Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

In recent weeks, Chen Yiran has noticed that Jasmine's emotions have become more varied and less rigid than before.

For example, right now, she's still complaining incessantly.

Probability theory isn't wrong; what's wrong is the card cutting, and what's wrong is the world itself. Go to Texas Hold'em; it's player-versus-player, the casino only takes a cut, and that's where math truly matters.

Chen Yiran said helplessly, "Sigh, I originally wanted to play myself. My Texas level is good enough that I don't need you, so there shouldn't be any problem."

This isn't bragging; before his rebirth, when he was in the US, Chen Yiran really enjoyed playing Texas Hold'em. He almost always won at tables with 1-2 dollar blinds or 2-5 dollar blinds.

After returning to China, although cash games were a bit risky and he didn't dare to play them, he participated in several tournaments, both big and small.

They made it into the money several times, and even reached the final table in the Shark Cup in Taizhou and the National Cup in Hengdian.

Moreover, the overall level of cash games now is definitely not comparable to what it will be a few years from now.

Because a few years later, GTO, or game theory optimal strategy, emerged.

This theory stems from Nash equilibrium, where when both players make optimal decisions, unilaterally changing their strategies will not improve their payoff. It originated from a study conducted by a group of scholars at the University of Alberta out of sheer boredom, and the paper was only published last year.

The whole world is still following the exploitative path, looking for the weaknesses of its opponents and exploiting them to the death.

GTO takes the completely opposite approach: instead of finding your weaknesses, it makes itself invincible. The starting hand range for each position is accurate to a percentage, and the betting frequency and sizing for each street are calculated to be optimal using probability trees. The hybrid strategy ensures that there is no causal relationship between the cards in your hand and your facial expressions.

If you had to describe GTO in one word, it would be balance. At this point, even some of the best players have a vague sense of it, but they still haven't developed a complete strategy.

It wasn't until several years later that GTO software appeared sporadically. Then, in 2015, Modern Poker Theory made GTO strategies the bible of modern poker. In 2017, Carnegie Mellon University's AI used this strategy to completely dominate four top human players in heads-up play.

From then on, Texas Hold'em became a balanced game, and whoever wanted to GTO more could win.

However, playing like this would indeed be quite boring. Chen Yiran walked into the Texas Hold'em hall while pondering whether or not to give Jasmine face.

This area is located at the very back of the casino. The thick doors shut out the noise from outside. Although it's not exactly quiet inside, compared to the atmosphere outside, it feels more like the murder mystery game shop he was in before his rebirth, where everyone is scheming against each other.

Chen Yiran went straight to 5/10 No-Limit Texas Hold'em, took out two thousand chips and went to the table.

There were already six people sitting at the table, five of whom looked like professional poker players.

Not the kind of super-rich people you see on TV, but they can still make ten or twenty thousand a month playing Texas.

The sixth person is interesting; Chen Yiran knows him.

Zhou Yiming was quite a prominent figure in Los Angeles in his past life. Chen Yiran had encountered him twice at casinos and heard that he frequently ran smuggling operations. His hallmark was that he always had a driver and bodyguards, which was extremely unusual in the US. After all, people in Silicon Valley with net worths of hundreds of millions of dollars usually didn't hire bodyguards unless they were going to special areas.

In short, it's very stylish.

His family background is also shrouded in mystery. The most plausible explanation is that his parents were leaders of a state-owned pharmaceutical factory in Guangzhou. They embezzled, accepted bribes, and even did some more outrageous things—in short, they made a fortune.

Then he was arrested in 2012. Zhou Yiming escaped because he always used a foreign passport and managed to flee by plane. This is quite possible; several people who stayed at his house said he was incredibly extravagant, with passports scattered everywhere.

I bought everything from Nauru, Dominica, Vanuatu, Saint Lucia, and all sorts of small island nations.

However, the story of his parents not escaping is a bit dramatic. It is said that they had already reached international waters by boat, but the elderly mother was worried about her son and made a phone call to him, which led to her being caught after her phone signal was detected.

Chen Yiran now feels that these rumors might be somewhat credible, because Zhou Yiming, whose parents have not yet been arrested, has not yet hired bodyguards. He probably hired bodyguards later because he was afraid of being harassed by the National Security Bureau.

Chen Yiran did not change his strategy just because he had found a big fish. He decided to give Jasmine face and fully implement Jasmine's GTO strategy.

But after sitting for five minutes, Chen Yiran found it a little funny.

The atmosphere at this table was too strange, because Zhou Yiming practically had his foolishness and wealth written all over his face.

The remaining five players started rolling for cards desperately, hoping to get a chance to go heads-up with Zhou Yiming.

This actually caused some of them to lose their composure and fight rather aggressively.

Chen Yiran remained unmoved, playing steadily and methodically. In the first hour, he didn't have any big-name players, but he still won over two hundred.

However, in the second hour, after his luck improved, the situation changed dramatically.

The seasoned player in sportswear was the first to collapse. He lost two hands in a row and only had a little bit of chips left. He hesitated for a while between going all in and going home, or cutting his losses and going home, but in the end, he picked up his chips and left.

To be honest, it's not easy to have this kind of self-control; he must be making a living off Texas.

Then everyone at the table gradually became a little bewildered, and a few people who wanted to fish suddenly realized that a big shark was chasing them from behind.

Zhou Yiming started talking to Chen Yiran halfway through, and Chen Yiran chatted with him in a casual manner.

Chen Yiran didn't have any prejudice against these descendants of corrupt officials who had escaped. To be honest, if he put himself in their shoes, he wasn't sure if he would be willing to hand over tens or even hundreds of millions of yuan in embezzled funds.

But getting too close to him was out of the question. When Hannah and the others came to find Chen Yiran, Zhou Yiming asked for his phone number, saying they could play cards together sometime.

Chen Yiran brushed it off by saying he wasn't from Los Angeles.

Hannah and her friends actually won, and won by a lot!

Hannah excitedly showed off her chips to Chen Yiran, saying, "Didn't you text us saying you were coming to play Texas Hold'em? So I said I'd come find you. Then on the way, I saw one of those Texas Hold'em games where you play against the dealer, so I dragged the two of them into playing a couple of rounds."

They both won on roulette and dice, but I lost. I thought I was having bad luck today, but then I hit a royal flush! 500 to 1, I bet 25, and that won me 12500.

Sigh, Chen Yiran was speechless. Sure enough, nothing beats good luck.

The cunning casino had no windows or clocks, which made the group lose their sense of time. When they took out their phones, they realized it was already midnight.

Everyone had a great time and had even won money, so they went to the cash window to exchange their chips for cash and went back to rest.

Of course, it's impossible for the two couples to go to sleep quietly in their excitement after winning money.

Chen Yiran had to admit that he had some mischievous thoughts, but the other three girls didn't seem to have any of them, which was a bit of a shame.

He could only channel his grief and anger into his power, relentlessly tormenting Hannah.

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The next day, all four of them slept until the afternoon before getting up. Sophia and Emily looked at Hannah and Chen Yiran with mischievous smiles.

"Why are you two so late getting up? Oh dear, you were up to no good last night."

Chen Yiran was speechless. The two of them had clearly come out later and had done more bad things last night.

Hannah, with a touch of bravado, said, "Stand up straight, ladies! You can't imagine what it'll feel like!"

Sure enough, when girls get all flirty, boys have nothing to do with it. Chen Yiran quickly used the excuse of calling a taxi to go to the front desk and let the three sisters have a few private words first.

The front desk called a car for them, which was included in the hotel's services.

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at Palm Springs and went straight to the must-see attraction, the aerial tramway.

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is the world's largest rotating cable car. It takes 10 minutes to ascend from the bottom of a desert valley to the top of San Jacinto. The cabins rotate on their own during the ascent; those with a fear of heights would likely faint inside the cabin looking at the rotating cliff.

Another very peculiar experience was that just 10 minutes ago, Chen Yiran and the other three were wearing short sleeves and shorts, but once they got up the mountain, they had to put on their cotton-padded jackets.

This experience was truly unique; in just ten minutes, it felt like going from the height of summer to the depths of autumn.

There's a state park at the top of the mountain. 8500 feet is equivalent to an altitude of 2600 meters, which is 1,000 meters higher than Mount Tai. Climbing it on your own would be quite strenuous.

On the mountain, pine trees and granite replace palm trees and sand. From the observation deck, you can see the entire Coachella Valley, the palm trees of Palm Springs, large areas of wind turbines, and the outline of the casino buildings in the distance.

After that, there is a short hiking trail where you can see many pristine natural landscapes. Further on, it is said that you can also enter the forest trails leading to San Jacinto State Park and Nature Reserve.

But that was the area for experienced hikers. The four of them lingered around the entrance for a bit before heading to the nature exhibition at the top of the mountain.

Then Chen Yiran realized that there was a lot to learn about the ten minutes it took to get up on the cable car; those ten minutes involved passing through five different climate and ecological zones.

The Sonora Desert, the Colorado Desert transition zone, the Sabala community, the pine forest zone, and the highest mountain zone. They all have their own distinct vegetation.

Further inside are animal specimens, which aren't particularly special, except for one short-tailed cat that's somewhat interesting.

Then came the Native American cultural exhibition, which was also just so-so; none of us were very interested in it.

We decided to go straight to a restaurant for dinner. The group ate very slowly, waiting until sunset.

Sure enough, wherever the natural scenery is decent, the sunrise and sunset are top-notch views.

Chen Yiran felt her soul cleansed, finally relieving the fatigue from the previous exhibition.

I'll have the strength to go back to work in a few more days. I just hope the job interviews go smoothly.

After thinking about the card table again, Chen Yiran made up her mind: if things don't work out, she'll just throw money at it!

If you really can't get it working, then go talk to Samsung again. Since you've already shamelessly asked for an OPC operator, asking for another computational lithography expert shouldn't be a problem.