God's imitator

Chapter 19 A complete defeat

"Don't believe it?
"Okay, then I'll explain it."

Lu Xinyi said unhurriedly, "It's obvious that the three of you are all 'conservative' types, the kind who only buy bank wealth management products that guarantee principal and interest and don't accept any risks."

“I could tell from the very beginning that you were resistant to gambling and risk, which is why you chose this option.”

"And this can also be seen from the number of chips you have."

"I casually asked you before if your chips were around 18000 points, and you tacitly agreed."

"This shows that when you exchanged your chips, you chose the lowest 20000 level and only gambled the minimum of two rounds before cutting your losses and withdrawing in time."

"Since you are all people who are extremely risk-averse, you would absolutely not dare to gamble everything with me right now."

“We are not on the same level psychologically or in terms of capital.”

Qin Yao was somewhat surprised: "Chips? Isn't your chips 20000?"

She subconsciously assumed that everyone's initial chips should be around 18000 points, unless someone got lucky and won with a good hand, but even then, the maximum would be just over 20000.

Lu Xinyi smiled and said, "Of course, my initial stakes were higher than you imagined."

"Moreover, the three of them will continue to lose their chips to me."

"The gap in the number of chips we have will only widen. If you know even a little about gambling, you should know that the player with more chips will have an absolute advantage."

As they were talking, Su Xiucen had already folded after the time limit had expired.

Jiang He gritted her teeth and chose to bet 1000.

In order to help Jiang He, Qin Yao also chose to bet 1000.

The third player to Qin Yao's right raised, the next player folded, and Lu Xinyi raised again.

"I understand……"

When it was Jiang He's turn again, she looked at the timer on the table and felt like she was collapsing.

Clearly, the players in Community 3 had already agreed to a fixed two-player fold and two-player raise strategy.

Why didn't all four of them raise the bet together?

Because if four people raise their bets together, someone is likely to quickly run out of chips and leave the game early.

Therefore, Lu Xinyi's strategy is that only 2 out of the 4 people raise the bet. These 2 people are not fixed, but they will raise the bet only if they feel that their hand is relatively strong.

The remaining two players folded, trying to preserve their chips as much as possible.

By having two people raise, they can both preserve their strongest hand and keep raising without revealing their cards, thus creating maximum psychological pressure on Jiang He and her team.

If Jiang He and Qin Yao continue to call, then Lu Xinyi and another player from the third community will continue to raise the bet until everyone runs out of chips.

Given that their hand wasn't strong enough, Jiang He and Qin Yao couldn't possibly gamble away all their chips like that; it was far beyond their psychological limits.

If someone is a seasoned gambler, willing to take extremely high risks, and also possesses excellent acting skills, they might be able to find a way to break the deadlock.

Unfortunately, Jiang He, Qin Yao, and Su Xiucen are not like that; they are all risk-averse players.

Lu Xinyi saw this from the very beginning, which is why she chose this strategy to manipulate them.

"Forget it, let's fold."

Jiang He and Qin Yao ultimately chose to fold, each losing 2000 chips.

The game continues.

Qin Yao lowered her voice: "Sister Jiang He, this won't do, will it? We haven't even revealed our cards yet. If we do, we might not necessarily lose, right?"

Jiang He sighed softly: "But, when the hand isn't strong enough, are you sure you can bear the risk of going all in and looking at the cards?"

Qin Yao was speechless for a moment; clearly, she couldn't do it.

Jiang He lowered her voice: "Now there is only one last way."

"There are still a few games left. If we can get a big hand, we'll go all in and try to win back the chips we lost before."

"I refuse to believe that luck will never be on our side."

Qin Yao thought for a moment: "Then... what qualifies as a big name?"

Jiang He considered for a moment: "To win with certainty... I think we need at least a straight or better."

"After all, it looks like the other side is two people calling, but they are actually choosing the two highest cards from four people's hands. If our hand is just a pair, it might not be safe enough."

Qin Yao nodded: "I understand."

Jiang He leaned closer to Su Xiucen and said the same thing.

Lu Xinyi certainly noticed the whispers around her, but she didn't seem to care. She simply continued to act as the dealer, raise bets, and collect chips as usual.

Soon, eight rounds of the game had passed, and Lu Xinyi's chips were almost piled up into a small mountain. When the cards were dealt again, Jiang He turned them over without any hope.

Then her eyes lit up instantly, and her breathing became rapid.

3 of plum blossoms, 7 of plum blossoms, Q of plum blossoms.

Q big flush!

Although Jiang He didn't play cards much and didn't know the exact probabilities, she knew this was definitely a very strong hand.

The probability that the other six people at the table have a better hand is extremely low.

"Calm down, calm down, don't show it..."

"We can't add too many chips at once, that would be too obvious. We should call first and wait for the other person to gradually increase their bets..."

Jiang He lowered her eyes, looking dejected.

When it was her turn, Jiang He hesitated for a long time before taking out a 1000-coin chip from her own chips and placing it in the betting area.

"I'm calling this round."

However, the next second, everyone folded.

Lu Xinyi smiled and tossed the cards onto the table: "Looks like you had good luck this round. Take these chips; they're all yours."

Jiang He's expression froze instantly.

The robotic arm swept the chips in front of her, but looking at these few 1000 chips, Jiang He felt even worse than if she had lost, even though she had won.

It was as if the last string had snapped, and Jiang He completely collapsed.

Although she had been losing, she still had a glimmer of hope, thinking that if she could get a big hand and go all in with her opponent, she could make back all the losses she had made.

Although she didn't have many chips left, even if she won all her chips, she could only win a few thousand, but that was enough.

But now she realized that she and Lu Xinyi were not even in the same league.

Her psychology was completely under her control, and her poor acting skills couldn't fool anyone at all.

The final round began with the cards being dealt, but Jiang He, Qin Yao, and Su Xiucen were already dejected and completely helpless, only able to hope that the game would end soon.

They each looked at their cards, but the miracle did not happen again.

They are all very ordinary, off-brand products.

"Discard."

"Discard."

"Discard."

A smile appeared on Lu Xinyi's face; she had once again won all the chips.

"Thank you for your hospitality. I hope you will have the opportunity to visit our Community No. 3 in the future."

Jiang He left the gambling table dejectedly, looking at the remaining chips in her hand—14000.

She was lucky; she won the hand with a flush, taking home the entire ante of 6000 chips. Had she not won that hand, she would now only have 8000 chips left.

Qin Yao and Su Xiucen's situation is even worse.

Su Xiucen folded throughout the game, but fortunately only lost the ante, leaving her with 8000 points.

Qin Yao followed Jiang He and placed an additional bet once, leaving her with only 7000 points.

It can be said that they lost miserably.

The three of them lost a total of 26000 chips, which, when converted into visa time, amounts to approximately 18 days.

Jiang He returned to the rest area, looking dejected, and sat down on the sofa.

On the big screen, the game countdown continued to tick.

1:02:59
1:02:58
Because everyone discarded their cards quickly in this multiplayer game, it actually only took about ten minutes, leaving an hour of total game time remaining.

However, Jiang He and the other two could do nothing but wait during this period.

However, at that moment, the previously locked cubicle in the chip exchange area suddenly opened.

"Ok?"

Qin Yao looked over with some surprise.

Lin Sizhi walked out of the cubicle, put her left hand in her suit pocket, and calmly looked around.

(End of this chapter)