"What would you like to drink, sir?" The waiter dressed as a bunny girl walked up to Li Xiaoning and asked softly.

"Hmm. White water is good. Li Xiaoning really wanted to learn from 007 to ask for a martini, and it should be shaken, not stirred, but after thinking about it, it was still just plain water. When he was playing, he didn't want his brain to be disturbed by anything like alcohol, caffeine, or anything like that.

"Okay, the white water will be here soon, please wait." The bunny girl obediently agreed. MGM Plaza is not only a casino, but also a five-star hotel. And the reason why a five-star hotel is a five-star hotel is because it can meet any requirement of guests.

Catherine asked for a glass of champagne; Fukuda loves to ask for a cup of black coffee; St. George muttered, "I don't want to drink anything, but I want to smoke." ”

After speaking, he looked up at Li Xiaoning and said, "Will you not allow me to smoke?" ”

Li Xiaoning shook his head and said, "Naturally, I don't have an opinion, you better ask the two ladies." ”

Fukuda was noncommittal, Catherine smiled directly and said, "Smoke it, it's better to get me one too." ”

"Yes, the big war is coming, lighting a cigarette can be very effective in setting the mood...... "St. George threw a cigarette at each of them, then lit it for himself, and took a beautiful puff.

It was in this room filled with the faint smoke of cigarette smoke that the gamble began.

The first card was Li Xiaoning's big blind, he threw 20,000 chips into the pot, and Fukuda Ai also threw 10,000 small blinds.

St. George looked at his hole cards and raised to $40,000. Catherine, on the other hand, folded after looking at her hole cards. Fukuda loves to be very clean and neat buckled the cards, and it is estimated that the hole cards obtained are very bad.

Li Xiaoning looked at his hole cards - 2 hearts and 4 hearts 4 - this is a very bad hand, but in any case, this one is a big blind, and he only needs to throw another $20,000 in chips to compete with St. George for the $90,000 pot. In fact, if St. George's starting hole cards are not higher than 4 pairs, Li Xiaoning's two small flushes before the flop, the winning rate is not as low as 1/4; What's more, it's the first hand!

Li Xiaoning must show a gesture, that is, to let the people at this table understand that there is no way to scare him off with a pre-flop raise!

So, Li Xiaoning said lightly: "Call." ”

The dealer first inserts the top card, face up, into the nine $10,000 chips in the pot. Then the "brush" point out three cards and deal them.

The three cards are - the King of spades, the 7 of diamonds, and the 2 of the grass flowers...... One hundred thousand dollars. St. George lit another cigarette, took a deep breath, and gently pulled out two $50,000 chips and threw them into the pot.

Li Xiaoning didn't make a decision immediately, but picked up the glass in his hand and took a small sip of ice water, and a cold taste instantly rushed to his brain. His brain cells began to work at a rapid pace.

Texas Hold'em is an extremely dangerous game; You have to be careful with every action. Especially when it comes to heads-up situations like the one now, it's the most dangerous! Because both sides only have to face one opponent, you can focus all your attention on him; Until you win back a qiē, or lose all a qiē! Of course, while you focus on your opponent, your opponent will also focus on you, and every mistake you make will be magnified a hundredfold here!

This is quite understandable. The more opponents you have, the more mistakes you can make, because you still have a lot of opportunities to make amends, and there will always be people who make the same mistakes; Just catch these mistakes and you can get back the chips you lost. However, when there is only one opponent, it is between the two of you who makes fewer mistakes.

And when you're sitting in front of a former World Champion, you have to try to avoid making mistakes, because any one mistake can cost you all your chips! In other words, you have to be more careful than ever to make every decision!

With the current card type, Li Xiaoning has no hope of making a flush of hearts, although he gets a pair, but it is the smallest. St. George can beat him as long as he gets a random pair of other cards; Even St. George only has a 2, but as long as the other card is not a small card such as a 3 or 4, his side card will definitely be higher than Li Xiaoning......

Will St George have a pair? It's hard to say that the $100,000 he wagered was a standard tentative bet; From this bet and his ancient face, Li Xiaoning couldn't get any information; He had to admit that he couldn't tell what the World Champion's hole cards were.

However, according to the principle of probability of Texas Hold'em. There is a 43% chance that a player will get a miscellaneous hand in any hand (the total probability of getting a pair or more of a pair of high cards is 57% if you draw seven of the 52 cards at random, and pick the five highest combinations of those seven). That is to say. Without knowing St. George's hole cards, Li Xiaoning can call until the five community cards are turned over, and even if the next two cards don't help him, he still has a win rate of about 43%! And now the bets are not too high to be bearable. So Li Xiaoning has no reason to choose to fold at this time!

But Li Xiaoning also did not dare to raise...... After all, this card is only the first shot in this battle. He could not have backed down lightly; St. George's never! It is difficult for Li Xiaoning to scare him off by raising! And, the most important thing is that a pair of small 2s really has no capital to raise.

"Call." Li Xiaoning put down the water cup in his hand and threw two $50,000 chips into the pot.

St. George exhaled a puff of smoke, cleared his throat, and then said to Li Xiaoning: "Young man, why don't you raise?" Looks like your hand isn't very good...... You know you can't beat me, but you can't bear to throw the chips in front of you, right? ”

In the midst of this chatter, the dealer dealt a fourth community card, the Queen.

After about five seconds, St. George took his eyes off the playing card and he looked at Li Xiaoning. I want to see something from Li Xiaoning's face; However, to St. George's surprise, the young man in front of him was as calm as an iceberg! Just like Li Xiaoning can't see through his hole cards, he can't see through Li Xiaoning's hole cards!

St. George puffed out another puff of smoke and slowly moved his fingers over the stack: "Did this Q help you?" Youngster? ”

Li Xiaoning replied coldly: "What do you say? Mr. George? Aren't you a world champion? Can't you see through my hole cards as a rookie player? ”

St. George laughed, "That's right, that's right. When you play cards, you have to take it easy and talk to me more. You'll learn a lot of tricks from me. ”

St. George paused for a moment, and then continued: "For example, I know now that this Q is of no use to you at all......" As he spoke, his fingers slowly slid over the top of the stack, and at the same time glanced at Li Xiaoning defiantly, "Do you want to know how I found out?" ”

Although St. George used a question, he obviously didn't mean to let Li Xiaoning answer, and before Li Xiaoning could speak, he threw two $100,000 chips into the pot, "Bet 200,000." Young man, you call, I know you'll call, but I don't dare to raise. ”

St. George was right, Li Xiaoning really didn't dare to raise, although St. George's tone was full of provocation and contempt, but Li Xiaoning knew that he naturally couldn't lose his cool. Of course, Li Xiaoning's brain has not been idle, he has been guessing St. George's hole cards. Of course, the World Championship is not for nothing after all, and he still can't see anything.

After Li Xiaoning silently called again, the last community card was dealt, which was one - Grass Flower 3.

"Do you just dare to call?" St. George began to laugh at Li Xiaoning loudly, "What cards did you get?" Young people, it won't be a pair of two! Didn't the person who taught you how to play tell you that any time you get a card with a 2, you have to discard it before you see the community card? Okay, so let me teach you what to do with this hand...... I'm all down! ”

All down! He had $20 million in chips on the first hand! This domineering spirit is really not something that ordinary people can have, and it is really worthy of his status as a world champion.

But Li Xiaoning was not intimidated. On the contrary, he felt that it was definitely an unusual action! In heads-up matchups, any non-forcing all-in and calling all-in needs to be treated with extreme caution! Yes, at least 10 percent of a normal raise, any over-raiser is likely to be stealing; And when the two face off, this probability is more than 30%!

However, on the other hand, if they were really stealing chickens, St. George could have scared Li off with an overly high raise in the early stages. For example, he could have raised to 500,000 or 1 million dollars, and if Li Xiaoning didn't get any cards, he would also be intimidated by him...... He didn't have to risk all his chips!

Sure enough, it's a world champion, it's really elusive!

Li Xiaoning fell into deep thought. In my mind, I began to recall St. George's every move from the very beginning. Generally speaking, in heads-up matchups, the worse the hand, the more the first hand will raise; in an attempt to scare off opponents. But St. George only raised to $40,000, which is twice the big blind, which is a very safe bet...... This proves that he has a good hand!

If it's not a pair, then there must be an Ace in his hand!

Li Xiaoning quickly confirmed this, and now the question is, what is the other card in St. George's hand?

The two-minute thinking time passed quickly, and the dealer began to urge Li Xiaoning to call. But he was still unsure of St. George's cards......

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