The Book of Appreciation

Fishing with dad, drinking with friends, cooking with mom, uh, this is Wen Lan's task... The days went by day by day, ten days later, when he and Wen Lan returned to the capital At that time, he found that he had gained at least five catties of flesh. .

The gambling master that Chang Lao invited for him arrived in Beijing at the same time as him. It was Dongfang Lie, a generation of gambling king who was known as the number one master in China's gambling world and who was given the title Goldfinger!

Dongfang Lie is a black, thin, middle-aged man with plain clothes and no good looks. He is not tall, only about 1.7 meters, but his hands are surprisingly big. He is probably able to grab a basketball with one hand like those basketball players.

Seeing Wu Di paying attention to his hands, Dongfang Lie smiled slightly and said:

"Since you pay attention to my hands, let's start with these hands. What do you think these hands can do in a game of gambling?"

A scene that often appeared on TV suddenly appeared before Wu Di's eyes. Among the playing cards flying all over the sky, one hand stretched and retracted four times like lightning, and grabbed back a handful of big aces. Then, with a light lift, four thin cards The thin playing cards were nailed to the concrete wall like four Xiao Li flying knives with aggressive sounds!

"Hehe, young man, it seems that you have been poisoned by the TV very badly! Let me tell you, these hands can start to work when rolling dice, but at other times, they are just hands."

Wu Di nodded, it seems that it can also be used as a starting point when it is out of the thousand. It is good to hide the cards!But with the current equipment in the casino, unless you have colluded with them in advance, going out is purely courting death.

"It turns out that gambling is all about sharp eyesight and quick hands. But now, everything that can be replaced by machines is replaced by machines, especially the stud you want to learn. Relying on eyes and hands is no longer effective. What's more, in such a short period of time , It is almost impossible to exercise your eyesight."

Wu Di thought of those masters on TV who could see and remember a few cards when they were shuffling the cards, or could see some clues when the cards were dealt... If this is the so-called eyesight that Dongfang Lie mentioned, it will be true in the short term. It is impossible to work out.But he is different, not to mention looking at a few cards when shuffling by hand, even if it is now shuffled by a machine, he is still a generation of super genius who knows which card he wants to know!

"Eye does not only refer to these. In fact, after switching to machine shuffling, the trick of looking at cards and counting cards is no longer available. Now eyesight refers to your observation of the surrounding environment, opponents, and the game. and reading skills. At the end of the day, gambling is a game of mind and calculation.”

When Wu Di heard it, he nodded his head, you can be regarded as talking about the root, I came to you, this is what I want to learn!

"Then, let's start today's first class, the purpose of gambling! Mr. Wu, what is the purpose of gambling?"

"The purpose of gambling, isn't the purpose to win money? If you lose every day, who will gamble?"

Seeing Dongfang Lie looking at him with a half-smile, he suddenly thought of those gamblers who often hang around in various casinos, and quickly added:

"Those old gamblers don't count."

"Old gamblers don't count? Do you think people who usually participate in gambling games are not old gamblers?"

Wu Di scratched his head, too, you said most of these people are losers, why are they still so addicted?Could it be that the purpose of their gambling is to enjoy themselves?

"That's right, for the vast majority of gamblers, they just want to have fun! Of course, those who lose money and want to get rich overnight are not counted, they don't even have the qualifications to be called gamblers! But you In the future, it is very likely that you will face some professional gamblers, and these people are different, their purpose of gambling has always been only one, to win!"

Wu Di heaved a sigh of relief. After all, he still wants to win. What's the difference between what I said?

"Winning is completely different from what you said about winning. Our first lesson today is to let you figure out the difference between the two. Your winning is..."

Dongfang Lie continued talking, and Wu Di nodded mechanically. It turns out that there are so many ways here, but what does it have to do with me?As long as I can count cards, is there a time when I can't win when I go to the gambling table?

"The purpose of gambling is clear, so let's see how to achieve the goal of winning. This is the second lesson of today, how to win?"

Wu Di concentrated his attention, and it was the critical moment.

"In this way, assuming that you are a very good gambler and participate in a time-limited stud game with five players, all of whom are a bit behind you, do you think you can win?"

Wu Di hesitated for a moment, and tried to say:

"It should be fine, right?"

Dongfang Lie then asked again:

"If these four people are at your level, or even better than you, do you think you can win?"

Wu Di shook his head. In this case, without cheats, he probably couldn't win.In fact, it is the first situation. If the master is unlucky, or if several other people have a certain tacit understanding, it will be difficult for him to win. The key lies in the word time limit.

"That's right, in fact, any game has a time limit, but no one pays attention. You think, even if you play cards with your friends, you can't keep playing forever, right? It's just that the time is compared to professional games. , may grow a little bit longer. Then, in this limited time, it is very likely that if you seize a chance, you will be invincible, and it is also very likely that you will be lost forever!"

Following Dongfang Lie's explanation, Wu Di finally understood the various traps in Stud. It doesn't mean that if you have a good card, you will definitely win, and it doesn't mean that you will lose if you have a bad card.Even if you are a god and can clearly see everyone's hole cards, but you can't see the opponent's psychology clearly, and you can't grasp the timing of advance and retreat, you will still lose a lot!

To give a very simple example, when you hold a big deck of cards, because your opponent has seen it and no one follows it, of course you won't win much money.When someone else holds a big card, it is because you knew in advance that you were not fooled, but someone else successfully lured another company to make a big bet.If you are always like this and can't seize the opportunity to lure cards, then congratulations, when the game is over, you will be very happy to find that you have been eliminated!

This kind of situation is absolutely possible, and the opponents Wu Di will face in the future are likely to be players sent in by major casinos. If you want to lure their cards, you really need some skill.Coupled with the fact that someone folded in the middle of the game, the cards changed and the winning or losing was affected. If he wanted to be the winner of the antique gambling competition with all odds, he not only had to work hard, but also needed the blessing of the goddess of luck!

One day of teaching made Wu Di understand the severity of the situation. This rule is really important, and he must be familiar with calculation and analysis as much as possible on the premise of thoroughly understanding the rules.When will you be able to quickly guess based on the opponent's two or three cards, whether he will fold halfway, which card will be folded, and what will happen after the fold? At this time, Only then can he say that he has a five-point chance of winning!

***, I thought it was a gift for him, but I didn't expect it to send his brain cells to death!

Wen Lan saw that Wu Di's expression was not very good, knowing that he was worried about the future gambling competition, so she gently persuaded:

"Adi, don't be so nervous, it doesn't matter if you lose. I heard them say that when playing cards, the more you want to win, the more you can't win. Gambling requires a normal heart. Besides, your current antiques open a museum It's enough..."

Wu Di smiled wryly and nodded, without speaking.Why doesn't he understand this truth?But when he thinks that these peerless treasures are likely to be obtained only once in this life, how do you let his heart calm down?It might be better if they are all treasures of foreigners, but if there are treasures from China, what do you ask him to do?

"Gambling is all about psychology. When a master who is driven to a dead end and must win meets a master of the same level who cannot be decisively affected by winning or losing, the fate can be imagined. But when everyone is in a situation where they must win In a difficult situation, the person who is more able to control his emotions will obviously have a higher winning rate. So I advise you not to take gambling so simply, you may get nothing in this competition."

Wu Di smiled indifferently, you said that I can't believe everything in me, as for nothing?Oh, that's simply impossible!

Dongfang Lie knew his reaction without looking at him, so he said with a smile:

"Don't believe me? How about we analyze it based on the actual situation of the game?"

Analysis is analysis, I have clairvoyant eyes, if you don't know this, you will never be able to analyze what my cards are!

"Needless to say the first round, with your attainments in antique appraisal, you will definitely not lose. Let's start directly from the second round."

Dongfang Lie took a sip of tea, drew more than a dozen circles and five triangles on the blackboard.

"Assume that the dozen or so circles are ordinary people participating in the gambling game, and the five triangles are the insiders sent by those casinos. Five, isn't that much?"

Wu Di nodded. If there are many people who sign up for the competition, the casino is likely to squeeze in more people.

"In the second round, there are ten antiques to compete for. Everyone has two of their own antiques as chips, and as long as their bet is still there, they can participate in the competition for any one of the antiques. There is no doubt about that, right? Then, it is very likely that there will be a large number of people competing for each antique!"

Seeing Wu Di nodding in approval, he went on to say:

"There are too many people participating in the competition. Naturally, it is impossible to use a one-on-one duel. According to Stud's practice, this kind of situation generally adopts a five-person table, and the winner will fight again to determine the outcome. Also That is to say, it is similar to the rules of the third round. And the problem is precisely here, they set up a gamble for you to lose!"