Chapter 044 Gambling (Part 1)
"What are you betting on?" Lu Han narrowed his pupils, feeling like he had been fooled.
Mr. Shen's mouth curled up and he said with a smile: "It's very simple. Since this is a casino, use the casino's rules to solve the problem. Your friend borrowed my money, then we can play a few games casually. If you win , you don’t have to pay back the money.”
"What if I lose?"
Mr. Shen raised his head and laughed: "Haha, it doesn't matter if you lose. I, Shen Ling, don't lack this little money, so I have the right to make friends."
Lu Han frowned. He didn't think Shen Ling would be so kind. Suddenly, he found that Shen Ling was staring at Cheng Ying for a moment, with eyes full of lust. Then he suddenly realized that he must have fallen in love with her. Only then will you get closer to yourself.
Glancing at Cheng Ying, the woman had a disgusted expression, and the repressed anger coming out of her eyes could explode at any time.
In order to prevent Cheng Ying from doing anything outrageous, Lu Han nodded quickly: "Okay, I promise you."
In the center of the underground casino, a four-meter-long gambling table was crowded with people. Lu Han and Cheng Ying sat together, opposite Shen Ling. Next to him stood Brother B, and on the other side sat a man in his sixties. The old man, with a wretched appearance, had never looked away from Cheng Ying ever since he saw Cheng Ying.
"Immortal old man!" Cheng Ying spat fiercely and loudly, but after hearing this, the old man's eyes not only did not flinch, but became even more unscrupulous.
Shen Ling chuckled and said, "Uncle Li, I am a guest, so please restrain yourself a little."
"Haha, I got it, I got it." The old man named Uncle Li glanced at Cheng Ying twice more before looking away with a chuckle.
Lu Han breathed a sigh of relief. This old man was found by Shen Ling. He should be a casino master. Now there are three parties in total, himself, Shen Ling and Uncle Li.
"How do you want to play??" Lu Han leaned back and assumed a comfortable posture.
Shen Ling smiled and said: "Texas Hold'em, it's just the three of us. If you want to bet, you can use cash or chips."
Lu Han nodded, then lit a cigarette and raised his hand to call the front desk lady over.
"Exchange some chips for me." Lu Han gave her a thousand yuan and added, "Exchange them all for white chips."
There are three types of casino chips: blue, red and white. Blue chips are the largest, red chips are the second largest, and white chips are the smallest. Although the chips are all made of plastic, no one dares to imitate them. After all, if you are caught making fake money, you will be caught at the worst, but making fake chips is a big deal. If you are caught, it won't just be as simple as being beaten up. The casinos are all run by underworld bosses. Who would take their own lives as a joke?
Looking at the twenty white chips in his hand, Lu Han smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't expect that even his own money was involved. At this time, Shen Ling suddenly sneered: "Brother Lu, you only have a thousand yuan, so you can't play with it." ah."
Lu Han looked up and saw that there were chips of various colors stacked in front of Uncle Li and Shen Ling, mostly blue and red, about 70,000 to 80,000 in total.
Just as Lu Han was about to speak, Cheng Ying suddenly took out a credit card and handed it to the lady at the front desk: "Here is 40,000 yuan, all converted into chips."
Xiao Ju hurriedly took it and soon placed a plate of chips piled up in a hill in front of Lu Han. Seeing this, Lu Han didn't know what to say. He nodded gratefully to Cheng Ying and focused on the gambling table.
The croupier took out a new deck of cards and distributed them to everyone for inspection. Lu Han touched them and saw that they were normal cards, so he nodded to indicate that it was okay. Seeing Lu Han's skillful movements, Cheng Ying lowered her voice and asked, "Are you sure?" ?"
"I don't know." Lu Han replied casually, then ignored her and focused all his attention on the dealer.
The dealer took the new cards and shuffled them skillfully. Although the technique was good, Lu Han could tell at a glance that this person was a cheat. He used a blind trick to shuffle the cards. It seemed that all the cards were shuffled, but in fact it was not. Turning it upside down and then washing it in the same order repeatedly may not be obvious to outsiders, but for someone like Lu Han, who lurked in the Royal Casino and worked as a dealer in the casino, it is completely a rudimentary trick.
After shuffling the cards, the dealer put the cards into the card shoe and began to deal the cards. In the first round, Lu Han was the dealer. According to the rules, he did not place bets. The dealer gave him the first open card, the Five of Hearts, and the second hidden card. cards, while Shen Ling and Uncle Li are two hidden cards.
Lifting his hand, Lu Han carefully looked at the hidden card. It was the Seven of Spades, a typical water card. It seemed that the dealer really didn't want to give him any chance. No need to think about it, Lu Han decisively chose to discard the card. .
Shen Ling and Uncle Li pretended to fight for a while. In the end, Uncle Li won the first game and won ten blue chips, a total of five thousand yuan.
In the second round, Uncle Li was the banker. Lu Han placed a blue chip, and Shen Ling doubled his bet and placed two blue chips. The croupier shuffled the cards again, using the same method as last time, except that the positions were reversed and the order was not disrupted at all. Han knew without even thinking that his cards would still be bad.
Sure enough, a two of diamonds and a nine of spades were completely uncompetitive. Seeing Shen Ling's proud smile, Lu Han frowned and chose to fold again.
In this way, Lu Han discarded all the cards every time he got them. After playing for almost 20 minutes, he actually lost more than 20,000 yuan. This made Cheng Ying on the side very anxious. How could she see that the dealer As a cheat, all she knew was that Lu Han didn't even bid, but kept discarding cards. If the situation wasn't tense now, she might have been able to question Lu Han long ago.
Regarding this, Lu Han couldn't help but smile bitterly. If he hadn't folded his cards, I'm afraid there wouldn't be a dime left on the table. At this time, Shen Ling won the most, almost seventeen thousand, while Uncle Li won five thousand, and he was the only one on the table. lose.
Shen Ling played with the chips in his hand boredly and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, this is not how you play poker. You don't even bid the cards, how can you win?"
Damn it, bidding? I will lose even more miserably in bidding! Lu Han cursed in his heart, this dealer obviously wanted to lose all his money. If he didn't find a way, he would lose all the 40,000 yuan sooner or later.
Lu Han leaned back, holding a cigarette lazily, and said: "This card is not good, let's change it."
Shen Ling immediately laughed: "Haha, let's get a new deck of cards. Brother Lu, please stop being so timid."
Lu Han was too lazy to pay attention to him and just kept smoking. The smoke he exhaled choked Cheng Ying, but unexpectedly she didn't say anything. She just covered her nose and sat quietly aside.
The new cards were quickly unsealed and distributed to everyone for inspection. Shen Ling and Uncle Li both touched them symbolically before handing them over to the dealer. However, when Lu Han took the cards, the corners of his mouth suddenly showed A playful smile.
With skillful techniques like stunts in movies, various difficult shuffles, the fifty-two cards seemed to have come to life, flying quickly and nimbly in front of everyone's eyes. After everything stopped, Lu Han handed the cards to the dealer. .
Lu Han's card shuffling skills are superb, even better than the God of Gamblers starring Fa Ge on TV. The cards are flying all over the sky, like falling snowflakes, scattered in pieces, but they are connected together like props, skillful and dazzling. Everyone in the audience was stunned to the point of being stunned.
Cheng Ying was secretly surprised. She never thought that Lu Han, a massage cowherd, had such skills. First he was caught in the anti-pornography operation, and then he killed Thai terrorists. Now he was so proficient in gambling, which made her even more interested in Lu Han. I was curious about Lu Han's identity. Although I wanted to define him as an unlearned gambler and gangster, all of this showed that Lu Han was extraordinary.
Gamblers are gamblers. Cheng Ying has already tied her whole heart to Lu Han. Anyway, she has already lost half of her 40,000 yuan. As long as she can win it back, nothing else matters.
Lu Han lazily took out a cigarette and puffed out the smoke with half-squinted eyes. He was very satisfied. Just now, he calmed down the whole audience with just a casual show of his skills. The cards were also messed up by him. It is estimated that it would be difficult for the dealer to do anything else.
"Haha, it seems that Brother Lu is also a veteran of casinos!" After a short silence, Shen Ling's sharp laughter broke the silence. Lu Han lazily raised his eyelids. Everyone around him, including Shen Ling, looked at them in stunned silence. Own.
Slowly exhaling the smoke, Lu Han casually threw out a blue chip and said to the dealer who was still in a daze: "Can we start?"
"But...it's ready." After hurriedly shuffling the cards twice, the dealer put the cards back into his playing shoes. His movements were a bit jerky and his palms were full of sweat.
Lu Han took the two cards in his hand and smiled slightly. Two queens. The cards he shuffled were indeed good. He sniffed and pressed the cards on the table, waiting for the dealer to speak.
Uncle Li also put the cards on the table, looked at Lu Han and Shen Ling with his dim eyes, pursed his lips, slowly threw out five blue chips, and then smoked a cigarette with an expressionless face.
"I'll follow." Lu Han immediately put down ten blue chips, without even bothering to raise his eyelids. Cheng Ying's heart suddenly tugged, ten blue chips were worth five thousand yuan, and her monthly salary was just gone. She prayed in her heart that Lu Han could You must not lose!
Seeing Lu Han bet ten blue chips at once, plus the previous one, the total was eleven. Shen Ling and Uncle Li immediately looked at each other, and at the same time stared at Lu Han suspiciously, because if they wanted to bid, they had to make up the chips. Bet, otherwise they would have to fold. After hesitating for five seconds in the end, Shen Ling and Uncle Li made up their bets at the same time.
Now there are thirty-three blue chips on the table, which is 16,500 yuan. Cheng Ying suddenly became excited and grabbed Lu Han's clothes tightly. Her face was flushed. She was very cute and very feminine.
Lu Han smiled helplessly at Cheng Ying's little girlish attitude, and then lazily said: "The banker has spoken."
Uncle Li knocked on the table, and the dealer immediately began to deal the cards from the card shoe. The first card was the nine of spades, the second was the three of clubs, and the third was the queen of spades.
Lu Han's face was expressionless, but he was already happy in his heart. With three Qs, it seemed that he could finally win.
At this time, Uncle Li suddenly became happy and threw out ten blue chips while humming a tune. Lu Han was secretly happy and frowned while pretending to be hesitant. Finally, he shook his hands before deciding to follow.
Shen Ling won the most, so he followed without thinking too much. Now, the total on the table was more than 30,000 yuan. Lu Han looked at the cards uncertainly again and confirmed that he had two queens, so he felt relieved.
There are many colors and different numbers, and it should be impossible to have a flush or a straight. I guess Uncle Li must be so confident that he is right. Lu Han doesn't believe that he can be better than him. With three queens, he should have no problem winning this game.
The remaining two cards were a Nine of Diamonds and a Jack of Clubs. Uncle Li raised the bet to 10,000 yuan. The bet was 40,000 yuan. The table was filled with blue chips like a mountain. , the air on the field suddenly froze, and everyone breathed very lightly, for fear of disturbing the solemn atmosphere.
Uncle Li smiled proudly: "Since no one is betting, let's show our cards." As he said that, he spread out the two hidden cards in his hand, the nine of hearts and the king of spades, plus the two nines on the table, a total of three Zhang Jiu.
Lu Han smiled inwardly. His guess was indeed good. Uncle Li must have got a pair if he was so confident. But unfortunately, his cards were better than his.
Shen Ling was not very happy. He sighed and slowly turned over the cards. He found a three of spades and an ace of clubs. He only hit a pair of three, which was not very competitive. He was definitely going to lose this game.
Seeing that Shen Ling's cards were not as good as his own, Uncle Li smiled and said, "Mr. Shen, I'm so sorry." After saying that, he wanted to stand up and collect the chips on the stage into his arms.
"Don't worry, I haven't shown my cards yet." Lu Han smiled lightly, and then slowly spread out his two cards.
Uncle Li's expression became obviously ugly. The three queens were bigger than his three nines. He twitched his mouth fiercely and wanted to say something, but he stopped abruptly. He was a little embarrassed and angry, and he sat down heavily on the bench.
Cheng Ying was so happy. She didn't expect that she could win so much with just one card. She suppressed her excitement and almost floated. She immediately stood up and gathered all the chips on the table.
After laying it out carefully, Cheng Ying was like a little secretary, helping Lu Han take care of everything. She was really happy. She just lost 20,000 yuan, but she didn't expect to win more than 40,000 yuan in one go. Calculated in this way, she has made a net profit of more than 20,000 yuan. Although as a police officer, she was not ashamed of gambling, at this moment, she secretly said hello to Lu Han.
At this time, all the onlookers were talking about Lu Han's good luck. He won more than 40,000 yuan in one go. This did not happen every day. Many people began to gather around Lu Han, and the situation turned around instantly.
It was Lu Han's turn to sit down. He took a puff of cigarette lazily and asked calmly: "Continue?"
Shen Ling immediately bet a blue chip, Uncle Li doubled it, and the gambling game started again. This time the dealer lost his initial calmness when shuffling the cards, and kept looking at Shen Ling out of the corner of his eye, his hands trembling a little, after all The boss lost so much money in one game, and he might lose his job if he wasn't careful.
After tremblingly dealing out the cards from his card shoe, the croupier wiped the sweat from his forehead. Lu Han kept a smile on his lips. After looking at his cards, the smile never diminished.
"The dealer places your bets." The croupier suddenly urged. Lu Han looked at the cards, randomly picked out a handful of blue chips, counted them, took out ten and threw them out without batting an eyelid.
Shen Ling and Uncle Li looked at each other. Neither of them could guess the real details of Lu Han. Just now they lost tens of thousands of yuan because of his radical behavior. This time, they felt a little guilty when they saw Lu Han was still so confident.
"I give up." Uncle Li suddenly gave up. Now he only bet a thousand yuan. His cards are not good, so there is no need to fight with Lu Han.
Shen Ling hesitated for a moment. Seeing how proud Lu Han was, Shen Ling felt angry. He took out nine blue chips and threw them in: "I'll follow."
The dealer began to deal the cards, and the three exposed cards were the five of spades, the seven of hearts, and the nine of diamonds. Shen Ling was overjoyed that he had a seven of spades and a king of hearts, so he could play with them.
Immediately he placed five more blue chips, and Lu Han followed without saying a word, and the two of them were at odds with each other.
Chapter completed!