Chapter 106: Rival Cards (20,000 Push and Change)
Tom Dewan, an American professional poker player, often participates in various Texas Hold'em tournaments around the world, and has repeatedly won excess prizes, because there are more high-stakes cash games in Macau, so he spends more time in Macau than in Las Vegas, in this kind of tournament, Tom Dewan can be said to be the top player.
Shen Long could clearly feel that every time he met Tom Dewan in a game, the other finalists were a little nervous, which allowed him to steal chickens several times and keep his lead expanding.
Ha, a rookie, only lucky enough to make it to the finals, although he wears sunglasses and tries to control his expression, but his inadvertent small expressions and movements when looking at cards and flopping cards still reveal his inner thoughts, and every time he decides to steal chickens, his brow is slightly raised.
After looking at it for a while, Tom Dewan felt that he had figured out Shen Long's routine, and when he raised his eyebrows again, he took a long test, and then called, he wanted to use this method to make Shen Long misunderstand, mistakenly thinking that he did not have much confidence in his hole cards, but in fact, he held the same color A and K in his hand, and he could draw a flush, a straight, or a top pair of A and K, which was definitely a good hand.
The dealer dismisses the top card and deals three community cards, the King of Spades, the 9 of Grass and the 7 of diamonds, and Tom Devan successfully hits the King pair.
Shen Long raised, Tom Dewan fell into thought, hesitated and did not raise just called, in his opinion, these three cards should not provide Shen Long with much help, he still has an advantage, so he does not want to scare Shen Long away, and wants to lure him into more chips.
The turn was a 2 of hearts, which completely cut off the possibility of a flush, and Tom Dewan's chances of winning increased again, and he felt that the time had come and chose to raise.
"Actually, this card didn't help you much, did it? You chose to raise to scare me away, right? I see through you! Shen Long followed without hesitation.
"Who knows?" Tom Devan shrugged, a novice is a novice, and a little simple trick will take the bait.
The river card was issued, the heart was 5, and now there was no straight, Shen Long chose to go all, "All-in!" He put all his chips on the table.
The rest of the players folded, and there were only two of them left at the table, and after such a long game, Shen Long had won a few hands before, and the chip count had reached fourth place, which was almost one-fifth of Tom Dewan's.
He didn't actually get the cards he wanted, he chose to go all-in just to scare me away, although the expression on his face was calm, but his elbows were rubbing unconsciously on the table, which was a sign of his lack of confidence, Tom Dewan realized that he read Shen Long's thoughts, and counted the same chips to follow.
"I have to say, Tom Dewan was unlucky, the rookie player hit two pairs on the river, who would have thought that with a variegated 5 and 7 would dare to follow for so long? And even with Tom Dewan already calling! "The game was broadcast live, and the director was able to see each player's hole cards through the camera set up on the table, and when the river came out, he couldn't help but shake his head, and this hand Tom Devan lost a lot.
Shen Long laughed at the stack of chips, and every time the dealer dealt a card, he knew the final outcome of the hand, and it couldn't be easier to deliberately simulate a few small moves to mislead the opponent in such a situation, even veteran players like Tom Dewan were fooled.
With this hand, he jumped to second place in the stack count and greatly shortened the gap with Tom Dewan, and the commentator constantly lamented that his luck was so good that if he hadn't turned over two pairs on the river, he would have lost a lot of money.
Damn, I guessed he was stealing chickens, but I didn't expect him to dare to steal chickens with such a rubbish hole card, and he was so lucky! Tom Dewan was annoyed, he thought that Shen Long also had at least one flower card in his hand, so it could not be two pairs, who would have thought that the hole cards were only 5 and 7.
"Congratulations, but luck doesn't always favor you, and you won't always hit the card you want on the river!" Tom Dewan is a top professional gamer after all, and he quickly calmed down his good mood, and the gentleman reminded Shen Long.
"Isn't gambling a game of luck? Since I'm lucky today, why don't I keep following? Shen Long shrugged his shoulders and made a look of indifference.
"Texas Hold'em isn't just about luck, it's a real intellectual race." Like many pro gamers, Tom Devan always believed that in long hand, technique is all that matters.
"Then let's go ahead and try it out!" Regardless of luck or skill, when encountering special functions are scum, every time I can see your hole cards and what is the next community card to be dealt, how do you play with me?
Tom Dewan played his skills perfectly in the next game, repeatedly winning high pots, and Shen Long also gained a lot with his "good luck", and the situation was already relatively clear when the game entered the second half.
"If nothing else, the winner of this bout will be decided between the two of them, so will it be the top pro Tom Dewan who wins, or our lucky rookie who wins? Let's wait and see. Shen Long not only misled Tom Dewan, but also misled the anchor who explained it, so that he and the audience watching the live broadcast also thought that he had won so much by luck.
There are only five players left at the table, and the rest are about to run out of chips, but they don't come out of nowhere, and according to the rules, they will reap a lot of money.
Shen Long and Tom Dewan are competing for the title, and the other three players have lost much hope, they just want to hold on a little longer than the others in order to get a better place and more prize money.
However, a gambler is a gambler after all, and a player who has not many chips left turns over his hole cards and chooses to go all-in, and he wants to sweep away the pot in this way, and hold on for a while.
"I'm all down, too!" Shen Long looked at it, Tom Dewan's chips were about the same as his own, and his hole cards were also very powerful, so he wanted to take this opportunity to end the game.
"All down!" Tom Dewan likewise followed.
"It's a very interesting hand, we can see that the first player to bet on his hole card is a pair of 10s, which is normal for only a few blinds, but unfortunately he has this lucky rookie against the king and Tom Dewan against the ace, and this hand is definitely a bad hand! Tom Dewan has an 80 per cent chance of winning, and if nothing else, he will win this race. ”