The response to Shi Hu was both happy and worried, and the joy was that the other party was full of sincerity and quickly took out the funds that could be mobilized to participate in the competition, so that both sides could bear the same pressure to win or lose; And the worry is ...... He doesn't have that much money! Shi Hu can use 100 million at most, where can he get 50 million?

Paul might be able to provide him with funds, but this guy is cunning, and deducting a few more percent will give him the illusion that he is working for nothing. Others? He knows a lot of people who are worth more than 100 million, but net worth is not the same as cash, and no one will keep so much cash - except for drug dealers.

In the end, he still called Sandra.

Sandra didn't ask the reason for his request: "How much?" ”

"Fifty million." Shi Hu said.

"In a few days?" She asked.

"Within five days." He said, "If you're under financial pressure, forget it, I can find someone else." ”

She was relaxed: "I happen to have a plan to invest in California, so let's treat you as the first project first, and give me more profits first." ”

In the end, it is still a husband and wife who have shared the same bed...... Shi Hu was moved, but also made it clear: "The risk of gambling is relatively high, and unlike in the past, I may lose everything." ”

"That's what you owe me." Sandra said, "I can let you pay it back for decades." ”

"Don't shake the morale of the army." Shi Hu understood her kindness, and said: "Then let me make it clear, in the past, my win rate was 95%, but now it is only 60%. Of course, the rate of return is very high, and if you win, I will give you 30% of your investment, which is $15 million, and close? ”

……

Shi Hu knew that Sandra would not refuse, this woman was willing to exchange half of her net worth for marriage. Even if there is no return, she will lend him money. But Shi Hu has to make things clear, he doesn't want to owe favors, it's good for the two to maintain their current relationship, don't make it complicated.

The funds he needed arrived two days later and the race started a day later.

The location was chosen at the Maxim Hotel, the home of Shihu. The audience is limited, but almost all the masters are present, and the total $300 million gambling game is rare in history. On one side is the undefeated Madeleine Rosenstein, and on the other side is the low-key Tiger Stone.

The former makes the giant sharks helpless, but the latter is rarely heard of.

The professional poker player community is well-informed, but there is no information about Tiger Stone. Of course, I can also hear from Paul, but Paul only said that he is a poker geek, not a profession, and his main business is to make a casino bank.

Neither of them is in the poker world, but the future of poker is decided by these two people - the audience is now more nervous than the two players. On the contrary, these two "amateur" players, after sitting down, talked amicably, and did not face the seriousness of their opponents.

The no-limit bet with the same rules is carried out in three stages, the first stage of the blind bet is 100,000/200,000, which is doubled backwards, and finally 400,000/800,000, which is not a big money for 150 million. Last time in Slovenia, the final blind was 2 million, and it took a few hours to decide the winner.

At present, I'm afraid it's a long time.

After the dealer was in place, the game began, and the two super high-IQ opponents also turned their brains quickly. Rosenstein needed the rules of stone tiger calling, classified them, and applied them to a special mathematical model. As time grows, all of Shi Hu's playing styles will be within the model.

And Shi Hu is even bolder, he first has to change the style of play, and at the same time, according to the other party's performance and thoughts, reverse her method - only after figuring out the method, he can find out the weakness to fight back, just by hinting, his probability of winning is still not high.

The duel between Rosenstein and Shi Hu has become a contest of intelligence and brainpower.

The gamble was uneventful and sleepy, but the masters on the scene were silently counting, and there were no ups and downs in the tenth hand, not in the fifteenth, and still not in the twenty - Rosenstein's previous "habits" were not repeated, which was the most difficult thing for her to figure out.

Finally after the thirtieth hand, Rosenstein began to gain the upper hand, her model had been summed up, Shi Hu first called, she was able to narrow down his hole cards to twenty possibilities, another call, narrowed down to five, and again, almost certainly.

After a 15-minute break after three hours, Shi Hu left his seat tired and walked to the audience. His chips have shrunk from 150 million to 130 million, and Rosenstein swallowed 20 million. All professional poker players are not happy, and as they have done the previous times, they lose when they are mastered.

Shi Hu sat down in the audience, and Erica brought a cup of tea and snacks.

"The other party is very powerful." Shi Hu said to Erica, "I still can't deduce the law of change in her use of the model, and I may keep losing." ”

"You're going to win, I've bet you to lose." Erica believed him, "This is the eighth time the two of us have taken a gamble, and you've got weird luck." ”

"Haha." Shi Hu smiled, "The amount of calculation for reverse deduction is very large, and my head is very tired. ”

Erica didn't talk nonsense, hugged him by the shoulders and let him lean on himself: "Imagine the simplest picture in my head, I tried it and it worked. ”

"This is a comfortable place...... Shi Hu closed his eyes, he used to play cards at most to read cards + choose, but now he is highly torturing brain cells, the same as the original blackjack card counting, but the workload is much higher than card counting, he has to crack the other party in a short time.

After a fifteen-minute break, the two sat down again.

"I thought you had something special." Rosenstein's tone was disappointed.

"What I have is courage." Shi Hu said calmly.

"Courage doesn't make you win, but probability makes me win." Rosenstein is not targeted, nor sarcastic, she is just faintly proud.

Shi Hu could read it: she considered herself a rare genius, and her pride was rightly deserved.

At the end of the day, no miracle happened, Shi Hu lost 50 million, and now Rosenstein has 200 million chips, and she has also begun to learn the advantage of big chip players: heavy bets. The unscrupulous re-betting will always make Shi Hu feel like a rat bogey, which disturbs the judgment.

As in the previous six attempts, the Sharks won and lost each other at the beginning and lost a lot later on - because their playing patterns were constantly recorded, and the mathematical models were more and more complex, and she had a reference for either method of action.

The next morning, after Shi Hu lost another 30 million, the optimism of the outside world almost disappeared.

He still has 70 million left, and his opponent has 230 million, and as the time of playing increases, Rosenstein has figured out his style, and every hand can guess the hole cards, how to turn the tables? If you put this situation on someone else, you can't think of anything but pray for him silently.

"Brother, you must be able to do it!" Nana cheered him on.

"When my brother wins, I'll take you to the scenery!" Shi Hu also gave her assurances, but the reverse crack seemed endless, and he even had the idea of giving up.

On the third day he continued to fight. Shi Hu experienced the feeling of other players facing him at the beginning - being seen through the hole cards, no matter what the play is useless, you get a good card, people fold, you want to let go, the opponent has a bunch of good cards waiting for you to step on the trap.

Doyle Bronson is right when he says that the rush to win and the pressure to lose is not good for playing. But he couldn't get out of this state, and with one losing game after another, the pressure naturally formed. He could only concentrate more on reading the mind and refining the structure of the model.

The occasional way to release stress during a game is to distract yourself and look around, there's always someone in the audience watching him - Erica. The professional poker game is dull, but there is no boredom or disappointment in her, and she always quietly conveys confidence behind the scenes.

Shi Hu retracted his gaze and pushed out the three million chips in front of him: "Call!" ”

"This is your eleventh adventure to be scary." Rosenstein has mastered more poker skills – verbally pressuring the other side.

This kind of opponent is terrifying, originally just a hobby, but when she is involved in it, she can apply what she has learned and become a master faster than anyone else.

Shi Hu had a lot of mental power and was silent. The dealer dealt the river card, and the other party placed five million, and Shi Hu pushed out all the chips in front of him in one go: "All down!" ”

There was an uproar at the scene, Shi Hu still had 50 million chips, and he was all off guard?

"I'm afraid he's broken." Paul couldn't hide his disappointment. The battle of the previous giant sharks did not exceed one day, and now it is the third day, and the heart has been hit countless times, and the guy who is not strong in psychological quality is estimated to have given it a go, and it is up to him to win or lose.

"He won't!" Erica is still determined, losing or dying, which is more terrifying? Shi Hu experienced the latter, and his composure is still vivid.

Erica has a reason to believe him, but everyone else except her thinks that Shi Hu can't hold on, and the call of 5 million will push 50 million to fight? That's not the style of a sober-minded player—it's taking risks, it's being a gambler.

A professional poker player who considers himself not associated with gamblers.

Rosenstein looked at him, and the model deduced that his opponent's situation was that the first time he re-bet was intimidating, and when his opponent was still calling, he chose to bet super heavy or go all-in to scare his opponent into folding. But the previous example proves that he is just scary.

"Call." Rosenstein said in a calm tone, 50 million could not pose a threat to her more than 200 million gambling capital.

The dealer said, "Please show your cards." ”

The most tense moment of the whole game is undoubtedly the moment when the cards are revealed - many people on the scene stand up, Shi Hu is already desperate, if he loses this hand, it means that everyone loses, and the poker world has to bow to mathematics, just like blackjack once did.

The tension of the audience spread invisibly throughout the stadium, and Paul, who had been watching the game, felt sweat on his forehead, despite the fact that the air conditioning was turned on very loudly. Erica looked at Shi Hu intently, wanting to see some clues from his expressionless face, she needed to see his confidence.

The dealer reads Rosenstein's hole cards: "Two pairs, kk, Mr. Stone?" ”

Shi Hu flopped very simply, and the moment Rosenstein saw his hole cards, the dealer announced the result: "Three of a kind, Mr. Stone wins!" ”

The suppressed tension of the audience suddenly exploded, and there was even applause.

Paul was surprised and smiled: "I'm blind! ”

Shi Hu repeated her train of thought: "When the opponent's hole card is a small pair, he will re-bet about ten times to show confidence and force the player to fold, and if he continues to call, the opponent will choose fifty times or all-in confrontation, proving that the probability of his small card is very high." ”

Rosenstein was stunned: "How do you know?" ”

Shi Hu pointed to his head: "You are not the only smart person. There is a saying in my hometown that 'there is a sky outside the sky', and there will always be someone better than you. ”

Rosenstein couldn't believe that the other party could deduce her method - backwards?

Shi Hu threw his hole cards back: "Now you have $186 million left, 800,000 blinds, I will abandon any previous style, how much chance do you still have?" ”