Shao Qingge exchanged 50 million gold coins with the dealer on the spot, giving him 50 more chips. Although 50 million gold coins is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, he still had the fewest chips at the card table.
Li Mo, number 1, had over 500 chips piled up in front of him, ten times more than Shao Qingge.
Ms. Zhang (No. 2) and Ms. Wang (No. 7) have been playing very cautiously. Although they haven't had any big wins, they haven't lost much either. They currently have about 300 chips left. Ms. Wang (No. 4) and Ms. Wang (No. 5) have about the same amount.
There are about 150 in front of Yu Hanjiang, number 3.
Bald Uncle Chen, number 8, plays a very aggressive style and often stays in the game until the very end. When he's lucky, he can win a lot in one hand, but he also often calls and loses a lot. Overall, he loses more than he wins and currently only has 120 chips left.
Seeing Shao Qingge exchanging money, Uncle Chen said to the croupier, "Give me 80 coins too, to make it a round number!"
Plum Blossom Youth gave him 80 gold coins.
Uncle Chen looked at the tall stack of chips in front of Li Mo and said, "Mr. Li, you're having a lucky day. You've won so much?"
Li Mo smiled gentlemanly: "It's only 10:30 now. It's not certain whether I can keep these chips until the end. Fortune changes, maybe next round, Uncle Chen, your luck will improve and you'll win them all back."
Uncle Chen laughed and said, "Thank you for your kind words."
Everyone joked around while waiting for Plum Blossom Youth to shuffle the deck.
The boy was wearing gloves, and his shuffling technique was very standard.
Shao Qingge noticed that after he lost all his chips, Bald Uncle Chen clearly stopped paying attention to him and instead stared at Li Mo with shining eyes. At the same time, the other people around him also paid less attention to him.
Shao Qingge's smile remained unchanged, but he felt much more relaxed inside. He needed to wait for another opportunity.
In the following rounds, Yu Hanjiang and Shao Qingge continued to fold. Players 2, 4, 5, and 7 each won a few rounds, but due to poor hand types and low betting amounts, the competition was not particularly intense.
Shao Qingge folded more than ten times in a row, seemingly indicating a very bad hand.
The big blind and small blind are mandatory bets. When it's their turn, they have to bet 4 chips and 2 chips respectively. After two rounds and more than ten rounds, Shao Qingge was forced to bet another 12 chips, which were essentially thrown away. He only had 38 chips left.
The time has come to 10:50.
After a relatively mild 20-minute hand, Shao Qingge became the dealer in this round.
His next opponent, number 7 Wang, is the small blind, number 8 Bald Uncle Chen is the big blind, and number 1 Li Mo is the first to speak.
In the hole round, each person received two cards. After everyone looked at their cards, Li Mo smiled and said, "Call."
The minimum call amount in the first round is 4 chips. Since the community cards haven't been revealed yet, no one knows what cards will be revealed. Unless you have a very good starting hand like AA, there's no need to raise.
After one round, all eight people gently called with four chips to see their cards.
The flop came with spade 4, spade 7, spade 10.
I actually found three spades!
If someone has two spades in their hole cards, they can immediately draw a flush!
There's a high chance of a straight appearing on this face. If the bottom cards are 5 and 6, you can wait for an 8 to complete a straight of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. If the bottom cards are 8 and 9, you can wait for a Jack to complete a straight of 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack...
If you're just one card away from having a straight, most people will choose to call and take a gamble.
The person who gets a flush in their hole cards will definitely raise.
After seeing the community cards, Li Mo, who was the first to speak, calmly said, "Call."
He didn't raise significantly, which means he probably drew two cards that could make a straight and was betting on it. Or he drew a pair to make three of a kind. If he had a double- spade flush at the start, he wouldn't have refrained from raising.
Mr. Zhang, No. 2: "Follow."
Yu Hanjiang, No. 3: "Follow."
After a round, everyone followed along, and Shao Qingge also joined in with 400.
The turn, the fourth card: Red Heart Ace.
A card that has nothing to do with straights or flushes might allow someone to make AAA Three of a Kind.
Li Mo (No. 1): "Call".
He didn't raise his bet. When it was number 2's turn, the short-haired Mr. Zhang also simply placed 4 chips: "Call".
Yu Hanjiang calmly replied, "Follow."
Numbers 4 and 5 also chose to follow.
Shao Qingge gently touched the cards on the table, glanced thoughtfully at Yu Hanjiang, and narrowed his eyes: "Raise, 8."
He had the fewest chips in the game. In a hand with so many people following, he shouldn't have participated. There were so many hands that could be formed, including flushes and straights... But he not only called, he also raised.
His teammates couldn't help but feel worried when they saw this.
Old Mo, who wasn't very knowledgeable about cards, said bluntly, " CEO Shao still has too few chips. He only had 38 chips at the start, then called with 4 chips on the hole cards and flop, and now he's raised with 8 chips. He only has 22 chips left..."
His teammates looked at the meager chips in front of him, compared to the huge stacks of chips in front of the others.
The stakes on the mountain are so high that I can't help but feel a little anxious.
Liu Qiao said, "If someone raises the bet, CEO Shao will be in a very passive position. Given his personality, if he gets a spade flush at the start, he might go all in, but he just raises. I don't think he has a flush; it's more like he's waiting for a straight."
Qu Wanyue said softly, "The two cards in your hand and the existing community cards cannot be used to form a straight. There should be several people here who are missing one card to form a straight. In this kind of game that is purely based on luck, why did CEO Shao raise the bet?"
Who can guarantee that the last card will be a straight?
Ye Qi was extremely worried, but didn't know what to say, his eyes fixed on Shao Qingge.
Xiao Lou gently patted his shoulder and said to his teammates, "Don't worry, everyone. CEO Shao probably has his own plans."
Ye Qi nodded vigorously, his eyes wide as he stared at the community cards on the table, his fists clenched, as if facing a formidable enemy. Although Shao Qingge was sitting at the table, Ye Qi's heart was in his throat, fearing that CEO Shao would lose everything again…
After Shao Qingge raises to 8, everyone up to the big blind must also call 8 to finish the turn.
Fortunately, 8 chips is an acceptable amount. For the wealthy players, spending 8 chips to follow up to the next round is no big deal. As expected, players 7 and 8 both chose to follow, each throwing in 8 chips.
On the river, the last card was: Diamonds J.
Once you get Diamonds J, it's impossible to make a straight flush with pure black sugar; at most, you can make a straight with mixed suits.
Player 1, Li Mo, folded immediately, and Player 2, Zhang, also folded decisively, probably because they were waiting for a straight but didn't get one.
Yu Hanjiang calmly said, "Call." Then he decisively pushed 8 chips into the pot.
Mr. Liu, number 4, folded.
Number 5 folded.
When it was Shao Qingge's turn (number 6), he suddenly smiled and pushed all 22 chips in his hand into the pot: "All in!"
here we go again...
The bigwigs present all sighed inwardly at the same time.
This man with a peculiar demeanor seems to have a particular fondness for going all-in. He won two of his previous three all-in bets, but lost everything in the final one. With only 22 of the 50 chips he just redeemed left, he went all-in again. Wasn't he afraid of losing it all again?
Ms. Wang, number 7, had been fooled by Shao Qingge before. That time, she was intimidated by Shao Qingge's all-in and didn't dare call, even though her hand was actually the strongest. Shao Qingge was bluffing with a terrible hand, and she could have won tens of millions. It was because she was too cautious that she missed a huge opportunity to win big.
Mr. Wang frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Call."
Her hand was excellent this time. She started with an 8 and a 9, forming a possible straight with the community cards 7 and 10. If she got another Jack or a 6, she could complete the straight. Since she finally got the Jack, there was no reason for her to fold. Besides, even if Shao Qingge went all in, it would only be 22 coins. She had enough chips and didn't believe Shao Qingge had a flush, especially considering Shao Qingge's history of bluffing!
Needless to say, Mr. Chen, number 8, once he calls, he'll stubbornly stick with it until the very last round. He needs to see everyone's hands, and without even blinking, he counts out 30 chips from in front of him and throws them into the pot with a "whoosh": "Call!"
There are five players remaining on the field: 3, 6, 7, and 8.
Since Shao Qingge went all in, the call amount reached 22 chips. Everyone else either had to fold or call with the same 30 chips to finish the final river round and reveal their hands.
Both number 7 and number 8 followed.
When it was Yu Hanjiang's turn to speak, his teammates looked at him nervously.
Everyone thought Yu Hanjiang would fold, but instead, he calmly said, "Call."
His actions surprised Li Mo. In Li Mo's memory, this man was very steady, so steady that he was almost like a robot. He had never seen Yu Hanjiang raise or go all in on anything too exciting. Yu Hanjiang seemed to only know how to say "call" and "fold".
22 coins, a quota of 22 million, and he actually participated too? Li Mo looked at Yu Hanjiang thoughtfully.
No one raised the bet, and the river round ended.
Plum Blossom Youth said, "Show your hand."
Everyone wanted to see Shao Qingge's cards first, and all eyes turned to him.
Shao Qingge laughed and said, "Let's see what you guys do first. I'm the bookmaker, and I'll flip the board last."
Uncle Chen said jokingly, " Is CEO Shao bluffing again this time?"
Shao Qingge coughed lightly: "How could that be?"
Uncle Chen urged, "Hurry up and flip it over. We need to see your cards to feel at ease."
Shao Qingge had no choice but to turn over his hand.
One diamond 2 and one diamond 4.
Everyone: "......"
Isn't this just another bluff?!
The teammates watching from the sidelines in the lounge almost all fell over.
Uncle Chen burst into laughter: "You really were bluffing, haha, I wasn't scared by your all-in!"
Shao Qingge sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation: "I thought you would believe me if I said I had the same hand."
Upon discovering that Shao Qingge was bluffing so boldly, Mr. Wang, number 7, breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to turn over his cards, saying, "My cards are a straight of 7, 8, 9, 10, and J."
Uncle Chen looked dejected: "What a coincidence, I also have a straight of 7, 8, 9, 10, J!"
Their hands happened to both have 8s and 9s, forming a four-of-a-kind with the community cards 7 and 10. They were just waiting for a Jack to complete the straight, and finally they got it.
Even when Shao Qingge went all in, the betting amount of 22 million was very high, and the two of them followed suit without hesitation.
The two are debating who wins when their cards are the same.
Then the dealer coldly said, "Number 3, please show your card."
Everyone turned their attention to Yu Hanjiang, who had been calling the bet all along. It was almost forgotten that he had also been calling until the very end.
Yu Hanjiang turned over his hand.
Ace of Spades, spade Q.
His final hand was: A, Q, 10, 7, 4, a spade!
A flush beats a straight, regardless of whether your 7th and 8th hands are the same. Yu Hanjiang's flush is always higher than yours.
The dealer announced, "Number 3 wins."
Bald Uncle Chen nearly coughed up blood when he saw the sea of spades in front of Yu Hanjiang!
Yu Hanjiang calmly gathered the chips on the table in front of him.
Uncle Chen looked at Yu Hanjiang and said in disbelief, "I didn't expect this! Mr. Yu remained calm and collected, only calling and not raising... You started with such a strong flush, with an Ace of Spades, and you actually managed to resist raising?!"
Yu Hanjiang said calmly, "I like to know when to stop while I'm ahead."
Shao Qingge said with a bitter face, "Sigh, I've lost all my chips again... Young master, please give me another 50 chips, let's see how long I can last."
The teammates in the rest room looked completely bewildered.
CEO Shao... lost everything again. Everyone should be upset.
But in this round, Captain Yu won over 200 chips, instantly becoming the second-largest winner after Li Mo!
So, overall, is this game a win?
Ye Qi scratched his head in confusion: " CEO Shao lost his money to Captain Yu, it seems... acceptable?"
Looking at Yu Hanjiang's calm expression, Xiao Lou couldn't help but smile slightly: "I understand. CEO Shao went all in because he guessed that Captain Yu had the strongest hand and was helping Captain Yu raise his stakes."
Upon hearing this, the teammates suddenly understood.
Ye Qi exclaimed excitedly, " Captain Yu plays very steadily, rarely raising, usually folding or calling. CEO Shao is quite reckless, going all-in several times. Just now, when he went all-in, everyone's attention was drawn to him, and they overlooked Captain Yu calling! In fact, Captain Yu is the biggest shark in this hand!"
Bald Uncle Chen had just asked, "Mr. Yu, with such a good hand, why didn't you raise?"
In fact, Yu Hanjiang does not need to add a bet.
He always played very steadily; if he raised, the players behind him might think he had a super strong hand and calmly fold. But Shao Qingge was different; he always played recklessly.
And here we are, Shao Qingge has gone all in again!
On the surface, Shao Qingge was playing recklessly, going all-in frequently, seemingly becoming a professional all-in player. In this round, no one would associate his all-in with Yu Hanjiang; they would only wonder if he had a strong hand or was bluffing.
When it turns out he was bluffing, everyone will just laugh and say, "Your plan didn't work." The wealthy might even gloat over Shao Qingge's all-in loss.
No one knew that Shao Qingge was actually using this method to increase Yu Hanjiang's leverage.
Yu Hanjiang remained calm, quietly calling and keeping a low profile, making everyone think he was just waiting for a straight. Shao Qingge raised once and went all in once, raising the call amount for two consecutive rounds, essentially acting as a tool for Yu Hanjiang to raise.
—He sacrificed everything to give his teammates the best chance of winning.
This is the tacit understanding between Yu Hanjiang and Shao Qingge.
Shao Qingge's consecutive all-in moves attracted the attention of the wealthy players, while Yu Hanjiang quietly won the game without making a sound.
One person dressed as a shark jumps around in front of everyone, unaware that a real shark is silently following behind them.
Their biggest advantage at this poker table is actually their teammates.