Las Vegas in the morning is relatively quiet.

Ji Cheng and Steve, who arrived last night. Cohen sat on the balcony of his luxury suite, sipping coffee.

"How was it like walking around Las Vegas yesterday?" Steve. Cohen asked.

Ji Cheng looked at the scenery outside the window and said casually: "It's not bad, I also went to Caesar's Palace to gamble." ”

Steve. Cohen was surprised: "There are still casinos that dare to let you in?" ”

Ji Cheng took a sip of coffee, put down the cup and said with a smile: "Of course I don't dare, I was kicked out at the beginning." ”

Steve. Cohen became interested, "How did you get in later?" ”

Ji Cheng briefly said what happened yesterday.

"Haha, interesting, interesting." Steve. Cohen laughed, "You're pretty good at playing a scratch to attract people to the casino." ”

"Luckily, those scratches have won." Ji Cheng yawned, "By the way, what do you want to meet with me to talk about?" ”

Speaking of which, Steve. Cohen restrained his smile and showed a serious look, "I'll tell you about the detailed rules and participants of this Charity Week, so that you can be mentally prepared." ”

So far, Ji Cheng really doesn't know the rules of Cizhou Gambling Week, and he can't help but become serious, "You say." ”

Steve. Cohen said, "This time Steve. Wayne's rules are similar to those of the World Series of Poker No-Limit, which is that participants spend at least $10,000 to buy the right to play, and that $10,000 will become your chips, not just $10,000, but 100,000, 1 million, or even 10 million dollars, and again, every penny you spend will become tournament chips. ”

Ji Cheng asked: "How can you rule the promotion if the chips are different?" Could it be that the person with more chips advances? ”

"Here's the problem." Steve. Wayne frowned, "The initial chips won't affect the promotion, but the accumulation of chips will affect your purchase of art." ”

Ji Cheng didn't understand what this sentence meant.

Thankfully Steve. Wayne explained, "The qualifiers are five days, each person competes one game per day, the computer is randomly selected, every six players are a table, the game time is only one hour, after five days, the top 204 players who win the most chips advance to the semi-finals, and the others are all empty of chips, which will accumulate into the charity fund pool and be used for charity ......in the future."

Ji Cheng interrupted and asked, "In other words, everyone needs to participate in five qualifiers?" ”

"Yes in theory, but probably not in practice." Steve. Wayne said in detail: "For example, if you have enough chips, even if you keep losing, you can participate in the qualifiers on the fifth day, but if you don't have enough chips, let's say 10,000 dollars, and you lose the first game on the first day, then you will be eliminated." ”

Probably understood.

As long as you have enough chips, you can play at least the full five days of qualifying, but it doesn't matter how many chips you have to get to the semifinals, as the players who advance to the semifinals must be the two hundred and four players who have won the most chips in those five days.

If the ranking is lower than 204, after the end of the fifth day of the game, no matter how many chips in your hand will be invalidated and turned into a charity fund, for example, if you participate in the tournament with 10 million US dollars in initial chips, and finally count down to 1 million US dollars without winning a penny, on the surface, there are 9 million US dollars in chips, which seems to be quite a lot, but in fact, the game has nothing to do with you, and your 9 million US dollars in chips can only be turned into a charity fund confiscated.

This ensures the fairness of the game.

Of course, it also brings serendipity to the game.

Because if you meet opponents who are all "poor", then it is very likely that even if you sweep all of them in five days, you will end up not being able to rank in the top 204 because you don't win enough chips, and eventually lead to elimination.

After all, the game of poker itself is a game of luck and strength, so it can reflect strength and luck, which is a more interesting rule.

Ji Cheng nodded, "What are the rules for the semi-finals?" ”

"The semi-finals of 204 players are divided into 36 tables, at this time there is still a time rule, each table of the game time shall not exceed three hours, the final table of the most winning chips of the 36 people, and then randomly assigned by the system to six tables for the final qualification competition, the game time is still three hours, and finally each table to win the most chips of the player to advance to the finals, that is, only six people."

Steve. Cohen paused at this point, "It's different to enter the finals, there will be no time limit for the competition, you can just give up and continue the game, with the chips in your hand to bid for your favorite artwork in the next charity gala auction, only the champion has a direct purchase qualification, no need to participate in the auction, and the condition for winning the championship is to defeat all opponents, as long as someone is not eliminated, the game will continue until there is only one person left at the final table, of course, If the champion buys one of the works of art and has extra chips, it can still be used to participate in other art auctions, and when the chips are not enough, you can also cash out, after all, if the game is to the end, only the champion may have chips in his hand, and so many works of art are taken out for charity, if they can't all be turned into charity funds in the end, the party will be meaningless, so after the champion buys a certain artwork, it will eventually enter the charity auction. ”

Finally, he added, "The Woman of Algiers is the most valuable of the artwork that came out this time, and many people are running for this painting, so you have to win the championship to buy this painting for me, and the price tag for this painting is 194 million US dollars, that is, even if you win the championship, you must have at least 194 million US dollars in chips." ”

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Ji Cheng was speechless and said: "Do all the contestants have so many chips together?" ”

Steve. Cohen smiled and said: "You can rest assured, I received the latest news, the current number of contestants has reached more than 21,000, the total amount of chips has accumulated to more than 340 million, and there may be more people to sign up in the future, and the total amount of chips is expected to reach about 500 million US dollars." ”

it!

The competition was too intense, several times more than the number of participants in the World Series of Poker.

Ji Cheng finally understood why Liu Yiyi won the championship this time, because the gold content was too high.

Standing out from tens of thousands of races, who would dare to question your strength?

Ji Cheng was full of fighting spirit, "Okay, I probably know the rules, you signed up for me, right?" ”

"Sign up, your starting chips are a million dollars." Steve. Cohen said, then said, "Let's talk about a few of the contestants in particular." ”

Ji Cheng said, "You say." ”

Steve. Cohen pulled out his tablet from the side and clicked on an image, "First of all, Tom. Dewan will also be in the race, and he will most likely be your biggest rival, followed by ......"

He gave Ji Cheng a detailed introduction to the strong opponents one by one.

The six people I saw last night were all there, and there were more than a dozen opponents who needed special attention, such as Li Sisi, the Asian champion of Texas Hold'em from China, and Yin Sgate, who was known as the king of Texas Hold'em.

"Almost all the professional players who participated in the Charity Gambling Week came this time, and the people I just talked about just need special attention, so it is very difficult to win the championship." Steve. Cohen took a deep breath, "In addition to many professional players, there are many underground gambling kings participating in the competition, season, are you confident of winning the championship?" ”

Truth be told, no Texas Hold'em player would dare to win an event of this magnitude.

Even if Ji Cheng is used as a cheater, under such rules, he has become less confident, "If I can pass the qualifiers, I should be confident to win the championship, but if I am unlucky in the qualifiers, it is very likely that I will not win the championship." ”

"The qualifiers were really difficult because of the random allocation of seats." Steve. Cohen didn't have a good idea, "But if you can touch Susie and them, I'll ask them to send you chips, if you can touch them." ”

How easy is it for tens of thousands of people to participate?

Ji Cheng had no choice but to say: "I hope, but I will do everything possible to break through to the qualifiers." ”

"Okay, don't stress too much." Steve. Cohen was relieved, "If I really don't win the championship, maybe I still hope to get 'The Woman of Algiers' from the charity auction." ”

No one believes this.

After all, just now Steve. Cohen also said that Steve. Wayne's most valuable reward this time is "The Woman of Algiers", and who doesn't want to get the ultimate value for those who come to the competition?

A painting was worth more than $170 million a few years ago, and this time it was priced at $194 million.

In addition, winning the championship may not be able to gather a huge chip of 194 million US dollars, because each person can only participate in five games in the qualifiers, and only 204 people will advance in the end, and the rest of the people's chips will become charity funds, saying that the total amount of 500 million US dollars, maybe only 200 million or 300 million will be left in the finals.

The most important thing is that Ji Cheng doesn't just want to get $194 million in chips for Steve. Cohen bought "The Woman of Algiers", and he also wanted to win more chips and put Caroline . The art that Rockefeller needed was also bought.

Able to enter Caroline. Rockefeller, a work of art in the eyes of the family, is not low in value.

According to conservative estimates, Ji Cheng felt that he had to get at least $300 million in chips to achieve his goal.

"You're okay today, are you?" Steve. Cohen asked suddenly.

Ji Chengdao: "I may have to go out with someone to play for a while in the afternoon, what's wrong?" ”

Steve. Cohen said: "I have prepared a lot of videos of masters playing cards for you, and I originally wanted you to study them carefully to see if you can figure out their card skills and use them for the match." ”

Although Ji Cheng has a plug-in, but Texas Hold'em operation is very important, if you can find out the character of the opponent playing cards, it is indeed more advantageous, "Okay, you can take it to me to see, I promise to read it all today." ”

Steve. Cohen was surprised: "How can you see it in one day?" The video of these masters alone is more than 24 hours long. ”

Ji Cheng smiled slightly, "I said that if I can read it, I will definitely be able to finish it." ”

Nonsense, buddy has a mysterious space, time stands still in it, not to mention more than a dozen master videos, even if there are more than a thousand master videos, as long as you want, you can watch and analyze them all.

Steve. Cohen didn't say anything more when he saw that Ji Cheng was so serious, and instead asked someone to bring a USB flash drive, which contained hundreds of videos.

Ji Cheng got the U disk and entered the mysterious space to watch the video, he must remember the habits and actions of these masters to play cards, so that when they meet, they can solve these masters as soon as possible, after all, there is no time limit except for the finals, and there is a time limit for both the qualifiers and the semifinals, and he can't deliberately lose a lot like before to observe how others play cards.

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The other side.

Many people are also studying videos of what they think are important opponents playing, and some have even hired professional analysts.

Caroline. Rockefeller and a few of her recruited thugs were in the room watching videos and talking.

She pointed to the video, "This is the video I got from the Taj Mahal casino, Ji Cheng's gambling skills are very exquisite, he is very likely to be the favorite to win the championship, you must study it thoroughly." ”

The Poison King has already watched the videos of Ji Cheng winning a few cards, and his face has become solemn, "At first, I thought he liked to bluff people when he played cards, but after watching these videos, I found that he is a person with extremely strong operating ability, and even his acting skills are very good." ”

Caroline. Rockefeller said, "Are you confident that you can win him?" ”

The Poison King pondered for a moment and said cautiously: "If you just see these in the video, three seven open, he three, I seven, but Texas Hold'em luck is more important, if you really play against him, his cards are better, and I still have a great chance of losing." ”

Caroline. Rockefeller smiled, "As long as you have the confidence to win him, the others don't have to worry, I will find a way to get you some more chips in the qualifiers." ”

……

Brian. Kenny is also analyzing videos of the players playing with the analysts.

"Here's a video from the Taj Mahal casino, related to the new gambling god Ji Cheng, Brian, do you want to study it?" The female analyst asked.

Brian. Kenny said to himself: "I fought him last night, and I feel that this person's gambling skills are average, so I don't need to look at them, and study other people." ”

……

Bowman, Daniel. Negrino, Adria. Matteos and Justin. This is true of Bonomo and other masters, everyone is watching the video of other masters playing cards very carefully.

"Wait, I'll go back and see."

"Hey, this Ji Cheng is a little scary, this kind of card dares to follow to the end and really wins?"

"Wait! Take a pause! ”

There are still two or three days to go, but the masters are all preparing.

This time, not only Ji Cheng is determined to win the championship, but these masters are also riveting because of the huge rewards.

It seems that it is not easy for anyone to win the championship.

This preparation went on for many days.

It wasn't until the night before the start of the tournament that the masters stopped watching the video and recuperated one by one to prepare for tomorrow's competition.

At this time, all the masters received a piece of news that made people laugh and cry, that is, Ji Cheng had not prepared for the past few days, and he was outside with Caroline every day. Rockefeller waves.

This made the masters very speechless, and felt that Ji Cheng didn't pay attention to the game and at the same time, they all thought about it, once the game met Ji Cheng, he must be eliminated in one fell swoop!