The years when I was an old man

Soon, the staff brought two stacks of chips and placed them in front of Kanye and me.

Luo Kai, the stern croupier, took out a deck of cards, put them face up on the card table.

With a swipe of his palm, the whole deck of cards immediately formed a fan shape.

The cards at this time are completely arranged in four-color inflorescences from a to k.

After showing the cards, Luo Kai collected the cards and put them on the table.

According to the action just now, wipe it away again.

Then, addressing both of us, he said:

"Let's talk about the rules. One, this game is a stud game after negotiation between the two parties. The ante is [-], and there is no upper limit. If there is a player who folds halfway, he will be sentenced to lose. The remaining chips in his hand will still belong to him. Only follow the previous bet , to settle the settlement. Second, the time for both parties to check cards is five seconds, and those who exceed five seconds will be judged as losers. Third, in a game of thousands of doors, you can play a thousand by yourself. But if you are caught by a thousand, you will be judged a loser. ?”

Luo Kai looked at the two of us and confirmed again.

"Quick, don't be wordy, start right away!"

At this time, Kanye was impatient.

I also shook my head slowly, Luo Kai's proposal can be said to be very fair.

"Since there is no objection, then please check the cards on both sides!"

With that said, Luo Kai put the cards in the middle of the table.

"Please first!"

In a game with a dealer, checking the cards is nothing more than a procedure.

No matter how clever your technique is, you can check the cards in five seconds, no matter what technique you use.

But after the croupier gets the cards, he still reshuffles them.

As a result, the tricks you did on the cards before are almost useless.

Unless, there is a kind of top master among thousands of sects.

He will calculate the position of each card according to the dealer's shuffling method.

But the premise is that the croupier's technique should be relatively slow.

Picking up the poker, Kanye was clearly excited.

It's just that his hands trembled again involuntarily.

Suddenly, I saw a slight lift of the left thumb.

It felt nothing more than a slight rub next to the poker.

But at this moment, my heart can't help but hang in the air.

Actually, I didn't see what Kanye did.

But I can feel that Kanye seems to be using some tricks.

Just as I was thinking, Luo Kai suddenly started counting down.

"3, 2..."

Before the word "one" came out, I heard a "crash".

All the poker in Kanye's hand fell on the table.

"what?"

Everyone in the Qin family couldn't help but widen their eyes, looking at Kanye worriedly.

The failure to verify the cards made the Qin family even more nervous.

Especially Qin Erye asked loudly:

"Old Kan, can you do it?"

Kanye hurriedly pushed the cards on the table forward, and said in a panic:

"It's done, I'm done, it's not timed out, it's only four seconds!"

The more Kanye is like this, the more nervous the Qin family is.

But my heart was not at all relaxed.

I remember when I first met Kanye, I saw him lose his cards and fall to the ground.

At that time, everyone still regarded him as a stimulated, crazy old gambler.

But looking at it now, that's not the case at all.

"Mr. Chu, please check the card!"

Luo Kai didn't care about Kanye's state, but looked at me and said directly.

I simply sorted out the cards on the table.

There are countless ways to do it in my mind.

Hanging flowers, stacking cards, cutting back, chain work and so on.

I firmly believe that I can complete any of the above methods in less than five seconds.

But I don't know why, but I feel a little empty in my heart.

I didn't dare to use any of these methods.

Picking up the cards, I tidied them up and cut them twice.

In just two or three seconds, I pushed the cards to Luo Kai.

At this time, Kanye suddenly stared at me, his eyes were dull, and he asked me:

"Hey, why don't you pay a thousand dollars, kid?"

I was shocked when I heard what Kanye said.

Fortunately, I didn't use any tricks, otherwise it would be easy to be called away by him.

I said "lucky" to myself.

At the same time, I felt even more anxious.

This Kanye's eyesight and skills are so terrifying.

"What about you? Didn't you pay a thousand dollars?"

I pretended to be calm and asked back.

Unexpectedly, Kanye laughed.

Pointing at me, he lowered his voice and whispered:

"Boy, you're wrong, I'm out. But I won't tell you how I did it!"

I was surprised again.

Looking at Kanye, I guessed in my heart whether what he said was true or not.

He did make a move just now, but then the cards fell on the table.

Even if it is a thousand, it is a failure.

Could it be that he is playing tricks and putting pressure on me?

While speaking, Luo Kai had already started to shuffle the cards.

This is the third time I see Luo Kai shuffling the cards.

The technique is very standard, stacking, inserting and washing are used together, twice in succession.

Finally, cut the cards again.

Somewhat similar to the Texas Hold'em shuffle, but not quite the same.

"Two, please place an ante!"

Luo Kai said seriously.

Kanye and I each threw a [-] chip.

Luo Kai started to deal the cards, and the first card was dealt to Kanye.

Once the cards were in hand, Kanye was like a child who was afraid that his candy would be taken away, clutching his cards tightly.

At the same time, bent over, his face was almost pressed against the card table.

He looked at me slyly, and asked with a smile:

"Do you know what my card is?"

I was taken aback.

At this moment, I even felt that Kanye was pretending to be crazy.

How could I know, what is his hole card?

I ignored him and took my dark card instead.

Before looking at the cards, Kanye immediately said with a smile:

"You don't know my cards, but I know yours, believe it or not?"

In a word, the hall that was still whispering suddenly fell into silence.

He knows my cards?

How can this be?

I do not believe!

But I still looked at my cards carefully.

I want to see if Kanye has hung up his cards.

But after watching for a long time, I didn't find any difference.

"Then tell me, what is my hole card?"

I asked.

I want to see if this old guy is playing tricks.

There is still a thousand tricks that are really unpredictable.