my old life

Chapter 2127
I sat by the pool and lit a cigarette, and when I thought about it, it wouldn't do me any good to beat Mike here.

I used to be wary of Dumb everywhere, because his Qianshu strength is above mine, and I know that feeling better than anyone else!
Not everyone in this world can be tolerant, and not everyone can accept the existence of someone stronger than themselves!
What's more, I may not be able to win against Mike, even if I lose, I will lose more beautifully, and maybe I can learn a trick!
As the saying goes, the opponent is the best trainer. I am looking forward to the fight with Mike, and I am looking forward to exposing his so-called 'superpower'.

"Hi." Suddenly someone greeted me from behind, and when I turned around, it was Celnisa.

"Hello, I'm a devout believer." I said something with a smile, not sure if she could understand.

"Hello, I know you Gao Gao." She greeted her in Chinese with a broken voice, and I guess Gao Gao meant happy.

"I'm very happy, too, I'm happy!" I said with a smile, not meant to tease her, language barrier is a normal phenomenon.

"I like Kyushu Kingdom very much, and Kyushu Kungfu." She touched her nose with her thumb and made a signature move of Bruce Lee.

I felt good from the first time I saw her, but she is Mike's lover, so I can't get too close to her, this is the rules of the world.

In fact, the human heart and human nature are interlinked. No matter where people come from, as long as they are human, they cannot escape their selfish and greedy nature.

"My friend, come and find me when you have time, and I'll treat you to dinner." Tianer Nisha spoke in blunt Chinese, which made me feel awkward!
"This, I don't need this..." I thought to myself that Mike asked her to come, right?Eating ' ' as soon as we met, isn't that too open?
At this moment, Bai Xingchen came running back, and I immediately stood up and left the beach chair. I couldn't stand Sweet Ernisha's 'enthusiastic' invitation.

"How is it?" I asked in a low voice, and took a few deep breaths before adjusting my mentality.

"Mike please come over, let's go."

"it is good!"

I followed Bai Xingchen into the villa, and everyone else was outside the villa, it seemed that they were going to swim by the swimming pool.

When I came to the second floor of the villa, I saw Mike sitting on the sofa, and Jennifer was standing beside... There was an unopened pack of playing cards on the table.

"Please sit down." Mike stood up politely to greet me, and I nodded and sat on the sofa facing him.

Originally, Mike was wearing a black bathrobe, but now he has changed into a white shirt, and there is a folded towel with black and white stripes on his chest.

It stands to reason that shirts are not as convenient as bathrobes for hiding cards, and the wider the cuffs, the easier it is to make moves, but the disadvantage is that movements that are too large tend to leave traces of inertia.

From this detail, it can be seen that Mike is serious about his preparations. This attitude is the greatest respect for me. Regardless of winning or losing, the attitude is very important first!
"Mike, what do you want to play?" I asked with a smile, and I took out a cigarette and handed it over.

"How about poker? Let's learn from each other."

"Okay!"

In fact, my strong point is playing poker, no matter what kind of game is played, as long as it is poker, because my thousand skills are tailor-made for poker.

"Let's play five-card Stud, OK?" Mike asked in blunt Chinese, and it was obvious that he was very polite to me.

"no problem."

The five-card Stud rules are similar to those of Texas Hold'em. In fact, Stud has been around for a long time before Texas Hold'em and is very popular in the West.

The rules of Stud are the same as those of Texas Hold'em, but there is no community card in Stud, and the cards dealt to each player are different.

"How about no one using twenty chess pieces as chips? One chess piece represents five hundred, and whoever loses first will lose. This is what Mike means."

Jennifer took out black and white chess pieces, which I saw to be the kind used to play Go.

"Okay, it's all about playing each other anyway!" I nodded to show that it was okay, and Jennifer counted out twenty chess pieces and placed them in front of each other.

In fact, this is a test of competition. If you can pass the test, Mike will let me stay and take a share. If you fail, you can only pack up and leave.

I don't think it's easy to get a share of their mature poker player group. I also know that I don't have Bai Xingchen's ability to fly over the wall, so I can only rely on my own thousand skills!
"Ante a chess piece, how about I help you deal the cards?" Jennifer asked with a smile, it seemed that she wanted to act as a middleman, but it would be unwise to be generous at this time.

"Let Bai Xingchen come. You and I know him well and know that his hands are clean." I said with a smile, motioning for Jennifer to translate to Mike.

After some translation, Mike nodded and said that Bai Xingchen could deal the cards.

I made an ante with one piece, and Mike made the same ante, and it was a quick game of twenty.

Bai Xingchen took apart the cards and began to shuffle them. After removing the big and small queens, there were 52 cards left. His method of shuffling the cards was very unfamiliar.

Neither Mike nor I touched the cards. The first hand was absolutely clean. In fact, the cheating and stealing were all carried out in the hand.

Jennifer briefly explained the rules of dealing the cards, and Bai Xingchen was ready to start dealing the cards.

The first card is a hidden card. Mike and I each have a hidden card. This card is also the key to deciding the outcome.

I was not in a hurry to see the first card dealt, because Mike didn't mean to look at the hole cards, and I was not in a hurry to look at the hole cards at the beginning of the "discussion".

"Coffee, thank you." Mike turned his head and said something, and Jennifer immediately came over to ask.

"Would you like coffee?"

"No, give me a glass of water."

It is unwise to drink other people's coffee at this time, because you never know what will be in the other's coffee, and don't try lightly, including all strong-flavored stimulating drinks.

"I want a cup of coffee, add double sugar for me!" Bai Xingchen muttered, and Jennifer nodded to indicate that it was okay.

Compared to my cautiousness, Bai Xingchen did not participate in tonight's discussion, and his relationship with Mike and others is also more familiar.

However, in Jianghu, I always firmly believe in one sentence, the enemy of the enemy must not be the enemy, but the friend of the friend is not necessarily the friend!

The second card is a bright card, I have a J Mike and a 3, and we are ready to look at the first hole card after getting the second card.

Most people are used to using the second card as a 'shovel' to open the first hole card, and use the second card as a cover for the hole card in their hands, but I habitually cover the head of the card with my hand.

The necessary condition for making a thousand is to cover the heads of the cards, so that no poker can be exposed, otherwise others will clearly see how the poker bounced into the cuff...

"Ahem!" Mike suddenly coughed, and took out the handkerchief in his shirt pocket to cover his mouth.

I was subconsciously attracted by the sound of his coughing, and at the same time, a trickster must never leave his eyes away from his opponent. Once he leaves, he will give him a chance to cheat.

I feel that the style of his hand towel is very special. I thought it was black and white stripes, but after unfolding it, I found out that there are magic square patterns of different sizes in the middle.

"Is your hole card a jack? You have a pair of jacks." Mike shook his handkerchief after speaking, and I glanced at the hole card, and it turned out to be a jack.

"Who knows, now I have a higher card than you, so let's use a pawn first."

In Stud, whoever has the higher card on the second card decides how much to bet first, and the others decide to follow or not.

"With you, you can't win with a pair of jacks." Mike said with a smile, and his Chinese became very fluent at this time.

"Not necessarily." I said with a smile, and at the same time Jennifer came over with a few glasses of water.

Mike's and Bai Xingchen's are coffee, mine is a glass of water, but I have no intention of picking up the water glass to take a sip.

Just now I asked for water just out of politeness, it would be too unreasonable to directly refuse anything, if I don’t refuse, no one can say anything if I don’t drink it.

After Mike called, Jennifer signaled Bai Xingchen to deal the third card. Except for the first hole card which was a hidden card, the rest of the cards were dealt open.

I stretched pretending to be relaxed, but in fact I was staring at Mike nervously, because Bai Xingchen said that he has the ability of 'super power', I have to be careful!
As the saying goes, be careful sailing for thousands of years, this time I must not be careless in the "discussion"!

(End of this chapter)