Evil Awe-Inspiring

I guess, for people like him, if gamble freely, he’ll bet the chips more than one thousand once a time.

I shrug my shoulders: “How much bets don’t really matter. The more we gamble, the more fun will be? You just want to win them, but you don’t care how much you win.”

Minister Kim is speechless. Winson is staring at me with a grin and suddenly saying: “You words sound to be a little reasonable…”

“Not a little, but a lot.” I laugh and say, “Everyone likes gambling. In fact, it is just like the truth of playing chess. Gambling for win and lose, playing chess for win and lose too. Does the king of chess have to bet a lot of money on every game for get interesting?”

“A thousand, that’s it!” Minister Kim is rubbing his hands and patting the table, “I don’t care how much money, as long as Chen Yang can win both of you, I’ll be very satisfied!”

Winson smiles bitterly: “I don’t care. I’m your guest too. Guest just follows whatever you want.”

Mr. Park talks with Minister Kim for a few words. The guy gives me a very complicated look with a rather impatient expression, but reluctantly agrees for sake of Minister Kim’s face.

The Dealer can’t help saying: “Well… Gentlemen, if your gambles are too little, it’s hard for us to do that.”

Minister Kim looks at her impatiently: “I know, you need to take the commission, how much we need to pay, you just directly deduct from my member account!”

Then he’s shouting: “Deal! Just deal!” Then his face is excited, and eyes are hot.

That dealer looks helpless. Maybe she has never seen such a small bet in such a top casino. She looks at the professional poker cards in her hand. This kind of poker card is specially designed and manufactured for casinos. Every deck is worth several hundreds of monies.

“Show hand! Show hand! I want to beat them all!” Minister Kim is shouting. But them he looks at me awkwardly, “Well, I’m waiting for you to beat them all for me.”

I sigh.

Actually, I’m helpless too.

Don’t I want to play bigger? Like in the movie God of gambling, millions of chips pushing out. Is that scenery? Is that arrogance?

But… I dare not.

If I lose, I would lose Nanny’s money. I’m already very embarrassed. Let me lose millions more. Don’t I need to owe her more?

If I win, that would be even worse! Today is not my fortune luck’s day! Forced use of the ring to win, the side affect next will be enough for me to be unlucky! The more I win, the more side effects I would have!

So, I’m trying to make the bet smaller. In this way, when the side effects of anti-phagocytosis, the end will not be too miserable!

Dealer has begun to shuffle and deal cards. Each of four men is sent a pile of chips, but ridiculously, in this high-end VIP compartment, we are using the lowest value of the small chips. Ten chips per person with one thousand value totally.

We play the show-hand.

The first round, everyone throws a chip out, and then I don’t look at my hidden card at all. The other open card is a red heart K, which is quite big. But this round, Winson’s open card is the biggest. He has a spade A.

His face is calm. I can’t see any ups and downs from his eyes, not even a change of expression. He casually throws out a chip. Others all follow.

There’s nothing to say in the middle. Everyone insists to get the fifth card. But the situation is somewhat complicated now.

Winson’s open cards are a pair of ‘A’ and with two single cards. The hidden card is most likely to have three ‘A’, or a pair of ‘A’ plus another pair.

Minister Kim has bad luck in this round. His open cards are from 8 to K, which is not enough to get the straight. He even hasn’t a pair. Even if his hidden card is ‘K’ to make up a pair of ‘K’, but also no bigger than Winson’s. So, he just simply folds.

Nongda Park’s eyes are shinning. His open cards are a pair of 8 and a pair of 9. This is interesting. Because if his hidden card is 8 or 9, he can win Winson’s for sure. Even just this two pairs, he still has a pretty big chance to win.

And my cards look beautiful. Four cards are 10, J, Q, K, all in red hearts!

Winson looks at my cards and laughs: “It’s a good card. Is it the red heart straight? But the red heart 9 is in Mr. Park’s hand, unless your hidden card is the red heart A. Otherwise, even if you have a straight, but not in same suit, Mr. Park is likely to win you with three plus a pair.”

He’s squinting: “I remember you haven’t seen the hidden card yet. Do you have the skill of card remembering?”

I laugh and say: “Have you already had a pair of A’s? You say it so confident, is your hidden card is the red heart A? So, you’re sure mine is not the red heart straight?”

I laugh calmly.

I don’t look at the hidden card for two reasons.

First, I’ve heard that gamblers are usually psychologists. They can see whether you’re nervous or happy from all the details of your facial expressions, your movements, and so on. Then judge the opponent’s hidden card.

I don’t think I’m a good gambler. I can’t guarantee that my expression will camouflage well, so I just don’t check the hidden card! I don’t even know what my hidden card is. So that others don’t hope to see the ups and downs in my expression from my face.

As for the second reason, I sigh, take my wallet out of my pocket, take out the ring, put it on my finger carefully, and turn it around gently.

“Red heart straight is bigger, you call!” The dealer is looking at me.

I nod, without thinking, and push out all the chips in front of me: “SHOW HAND!”

Alas, it is rare to have such a gambling game, which can behave like a god of gambling. But the bets are too small to feel anything.

Winson gives me a look. He’s squinting and smiling, and then without hesitation to fold the card.

“I don’t like taking risk, fold!”

Nongda Park sits opposite me, looking at me quietly for a moment, then shaking his head, saying something lightly, and then pushing out all the chips in front of him, slowly opening his hidden card.

Three 9 and a pair of 8.

I look at Winson and ask expressionlessly: “What did he say?”

Winson says with smile: “He said, unless you have a red heart A, but he thinks the probability is too small.”

I nod and say lightly: “The probability is small, but does not mean there isn’t.” Then I open the card. It’s just a red heart A!

Nongda Park is expressionlessly still. He’s just staring at me speechlessly. Then he’s laughing.

“He said you are very lucky!” Winson tells me.

“I admit.” I say.

Dealer announces I won, and then pushes all the chips to me. I think about it, and take out a few and throw to Nongda Park: “I lend them to you. Let’s go on.”

His expression becomes very strange.

Minister Kim can’t help laughing and saying: “Funny and interesting! Unexpectedly, Mr. Park has to rely on other people to borrow chips to continue gambling! Ha… ha… hah… hah… I just want to be laughing to death!”

Wear the ring, at the next round, I grab four A, and all of them are the open cards! This is almost the biggest card except the same straight flush! It doesn’t matter what my hidden card is. They three just simply fold.

We restart another new game. I get a pair of ‘A’ and a pair of ‘K’ on the open cards. They three all fold again.

Next round, I get four ‘K’. Their cards are shits still. Fold.

“Damn it.” Minister Kim is touching his chin hard, “You are just like a gambling God attached! Play cards with you, obviously you’re not technical. But you’re so lucky! Every round has the biggest cards! Are you cheating?”

I laugh bitterly: “I’ve been sitting here. The cards are the casino’s. The dealer is also from casino. How can I cheat?”

Winson is suddenly laughing and saying: “OK, I give up!”

He throws the cards on the table: “It’s no fun to keep playing. Chen Yang’s cards are so good. I’ve never seen such good luck.” He pauses and looks at me seriously, “I’ve been watching you. You did not cheat. But that surprised me. How did you do it?”

I shake my head: “I don’t know either. Maybe I’m just lucky enough.”

Winson looks at Minister Kim and says: “Well, Minister Kim, you win! I admit defeat. I think Mr. Park should have the same thought.”

He takes a look at the Korean. Nongda Park is suddenly saying: “Bet something else.”

Dealer immediately says: “Do you want to bet on anything else? Our casino can bet directly on the Major Leagues or Cups in Europe and Asia, as well as the racetrack in Hong Kong and Macau. There are direct remote bets.” She points to a huge TV screen on the wall, “Closed-circuit television here has the satellite signal. We can directly transmit the live of racetracks in Macau or Hong Kong.”

Then she says with smile: “We also have the odds offered by the world’s major gambling companies for your references and choices. We will do our best to meet all your requirements.”

“Play?” Minister Kim thinks about it and looks at his last chip, “I have one hundred left. Winson is the same. Chen Yang has thousands! Even if we gamble on something else, we still won’t win much unless we have a much higher odds.”

Winson suddenly says: “Don’t be so complicated. We don’t bet the amount. Let’s bet the odds!”