Chapter 8 "Decline" is extremely prosperous
Hansen gave up, and Thompson needed to be the first to say: "Forty thousand." "He just stepped up. This put a pressure on Link to wonder if he was really confident in his hand.
Link hesitated for a moment, thinking that he still had a good chance of forming a captive, and no matter how bad he was, he could make a pair of aces and a pair of sixes, and the hand was not very bad. And this is only the first game, and he wants to try other people's styles. So he also added: "Sixty thousand." ”
Thompson hesitated and called.
Gauss looked at his hole cards, took a puff on his cigar, and said, "I'll give up this game." His hole cards were a king of spades and a 4 of hearts. He didn't get any benefit from this card.
Seeing this, Jimmy dealt the Chapter 5 public card. It's the Ace of spades.
"SH*T!" Gauss took a hard puff on his cigar. He wasn't annoyed that he folded too early, but because the odds of playing two aces in a row were less than 5 in 1,000. But this game is really out.
Chapter 5 public cards are issued, and it is Thompson's turn to speak first. He pressed out 80,000 at once. This is the highest single bet, and Link can only choose to call or fold.
Link certainly couldn't fold. He also put out 80,000 chips.
All the way to see the last two start to compare. Thompson was a three-of-a-kind, and he combined three aces, but he couldn't make another pair. Link, on the other hand, also made up three aces, but with a pair of sixes.
Jimmy crossed all the chips in front of Link. In this game, Link won a total of 300,000, which made his heart beat faster. He finally understood why many people still indulge in gambling even though they know that it is not a hobby. Because, the excitement of winning money is incomparable to the high tide of going to bed.
In just a few minutes, he won three years of income from an average working family. The money came so quickly, no wonder there were so many gamblers.
But it turns out that the money comes and goes quickly. In the next three consecutive games, in the first game, he folded in the third round and lost a total of 80,000. In the second game, he lost to Hansen as a small blind and lost another 140,000. In the third game, he folded as the big blind on the second round of raises, losing 100,000.
In just twenty minutes, he not only lost all the 300,000 he had just won, but also lost 20,000.
The fifth inning between the four of them began. Gauss lost four games in a row, and this one it was his turn to make the big blind. He asked for a cut. Jimmy handed him the shuffled cards, he removed the top dozen or so cards, and drew one from the middle and put it on top.
He looked at Link and said, "Young man, Texas Hold'em relies on brains, and of course, luck is part of strength. But your luck seems to run out. ”
Link smiled and said, "Mr. Goss, your luck doesn't seem to have come yet. But you can wait, maybe it's coming. I'm guessing it's probably already in New York, coming from the highway. Hopefully, it will arrive before you leave the hand. ”
"Hmph. Young people, don't be too self-righteous!"
"I know I'm young and Mr. Gauss is old. I think I'm pretty self-aware. ”
Hansen interjected, "Is it okay to continue?"
Gauss dropped 40,000 chips to push the big blind. The other three also pressed the blinds according to the rules.
Jimmy begins to deal hole cards to individuals. Link was the last to get his hole cards, and he saw that it was two aces. This is a rare good hand, with an 85% win against any hand.
His heart was happy, but there was no expression on his face. To play Texas Hold'em, you must not only have card skills, but also have good mental quality. If you want to win, it's not easy.
Perhaps, the other three also have quite good hole cards. Hansen raised in the first round of betting. He was the first to press down 30,000. Thompson followed. Link is still the same as he had been in the previous rounds, just calling and not raising.
Gauss raised it, forty thousand.
Hansen and Thompson also called. Link hesitated and followed.
In the second round, Jimmy's three community cards were an ace of diamonds, an 8 of hearts, and a king of spades. At the end of this round, each person still bets 40,000.
In the third round, the chapter 4 community card is an 8 of diamonds. It was Gauss who overwhelmed the 80,000 bets for this round. In this round, Hansen pressed 40,000 and gave up when he raised.
In the fourth round, the last card is the Ace of Spades.
Thompson made a statement first and bet 40,000.
Link bet eighty thousand. Gauss smiled and said, "Young man, it seems that you still believe in luck. He called.
The final contest. Such a hand is unlikely to have a straight flush, with Link making four aces of a kind, Gauss having four eights of a kind, and Thompson being the captive king. In this game, the hole cards of the four people are a pair. Hansen is a pair of nines.
Link's four aces deservedly won the contest. Gauss snuffed out his cigar with a rough motion. In this game, he played four eights, which was already a very big hand, but he never expected Link to make four aces. But that's what he did after he cut the cards. Even if he had fire, he couldn't hold it back.
Then Link's luck went haywire. He always loses one or two games in a row, and after that, he never loses three or more games in a row. The number of consecutive wins reached six. Gauss loses the most. He should be the calmest person in an old man. But among the four people in the game, he is the one who often scolds because of losing.
In the middle, they called for lunch, which wasn't a big meal, just pizza. They eat and play at the same time. Gradually, around three o'clock in the afternoon, Link had more and more chips around him, but the other three had fewer and fewer chips, especially Old Gauss, who had not had much chips left.
When the most recent hand is played by everyone who is just making a high hand, they can only compare the number of points. And Link won Gauss by one point. After pocketing the 480,000 chips. With a red nose, Gauss threw the card down the middle of the table and said, "I'm a little tired." Let's finish early!"
He even lost the higher card, he knew that today, his luck was too bad, even if he was unwilling, he didn't dare to gamble anymore.
Hansen began by saying, "I agree. "He lost a lot today as well.
Thompson also nodded in agreement to end today's game early, he was supposed to be the winner of the three, but after Link came, although he lost the least, he also lost more than three million. He could see that Link was not a veteran and that it was all luck that he could win so much today.
Four people played, and three people asked for an early end. Link's opinion is irrelevant.
Gauss picked up the few chips he had left and hurried away. Hansen took a deep look at Link before leaving, wondering if he wanted to remember him as he was, or if he decided not to play with him again.
Instead, Thompson smiled and shook his hand and said, "You're playing very well." I hope I will have a chance to play against you next time. ”
Link won quite a bit today. Although he doesn't know exactly how many he has won now, there are a lot of chips, and the total number will never be less. As soon as the gamble was over, his heart jumped uncontrollably, and his face was hot. He knew it was because of his elevated blood pressure.
He stretched out his hand to shake Thompson's hand, his face flushed with excitement, but his tone tried his best to pretend to be flat: "I'm just lucky today." ”
"Old Gauss has a bad temper, but there is a saying that is true. Luck is also a kind of strength. And playing cards, to a certain extent, is to try your luck. ”
Thompson said a few words to him and said goodbye gentlemanly. Link sat down and took a few deep breaths to calm his pounding heartbeat. He stared at the pile of chips in front of him in a daze. He did think about going to the casino to win money today, but he really didn't expect to win so much.
Jimmy saw that the game was over, and Link didn't want to leave, so he asked, "Mr. Hans, do you need to exchange these chips for cash?"
Link came to his senses. He didn't know exactly how much money he had. He counted the chips in the 50,000 denomination of one hundred and sixty-six, twenty thousand two hundred and twenty-eight, and ten thousand for three hundred and ninety-two. In addition, there are some chips that have been recovered because of the pump, and there are also twenty or thirty chips of 1,000 and 5,000.
Excluding the principal, he won more than 14 million in a few hours. This is a typical example of getting rich in one day, and if it is known, it may be touted as having an American dream.
"Mr. Hans?" Jimmy asked him again after he had counted his chips. "Do I need to exchange it for cash?"
Link took out two 10,000 chips and gave them to him, pointed to the big denominations and said, "Yes." Excuse me to convert these into cash. Thank you for your service. ”
Jimmy knew that the two ten thousand chips were a tip for him. He also took it unceremoniously. He beckoned a waiter and whispered a few words in his ear. The waiter quickly found a tray and put the chips on the table inside.
Link took the small amount of chips in his hand and followed the waiter to exchange them. After redeeming the chips, he didn't leave the casino right away. Instead, I went to the gambling hall.
There are many ways to play in the gambling hall, there are blackjack, there are dice rolls, there are lucky wheels, and there are also bet sizes specially prepared for oriental gamblers. In addition, there are many slot machines in the casino.
The lights in the gambling hall are also colorful, giving people a refreshing effect.
Link had actually completely calmed down. He already had more than 16.7 million in his bank card, and he still had more than 100,000 chips in his hand. He didn't plan to leave, not because he was still confused by the atmosphere of the casino. Instead, he also wants to know what kind of effect his luck will have against the casino.
The hundreds of thousands of chips that were not exchanged for cash were also exchanged by him for a thousand denominations.