Judging from the first round, Zhou Xuan's hand was indeed weaker, but this does not mean that Zhou Xuan has good gambling skills. Firstly, it is due to luck, and secondly, it is also due to the gambler's courage. Of course, with this kind of luck-based gambling, those with courage will bet more, and those without courage will bet less.
Zhou Xuan smiled faintly, then pushed all the chips in front of him forward and said, "I'm going all in this round!"
This surprised Zeng Guoyu, Hua Jianxing, and Gu Yuan. In the first round, Zhou Xuan's timidity made them stop paying attention, but in this round, Zhou Xuan suddenly bet all his chips.
Initially, the three of them verbally agreed that if Zhou Xuan lost money, they would ignore it; if Zhou Xuan won, the money would be split equally among the three of them, each contributing one-third. However, unexpectedly, Zhou Xuan dared to bet a million at once. But upon reflection, it seemed Zhou Xuan was acting like a dead pig that didn't care about boiling water. He wouldn't be responsible for the loss, and the win would be his. It wasn't surprising that he bet so much. But according to the psychology of ordinary gamblers, to win money, one usually wouldn't bet all their chips at once. If they lost this round, they would have no chance to win. People who bet all their chips at once are unless they are absolutely certain of winning, but at the gambling table, who is absolutely certain of winning?
Zhou Xuan is absolutely certain to win, because he already knows the trump card.
Zeng Guoyu paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, please reveal the cards!"
Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, reached out and flipped the cards over, and immediately everyone exclaimed in surprise, "Three Kings!"
Zeng Guoyu's heart sank. Although he had told Zhou Xuan to take the winnings, he hadn't seen much skill from him, yet he had inexplicably lost a million. Naturally, he was unhappy about this.
Hua Jianxing and Gu Yuan shared the same thought. If Zhou Xuan really had such formidable abilities, giving him this amount of money would certainly be a small sum, but the money had to be given wisely. If it was someone unworthy, they wouldn't give him a single penny.
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Volume 1, Chapter 274: Luck or Gambling Skill?
Zeng Guoyu revealed his hand. It was an eight. Although the score was high, for Zhou Xuan, he had already lost!
After a moment of hesitation, Zeng Guoyu obediently counted out one million chips in front of him and pushed them out before dealing the cards. This time, before and after dealing the cards, Zeng Guoyu, Hua Jianxing, and Gu Yuan kept a close eye on Zhou Xuan to prevent him from cheating.
Zhou Xuan maintained a faint smile throughout, not even glancing at the cards dealt to him. However, Bing Qi had already detected that he had a 4-7-Q hand, which only added up to one point, a very small hand. But Zeng Guoyu's hand was even worse!
His hand is 3, 3, and 4, which is the worst possible hand, with no points!
Zhou Xuan smiled and pushed all the chips in front of him out at once!
Hua Jianxing and the other two were taken aback again!
He'd only just won a million; there's no need to keep betting like this. If he loses, he'll have nothing left. This kind of betting is clearly all about luck, and who can guarantee they'll win again?
But Zhou Xuan seemed unmoved, as if what he was pushing out wasn't a chip worth two million, but something unrelated to him.
Those watching from the sidelines included not only Hua Jianxing and Gu Yuan, but also Wei Haihong, who was also staring at Zhou Xuan. Although he knew that Zhou Xuan had special abilities, he didn't know how he did it.
But how could Zhou Xuan's abilities be seen with the naked eye?
After seeing Zhou Xuan place his bet, Zeng Guoyu thought for a moment and then said, "Mr. Zhou, then please reveal your cards again!"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "I'll trouble Mr. Zeng to deal the cards for me!" Zhou Xuan meant that he didn't touch the cards at all, so that they wouldn't be able to find any flaws in his plan.
Zeng Guoyu didn't say much. This wasn't the time for politeness. He nodded and then reached out to reveal Zhou Xuan's cards: a four of clubs, a seven of diamonds, and the last card was a queen of diamonds and a point!
The group all responded with an "Oh," but Hua Jianxing, Gu Yuan, and Zeng Guoyu clearly sounded relieved.
Only Wei Haihong disagreed, knowing that Zhou Xuan would never place such a large bet on a losing hand.
Sure enough, Zeng Guoyu slowly turned over his cards. The first card was the three of hearts, and the second was the three of diamonds.
Before the third card was even flipped over, Hua Jianxing couldn't help but shout, "Don't want four or five!"
According to Zeng Guoyu's hand, if the last card wasn't a four or a five, but any other card, Zhou Xuan would lose. Statistically, Zhou Xuan only had a 5% chance of winning, but a 95% chance of losing.
When Zeng Guoyu turned over the third card, his hand trembled slightly. It was strange. They had lost far more money than this before. One or two million was a small amount for them, but he couldn't help but tremble in his heart!
It's all psychological! It's completely psychological!
Zhou Xuan didn't show off his gambling skills, because he didn't even touch the cards. What frightened Zeng Guoyu, Hua Jianxing, and Gu Yuan was his imposing aura!
The last card turned up was the four of spades, which happened to be one of the two cards we didn't want!
I lost, another two million, making a total loss of three million!
After only three dealings, in less than ten minutes, Zeng Guoyu was defeated, and Zhou Xuan showed no sign of any superior gambling skills.
Zeng Guoyu wiped the sweat from his brow and pushed the cards towards Gu Yuan. He said sheepishly, "Little Gu, you deal the cards, I'm a little confused!"
Gu Yuan squinted at Zhou Xuan, who still had a faint smile on his face.
Gu Yuan didn't say much. He took the cards, shuffled them several times deftly, and then dealt the cards. His hands and feet did seem more agile than Zeng Guoyu's.
At this point, Zhou Xuan's attention naturally shifted to Gu Yuan, since he was the dealer.
After the cards were dealt, Gu Yuan's hole cards were 20 and 80, a terrible hand for him in his very first hand. Zhou Xuan's hole cards weren't good either, 38J and 1, but compared to Gu Yuan, the dealer, 1 was enough, because this hand was all about luck. Knowing the hole cards before betting gave Zhou Xuan a huge advantage. If it were like playing Three Kingdoms normally, where you bet before the cards are dealt, Zhou Xuan wouldn't have a way of knowing whose hole cards were bigger or smaller!
Of course, Gu Yuan and the others didn't know the reason. If they did, they wouldn't have suggested this method of play, and they would have easily let Zhou Xuan win three million!
After dealing the cards, Gu Yuan said to Zhou Xuan, "Hehe, you can place your bets now!"
At this moment, they were all keeping a close eye on Zhou Xuan. Since the last round, Zhou Xuan hadn't even touched a single card. There was absolutely no way he could be cheating!
Zhou Xuan smiled and, without thinking, pushed all the chips in front of him out with both hands. The three million he had won, plus the one million he had deposited, made a total of four million chips, and he pushed them all out without leaving a single one.
Gu Yuan and the other two remained stunned. Every move Zhou Xuan made could make them pause for a moment, and this time was no exception.
After a moment of hesitation, Gu Yuan still asked Zhou Xuan to reveal the cards, and at this time his tone towards Zhou Xuan became much more respectful.
Zhou Xuan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Please, Mr. Gu, deal the cards for me!"
Gu Yuan didn't stand on ceremony. He stared intently at Gu Yuan and flipped over the cards in front of him: three of spades, eight of diamonds, jack of hearts, and one!
The three men relaxed a little. Although they had also won by a point against Zeng Guoyu's zero points in the last round, they didn't think that would happen every round. In any case, they had a 90% chance of winning.
Gu Yuan then turned over his cards; the first card was the two of hearts, and the second was the queen of clubs.