be at ease." ”

"It's a real delay for you. Old Bert was also a little moved, but this matter was indeed too troublesome for Meng Zitao.

Meng Zitao smiled: "It's okay, I have time now, and I also want to see the casino here." ”

"Well, I'm sorry for you. ”

After going out, Old Bert took Meng Zitao to a place called Lin Shiguo in Chinatown, it turned out that there were several fixed moments here every day, and a few buses would drive over and stop at the corner of Lin Shiguo, and then soon someone got on the bus in twos and threes. Once fully loaded, the buses depart for Atlantic City.

Old Bert told Meng Zitao that this was actually a means for the casino to attract Chinese gamblers, and a round-trip ticket was $18, but after arriving at the casino, he could get $25 each for slot machine chips and table game chips with the ticket, which was equivalent to making $32 for nothing.

It is said that some smugglers go to take the fortune bus when they don't find a job, and after they get chips, they sell them to others, and they make two trips a day, barely enough to support themselves.

This made Meng Zitao feel that the casino did everything to make money, and the casino would not lose, because at least the chips were taken over by the gamblers, and more or less would generate profits.

When he got there, Meng Zitao saw the bus parked on the side of the road, and he asked Old Bert to wait for a while, and waited until a young man about thirty years old came, and then got into the car.

Meng Zitao introduced the old man to Old Bert that this young man was his bodyguard, named Cao Gang. In fact, Cao Gang is not only a bodyguard, he is a staff member of the North American branch of the No. 3 department, not only is he highly skilled, but also has a way in the United States.

After about 200 kilometers of driving, in the wilderness of the seashore, huge billboards and high-rise buildings with exaggerated shapes and splendor appeared. Some of the passengers in the car were obviously indifferent, while others were eagerly looking out the window, their faces unable to hide their anticipation and excitement, and this was their destination Atlantic City, the second largest casino in the United States after Las Vegas.

Atlantic City was a famous seaside resort more than 100 years ago, but by the sixties and seventies when civil aviation became popular, Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda were just a two-hour flight away from places with better beaches, and Atlantic City was rapidly declining. Then came the passage of a bill allowing casinos to open here, and the revival of this small city of 40,000 began.

However, since the outbreak of the economic crisis, the casino business has become difficult to do and the industry has begun to decline, and no one today would have imagined that in a few years, this famous casino would go bankrupt.

Meng Zitao was not actually interested in gambling, but this did not prevent him from enjoying the city and experiencing some different scenery from it.

After getting off the bus, everyone first went to change a little chip to be prepared, and then under the leadership of Old Bert, they came to a casino.

Walking into the casino, Meng Zitao found that cameras were installed everywhere here, and later through understanding, generally speaking, there is absolutely no dead end in the casino, every move of gamblers, small private actions are seen clearly, once cheating is driven out of the casino, it is on the blacklist, the blacklist of all large and small casinos in the city, the next time you go in, the camera will automatically identify, and the security guard will not let you gamble.

Therefore, movies are just movies, and under such strict security measures, how many people can smoke them?

In addition to monitoring, Meng Zitao also found that the air here is not very good, and his senses are more sensitive, so he has a bad impression of this.

Later, he learned that the original casino will be infused with pure oxygen, and it is said that the oxygen content is 60% higher than that outside, so that people will not get tired, so that they can increase the time of gambling.

In addition, the décor is luxurious, the lighting is like a living room at home, bright but not dazzling, and it is usually a warm and warm color, and it is full of sexy girls with plates and bewitching clothes, who will give you all kinds of free drinks when they are thirsty, from coffee and coke to cocktails.

This is done so that gamblers have a comfortable environment and do not need to leave here.

Even the big gamblers VIP eat and drink for free, in fact, with the points in the membership card, you can change rooms to live, leisure, eat various high-end restaurants in the casino, and you can also exchange show tickets to watch shows

If there are a lot of big customers who gamble, the casino is simply kneeling to entertain, and there is even a plane dedicated to picking up big gamblers, and the plane has bedrooms, bars, living rooms or something, it is simply a flying hotel, very luxurious. Where you want to play, you can send a plane to take you there. Doing so will undoubtedly give guests endless satisfaction. Increase customer stickiness.

All this opened Mencius's eyes, and although he didn't like it, he was still able to learn a lot from it.

In addition to the service, the layout design here also interests him very much, the exit is always hidden in the corner, each passage is deliberately designed to be very similar, there are few signs, if you are a two-eyed road idiot, it is difficult to get out, and you will continue to gamble here.

Getting back to the point, walking into the casino, Mencius saw a whole row of slot machines, some gamblers were staring at the picture on the machine in front of the machine, and some were still desperately pressing the button of the machine.

An old man kept pressing the slotter.

"What's the matter with this person?" Meng Zitao was a little curious.

Old Bert said in disgust: "It must be a gambler who has lost everything, I guess he lost all his pension." ”

Meng Zitao's ears were sensitive, and when he heard a few words, he seemed to have really said the right thing to Old Bert.

Old Bert's son played Texas Hold'em, a game that had no dealer, gamblers played with each other, and the casino charged a maximum of one venue fee, so it was impossible to set up a large venue, and the location was relatively remote.

In this casino, the place to play Texas Hold'em is in the most remote corner of the casino, and you have to pass through some venues of the casino, so Meng Zitao has seen all kinds of things in the world.

For example, there are local tyrants who don't know what background they don't know and don't change their faces; there is a person who loses thousands of dollars and sits on the ground crying; there is also a couple who has a dispute because they win or lose, and finally fights and is invited out by the security guards; and some people refuse to leave after winning and losing and lose all of them, and so on.

Before walking to the gambling table of the old Bert's son, Meng Zitao saw a background from a distance that was very familiar, and when he walked in, he immediately sighed, it was really a narrow road, and he actually saw Bu Chaofeng who escaped from the country on medical parole here.

At this moment, Bu Chaofeng's face has lost his previous arrogance and is more calm, obviously because of a period of imprisonment, which has made him grow.

But this kind of growth is not what Meng Zitao wants to see, so let's press him back into the soil again.

Old Bert's son looked a little like him, about thirty-three or four, and was very haggard and anxious.

Little Bert was slightly stunned when he saw his father coming over, and he couldn't figure out how his father would know that he was here.

"Come back with me!" said Old Bert, who stepped forward to pull someone.

The dealer who dealt the cards hurriedly stopped: "This gentleman, please don't interfere with the gambling game." If you don't heed the warning, we'll have to ask you out. ”

Sitting opposite Little Bert was a middle-aged fat man with a general's belly, and behind him stood a bodyguard, who also said to Old Bert: "Old man, this should be your son, he promised that we must play twenty rounds before leaving, and if the contract is broken, he must compensate us for our losses." ”

Little Bert didn't want to leave now, otherwise how would he win back the money he lost and the mortgaged house?

But old Bert was unwilling, he would rather be thrown out than have his son brought back.

Meng Zitao said to the middle-aged fat man and the others: "I will replace him, and I can accompany you until you don't play." ”

Old Bert's face changed, and he hurriedly persuaded: "You ......"

Meng Zitao interrupted him with a smile: "You don't need to say it, I have my own opinions." ”

Bu Chaofeng sneered: "Do you have money?"

Meng Zitao smiled faintly and took out his credit card: "Please help me exchange one million first." ”

The middle-aged fat man's eyes lit up when he saw Meng Zitao take out his credit card, and he hurriedly said: "If you play No Limit, then I agree." ”

Bu Chaofeng and the other person also agreed to the proposal.

There are three types of bets in Texas Hold'em, Fixed Limit, Pressure Limit, and No Limit.

No Limit means that there is no limit to the amount of bets placed during each betting round, but if you want to raise, the minimum amount you can raise is twice the amount bet by the player in front of you. For example, if the player in front of you bets 10, you can raise to 50, and if the player behind you wants to raise, you need to bet at least 100, but he can raise more. That's why No Limit Hold'em is a riskier but more challenging game.

"Yes. Meng Zitao agreed.

"I don't ......" Little Bert was about to refuse, but was interrupted by a slap from Old Bert.

Meng Zitao said to Little Bert: "If you lose this game, it's mine, and if you win, it's yours." ”

Little Bert still didn't want to agree, so he saw the middle-aged fat man and said, "Mr. Bert, I advise you to agree." ”

Little Bert was glared at by him, and immediately did not dare to say any more, so he had to get up from his chair.

Meng Zitao saw that the old man was about to speak and stopped, smiled and gave him an "OK" gesture, and then sat down.

In addition to the middle-aged fat man and Bu Chaofeng, there was also a gambler at the table who was an old man in his fifties and sixties, dressed in a Tang costume, and behind him there was also a person, a very fashionably dressed girl, estimated to be about twenty years old.

At first glance, Meng Zitao thought it was the old man's granddaughter or junior, but soon he noticed that the old man's left hand under the table was rubbing some private parts of the girl's body.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zitao felt a little unhappy in his heart, even if you old cow gnawed on tender grass, you were still unscrupulous in front of me, then don't blame me for winning you as pants.

Meng Zitao said: "Continue to deal cards?"

Everyone had no opinion, so the dealer took out the cards that had just been put in from the cover and continued to deal them.

Texas Hold'em is dealt 2 hole cards first, then 5 community cards in turn, and each player chooses 5 of the 2 and 5 community cards in their hand to form the largest hand and compares the wins and losses with others.

In general, it is similar to the common stud in China, but in the stud, there are few chances to get good cards, but Texas Hold'em because everyone has two hole cards, plus 5 community cards, so there are more chances to make up good cards, three of a kind, flush is very common.

In addition, Texas Hold'em has four rounds of betting, with each person being dealt 2 cards for the first round of betting, 3 community cards for the second round of betting, 4th community card for the third round of betting, and 5th community card for the fourth round of betting. At the end of the bet, all remaining players will compete and the highest player wins the pot.

Just now two rounds have been dealt, now the third round, Meng Zitao got a card is a spade 5, the hole card is a pair of 5, so he directly bet 5,000.

Texas Hold'em is a game that includes skill and luck, and if you only play a few hands, you can only rely on luck, and skill will become the main factor after playing thousands of hands. If you've only won one hand, there's no point in attributing it to technique. If you make a profit after playing 100,000 hands, you can confidently say that you are a skilled Texas Hold'em player.

However, all this does not exist for Meng Zitao, because he has already tried it just now, and the ability can "look at the cards", although this aura is used a little more, but in order to win Bu Chaofeng's money, this payment is still worth it.

The first deck of cards Meng Zitao won with four, and according to the agreement, the tens of thousands of dollars earned were given to Little Bert. Little Bert is not stupid, he knows that he didn't ask for Meng Zitao's principal.

The first one made Meng Zitao win tens of thousands of dollars, and the middle-aged fat man felt a little unhappy, and said to the dealer: "Change a new deck." ”

Everyone had no opinion, so the dealer changed a new deck of cards, routinely asked everyone to check the cards, everyone carefully checked the 52 playing cards, and found that there were no mistakes before nodding to confirm.

Maybe it's not a good thing to win at the beginning, in the next few games, Meng Zitao lost more and won less, and his luck was really not much. If it weren't for cheating, it would have been a miserable loss. This made him somewhat suspicious that the three people in front of him were working together to deceive him. I looked at it carefully for a long time, but I didn't find anything.

However, after these few rounds, Meng Zitao's calculation ability has been trained, coupled with the help of his abilities, as well as his skillful acting skills, as long as his luck is not too bad, he believes that he will definitely be the one who has the last laugh.

And then, Meng Zitao's luck improved slightly, so he pressed a little bit if the game was not good, and placed a heavy bet when the game was good, but after four games, he not only won back the more than 300,000 losses he lost, but also won an extra 20,000 US dollars.

Bu Chaofeng's brows furrowed and let go, he raised his head and glanced at Meng Zitao, this guy was quite rusty with his skills just now, how could he seem to have changed after a while, is it pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?