5. Luck (I)

Chinese are good gamblers, and there has always been a saying that they believe in fate and luck rather than ghosts and gods.

However, after entering the information age, slightly larger casinos will install various monitoring equipment, especially on gambling boats.

Thousands of stealing cards, changing cards and other means will not work on a regular gambling ship. Any accident by a gambler will be analyzed by the casino technician behind the monitor in a super-slow replay, frame by frame, and maybe you haven't gotten your money yet, and the person has been thrown into the ocean.

In the same way, casinos do not use such means to be greedy for small profits; What they earn is the probability and the gambling psychology of gamblers, they are not afraid that you will win, they are afraid that you will not gamble, and in the end, it is always gamblers who lose.

At 9:40, the whistle sounded, the "Future Duke" entered the safe sea, the lights on the third and fourth floors were lit, the guests flocked in, and another night of money began.

In just a few minutes, it becomes another world. In the near distance is the sound of the slot machine "ping pong", and in the distance is the sound of the roulette wheel turning. The laughter of the men at the table mingled with the screams of the women. The soothing music that reverberates in the hall, the mellow aroma of fine wine, and the sweetness of perfume in the air have become illusory stimuli.

Zhu Tong stood in the fourth-floor corridor, Shanshan holding his arm, from this position he could look down on the gamblers in the audience. He spun a glass of white water in his hand, and thought to himself: If a bunch of fools can defeat the dealer, is it necessary for the one-armed captain to treat you like this?

Of course, there are lucky gamblers and bad luck dealers.

Zhu Tong thinks that luck is subtle and difficult to grasp, even if you open a casino, you also pay attention to luck. However, everyone believes: luck is not elusive and unusable.

No one is lucky at the table, just as no one is lucky all night. The difference between winning and losing is whether or not you can take advantage of your chances when luck strikes.

In the corridor on the fifth floor, the one-armed captain was watching Zhu Tong, and in the past few days, he had studied the video footage from the last loss to Zhu Tong many times, but he still found nothing.

The only experience is that in the face of Zhu Tong, you must not be impulsive and greedy.

It's strange, as a half-life veteran of the casino, these junior gamblers will always make so many mistakes for no reason when gambling against Zhu Tong. And the most painful thing for him to lose, that is, at that time.

Zhao Yongbing appeared, accompanied by a young man, thin and capable; His long hair hung down over his shoulders and, strikingly, a scar on the right side of his face.

This should be Jiang Xiaoyu, I only saw a rough idea last night, but now I look at it, with slender eyebrows and slender eyes, which are three points similar to smoke.

I saw an acquaintance again, and Liu Yilan also came; Although she has also changed her appearance, the swaying degree of her delicate figure when walking is familiar to Zhu Tong; Liu Yilan also walked into the special elevator of Shuiyi Pavilion, accompanied by an elegant gentleman, young, confident, and graceful, Zhu Tong has seen him.

At 9:55, Zhu Tong sighed, threw the water cup to the waiter, and led Shanshan to the elevator in the secret place.

Zhu Tong was looking for the Snow Monk, and he understood that no matter how disguised he was, as long as it was within a certain range, the Snow Monk would definitely be able to recognize him. It's just that until the gambling ship set sail, I didn't see the shadow of the snow mad monk.

The butterfly god is still sleeping, this ghost thing, when it should wake up, it doesn't wake up, and it keeps buzzing when it shouldn't; Although Zhu Tong's teeth itched with hatred, he still threw a handful of chrysalis into his mouth, and threw the bamboo tube into the garbage bin by the way.

Gamblers entering the VIP room can only bring one attendant or friend, and are not allowed to bring any small bits and pieces that hinder the fairness of the gambling game; There is a see-through instrument in the elevator, and there is a guest-only dressing room in front of the Shuiyi Pavilion, in which there are polite waiters, but very resolute; When Zhu Tong first came, he learned their professionalism and stubbornness.

Mobile phones, rings, and watches must be handed over, and this time, Zhu Tong's delicate ZIPPO lighter was also forced to be placed in a silver tray.

Zhu Tong had six silver needles in his sleeve, and the tall waiter didn't ask for it, and the little liar wouldn't take the initiative to take it out; However, Zhu Tong will never take off the phoenix mask, and he has no ability to take it off.

The one-armed pirate walked in and waved his men out.

"Mr. Zhu Tong, can I take a look?"

"You?" Zhu Tong pressed his right hand on his chest, and pulled out a silver needle with his left hand; "Yes, it depends on it, let me stick this needle into your acupoint first. This is a sacred relic, more important than my life. ”

"Then forget it." The one-armed captain did not dare to take risks, and being pricked by a disciple of Zhumen was not an ordinary danger; "Can you guarantee it...... Won't interfere with the game? ”

"I swear: I promise not to break your rules, this little thing is not harmful to others."

"I believe in you." The one-armed captain opened the door of the locker room and walked into the Water Pavilion with Zhu Tong.

The Water Pavilion was actually converted from a lavish presidential suite, and the marble-encrusted corridors were quiet, not as smoky as the casino downstairs. There is a small bar at the end of the corridor and a view of the blue sea from the porthole if it's daytime.

The polite waiter pushed open the blue and white double doors, and the real water pavilion was counted.

The main hall is striking with a wall-high antique cabinet with exquisite Chinese porcelain, and in the center of the antique cabinet is a statue of Guan Gong. Crystal table lamps and European-style classical oil paintings reconcile the atmosphere with modest and elegant, if it weren't for the large gambling table in the middle of the room, who would have believed that it was on a gambling ship?

At ten o'clock, six gamblers sat down on time; The presiding officer of the game was a white-haired European, Jerrys.

He is one of the signatures of the luxurious gambling game of the "Future Duke", and he has never made a mistake, and any tricks such as stealing cards by thousands are not easy to hide from Jareis's sharp eyes. Of course, the appearance fee is also the most expensive, and Jerry presides over a gambling game with an offer of 100,000 yuan.

On the other side of the main hall is a huge glass wall, and the entourage and friends brought by the gamblers are politely invited to the lounge behind the glass wall; They can watch the gambling game or something else; There is a black grand piano in the corner of the lounge, and there will be a luthier and musician playing for them at any time.

Now, Liu Yilan sits at the piano, holding a cup of coffee and listening to the handsome pianist play. Shanshan walked over and sat down beside Liu Yilan, who was not yet very sophisticated; Zhao Yongbing also saw Shanshan, frowned and whispered something to Jiang Xiaoyu.

Jerry rings the golden gong, the game is ready to begin, and the guests take their seats. As you know, there are seven participants in this gamble.

Zhu Tong's left hand is the one-armed captain, and his right hand is the gentleman who came with Liu Yilan, and when he sat down, the gentleman smiled at Zhu Tong. The little liar still has an impression of him, and it was he who appeared in the lobby of the Jin Jiang Hotel a month ago to remind himself to be careful.

The gentleman was a middle-aged man, dressed as unusually as his appearance; He closed his eyes slightly, and he was also examining everyone in the game.

Zhao Yongbing sat diagonally opposite Zhu Tong, and his companion, Jiang Xiaoyu, who had long hair and thin hair, sat next to the one-armed captain; Among them sat the only woman in the gambling game, she was a woman who was difficult to say at once, young and charming, beautiful, cold, a little high-minded, and her whole body revealed a cold feeling that rejected people thousands of miles away.

But the two white jade arms exude youthful vitality, tempting men to speculate on the beautiful jade body that is covered. Zhu Tong could see that she did not change her appearance.

She wore a black evening gown, her black hair curled up behind her head, and a strand of hair hanging down from her ear, dyed silver-white. The evening dress has a moderate opening, highlighting the perfect arc of the owner's **. The lines are simple but not lacking in temptation, which can be seen to come from the hands of famous artists; It seems that as long as you gently pull the silver knot on your shoulder, the pair of jade breasts will be presented in front of everyone.

Zhu Tong was guessing the identities of the two strange men and women, and his toes were gently touched. Zhu Tong knew that it was the gentleman who was reminding him of something, so he casually turned his head to look, and under the table, the gentleman's hand made a code word:

"Her name is Xie Jing, she is from Taiwan, and she is a representative of the Silver Gun; The other is the river fish of the five pins of Qingyang. It's just my next door, and I can't see where it came from. ”

Simple code words, the speed is also fast, only one or two seconds; When Zhu Tong raised his head again, he saw a sneer on Xie Jing's slightly larger and thin lips, and the middle-aged man happened to pay attention to Zhu Tong at this moment.

"Dear ladies and gentlemen, at ten o'clock, can we begin?" Jerry asked in Chinese with an exotic twist.

After the seven people looked at each other, they all nodded in approval; Jerry put on a pair of white cotton gloves, and seven waiters walked in with trays.

Seven gamblers each had two million worth of chips in front of them, and the waiter beside Jerry put down the tray, which contained forty unopened decks of poker.

"Today's game is divided into four quarters, and the game is stud, cutting the cards in clockwise order. Every quarter of an hour in the ninth round, you can go to the lounge for a glass of wine or relax on the deck. Each person gambles 2 million, the minimum bet is 10,000, and you can raise after losing and ask for everyone's consent, and leave the table without adding chips. ”

Jerry tore open a deck of poker, spread out and drew two trump cards, so that the gamblers could skillfully shuffle the cards after they had seen them.

In such a gambling game, gamblers know each other, and the owner they don't know is not introduced; If you want to talk, you can talk, if you don't want to talk, you can gamble, the only requirement is not to give thousands.

The first game of cards was issued, and Zhu Tong ostensibly looked at his hole cards, and his attention was all on a few pairs of hands on the table.

He was already familiar with the gestures of the one-armed captain, Zhu Men's kung fu was mostly small, and Zhu Tong's research on gambling was only focused on the subsections, especially the study of gestures. This was not deliberately taught by the old liar, but he learned it from the old liar and the one-armed captain.

Clever gamblers can get any card can be calm, steady as Mount Tai, the only thing that is not easy to control is the hand.

Receiving cards need to be done with hands, and looking at the flop is also inseparable from the hand; The slight change in gestures, perhaps the most difficult to control, is that at the moment of the flop, the mood swings are first reflected in the hand; Changes in eye and facial expressions typically lag by a fraction of a second, which is the result of brain filtering.

This kind of judgment is simple to say, but in fact, it requires super memory, induction, and judgment ability; Zhu Tong lost the game to the one-armed captain because the opponent only had one hand; There were too few people in that game, and the two of them only gambled nine, and Zhu Tong's money was lost.

After the first quarter of the nine-game card betting, Zhu Tong lost 200,000 yuan, and the biggest winner was the one-armed captain; He had four million chips around him, but the biggest loser was the gentleman beside Zhu Tong.

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