God's imitator

Chapter 17 Change of Mind

Chapter 17 Change of Mind
If seven people sit at the gambling table and each relies on their own abilities, the final outcome is unpredictable.

Those who are skilled at gambling and have good luck are very likely to win everything.

Jiang He and her two companions had little gambling experience and little confidence in their luck, which was obviously a disadvantage.

Jiang He's plan ensures that everyone can take turns winning the ante, so that no one suffers too much loss, and everyone is happy.

Of course, this plan also has risks.

If someone changes their mind at the gambling table, no longer abides by the agreement, and instead raises the bet when it's their turn to fold, then the plan cannot be implemented.

But as Lu Xinyi said, this possibility is not high.

According to the rules, the game is fair, and no player has the confidence to win against six opponents.

If the four people in Community 3 were to conspire to set up a scheme, two problems would need to be solved:
Firstly, even if a scheme is orchestrated, only one of the four can win all the spoils. However, according to the community rules, visa time cannot be traded at will, meaning the spoils cannot be divided, which is not in the interest of the other three.

Secondly, Jiang He and her two companions are not entirely without a chance to fight back. When the three of them work together, one of them will always have a relatively better hand, so they are not completely without a chance of winning.

Even if relations break down, it will simply return to the original situation, with everyone fighting their own battles and relying entirely on luck, without any additional losses.

Most importantly, if this approach is not adopted, no one else can come up with a better one for the time being.

Ideally, the other community would only send one person to gamble against the three of them, but the other side isn't stupid and wouldn't agree to that condition.

If the stalemate continues, no one will be able to get to the gambling table, and the end result will be that everyone will have money deducted.

After a brief consideration, everyone could only agree that this was the best solution they could think of at the moment.

Qin Yao was still a little worried: "One last question: there are three of us and four of you. If we really turn on each other at the card table, we will be at a disadvantage."

"Could you also send only 3 people, and we play 3 against 3? That would be fairer."

However, Lu Xinyi shook her head and decisively rejected the suggestion.

"no.

"According to the game rules, everyone must play ten games with players from another community, otherwise they will be deducted 10,000 minutes of visa time when they leave the game."

"If it's 3 against 3, what happens to the last person?"
“If I play against you guys alone, it's 3 against 1, which isn't fair to our people.”

"If we were to find two more people to play a 3-on-3 game, there wouldn't be enough time, and it wouldn't be necessary."

"What's more, after the first 3-on-3 match, you refused to start the next one. Wouldn't the remaining person be helpless?"
"The fact that you only have 3 people is your own problem and has nothing to do with our Third Community. We accepted this proposal with sincerity, and you should also show your sincerity."

"Otherwise, we can choose not to cooperate. At worst, we'll all have our visas deducted when we leave."

Lu Xinyi paused slightly, then her tone softened: "I'm sorry, although I prefer to cooperate, as a player in the 3rd community, I still have to put protecting my own interests first."

Qin Yao hesitated for a moment, then looked at the other two, and finally could only nod: "Okay, then let's do it this way."

Time was of the essence, so everyone found a gambling table and took their seats.

The countdown on the big screen continued to tick second by second.

1:19:33
1:19:32
This multiplayer gaming table also has robotic arms for dealing and collecting cards, and all players only need to sit in their seats to look at their cards and place bets.

A robotic arm extends from the center of the gambling table, and a new deck of cards is used for each round, presumably to prevent the cards from getting sweaty or to prevent other forms of cheating.

As stated in the game rules, the gaming table ensures absolute fairness in the game.

Qin Yao carefully examined the rules and card combinations of the simplified version of Texas Hold'em on the gambling table. It was similar to when she played with the chip exchange machine, with only minor differences, such as:

In multiplayer games, the dealer for the first round is randomly selected by the table, and in each subsequent round, the winner of the previous round becomes the dealer.
The dealer raised the bet at the last minute;
Each player receives three cards; there is no "chip exchange machine" where you can draw four cards.

If only one person raises and everyone else calls, the cards are automatically revealed; if two or more people raise, the cards are not revealed, and another round of raising begins, with no limit on the number of raises.

Qin Yao breathed a slight sigh of relief. Clearly, under these rules, everyone's chances of winning were roughly the same; it was purely a matter of luck.

The dealer's final raise gives them a slight advantage, as they can observe other players' behavior to roughly estimate the cards, but this advantage isn't significant.

Soon, everyone put their chips, worth 1000 each, in the betting area in front of them, and the robotic arm dealt the shuffled cards to everyone.

Jiang He looked somewhat pleased, because she was very lucky—not because of the cards she dealt, but because she was the dealer.

The robotic arm started dealing cards from Su Xiucen on her left, meaning Su Xiucen was the dealer for the first round.

As per the previously agreed-upon plan, after each round of the game begins, the player to the right of the dealer bids first and chooses to raise, while everyone else chooses to fold.

In this way, the player to the right of the dealer wins the other players' ante and becomes the dealer for the second round.

The second game proceeded in the same manner. In this way, the seven people took turns being the dealer, winning the ante from the other six people, in a counter-clockwise order.

Of course, the game must be played at least ten times, which means that three people will be the dealer twice, earning an extra 6000 chips.

The others will lose an extra 3000 chips.

But there's nothing we can do about it, because the ante is 1000, and it can't be divided equally among seven people over ten games; it all comes down to luck.

Therefore, everyone agreed to this plan.

At this moment, Jiang He and Qin Yao to her right are lucky and will definitely win the ante, which means they will earn an extra 6000 chips.

This is no small sum.

"Okay, then I'll add the bet as we agreed before."

Jiang He placed a 1000-coin chip in the betting area.

Qin Yao, to her right, also chose to fold, just as they had agreed beforehand.

"Discard."

Both players from the third community also chose to fold.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, unfolding according to the pre-set script.

Soon it was Lu Xinyi's turn, and she sat opposite Jiang He.

However, something unbelievable happened to Jiang He.

Lu Xinyi took out two 1000-yuan chips and threw them into the betting area.