Outside, in the auditorium.

Today there are more than 3,000 spectators in the dojo.

A group of people were also chatting about the situation.

"What's going on with Ji Cheng?"

"I don't know, he's still late."

"I almost got disqualified for more than fifteen minutes."

"I watched the qualifier video and came to watch the game live, and I hope he won't let me down today."

These people are just confused, raising questions and worrying.

But there were a lot of players in the audience who had been eliminated before, including professional players and even masters, such as Brian. Kenny, Timothy. Adams and others, who have been in Las Vegas, certainly know what season has become late.

Brian. Kenny tilts his head to Timothy. Adams laughed and said, "This guy was probably hollowed out last night, right?" ”

Timothy. Adams said with envy: "I heard that he spent the Spring Festival with the little princess of the Rockefeller family, I really don't know how he got it, if only I could kiss Fangze." ”

Brian. Kenny rolled his eyes and said, "Are you stupid?" Today is the semi-finals, what about a kiss Fangze? If you can advance to the finals and win the championship, it will be hundreds of millions of dollars, no matter how beautiful the little princess of the Rockefeller family is, will people marry you because they slept with you once? Can you compare it with a dark green knife? ”

Timothy. Adams was noncommittal and said, "How rich do you have to sleep with a woman of this level?" ”

Brian. Kenny was rolling his eyes, "You're going to be killed by a woman sooner or later, well, there's Ji Cheng, look at it, his legs are weak, he ran in and fell, tsk, he's miserable today." ”

Before he faced reporters when he was interviewed, he frantically stepped on Ji Cheng, but then he was slaughtered, his face was swollen, and he naturally held a grudge against Ji Cheng, but it was useless to hold a grudge after being eliminated, because he couldn't participate in the game, let alone take revenge.

But now it's different, judging from the situation where Ji Cheng rushed into the arena and fell, it is clear that he didn't rest well last night, so the possibility of being eliminated in the semifinals is very high.

Brian. Kenny wished that Ji Cheng would be eliminated soon, and then he would have something to say, such as his abnormal performance before Ji Cheng won a round, or Ji Cheng's strength was not enough, just because he got a few good cards.

It's not just Brian. Kenny wants Ji Cheng to be eliminated.

On the other side, there were also people in the group of business and collectors sitting in the VIP seat.

For example, Avery . Broad, Michael. Turner and Alex. Archibald et al.

Avery. Broad was okay only because he hired the thug Chris. Ferguson is not confident of winning Ji Cheng, so he hopes that his biggest rival will be eliminated.

But Michael. Turner and Alex. Archibald didn't think so, because the thugs they recruited were eliminated by Ji Cheng, and if they wanted to get their favorite artwork next, they could only fight with people in charity auctions with real money, and they might not be able to bid steadily, and they would definitely hate Ji Cheng to the core.

"Steve, the thug you hired isn't in good shape today." Michael. Turner deliberately didn't have anything to say.

Steve. Cohen also heard some rumors, although he was very worried, but he was still stubborn: "What if you are in a bad state?" With the level of the season, even if you play one percent, it is enough to advance to the finals. ”

Alex. Archibald scoffed: "Steve, don't comfort yourself, if he can really make it to the finals, after the semi-finals today, I will eat the table he played in front of many media!" ”

Michael. Turner also said in a weird manner: "Well, there are two games in the semifinals today, if he can advance to the finals, it will be two competition tables, since Alex said to eat one table on the spot, then I will eat the other table, but what are you going to do if he doesn't advance to the final?" ”

Steve. Cohen said if he loses: "If he doesn't make it to the finals, I'll live broadcast the ass of the donkey in the United States!" ”

Avery. Broad saw that the excitement was not too big, and took the initiative to mix: "Okay, this is what the three of you said yourself, let's all be a witness, don't let anyone pay the account after the victory and defeat are divided." ”

"We can't afford it!"

"If Ji Cheng can enter the finals in this state, I will admit it when I eat the competition table!"

Michael. Turner and Alex. Archibald swore by it.

Avery. Broad blinked at Steve. Cohen, "Steve, what about you?" ”

"yes, Steve."

"Both of them promised."

"What do you say?"

Seven or eight other business and collector elders in the VIP hall cheered.

Steve. Cohen had a hard time riding the tiger, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "My words must count!" ”

……

The other side.

Wang Xu and the others also looked at Ji Cheng with disheveled hair on the big screen with a worried face, they knew better than anyone that Ji Cheng did not return all night last night.

"Mr. Ji shouldn't lose, right?"

"It's possible."

"Alas, I didn't have a good rest the night before the game, how can I win?"

"Let's hope Lao Ji can win."

A group of people were very concerned about Ji Cheng, and their tones were full of worry and prayer.

It's just that they know in their hearts that under such circumstances, it is difficult for Ji Cheng to insist on two high-intensity games a day to advance to the finals.

Not far from them sat Liu Yiyi, Zhao Haizhe, Uncle Ning and others who had just arrived last night, originally they were not going to come to watch the game on the spot, after all, judging from the qualifiers in the first four days, Ji Cheng was almost impossible to enter the finals.

Who knew that on the fifth day of the qualifiers, Ji Cheng's chips increased dramatically after winning the two world's top masters, and he suddenly advanced to the semifinals, which made Liu Yi and others see hope, so they rushed all the way from New York to the competition site, wanting to witness Ji Cheng's ascension to the top.

"Mr. Ji's state is not right." Uncle Ning frowned and said.

Zhao Haizhe also looked puzzled and said: "Yes, I was very energetic when I played cards with him before, why do you look red and panting now?" ”

Fortunately, Ji Cheng didn't hear this, otherwise he would have been speechless, why did you rush up all the way from downstairs, can you not blush and panting?

Liu Yi seemed to have heard some gossip, and his face was not very good-looking, but he was still reassuring everyone, "It should be fine, Mr. Ji plays cards at a very high level." ”

"Hopefully."

"He doesn't look like he's in shape."

Uncle Huang and Uncle Chen, as well as a few high-level Hongmen executives who Ji Cheng had never seen before, were worried.

……

Ji Cheng didn't know how to talk in the audience at all.

He just glanced at his opponents first to understand their basic information.

Except for Justin. Except for Bonomo, although the other four are all professional players, they are not very famous, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as unheard of, so he naturally has no way of knowing the true strength of these people.

However, it is vague that the strength level of everyone can be discerned from the chips.

For example, Justin. With a total of $9,467,570 in chips, Bonomo was the man with the most chips in the room, and even if a small part of those chips were his own cost, it was enough to show that he was the strongest of all the people present.

The second place went to the quarter, with $5.59 million in chips.

The third place is a Chinese or Chinese named Roger, and he has a lot less chips, only about one million.

Fourth place was a black player named Luke who wore glasses and was skinny, with more than $900,000 in chips.

The fifth place was a white woman named Aisha with $840,000 in chips.

The sixth place is a bit like an Indian or an Indian, and the name shown is Takoor, and it is estimated that it should be a surname, because Ji Cheng remembers that this is a high caste, and this person has the least chips present, just over $800,000.

Although the four of them don't have a lot of chips, they can enter the semifinals, and their strength will not be too weak, and they will definitely be much stronger than those amateur and semi-professional players in the qualifiers.

If you don't have an absolutely good hand, you are likely to lose money.

Ji Cheng thought about it and decided to put a few hands to see how everyone played the cards, and then figure out how to defeat everyone quickly.

He thinks differently than others.

Because today's semi-finals are divided into two games in the morning and afternoon, in the morning it is two hundred and four into the thirty-sixth, and in the afternoon it is thirty-six into the six to advance to the finals, the competition system is the same, which table wins the most chips to enter the next round, so many people's tactics are not to think about winning the chips of the remaining five opponents, but to maintain a certain advantage.

In other words, if I can win $100,000 in chips at a table of six people, then I don't have to think about trying to win more chips, but try to make it impossible for others to win as many chips as possible, and then I can finally advance to the next round or even the final by winning more chips than others.

For example, if I have a good hand, I normally want to win more money, and I will more or less seduce others to bet more, but now it is not, I will definitely scare others into raising, even if it is only a big or small blind pot prize, it is a huge success.

The game begins.

The female dealer dealt each of them two cards.

Ji Cheng looked at it, the card is not very good, it is a club 3 and a square J, this kind of card to pair no pair, to even into a straight is not easy, flush is the same, in any case basically abandoned.

He turned on the Perception Enhancement to make sure he didn't have any chance of winning, and then folded when it was his turn to raise.

Justin. Bonomo gave him a rightful look.

The other four were too.

Their hearts are full of happiness, and they feel that they have picked up a bargain today.

The second one too.

The third ......

Fifth ......

I don't know if it's not very good luck today, the first six or seven don't have any chance of winning.

However, after looking at it so much, Ji Cheng roughly also has a clear understanding of the personalities of several people playing cards.

Again, go on!

This Ji Cheng was full of luck and got a pair of 10s for the first time, which were spades and clubs.

He turned on the Perception Enhancement and looked at the other five people's hands.

Roger's cards are not far behind, and they are actually a pair, with two cards being the 9 of hearts and the 9 of diamonds.

Justin. Bonomo's hands were not very good, they were 5 of clubs and 2 of hearts, and it was no surprise that he had to fold.

Aisha is the ace of hearts and the 4 of hearts.

Luke was also lucky, the same pair, 7 of hearts and 7 of clubs.

The rest of the Indian Takol had a poor card, a 7 and a 3 of diamonds.

On the surface, Ji Cheng has the highest winning rate, but he sees the five community cards that will be dealt later, the first three are the J of hearts, the 9 of clubs, the J of clubs, and the 8 of hearts on the turn.

As for the river, it's more exciting.

The corners of Ji Cheng's mouth were slightly hooked, fiddling with the chips, ready to give the opponent a ruthless blow.

……

in the audience.

At the beginning, the director gave Ji Cheng a long shot at the table, because the director knew what the audience who came to the scene today wanted to see.

But Ji Cheng was not angry, he didn't play any value in six or seven consecutive games, on the contrary, he went down about 10,000 dollars because of the big and small blinds.

No, the director had to move the camera to another table.

Cut to Tom. Devan table.

Because it happened that the round of the game had just ended, there was nothing to see for the time being.

The audience was still chatting over there about Ji Cheng's previous games.

"Ugh."

"Ji Guoran is not in the state."

"yes, I didn't bet on six or seven in a row."

"How can he play in this state? I came all the way from California to enjoy the high level of Ji Cheng's competition, and who knew it would turn out like this. ”

"It is estimated that Ji Cheng is out of play."

"Yes, I heard that he didn't sleep all night, and he was really undisciplined."

Those viewers who almost became Ji Cheng's fans sighed and felt that Ji Cheng was too disappointing.

It's not just them, Steve. Cohen, Liu Yiyi, Wang Xu and others were all silent, as if they saw the scene of Ji Cheng being eliminated.

Only Brian. Kenny and Michael. Turner and the others were secretly snickering, very sure that Ji Cheng was indeed in no state.

And yet at this very moment!

Just when some people are gloating!

The big screen suddenly turned again, cutting the camera back to Ji Cheng's table!

Then all the audience saw a stunned scene, because someone at Ji Cheng's table was eliminated!

This is also the first player to be eliminated in the first game of today's semi-finals!

"Wow, what's the situation?"

"Someone eliminated so soon?"

"What's going on? What just happened? ”

"Looking at the broadcast footage, it seems that an Oriental has been eliminated."

"Orientals? It can't be Ji Cheng, right? ”

"It's not Ji Cheng, it's another one at their table called Roger, you watch the big screen by yourself."

"Huh?"

"Didn't Ji Cheng's table start with a few handfuls?"

Many people looked confused, only to see Ji Cheng's table on the big screen named Roger standing up dejectedly, and then shook his head with a wry smile and left the competition area.

Because the cards on the table were put away, there was no idea what was going on.

The audience is in a hurry, how can they know what happened just now if they can't see the cards?

Fortunately, the director also understood the audience's thoughts and took the initiative to replay the picture just now.

The next moment, everyone saw what had just happened, and they opened their mouths wide in fright, revealing a look of disbelief!