Volume 1: Urban Storm Chapter 23: It's Time to Begin
Tang Xuan said, put the 230 chips of 10,000 in his hand, piled them on the table and opened them word by word, this is all his gambling money tonight, but there is 300,000 capital given by Boss Han in it, since Brother Ma wants to bet, then accompany him, he has divine sense, and it is easy to see the hole cards, even if Brother Ma is a high gambling skill, it is impossible to bet on him, this is equivalent to a perspective eye, is to ask how to lose.
Boss Han and Brother Dao also came back to their senses at this time, and they came up and said: "Brother Ma, don't mind if we raise too, this is what we won before, and these chips belong to Tang Shao as gambling funds, you have no opinion." Boss Han and Brother Dao put 300 chips in front of Tang Xuan.
Before, the two of them each won 1.2 million with Tang Xuan plus their own capital of 300,000, and at this time, everyone had 1.5 million chips in their hands, so their chips added up to a total of 3 million. Suddenly, the chips in front of Tang Xuan were like a small mountain, and Tang Xuan's chips were 5.3 million at this time, which was a big gamble for Dashi to bet so much at one time.
Seeing the chips in front of Tang Xuan, Brother Ma's eyes flickered, faintly filled with excitement, this kind of gambling he hadn't encountered for a long time, and he also said excitedly at the moment: "Okay, refreshing, let's gamble happily today, win or lose, I have made up your friend, Xiaowen, you go to the main station and get me 530 10,000 chips, and have a good game with Tang Shao today." ”
The waiter Xiaowen saw the boss's order and hurriedly went out to get the chips.
Brother Ma waved his hand and beckoned another waiter to come over, and brought everyone a cup of fragrant Tieguanyin, and several people slowly picked up the teacup and tasted it carefully, not to mention that this tea tasted better than the old tea at home. In my hometown, I drank the old tree tea picked by my mother, which tea tasted bitter and astringent, but it was particularly refreshing, and my grandfather and father liked to drink it very much. However, the current tea tasting has a kind of confrontation between the two armies, the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere, the knife is sharpened, and the taste is eager to try.
After a while, the waiter Xiaowen sent the chips up, and Brother Ma put the chips away, indicating that he could start. The atmosphere at the scene immediately became solemn, especially Brother Dao and Boss Han, who were drumming in their hearts and fidgeting.
The dealer quickly opened a new deck of cards and asked Tang Xuan to check it, Tang Xuan had already checked the card with his divine sense when he took it out, and there was indeed no problem, so he nodded to indicate that it was okay, and Brother Ma also nodded to indicate that there was no problem. They play Hong Kong-style five-card cards here, and the dealer skillfully removes the unused cards from the cards, leaving 52 cards.
At this time, the dealer introduced the rules about the stud * ha, which is the procedure that every dealer must do before opening the cards, for fear that some gamblers will not admit if they lose, which is also the rule of every casino.
About the stud * ha play, is to take spades, hearts, grass flowers, square four suits of poker to play, Hong Kong-style five-card game with 52 playing cards, the number of players can be 2-5 people. In the folk, because it is not easy to play good cards, there are also simple ways to play by removing 2 to 7.
Stud * Ha is mainly popular in eastern Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, especially popular in the Philippines, because this game is simple, intense, contains both skill and great luck components, so it is very widely spread.
In the beginning, the dealer gives each house a hole card, which cannot be turned over until the winner is decided.
Start with the second card, each card is dealt, with the big card first, bet, someone bets, people who want to continue to play, choose to follow, after the call will bet to the same chips as the previous house, or you can choose to raise, if you feel that your cards are not good, do not want to continue, you can choose to give up, admit the loss and wait for the end of the game, the chips that have been followed before, can not be retrieved.
The final round of betting is the key to the game, and in this round, players can play stud*ha, which is the maximum bet that all players who don't give up. After everyone who bets has expressed their stance on the bet, they will open their hole cards to fight the winner. At this point, the player with the highest hand wins all the chips on the table.
Comparison of hand sizes: a straight flush is greater than four; Four of a kind is greater than a full house; A full house of red is greater than a flush; The flush is greater than the straight; Straights greater than three-of-a-kind; Three of a kind is greater than two pairs; Two pairs are larger than single pairs; Pair is greater than a high card. Comparison of the size of the numbers: A is greater than K; K is greater than Q; And so on until 4 is greater than 3; 3 is greater than 2. Fancy size comparison: spades are larger than hearts; Red hearts are larger than grass flowers; The grass flower is larger than the block.
After the dealer introduced the rules, Tang Xuan and Brother Ma nodded at the same time to indicate that it was time to start, the dealer shuffled the cards, only to see the cards in his hand rise and fall with his movements, flying flowers through leaves, the action is very smooth and skillful, the whole process is done in one go, Tang Xuan can't help but secretly applaud in his heart, isn't this the shuffle technique that I have seen in the movie before, today is really an eye-opener, look at this shuffle technique can judge that this is also a master, it seems that Brother Ma is also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The dealer stopped shuffling the cards, put the shuffled cards into a wooden box of the dealer, the shuffled cards slid down the slope, just stopped on the contact surface of the table and the box, it is impossible to see the cards from the side, the dealer signaled who dealt the cards first, Ma Ge said: "Tang Shao, the person who comes is a guest, then you deal the cards first." Brother Ma said indifferently.
Tang Xuan did not pretentiously nod in agreement, so the dealer dealt Tang Xuan a dark card, and then dealt a dark card to Ma Ge, after the dark card was dealt, and then successively gave Tang Xuan and Ma Ge a face card, Tang Xuan's face card is a heart 10, Ma Ge is a spade K, the open card Ma Ge is greater than Tang Xuan's card, so the Ma brother bet first.
"Tang Shao, I'm sorry, as soon as I come up, it's bigger than your card, how about I place 100,000 first? Do you dare to follow? Brother Ma saw that his cards were bigger than Tang Xuan's, and threw over 10 chips.
At the beginning, it is generally a test of the other party, generally have habitual actions, such as wiping the nose, frowning, as soon as there is a good card to be excited, etc., in fact, the biggest uncertainty of the stud * ha is the psychological endurance of betting, if you are caught by others your expression and psychological activity rules, then you will not win, will be eaten to death by the opponent.
"Hehe, what's not to dare, I'll just follow, add 200,000, how about it?" Tang Xuan had already checked the cards on the dealer through his divine sense, and as long as he continued to deal in this order, he would not lose, so he unceremoniously followed 100,000 and raised another 200,000.
"Hehe, Tang Shao is really bold, admire. Then I will also add 200,000" Ma Ge this card he did not look at the hidden card, but just when the dealer shuffled the card, he remembered the second one, so he now does not need to look at the hidden card to know what kind of card it is, so he took a good time to follow.
In fact, he asked the dealer to deal cards to Tang Xuan first, not because Tang Xuan was a guest, but because he had memorized the secret cards dealt to him by the dealer, he had long known in his heart that when he encountered such a situation at the gambling table, the possibility of losing was very rare, so he was not afraid of Tang Xuan's raise at all.
Now, neither of them looked at the hole cards, Tang Xuan because he didn't need to look at the hole cards at all, and Ma Ge because he had memorized his hole cards, for Ma Ge, his experience occupied a great advantage, he felt that Tang Xuan should look at the cards when the third card was played, and then judge the size of the hidden cards according to Tang Xuan's expression.
After the third card is dealt, Tang Xuan's is a square 10, Ma Ge's is a square K, and Tang Xuan's face card is a pair of 10s; Margo's face-up card is a pair of kings. The card comparison is still greater than Tang Xuan, so Ma Ge placed another 100,000 chips.
Tang Xuan had already seen through his divine sense that Ma Ge's hole card was a 10 of spades, which meant that Tang Xuan could not get four 10s, but Tang Xuan's hole cards were also the K of hearts that the other party needed, and Ma Ge would not get four Ks either.
At present, the cards on the table are obviously bigger than Tang Xuan's, so Brother Ma was afraid that Tang Xuan would be scared away by too much, so he came to boil a frog in warm water.
Tang Xuan didn't hurry up with 100,000, but this time he didn't raise like the previous time, his expression was a little hesitant, this was all deliberately pretended, and only by being virtual and real could he confuse his opponent.
Brother Ma has been staring at Tang Xuan all the time, but after watching it for a long time, he didn't see Tang Xuan looking at the hole cards, he muttered in his heart, I don't believe you don't look at the hole cards, see how long you can hold on.
The fourth card was then issued, this time Tang Xuan's card was a grass flower K, and the card on the Ma Ge table was a spade A, at this time the card comparison, Tang Xuan was 10 with a K; Margo's face-up card is an ace to the king. Look at the card is still Ma Ge's card big, and it is still Ma Ge who bets first.
"I'll put down a little more of this one, 200,000." Saying that, Brother Ma casually threw out 20 chips and said proudly. In fact, he is psychological warfare, using high-pressure means to force the opponent to look at the cards, so that he can have more advantages, psychologically stabilize the opponent, in the process of the opponent looking at the cards through the opponent's expression, he can also roughly judge the opponent's hole cards.
"Hehe, no problem, how about me with 200,000 plus 300,000?" Tang Xuan said. After saying that, he didn't hesitate to throw out 20 chips first, and then added 30 chips and threw them in the center of the table.
Tang Xuan bet like this without looking at the hole cards, a bit out of Ma Ge's expectations, in his prediction at this time, the other party should be looking at the hole cards, is the other party really a master, it's incredible.
Brother Dao and Boss Han, who were sitting not far from the side, were also very nervous at this time, when they saw Tang Xuan throwing out 500,000 without looking at the hole cards, they felt a little unreliable, they should look at the hole cards at this time, if the cards are not good, you can give up, how can you play like this. Both of them pinched a cold sweat for Tang Xuan, and their mood became tense at this time.
Brother Ma looked at Tang Xuan and didn't look at the hole cards, he pretended to be unsure and leaned over, opened the corner of the hole card and looked at it was a spade 10, which means that the other party could not play four, at most three, his current card is a pair of K, the chance of winning is still very large, so he also followed 300,000.